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 sole inventor of the game, but sought out an affidavit by Darrow to repeat his statements to the contrary, and thus bolster their claim to the game. Parker Brothers subsequently decided to buy out Magie's 1924 patent and the copyrights of other commercial variants of the game to claim that it had legitimate undisputed rights to the game. Robert Barton, president of Parker Brothers, bought the rights to "Finance" from Knapp Electric later in 1935. "Finance" would be redeveloped, updated, and continued to be sold by Parker Brothers into the 1970s. Other board games based on a similar principle, such