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- │ VENDOR INFORMATION -- WALL $TREET RAIDER │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- ┌─────────┐
- ┌─────┴───┐ │ (R)
- ──│ │o │──────────────────
- │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
- │ │ │─┘ Shareware
- └───│ o │ Professionals
- ──────│ ║ │────────────────────
- └────╨────┘ MEMBER
-
-
- This is the shareware version of Wall $treet Raider.
- Vendors who are dealer members of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals are authorized to add this
- version of the program to their catalogs, BBS or other
- shareware product listings without first obtaining
- permission of the author. However, it will be helpful
- to notify the author of the program that your company
- has begun distribution of the program, so that we can
- place you on our mailing list to receive subsequent
- update releases of the program.
-
- Other prospective vendors of the program should first
- request permission, which will usually be granted if you
- enclose a copy of your catalog or similar information.
- However, if this package includes the file VENDINFO.DIZ,
- refer to it to see if vendors of your classification may
- distribute the program without prior approval or notifi-
- cation of Ronin Software. You will need the VENDVIEW.EXE
- program (freeware) from Ram's Island Software, to view
- the compressed information on distribution policies in
- the VENDINFO.DIZ file. To obtain the viewer, contact
- Ram's Island Software at 7644 Parker, CO 80134, USA.
-
- Please send your notification or request to:
-
- MICHAEL D. JENKINS
- RONIN SOFTWARE
- 3020 ISSAQUAH-PINE LAKE RD.
- SUITE # 36
- ISSAQUAH, WA 98029
-
-
- PROGRAM INFORMATION:
- --------------------
-
- APPLICABLE PRODUCT CATEGORIES:
-
- BUSINESS -- SIMULATIONS
- BUSINESS -- CORPORATE FINANCIAL SIMULATIONS
- GAMES -- STOCK MARKET
- GAMES -- SIMULATIONS
- GAMES -- STRATEGY
- EDUCATION -- BUSINESS
-
- BRIEF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
-
- "HIGHLY REALISTIC SIMULATION OF CORPORATE
- FINANCE AND WALL STREET SKULDUGGERY"
-
- LONGER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
-
- Enlist in the Corporate Wars! W$R allows
- 1 to 4 players (including the computer) to
- engage in amazingly realistic corporate
- wheeling and dealing, Wall Street style.
- Mount hostile takeovers, restructure sick
- companies, trade on inside information, do
- LBO's, mergers, file harassing lawsuits
- against competitors, engage in greenmail
- payoffs, seek "White Knights" to help you
- "shark-proof" your company from other
- marauding junk bond takeover artists,
- while you struggle to keep companies you
- control profitable, against ruthless
- industry competitors and arbitrary
- government actions. Non-stop action with
- a live (simulated) stock ticker and an
- unending flow of earnings reports, financial
- and political news pouring off the "broad
- tape" as you use sophisticated research
- tools to try to keep your investments in any
- of 250 companies (IBM, Exxon, GM, etc.)
- afloat. Effortless to play, the incredibly
- realistic, ever-changing Wall $treet Raider
- simulation compares to other stock market
- games like chess does to checkers. THERE'S
- NOTHING ELSE REMOTELY LIKE IT AT ANY PRICE!
-
-
- HARDWARE, O/S REQUIREMENTS:
-
- - DOS 2.1 or higher (A DOS program, but also
- can be run from Windows 3.xx)
-
- - 640K free RAM required.
-
- - Hard disk recommended, but can be installed
- on a 1.2mb or larger floppy.
-
- - No other special hardware requirements,
- except that program does not run on
- IBM PC-jr. Needs most of 640K conventional
- RAM, so may need to unload any large TSR's
- from conventional memory before running W$R.
-
-
- USER REGISTRATION:
-
- - Required after 30-day evaluation period.
-
- - Registration of $10.00 provides user 90 days
- free technical support (by mail) and a copy
- of a "Cheat Code" that can be entered to turn
- on a "Cheat Mode," in accordance with A.S.P.
- guidelines for game shareware. There is no
- "registered" or commercial version of the
- program.
-
- - For $25.00, user becomes registered, and
- receives copy of latest version of the program,
- plus Cheat Code.
-
- - User may also order 100-page companion book
- on strategies, entitled "TAKE NO PRISONERS --
- WALL $TREET RAIDER: STRATEGIES AND TACTICS."
- Price: $25.00
-
- - Package Deal: For $45, user receives all of
- the above: Registration, user support, free
- copy of latest program upgrade with cheat
- code, and companion strategy book.
-
-
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │NOTE TO VENDORS: BE SURE TO SEE HIGHLY COMPLI-│
- │MENTARY REVIEWS OF EARLIER, RELATIVELY PRIMITIVE│
- │COMMERCIAL VERSION OF THIS PROGRAM IN INFOWORLD │
- │(12/88), JERRY POURNELLE'S COLUMN IN BYTE (1/89)│
- │AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (12/88), AS WELL AS │
- │MORE RECENT REVIEWS OF SHAREWARE VERSION IN PsL │
- │NEWS AND SHAREWARE MAGAZINE (1993). │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │NOTE TO VENDORS (OTHER THAN SYSOPS) REGARDING │
- │DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM ON 2 360K DISKETTES:│
- │WALL $TREET RAIDER FILES FOR THE NON-SYSOP │
- │VERSION OF THE PROGRAM ARE IN SELF-EXTRACTING │
- │LHA COMPRESSED FILE FORMAT (EXCEPT READ.ME, ETC)│
- │------------------------------------------------│
- │ Files should be split as follows between Disk │
- │ #1 and Disk #2: │
- │ │
- │ Diskette #1 Diskette #2 │
- │ ----------------- ------------------ │
- │ INSTALL.EXE DATFILES.EXE │
- │ READ.ME USERINFO.DOC │
- │ WSRFILES.EXE VENDOR.DOC │
- │ VENDOR.ID │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-
- THE SYSOP VERSION IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING
- FROM THE 7 A.S.P. "HUB NETWORK" BBS'S, UNDER
- THE FILENAME WSR5_2.ZIP.
-
-
- NOTE ON UPDATE POLICY FOR VENDORS !
-
- Ronin Software sends updates of this program to
- vendors through whom we have had any registrations
- in the preceding 3 months. We know where our
- registrations come from, thanks to a small file
- (VENDOR.ID) that contains the name of any vendor
- to whom we submit a copy. When a user prints out
- a registration form, it contains the vendor name
- from the VENDOR.ID file. If the VENDOR.ID file
- with the version of W$R you are distributing does
- not contain the name of your firm, we suggest
- you replace the file, using an ASCII text editor,
- to make a 1-line ASCII file containing your
- company's name.