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Space Monopoly v1.1 Written '96, released '97, Updated '98 by David Vivash It's recommended you read these instructions at least once before you play because the game may look daunting at first... I assure you it's easy to play after the first couple of games... Introduction - What is this? Requirements - What you need Loading instructions - How to load it... How to play - The game Credits - ME! History - Version 1.1? · This is a freely distributable piece of software · Welcome to Space Monopoly! This game was written in AMOS in 1996 by me and was just left lying around on a disk. Recently however, I was looking through my disks and I came across it again, played it, liked it, so I released it. Then I updated it - hence the v1.1 - and released it as a AF Reader Game. Anyway, this is what the game is about:- Basically it's about buying shares. But that sounds boring, which I don't think this game is. (?). What you have to do is get more money than your opponents - with a limited number of turns. You can play one player which can be as much fun, as you try and beat the high scores (Beat me? I think not!). The game starts off with just a grid and some circles. You can start up companies, and buy shares in these companies. As the companies grow (and merge), you get more and more money. Hence you buy more and more shares. And so on... Space Monopoly was written on an Amiga 1200 with a Blizzard 1230-IV accelerator with 8 MB of FAST RAM and a 2 x Speed CD-ROM drive. This is the only machine it has been tested on, but there's no reason why a standard A500 couldn't run this... The game will load and run when you double click on its icon. The game needs no assigns or external files and can therefore be run from anywhere. However, if you want to be able to save the high scores, you need to make sure that the drawer Space Monopoly is run from is write enabled and has the drawer 'data' contained in it. If you run directly from a CD for example, the high scores will not be saved. If the drawer is write protected, the high scores and settings will be saved to "Ram:Data/". If you decide to install this make sure that the drawer "Space Monopoly" is contained in also contains the "Data" drawer, ie. "Hd0:My_Directory/Spacey_thing/ Space_Monopoly_v1.1" "Hd0:My_Directory/Spacey_thing/ Data [DRAWER]" How to play Space Monopoly Getting Started - Starting a game Game options - Options during the game Creating Companies - Not sure Buying Shares - Erm, next... Mergers - Could be 'merging'. Dunno. Hints and Tips - Get loadsa dosh SPACE MONOPOLY CREDITS.... 'It's all my own work!', said David. Aged seventeen, David had written many games in AMOS before. But 'Space Monopoly', one of his creations, stood out. Having a long period after its original birth, 'Space Monopoly' was released over a year after it was written. David still lived in the house on the hill though, and proudly asked for any feedback to be sent by messanger to: David Vivash 60 Andrew Rd Eynesbury St. Neots CAMBS PE19 2QL Everything in the menus is pretty much self explanatory, but here goes: Once the game has loaded you should see a screen with a grid on it. You can change the grid size to one of the three available from the menu. The larger the grid size, the more turns you get. You can also choose the maximum number of companies that can be founded during the game, and rename them from the 'Companies' menu. The preferences can then be saved. You can also view the high scores (from the preference menu (?!)). To start a game just go to the project menu and select the number of players you want. Once you've entered names the game will begin... During the game there are a number of options you can choose from the menus. 'Restart' just draws a new grid and you can start again. You can also get information on the game, as well as quit back to the main menu. The second menu can be used to give you information on the companies in play (Size, major shareholder, etc.) That's it I think... The description of the game may seem odd, but once you get the hang of it you'll see how easy it is. Really... When you have started a game you'll see there are five flashing squares. These determine where you can go. Just click on them to select them. If you click on a square that is next to a circle a company is created. If there is no circle next to it, the square turns into a diamond. You can create a company by selecting a flashing square that is next to a diamond. If you select a square that is next to another company the company grows to that square. No new company is created if it is next to another company. When a company has been created the player who created it gets five free shares in it. If a company grows the shareholders get more money depending on how many shares they have in it. The VALUE of a company depends on how many squares it takes up and how many circles the squares are next to. The following shows the starting values of companies started under different conditions: For each square the company takes up add $100. 1 circle - add $ 500 2 Circles - add $ 1000 3 circles - add $ 1500 So if a company is started by joining two diamonds together it will take up two squares and hence the value of shares will be $200. As companies grow, their shares get worth more. Once they are above a certain limit, their value splits in half and shareholders get twice as many shares. And a bit of cash. Is that it? Hope so... As soon as you create a company you'll get five free shares and some cash dependent on the start value of the company. You'll get the option to spend this cash on any of the companies in play. You get asked every turn whether you want to buy shares in any companies but only if you have enough money to buy at least one share. The computer will tell you how much money you have and how many shares you can afford to buy. Just type in how many shares you want and you're off... If you select a flashing square that is next to two different companies, the companies will merge. This is a good thing... Each shareholder will get a bit of a cash bonus in the event of a merger and will get to keep their shares from the old companies for the new company. The company that was biggest at the time of merger will keep its name and colour - so all the old companies squares will be coloured to those of the new company. The name of the new company will be kept from the biggest company of the two. The company name and colour that was lost in the merger can then be relaunched in the normal way... Here's just a few tips to help you earn your millions: · Although I tried to balance out the size of grid/no. of goes ratio, you'll alway get more money if you play on the larger grids. These games can be slow to get going though. · On larger grids, try to open companies as close together as possible. This makes mergers much more easy. · Buy as many shares as you can in the $200 companies. When these merge with big companies the number of shares is added to the number of shares you had in the bigger company. Hence, $200 shares quickly become worth about $2000+! · If you start a game and there are hardly any circles, select 'Restart' from the menu. You'll get a new screen then. Having a lot of circles is essential if you want to be able to create a lot of companies early on and have their value increase very quickly. · Try and beat my high scores! No way man! Yes, it's version 1.1 !!! You might have seen the name of this game before (probably not though), but you wont have played it... When version 1 appeared first, the 'data' drawer was missing and there's no way it could run... This version will work without the data drawer, and has a significantly improved front end (Ooer). Then again, you wouldn't know, would you?