| Gazillionaire | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | LavaMind |
| Publisher(s) | Spectrum HoloByte |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | 1994 |
| Genre(s) | Business simulation |
Gazillionaire is a science-fiction simulation video game developed by American studio LavaMind and published by Spectrum HoloByte for the PC.
Gazillionaire is a trading game involving trading exotics on different planets. [1] The game revolves around seven trade companies including the player and other companies such as Vandergriff, Hoffmeister and Puffer Inc. as they compete to build an empire by investing in larger ships, buying warehouses, outmaneuvering each other and transporting essential commodities such as Kryptoons, cantaloupes, hair tonic, polyester, frog legs, umbrellas and Oggle Sand between the seven planets in the Kukubian empire led by Emperor Dred Nicholson.
The game was developed by LavaMind, a company founded in January 1994. [2]
Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "A great title for gaming purists or children." [1]
Gazillionaire won Computer Game Review 's 1995 "Strategy Game of the Year" award, tied with Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest and Blood Bowl . The editors wrote, "Tucked behind the strange graphics, bizarre names and, um, interesting items to trade was an economic engine that proved to be as good as they come." [3]
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