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- │ VENDOR INFORMATION -- WALL $TREET RAIDER │
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- │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
- │ │ │─┘ Shareware
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- This is the evaluationware version of Wall $treet
- Raider. Vendors who are dealer members of the
- Association of Shareware Professionals are authorized
- to add this version of the program to their catalogs,
- BBS or other shareware product listings without first
- obtaining permission of the author. However, it will
- be helpful to notify the author of the program that
- your company has begun distribution of the program, so
- that we can place you on our mailing list to receive
- subsequent update releases of the program.
-
- Other prospective vendors of the program should first
- request permission, which will usually be granted if you
- enclose a copy of your catalog or similar information.
-
- Please send your notification or request to:
-
- MICHAEL D. JENKINS
- RONIN SOFTWARE
- 3020 ISSAQUAH-PINE LAKE RD.
- SUITE # 36
- ISSAQUAH, WA 98027
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-
- PROGRAM INFORMATION:
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-
- APPLICABLE PRODUCT CATEGORIES:
-
- BUSINESS -- SIMULATIONS
- BUSINESS -- CORPORATE FINANCIAL SIMULATIONS
- GAMES -- STOCK MARKET
- GAMES -- SIMULATIONS
- GAMES -- STRATEGY
- EDUCATION -- BUSINESS
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- BRIEF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
-
- "HIGHLY REALISTIC SIMULATION OF CORPORATE
- FINANCE AND WALL STREET SKULDUGGERY"
-
- LONGER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
-
- Enlist in the Corporate Wars! W$R allows
- 1 to 4 players (including the computer) to
- engage in amazingly realistic corporate
- wheeling and dealing, Wall Street style.
- Mount hostile takeovers, restructure sick
- companies, trade on inside information, do
- LBO's, mergers, file harassing lawsuits
- against competitors, engage in greenmail
- payoffs, seek "White Knights" to help you
- "shark-proof" your company from other
- marauding junk bond takeover artists,
- while you struggle to keep companies you
- control profitable, against ruthless
- industry competitors and arbitrary
- government actions. Non-stop action with
- a live (simulated) stock ticker and an
- unending flow of earnings reports, financial
- and political news pouring off the "broad
- tape" as you use sophisticated research
- tools to try to keep your investments in any
- of 150 companies (IBM, Exxon, GM, etc.)
- afloat. Effortless to play, the incredibly
- realistic, ever-changing Wall $treet Raider
- simulation compares to other stock market
- games like chess does to checkers. THERE'S
- NOTHING ELSE REMOTELY LIKE IT AT ANY PRICE!
-
-
- HARDWARE, O/S REQUIREMENTS:
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- - DOS 2.1 or higher.
-
- - 512K free RAM required.
-
- - Hard disk recommended, but can be installed
- on a 720KB or larger floppy.
-
- - No other special hardware requirements,
- except that program does not run on
- IBM PC-jr.
-
- USER REGISTRATION:
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- - Required after 30-day evaluation period.
-
- - Registration of $25.00 provides user 90 days
- free technical support (by mail), and printed
- user manual. There is no "registered" or
- commercial version of the program.
-
- - User may also order 100-page companion book
- on strategies, entitled "TAKE NO PRISONERS --
- WALL $TREET RAIDER: STRATEGIES AND TACTICS."
-
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- │NOTE TO VENDORS: BE SURE TO SEE HIGHLY COMPLI-│
- │MENTARY REVIEWS OF EARLIER, RELATIVELY PRIMITIVE│
- │COMMERCIAL VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM IN INFOWORLD │
- │(12/88), JERRY POURNELLE'S COLUMN IN BYTE (1/89)│
- │AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (12/88). │
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