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- Oil imperium -
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Business games have been
around for ages but few of them combine the strategic parts with arcade
sequences. Oil imperium is a game where you have to start and run your own
oil business. The game is always played with four players and you can select
from a number of different goals like being the best after three years or
to become the sole supplier of oil in the world. If you don't have any people
hanging around to play the game the computer can be any of the three remaining
players.
You start the game with 5 million dollars and with that you have to buy
a piece of land on which to drill for oil, an oil tank for storage and your
off to become an oil tycoon. You can select from land all over the world
but before you can buy any you have to buy a permit for that continent so
at the start you are limited in your choices. Each continent has 24 different
patches of land though so you won't run out of choices too soon. It's important
to survey a piece of land first because not all of them will contain a lot
of oil and you wouldn't want to waste a million on a piece of dry land.
After you buy land you can immediately start drilling for oil and you can
choose to do it yourself or to have a specialist do it which will cost you
a load of money. If you do it yourself you will have to play a minigame
in which you must drill as fast as possible without breaking the drill or
it will take time and money to repair the rig. If you strike oil then you
will get a daily amount of oil which you can sell to make a profit and buy
more land and equipment.
There are three other companies who are also in the same business though
and they can use tactics like sabotage and propaganda to upset your business
but all of these options are also available to you. Don't be too sqeamish
about using them either because you have to win this thing at all costs!
Sometimes sabotage or simply bad luck will result in one of your oil fields
burning which leads to another arcade sequence that has you using explosives
to stop the fires. The arcade sequences don't come so often that you get
tired of them and they can be skipped but that does come at a price. At
the end of each month your results will be calculated as well as your competitors
so you can see who has the lead.
The graphics and sounds aren't really anything spectacular as this is still mostly a strategic game and the arcade sequences are quite short. The main part of the game is great with plenty for you to do so you won't get bored with it quickly. This game really reminds me of Ports of call which had a very similar interface and it has you running a shipping imperium but the game mechanics are very much alike. Anyone interestes in strategic business games should definately check this game out and others might give it a try as well.
Overal rating: 8/10
Erde Kaiser
Oil imperium was released for two different systems here are some notes:
| Amiga |
Released
in 1989.
Game has been tested but not completed with winUAE v0.9.91.
This version is called black gold but there is no change to the gameplay.
The original was also released on the amiga first as you can see the
workbench screen when buying/selling land and equipment. |
| C64 |
Released
in 1989.
Game has been tested but not completed with CCS64 v2.0 win.
This version is in German so unless you understand that language don't
bother. |
| Others |
This
version is not available.
Dos released in 1989, the version I have doesn't work so too bad. |
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Date added |
Feb-10-2005 19:49 |
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Name |
Oil imperium |
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Developer |
Reline software
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Publisher |
Reline software
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First released |
1989 |
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Genre |
Strategy
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Download |
Commodore 64, filesize: 178 Kb
Commodore Amiga, filesize: 720 Kb
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Manual |
Download manual for Oil imperium
, filesize: 10 Kb
This is the same as the text manual. |
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Solve / Docs |
No solve available
Get text manual here
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