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Tip of my Joystick - Find games by describing it.
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This community is to find that game you can't remember. Like it's on the tip of your tongue.
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[Platform][Estimated Year] A short description of the game.
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[NES][1980]A man jumping on mushrooms
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[Solved][NES][1980s] Super Mario Bros.
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It doesn't fit your time range exactly, and I think it's got such a distinctive franchise tie-in that it would really stand out in your memory if this were it, but I'll throw it out there anyway because it's kind of an underappreciated oddball entry in the series: Wing Commander - Armada. Being a Wing Commander game of course you get to fly all the expected Wing Commander ships (and Kilrathi ones too if I recall correctly!) As the linked video shows, a major part of the game was from a console where you're managing your territory and resources. You're doing that by building mines and shipyards and things on various planets. I don't remember "selling" per se, but you obviously are trying to turn materials into more mines and more starships rather than cash but it's sort of a form of cash.
Or perhaps Privateer? I never played it but I think it was basically Elite in the Wing Commander universe.