





         MILLIONAIRE 
     
    You own a hime comlputer and have written a program which you consider 
    to be of sufficient quality to market. You are willing to be of 
    sufficient quality to market. The decisions are up to you and these 
    will directly influence whether or not you make it to the top and 
    become a MILLIONAIRE. 
    First you must choose whether or not you wish to specialise, and if 
    so, in which area. You first program can be sold if required to boost 
    your initial capital. 
    The section entitled "What makes a good  Program?" occurs at the start 
    of the game and periodically thereafter. This section is very 
    important as regards sales. 
    You will be presented with a graphic representation of fhe offices 
    belonging to your company. Software inc. The buildings will become 
    more impressive as you assets grow. However at the start of the game 
    you will be working in a mid-terraced house. The game rotates in 
    monthly cycles. First will appear a display of the company's programs, 
    sales tapes in stock, rates, assets and money borrowed. Next will 
    appear a graph showing the monthly progress (only sales of 100+will 
    appear, followed by the news sheet. Often these pieces of news have a 
    direct effect on the company and vica-versa. 
    You must now decide on which main area you are going to work. 
    The following options are open to you. 
    1. Programming.... this will add one new program to your sales. 
    2. See honest harry.... if you want to get rich quick, or money is 
    short then H.H can provide very cheap programs and cassettes but there 
    is always the risk of finding yourself on the the wrong side of the 
    law. 
    3. Try to sell products to retailers.... This of course will help to 
    boost sales. 
    4. Convert existing programs to other machines.... this will increase 
    the number of programs by one. 
    5. Try to obtain a loan....... loan of 1000 can be obtained each 
    month, with an interest repayment of 10% per month. If your loans 
    exceed your assets by 10000 then you will be considered to be 
    bankrupt. 
    6. Sell out.... if you've had enough and want to see how well you've 
    done then you can sell out. A score sheet will be revealed showing 
    assets, sale price, popularity rating and a score 0-100. 
    In order to boost sales you have five ideas, but be careful how you 
    use these because each can be used once only. Some are free and others 
    will cost you, however all will, to a certain extent, boost sales. 
    When you have programs on the market you will be asked how much you 
    wish to spend on advertising; how much you wish to spend on 
    duplicating per cassette  (if you choose the cheapest then you may 
    find that programs are faulty and this will adversely effect sales ); 
    and how many cassettes you need duplicating for that month. 
    The program then returns to the picture and follows the above routine 
    through for the next month. 
     
    Points to note. 
    If assets reach -  100 or lower then you will be considered bankrupt. 
    When afair number of cassettes are on the market, occasionally one 


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    will disappear. The idea behind this is that the programs have a 
    limited lifespan and may well be taken off the market if they are not 
    selling well. 
    The profit margins for the first 18 months are quite high. After that 
    period there will be a cut in profits to compete with others. After 30 
    months, selling will become gradually more difficult, but the effect 
    of this is only slight. 
     
    Prove you can reach  250,000 + for a few months and then relax. The 
    hard work of getting the company off the ground and becoming a stable 
    organisation has been done. From here on the computer will assume that 
    you have the capability to make a MILLION and will assess the time 
    taken to reach you goal based on your performance so far. 
    The program starts fairly easily for all to gain some measure of 
    success, but as your assets grow - so do the problems !!! 
    WILL YOU BECOME A MILLIONAIRE ?Good luck. 
     







































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