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SKID ROW presents For Commodore Amiga. Sid Meier's RAILROAD TYCOON TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT PAGE 1 Contents Your Railroad Tycoon package should contain a manual, this technical supplement folder, two Commodore Amiga disks, two player aid cards, and a registration card. Required Equipment Computer & Display: This simulation requires a Commodore Amiga with a minimum of 1 Meg. of RAM and a color monitor. Please pre-format a disk for your Saved Games. Controls: The simulation can be run entirely from the keyboard, or with a mouse and keyboard. A mouse is recommended as the interface has been designed to take advantage of the mouse. Unlike some MicroProse simulations, a joystick cannot be used to run Railroad Tycoon. Installation on a Hard Disk COMMODORE AMIGA: Boot up your hard disk as normal and insert Railroad Tycoon Disk A. Open this disk and double-click on the "INSTALL" icon. Please follow any on-screen prompts. A folder titled "Railroad" will be created on your hard disk, containing all necessary files. LOADING Loading from Floppy Disks COMMODORE AMIGA: If your computer has KickStart in ROM, insert the Railroad Tycoon "A" disk into the internal drive. The program will then auto-load. If your computer does not have KickStart in ROM, load KickStart as normal, then insert your Railroad Tycoon Disk A into the internal drive. The program will then auto-load. PAGE 1 PAGE 2 Thereafter during play you are prompted when you must remove the "A" disk to insert the "B" disk. Note that at certain times the program accesses the "A" disk for information so do not remove the "A" disk from your drive once the game has begun unless prompted to make a switch. Loading from a Hard Disk COMMODORE AMIGA: Boot up your hard disk as normal. Open the "Railroad" drawer and double-click on the "Game" icon. SAVED GAMES You may save games currently under way and recontinue them at a later date. Games may be saved onto your hard drive or onto a previously saved game disk. You may not save games onto your original game disks or back-up game disks. To save a current game, open the Game menu and choose "Save Game". If the game was booted from floppy disk, you will be asked to insert your previously formatted Save Game disk before selecting a slot to save to. You may only have four games saved on any disk. If the game files are full on any disk, move the highlight to the existing saved game you wish to overwrite and press return. This writes the new saved game over the old one, erasing the old one. If you don't want to erase any game on a full disk, hit the ESC key to return to the game, and start over. However, you cannot format a disk while the game is underway, so have additional formatted disks handy. PAGE 2 PAGE 3 Loading a Saved Game Saved games can only be loaded during the pre-game options. To load a saved game, follow these instructions: 1) Choose the option "Load Saved RR" when you start the game. 2) If you are playing from floppy disk, follow the prompt to insert your Save Game disk. 3) Move the highlight down the list of saved games until the game you wish to load is highlighted, and press RETURN. This loads the saved game. AMIGA RAILROAD TYCOON FEATURES Dissolving Railroads: If the shore price of a competing railroad falls below $5 and stays there for too long, there is a chance that the railroad can be dissolved and disappear entirely from the game. Bankruptcy Penalty: For each bankruptcy that you declare, the interest you must pay for selling new bonds is increases by 1%. After enough bankruptcies, you will be unable to sell any bonds. Car Costs: Each car you place on your trains costs $5,000. When you make consist changes, you are only charged if the total number of cars on your railroad increases. Menu Options: You may highlight any menu option by pressing the letter key of the first letter in the option. If more than once choice share the same first letter, additional letter key taps cycle through the options that start with the same letter. Sound Effects: If you selected one of the sound driver options when you started your game, you may toggle the sound effects on or off later in the game. This is done from the Features option, found in the Game menu. If you selected No Sounds when beginning play, the sound effects option does not operate. Find City: You may zoom into the Detail Display around any city in the game world by pulling down the Display menu and choosing "Find City." Type in at least enough letters of the city name to distinguish it from all other cities in the world and press RETURN. Animations: There are no animated sequences in the Amiga version, speeding up game play. Hence there is no Animation option in the Game Menu. Difficulty Levels: You are not required to retire after a certain number of years as explained in the manual on page 16 under Difficulty Levels. Instead, you may play up to 100 years at any level. However, you may not increase the level of difficulty once you have started playing. The difficulty level you choose when beginning a new game remains in effect for its duration. PAGE 3 PAGE 4 WORLD ECONOMY NOTES North America North America is blessed with huge natural resources that have only been exploited since the beginning of European colonization. To this day, the region remains a major source of raw materials such as coal, metallic ores, oil, and wood products. It is also one of the richest meat and grain producing regions in the world. Railroads were especially useful in America because they made cheap transportation available throughout this large continent. They made exploitation of this bounty of resources possible. The early railroads were built to bring mainly raw products, such as coal and grain, from the continental interior to the peripheral harbors. As the region industrialized, the role of railroads expanded. They moved people westward during the great expansion, they interconnected the growing eastern cities, and they connected the growing industrial sector with both the sources of raw materials and markets. In Railroad Tycoon the economic impact and role of railroads in North America is similar to that of the real world. The equivalent of the Pittsburgh steel mills, the West Virginia coal fields, the Detroit automobile factories, and the Chicago stockyards are in the game, though rarely in their historical location. The opportunity is their for your railroad to find the raw materials and connect them to the industries, and the industries to their markets. You develop your business by linking the coal fields to the steel mills, the steel mills to the factories, and the factories to the cities. In a similar manner you can connect the cattle ranches to stockyards, the grain elevators to food processing plants, lumber yards to paper mills, etc. When you connect larger cities together, you create the opportunity for carrying mail and passengers between them. Harbors and river landings are places where you can pass on cargos to ships and river boats, and may be a source of new cargos from overseas. As you build and operate your railroad, you witness the impact you have on the population and industrial growth of the area that you serve. Cities along your railroad may become the Pittsburgh or Detroit of your world. England Great Britain was the first nation to industrialize and the place where the concept and technology of railroading was invented. The earliest railroads in Britain were built to connect interior industries and resources with harbors. The main export resource was coal, mostly shipped around the coast to London and other population centers. But unlike North America where there was a rich variety and quantity of resources, in Britain the resources were more limited. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, this island nation was converted into an industrial powerhouse, a world leader in manufacturing technology and production. Raw materials not available at home were imported and converted into good for export or home consumption. Railroads played a vital role in this industrialization by easing and speeding the movement of materials, finished goods, and labor throughout the country. For example, coal from the mines near Newcastle was first carried by rail to coastal ports like Sunderland, and later directly by rail to the steel mills and factories of Sheffield. PAGE 4 PAGE 5 The famous Sheffield knives went by train throughout the country and from ports throughout the world. Another major industry comprised the cotton mills that grew around Manchester to use the water coming down the hills for power. Cotton for the mills arrived at Liverpool from India and the American South, and was carried by rail to Manchester. The mills converted the cotton to cloth goods that were carried back to Liverpool for shipment overseas. In Railroad Tycoon you can profit by looking for these same economic relationships. Harbors are sources of supply for cotton and hops, and these cargos can be carried to textile mills and breweries for conversion into goods and beer. Pottery and glass goods from glass works, the products of chemical plants, and factory goods can all be shipped to harbors for exportation. To be successful, your railroad must link the peripheral harbors to the industrial midlands and resource centers. Since each game map is different, you must locate coal and chemical deposits now not necessarily outside Newcastle, and link these resources to the industries that use them. In this way you can help build cities such as Salisbury or York into another London. Europe The European economy is in the middle, between the resource rich North American economy and the industry rich British economy. Europe is large enough to have substantial resources and thus not depend so much on imported resources. Still, the European nations industrialized, although after Britain and not to the same degree. Blessed with greater natural resources than the island nation of Great Britain, the European nations were not as forced to rely on their ability to manufacture goods for exportation. Although trade was certainly important, it was not necessary to finance the importation of food and materials as it was in Britain. Most of the larger European nations found within their borders sufficient natural resources for industrial production. Nevertheless, some nations proved to have a comparative advantage in the production of certain goods. These advantages became the basis for international trade across the continent. French wines were traded for German guns or Italian cloth. Railroads served their familiar important transport role throughout Europe. Within nations they brought the coal and ore to the mills, and moved the mill products to other industries and harbors. They were also found to be more important people movers than in either Britain or North America because of congestion, lack of roads, and high petroleum costs. Between nations railroads hauled resources, finished products, people, and mail. In Railroad Tycoon the rich industrial region of the Ruhr River Valley or the grain fields of the Ukraine may turn up anywhere. As a railroad president it is for you to search the map to find the pieces of the economic puzzle and profitably link them together. PAGE 5 PAGE 6 DISPLAY COLORS Regional Display Map Colors COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED Dark blue Oceans and lakes Light blue Rivers Blue Woods Dark green Cleared land Light green Farmland Light grey Foothills Light blue Hills White Mountains/Alps Brown Swamp/Desert Red Villages Yellow Cities Red/yellow Industries Dark red Harbors Black Coal, wood, chemicals, nitrates Train Roster COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED Black line Stopped train Red line Paused train Green line Train speed indicator Black engine Normal loads Green engine Priority Shipment on board White car Mail car at least half full Light grey car Mail car less than half full Light blue car Passenger car at least half full Blue car Passenger car less than half full Yellow car Fast freight car at least half full Light green car Fast freight car less than half full Red car Slow freight car at least half full Dark red car Slow freight car less than half full Black car Bulk freight car at least half full Dark grey car Bulk freight car less than half full Freight Classes COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED White Mail Light blue Passengers Yellow Fast freight Red Slow freight Black Bulk freight PAGE 6 PAGE 7 Financial Reports COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED Red Losses or decreases Black Profits or increases Shipping Report Borders COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED Grey Normal revenues Red Halved revenues White Doubled revenues Train Report Scheduled Stops COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED Light grey Scheduled stop Black Current destination Station Reports COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED Dark green Cargo picked up this period or Revenue earned for delivery Red Cargos removed by other transport Light green Cargos available now Construction Box Colors COLOR INFORMATION DISPLAYED White Build track Red Remove track and bridges CONTROLS General FUNCTION KEYBOARD MOUSE Selector RETURN key Left button Selector 1 RETURN key Left button Selector 2 Right button Open menu First letter key Right button Move cursor, Numeric keypad keys Construction Box (Box) or menu highlight Track Construction/Demolition Keys FUNCTION KEYBOARD COMMAND North Shift and numeric keypad `8' key Northeast Shift and numeric keypad `9' key East Shift and numeric keypad `6' key Southeast Shift and numeric keypad `3' key South Shift and numeric keypad `2' key Southwest Shift and numeric keypad `1' key West Shift and numeric keypad `4' key Northwest Shift and numeric keypad `7' key PAGE 7 PAGE 8 Shortcut Keys FUNCTION KEYBOARD COMMAND Go to Regional Display `F1' key Go to Area Display `F2' key (centers on cursor or pointer) Go to Local Display `F3' key (centers on cursor or pointer) Go to Detail Display `F4' key (centers on cursor or pointer) Open Income Statement `F5' key Open Train Income Report `F6' key Build a new train `F7' key (must own engine shop) Build station `F8' key (Box on spot) Call broker `F9' key (game not frozen) Survey elevations `F10' key (from Detail Display only) Additional Keys FUNCTION KEYBOARD COMMAND Double track a single track section Shift and `D' key (Box must be on track section) Single track a double track section Shift and `S' key (Box must be on track section) Get information `I' key or Shift and `?' key (for icon inside Box) Override signal `S' key (for signal within Box or cursor) Center map on cursor or pointer `C' key Quit game Alt and `Q' key Exit menu without making choice ESC key KEYBOARD INTERFACE ONLY General FUNCTION KEYBOARD COMMAND Switch cursor TAB key (between map and Train Roster) Open Train Report RETURN key (train marked in roster by cursor) Pause train `H' key (train marked in roster by cursor) Train Report Controls FUNCTION KEYBOARD COMMAND Go to priority row of Train Report `P' key Highlight schedule stops 1,2,3, or 4 `1',`2',`3', or `4' key Go to Route Map Shift and `S' key Move highlight on Route Map Numeric keypad `1-9' keys (not `5') Select highlighted stop on Route Map RETURN key Exit Route Map without any changes ESC key PAGE 8 PAGE 9 SOUND CUES Sound Caused By Whistle/Horn Train passing through station without stopping Clink of coins Revenue earned (one clink for each $25,000) SIGNAL OVERRIDE CHART Normal Operation Existing Signal Color Effect GO Green Indicates currently safe to enter block STOP Red Indicates currently not safe to enter block PROCEED Yellow Passes next train and returns to NORMAL operation HOLD Black Stops all trains until overridden with NORMAL or PROCEED Note: On the Area and Local Displays, normal signals appear in black boxes and overridden signals appear in white boxes. PAGE 9 PAGE 10 WORLD CITY LISTS The following lists include all the cities found on the four world maps. To find the location of any city pull down the Display menu and choose "Find City." Type in enough letters of the city name to differentiate it from any other name on the list. For example, in the Northeast USA, "All" is enough identification for Allentown because those letters differentiate it from all other cities on the list, including Albany and Altoona. The same information is sufficient when ordering a controlled railroad to build track from one city to another. Northeast USA Cities Akron Cumberland Knoxville Roanoke Albany Dayton Lansing Rochester Allentown Detroit Lexington Saginaw Altoona Dover London Salisbury Asheville Elkhart Louisville Sault Ste Marie Ashland Elmira Manchester Scranton Atlantic City Erie Memphis Sherbrooke Baltimore Evansville Milwaukee Springfield Bangor Florence Montreal St Louis Binghamton Fort Wayne Morgantown Sudbury Bluefield Fredericksburg Nashville Syracuse Boston Gary New Haven Terre Haute Bridgeport Grafton New York Toledo Bristol Grand Rapids Norfolk Toronto Buffalo Green Bay Oil City Traverse City Burlington Greensboro Ottawa Trenton Champaign Greenville Paterson Utica Charleston Hagerstown Pembroke Washington Charlotte Harpers Ferry Philadelphia Watertown Charlottesville Harrisburg Pittsburgh Wheeling Chattanooga Hartford Portland Williamsport Chicago Huntington Poughkeepsie Wilmington Cincinnati Indianapolis Providence Winchester Cleveland Jamestown Raleigh Winston-Salem Columbus Johnstown Richmond Youngstown Western USA Cities Abilene Burns Dodge City Fort Worth Albuquerque Butte Duluth Fresno Amarillo Calgary Durango Gary Austin Casper El Paso Grand Junction Barstow Cedar City Elko Grand Rapids Baton Rouge Chicago Eugene Great Falls Billings Chihuahua Evansville Green Bay Bismarck Decatur Fargo Hays Boise Denver Flagstaff Hermosillo Bozeman Des Moines Fort Smith Houston PAGE 10 PAGE 11 Indianapolis Monclova Regina Spokane Jackson Monroe Reno Springfield Kansas City Nashville Richland St Louis La Crosse Needles Rock Island St Paul Lake Charles New Orleans Roswell Thunder Bay Las Vegas Ogallala Sacramento Tonopah Lincoln Oklahoma City Salt Lake City Tucson Little Rock Omaha San Antonio Tucumcari Los Angeles Phoenix San Diego Tulsa Memphis Pierre San Francisco Tuscaloosa Midland Pocatello Saskatoon Vancouver Miles City Portland Sault Ste Marie Waterloo Milwaukee Pueblo Seattle Wausau Minot Rapid City Shreveport Wichita Mobile Redding Sioux Falls Winnipeg English Cities Aberystwyth Chatham King's Lynn Peterborough Aldershot Cheltenham Kingston Plymouth Appleby Chester Lancaster Portsmouth Banbury Colchester Leeds Preston Bangor Colwyn Bay Leicester Reading Barmouth Coventry Lincoln Rugby Barnstaple Crewe Liverpool Salisbury Barrow Croydon London Scarborough Bath Darlington Ludlow Sheffield Bedford Derby Luton Shrewsbury Birkenhead Doncaster Macclesfield Southampton Birmingham Dover Manchester Stockport Bletchley Durham Merthyr Tydfil Stoke Bolton Exeter Middlesbrough Sunderland Boston Gloucester Minehead Swansea Bournemouth Great Yarmouth Morpeth Swindon Bradford Harrogate Newcastle Taunton Brighton Hastings Newport Thetford Bristol Hereford Newtown Torbay Builth Wells Hexham Newhampton Whitehaven Cambridge Holyhead Norwich Winchester Canterbury Horsham Nottingham Wolverhampton Cardiff Ipswich Okehampton Worcester Carlisle Kendal Oxford Wrexham Carmarthen Keswick Penrith York PAGE 11 PAGE 12 European Cities Adrianople Dijon Lublin Rostock Amsterdam Dresden Lvov Saint Etienne Antwerp Essen Lyons Salonika Barcelona Florence Madrid Salzburg Bari Frankfurt Magdeburg Saragossa Bayonne Genoa Marseilles Sarajevo Belgrade Graz Metz Sofia Berlin Grenoble Milan Southampton Bern Hamburg Minsk Split Bialystok Hannover Munich Stettin Birmingham Innsbruck Nantes Strasbourg Bologna Istanbul Naples Stuttgart Bordeaux Kaunas Nice Tirana Bremen Kiel Nuremburg Toulouse Breslau Kiev Orleans Tours Brest Kisinev Osijek Trieste Brest-Litovsk Konigsberg Osnabruck Turin Bristol Krakow Ostrava Utrecht Brussels Le Havre Paris Valencia Bucharest Le Mans Plymouth Varna Budapest Leipzig Poznan Vienna Cologne Lille Prague Vinnica Copenhagen Limoges Regensburg Warsaw Danzig Liverpool Reims Zagreb Debrecken London Rome Zurich SKID ROW SKID ROW SKID ROW SKID ROW SKID ROW SKID ROW SKID ROW