Dope Wars is a turn-based strategy computer game in which the player simulates the role of a drug dealer. The object of the game is to deal the most drugs to pay off the "loan shark" (who charges interest) by the end of the game and make a profit.
There have been various incarnations of this game. There are web-based versions, cell phone versions, a Windows client, a Linux client, a Palm OS version and a version for the Mac OS X Dashboard.
There have been reports of spyware and trojans bundled with the Windows client.
Drugwars is a popular TI calculator port of this game, which was based upon the original PC version, although it was initially called Dope Wars as well. It was originally coded for the TI-85 and then later ported to the TI-83, TI-83 plus and then the rest of the TI graphing calculators
The social networking websites Myspace and Facebook also have versions of the game.
Facebook's rendition of dope wars has taken the basic layout of Dope Wars and turned it into an MMORPG style game with user interaction. The object of the game is to deal drugs, hire live workers, fight with them for cash in fight club, gamble in the casino, and travel the world while doing missions and building their cartel. The game currently carries over 50,000 active users.
On April 8, 2009, the jailbroken iPhone exclusive Drug Lords app was released in the Apple App Store retitled as Underworld: SweetDeal, which centers around the illegal trafficking of candy rather than drugs, but with the same mechanics. This version is GPS based, and operates on real-life location and only allows trade with other iPhones / iPod Touches in the area.
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