Re: Taipan...

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com>]

In article <3CCBBF2D.95EBBF5F@usa.net>, Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net> 
wrote:

> I have played this game for many years on the Apple II. Does anyone have any
> background information relating to this game? Is it based on a novel??
> On the title screen, it says, it was created by Art Canfil. The Apple program
> was by Mega-Mirco Computers. Copyrighted to Avalanche Productions Inc.
> I never found anything about who Art Canfil is, or what other projects he did.
> Whatever happened to the other companies?
> By saying, it is an Apple program, one might assume that there are other
> versions for different computers, is that correct?
> What does the original Apple II version box look like? Anyone posted it,
> on the web? I'd love to see it...
> Thanks, Jeff.

Two things I remember about playing Taipan...

Playing it on an Apple II clone, I pressed reset, and instead of rebooting
as it did on a real Apple it stopped with a BASIC prompt. Just fooling
around I typed LIST, and was stunned to find it was written in BASIC.

The infamous money lender's bug! I think a lot of people found this one, you
could borrow a small amount from the money lender, then repay him more than
you owed him. You then had a negative balance which increased at 10% per
month, much better than the regular bank :)

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
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