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Pork Barrel

Pork Barrel is a political text simulation game where the player takes the role of a member of congress in the House of Representatives. The aim is to get re-elected and thereby be able to continue with the…

31 December 1978

Pork Barrel is a simulator, released 31 December 1978 on TRS-80.

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What Pork Barrel is

Pork Barrel was released in 1978. It is available on TRS-80 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pork Barrel is a political text simulation game where the player takes the role of a member of congress in the House of Representatives. The aim is to get re-elected and thereby be able to continue with the game. Most of the game involves voting on different bills. After showing information on the district's voters and the current unemployment rate, the game starts out with budget hearings where the player votes on how much money each department should receive. For each department there are two amounts to choose between.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Pork Barrel come out?
Pork Barrel was released on 31 December 1978 for TRS-80.

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