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TRS-80 Memories

Playing this makes me feel like I'm back in my garage in Santa Clara in 1980- all the way down to the font and the green plexiglass tint on my TRS-80 CRT. Well done.

Brings back memories. Fantastic game!!

Loved it on my Apple ][ when I was a kid. Love it even better on my iPhone and iPad. Glad to know I could still make more money with money lender wu then selling alone. Made only 3billion in 4 hours. Could have gone on and on! Fantastic!

Rolling in dough

Love this game. You know your good when your net worth just reads all of it lol Trillions

Great port of classic game! Key feature missing!

First, thank you for porting this classic game! The key feature missing is the ability to start with five guns and no debt. otherwise, this is a great game!

Make it worth the ยฃ2 I spent please!

I really liked the demo of this game, enough to spend ยฃ2 on it, but as soon as you pay money it becomes too hard, you can't buy new guns or ships unless it asks you if you want to ( which is very very rare, i have only got 1 new ship and replaced 2 guns and have been playing for ages) you can't protect yourself against robbers they just appear and take your money. Paying money to the gods or whoever is too expensive and does very little and as you can't buy guns or ships you will find that after about 15 mins of playing you will run into 24 pirate ships that finish your game, you can't run from them and fighting is pointless, it's basically game over when you see them. Developers you really do need to do more to this game as this could be a great and has potential but is very annoying and pointless after you have ran into the same pirates time after time you really begin to feel ripped off! Why can't I have more than one ship or a bigger one when I have the money? Why can't I get guns when I want so that I have a chance of beating other pirates? The answer is the developers couldn't be bothered and don't give a fig once they have your money! I thought I had found a nice little honest app from honest developers, but no I haven't, I am just waiting for then to bring a load of very expensive in app purchases to make it a game that lasts more than 10-15 mins! That I will not be buying! Don't waste your money the demo is a con and the game is only part done! I will Change my review if they change the game!
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Great memories!!

Just like the game I played back in my childhood on the first computers!

Ace!

Reminds me of my childhood. Great!

Brilliant!

Wonderful port of an old classic that spawned a new genre.

I remember playing this back in the day on the Apple ][e's at school.

Flash Back

I really loved playing this game during my college days of the mid-80's. I really wish that they would have had the turbo command back then with the battles. This plays just like the old Apple IIe version.

Fun port but

Annoying that it stops you from playing further until you pay. I'm going back to playing online.

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