Home Computing Weekly


Stockmarket
By Bamby
Dragon 32

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #29

Do you think you could become a millionaire by dealing in shares on the stockmarket? Here's your chance to try it out with Bamby's stockmarket simulation game.

Starting with only £50,000 you buy and sell shares in any of 44 companies - four companies in eleven groups of different markets (from Chemicals to Transport).

Three external influences affect the share prices: government action which may affect the companies in one or more sections of the market; end of year reports, which affect individual companies; and devaluation of the pound, which may affect the lot.

Stockmarket

Written in Basic (the response time is nevertheless fast enough), this is a one player, black on green, text only game. It is well laid out, with good instructions, a good choice of options and is well error-trapped.

A very good game of its type, although I would personally have preferred less companies and a two (or more) player option. A pencil and paper to keep track of shares/money is useful when playing this game.

The government action routine seems a bit vague and you are not told which areas of the market are affected, although this could be deliberate in order to increase the difficulty of the game.

R.E.

Other Dragon 32 Game Reviews By R.E.


  • Games Pack 3 Front Cover
    Games Pack 3
  • Scanner 13 Front Cover
    Scanner 13
  • Sultan's Maze Front Cover
    Sultan's Maze
  • Golden Apples of The Sun Front Cover
    Golden Apples of The Sun
  • Cuthbert Goes Walkabout Front Cover
    Cuthbert Goes Walkabout
  • Dream Front Cover
    Dream