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Taipan was (and is) a classic role-playing game from the 1980s.
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While not as graphically oriented as some of the other popular games
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of the time (e.g. Choplifter, Karateka, and Lode Runner), Taipan still
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managed to capture the imagination of almost every player that laid
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hands upon it.
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Loosely based upon James Clavell's best-selling novel "Tai-Pan", the
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game lets you play the role of an ocean-going trader doing business in
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major Asian ports during the mid-1800s. Your objective is simple: make
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the most money possible by trading and pirating. Based out of Hong Kong,
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you'll sail from harbor to harbor buying commodities including opium,
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silk, arms, and "general" goods, and selling them again at a higher
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price elsewhere.
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WWW: http://freshmeat.net/projects/taipan/
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