Dynasty (computer game)
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Dynasty is a text-based resource-management game for the Apple II family of computers, written in BASIC
in December 1978 by Weyman Fong and distributed by San Francisco-based Apple Core. The game is an expanded version of the earlier Hamurabi
.
The player assumes the role of the governor of Hunan Province
in China
during the Yuan Dynasty
(1260-1368). At the player's direction, crops must be planted and harvested, grain must be stored and portioned out for sowing fields and feeding the citizenry, and disasters large and small must be endured. These disasters range from losing grain to rats or graft, to earthquakes that destroy land, to plagues that can decimate the population. Crop yields fluctuate as the result of rains and droughts, as do grain prices at the market and the cost of purchasing land; balancing these factors is the principal challenge of the game. If the player achieves a combined total number of acres of land and bushels of grain that meets or exceeds one million, the game is won and the player declared emperor
.
Similar titles for the Apple II include Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
(1978) by SoftSide
, King (1978) by James A. Storer, and City of Sumer (1980) by Crystalware.
BASIC
BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code....
in December 1978 by Weyman Fong and distributed by San Francisco-based Apple Core. The game is an expanded version of the earlier Hamurabi
Hamurabi
Hamurabi is a text-based game of land and resource management and is one of the earliest computer games. Its name is a shortening of Hammurabi, reduced to fit an eight-character limit.-History:...
.
The player assumes the role of the governor of Hunan Province
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
during the Yuan Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty , or Great Yuan Empire was a ruling dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an...
(1260-1368). At the player's direction, crops must be planted and harvested, grain must be stored and portioned out for sowing fields and feeding the citizenry, and disasters large and small must be endured. These disasters range from losing grain to rats or graft, to earthquakes that destroy land, to plagues that can decimate the population. Crop yields fluctuate as the result of rains and droughts, as do grain prices at the market and the cost of purchasing land; balancing these factors is the principal challenge of the game. If the player achieves a combined total number of acres of land and bushels of grain that meets or exceeds one million, the game is won and the player declared emperor
Emperor of China
The Emperor of China refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916. When referred to as the Son of Heaven , a title that predates the Qin unification, the...
.
Similar titles for the Apple II include Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio is a video game in which each player becomes the ruler of a fledgling Italian city-state around the year 1400. The goal of the game is to become king or queen; to do so the player must manage their city-state so that it may grow....
(1978) by SoftSide
SoftSide
SoftSide Magazine is a defunct computer magazine, begun in October 1978 by Roger Robitaille and published by SoftSide Publications of Milford, New Hampshire.-History:...
, King (1978) by James A. Storer, and City of Sumer (1980) by Crystalware.