WALL STREET RAIDER (for Windows)
is the ultimate in sophisticated financial simulations, a
corporate takeover and stock market game and simulation, in
which you strive to build your corporate empire by fair means
or foul, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of the
SEC, IRS, Justice Department, EPA, Congress, powerful unions
and no end of ruthless competitors -- not to mention various
manmade and natural economic and other disasters.In this highly realistic simulation, 1 to 5 players (including
the computer) compete to amass fortunes, investing in, or
taking over and managing, any of up to 1590 companies in
70 industry groups. Once in control of a company, you'll
use all the tricks of the trade of real Wall Street corporate
raiders to expand your empire and net worth:
startups/IPOs
tender offers
greenmail
stock-for-stock mergers
LBO's
"white knight defenses"
antitrust suits and other litigation
restucturings
excessive CEO salaries
firing management
asset restructuring
mass layoffs
tax avoidance
asset-stripping liquidations
industry domination
... and much more, in the quest for the Almighty Dollar.
And, of course, you'll have ample "ethical choices"
thrust upon you from time to time, where you will have to
choose between playing it straight or making a quick killing
and (possibly) winding up in serious legal trouble if you
decide to "go for the gold," rather than "do
the right thing."
All your investment research and financial wheeling and
dealing occur against the backdrop of a nonstop "live"
stock ticker tape, scrolling financial news tape, and a
constantly shifting economic and political environment in
which all the companies and industries in Wall Street Raider
must operate and try to cope. Speedy decision-making is
of the essence, and sweaty palms are a certainty, as you
try to cope and keep your company's earnings on an upward
track -- or at least keep yourself out of Bankruptcy Court!
