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- WALL $TREET RAIDER - (C) 1997 Michael D. Jenkins
-
- INTRODUCTION AND QUICK-START INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- If you are reading this file, you apparently have already
- "unzipped" the compressed archive file, which contains
- new Wall $treet Raider version 6.0.
-
- To install Wall $treet Raider on your hard disk, create a
- directory of any name (\WSR suggested) on your hard disk,
- and copy all of the unzipped files into that directory.
- Then, from that directory, simply type "WSR" (or "RAIDER")
- and press the <ENTER> key to start the program. See
- the USERINFO.DOC text file for information about using
- the program and registering.
-
- Each time you start a new game, the program asks you if you
- want to automatically print out a registration form with
- your printer. To register, simply print out the form, check
- the items you wish to order, and mail to the address on the
- registration form, along with your check or money order.
- (Additional charge for shipping outside U.S.-Canada -- $5.00
- U.S. NOTE: We can only accept checks payable in U.S. or
- Canadian dollars, drawn on U.S. or Canadian banks.) Or call
- or e-mail your credit card order to Public Software Library,
- which accepts credit card orders/registrations for us.
-
- SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES IN THIS UPDATE:
-
- . Unlike prior shareware versions, the "cheat mode" feature
- is now activated, the same as in the registered version.
- This includes numerous "ethical choice" scenarios that
- will pop up from time to time, offering you a chance
- to choose between doing the "right thing" or doing
- something sleazy that may be very profitable. Cheat
- mode also makes a "cheat menu" available, with a number
- of menu commands that allow you to do things like call
- in competitors' loans, or freeze their lines of credit;
- file harassing lawsuits, to drive small competitors,
- who afford stand all the legal costs, out of business;
- start rumor campaigns about a competitor, to drive its
- stock price down; or peek into the details of a bank's
- loan portfolio (even if you don't control the bank).
-
- . Save and retrieve multiple games, up to 9,999 of them.
-
- . When starting a new game, you can now set the number of
- transactions (maximum) per turn, which can range from 2 to 5.
- The new version works with a CUSTOMIZER Utility program (which
- you will receive if you register for $25), which allows you to
- replace the company names and symbols in the simulation with
- those of your choosing, for example European or Asian companies,
- in place of those that come with the basic version. The new
- names and symbols will be used in all subsequent games, unless
- you make further changes, or delete the data file (and thus
- return to the original, default names and symbols).
-
- . The newly-accessible "cheat menu" also includes a name-change
- command, that lets you, during a game, change the name of any
- company you control, to whatever name you desire -- for the
- rest of that game only.
-
- . Company names and stock symbols have been updated, such as
- to reflect the acquisition of McDonnell-Douglas by Boeing, and
- of Turner Broadcasting by Time-Warner, Inc.