Wall Street Kid

"If this were made by Maxis it'd be called, "Sim Stocks""

The Game: Invest in the stock market and earn enough money to buy various thing to live a successful life in the footsteps of you father.

Graphics: 6: Alright for NES, half the game is just text based menus, but you do got a nice little office that is animated well, plus the endings that happen look cool too.

Sound: 7: You got a good background music, that fits the game well, and the sound effects are done nicely too. You also get different types of music when you meet different characters.

Gameplay: 7: You're a new guy trying to carry on your dad's success by making bucks in the stock market. At the beginning of every day you read the newspaper, check out the headlines, and see what the hot stocks are. Invest in the hot stocks and you'll make lots of money the next day, you gotta make sure to entertain your wife too, by taking some time out of your buisy schedule too take her to the carnival, or out for a picning, and so on. You also gotta make sure to stay ing good physical health too, by going to the gym, or out for a walk on the hiking trail, or going out for a swim. Every now and then your wife pops out and wants to go shopping for a new car, stereo system, or pet dog, I always say no to her, because it saves on the cash, and if you keep on taking to her to the carnival or other activities, your relationship will be just fine. Every now and then your real estate agent will call you to let you know about the new thing you have to buy to so your father can see your business career is doing fine. Your first goal is to buy a new house, then later on you have to buy a yacht, and eventually you'll end up having to buy the ultimate prize of all, the Castle! There's many ways to lose the game like going bankrupt, falling sick, or your wife leaving you, or not having enough money to buy the house, yacht, etc. You only can save your progress with a password, but it's about 40 characters in length and haves some really weird symbols in it too, so make sure you copy it down right!

Replay Value: 3: Once you beat the game, there's really no point in playing it again, because you're just going through the whole game again, unless you wanna see what it's like to get your wife mad, or to fall sick. So once you beat the game it'll probably go back into the closet.

Overall: 6: A fun simulation game that'll be loads of fun to play, if you like the Maxis Sim games, you'll probably like this.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 01/29/00, Updated 01/29/00