Some of my earliest memories of games that I played on computers involved a simple business simulation called Lemonade or Lemonade Stand. The object is to sell lemonade and make a profit.
The first computer I ever used, PDP 11/70 had LEMON, a text only version, which I played quite a bit. It was written in BASIC-PLUS.
Several years later when I got my Apple //c, I got a copy of Lemonade Stand, which was very similar, except for a graphic display of the weather between turns. It was writtenn in AppleSoft.
Each turn, you choose how much lemonade to make, how much advertising and the price per glass. It is a simple educational game that probably would not get much play time now, without a major upgrade in the graphics and interface. Back then though, it was played by many students,
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