From Mainframe to Micro: Converting a Computer-Based Management Game.

Burkhard, Donald L.; Watson, Hugh J.

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Publication Date: 1989

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From Mainframe to Micro: Converting a Computer-Based Management Game.

Burkhard, Donald L.; Watson, Hugh J.

Simulation and Games, v20 n1 p31-43 Mar 1989

Discussion of the impact of microcomputers on gaming focuses on converting a mainframe-based game to a microcomputer. Software, hardware, and documentation are considered, and a case study is presented that describes the conversion of a mainframe-based management game--the Credit Union Management Game--to a microcomputer. (11 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Games, Computer Printers, Computer Software, Game Theory, Management Games, Media Adaptation, Microcomputers, Programing Languages

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