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Lemonade Stand

Lemonade Stand is a business simulation game created in 1973 by Bob Jamison of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium. Charlie Kellner ported the game to the Apple II platform in February 1979…

31 December 1973

Lemonade Stand is a simulator developed by MECC, released 31 December 1973 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, CDC Cyber 70 and Legacy Computer.

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What Lemonade Stand is

Lemonade Stand is a simulator game developed by MECC and released in 1973. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, CDC Cyber 70 and Legacy Computer.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Lemonade Stand is a business simulation game created in 1973 by Bob Jamison of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium. Charlie Kellner ported the game to the Apple II platform in February 1979. Throughout the 1980s Apple Computer included Lemonade Stand (along with other software) with the purchase of their systems. The game simulates a child's lemonade stand, where choices made by the player regarding prices, advertising, etc. will determine the success or failure of the enterprise. The game owed its success to offering just enough variables to make a complex challenge for users, but still providing a simply-grasped addictive introduction to the offsetting priorities facing a…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are business, educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Lemonade Stand come out?
Lemonade Stand was released on 31 December 1973 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, CDC Cyber 70 and Legacy Computer.

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