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Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market

A text-based gameDrug Wars is a game where the player takes on the role of a street drug dealer in New York. The player character owes the local loan shark $5,500, but unfortunately only has $2,000. He has one…

31 December 1984

Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market is an adventure, released 31 December 1984 on DOS.

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What Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market is

Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market was released in 1984. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

one month, the player will have to pay off the debt and make as much money as possible. Time passes in a turn-based fashion, moving forward when the player travels from one area to another. Each time the player travels, a random event may occur (e.g. Mom borrows some weed to makes brownies). Each movement also triggers a price change for each drug, making their prices more difficult to predict when the player goes to a different area. Additionally, if the player carries too much merchandise, they may attract the attention of the police, which may provoke a gun fight (if the player bought guns) or force the player to run away to avoid being caught.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Karateka.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Karateka.

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Drug Wars: A Game Based on the New York Drug Market was released on 31 December 1984 for DOS.

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