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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.

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.