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Merchant of Venus for the ZX81
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
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Game description:
Twenty years after the extremists have unleashed their weapon of mass destruction, the life on Venus is returning to a normal state. The Galactic Trading Corporation is investing millions to restore its economy.
Merchant of Venus is a sci-fi space trading game. The player starts with 500,000 cash on hand (awarded by GTC) to buy a freighter and start their own business. Trading involves navigating between spaceports to exploit price variations, with manual landings (Lunar Lander style). Players can buy or sell ten different commodities (robots, raw materials, obligatory spice, etc.) and must keep their ship repaired and well-fueled.
As soon as you fly with your ship into space, the controls worsen. Think Lunar Lander but with bad controls and there you go!
And yes, I read the manual, which is helpful...just not for that.
Well, at least I have shown more than other videos (for now, maybe someone will show even more).
It's a great name for a game!
Qué pena! Pintaba bien...
I had this as a kid and I was fascinated by it, loved the landscapes and the various trade ports you could visit... just a shame it was so bloody hard to land successfully!
If the flight engine could be tweaked a little then I think it could've lived up to its potential.
So i had a look at the cassette inlay... says that each model of freighter has different characteristics and weight loads. Depending on the model and how much cargo you trying to lift, that has a significant effect on flight handeling! Of course what would be really handy is if you knew what those stats were so you could tell if you were overloaded or not...
If I could, I'd actually like to tweak this game as I think it actually had promise. I remember a couple of occasions when I actually got to other trade ports and you realise that they're all different and the programmers actually put in a suprising amount of work into the game. Tempted to actually start playing this in an attempt to master the flight section so I can visit all the trade ports - that may take a while!
Hath not a Lunar Lander?
Hath not a Lunar Lander?