Monopoly (1985 Video Game)

Monopoly
Monopoly
Publisher(s)	Leisure Genius
Series	Monopoly
Platform(s)	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, Tatung Einstein, Thomson MO, Thomson TO, ZX Spectrum
Release	1985
Genre(s)	Strategy, board game

Short description: 1985 video game

Monopoly is a 1985 multi-platform video game based on the board game Monopoly, released on the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, MSX, Tatung Einstein, Thomson MO, Thomson TO, and ZX Spectrum. Published by Leisure Genius, this title was one of many inspired by the property.

Gameplay

The game contains very similar gameplay to the board game it is based on, with various physical tasks being replaced by automation and digital representations.

Critical reception

Computer Shopper praised the game for its graphics and animation, and deemed it "excellent value".^[1] Your Spectrum thought the game was an "excellent conversion" of the board game,^[2] while Sinclair User wrote that the game was "very boring".^[3]

In 1990, M. Evan Brooks reviewed the computer editions of Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble, and Clue for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Monopoly has been released in numerous shareware and public domain versions which thereby weaken its standing."^[4]

When the game was released for the Amiga in 1991, Amiga Power deemed it a "sound conversion" albeit more expensive than its source material,^[5] while another from the same publication said it was competent but "arguably quite pointless".^[6]

Reviews

Jeux & Stratégie #43^[7]

References

↑ "Computer Gamer - Issue 17 (1986-08)(Argus Press)(GB)". August 1986. https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gamer_Issue_17_1986-08_Argus_Press_GB#page/n94/mode/1up.
↑ "Your Spectrum 20 - Joystick Jury". http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr20/yr20_51.htm.
↑ "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 042". September 1985. https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-042/SinclairUser_042_Sep_1985#page/n23/mode/1up.
↑ Brooks, M. Evan (March 1990). "CLASSIC CONVERSIONS". Computer Gaming World 1 (69): 44–45.
↑ "Amiga Power - Issue 03 (1991-07)(Future Publishing)(GB)". https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_03_1991-07_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n71/mode/1up.
↑ "Amiga Power - Issue 04 (1991-08)(Future Publishing)(GB)". https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_04_1991-08_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n97/mode/1up.
↑ "Jeux & stratégie 43". February 1987. https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-43/page/70/mode/2up.

External links

Monopoly at MobyGames
ASM review
Review in RUN Magazine

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[1] "Computer Gamer - Issue 17 (1986-08)(Argus Press)(GB)". August 1986. https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gamer_Issue_17_1986-08_Argus_Press_GB#page/n94/mode/1up.

[2] "Your Spectrum 20 - Joystick Jury". http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr20/yr20_51.htm.

[3] "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 042". September 1985. https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-042/SinclairUser_042_Sep_1985#page/n23/mode/1up.

[CGW69-4] Brooks, M. Evan (March 1990). "CLASSIC CONVERSIONS". Computer Gaming World 1 (69): 44–45.

[5] "Amiga Power - Issue 03 (1991-07)(Future Publishing)(GB)". https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_03_1991-07_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n71/mode/1up.

[6] "Amiga Power - Issue 04 (1991-08)(Future Publishing)(GB)". https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Power_Issue_04_1991-08_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n97/mode/1up.

[7] "Jeux & stratégie 43". February 1987. https://archive.org/details/jeux-et-strategie-43/page/70/mode/2up.