Oil Barons

This article is about the game. For the businessperson, see Business magnate. For the Junior A hockey team, see Fort McMurray Oil Barons.
Oil Barons
Developer(s)Epyx
Publisher(s)Epyx
Designer(s)Tom Glass[1]
Platform(s)Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release1983
Genre(s)Business simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Oil Barons is a turn-based business simulation game published by Epyx in 1983 for Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems.[2] It fuses a video game and a board game via a 50 X 40 square grid game board and tokens to associate different squares to various terrain-specific video game locations.

Commodore 64 screenshot

Reception

Oil Barons received mixed reviews and was awarded a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Best Multi-Player Video Game/Computer Game" at the fifth annual Arkie Awards.[3]: 29 

Ahoy! criticized the pace of the game, noting that each player had to "sit at the computer for several minutes. Other players can use this time to strategize, but things can get pretty slow. Oil Barons, for all its complexity, may not keep you entertained while you are waiting."[4]

Reviews

References

  1. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ Oil Barons from MobyGames (retrieved on November 12, 2008).
  3. ^ Kunkel, Bill; Katz, Arnie (February 1984). "Arcade Alley: The 1984 Arcade Awards, Part II". Video. 7 (11). Reese Communications: 28–29. ISSN 0147-8907.
  4. ^ Herring, Richard (September 1984). "Oil Barons". Ahoy!. pp. 35–37. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ^ "GAMES Magazine #46". December 1983.


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