Editing Tax Avoiders

{{Short description|Atari 2600 video game released in 1982}}
{{otheruses|Tax avoidance}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Tax Avoiders
|image = File:Tax_Avoiders_1982_Atari_2600_Cover_Art.jpg
|caption = Cover art
|developer = Dunhill Electronics<ref name="a2600"/>
|publisher = American Videogame<ref name="a2600"/>
|designer = John Simonds<ref name="a2600"/>
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|1982<ref name="a2600">{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/a2600/data/585206.html| title = Release information | publisher = [[GameFAQs]] | date = | access-date = 2008-08-17}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Platform game|Platform]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Atari 2600]]<ref name="a2600"/>
}}

'''''Tax Avoiders''''' is a single-player [[video game]] for the [[Atari 2600]] released in 1982. It was conceived by Darrell Wagner at Dunhill Electronics;<ref name="a2600"/> he was billed on the packaging as a "Licensed Tax Consultant and former IRS Revenue Agent". The game was developed by Todd Clark Holm, "an {{sic|indepe|ndant|}} investment advisor, registered with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|S.E.C.]]" The game was designed by John Simonds and published by American Videogame.

==Gameplay==
The object of ''Tax Avoiders'' is to help "John Q" become a [[millionaire]] within one game year by collecting [[income]] and avoiding [[income tax|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 an investment advisor, he can maximize his tax-sheltered investment returns.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/tax-avoiders| title = Genre information | publisher = [[MobyGames]] | date = | access-date = 2008-08-17}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Video games}}
*[[List of Atari 2600 games]]

==References==
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* {{cite book | author = Ian Bogost | title = Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames | publisher = MIT Press | year = 2007 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/persuasivegamese00bogo/page/51 51–52, 350] | isbn = 978-0-262-02614-7 | author-link = Ian Bogost | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/persuasivegamese00bogo/page/51 }}

==External links==
*{{IAg|id=atari_2600_tax_avoiders_1982_american_videogame_-_dunhill_electronics_darrell_wag}}

[[Category:1982 video games]]
[[Category:Atari 2600 games]]
[[Category:Atari 2600-only games]]
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Works about finance]]


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