Bulls and Bears is a shareware stock market game for up to four players, if there are less than four players in the game then the computer offers to join but only joins as one player.
The game is entirely keyboard driven. The game consists of the following phases which are repeated until the players decide the game is over.Phase 1: Each round begins with a summary of the players current cash total, all players start with a $5000 bet.Phase 2: The wallet update. This is where each player, in turn, decides what to invest their money in. They can buy or sell stocks in any or all of the following: Metals, Oil, Utilities, Transportation, Bonds, Housing Market and Industrials. When the player has made all the transactions they wish, they 'hold' their position in the market and the game moves on to the next player.Phase 3: The Market Session. Here the computer decides which investments pay dividends and which gain or lose value.Phase 4: The market news phase. The game displays a newspaper with a randomly chosen headline, 'Oil prices soar - Congress goes crazy' is one of them. The player interprets this news and its implications and uses the information, along with their skill, experience and guesswork, to plan their sales and purchases in the next round. From here, it's back to the revised score sheet from Phase 1 to see who has the most money.
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