PHARAOH THE STORY Approximately 4000 years ago a wonderful civilization ruled by the mighty Pharoahs, stretched itself along the banks of the great sacred river Nile. The dynasties of the Pharoahs followed each other leaving symbols of their great power in the forms of impressive monuments, monuments such as the colossal pyramids which still number amoungst the seven great wonders of the world. But one quiet evening during the Nile flood season, the prevailing Egyptian Pharoah passed away, encircled by his relatives, after a long reign of peace and prosperity. OSIRIS, God of the Dead, led him to his final resting place in his great pyramid which had taken hundreds of thousand of Egyptians more than thirty years to complete. Alas, a great rivalry was born between the Gods, showing itself in the form of hate, jealously and discord.SETH, King of Desert and Powerful God of Evil decided that the Egyptian throne should be in the hands of the powerful men of Egypt. Influencial and dominant Egyptians were ordered by SETH to kill all heirs of the last Pharoah. In return they themselves would be given the throne. But AMON-RE the Sun God watched over the Egyptians and save one young heir from drowning in the deep dark waters of the Nile.He was taken to the fellahs, workers who had made a home on the banks of the river. Here the young prince was brought up amoung them as one of their own. You are this young Egyptian, a man of great wit and ambition. One night OSIRIS the God of Eternal Life and enemy of SETH appears to you in a dream. He persuades you with silver and a merchant ship, and the task of socially distinguishing yourself amongst the Egyptians. The money and ship which are put at your disposal by the Gods must be used carefully and sensibly. With them you must reach one of the Egyptian towns. There you must ascend socially and prove to the Gods of Egypt that you are capable and worthy of the Pharoahs throne. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS: Precise loading instuctions exist in the README file on disk 1. To access these, type README.DOC and then press RETURN. CONTROLS Pharoah can be played with the mouse, joystick or keyboard. You can switch between these during the game-parts of the game can be played with the mouse, others with the keyboard or joystick, etc. We advise the use of a joystick during the action sequences. Joystick: To play using the joystick, confirm by pressing the joystick fire button. This can be done at any point in the game. Mouse: To play using the mouse, confirm by pressing the left mouse button.This can be done at any point in the game. Keyboard: To play using the keyboard, confirm by pressing the spacebar.Use the cursor keys. For slower, more precise movements, press the left SHIFT key. ADDITIONAL NOTE To turn the sound on and off, press the ( S ) key. The ESC key has several different functions: -If pressed during the title screen, the introduction will be skipped. -The rolling and unrolling of the scrolls can be quickened. -The entry of your ship into a port can be quickened. -It acts as the pause button during the action sequences. -It interupts the loading and saving sequences. To begin the game, you must choose your name. This can be one of various Egyptian names, like Menes, Djoser, Sneferu, Thutmose or Ramses. Aferwards you must chooose the name of your home town.Here you will find your store to where you can bring your goods which you will hopefully accumulate in the future. Despite the gifts that you have recieved form the Gods,you still belong to the lowest possible social rank. Your task is to climb the steps of the social ladder in any way possible. MAIN MENU The main menu is divided into four parts.In the top, right hand quarter of the screen you can see yourself. The clothes that you are wearing are a reflection of your current social rank. To the left of your portrait you will find three further menu parts. At the top is the Economic Menu, in the middle is the Play menu and at the bottom is the Social Menu. With these menus you can influence the course of the game by clicking on the various icons. In the ECONOMIC MENU there are six different icons: 1. The building of a ship, with which you can bargain for certain goods. 2.Camel racing, on which you can bet the cargo of your ship ( See Betting on your Ships Cargo). 3.The construction of a chariot of war, in case you lose one at war and own enough goods. 4. The ships course and trading. 5. Conferring with a business consultant who you can employ when you have a higher social position ( See Business and other Tricks). 6.Inspecting your stores, so that you can discover the amount of stock that you have. In the PLAY MENU you can see: 1. On the left side the loading symbol ( for disk or hard disk) 2. In the middle the date 3. On the right side the saving symbol In the SOCIAL MENU there are four icons which allow you to demonstrate your position and power or which offer you the chance to ascend socially. However, you must use them skillfully to achieve your aim. 1. Architecture ( See -Your Construction) 2. Religion ( See- The Gods) 3. Harem ( See- The Harem) 4. War ( See- War) THE MAP On the map there are 14 Egyptian towns represented by red dots.To discover the names of the towns, you must click on the red points-the name of the town will then appear on the screen. Apart from these towns, 6 large settlements abroad and the desert are depicted. To travel from town to town your merchant ship is at your disposal.At the beginning of the game you have just one ship which has been given to you by the Gods. This ship can be found at your home town and is represented by a white dot. A window will appear with the following information: Top: The name of your ship. Middle: The possible directions in which you can sail. Bottom:The name of the town your ship is currently docked. You can only reach other towns by sailing in the appropriate direction. When you wish to trade your goods, click on the name of the town which appears at the bottom of the window (-the window which appears after you have clicked on the white dot). TRADE You can and must expand your business and become wealthy to be successful.Sail with your trading ship to Upper and Lower Egypt, to Tanis, Memphis, Karnak, Luxor, Thebes or Abu Simbel. You should also try sailing to the foreign towns, such as Byblos, Crete, Sinai, and Somalis. At these towns you should buy and sell metals and valuable stones, building materials, slaves, horses, and food. As soon as you have the chance, you should build more trading ships until you have a fleet. You can then expand your business much faster. If you are well orientated in terms of demand and supply, you will be able to trade in every town. On the trade screen you will see the various goods with which you can trade, displayed twice. If you wish to buy goods, click on the (load ship) symbol. The goods displayed above will show you what this particular town has to sell. On the dislplay below NOT DISPLAYED! you will see the amount of each good that you currently have. If you now click on the goods above, you will be able to adjust the quantity that you wish to buy on the abacus in the middle of the screen. You will see the amount of that good that you have now traded at the bottom of the screen. If you wish to sell goods, click on the (unload ship) symbol. Now the goods displayed above will show you what this particular town wishes to purchase.You can only sell goods to a town if there is a demand for that particular good there. If you wish to deposit goods in your store, you must simply click on the name of your chosen home town at the top of the menu. It is very important to concentrate on the most profitable goods, and those which are desired by the Gods....but, of course that is easier than it sounds. YOUR SHIP AND ITS NAVIGATION You will soon notice that navigating your ship is not as easy as it sounds.The Nile can be treacherous,some of your goods may be ripped from your ship by the stormy waves. Dangerous shallows and goods floating in the water do not make life very pleasant for you. You will find yourself controlling the rudder of one of your merchant ships. Using the joystick (mouse, keyboard) you must avoid the floating obstacles in the water. Touching them will put your ship and its load in danger! If you touch more than three obstacles in one journey, your ship is destroyed along with its cargo! PHOENICIAN THIEVES Occasionally you will come across a band of thieves who want to steal as much of your ships cargo as possible-it is your task to prevent them doing this.The thieves will swim across to your ship and try to board it by climbing up the side on one of the three ladders which hang down to the water. By carefully watching the water and skillfully using your paddle, you must try to stop the thieves from boarding the ship. We recommend the use of the keyboard during this action sequence. BETTING WITH YOUR GOODS During your adventure you will be given the chance to bet on the camel races. You are required to control your camel which will be competing against the fastest Egyptian camels. The stake will be the complete load of one of your merchant ships. You can ensure victory by skillful and fast joystick movements to and for. THE HAREM Naturally you can also choose yourself a wife from the women of the kingdom. After selecting HAREM in the main menu, you can choose your wife by clicking on the various faces. Your choice will prove difficult as each woman has her advantages, for example, Anath, daughter of Sethi the ?fisherman, is stunning and sensible, whereas Phonis, daughter of the Imhotep the village chief, is intelligent.At some point you can visit the Harem where you will be introduced to various women. You can choose between the d...
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