To increase your chances of winning a fight, it is also advantageous to buy armor, which decreases the damage you take from hostile projectiles. The chance to hit an opponent and the damage you afflict depends on the type of weapon you own. You also have to give half of the drugs you are carrying. If you have sufficient cash, you can also bribe the cops. You lose any drugs or guns you might have. Your time in jail will depend on the amount of drugs you were carrying and your behaviour during the fight. When you've killed all opponents you will receive the money/drugs they were carrying. When you bought guns, you can attack the cops or the other dealer, otherwise you will have to run. When you move to a new location, you may encounter the cops or another dealer. If you have a very large amount of money (hundreds of thousands) on your bank account you risk forfeiture of a sum of money by the tax investigators. Money in the bank also contributes to your high score. Interest on your bank account is added only once a day. Putting your money in the bank lets you accumulate interest on it, and prevents it from being stolen if you are mugged or confronted by the police (which does occasionally happen). You can also deposit or withdraw money from the bank, which is located in Manhattan.
Don't wait too long or the debt might eat up all of your profits soon! To pay off the loan, you must visit the loan shark by moving to the Bronx. Once a day extra interest is accumulated. You start the game being completely broke, but fortunately el Toro, the loan shark, offers to lend you some money.Įvery turn this debt accumulates interest, and counts against your total amount of money (which is used as your high score, so it's quite possible to have a negative score).
Unfortunately the cops take a rather dim view of drug dealing, competition is murderous and your financiers are not always cooperative. The aim of the game is to make lots and lots of money. Dope Wars In Dope Wars you are a drug dealer in New York, moving around the districts, buying and selling drugs.