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I remember the most mindblowingly cool idea from M.U.L.E. on the Atari 8-bits I used to play it on, was the real-time joystick auction mode.
by michaelcampbell 3y ago
I remember the most mindblowingly cool idea from M.U.L.E. on the Atari 8-bits I used to play it on, was the real-time joystick auction mode.
- rstupek 3y agoAgreed. It so perfectly modeled supply and demand to me as a kid
- mdswanson 3y agoAbsolutely! A simple, visual, intuitive, and interactive way to perform an auction.
- karmakaze 3y agoYeah the 4-player realtime auction really made the game. The two best Atari games I remember playing are Archon and M.U.L.E.
- kej 3y agoWe had an extra metagame where if nobody was doing business with you you could try to wrestle the controller from their hands and make your own deals.
- leonim 3y agoI remember getting a pirated copy of this game many years ago. A friend at school would give me bootlegged disks and this was one of the games. I would just get the disk, and no instructions. I think I played it a little, but didn't get into it. I didn't really understand how to play. Maybe I had seen a review in a magazine with some details. My Dad was an economist. When he saw this game, he was really impressed by the interface. He thought it had some really interesting ideas, like the auction mode. If I remember correctly, he thought it could help as a teaching aid. Nice to see it back. I'll have to try it again.