Taipan! Mobile User Reviews

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Fun but must pay to unlock

Game is fun and reminds me of the game I used to play in the 1980's. You must pay to unlock the game to get anywhere in it. I do not mind paying the $2.99 but it is not indicated anywhere that you must pay to unlock it. That is pretty uncool.

Not as original

The old version of the game let you buy more cannons. Here you can only ever get a few. You canโ€™t survive without paying the pirates.

Excellent remake!

An outstanding remake of an engaging and addictive game! How addictive? Well, Iโ€™ve been playing it since I discovered it for my ][e back in the early '80s. THAT addictive!

A fun flashback, butโ€ฆ

I played this game for hours on my Apple II back in the 80โ€™s. I respect that the money lender glitch is there, too. Unfortunately, guns get hit with incredible frequency and there just isnโ€™t a good way to keep up; not a lot of opportunities to buy a new gun. Itโ€™s also odd that you can pay a lot less for a gun than a larger ship in this game. Also, a Ma Tsu should have some bodyguards and not get beat up so often.
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Shame On You!

This game is freeware distributed on the Apple IIe, back in the 1980s. I doubt that you actually created this game and so you have no rights to charge for it.

Drop your paywall and let people freely enjoy this old classic game, as it was meant to be.

Nostalgia at itsโ€™ best.

Great port of the original BASIC game I played on the TANDY 4 computers in High School. ( I am that old). The only issue with the game is the start version with 5 guns and 0 cash has 0 ability to progress. No way to earn money and elder brother Wu will not lend you a single yuan. I hope the dev team will fix this as it is nearly flawless otherwise.
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Finaly !

At last, Taipan the way is was ! Great port of a great game ! Thank You.

Fun game

Game is a classic. It would be more fun if we had an option button where you could buy upgrades such as guns or larger ships.

Classic Old School Game

One of the earliest video games in history. Wozniak is known to be a fan.

Great game but restore purchase fails

Iโ€™ve paid for this. Bought a new phone, installed it and suddenly Iโ€™m hitting a paywall? So, I hit restore and it seems to have worked, for a moment then asks to pay again.
Please fix my issue.

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