Computer Acquire

Computer Acquire is a video game in the strategy genre developed by Avalon Hill and published by Avalon Hill originally released in 1991. It is currently playable on DOS.

Computer Acquire is a faithful translation of the famous AH board game of the same name.

In this oligopoly game, up to 6 players, any one of whom can be controlled by the computer, compete to build a chain of hotels through acquisitions. A more detailed description from Sid Sackson's great fan site:

The game is played on a 12 X 9 grid, with squares ranging from A-1 to I-12. Each player has a hand of six randomly drawn tiles, and each turn begins with the placement of a tile in its corresponding square on the board. These tiles represent hotels, although the theme is arbitrary. As soon as two adjacent hotels are placed, they form a chain. The player who initially creates the chain gets one action (out of a total of 25 available) from the new chain of hotels. After placing a tile, each player is entitled to buy up to three shares of any chain on the board. As additional tiles are placed adjacent to a chain, increasing its size, the value of those shares increases.

If you like business sims, you will enjoy this excellent ASCII classic that is very faithful to the board game, with tremendous replay value and good AI.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.