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  1. 1 Tutorial
    1. 1.1 PC System Requirements
    2. 1.2 Start
    3. 1.3 Outside
    4. 1.4 Inside

PC System Requirements

MS-DOS 5.0 or higher.
386 Processor or faster.
4MB RAM.
6MB hard disk.
Graphics.
Ad Lib, Roland, Sound Blaster sound cards.
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Start

Okay here we go. When starting the game you get 4 choices:
    Start an OLD GAME * Load a saved game.
    Start a NEW GAME * Begin a new game.
    Highscores * View the highscores.
    Options * Turn some options on/off like music, gfx etc.

Lets start a new game. When starting a new game, 3 options are possible:

Free Mode * Do whatever you want to do.
Mission Mode * You get a specific mission what to do in the game.
Quick start * Start a game fast.

When choosing one of the above options you must select a character. Watch out at this point! You can choose a character that has lots of cash, but maybe his popularity isn't that good. So choose someone who has quite a lot of cash but also has a good popularity. Or use a trainer. At this point you can also change your characters name, and on the right you can select a name for your pizzeria, or make your own name. When you have selected a good character you must select a city. You can only choose city's in west Europe or in the east of the USA. When you have done this the actually game begins.

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Outside

Screenshot from Pizza Tycoon (20 kB).

Now you get a map of the city, with on top of it 4 options, in the right a black field with some info, and 9 icons. Lets start at the top of the screen with the 4 options you can choose.

Player

By selecting this one you get a list of all your rivals and yourself, by clicking on one of your rivals you know where his pizzeria is.

Range

Here you can see how big your range is to your clients, by making more advertisements, your range will grow and more people will hear about your pizzeria.

Locations

This is very handy if you want to know where to place your pizzeria. Here you get a list of bars, disco's, cinema's etc. So if you place your pizzeria near a bar or disco you will have more clients.

Properties

Here you can see which houses are for sale. for rent, or not available.

Let's go to the next part of the screen on your right. Here you can see:

    * In which city you are in.
    * Name of your pizzeria.
    * Number of restaurants.
    * Number of recipes.
    * Number of contracts.
    * The amount of money you have.

Now the bottom right of the screen. Here you see 9 icons:

    * View Map - View map of the world.
    * Character - View characters points, names, money, etc.
    * Disk options - Save game, quit.
    * Advertising - Advertise in papers on tv, flyers, posters.
    * Market research - Economy, area type etc.
    * Newspaper - Watch the latest news and Pizza trends.
    * Global Stats - Profit, costs etc.
    * Terminal - Phone some people.
    * End turn - Go to the next day.

Let's explain some of the above points further.

Character

When you choose character you again can select some other options.
Character values - Watch the health, energy, popularity of your character.
Company - In which cities you have pizzeria's.
Curriculum Vitae - What have you done since you started your pizzeria.
Position - Your main goal is to make you pizzeria as successful as possible, but you also have to infiltrate in the local Mafia. So that you get all the pizzeria's in town. By selecting this option you can see how your doing in the local underworld but also in the social class.
Awards - How many stars does your pizzeria has. By giving the president some money he will visit your pizzeria and give you a STAR if he likes you restaurant.
Target CV - This is only possible in mission mode. Here you can see How far you are in achieving your mission.

Market Research

Area info - See how many children, elder people or other kind of people live in that area. This is important as you go make your pizza's, because children like other pizza's then grown up people. Here you can also see the type of zone (Business or children) and the average income people have.
Property Info - How many rooms are for sale or for rent in that area.
Economy - See how the economy is, like inflation and more.
Customer taste - Important if you go make your pizza's.
Trends - See what pizza ingredients are IN or OUT.
Pizza charts - Which pizza's are most popular.
Market share - How many % of the pizza market do you own.

Global Stats

I'm not going to explain all of these options, they all look the same. You can see how much profit you made, how the sales were etc.

Terminal

This option is very important here you can phone some important people like:
Real estate agent - here you can buy or rent a room for your pizzeria.
Bank - Get a loan for if you want to buy a room.
Insurance - Get an insurance like fire, burglary etc.
Authorities - Phone the president if he wants to visit you pizzeria, so your pizzeria gets more stars.
Other - Phone the Mafia, for buying weapons, rats or smelly cheese to boycott your rivals.

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Inside

Screenshot from Pizza Tycoon (22 kB).

Okay after you bought yourself a descent room for you pizzeria lets take a look inside. The restaurant is divided in 2 separate rooms. On the left you have the kitchen, on the right the restaurant itself.

On the left part of the screen you see the restaurant or kitchen itself. on the right again the black screen with now other info like market share, how long people have to wait for their pizza etc. and again 9 icons.

Open/Close

Open or close your pizzeria. NOTE : you first must have 3 pizza's before you can open your pizzeria.

Stock

Here you can buy your ingredients. You can buy:
    * Vegetables.
    * Fruit.
    * Cheese.
    * Meat.
You can all buy them in different price and quality classes. When you start with less money the best thing to do is buy cheap things. If you grow bigger then think about the quality.

Menu

Pizza Sales - Here you can see what pizza's you have on your menu and what they cost.
Customer Ratings - What kind of pizza's do customers like best (children like other pizza's then elder people).
Remove Pizza - If a pizza is not a trend then remove it from your menu with this option.

Furniture

Furniture - Buy tables and chairs for in your restaurant. Again there are different price and quality classes.
Kitchen Ware - Here you can buy ovens and that kind of things.
Extra - Buy flowers, candles, chocolate machines, telephones etc.
Flooring - Select a type of floor you like.

Staff

Chefs - Here you can select a cook, watch out who you choose. If someone has for cooking 80% but for health 5% he's not that qualified for cooking. So again choose a character that is qualified for both.
Waiters - The same as above.
Manager - This comes in handy if you go expand you business, and start more pizzeria's in another city. This person will take care of everything you normally do.
Fire - Fire someone if his work is bad.
Wages - How much may your employees earn.
Training - If you want to improve some ones quality use this one.
Recruit - With this option you can select someone to come and work for you.

Recipe List

View Pizza - See how your pizza looks like.
Ingredients - See what ingredients are in the pizza and how much your pizza weights.
Bake Pizza - If you want to open your restaurant you must have at least 3 pizza's. With this option you can make you own pizza. Again watch the Black screen on your right, to see if all ingredients are used. Your pizza must have a good appearance, so you can sell it for a higher price.

Resturant Stats

First you have the daily, weekly and monthly balance, they all say the same only for a longer or shorter period.
Customer Stats - Watch how may people you had in your restaurant.

Terminal

This option is the same as the one in the main menu. You can call different people from your terminal.