THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE



MASTER MARINER



PUBLISHER

Atlantis



AUTHOR

Andy Morgan



YEAR

1984



DESCRIPTION

Finance/strategy type game, based on being an ocean-bound

trader.



CONTROLS

On-screen controls, yes/no type responses.



INSTRUCTIONS

Make as much money as possible, whilst avoiding pirates,

keeping your crew happy, etc, etc.



HINTS/CHEATS



RELATED GAMES

I suppose Tai-Pan from Ocean is vaguely related to this game,

but there are also plenty of games of this type, with various

themes and plots.



INLAY CARD TEXT

A GRAPHIC TRADING GAME FOR THE 48K SPECTRUM

You are the proud owner of the "Titan Trader", sailing around

the coast of Britain buying and selling goods wherever you

dock. Unfortunately, with the crew demanding more wages, your

cargo worth less than you paid for it and pirates off the

port bow, life is not easy for the Master Mariner.

AN EXCITING TRADING GAME TO PLAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN!





LOADING

To load, press LOAD"". Press PLAY on your cassette recorder.

The story will now load automatically. Stop the recorder when

instructed, read the instructions and re-start the recorder

to load main programme. (The programme is recorded on both

sides of the tape. In case of loading difffiulty, turn the

tape over, rewind to the beginning and load again).



GAME

Full instructions for playing "Master Mariner" are shown on

the screen



POINTS TO REMEMBER

Buying and Selling prices vary between:

General Cargo           œ1 to œ25

Arms                  œ50 to œ250

Coal                 œ300 to œ990

Whisky              œ500 to œ4000

Bullion          œ1000 to œ10,000

A journey between ANY two ports takes 1 week. Running costs

and interest charges are calculated weekly. You have been

warned. (P.S. Don't forget the taxman)



MAKE œ1,000,000 AND YOU CAN RETIRE!



This programme and artwork are the copyright of Atlantis

Software Limited. Copying, hiring, lending or public

performance is prohibited.



If you have written a good programme and would like to

discuss marketing, please write to:



Atlantis Software Limited

19 Prebend Street, London N1 8PF





SCORES

Crash, Issue 9, 71%



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