After coming home from work, I spent a few more hours tinkering around with this game. I was quite impressed with the results! Frame-by-frame manipulation is a must when you are trying to challenge the RNG for best results! This includes getting the right kind of cards for Chance and Community Chest and making the computers roll dice values that work in your favor. You can find values for Dice #1 in $09F6 and Dice #2 in $09F7.
You can find the BK2 here:
https://tasvideos.org/UserFiles/Info/638226313355965736
Otherwise, expect a video of this playthrough coming soon. You can at least read the transcript of each player and each dice roll I put together and each result that came out of it.
The first Chance card has to be "Advance to St. Charles Place" (ATSCP)
In the TAS, the player is aiming for three purple properties - St. Charles Place (SCP), States Avenue (SA) and Virginia Avenue (VA)
The player has to spend $440 to buy SCP/SA/VA, another $1200 to apply 12 houses to upgrade SCP/SA/VA, and another $100 to upgrade SCP to a hotel. This brings the spending frenzy to $1,740.
The player has to force all computers to land on Income Tax and make them pay 10% cash on hand to Joe Biden and the government - which will bring their cash down. The player also has to create a holding point for all six computers. In this case, I chose Connecticut Avenue (CA) as a holding point and a good set up for computers to roll doubles.
While all players start with $1,500 cash on hand, this strategy brings the rent value of SCP to $750 and VA to $700. ($750 + $700 = $1450) This will be enough to bankrupt them after the Income Tax scheme is taken care of.
Player/TAS-er:
$teve-O/$D ($T)
CPU's:
Gary Cant (GC)
Elizabeth (EL)
Betty Sue (BE)
Mary Anne (MA)
Paulie (PA)
Jeeves (JE)
[Turn 1]
$T - 1/1 to #2, Community Chest: $20 income tax refund ($1520)
$T - 6/6 to #14, bought VA ($1360)
$T - 2/6 to #22, Chance: ATSCP ($1560 after passing GO) - warp to #11, bought SCP ($1420)
GC - 2/2 to #4, 10% Joe Biden tax payment ($1350)
GC - 3/2 to #9, bought CA ($1230)
EL - 2/2 to #4, 10% Joe Biden tax payment ($1350)
EL - 1/4 to #9, rent payment at CA ($1342)
BE - 2/2 to #4, 10% Joe Biden tax payment ($1350)
BE - 1/4 to #9, rent payment at CA ($1342)
MA - 2/2 to #4, 10% Joe Biden tax payment ($1350)
MA - 1/4 to #9, rent payment at CA ($1342)
PA - 2/2 to #4, 10% Joe Biden tax payment ($1350)
PA - 3/2 to #9, rent payment at CA ($1342)
JE - 2/2 to #4, 10% Joe Biden tax payment ($1350)
JE - 3/2 to #9, rent payment at CA ($1342)
Through most of the hardcore manipulation of dice rolls using player input throughout the first turn alone, Joe Biden and the government already collected a total of $900 from 6 computers! This basically explains a small piece of the current state of American economy in a nutshell! But we are not done yet. I have one more purple property to get and I have to make sure I have at least $1300 once I get SCP/SA/VA! Bloody hell...
[Turn 2]
$T - 1/1 to #13, bought SA ($1280)
$T - 3/1 to #17, Community Chest: $100 collected from "an inheritance" ($1380)
$T - 4 houses each applied to SCP/SA/VA for a total of 12 houses ($180)
$T - Hotel upgrade applied to SCP ($80)
GC - 1/1 to #11, rent payment at SCP ($520)
GC - 2/1 to #14, bankrupt at VA (-$120 after mortgaging CA)
EL - 1/1 to #11, rent payment at SCP ($592)
EL - 2/1 to #14, bankrupt at VA (-$108)
BE - 1/1 to #11, rent payment at SCP ($592)
BE - 2/1 to #14, bankrupt at VA (-$108)
MA - 1/1 to #11, rent payment at SCP ($592)
MA - 2/1 to #14, bankrupt at VA (-$108)
PA - 1/1 to #11, rent payment at SCP ($592)
PA - 2/1 to #14, bankrupt at VA (-$108)
JE - 1/1 to #11, rent payment at SCP ($592)
JE - 2/1 to #14, last player bankrupt at VA (-$108)
If I did not apply the hotel upgrade to SCP, the rent for that property and VA would be $625 and $700 ($1325 total) which would allow the computers to survive such a financial beatdown. That is why the hotel upgrade was important.
As explained, it didn't take long to get a decent playthrough from start to finish and it only took hours to complete. I chose not to submit this for publication because everyone finds the NES version a little bit quicker to beat the game, even without the trading/mortgaging glitch - and I have to agree. I could change my mind about submitting this only if it becomes a demand.
Whoever does take the drivers' seat in an upcoming Monopoly TAS (NES or SNES), I hope this discovery of mine gives you the improvement you been looking for, while saving you and the other computers with fewer spaces to move. Thanks for reading!
$teve-O/$D