Space Trader is a complex space trading strategy game. The player starts out with a small space ship, armed with one simple laser, and 1000 credits in cash. The safest and easiest way to earn money is to trade goods between neighbouring solar systems. If the player chooses the goods to trade wisely, it isn't too difficult to sell goods with a profit. There are other ways to get rich, though. You might become a bounty hunter and hunt down pirates. It is also possible to become a pirate yourself and rob honest traders of their cargo. Beware, though: pirating is a way to get rich quickly, but the police force will go after you.

Note: The PRC is the color version. The ZIP also contains the grayscales and black & white versions.

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Revision History

Version 1.2.2 (Dec 9, 2005)

• The "Scarab" bug (where the Scarab might not appear in a game when the quest to destroy it is started) should be squashed now

  Version 1.2.1 (April 16, 2005)

  • DrWowe sent me the fix for the "Special" bug, which makes newer Palm versions crash when you tap the "Special" button. It should be fixed now. Note that this was a "pointer" error, which in programmer terms means that it could have any weird effect. Now, there were some rare errors reported that I have not been able to solve, nor been able to replicate. It may very well be that this pointer error was responsible for those problems too.
  • Solved a very irritating problem that could happen if you installed a version of SpaceTrader which was incompatible with your Palm; it could happen that your Palm would lock up even if you didn't try to start the game.
  • Solved a rare glitch where you could get negative cargo bays.
  • Solved a problem where donating a shield or weapon to a famous captain would bodge your remaining shields or weapons, if it wasn't the last shield/weapon in row that was removed.