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- Product: WALL STREET RAIDER
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- Description:
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- BRIEF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
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- "HIGHLY REALISTIC SIMULATION OF CORPORATE
- FINANCE AND WALL STREET SKULDUGGERY"
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- LONGER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
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- 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 250 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!)
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- REVIEWERS' COMMENTS ON WALL $TREET RAIDER:
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- "Most computer games are just fun, of course,
- but there's an interesting trend toward
- simulations -- like WALL STREET RAIDER --
- that can actually teach you something about
- the real world. As these machines get more
- powerful, I expect to see a lot more of this
- kind of game." -- Jerry Pournelle, review of
- Wall $treet Raider in INFOWORLD
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- "They're [computer games] getting pretty good.
- Some, like WALL STREET RAIDER, are educational
- to boot: Raider is a detailed simulation of
- corporate finance....[Y]ou can really learn
- something about stocks, mergers, takeovers,
- and the general world of finance, and HAVE A
- WHACKING GOOD TIME IN THE BARGAIN." -- BYTE
- Magazine
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- "Here's your chance to see how well you can do
- in the world of empire building and corporate
- takeovers -- all without risking a dime. In
- the process of fooling around with this "real
- time" financial simulation program, you're
- going to learn quite a bit, too....[Y]ou must
- deal with "real world" situations which include
- taxes, antitrust rules and regulations, and the
- SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). This
- "game" doesn't lete you get away with muc, ex-
- cept money if you do happen to "win"....If you
- decide to play against the computer, be ready
- for one of the most savvy, shrewd and ruthless
- players you'll ever encounter." -- Shareware
- Magazine (1993)
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- Author: Ronin Software, 206-391-9521
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- Version: 3.0 (04-30-92)
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- Needs: IBM PC, DOS 2.1 or better. 512k RAM, 720k floppy drive or
- hard disk (hard disk strongly recommended).
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- Registration fee: $25.00
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- Registration benefits: Printed manual, 90-day mail support.
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- Look for: availability unknown on BBSs.
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- Download size: 340k (about 25 minutes with a 2400 baud modem)
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