Taipan!

Taipan!
Title screen
DeveloperMega Micro Computers
PublisherAvalanche Productions
DesignerArt Canfil
PlatformTRS-80, Apple II
Release1979 for TRS-80, 1982 for Apple II
GenreTurn-based strategy
ModeSingle-player

Taipan! is a 1979 turn-based strategy computer game written for the TRS-80 and ported to the Apple II in 1982. It was created by Art Canfil and the company Mega Micro Computers, and published by Avalanche Productions.

The game Taipan! was inspired by the novel Tai-Pan by James Clavell. The player is in the role of a 19th-century trader in the Far East. The goal of the game is for the player to accumulate wealth through trade and possibly also through booty won in battles against pirates. As soon as the player's net worth reaches one million pounds, the player has the option to retire.

A companion book about the game was co-authored by Canfil and illustrated by Chrisann Brennan.

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