<s>
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
is	O
a	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
PC	O
game	O
published	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
using	O
dice	B-Language
,	O
the	O
game	O
relies	O
more	O
on	O
the	O
speed	O
and	O
innovativeness	O
of	O
the	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
,	O
the	O
player	O
operates	O
a	O
business	O
by	O
owning	O
businesses	O
,	O
apartments	O
,	O
and	O
being	O
landlord	O
to	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
has	O
the	O
same	O
set	O
of	O
blocks	O
as	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
three	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
also	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
play	O
over	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
or	O
Internet	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
(	O
1970	O
and	O
1975	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
years	O
)	O
,	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
1970s	O
can	O
be	O
heard	O
;	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
1995	O
,	O
1990s	O
music	O
plays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enabling	O
the	O
music	O
makes	O
the	O
game	O
crash	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Media	O
Source	O
Filter	O
(	O
a	O
DirectShow	B-Library
codec	O
)	O
being	O
used	O
to	O
stream	O
.wma	O
files	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
local	O
Hard	O
Disk	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
streaming	O
from	O
the	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
filter	O
was	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
nearly	O
2	O
million	O
copies	O
by	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
sold	O
290,000	O
copies	O
and	O
earned	O
$6.8	O
million	O
by	O
August	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trey	O
Walker	O
at	O
GameSpot	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
is	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
game	O
you	O
might	O
have	O
imagined	O
as	O
a	O
kid	O
while	O
you	O
played	O
the	O
real	O
board	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
nominated	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
for	O
its	O
2001	O
"	O
Online	O
Game	O
Play	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
Achievement	O
in	O
Game	O
Play	O
Engineering	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
Return	B-Application
to	I-Application
Castle	I-Application
Wolfenstein	I-Application
and	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
was	O
also	O
a	O
nominee	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
2001	O
"	O
Best	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
Kohan	B-Application
:	I-Application
Immortal	I-Application
Sovereigns	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
presented	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
with	O
a	O
special	O
prize	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Use	O
of	O
a	O
License	O
That	O
Was	O
Ignored	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Blessed	O
with	O
great	O
AI	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
Monopoly	B-Language
Tycoon	I-Language
was	O
probably	O
the	O
most	O
pleasant	O
surprise	O
of	O
the	O
year.	O
"	O
</s>
