<s>
Drug	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
drug	O
dealer	O
engaged	O
in	O
arbitrage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
the	O
text-based	O
BASIC	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
,	O
Drug	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
was	O
written	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
by	O
John	O
E	O
.	O
Dell	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
also	O
buys	O
and	O
sells	O
various	O
drugs	O
such	O
as	O
Cocaine	B-Application
,	O
Heroin	O
,	O
Acid	B-Application
,	O
Weed	O
,	O
Speed	O
,	O
and	O
Ludes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dope	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
from	O
Beermat	O
Software	O
,	O
an	O
adaption	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
DOS	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	O
from	O
1998	O
to	O
early	O
2005	O
on	O
CNET	O
's	O
download.com,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
downloaded	O
over	O
6,500,000	O
times	O
and	O
was	O
listed	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
50	O
Most	O
Popular	O
Games	O
"	O
section	O
weekly	O
,	O
for	O
over	O
6	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beermat	O
Software	O
revived	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
on	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
iOS	O
on	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
available	O
now	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
for	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
versions	O
include	O
Dope	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
a	O
popular	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Ben	O
Webb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
popular	O
version	O
is	O
Drug	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
–	O
Underworld	O
;	O
a	O
fantasy-themed	O
version	O
called	O
Dragon	O
Trader	O
also	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Michael	O
Swain	O
released	O
a	O
modified	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
TI-82	O
Drug	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
for	O
the	O
TI-83	B-Device
and	O
TI-83	B-Device
+	O
graphing	O
calculators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Jason	O
Roberts	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
TI-83	B-Device
called	O
DrugWars	B-Application
2	O
:	O
International	O
that	O
added	O
RPG	O
elements	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
fights	O
with	O
cops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variation	O
on	O
Drug	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
also	O
exists	O
in	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
game	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
:	I-Application
Chinatown	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
buy	O
6	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
drugs	O
from	O
various	O
gangs	O
in	O
Liberty	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
web-based	O
versions	O
,	O
cell	O
phone	O
versions	O
,	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
client	O
,	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
client	O
,	O
a	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
version	O
(	O
Dope	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
)	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Newton	B-Device
MessagePad	I-Device
2100	I-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Dashboard	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
but	O
was	O
rejected	O
from	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynga	O
developed	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
social	O
networking	O
websites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Myspace	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Zynga	O
's	O
rendition	O
of	O
Dope	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
took	O
the	O
basic	O
layout	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
and	O
turned	O
it	O
into	O
an	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
style	O
game	O
with	O
user	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
