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Monopoly

1984 1-4 Players 48% Not Rated

Don Phillip Gibson developed this Monopoly game on a Tandy 1000 computer in an effort to teach himself the Borland Turbo Pascal programming language. Released as Shareware, the game can be played by 2 to 4 players and includes a Save Game feature. Gibson's finished product incorporates all of the official rules of the Parker Brothers original game. The options and features are completely menu driven and are shown within various colored pop-up "windows" in text mode, reminiscent of the early Norton Batch Enhancer program. Selecting a letter from a menu invokes another menu. The only real graphic is the simple CGA board. The dice move and make a rattling noise when "rolling" them during a turn. There are other occasional beeps within the game invoked by various selections.

Release date
December 31, 1984
Developer
Don Philip Gibson
Players
1-4

About this game

Monopoly

Don Phillip Gibson developed this Monopoly game on a Tandy 1000 computer in an effort to teach himself the Borland Turbo Pascal programming language. Released as Shareware, the game can be played by 2 to 4 players and includes a Save Game feature.

Gibson's finished product incorporates all of the official rules of the Parker Brothers original game. The options and features are completely menu driven and are shown within various colored pop-up "windows" in text mode, reminiscent of the early Norton Batch Enhancer program. Selecting a letter from a menu invokes another menu. The only real graphic is the simple CGA board.

The dice move and make a rattling noise when "rolling" them during a turn. There are other occasional beeps within the game invoked by various selections.

Genres

StrategyBoard Game

Modes

Multiplayer

Studios and credits

Developer
Don Philip Gibson

Regional releases

Release date

WorldwideDecember 31, 1984 · Not Rated

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