Tai-Pan

Карта Tai-Pan

Карта Tai-Pan

Можете начать играть в Tai-Pan онлайн. Это приключенческая игра, которую создали Sentient Software Ltd, John Mullins, Clive Paul и Mark R. Jones, была выпущена командой Ocean Software Ltd в 1987 году в Великобритании.

An economic simulator and adventure game. Transport yourself to the year 1841 in the East Seas, where you become the trading prince, Tai-Pan. Start from scratch in the city of Guangzhou and gather funds to acquire and equip a ship, hire a crew, and stock up on goods for trading. You must repay a loan on time, or else the consequences will be serious. Choose one of three types of ships: the Lorcha (smuggler), the Clipper (trading), or the Frigate (warship), depending on your ambitions. Be cautious when recruiting crew members and visiting gambling establishments. Smuggling operations, cargo management, and supply procurement await you. Apply your trading skills, overcome weather conditions and pirates to achieve wealth and the position of Tai-Pan in this thrilling game!

Tai-Pan

Publisher: Ocean Software Limited

Author: Sentient SW Ltd.

Year: 1987

Controls

Keyboard:

Q – Up

Z – Down

I – Left

P – Right

N – Fire

Space – Toggle icons

Kempston, Sinclair, Cursor.

Joystick:

           UP
          /|
           |
LEFT  <----+----> RIGHT
           |
          |/                   

DOWN

Fire – Fire

Space – Toggle Icons

Scores received

93% (CRASH #43, August 1987)

Instructions

Story

The year is 1841… The traders of Britain, Europe and America are sailing the waters of east in search of their fortunes.

Twenty years earlier the Emperor of China had decreed that the purchase of China’s goods could only be paid with silver bullion. The demand for Tea, Silk and Jade was causing a massive balance of trade deficit almost bankrupting the Trading Nations. Then a lone ship “The Vagrant Star” under the construction of The East India Company sailed to Canton with a cargo of illicit contraband. The Chinese traders bought the cargo and paid for it in silver bullion. A way had been found to reduce the deficit. Over the twenty years the trade in contraband grew so much that the revenue from its sale outstripped the need for silver bullion to buy legitimate goods.

Trade was once more balanced. The independent traders began to amass great fortunes and fleets of ships and the leader formed their own trading companies and began to monopolise the trade. The chinese named these men Tai-Pan (Supreme Leaders) and the greates of these was THE TAI-PAN.

The waters of the China seas were hostile, with both weather and pirates taking their toll of the traders ship and profits. The weather held its own dangers; at certain times of the year TAI-FUNG (Supreme Winds), known to the traders as Typhoons became terror incarnate. There was a little or no escape form the raging winds, the driving rain and waves in excess of hundred feet. Ships were thrown off course, battered to pieces on the merciless, hazardous coastline or just swept under, never to be seen again.

As trade between the many ports in the China seas was increasing all the time, the merchants used the natives and their towns as safe havens from the terrible storms and scondary trading posts between Europe and the Far East…

Now the stage is set for you to make your fortune and become the Merchant Prince… THE TAI-PAN.

The game

You enter the game penniless, no money, no ships, no assets. Your ambition is to become THE TAI-PAN. You begin in the town of Guangzhou and must try to find someone to lend you enough money to buy and equip a ship and still leave you enough to get a crew and buy goods to trade. The money lent to you must be repaid within six months or your benefactor will lose face and you will lose your head!

Your assets an status are displayed in the message window beneath the icons.

This area is also reserved for displaying the current item in your possession.

Ship

You have one follower, your son, he will fetch and carry things for you but you must do everything else. You must wander the town to try to find a friendly benefactor, havin raised a lon of $ 300,000 you must go to the bank and buy a ship. You will be given a choice of three:

LORCHA – $ 150,000 – a smugglers ship, (fast), cargo space = 10 units, 2 cannons, 6 crew

CLIPPER – $ 250,000 – Standard traders ship, (moderate), cargo space = 30 units, 4 cannons, 12 crew

FRIGGATE – $ 400,000 – Gunship, used by the Navy and the Pirates, (slow), cargo space = 30 units, 8 cannons, 24 crew members

The way you wish to fulfil your ambitions should determine your choice of ship. If you wish to smuggle contraband, then you should choose the Lorcha.

If you wish to trade peacefully with the Law (appart from the indiscreption), you should choose the Clipper. If you wish to become a Privateer, then you should choose the Friggate. You can still pirate in any of the ships but because of the lack of fire power in the two smaller ships, it is advisable that you use the Friggate. Conversely you can use the Friggate for trading or the Clipper for smuggling but their lack of speed makes them unsuitable for these tasks.

Crew

Once you have purchased your ship, you must find a crew. These can either be emploued (found in the Inns) or if you wish to conserve your money,