StarLanes

StarLanes is a game of interstellar trading

Based on the 1977 "Star Lanes" for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I computer (which was a version of the original "Star Traders" by David Kaufman, who published a description of the game in People's Computer Company, volume 2, number 3, January 1974). With some ideas from the 1984 Altair version.

The objective of the game is to amass the greatest amount of money. This is accomplished by establishing vast, interstellar shipping lanes, and purchasing stock in the companies that control those trade routes. During the course of the game, stock appreciates in value as the shipping companies become larger. Also, smaller companies can be merged into larger ones, and stock in the smaller firm is converted into stock in the larger one.