LaunchBox Logo Back to Home Page
Illustration of Fortune Builder

Fortune Builder

Overview

Gameplay involves developing a rural area with various businesses such as factories, resorts, stadiums, casinos and campgrounds. Proximity to certain types of businesses increase the cash flow coming from them, while putting other types of business too close together will negatively impact their profitability.

Every few seconds a news ticker will announce an item that will temporarily increase or decrease the profits from a certain business, such as new laws requiring expensive new safety measures in factories or Bigfoot sightings scaring off attendees from resorts. On the other hand an extremely popular movie or TV show might drive crowds at theaters or casinos.

The game includes multiple difficulty settings determining factors such as starting capital and the financial goal set for that scenario's win condition. Two players can compete.

This predates Sim City by nearly 10 years, but must have inspired the makers of SimCity.

Platform
ColecoVision
Alternate Names
No information available
Wikipedia
No information available

Media

Box - 3D

Fortune Builder - Box - 3D (North America) - 490x663
North America -  490 x 663

Box - Back

Fortune Builder - Box - Back (North America) - 894x1100
North America -  894 x 1100

Box - Front

Fortune Builder - Box - Front (North America) - 739x916
North America -  739 x 916

Box - Spine

Fortune Builder - Box - Spine (North America) - 54x916
North America -  54 x 916

Cart - Front

Fortune Builder - Cart - Front (North America) - 661x790
North America -  661 x 790

Clear Logo

Fortune Builder - Clear Logo (null) - 2404x805
2404 x 805

Screenshot - Game Title

Fortune Builder - Screenshot - Game Title (null) - 256x192
256 x 192

Screenshot - Gameplay

Fortune Builder - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 256x192
256 x 192
Fortune Builder - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 256x192
256 x 192
Fortune Builder - Screenshot - Gameplay (null) - 256x192
256 x 192