| Black Gold | |
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| Developer(s) | reLINE Software |
| Publisher(s) | reLINE Software Rainbow Arts |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Commodore 64 |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Business simulation game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Black Gold (also known as Oil Imperium) is a video game of the strategy genre released in 1989 by reLINE Software.
Game idea is possible to promote and sell a lot of oil and defeat the enemy with all sorts of fair and unfair means. A move always takes a month, with each action in the game costs one or more days.
The game is designed for four players, either by a human (in the hot seat method) or the computer can be played. Players take on the management of a corporate "Interoil", "All American", "Transoil" or "Explora Inc."
There are four different game objectives to choose from: three-year game, play the longest survival of the company in play, play to 80% market share of a player or a game to reach 60 million dollars. When the mission objectives, there are certain differences. Sun takes e.g. the manual bore the mission objective "as the first $ 60 million" longer than the other missions. There are eight oil producing regions to choose from, where licenses, tanks and oil fields to be acquired: Alaska, North America, Central America, South America, Europe, USSR, the Gulf region and Indochina.
You can let the expert's issue of the probable yield of an oil field and this field - now - with good expectations. Then you have the option to drill manually or leave it to do (pay) from your computer.
There is the possibility of the enemy to disturb sensitive by sabotage. This happens for example by igniting the oil fields, destruction of tanks, manipulation of balance sheets, etc. To protect against such moves, a player can hire a security company.
The gameplay can be three types of action sequences: the case of oil sales, it may be a delay, which means that you yourself put the pipes of a pipeline and that it should quickly than a parallel construct of computers you opponent. There are also manual drilling, in which the deviation of the drill head must be corrected by the center, and the deletion of burning oil wells using dynamite. The latter can be carried out by a specialist called "Ted Redhair" (inspired by the famous Red Adair).