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Oil Tycoon (Jewel Case) | 
 enlarge | From: Global Star Software
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $6.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 14258
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 95
Genre: Tycoon Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Jewel Case
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.3
Model: GLS99535
UPC: 778399995350
EAN: 0778399995350
ASIN: B0000634TW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: Brand new factory sealed retail jewel case (w/ inserts). FREE upgrade to first class shipping. We ship daily
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Product Description
Do you have what it takes to conquer the world's oil markets? Now's your chance to build an empire! In this game, anything goes in this exciting contest of economics savvy and capitalistic instincts.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Waste of time & money May 6, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I believe I paid 3 or 4 bucks for this game but even then it was a waste of that money and of the three or so hours I spent trying to enjoy this game. This game is far too tedious (buying food for oil workers?) and the gameplay shallow. This game is by a significant margin the worst of the forty or so games I have bought in my life.
Too Tedious June 10, 2003
Many of the repetitive features on this game could have been automated and would have made it a much better game. There is too much repition. Buy Railroad Tycoon instead.
Fun but boring August 25, 2002
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I thought the game was really fun but after a few hours i got sick of doing the same think over and over again i wouldnt recomend buying this game.
 Fun but ODD August 19, 2002
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
When I first saw the game I thought it would be the stupidest thing ever made because it sounds like it would be stupid. Then I tried it. It was fun but still sounded ... It gets boring after a while though.
 Good game, but gets old fast August 10, 2002
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
Overall, Oil Tycoon is a very-well structured game. The game itseself, however, wears out its flair after a couple of hours. The gameplay focuses on making money, but if you obtain a stable business account, the game gets incredibly tedious. For instance, before you can build your own oil tankers to haul oil to either your own oil refinary, or, more likely, a neutral refinary. In order to get these tankers, you need to charter them. The contract expires after one haul, so you have to charter ships over and over and over again until you just want to vomit. Also, when you construct a new oil well, you have to hire employees and engineers, as well as buying/leasing new equipment and getting food for your miners.Oil Tycoon isn't a bad game; it just gets old too fast. Overall, this is a good simulation game for you hyper-realists, but otherwise, beware.
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