Finance (game) in 1935, Parker Brothers purchased "Finance" from Knapp for $10,000. Parker Brothers changed "Finance" so it was less similar to "Monopoly" and published it under the Finance Game Company name in 1935. Parker Brothers made additional changes in 1936 and published it with the Parker Brothers name. During 1935, Parker Brothers was developing its own version of "Monopoly", "Fortune", in case its deal with Darrow and the patent fell through. Almost an exact copy of "Monopoly", "Fortune" had only 10,000 copies made due to the deal with Darrow working out and was only published to keep the trademark to the
History of the board game Monopoly Democratic Republic. One official version of the game was printed for the Soviet Union by Parker Brothers in 1988. After the Cold War ended, official editions have been published throughout eastern Europe by Parker, Tonka and Hasbro. Hungary was the first, in 1992, followed by the Czech Republic and Poland in 1993, Croatia in 1994, Slovenia in 1996, Romania and a new edition for Russia in 1997, and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, all in 2001. In 1936, Parker Brothers published four further editions along with the original two: the Popular Edition, Fine Edition, Gold Edition, and Deluxe Edition, with