In 2007, a GameSpy reviewer commented that the economic gameplay mechanics in Molyneux's Fable II may have been a descendant of The Entrepreneur, stating, 'I'm a little concerned that it's Molyneux sneaking in a remix of his first game, Entrepreneur'. However, the game received only two orders, one of which Molyneux speculated was from his mother. It's just not going to fit all the envelopes.' So I cut – and this is no joke – I cut a bigger letter box'. I thought, 'You know, this letter box is just not big enough. After taking an advertising space in a game magazine, he prepared for the game's success he later stated in an interview, 'I was utterly convinced that this game would sell tons. Molyneux published the game himself in 1984 by duplicating hundreds of tapes on two Tandy Corporation recorders. So what did I do? I did a business simulation', Molyneux later said. 'In those days you could literally call a game 'Space Blob Attacks Mars' and sell about 50 million copies. He created The Entrepreneur, a text-based business simulation game about running a fledgling company. He believed that including games on the disks would improve sales, and later concluded that the games were the main selling point.

Peter Molyneux began his career in 1982 by distributing and selling floppy disks which contained video games for Atari and the Commodore 64. 1.2 Bullfrog Productions and Electronic Arts.

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