The 1980s
All 9 Business Baron scenarios that start in the 1980s, 1980–1988: Deregulation, a superstore on the bypass, and money that suddenly wanted to be land. A…
Deregulation, a superstore on the bypass, and money that suddenly wanted to be land.
- Seventeen Per Cent, January 1980: Seventeen per cent. And a pound nobody abroad can afford.
- The Micro Boom, April 1982: A computer in every home. For about two years.
- A Year Without Wages, March 1984: Everybody's tab. Nobody's pay packet.
- Car Phone, January 1985: Two thousand pounds for a telephone. In a car.
- The Superstore Opens, April 1986: Free parking. Open till eight.
- Deregulation Day, October 1986: Register a route. Anyone can.
- Big Bang, October 1986: The floor is empty. The screens are everything.
- Tell Sid, November 1986: Everybody is buying gas shares. Somebody has to fit the boilers.
- Buy Land, They Said, January 1988: Nothing can go wrong. For about two years.