Overall look) and to add some sort of network-play component.Ī group called "Beermat Software" has taken the domain andĬreated a Dopewars 2.1 stand-alone game for Windows. Travel around the city as well as giving the whole experience a better
#Dopewars 2.1 update
Moves have been made to both update the graphics (adding point and click More programmers started turning Dopewars back into a standalone program. In-depth comparison might find more differences)Īs the years went on and the BBS DOOR "industry" started to fade, more and Lord" (1992) has almost the same gameplay as "Dopewars". The program was played by a huge number of BBS users. With its simple rules and entertaining theme (and educational side-effects) Program started taking the BBS world by storm in the early 1990s. Using ANSI to keep the screen updated and optimizing the display, the "Dopewars" became an underground hit with the conversion to a BBSĭoor. The program's success seems to have grown at this
Potential as an educational program more than any kind of violent or While a hard sell (so to speak), this program actually shows a lot of Parts of New York City and deal in different neighborhoods, teaching you Greatly on the user interface, and added the ability to travel to different Refreshing experience compared to their contemporaries. Dell with the original idea and inspiration, a Release of "Dope Wars" (later just called "Dopewars"). The program recieved an update from the "Happy Hacker Foundation" with the Storing your drugs in a warehouse in the Bronx. The only difference is that you're in New York City and you're Some amount of funds and must keep track of your finances and sales to ensureĪ profit. In most ways, this program is a classic "business simulation". Sell too much and the police will come to take you down. Sell too few drugs, and you can't pay your loans Given a certain amount of money you've borrowed from loan sharks and youĪttempt to sell enough drugs to both pay off your loans and make a huge Simulation program for DOS called "Drug Wars".
I don't believe I'm going to be very successful in tracking the original author Through the next 20 years, the program has seen many versions and remained one of the most popular BBS doors.
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This would normally have been an uninteresting event, except he chose the theme of drug trading, and the program called "Dope Wars" was born. Dell created an economic demonstration program for his high school project. The BBS Documentary Library PROGRAMS: DOORS: DOPEWARS
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