Re: WANTED: Acquire

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jake Wildstrom writes ...
> 
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> Kelson  <kelson13@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >As far as computer versions are concerned, there is a Macintosh program
> >called Power Players which is Acquire with utility companies as the
> >theme instead of hotels.  It's a very nice program, but it is only
> >available for the Mac.  I know there are at least 2 PC shareware
> >versions out there, but they are pretty hard to find.  There was a CD-
> >ROM released years ago, but it's also hard to find (and I hear that it
> >wasn't very good).
> 
> I'm looking waaay back.... into the deep, profound past, and remembering an
> actually pretty good (text mode, 40 columns) DOS 3.3 game for the Apple ][.
> I can't for the life of me remember the name, but I remember it was
> space-system themed--the "companies" were the letters A through F on the
> screen, with names
> like Altair Industries, Betelgeuse Systems, etc.
> 
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     The original (old, on tape) release of Aquire for Apple II uses the
standard hotel chain names. Of course, it would be easy to modify the program
for different names. The same goes for games like Stocks & Bonds.

     It could be helpful to have more information about the game with companies
named "Altair", etc.. Like, is it a rewrite of Acquire? Or, is it about stocks?
Or is it an empire-style strategy game, or a game about production (like
Management), ... ?



Rubywand