Home Computing Weekly


Go For Broke

Categories: Review: Software
Author: E.C.
Publisher: Omega
Machine: Dragon 32

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #38

A board-type game for two to four players. You are a business tycoon dealing in property and attempting to bankrupt your opponents.

Although the plot may seem familiar, the places you will find yourself in are not. There are 36 locations spread throughout the British Isles, ranging from Luton Airport to the Falls Road, Belfast.

Occasionally you will be awarded "pot luck" when various demands on your capital will be made.

This is one point at which the computer version of this type of game scores, as you get a random penalty or windfall.

Play proceeds by simply pressing the spacebar to roll a pair of "dice". Using single key enables you to buy and sell your property, houses and hotels.

A very stern-looking bank manager will lend you money if you need it, and a policeman will bash you all the way to jail if you are arrested.

This game grows on you, but I miss handling the real, imitation money that was a feature of the original.

E.C.

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