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Games of this type emphasize the life of a trader or merchant involving the transportation of goods or commodities for profit, [1] often as a free-lance agent, smuggler or privateer. References [ edit ]
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Caught in the grips of a villainous loan shark, you work your way out of debt and align yourself with the rule abiding trade federation or the shady black market. Further on you gain the choice to choose your real trade. Either becoming partners with a procurement specialist, subsidies trader, or a luxury importer, you make your own way in space.
Jasper Sylvester reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Inside Trader is fun, fast, and fascinating, but it is not "The Authentic Stock Trading Game" it is billed as. Nevertheless, it is interesting enough for prospective stock market manipulators of simulated securities environments to pay attention to."
Adam Pavlacka of NextGen said, "If you've ever wanted to play the stock market but never had the cash, this is the game for you. Featuring a minimalist interface, basic point-and-click controls, and a detailed economic model, Wall Street Trader 2000 is very close to the real thing – except you aren't risking real money."
High Seas Trader is a 1995 naval business simulation video game.The player runs trade routes, fends off pirates, collects artifacts and offers transport to fellow countrymen in need, all for the sake of climbing up the game's ranking ladder, which in turn allows the player to buy bigger ships, more firepower and larger cargo holds to progress more quickly in the ranks.
Reviewing the game while it was in early access, Sin Vega of Rock Paper Shotgun enjoyed the game's nuanced portrayal of pirates, which she said were usually a boring gameplay element. Praising the amount of choice in the game, she said that Star Traders: Frontiers "feels like having space adventures" and was "already the best time I've had in ...
Several unrelated but similar space trading games have been released under the name Star Trader. One such game was released by Bug Byte Software in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, [5] and was one of the games included with the Softaid compilation. Screenshot of the Linux/Unix version of the game, featuring the galaxy map