Monopoly Tycoon (Jewel Case)

by Atari

Product Features

• Build an empire by building businesses, attracting customers, & outwitting your opponents Block by block
• Outbid competitors at property auctions to assemble a business & real-estate juggernaut
• Unleash marketing & advertising campaigns with devastating effect
• Manage each business and attract customers to generate cash
• Buy the electric and water utilities, and keep an eye out for new opportunities

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008K2Y2
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,292 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #75 in Video Games > PC Games > Board Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The first competitive sim ever available. Wage an urban turf war--one business at a time! It's all the risk taking and deal making of the MONOPOLY game and so much more! Explore the city, identify the population's needs and shamelessly exploit business opportunities to ruin your competitors. Compete for control of entire industries and city districts. Seize opportunities and navigate the financial pitfalls of this cutthroat dog-eat-dog world. It's up to you to out-maneuver up to five other would-be tycoons determined on bankrupting you.

MONOPOLY TYCOON uniquely combines the addictive elements of the most popular simulation games, strategy games and, of course-the MONOPOLY game! Choose which businesses are built and where. Match wits with cunning AI opponents or tear into family and friends in ruthless multiplayer mode. Watch your profits grow and increase your control in real-time, in a crushingly competitive, living city. Don't stop until you own it all!

Game Features:

• Create and manage businesses to attract customers and generate cash.
• Build the empire of your dreams, building by building, block by block, all in real-time.
• Compete against up to 5 ruthless human or computer opponents.
• Outbid and outwit competitors at property auctions to assemble a business and real-estate juggernaut.
• Unleash marketing and advertising campaigns with devastating effect.
• Multiplayer LAN and competitive play offer fun and addictive action with limitless replayability.
• Witness the passage of time move from the 30's to present day.
• Open 24 hours. Check up on your businesses at day or night.
• Outbid and outwit competitors at property auctions.
• Cut the cost of your operations--buy the electricity and water utilities!

Awards:

• Children’s Software Revue–-"All Star Award"–-Simulations–-Middle and High School (Grades 6-12)
• Choosing Children’s Software–-"Best Pick" Award

Product Description

It's The Chance of a Lifetime.

Product Information

Welcome to Monopoly Tycoon, the competitive Sim for would-be tycoons! Monopoly Tycoon is asimulation game where the traditional fantasy of owning it all is taken to the next level. You come to this city with nothing but your inheritance and a dream, to acquire wealth by buying and developing the Monopoly properties you know and love.Plan, invest, build, demolish, and bankrupt your opponents in a beautiful, real time 3D environment, populated by hundreds of citizens who will rent your apartments and buy from your businesses. It's all about money - and making more of it than youropponents.

Create a business empire from Baltic Avenue to Boardwalk - one business at a time. It's all the risk taking and deal making of the MonopolyT game and so much more! Get to know the city, its inhabitants and discover profitablebusiness opportunities. Create businesses, attract the most customers and generate the cash you need. Compete for control of entire industries and city districts. With opportunities and pitfalls at every corner, it's up to you to outmaneuver up to 5other would-be tycoons determined on bankrupting you.

Take on 5 would-be entrepreneurs and compete dollar-for-dollar for complete control. Buy it, build it, stock it, sell it or demolish it. Don't stop until you own it all!

ProductFeatures



Identify the needs of the citizens.
Gain an advantage by strategically exploiting lucrative business opportunities.

Build up to 44 different businesses from the ground up.
Choose thestyle, size, location and type of businesses to operate.

Manage each business.
Find ways to attract the most customers to generate cash and fuel a growing empire.

Compete in real time.
Outbid and outmaneuverup to 5 competing tyco

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sim City - Meet Monopoly!, January 11, 2004

By 

Bruce Gray "gurpsgm" (Shenandoah Valley, VA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monopoly Tycoon (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This game seems to be a cross between Sim City and Monopoly. I got this game for Christmas from a friend. I must say at the onset that I was prepared to be disappointed. I've played more "Tycoon" games than anyone I know. And most of them were junk compared to some of the greats like Zoo Tycoon and Roller Coaster Tycoon.

But I was surprised. This game is good. The many tutorials give you the kick in the pants you will need to get you started. Even if you've played other 'tycoon' games, you =will= need to refresh your knowledge of what you can do in Monopoly Tycoon.

The many scenarios for single players give you ample time to use what you've learned from the tutorials, and there's three levels of difficulty for each scenario. Try playing each scenario in all three of the difficulty modes: Bronze Cup (the easiest), Silver Cup (medium), and Gold Cup (the hardest). Some of the beginning tutorials are fairly easy in all three difficulty modes, but you will eventually find one that you cannot get past, even at the Bronze Cup level, without a little creative thought.

You can build a wide selection of businesses in each block, from apartments (people gotta have a place to live), to businesses, including those available for shopping in daytime (such as clothing stores and markets) and those available for entertainment at nighttime (such as theaters and nightclubs).

Play long enough, and the game adds even more new stores to build. Check the blocks that have apartments with the "poll" tool, and find out what your residents want you to build. People will come to those businesses first. And you'll make money faster than your competition, which is how you win.

There are many characters from the Monopoly game, each with their own personality traits that can be used to your advantage in each scenario. Try playing a few of the single player games as all of the characters and see what I mean.

And there's still people on the Internet that participate in Monopoly Tycoon online. Once you learn a bit more than the basics, try a multiplayer online game. You'll need all of what you learned about the game to win a multiplayer game.

I can recommend this game to anyone that has a love of tycoon games. I like it, and at this price, you can't beat it.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Momma's Monopoly!!, December 30, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Monopoly Tycoon (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

If you are looking for an online version of the Parker Brother's Monopoly game; this ain't it. But, if you are looking for a really fun game with lots of challenging scenerios, then you'll enjoy this game. It is an imaginative The Sims meet Monopoly kind of thing. The graphics could be more sophisticated, but overall it is lots of fun and definitely not a waste of money. I would have liked to rate this a 4.5 because it is really better than the rating of 4 might make it seem.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect!, September 14, 2004

By 

D. Cotto (Bristol, CT) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Monopoly Tycoon (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This tycoon game was almost perfect. In my opinion it is a upgrade of playing the board game. You get to lease and auction property from the city and build stores, apartments and make money. Time goes by really fast in years and you see a little as far as the cars and the other way to tell is by the different type of stores available to open. Once in a while they give you a card and you either have to pay something or get money, similar to the board game. I really enjoyed it but I wish you can move on to the next level with what you have built instead of starting all over again at the new/next level. If it wasn't for that I would have graded it a 5.