About
Tycoon/Pelmanism (Tatung Einstein, 1984, Kuma Software): includes stock-market sim Tycoon and memory game Pelmanism, a card-matching challenge for 2–4 players.
The inlay reads “KUMA TYCOON & PELMANISM 17-0015-4, FOR USE WITH EINSTEIN COLOUR MICROCOMPUTER”, with the “Einsoft Approved” badge. The title screens credit “A J & S E PACK 1983”, and side A of the disc “© 1984 A & S Pack”. Tycoon is “A STOCK EXCHANGE GAME FOR UP TO EIGHT PLAYERS”, and Pelmanism is the card-matching memory game for two to four.
An early demonstration copy of Pelmanism, with different card symbols, is also in the library as Pelmanism (Early Demo Version, 1984).
Running It
XBAS is not on the disc. As the inlay says, load XBAS from your System Master disc, then put this disc in and type RUN"TYCOON" or RUN"PELMAN".
Files in the Package
| File | Side | What it is |
|---|---|---|
PELTYCO_A_TYCOON.scp | A | raw flux capture |
PELTYCO_A_TYCOON.mfi | A | MAME flux image |
PELTYCO_A_TYCOON.dsk | A | sector image |
PELTYCO_B_BLANK.* | B | the same three for side B, which was never formatted |
README.txt | details of the dump and checksums |
Files on the Disc
| File | Size |
|---|---|
TYCOON.XBS | 18,560 bytes |
PELMAN.XBS | 8,448 bytes |
About this Dump
Dumped on 27 September 2026 from an original Kuma disc with a Greaseweazle V4 and an original Einstein 3″ drive. Every sector of side A read cleanly on the first pass, and both games run in MAME. Side B carries a printed Kuma label but was never formatted.
Side A was a Tatung System Master before Kuma’s games were written onto it: the System Master’s programs are still there as deleted files. Both games list identically to the library’s earlier copy.
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