Talk:The Game of Life
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The player with the most money at the end of the game wins. - Yup, guess that sums up the game of Life :Þ Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 09:47, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I added info on the 1970s/80s version, the 1992-present version, and the CD-ROM game; anyone have any info on the original version (with the black track?) I've never even seen a copy of this in person, let alone played it. --Goldrushcavi 02:06, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] other Game of Life versions
Some info is here: [1] Zephyr103 16:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- Is the fame edition still selling? i could not find it on amazon... Ragnaroknike 14:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- It is sometimes sold on ebay. (google search) Zephyr103 00:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Computer game
One uncomfortable feature of the CD-ROM game was that your character could only marry a spouse of the same race (ie. asians could only marry asians, blacks could only marry blacks, etc). Life in BYU, maybe, but decreasingly so in the real world. BethEnd 16:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
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- It doesn't seem to be a "race" issue - you can't pick your spouse, period. They stick you with the character of the opposite sex that looks the most like your own. Trying to save CD-ROM space maybe? --Goldrushcavi 01:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] re: Merge with The Checkered Game of Life
I disagree with the proposal to merge. See my comment in the discussion page for that article. Rob (Talk)
[edit] New Version
I recently played a new version of The Game of Life. Instead of being in 40,000 in debt you start 100,000 in debt. The Careers also have pay renges so you can't be a Teacher making 100,000 and the doctor can only make the upper echelon money. LIFE tiles have also been scaled down to 10,000 to 50,000. If soemone would like to write up a new portion and find out when the game was revised it would be appreciated. Pinewood74 04:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
- it should be under Current Version. Ragnaroknike 14:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Police Officer rule in 1992 version
In my copy of the game from 1992, the police officer collects $5,000 for anyone spinning 10 and the stock is worth $10K when hit. Someone keeps changing the fine from $5K to $10K, which makes me wonder if this rule was updated before they officially came out with a new version? --Goldrushcavi 01:01, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- 10k is for the latest version. Ragnaroknike 14:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shrunken head space
Can someone tell me which version contained the space about visiting a shrunken head museum? I can swear it made you move back a couple of spaces or lose a turn.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.254.108.24 (talk) 19:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
