<s>
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1974	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
space	O
trading	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
involves	O
players	O
moving	O
from	O
star	O
to	O
star	O
on	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
galaxy	B-Application
,	O
buying	O
and	O
selling	O
quantities	O
of	O
six	O
types	O
of	O
merchandise	O
in	O
a	O
competition	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
most	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Dave	O
Kaufman	O
for	O
computers	O
in	O
1973	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
BASIC	B-Language
source	O
code	O
was	O
printed	O
in	O
the	O
January	O
1974	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Computer	O
Company	O
Newsletter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
series	O
,	O
beginning	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
antecedent	O
to	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
space	O
trading	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
space	O
trading	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
trade	O
resources	O
between	O
star	O
systems	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
most	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
presents	O
a	O
star	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
galaxy	B-Application
in	O
which	O
each	O
player	O
moves	O
about	O
trading	O
between	O
star	O
systems	O
of	O
different	O
levels	O
of	O
economic	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
interface	O
is	O
text-only	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Dave	O
Kaufman	O
in	O
the	O
BASIC	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
series	O
of	O
multiplayer	O
space	O
trading	O
games	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
ancestor	O
of	O
many	O
subsequent	O
space	O
trader	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Eve	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
Privateer	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
Elite	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
unrelated	O
but	O
similar	O
space	O
trading	O
games	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Star	B-Application
Trader	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Bug	O
Byte	O
Software	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Softaid	B-Device
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Singer	O
in	O
1984	O
using	O
Altair	O
Basic	B-Language
,	O
and	O
modified	O
by	O
John	O
Zaitseff	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
Basic	B-Language
under	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
-80	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Completely	O
rewritten	O
versions	O
for	O
CP/M	B-Application
-80	I-Application
,	O
CP/M	B-Application
-86	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
Linux/Unix	O
followed	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
occurring	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
