Black Gold

Box front of Black Gold

Details

Released
1989
Developer
reLINE Software
Publisher
Rainbow Arts Software GmbH
Genre
Simulation / Construction and Management Simulation
Players
Up to 4; single player, multiplayer
Type
Commercial
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Title screen of Black Gold
Title screen
Gameplay of Black Gold
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About this game

Four oil companies (each of which can he human or computer controlled) do battle to dominate the lucrative oil industry, buying and selling oilfields around the world. You can choose one of four main goals, from topping the market in 3 years to total domination. Plenty of dirty tricks to help you are on offer, from setting fire to opponent's rigs to stealing the storage tanks which hold the oil in place. Private investigators can be hired to either prevent to prove these things.

Although primarily a strategy game, a few short action sequences are also included. These come into play when attempting to drill for oil (you can hire a specialist to do this instead, but the cost is prohibitive in the early stages), to build oil pipelines around those of your opponents, and to extinguish any fires opponents start on your rig.

Also known as

Oil ImperiumInternational
Black Gold: Sabotage, Speculation and Strategy in the Oil IndustryTag-lined