Re: Taipan!

[philippe@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Philippe Benichou)]

8ball@cs.utexas.edu (Karl R. Dalley) writes:

> When I was an avid Apple //e user, the one game that I would play for hours
> on end was Taipan!  As I was packing up to move this past weekend, I booted
> up the game for the first time in 4+ years.  I have since become hooked
> again, but I ran into some bugs (features?) in the game that I wanted to talk
> to the programmer about.  I was unable to find the actual game documentation,
> but the title screen says the following:
>      Taipan!
>      A games based on the China trade of the 1800's
>      Created by: Art Canfil
>      Apple ][ program by: Mega-Micro Computers
>      Copyright c1982 by Avalanche Productions Inc.
> 
> Does anyone know or have any pointers how I might get ahold of Art or whateve
> company owns the copyright to the game nowadays?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ---Karl R. Dalley
> 8ball@cs.utexas.edu
> 
> 


I don't know what happened to Mister Canfil, but I do know of a serious 
bug in the program.

If you want to become super-rich super-fast, go into NEGATIVE DEBT!!!!
All you have to do at the START of the game, is go in debt in 1 dollar 
(or whatever currency)... then repay as MUCH as you can afford.... IT 
will grow EXPONENTALLY.

                                         Yours truly,

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                                         |  hil

P.S. You can withdraw the money at anytime, I think...