![]() There are adjacent listings showing how much cash the player has, how much the player owes to a loan shark (who must be repaid by the end of the game or the player's legs are broken) and how much room there is in the player's trench coat to transport the drugs to five New York locations. Columns list the amount and types of drugs a player has for sale and the current price. It was just straight text."įor the Palm, DopeWars still is just text, and it remains essentially an accounting game. "I must have seen it five or six times and each time it had a different name," said George Jones, editor of Computer Gaming World magazine. Lee said he wondered about the uproar caused by the game, which he said was far less offensive than many available: "A game like this would probably end up in the kiddie department at CompUSA," he said.ĭopeWars is derived from a 1980s computer game called, variously, Drug Wars, Drug Dealer and Dope Wars. Officials of Palm Computing, which developed the Palm and its operating system, declined to discuss the game. (removed the game from their available downloads. In September 1999, MIT made Lee take the game off its server, in part because of proscription against commercial software being run on the servers, but there also was some concern over the game's content. "It is sad that an industry with as much talent and creativity as the video game business should choose to profit by stooping to such a level." "Glamorizing violence and lawlessness is a dangerous thing to do," Brownback said. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., has spoken out against the game in Commerce Committee hearings about violence and the media. "But the explosion in recent months is astonishing." "The game came out at a time when there were relatively few good games for the Palm so I expected at least some feedback," Lee said. Matt Lee, the graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who wrote the Palm version, estimated that more than 500,000 people had it, which would make it one of the top three Palm games available. (A version for Windows, developed by British programmer Ian Wall in September 1999, has been downloaded almost 2-million times, according to figures at CNET's Web site.) But DopeWars has been on CNET's list of 10 top Palm downloads for 72 weeks. Since DopeWars was released in February 1999, more than 180,000 people have downloaded it (It is impossible to say how many people have the game because other sites have offered it and many users pass games along by beaming them through the Palm's infrared port. The popularity of the game, among the first developed for the Palm, is striking. "You're being bad, although you're not really being bad." "I get to lead a lifestyle I don't normally lead," she said. She admits that she gets strange looks from the other passengers on her bus when she discusses her virtual drug deals with friends. Marlinda McPhail, a former employee of Wheelhouse, a marketing company in San Francisco, estimated that about a third of the people in her former office played the game. This challenging strategy game is always changing with breaking news (prices plummet!) and random encounters (watch out!).How will you make a profit before time runs out?CLASSIC GAME WITH FUN NEW TWISTSFeatures of Drug Wars! include: * Addictive game play - Takes just a minute to learn, but you'll be hooked for hours * Three exciting game modes - Including the extra-challenging 5 day mode and new 60 day mode * Fast-paced action - Prices change quickly and the police want to send you to jail * Leaderboards - Show off your high scores to friends on the Game Center and OpenFeint leaderboards * Fun graphics - Fully updated for our spam-infested timesSee how much money you can make on the streets - try Drug Wars! now.Although many people on Wall Street said they like to play the game, few would admit to it in public. ![]() Just watch out for the pesky police, who are always right behind you.Travel around New York to sell your wares and collect cash. To start your life of crime, you have to borrow money from your good pal Levino and only have a short time to pay him back - or else.The clock is ticking as you try to make as much money as you can on the streets. Thankfully, you've found a new career - spamming the streets with drugs!But it won't be easy. ![]() fully updated for our spam-infested times.*** Featured as a top 100 strategy game in more than 40 countries worldwide ***BUY LOW, SELL HIGH, STAY OUT OF JAIL!You're unemployed and your mom just kicked you out of the house (again!). The classic game is back! Hit the streets to make your fortune in the remake of this popular game you loved on your computer or calculator. ![]()
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