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                         Dead Weight 1993 Presents       
                  Pirates! Gold the Captain's Broadsheet 
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         THE TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT FOR IBM AND COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS

CONTENTS
   Your Pirates! Gold game should contain a manual, six 3 1'2" disks,
and this Captain's Broadsheet.

HOW TO USE THE BROADSHEET
   The Captain's Broadsheet is divided into two parts: the first part is
the "Technical Supplement;" it describes how Pirates! Gold is loaded
and run on your machine. The second part, "Playing Pirates! Gold,"
describes how to play the game on your machine.

ALL PLAYERS SHOULD READ THE "TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT" BEFORE LOADING
PIRATES! GOLD

   We have attempted to make the installation and running of this game
as "user friendly" as possible, requiring little or no work from you;
however, given the wide multitude of machines, peripherals and software
in operation, this software might conflict with certain systems or
configurations of systems. Fortunately, this is rare, and it is usually
quite easy to fix.
   The second section, "Playing Pirates! Gold" describes the "interface"
for the game -- that is, how the game's controls work. Read this while
you are reading "Book I" of the Instruction Manual.


                       PART I: TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

COMPUTER
   This program requires an IBM 386, 16MHz, or better, or a computer
100% compatible with one of these models. The computer must use an 80386
microprocessor or better.

DISPLAY
   This program requires a color monitor with an IBM VGA or SVGA
graphics system. If you are using a compatible graphics card or monitor,
it must be 100% compatible with the above.

CONTROLS
   This program can be run entirely from keyboard, though we highly
recommend that you employ a mouse.

DISK DRIVES
   Pirates! Gold must be loaded onto a hard disk. It requires around
18-20 MBs of free space.

DOS
   You must have IBM PC-DOS or Microsoft MS-DOS, version 3.1 or higher.

Cursor Controls
   The cursor controls work best if you have a numeric keypad on your
computer.

   Advance.............................Press an attack number:
                                       7 (high), 4 (medium), 1 (low)
   Thrust..............................Press an attack number: 7, 4, 1
   Slash...............................Press Shift and an attack number:
                                       7, 4, 1
   Parry...............................Press a parry number: 8, 5, 2
   Parry and Retreat...................Press a parry & retreat number:
                                       9, 6, 3
   Flee the battle.....................Parry and retreat until your
                                       pirate reaches the far right edge of
                                       the screen
IN TOWN
   Enter a building....................ARROWS and Return; left mouse button
   Leave town
      By sea...........................Pick ship icon, hit Return or
                                       left mouse button
      By land..........................Pick trail; hit Return or left
                                       mouse button
   Check City Status...................Pick city name on top of screen,
                                       hit Return or left mouse button
   Visit Captain's Cabin...............Space Bar

Merchant/Plunder Screens
   Select commodity....................Up/Down ARROWS; click on
                                       commodity's icon with mouse
   Take/Buy commodity..................Right ARROW; click on right
                                       pointer of Exchange Bar with mouse
   Leave/Sell commodity................Left ARROW; click on left pointer
                                       of Exchange Bar with mouse
   Exchange commodity quickly..........Hold down ARROW key or hold-click
                                       mouse button on left or right
                                       pointer of Exchange bar
   Exit Merchant/Plunder Screen........Press ESC; Press Down ARROW until
                                       "Done" is highlighted then press
                                       Return; click mouse on "Done"

Select Ship Screen (Sell or repair ship at shipwright; select ship for
                    battle; select ship to abandon)
   Select Ship.........................Pick ship with ARROW keys and
                                       press Return; click on ship with
                                       mouse
   Exit Screen.........................Press ESC; Press ARROW until
                                       pointer in lower right of screen is
                                       highlighted then press Return; click
                                       mouse on pointer

CAPTAIN'S CABIN
   Go to Captain's Cabin...............From most screens, press Space Bar
   Exit Captain's Cabin................Press ESC; choose the boots
   Choose a feature....................Left and Right ARROWS and Return;
                                       click on a feature with left mouse
                                       button
   Exit from a feature.................Press ESC; click on "Exit" or "Done"

Map of the Caribbean
   Pick city on map....................Click on city with mouse
   Pick city on city-list..............Up and Down ARROWS and press
                                       Return; click on city-name with      
                                       mouse
   Exit Screen.........................Press ESC; click on "DONE"

Save Game Screen
   Pick save game slot.................Up and Down ARROWs and press
                                       Return; click on slot with mouse
   Assign Name.........................Type in any save game name you want,
                                       press Return
   Exit without saving.................Press ESC

AT SEA
   Turn left...........................Left ARROW key or Left mouse button
   Turn right..........................Right ARROW key or Right mouse
                                       button
   Raise sails.........................Up ARROW key
   Lower sails.........................Down ARROW key
   Visit Captain's Cabin...............Space Bar
   Pause game..........................P key
   Turbo mode..........................T key

Ship Battles
   Turn left...........................Left ARROW key or Left mouse button
   Turn right..........................Right ARROW key or Right mouse
                                       button
   Raise sails.........................Up ARROW key
   Lower sails.........................Down ARROW key
   Fire................................Return, Space Bar
   Pause game..........................P key

ON LAND
   Move character......................ARROW KEYS, mouse
   Search for treasure/lost relative...S key
   Visit Captain's Cabin...............Space Bar
   Turbo Mode..........................T key

LAND COMBAT SCREEN
   Select unit to move.................TAB key, mouse
   Select all units....................A key; TAB key until all are
                                       highlighted
   Move unit...........................ARROW keys; mouse




                           PART II: GAME CONTROLS

You can play Pirates! Gold using a keyboard or a mouse in conjunction
with a keyboard (we recommend the latter).

GAME CONTROLS

GENERAL CONTROLS
   Pause/End Pause.....................P key
   Quit to DOS.........................Q key
   Change sound........................V key
   (switch between full sound, sound effects only, and no sound)
   Go to Captain's Cabin...............Space Bar
   Exit a Screen.......................ESC

FENCING
   Pick a sword........................ARROWs, mouse

       Mouse Control                           Numeric Pad

     7       8       9  <----- High ----->  7       8       9
     4       5       6  <---- Medium ---->  4       5       6
     1       2       3  <----- Low ------>  1       2       3
   Attack  Parry  Retreat                Attack   Parry  Retreat

Mouse Controls
   Advance.............Choose an attack line (low, medium or high) and
                       press a mouse button
   Thrust..............Choose an attack line and press right mouse button
   Slash...............Choose an attack line and press left mouse button
   Parry...............Choose a parry line and press a mouse button
   Parry and retreat...Choose a parry and retreat line and press a mouse
                       button
   Flee the battle.....Parry and retreat until your pirate reaches the
                       far right edge of the screen

Dark Spectre
Dead Weight 1993
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