![]() ![]() Fend off the police, pay off your debt to the loan shark, and grow your empire. Get rich, (and more importantly survive) the streets of New York buying and selling drugs. Overall, the game is too simple for its own good and provides little more than vague amusement. The classic game DopeWars (aka DrugWars) available for Palm. The gameplay isn't exactly complex and it certainly isn't going to keep you going for a long time, as it's mostly a case of buying up some drugs and then selling them on and it doesn't really take a lot to figure out how to do it. Dope Wars is certainly not a complex or visually flashy game, and tells its story in largely text-based fashion, with stats and numbers forming the basis of your graphical experience. There are also random events like muggers, cops and angry loan sharks to worry about, and which make your life even more difficult. Different drugs are en vogue in different cities, so you have to figure out where the demand is and take into account traveling costs before making your moves. This basically revolves around cannily buying up various forms of drug and then moving around different locations to sell it on at a ridiculous profit. You've got a couple of grand in your pocket but you're in the hole to the tune of $5000 to a local loan shark, so you've got to figure out how to get the money and fast. The player takes the role of a drug dealer up to his ears in debt. This update to the original Dope Wars adds in a few new elements but remains largely the same, so if you have played the first version, don't expect anything radically different here. Special thanks to dovoto and dsboi of #dsdev.Dope Wars does almost exactly what you'd expect from its title and provides players with a thoroughly immoral and pretty tedious low-key experience which might just entertain you for a few minutes. The framebuffer library and the game is written from scratch, using only memory as to how the game was played, and some statistics off of the DEA's page on current drug prices. There is also the ad-supported free-version available, with ads and the 30 day game length. Put in button repeating for L/R and Up/Down buttons. The paid version removes ads, allows 15, 60, 90, 120 and 365 day game lengths, shows arrows indicating direction of daily price changes, and adds the powerful RCL 9000 weapon.Got rid of unneeded buffers which resulted in a faster load time.To compile, just put the libfb files into libnds directories or create a new directory and add to your link paths.Updated arm9.c to not include the framebuffer library and created the necissary library files to link to libfb.A few requested features that streamline navigation and deposit/withdraw.Fixes a few things with music as well as gives you more options for the music.Reposted compile to ensure compatibility with new libfb.Inventory and Prices menus have been consolidated.A total redesigned banking system also makes for easy deposits and withdraws.Completely revamped version that uses dual screens far better than originally.Updated the drugwars.nds link to point to the new binary instead of the old.Cursor now remembers the position when you go back in menus.Fixed random ATM noises on main screen.Recommend playing this on the hardware, compatible with a flashed firmware via Wireless MultiBoot. If you forget a control mid-game, they are listed at the bottom of each screen. In this game you sell and by drugs to make as much money as possible. Y - Subtract $1000 from deposit/withdraw amount DopeWars is a remake of the 1980s game Drug Wars. R - Subtract 10 drugs from buy/sell, -$100 from deposit/withdrawal L - Add 10 drugs to buy/sell, +$100 to deposit/withdrawal Up - Add 1 drug to buy/sell, +$20 to deposit/withdrawalĭown - Subtract 1 drug to buy/sell, -$20 to deposit/withdrawal When the game is over, your total score of money on hand as well as money in the bank will be displayed.Ī - Advance to next menu, Confirm options Do not underestimate the power of keeping money in the bank, but be careful as the feds have been known to seize accounts. ![]() The basic concept is: buy low, sell high.Ĭertain random events can happen that affect your health, inventory, or the price of drugs currently. Based on options, you have 30, 60, or 90 days (based on selection in options) to pay off the loan and make as much money as you can as a drug dealer. The amounts differ based on the difficulty. 17:38:34 Identifier dopewars Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. Starts out with some money and a loan to pay off. Feel free to edit cities.txt to suit your own game. It was an entry to the NEO Coding Compo 2005 and was ranked 9th. This uses LibFB to render its text, backgrounds, and sprites. ![]() City images and effects with dual backgrounds are added. It is a text rpg where you play a drug dealer who needs to make quick cash and pay off the loan shark. DrugWars DS is a remake of the classic DrugWars played on several platforms. ![]()
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