Network
Developer(s)	David Mullich
Publisher(s)	Edu-Ware
Latest version	1.3
Release date(s)	1980
Genre(s)	Economic simulation
Mode(s)	Single Player, Two player
Platform(s)	Apple II
Media	5¼" disk
System requirements	Applesoft, 48K RAM
Input	Game paddles

Network is a real-time, two player economic simulation game developed by David Mullich for the Apple II in 1980. Two players play competitively against the computer, each taking the role of the programming chief for a major television network. Each side bids on new television shows to add to the season’s line-up, schedules them, monitors the weekly ratings, and then drops shows with poor ratings or reschedules them to recover from mistakes at the end of the thirteen week season. The side with the highest ratings is the winner. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... David Mullich (born 1958, in Burbank, California) is a game producer and designer best known for creating the cult classic 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, producing the 1995 adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developing many games in the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Edu-Ware Services, Inc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... 1980 1980 in games 1979 in video gaming 1981 in video gaming Notable events of 1980 in computer and video games. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Typical view from Transport Tycoon. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer and video games in which multiple people can play the same game at the same time. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ... Applesoft BASIC was the second dialect of BASIC supplied on the Apple II computer, superseding Integer BASIC. Applesoft BASIC was supplied by Microsoft; Apple was looking for a new version of BASIC for the Apple II Plus computer with 48 KB of RAM, and after success with Altair BASIC, Microsoft... Random access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a type of data store used in computers that allows the stored data to be accessed in any order — that is, at random, not just in sequence. ... A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more fire buttons, where the wheel is typically used to control movement of the player object along one axis of the video screen. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Multiplayer is a mode of play for computer and video games in which multiple people can play the same game at the same time. ... Typical view from Transport Tycoon. ... David Mullich (born 1958, in Burbank, California) is a game producer and designer best known for creating the cult classic 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, producing the 1995 adaptation I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developing many games in the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... 1980 1980 in games 1979 in video gaming 1981 in video gaming Notable events of 1980 in computer and video games. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ...

References

• (August 1, 1980) Product Catalog. Edu-Ware Services. 

External links

• Network (video game) at the Internet Movie Database
• Network at MobyGames