You need 4 players to start a Tournament game.
Only 2 computer players are allowed.
Mega Byte joined the game in slot 1
dsm visits
Mega Byte: Hi
Mega Byte: Have a game?
dsm joined the game in slot 2
Added computer player <D.A.N.>
Added computer player <B.I.L.L.>
Mega Byte: Where are you from?
Round 1 of 12
dsm: California
Mega Byte: Cool.
Mega Byte: I'm in Tokyo, but lived in San Diego for many years.
dsm: cool
Mega Byte: I hate when there is a 3 mountain plot right next to the door. :)
Round 2 of 12
Round 3 of 12
dsm: so how does one catch the wumpus ?
Mega Byte: Space bar skips the production animation.
Mega Byte: Bugger.
Mega Byte: That's bad
Mega Byte: Man
Mega Byte: I hate selling it now... :(
Mega Byte: But I can't live another turn.
Mega Byte: You catch the wampus by going to the spot on the mountain where he sticks his head out, and press the space bar.
dsm: ah ok on atari just had to run over him
Mega Byte: Yeah
Mega Byte: That was how I remembered it on the C64 too. :)
Mega Byte: Come on dude. :)
Mega Byte: I need 2
Mega Byte: that was 2 more.
Round 4 of 12
Mega Byte: I'm telling you how to play the game... don't gimp me. :)
Mega Byte: Some reason you want the price of energy to be high???
Round 5 of 12
Mega Byte: space bar skipps produciton animation
Mega Byte: Gulp
dsm: terrorists !
Mega Byte: All that, and no surface to air missles... :)
Mega Byte: BAH
Mega Byte: WTF
Mega Byte: How the bloody hell did that happen...
Round 6 of 12
dsm: I am sooo screwed
Mega Byte: Nah, you are in much better position than I am.
Mega Byte: You haven't been helping to control the Ore market...
Mega Byte: Or we would both be doing well.
Mega Byte: I keep getting screwed on energy too.
Mega Byte: So I've had 2 round without production
Mega Byte: Space bar skips this part
Mega Byte: Makes it go a lot faster.
dsm: thx
Mega Byte: One advantage you have, last place, no bad events can happen
Mega Byte: Wish I hda had 10 untes
Mega Byte: units
Mega Byte: I wish you could buy from them once they start selling to the store.
Mega Byte: One small slip, and you wind up out of the auction.
Round 7 of 12
Mega Byte: Let that last mule go if you don't use it.
Mega Byte: Let the mule go
dsm: waaaa
Mega Byte: If you had turned that mule los, ore would be 230 right now...
Mega Byte: That's it for the ore market...
Mega Byte: That's the part I was just talking about
Mega Byte: How I hate once they engage with the store, you can't buy from them.
Mega Byte: I thought in the old version, you coul.
dsm: yeah I think thats a bug
Round 8 of 12
Mega Byte: DAMN mountains
Mega Byte: Keep getting hung on them.
Mega Byte: This version of the game, crystite is NOT the end all be all, like it was in 25 years ago version.
Mega Byte: It's max value is 144
Mega Byte: Ore's max value is 230
Mega Byte: And if you work at it, you can easily manipulate the ore market.
Mega Byte: But it needs everyone playing at it.
Mega Byte: Space bar
dsm: ahso des ka
Mega Byte: nani
Mega Byte: Nihongo des ka
dsm: skose
Mega Byte: ahso wa nihngo de nan deska
dsm: wakri ni
Mega Byte: sukoshi
Mega Byte: ???????
Round 9 of 12
Mega Byte: ??
Mega Byte: haha
Mega Byte: Discovered MULE interface is not multilanguage. :)
Mega Byte: Wouldn't accept my hiragana and kanji.
Mega Byte: Which is weird. It takes it on the entry bar, but when it presents in the conversation window, it just shows ??????s
Mega Byte: I need a store burn even now.
Mega Byte: event
dsm: so I wrote the worlds first kanji kanji Wysiwyg editor
Mega Byte: That's a big claim.
dsm: with a small team at Xerox PARC
Mega Byte: Interesting.
dsm: worked with Fuji Xerox
dsm: in Akasaka and Ebine
dsm: Ebina
Mega Byte: Where is Ebine?
dsm: Ebina about 90 minutes from tohyo (never drove so don't know which direction
Mega Byte: LOL
dsm: Fuji Xerox Manufaturing
Mega Byte: How long were you here?
dsm: only a few weeks at a time
Round 10 of 12
dsm: I was in Japan when Space Invaders was released. ;)
Mega Byte: I knew it would punish me for letting them all go. ;)
Mega Byte: hehe
Mega Byte: This is a risky strategy for me.
Mega Byte: Will see if it works or not.
dsm: yup
Mega Byte: I hate this new damn spoilage down to 50 they implemented.
Mega Byte: Would rather have seen the price at 230, but this will be ok I think.
Mega Byte: Nice crystite price too.
Mega Byte: Hmmm
Mega Byte: You made too much
Mega Byte: I think you got me since I took such a big spoliage hit, and it took away one of my high producing smithoer plots.
Mega Byte: Bugger.
Mega Byte: I forgot that I would have so much spoilage.
Round 11 of 12
dsm: hey how did you get that !!!???
Mega Byte: Fast finger
Mega Byte: Going to be close.
dsm: yup
Mega Byte: I think you might have me though, as your crystite production is much higher, and I can't get all my left over plots converted that fast.
dsm: I think yu will get me by about 5 wumpi
Mega Byte: 5 what?
dsm: wumpuses
Mega Byte: That was a gamble too...
Mega Byte: If crystite drops next round...
Mega Byte: I will have lost money
Mega Byte: My only advantage at this point is couple extra plot values.
Mega Byte: Might as well sell it.
Mega Byte: I had more than I though I would nee
Mega Byte: d
Mega Byte: Was buying for 2 rounds, but bought for 3 LOL
Round 12 of 12
Mega Byte: Hmmm
Mega Byte: Nail biter
Mega Byte: Not getting that mule back in the coral could be enough to kill me.
dsm: I think you got it
Mega Byte: Close one.
Mega Byte: I wish I could have gotten that last ORE plot to crystite.
Mega Byte: Will all come down to production of my crystite.
Mega Byte: If you produce more than me, than I'm dead.
Mega Byte: If I have more than you, I might win.
Mega Byte: I'm dead.
Mega Byte: Price is WAY high too.
Mega Byte: So your value of goods is higher.
Mega Byte: WOW
Mega Byte: Both at 102.
Mega Byte: Hmmm
Mega Byte: I think you buying that Ore hurt you.
Mega Byte: It will have a asset value of the store buy amount.
Mega Byte: So you bought a few units, at store price.
Mega Byte: It won't raise your Ore overall asset value.
Mega Byte: (They fixed that in this game.)
dsm: ah
Game Over
Saving score, please wait...
Score saved
dsm: congratulations
Mega Byte: Wow.
Mega Byte: Squeeker.
Mega Byte: Thanks mate.
Mega Byte: This was the best game I've played ever.
Mega Byte: :)
dsm: elegant estates !
Mega Byte: If I had lost by cost of a mule, I'd ahve been devistated.
Mega Byte: :)
Mega Byte: NICE.
Mega Byte: Was a pleasure playing with you.
Mega Byte: Cheers.
dsm: yeah I thought the old bug on asset values was still there
Mega Byte: Nope.
Mega Byte: That's gone.
Mega Byte: And was only on the Atari version
Mega Byte: Was fixed in the C64 version too
dsm: cheers nice game
dsm: so what do you do in Tokyo computers I assume
Mega Byte: I consult to financial firms
Mega Byte: Mostly on technology infrastructure, and build data centers.
dsm: shoot use app engine ;)
Mega Byte: Wow
Mega Byte: You realize, I only won this game because I got that extra plot...
Mega Byte: If you had had it instead of me, you'd have won.
Mega Byte: LOL
Mega Byte: Anywah, have to run.
Mega Byte: Thanks for the game.
dsm: maybe because you are hosting ?
dsm: u2 thanx
Mega Byte: Don't think so.