Money Game (NES video game)

Money Game
Cover art of Money Game
Developer(s)	SOFEL/Money Management Institute[1]
Publisher(s)	SOFEL[2]
Distributor(s)	Nintendo
Series	Money Game
Platform(s)	Nintendo Family Computer[2]
Release date(s)	JP August 10, 1988[2]
Genre(s)	Strategy[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player
Media/distribution	Nintendo Family Computer cartridge

Money Game (ザ・マネーゲーム^?, "The Money Game")^[3] is a Family Computer video game.

Summary

The game is one of the few Nintendo games that teaches young Japanese students about the inner workings of a stock market. Literacy in the Japanese language is required and the player must interact with a virtual newspaper (that looks like a traditional printed newspaper of the 1980s), a telephone, a personal computer, and even a female companion. The player starts out with 1,000,000 yen (approximately $7600 USD) and must gain money while using the stock market. Only 100 days are allowed to elapse for profit earning. Otherwise, it is game over for the player as the player will be deemed to be a bad investor. This game eventually resulted in a sequel that would become the basis for the Nintendo Entertainment System game Wall Street Kid.

However, no other stock market-related games have been released for any other system as a standalone product. Stock market-type minigames have appeared in games like Railroad Tycoon, Capitalism Plus, and Aerobiz to provide extra income to the player's business venture(s).

References

1. ^ "Developer information (Japanese)". nifty.com. http://homepage2.nifty.com/gamedatabase/software/DB_NTC1_FC1988.html. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/578623.html. Retrieved 2008-09-24. 
3. ^ "Japanese title". JPNES. http://kurx.net/game/gamebook/fc/JPnesHe.txt. Retrieved 2008-09-24.