Wall Street Raider Software -- Product Information

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PRODUCT INFORMATION: WALL STREET RAIDER

An "...IMAGINATIVE, STIMULATING, EDUCATIONAL..."
Business Simulation -- Investor's Business Daily

UPDATE! Version 6.60 of W$R is now available, now including stock index futures trading, investment management contracts for ETF's, charts for commodities, interest rates, GDP growth rate, the Stock Index, and of each player's net worth; ETF's (Exchange-Traded Funds, or investment companies); interest rate swaps (derivatives -- "bets" on future interest rates); commodity futures trading on oil, metals and grains; executive stock options if you become CEO of a company you control; 5-year stock charts for each of the 1590 companies and ETFs, plus streaming stock quotes for up to 15 stocks; also short-selling and highly realistic put and call options trading! (Some features not enabled in free version.)
For update information and a description of new features in Versions 6.xx, click here.

WALL STREET RAIDER (for Windows XP, Vista, Win 7 & 8) is now played by (registered) users in over 90 countries, ranging from Sharjah to Vietnam to Cyprus to Paraguay to Greenland to Namibia to Barbados to Slovenia to the Sultanate of Brunei and beyond. It is widely recognized as the ultimate in sophisticated financial simulations, a corporate takeover and stock market game and simulation, in which players strive to build their corporate empires by fair means or foul, all the while trying to stay one step ahead of the SEC, IRS, Justice Department, EPA, Congress, powerful unions, corrupt governments, and no end of ruthless competitors -- not to mention various manmade and natural calamaties and economic disasters.
In this highly realistic simulation, 1 to 5 players (including the computer, if you choose) compete to amass fortunes by investing in, or taking over and managing, any of up to 1590 companies in 70 industry groups. Once you acquire control of a company, you and your company will use all the tricks of the trade of real Wall Street corporate raiders to expand your empire and net worth, including:

trading or investing in stocks and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF's)
trading or investing in corporate and government bonds
gaining voting control of companies
industry domination and monopolization, by increasing your companies' market share in their industry
increasing capital spending to take advantage of lucrative rates of return on capital in your industry, as well as to increase or maintain market share
setting bank lending policies, for banks you control
options trading, for speculation or to hedge stock positions
short selling of stocks, options, and commodity or stock index futures
speculating in or hedging with commodity futures and stock index futures
speculating in ultra-high-risk interest rate swaps, by creating custom-made derivatives contracts (that are bets on the future direction of various interest rates)
startups/IPOs
private placement stock offerings to raise "outside" money or from within your corporate empire
cash or stock tender offers for corporate takeovers, or cash tender offers for LBO's
greenmail stock buybacks to get rid of hostile shareholders
stock-for-stock mergers to diversify or to gobble up competitors and increase industry dominance
LBO's (leveraged buy-outs)
"white knight" defenses
buying up distressed debt (bonds) of companies in financial trouble
antitrust lawsuits and other litigation to harass competitors, or sometimes win large judgments or settlements
mass layoffs and restucturing of companies to increase efficiency and profitability
spin-offs of subsidiaries, tax-free or otherwise
excessive CEO salaries and lavish executive stock options, provided by companies you control
increasing dividends of companies you own (or cutting their dividends, to conserve cash)
firing management
asset downsizing
recapitalizations
tax avoidance strategies to avoid income taxes and numerous other taxes
asset-stripping liquidations
manipulating earnings by increasing/decreasing spending on R&D or marketing
manipulating earnings by using "hidden" accounting reserves
earning management fees from Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF's)
improving cash flow by reducing capital spending, in order to pay down debt or diversify, and
using any and all methods to get the stock price up, in a company you control
... and much more, in the quest for the Almighty Dollar. The individual player can engage in risky (but sometimes lucrative) activities for his or her own account, such as short selling of stocks, and players or companies can engage in buying and shorting put and call options and commodity futures on crude oil, gold, silver, wheat, and corn, or can gamble with massive leverage on interest rate swaps (derivatives contracts). Although the U.S. dollar is the default, players also are able to instantly configure the simulation for any one of 22 other currencies.
And, of course, you'll have ample "ethical choices" thrust upon you from time to time, where you will have to choose between playing ethically, or (possibly) winding up in serious legal or financial trouble if you decide to "Go for the gold," rather than "do the right thing."
All your investment research and financial wheeling and dealing occur against the backdrop of a constantly shifting economic and political environment in which you and all the companies and industries in Wall Street Raider must operate and try to cope. The main screen is your Trading Desk, on which you can always see a nonstop "live" stock ticker tape, a scrolling financial news tape, flickering, constantly updating stock prices on your "streaming quotes" list of 15 stocks, as well as frequently changing spot prices for each of 5 commodities and the (tradeable) Stock Index, plus the current GDP growth rate of the economy and various interest rates (long- and short-term government bond yields and the Prime Rate). One section of the Trading Desk also shows your personal financial balance sheet, so you can see your personal net worth and available bank line of credit (if any) fluctuating second by second.
Speedy decision-making is of the essence, and sweaty palms are a certainty, as you try to cope with and anticipate changing markets, and keep your company's earnings on an upward track -- or at least keep yourself out of Bankruptcy Court! You also have to deal with cash flow issues and try to keep powerful competitors from squeezing your company's profitability or seizing control of your company -- unless the price is right, of course!
Download a free ("shareware") copy of Wall Street Raider here:

...(Simulated stock ticker)... KMB 68.12 AAPL 434.59 CVX 122.41 GG 25.71 ABT 36.24 MO 37.41 HPQ 21.34 .... News Flash: Investment novice makes BILLIONS on Wall Street..... (short selling during a depression while playing Wall $treet Raider).... NKE 64.35 FB 26.12 NOV 66.64 GM 32.10 NEM 31.43 KO 43.11 DD 55.46 RIO 43.78 WFC 39.25 VZ 53.22 RDC 34.82 SNE 20.10 ORCL 34.36 ... Sumitomo Bank lowers Prime Rate to 4.25%.... WPP 10.15 TAP 52.70 IBM 204.69 K 65.81 IP 47.42 AIG 44.93 BHP 67.28.... .... News Flash: Amateur investor loses a BILLION on Wall Street..... (playing Wall $treet Raider)....

REVIEWS, AWARDS, USER COMMENTS:

Take a look at our comments page, to see what users say about Wall Street Raider.
Or, view this YouTube VIDEO one game reviewer created, showing you a bit of what playing Wall Street is like, plus his comments. It is #3 of 11 videos this chap (an obvious W$R junkie) created, all of which are accessible from the above YouTube page. (You might want to start at Video #1.) The videos will give you an idea of some of the things you can do in Wall Street Raider, though this older (2008) version lacks many of the advanced features of the current version, such as commodity futures trading, interest rate swaps (derivatives) and ETF's, and the reviewer does not get into any of the more sophisticated transactions the simulation allows, like mergers, LBO's, spin-offs, liquidations, etc.

Wall Street Raider has received a number of very favorable reviews over the years from major Web sites, such as ZDNET, Download.com and PCWorld, as well as highly favorable reviews in print publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Byte Magazine, PC World, and, on June 22, 2000, we rated a two-column, very favorable front-page article in Investor's Business Daily, which called W$R an "...imaginative, stimulating..." business simulation.
Previously, computer columnist Jerry Pournelle had written of W$R, that "You can really learn something about stocks, mergers, takeovers and the general world of finance, and have a whacking good time in the bargain."
As another reviewer, at the 3D2F.COM software directory, notes, "Wall Street Raider is an award-winning financial simulator that critics have praised as being 'imaginative, stimulating and educational.' In this game, you will start your own career and as a market player, investor, broker, owner of your own business - no matter which role you choose, you will have to elbow your way through a horde of competitors to reach the pinnacle of success."
GIVE US YOUR OPINION: Do you love W$R? Hate it when you go bankrupt all the time? To register your opinion, by giving us a thumbs up, or thumbs down, go to the Download.com ratings page....

To download a free copy of the shareware (evaluation) version of Wall Street Raider ("full-screen version" for Windows), click here.
To order the registered version of Wall Street Raider, or the Windows Version "Add-on Package," select one of the ordering links below, for the Windows or DOS versions:

$19.95 for the Windows registered version of W$R, plus the "Customizer Utility" program.
$29.95 for the Windows version, "full package deal" -- Consisting of the Wall Street Raider game software, plus the "Customizer Utility" program and the (electronic) strategy manual, "Wall Street Raider -- The Book" (NOTE: THERE IS NO PRINT VERSION OF THE MANUAL.)
$15.00 for the Add-on Package Only, which includes the new (electronic, not printed) strategy manual, entitled "Wall Street Raider -- The Book" (an electronic book about W$R, in HTML format, now also with a Word (.DOC) file version, for easier printing), plus the Customizer Utility program, that works with the W$R Windows version software. (This add-on package is for those users who already have the registered version of the W$R software.)
$14.95 for the DOS version (Note: Development of the DOS version ceased in 2001; it is now an "antique" program -- It will NOT run on 64-bit Windows 7 or 8 systems.)
or $19.95 for a combo of the DOS version software and related Dos version W$R Strategy Manual (electronic, HTML version).... (Note: Development of the DOS version ceased in 2001; it is now an "antique" program -- As a DOS program, it does NOT run on 64-bit Windows 7 or 8 systems.)

PURCHASE INCLUDES REDUCED PRICE UPGRADES (CURRENTLY $9.95 U.S. for the full package that includes the latest version of the (electronic) W$R strategy manual and the "Customizer Utility" program). When you order a Windows version of Wall Street Raider, your purchase also includes the right to order future updates/upgrades at a greatly reduced price, currently $9.95, instead of the regular price of $29.95. Prices are good through 12-31-2013.
See the updates page to see what improvements have been added since the version you currently have, so you can decide if or when to purchase upgrades/updates.

NOTE: When purchasing through SWREG's secure server online e-tailing site, you will not instantly download the program, but will automatically be sent an e-mail by SWREG, notifying you that your order has been accepted, and giving you the URL where you can download the registered version of the program during a specified number of days. If you do not receive your registration/download information, please contact SWREG. Ronin Software does not process the credit cards. (And be sure to check your "SPAM" in-box, if you do not immediately receive an e-mail link from SWREG -- that's where it is likely to be, 99% of the time.)

Click here to see a sample screen shot of Wall Street Raider (Windows version).

NEW! Wall Street Raider now also has a "blog" fan site -- see the link here.... Check it out, if you want to brag to or otherwise communicate with other Wall Street Raider addicts...!

...If you are serious about winning....

... Wall Street Raider users: Sharpen your tactics, sharpen your wits.... with the Wall Street Raider Strategy Manual, "Wall Street Raider -- The Book" -- Will enable you to "get under the hood" and understand how the W$R simulation (and the real corporate financial jungle) works.....

If you are a serious player of the Wall Street Raider simulation, you'll want to STOP playing a few minutes, or at least long enough to also get a copy of our "Wall Street Raider -- The Book" strategy manual for W$R. It contains over 300 pages (if printed out from the .DOC file) of plain-English explanations of how and when to use mergers, liquidations, anti-trust lawsuits, and all the other financial tools provided in W$R, to aid you in your ruthless quest to build a corporate empire to out-Trump the Donald....
NOTE: THE MANUAL CONSISTS OF COMPUTER (HTML and Word .DOC) FILES, VIEWABLE WITH YOUR WEB BROWSER; THERE IS NO PRINTED VERSION OF THE MANUAL, BUT THE .DOC FILE VERSION IS PROVIDED FOR EASY PRINTING, IF YOU WISH TO PRINT OUT A 2-SIDED HARD COPY.
While we are no longer publishing the print version of this strategy manual, a new electronic version is available now for the Windows version of Wall Street Raider. The manual is in the form of hypertext (HTML and Microsoft Word .DOC) files, and sells for only $15.00. A free copy of the Glossary section of "Wall Street Raider -- The Book" is posted here on our web site for your perusal.

You can order the electronic book version of the W$R strategy manual, (which includes the Customizer Utility), through our online vendor SWREG.ORG, by clicking on the following:
Add-on Package for W$R ($15.00) -- Includes an electronic version of the strategy manual, consisting of both an HTML file and, for easy printing, a Microsoft Word .DOC file version of the manual, downloadable after purchase, plus the "W$R Customizer Utility" program. The electronic book/strategy manual, "Wall Street Raider -- The Book," can be viewed on your computer like web pages or as a .DOC file, even if you are not connected to the Internet. All you will need to view the book on your computer is a web browser to view the HTML files or the ability to open and read the Microsoft Word .DOC file (printable) version. If you also have the registered version of the W$R game software installed, you can view the manual by simply clicking on the "View W$R Manual" item that will appear in the "Options Menu" of the main W$R screen, while playing W$R (the Windows version) -- if the manual is detected by the W$R program.

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Copyright © 2013 Ronin Software Last modified: May 16, 2013

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Last modified: May 16, 2013