# Does anyone know the name of this mafia game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 29, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771 "2011-12-29T22:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/1 "2011-12-29T22:44:06Z")
It is older, probably 10 years old or so. The purpose is you are a mafia don in charge of a neighborhood and you have to build brothels, speakeasies, etc. and get the drunks to go in and buy things to make money. You also have to pay off the cops, deal with rival mobs, etc. You can hire armed goons too if you need them for whatever reason (armed with machine guns, shotguns or pistols). The view is birds eye and it is a strategy game, probably 10 years old. Does anyone have an idea about the name? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/2 "2011-12-29T22:49:27Z")
Is it “Gangsters: Organized Crime”, by Eidos? Came out in 1998? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/3 "2011-12-29T23:01:14Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Is it “Gangsters: Organized Crime”, by Eidos? Came out in 1998? I’m pretty sure its not, I looked at some youtube video of that game and it didn’t look like it. The game I’m thinking of was more cartoon-ish than Gangsters: Organized crime. In this game you could knock out a bum, take him to the outside of a brothel or speakeasy and then let him walk in and spend his money. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/4 "2011-12-30T02:37:50Z")
[Legal Crime](http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/legal-crime)? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/5 "2011-12-30T20:26:32Z")
I’ve been trying to remember what game that was too since seeing Mafia on sale on Steam. There used to be a pretty good sized demo for it around 1999 or so. I think multiplayer was an option, but clunky. ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/6 "2012-01-01T16:27:38Z")
It sounds like it may be “Mob Rule” [GameSpot.com - Mob Rule](http://www.gamespot.com/mob-rule) I actually have it, but have never played it so I don’t know if it has the features you listed. Check out the screenshots and see if it’s the one you remember. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-name-of-this-mafia-game/607771/7 "2012-01-02T01:59:11Z")
Mob rule is the game. Thank you.