Taipan for Atari 800
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This is a work in progress. It's a port of the C version for Linux and
curses, modified to look and play more like the Apple II version.

Currently the game is playable and complete, but has a few known bugs
(see BUGS.txt) and probably a few unknown ones too.

The latest version of the source can be found here:
https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/repos/taipan

A binary of the game can be found here:

https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/src/taipan.xex

...though it might be outdated.

The Linux/curses port I used as a starting point can be found here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/games/textrpg/

The Apple II BASIC source, plus a browser version of the game,
can be found here: http://www.taipangame.com/

What's missing:

I mention this up front, because some players consider this a major
issue: The "negative interest" bug/feature/cheat doesn't work. If you
never heard of it, don't worry about it: It's more fun to play without
cheating anyway.


Further Documentation
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GAMEPLAY.txt - user's manual, explains how to play Taipan.
RUNNING.txt - instructions on how to run Taipan.
BUILDING.txt - build instructions, for compiling Taipan yourself.
BUGS.txt - guess what this is?
NOTES.txt - implementation details, blue-sky plans.
LICENSE.txt - legal stuff. Or possibly not.