Monopoly Deluxe

[Romano]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/895)

[red_avatar]

Only a year or two ago, my friend and me had tons of games with this version together - it's ace. No special eye candy, just the heart of monopoly.

[Guest]

Only a year or two ago, my friend and me had tons of games with this version together - it's ace. No special eye candy, just the heart of monopoly.

id like it if thay made monoply computer game . where you can mke your own streets and make it like your own town.

[Guest]

Too big and complex, probably. Can you imagine trying to balance a Monopoly game with even 6-7 blocks, let alone the odd little twists and turns (cul-de-sacs and the like)? Is this property in block 4-b worth $500? Or is it only worth about $120 because everybody can go around it? What do you do about people who try to simply control most of the properties around the shortest route back to GO, and never take any other turns?

[Guest]

A very cute game! Still excellent at our time. :OK:

However do any of you think the dice are... loaded? I can't count how many games where I start with a 4. And computers have some mysterious ability to bypass your houses... I've gone without any income at all for several trips around the map, and I had at least 2 properties on all sides. They either jumped pass them or they went to jail. <_<

[Guest]

I think I've tried every single version of Monopoly, PC & Console.

Suprisingly, the N64 one is the best by far.

[Vendermarch]

There actually was some Monopoly 3D version back in 1999 or 2000 if I remember right. And it was some strategy game.

EDIT: Yea I Found it. Monopoly Tycoon
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/monopo...oon/review.html (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/monopolytycoon/review.html)

[Sihn Starr]

Anybody have the D-Fend settings for this game?

i can get the game to work but no sounds.

[Roadkill]

Fantastic review, you really did it justice.

hope you enjoy the game. :OK:

[Abi79]

Anybody have the D-Fend settings for this game?

i can get the game to work but no sounds.
I'm not sure, but I think the game has a setup file you need to run. If it hasn't, then try running it in DOSBox without D-Fend. The sound worked for me.

Fantastic reviewThanks. :)

[_mzonas_]

this game reminded me very old old times, when me with my sister and 2 cousins were playing this game. But we were playing not on computer, but with table game if anyone understood what I mean!

[BlackRat]

Hi there found the 1.05 patch for this game fixes qite a few things:

Bug Fixes:
=========
While Virgin Games intends to provide 100% pure entertainment, Murphy's
Law (what can go wrong WILL go wrong) sometimes prevails, resulting in
the type of undesirable program behavior that most software companies
won't admit exists.

Unlike these others, Virgin Games is ready to admit that some problems
were discovered in version 1.00 and happy to announce that each one has
been addressed in version 1.50 and that the current product is (to the
best of our knowledge) exactly as originally intended.

We wish to thank all of the version 1.00 customers who contributed "bug"
reports, with detailed information. We have addressed those reports as
follows (maybe you'll recognize yours):

o The player may now pay to get out of jail during a computer player's
turn.

o The game prevents players from buying buildings during another
player's turn (between rolls if the player rolled doubles).

o Problems which resulted in graphic fragments being left on the screen
have been fixed.

o If the player gets an "Advance to Go" card while the $400 bonus is
activated for landing on GO, the player will receive $400 instead of
$600.

o If the player trades a large number of properties to another player all
at once, the program will no longer run out of memory and cease normal
operation.

o Problems involving the rolling of doubles have been fixed, including:
improper behavior when player bankrupts while rolling doubles, when
rolling doubles after rolling to get out of Jail,

o Problems involving multi-player functions (pay $50 to each player) have
been fixed.

o Program now correctly reports property names in history for activity on
Tennessee and New York.




The following features have been added in version 1.5:

o The program has been rewritten to provide faster game animation
on slow machines. This optimization does not affect token animation
which can be set to varying speeds using the Animation options menu.

o There is an option to display "Mortgaged" stripes on the board
properties. This is a handy way to let everyone (including the
owner) know which properties are currently mortgaged.

o New option allows players to view all currently unowned properties.

o The rules for Monopoly allow two or more players to contend for
houses if the bank cannot satisfy the current demand. These situations
are resolved with the house auction, in which players bid for houses
under dispute.

The bank display window will now show an equation to represent
the current number of houses during a turn in which houses are bought
or sold. This allows the player to see both the number of total houses
which could be auctioned in the event of a conflict and the number of
remaining houses which could be purchased without conflict.

This equation is (total remaining houses) + or - (houses bought
or sold this turn) = (total houses which can be bought this turn
without generating a house auction). A negative total means a house
auction will be commenced once a player rolls the dice.

o The following messages were added to the game history to better
document gameplay: game start-up options, building auctions, and
forced building sales.

o A new ending sequence has been added, allowing the player the
following options: Play again, Quit, and Gloat.

o If Gloat is selected at the end of the game, the screen is left
intact so that a player may save the game history to a text file
or save the screen display to an .LBM bit-map graphics file.

o The Title Deed window can be closed by double-clicking on its
respective space on the board.

o Game now allows player to open a Title Deed window on top of an
auction window.


http://rapidshare.de/files/34597285/mddos150.zip.html

[another_guest]

Hm, I always thought the controls were awkward / clumsy + the layout not really clear in terms of ownership of squares and such.

[arvoredo]

@ Sep 27 2006, 10:11 AM

Hm, I always thought the controls were awkward / clumsy + the layout not really clear in terms of ownership of squares and such.


I was looking for version 1.5 (the links above don't work anymore, but what I found instead was a 1989 version of monopoly which just happen to solve the problem of ownership in a quite pleasant way, by means of laying the a color ribbon on the game board with the player's color :smurf: . It'd be a good suggestion for an upgrade, if it wasn't abandonware :unsure:

Take a look at it:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/board/monopvga.zip

But, of course, you can always click on the topmost player and highlight the squares of that player. It makes the game much less confusing.

[BranjoHello]

Back in those days, this was pretty great game, now there are better versions like Monopoly (3) New Editon (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/monopoly-3) and I always prefered monopoly live(someone always get pissed off:hihihi:)!

[Shypkus]

how do you get the sound to work? I ran this even on the DosBox and no sound comes out... :(

[arete]

You need to run the setup file in dosbox to configure the sound.

[fleabag]

You need to run the setup file in dosbox to configure the sound.

I tried that in DOS and got an error message that it couldn't create the".cfg" file.

[_r.u.s.s.]

you need to right click the game folder/files inside it and deselect option called "read only"

[Rich Nagel]

I've bought owned and played many different versions of Monopoly for PC... but this one is the best by far. Sure, doesn't have the eye-candy of the newer incarnations, but has a lot more features and better gameplay IMHO.

I have "Monopoly 3" (US and UK editions), "Monopoly by Parker Brothers" (dist. by gameHouse), "Monopoly CD" (by Westwood), as well as the Windows 3.x version of Monopoly Deluxe...

Monopoly Deluxe for DOS by far beat's 'em all. Hell, the WinDoZe version of the same game (M.D.) *LACKS* features that the DOS version has! :duh:

Anyhow, two thumbs up, and a blast to play in DOSBox with DOSBox's "Turbo Mode" enabled :)

[RFNagel]

I've bought owned and played many different versions of Monopoly for PC... but this one is the best by far. Sure, doesn't have the eye-candy of the newer incarnations, but has a lot more features and better gameplay IMHO.

I have "Monopoly 3" (US and UK editions), "Monopoly by Parker Brothers" (dist. by gameHouse), "Monopoly CD" (by Westwood), as well as the Windows 3.x version of Monopoly Deluxe...

Monopoly Deluxe for DOS by far beat's 'em all. Hell, the WinDoZe version of the same game (M.D.) *LACKS* features that the DOS version has! :duh:

Anyhow, two thumbs up, and a blast to play in DOSBox with DOSBox's "Turbo Mode" enabled :)

[DrLechter]

RFNagel, I managed to get this working on Windows 7. I'd like to discuss with you. Would you please email me at drlechtr at gmail dot com.