You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reasons:

This IP address has been blocked from editing Wikipedia.
This does not affect your ability to read Wikipedia pages.
Most people who see this message have done nothing wrong. Some kinds of blocks restrict editing from specific service providers or telecom companies in response to recent abuse or vandalism, and can sometimes affect other users who are unrelated to that abuse. Review the information below for assistance if you do not believe that you have done anything wrong.

The IP address or range 35.175.0.0/16 has been blocked (disabled) by ‪JJMC89‬ for the following reason(s):

The IP address that you are currently using has been blocked because it is believed to be a web host provider or colocation provider. To prevent abuse, web hosts and colocation providers may be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
You will not be able to edit Wikipedia using a web host or colocation provider because it hides your IP address, much like a proxy or VPN.
We recommend that you attempt to use another connection to edit. For example, if you use a proxy or VPN to connect to the internet, turn it off when editing Wikipedia. If you edit using a mobile connection, try using a Wi-Fi connection, and vice versa. If you are using a corporate internet connection, switch to a different Wi-Fi network. If you have a Wikipedia account, please log in.
If you do not have any other way to edit Wikipedia, you will need to request an IP block exemption.

How to appeal if you are confident that your connection does not use a colocation provider's IP address:
If you are confident that you are not using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: ((unblock|reason=Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is _______. Place any further information here. ~~~~)). You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined here. Alternatively, if you wish to keep your IP address private you can use the unblock ticket request system. There are several reasons you might be editing using the IP address of a web host or colocation provider (such as if you are using VPN software or a business network); please use this method of appeal only if you think your IP address is in fact not a web host or colocation provider.

Administrators: The IP block exemption user right should only be applied to allow users to edit using web host in exceptional circumstances, and requests should usually be directed to the functionaries team via email. If you intend to give the IPBE user right, a CheckUser needs to take a look at the account. This can be requested most easily at SPI Quick Checkuser Requests. Unblocking an IP or IP range with this template is highly discouraged without at least contacting the blocking administrator.

This block will expire on 05:20, 2 March 2025.

Even when blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page, as well as email administrators and other editors.

For information on how to proceed, please read the FAQ for blocked users and the guideline on block appeals. The guide to appealing blocks may also be helpful.

Other useful links: Blocking policy · Help:I have been blocked
Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by ‪Jon Kolbert‬. The reason given is Open proxy/Webhost: See the help page if you are affected .
- Start of block: 05:38, 21 February 2024
- Expiry of block: 05:38, 21 February 2029
Your current IP address is 35.175.116.192. The blocked range is 35.175.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

You can view and copy the source of this page:

((multiple issues|
((More citations needed|date=May 2019))
((Lead too short|date=August 2021))
))
((Infobox video game
|title = Black Gold
|image = Black Gold Coverart.png
|caption =
|developer = [[reLINE Software]]
|publisher = [[reLINE Software]]<br />[[Rainbow Arts]]
|designer = 
|engine = 
|released = [[1989 in video gaming|1989]]
|genre = [[Business simulation game|Business simulation]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]]
))

'''''Black Gold''''' (also known as '''''Oil Imperium''''') is a [[business simulation game]] released in 1989 by [[reLINE Software]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.myabandonware.com/game/black-gold-lu|title=Black Gold|website=My Abandonware|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12))</ref>

==Gameplay==
The goal of the game is to promote and sell oil and defeat competitors using a number of fair and unfair strategies. A game move always takes a month, and each action in the game costs one or more days.

The game is designed for four players, either human (using a hot seat method) or computer-controlled. Players take on the management of one of four corporations: "Interoil", "All American", "Transoil" or "Explora Inc."

There are four different game objectives to choose from: to play a three-year game, to survive the longest of all the game companies, to receive an 80% market share or to reach 60 million dollars. There are some game mechanic variations between the missions. For example, when playing to the first 60 million dollars, drilling a borehole takes longer than in the other missions.

There are eight oil-producing regions to choose from where players must acquire licenses, tankers and oil fields: Alaska, North America, Central America,<ref>Patricia Madrigal Cordero. "Central America". Yearbook of International Environmental Law 22.1 (2012): 360–365. Web.</ref> South America,<ref>de Almeida, F. F. M., de Brito Neves, B. B., & Carneiro, C. D. R. (2000). The origin and evolution of the South American Platform. Earth-Science Reviews, 50(1-2), 77-111.</ref> [[Europe]], USSR, the Gulf region and Indochina.

The player can request an expert opinion of an oil field's probable yield before purchase. Once a field has been bought, the player may drill manually or pay game money for automatic drilling. Enemies in the game can disrupt play using sabotage. This can be done by igniting the oil fields, destroying tankers, manipulating balance sheets, etc. To protect against such moves, a player can hire a security company.

In the course of the game there are three action sequences. Oil sales can lead to delays, and the player must manually lay pipeline. Manual drilling requires the player to correct the deviation of the drill head. Finally, burning oil wells must be extinguished using dynamite. The latter can be carried out by a specialist called ''Ted Redhair'' (inspired by the famous [[Red Adair]]).

==Reception==
Kevin Warne reviewed ''Oil Imperium'' for ''[[Games International]]'' magazine, and gave it 2 stars out of 5, and stated that "it has the potential to be a good game, but after five fruitless attempts to get anything going at all they've used up all my goodwill and patience. At the very best this is strictly for those who really like these kind of games and are prepared for the hard work involved".<ref name="gi10">((cite journal | last = Mason | first = Paul | title = Computer Games | journal = [[Games International]] | issue = 10 | pages = 52 | date=November 1989))</ref>

==Reviews==
* ''Games Preview'' (Aug, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/GamesPreviewNr891989/page/n43/mode/2up|title=Games_Preview_Nr_8_9_1989))</ref>
* ''[[Amiga User International]]'' (Oct, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_7319|title = Oil Imperium review from AUI Vol 3 No 10 (Oct 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''[[Commodore User]]'' (Nov, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_17671|title=Oil Imperium review from CU Amiga-64 (Nov 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''Joystick'' (German) (Aug, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_17671|title=Oil Imperium review from CU Amiga-64 (Nov 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''[[Commodore User]]'' (Sep, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-72/page/n24/mode/2up|title=Commodore User Magazine Issue 72|date=September 1989))</ref>
* ''[[Zero (video game magazine)|Zero]]'' (Nov, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-01/page/n67/mode/2up|title = Zero Magazine Issue 01|date = November 1989))</ref>
* ''[[ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)]]'' (Oct, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-25/page/n57/mode/2up|title = ACE Magazine Issue 25|date = October 1989))</ref>
* ''[[Amiga Computing]]'' (Nov, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://amigareviews.leveluphost.com/oilimper.htm#oilimperiumac|title=Amiga Reviews: Oil Imperium))</ref>
* ''[[Atari ST User]]'' (Dec, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-issue-atari-st-user-vol-4-no-10_1135.html|title = Atari ST User (Vol. 4, No. 10) - December - 1989: Atari magazine scans, PDF))</ref>
* ''Your Amiga'' (Oct, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_5173|title = Oil Imperium review from Your Amiga (Oct 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''[[ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)]]'' (Oct, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1989-11/page/n75/mode/2up|title=Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (November 1989)|date=November 1989))</ref>
* ''[[ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)]]'' (May, 1989)<ref>http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=639 ((Bare URL inline|date=August 2022))</ref>
* ''Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft'' (1993)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/issue_2934_pages|title = Amiga Joker Amiga Joker Sonderheft Nr.5 - Strategie Page scans - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft'' (1994)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/issue_2934_pages|title = Amiga Joker Amiga Joker Sonderheft Nr.5 - Strategie Page scans - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''Power Play'' (1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1989-beste-spiele_seite66|title = Kultpower Archiv: Komplettscan Powerplay best of 1989))</ref>
* ''Power Play'' (Jul, 1989)<ref>http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=4750 ((Bare URL inline|date=August 2022))</ref>
* ''[[Amiga Format]]'' (Oct, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=https://amigareviews.leveluphost.com/oilimper.htm#oilimperiumaf|title=Amiga Reviews: Oil Imperium))</ref>
* ''[[Amiga Action]]'' (Oct, 1989)<ref>((Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_24782|title=Oil Imperium review from Amiga Action 1 (Oct 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack))</ref>
* ''Power Play'' (Dec, 1991)<ref>http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=379 ((Bare URL inline|date=August 2022))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.lemonamiga.com/?game_id=2167 ''Black Gold''] at Lemon Amiga
* [http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-st-black-gold_29536.html ''Black Gold''] at Atari Mania

[[Category:1989 video games]]
[[Category:Amiga games]]
[[Category:Atari ST games]]
[[Category:Business simulation games]]
[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Germany]]
[[Category:Rainbow Arts games]]

Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page (help):

Black Gold (video game) (edit)
Template:Ambox (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Bare URL inline (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite journal (view source) (protected)
Template:Cite web (view source) (protected)
Template:Delink (view source) (protected)
Template:EditOnWikidata (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Edit on Wikidata (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Find sources mainspace (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Fix (view source) (protected)
Template:Fix/category (view source) (protected)
Template:If both (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:If first display both (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox video game (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Infobox video game/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Italic title (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Lead too short (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Main other (view source) (protected)
Template:More citations needed (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Multiple issues (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Multiple issues/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Template:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Template:Reflist (view source) (protected)
Template:Reflist/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Template:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description (view source) (protected)
Template:Short description/lowercasecheck (view source) (protected)
Module:Arguments (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/blacklist (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Category handler/shared (view source) (protected)
Module:Check for unknown parameters (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1 (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist (view source) (protected)
Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Delink (view source) (protected)
Module:Disambiguation/templates (view source) (protected)
Module:Find sources (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/config (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/links (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Find sources/templates/Find sources mainspace (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Infobox/styles.css (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:InfoboxImage (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Italic title (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Message box (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/ambox.css (view source) (protected)
Module:Message box/configuration (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Namespace detect/data (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/config (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/disambiguation (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/setindex (view source) (protected)
Module:Pagetype/softredirect (view source) (protected)
Module:SDcat (view source) (protected)
Module:String (view source) (protected)
Module:Unsubst (view source) (protected)
Module:WikidataIB (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB/nolinks (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:WikidataIB/titleformats (view source) (template editor protected)
Module:Wikitext Parsing (view source) (protected)
Module:Yesno (view source) (protected)

Return to Black Gold (video game).

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gold_(video_game)"