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- BULLS AND BEARS USER.DOC
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- BULLS AND BEARS (BAB) is a stock market game intended for use by
- anyone wanting to learn a little about the effects of news headlines
- on different areas of the economy. It may reside on floppy disk or
- hard disk. It is completely 'menu driven' and has five (5) phases
- of operation: (With lots of graphics).
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- 1) Input - The number of players (up to 4) and their first names
- are asked to be typed in. Then, a response to a question of
- allowing the computer to play is answered, and the game begins.
- Each player is allotted $5000 to try to make it grow to $100,000.
- The first player to reach $100,000 is declared the winner.
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- Special User Keys:
- 1st ESC ------- Return to start of game
- 2nd ESC ------- Exit BULLS AND BEARS
- Any Ctrl X ---- Exit BULLS AND BEARS
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- 2) Present scores - All players stock values and cash-on-hand is
- displayed.
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- 3) Portfolio updates - The portfolio of each player is presented in
- the input order. The player may sell,buy, or hold any of his
- equities. If he chooses HOLD, the next player is presented. The
- computer always plays last.
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- 4) Market session - A list of equities paying dividends along with
- a list of the day's gainers and losers is listed.
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- 5) Market news - The morning news headlines are displayed. The news
- headline is an indicator of what will happen to the market that
- day. If the players can interpret the news correctly, it will be
- very profitable during the portfolio update phase.
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- *** NOTICE ***
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve
- a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
- write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI
- 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP
- Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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- Technical support for BULLS AND BEARS is provided at no charge by
- contacting the author:
- Ronald L. Crabb
- 2113 White Cloud NE
- Albuquerque, NM 87112
- Ph: (505) 299-6285
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