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Community Chest

Community Chest is based on the game Monopoly and is a smaller version of the game. You play the computer and try to make money without going bankrupt. The game has 16 squares with 13 squares named after…

31 December 1983

Community Chest is a card & board game developed by Artic Computing Ltd., released 31 December 1983 on Sinclair ZX81.

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What Community Chest is

Community Chest is a card & board game game developed by Artic Computing Ltd. and released in 1983. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Community Chest is based on the game Monopoly and is a smaller version of the game. You play the computer and try to make money without going bankrupt. The game has 16 squares with 13 squares named after London streets, Community Chance, Jail and a Go square. The street squares are split into six sets. Each player takes it in turns to throw a dice to move their counter and if a street square is landed on then the player has a choice to buy it if the player has enough money. If the player has brought a street to make up a set then houses can be brought and placed on the square. As the players move buying streets and a player lands on a street square owned by the other player then that player…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Community Chest launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Community Chest come out?
Community Chest was released on 31 December 1983 for Sinclair ZX81.

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