Tax Avoiders (Atari 2600)

 ( Electronic Product ) 

• Tax Avoiders (Atari 2600) available on February 27 2015 from Amazon for 49.99
  
• UPC bar code 857865987614 ξ1 registered February 27 2015
  
• Product category is Electronic
• Manufacturered by Dunhill Electronics
  

Tax Avoiders is a single-player video game for the Atari 2600 released in 1982. It was conceived by Darrell Wagner at Dunhill Electronics; he was billed on the packaging as a "Licensed Tax Consultant and former IRS Revenue Agent", and published by American Videogame. The object of Tax Avoiders is to help "John Q" become a millionaire within one game year by collecting income and avoiding taxes. There are two alternating game phases. In one, the player moves around the screen, collecting dollar bills and avoiding red tape; this represents maximizing income for the quarter. At the end of the quarter, the other phase has the player move around to manage his investments while another sprite oscillates between an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent, a certified public accountant (CPA), and an investment advisor. If the player is caught by the IRS agent, he is audited, and always loses the audit, which takes 50% of his income. If he encounters the CPA, he is charged a fee but gains new tax-sheltered investment options. If he encounters the investment advisor, he can maximize his tax-sheltered investment returns.

^ Tax Avoiders (Atari 2600), Dunhill Electronics. Amazon. UPC 857865987614 (revised Feb 2015)