Space Job

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Karstadt AG

Karstadt is a German department store company. It was founded by Rudolph Karstadt as Tuch-, Manufactur- und Confectionsgeschäft Karstadt on May 14, 1881 in Wismar (Germany). The company converted into a public limited company (AG) in 1920. In 1999, the company merged with Quelle Schickedanz AG & Co. to form KarstadtQuelle AG.

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Space Job (1993) is a rare German promotional game published by Karstadt AG (one of Germany's largest department store chains at the time) for MS-DOS and the Commodore Amiga.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, German department stores and companies frequently commissioned promotional games (known as Werbespiele) to distribute on floppy disks at low prices or as giveaways.
You play as a futuristic traveling salesman/trader navigating the galaxy. Your goal is to visit various planets, manage your resources, buy and sell goods, and complete trading jobs across space.
The game incorporates satirical elements poking fun at corporate life, retail sales, and futuristic space logistics.
The title combines real-time/turn-based strategy and space trading with built-in arcade/puzzle sub-games. You travel between planetary markets, monitor prices, manage your cargo space, and try to make a profit while managing fuel and time constraints. To progress through certain areas or complete specific tasks, the game features a fully fledged Sokoban-style block-pushing puzzle mini-game. It even allowed players to edit levels via local files.
Designed for 256-color VGA DOS setups, featuring colorful pixel art with a cartoonish sci-fi aesthetic.
The game was released primarily in German, as it was intended for the German retail market.