Computer Stocks & Bonds is a 1982 video game published by The Avalon Hill Game Company. It was released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, VIC-20, Commodore 64, IBM PC, and the CP/M-based Heath/Zenith Z-90 and Z-100. It is an adaptation of the 3M bookshelf game Stocks & Bonds,[1] which was originally released in 1964.[2]
| Computer Stocks & Bonds | |
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| Publisher(s) | Avalon Hill |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, CP/M, DOS, PET, TRS-80, VIC-20 |
| Release | 1982 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation |
Gameplay edit
Computer Stocks & Bonds is a game in which the stock market is simulated.[3] Players have ten turns, each representing one year, to invest in securities (the eponymous stocks and bonds) with differing risks and yields. The securities' market prices fluctuate annually. The player who accumulates the most wealth by the end of the tenth year is declared the winner.[1]
Reception edit
Bob Proctor reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Plausible reasons are given for very large gains and losses but these are after the fact: winning is largely a matter of luck. Two factors make this game unique: it is the only one of the four available for computers other than the Apple and it is the only one which needs only 32K of RAM (instead of 48K)."[3]
Reviews edit
- PC Magazine - Dec, 1982[4]
- PC Magazine - Oct, 1983[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Computer Stocks & Bonds Manual". archive.org. Avalon Hill. 1984.
- ^ "The General Index and Company History". The General Magazine Index and Company History: 12–13. 1980. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Proctor, Bob (July–August 1982). "We're in the Money... Economic Simulations For The Apple". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 5. pp. 9–11.
- ^ "PC Mag 1982-12". December 1982.
- ^ "PC Mag 1983-10". October 1983.
External links edit
- Review in The Addison Wesley Book Of Atari Software 1984
- Review in Electronic Games
- Article in Electronic Fun with Computers & Games