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kotaku.com - 11/3/2008
IPhone: Dope Wars Comes To iPhone
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Had to happen. A version of the venerable PC classic Dope Wars has come to the iPhone. Except this "homage" has the even less acceptable moniker of Drug Lords, and takes advantage of the phone's location-tracking to keep your drug prices fresh no matter where your shivering, aimless shambling ...

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Gizmodo:   Drug Lords For iPhone Takes Dope Wars To the Next GPS-Assisted Level [IPhone Apps]

iSmashPhone:  Drug Lords Turns Your iPhone Into A "Cartel"-ophone

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Drug Lords For iPhone Takes Dope Wars To the Next GPS-Assisted Level [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... spent a large amount of high school playing Dope Wars on my TI-83+. I don't think I was the only one. News, then, that a super-shiny interpretation of the game is being developed on the iPhone, called Drug Lords fires up in me a little flame of nostalgia. If only my TI calc had GPS capabilities to show me the scores of nearby dealers and calibrate my coke prices to the local market value! [Pocket Gamer via Kotaku] ...

Drug Lords Turns Your iPhone Into A "Cartel"-ophone
iSmashPhone — ...   Someone finally had the brilliant idea to port it to the iPhone, renaming it "Drug Lords" in the process. The object of the game?  Sell the most drugs, make the most money.  Duh. The iPhone version adds a new wrinkle by using its GPS capabilities to show the scores of nearby dealers and calibrate cocaine prices to the local market value. Somewhere in underground-comix heaven, the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers are giggling with glee... [Via Kotaku] ...

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