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This comes in two parts - a monopoly-type game, and an investment simulation. In the monopoly game you need to transform your £1,500 into £20,000 so you can obtain the entry code for the next part. To achieve this, you are able to do the familiar property dealings. It does cover all the traditional rules well, however, a few bugs and idiosyncracies appear.

The input routine needs a bit of improvement - it counts the 'clear key' as part of an input, therefore making it invalid, fast typing is not allowed as the routine is fairly slow. Whilst mortgaging property you are required to enter the full name of the property, making it tedious to use, therefore I would have preferred it if it had been possible to use reference numbers.

Also, should the same number of people play each time, the dice throws will be exactly the same, therefore I recommend entering, before 'running', the command 'PRINT RND (-TIMER)'. Also there was not the option of playing against the computer, this means you need between two and six people to play.

In the second part you have to increase £1,000,000 lent to you into £5,000,000 in limited time. To achieve this you can dabble on the Stock Market or invest in properties, software companies, new musicals, etc. This part also contains a few bugs.

In all, quite an entertaining game but not addictive enough for me.

Phoenix are now marketing their combination arcade/adventure software on one cassette instead of two. This has reduced the size of packaging and the price to £6.99.