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Experience The 1980’s Japanese Economy In STONKS—9800

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STONKS—9800:Stock Market Simulator:

At times, jobs can be viewed as video games and video games can be viewed as jobs. In STONKS—9800: Stock Market Simulator, developed and soon to be published by Ternox, you get to eyeball retro aesthetics and a polite woman from the 80s and 90s. You are a businessman on the Japanese stock market with an opportunity to get rich.

STONKS—9800: Stock Market Simulator will launch for PC via Steam in Q1 2022. Ternox announced that by next year, it will bring Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator to the Nintendo Switch, PS4 (PlayStation 4), PS5 (PlayStation 5), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. 

Play the market, buy stocks, collect dividends, and affect it with your purchasing and selling skills. Maybe you should play this game before you make the massive jump to investing in the stock market.

 

STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator #MIXNEXT 2021 Trailer

After you make a substantial amount of money in the Japanese economy, you can buy houses and cars. For your free time, you have horse racing (an equestrian performance sport) and pachinko (a recreational arcade game, used frequently for gambling). 

The trailer of the text-based game, STONKS—9800: Stock Market Simulator is heavily exaggerated. 

  Key Features:

Buy Stocks:

  • Buy stocks, get dividends, monitor the stock price
  • Do not overwork, lest you end up in the hospital and constantly watch your health
  • Your actions will affect the market

 

Catch Retro Vibe:

    • Meet Yakuza
    • Relive the period Japanese asset price bubble
    • Mini-games: pachinko and betting on horse races
    • Manage your time

Get Stonks: 

    • Manage the company, having a controlling interest
    • Watch how your profits grow
    • Buy your own real estate and cars, increasing your level of comfort

Isaiah Joshua is an author and poet and has a love for video games. In May 2016, he graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelor's Degree in Cinema Arts and Science. As an avid gamer, some of his favorite games are "WWF No Mercy, Hitman, Manhunt, Sims 3, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter. Conscious in gaming culture, he is always researching gaming history, as well as the latest games to write about.