1. Main Menu

In the main menu you will find the options

1. Old game
2. New game
3. High scores
4. Options

1.1. OLD GAME

Here you have the opportunity to load and continue a game previously saved on disk. If you play from disk, saved games are always searched for on the saved game disk PIZ-GAMESAVE (AMIGA only) or, if you play from a hard disk, in the GAMESAVE directory which was created automatically during installation.
 
The saved games will be displayed in a saved games window. Choose a game and click on it. If you do not wish to load an old game, click outside the window to get back to the main menu.

1.2. NEW GAME

At the beginning of a new game, you can choose between two game modes: Freegame mode or Mission mode

  1.2.1. Game Modes

 

1.2.1.1. Free mode

Here you do not have a specified aim. Simply play as long as you like or until your character fails. You can move around freely from city to city.

 

1.2.1.2. Mission mode

You choose a curriculum vitae you want to follow. Your aim now is to relive this life as closely as possible. The game ends when you have reached the final stage of your chosen life.

All the available lives are displayed in the mission window. Click on a mission to look at it in the left window. Click on OK to play this mission.

With the option "Disk", you can also load a curriculum vitae you have saved onto disk as a mission. These are loaded either from your PIZ-GAMESAVE disk (AMIGA only) or from the GAMESAVE directory (if you are playing from hard disk).

 

1.2.1.3. Quick start

This is a quick way into Pizza Tycoon. You will be offered a choice of one or two default restaurants (high or low quality). You will then choose a Character Name and Restaurant Name.

After choosing the game mode, you will be taken to the character selection menu:

 

1.2.2. Character Selection Menu

With 100 different characters you will be spoilt for choice! Each character has individual values. For a detailed description of these see the section ThePIZZA TYCOON characters.

You will have two windows in front of you:

 

1.2.2.1. The character window

In the left window, the values of the character currently shown in the picture are displayed. The character is the owner of the company that is highlighted on the right. Scroll the list of characters up or down using the arrow icons.

You can change the first name and the surname of every character by clicking on his name box and typing in his new first name and surname separated by a space. However, if you use the arrow icons to scroll the list again afterwards, the name you have typed in will be lost because the characters must be reloaded every time.

In addition to the characters provided, you can also use your own characters from a disk. These must have been saved with Save a character on your PIZ-SAVEGAME disk (AMIGA only) or in your GAMESAVE directory (when playing from hard disk). This feature allows you to increase the number of available characters as you wish. In the course of the game, the values of your character will change. If you save it on a disk, you can swap this character with your friends.

All competitors, not only human players, can be assigned characters of your choice. This means that you can determine the difficulty level of the game individually.

 

1.2.2.2. The player window

In the right-hand screen window, the company names of the competing restaurant chains are displayed. The uppermost name is activated and represents your restaurant chain. You can change this name at random by clicking on the currently active yellow box and typing in a new name.

At first, the player window is set to one human player, while all the competitors are controlled by the computer. If you want several human players to take part in the game, just move the line between the human and the computer-controlled opponents down using the arrow icons. Keep doing this until the desired number of players is colored green (i.e. "controlled by human player").

When you are happy with all the settings, click on OK. Now a map will appear so you can choose the city from which you would like to start your game.

1.3. HIGH SCORES

Here you can have a look at the scores you have achieved in previous games. You will be shown the most important information about those games.

1.4. OPTIONS

You can select various settings concerning the game. Once you have configured PIZZA TYCOON according to your liking, the settings can be saved.

2. The Pizza Tycoon Characters

You can choose from a range of 100 different characters. In this chapter we will explain what the different character values mean. All the values can be changed. These changes are caused by the actions you take during the game, by things that happen to you or simply by the passing of time. For example your character will age in the course of the game.

A character is described by:

Photo: If you want to gain a quick impression of a character without looking at his values, look at his photo. Pictures can speak louder than words. However, try not to go solely by appearances: some characters have hidden talents.

Name: At the beginning of the game, names can be changed. During the game, however, you must stick to the name you have chosen.

Money: This is the initial capital that the character has to his name. However, it is not the most important criterion at the start of the game. Obviously you will find it easier if you star off with 10,000 Dollars rather than 5,000, but the other character values represent long-term assets that should not be underrated.

Age: Your character will age in the course of the game - with each passing year in the game he will grow one year older. The older you are, the slower your health regenerates - if you are older than 100 years it will not regenerate at all.

Popularity: This value determines your position in society. The higher the value, the easier it will be for you to establish contacts with business partners.
Value 100: you are everybody's darling and they are all falling over each other to do business with you.Value 0: you are an absolute outcast. Nobody wants to have anything to do with you.

Health: This value represents your vitality, i.e. your ability to regenerate used energy.
Value 100: you are fighting fit and full of health.
Value 0: you are on your last legs and cannot renew used energy.

Energy: Your daily working hours depend on this value. The higher it is, the more actions you can perform in a day (and the more responsibilities you have to shoulder, the shorter the days will seem).
See also: A DAY IN PIZZA TYCOON.
Value 100: you can move mountains and are bursting with energy.
Value 0: "Hey! Wakey wakey!"

Intelligence: This value is most important for your computer-controlled opponents. You will probably use your own rather than your character's intelligence. The intelligence value determines how rational and reasonable the decisions of your computer opponents are.
Value 100: you are a faultless robot.
Value 0: "Who am I?"

Charisma: This refers to the impression you make on other people. If the value is high, you are more likely to achieve positive results in any chance event connected with business negotiations.
Value 100: you are Miss/Mister Universe.
Value 0: you are Frankenstein's Monster.

Dexterity: This value tells you how quick you are. This is most important in the action sequence. There your dexterity value determines how fast you can move your character. It is also vital when it comes to shady deals. If you are nimble and dexterous, the police will have a job catching you.
Value 100: you are a cross between Robin Hood and Peter Pan
Value 0: you get overtaken by passing snails!

Personality: The higher this value is the better you are at convincing business partners of your opinion.
Value 100: "Here's looking at you, kid."
Value 0: "Forgive me for living."

Cookery: Again this value is of main importance for computer-controlled opponents. It determines how good the food is and how well the character will do at pizza competitions.
Value 100: Pizza champion
Value 0: "Pitsa? Do you mean that funny round stuff?"

Courage: Decisive for your relationship with the underworld. The higher this value is, the easier it will be for you to get a reputation in this harsh environment and to be taken seriously there.
Value 100; you're a tough cookie and nobody messes with you if they can avoid it.
Value 0; The mere sight of a toy gun would make you flee the country!

The character values affect the situations and probability factors in the game, but remember; the biggest influence on the course of events is YOU.

3.1 The user interface in Pizza Tycoon

PIZZA TYCOON has the same user interface throughout the whole game, which you should get used to fairly quickly. Later on in this manual we will refer to the actions of "clicking" and "pressing a key". As we are rather lazy, we use these terms to describe the highly complicated action of moving-the-mouse-pointer-on-a-menu-option-or-an-icon-key-and-pressing-the-lett-mouse-button.
Got it?
Ok. And now for some practice:

• Move the mouse pointer on an icon or a menu option.
• Press the left mouse button.

The selected function will now be activated, i.e. you have "clicked" on this function.
Thus "double clicking" means clicking on the same icon or menu option twice in succession.

The GAMEPLAY AREA (left side of the screen shot) is where most of the action takes place. Here you can see the City, the restaurants and all the important overviews.

In the STATUS WINDOW (top right) up-to-date information about your chain of restaurants or the restaurant you are visiting at the moment is displayed. This window also informs you about things which are happening at the same time as events in the game play area, so that the course of the game is not interrupted. Only when you have to make a decision will the computer interrupt you with the relevant message.

With the mouse pointer in the status window, press the left mouse button to make the status information reappear after a message has been displayed. You may see the message which was last displayed again by pressing the right mouse button with the mouse pointer positioned in the status window.

Apart from messages and information there are two permanent displays in the status window, which are marked in yellow. You will find the time and date at the top of the window and your account balance at the bottom.

For more information about time and date, see the next section - ONE DAY IN PIZZATYCOON.

The display at the bottom shows your account balance, so that you are always informed about your financial resources. This should help you decide whether you can or cannot afford a certain action. If you try to overdraw your account, a message will appear in the status window informing you that you do not have sufficient funds. The desired action will be refused by the system.

On the key pad you will seethe keys with which you can activate the sub-menus. The icons on the keys ("icons" are the lovely little pictures on the keys) symbolize the action which can be performed by pressing that key. On the key pad there is always a BACKSPACE key with which you can go back to the sub-menu. This does not apply to the two main menus on the map and in the restaurant.

3.2 One day in Pizza Tycoon

The normal working day always starts at 9.00 am. when the shops open. The time is displayed in the status window (top right).

The various actions you perform in one day need different amounts of time. For example you will need a relatively short amount of time for passive actions such as analyzing statistics. Actions where you actually have to do something, like buying food or setting up a restaurant, need more time. For example, allocating or re-allocating a particular piece of furniture always takes 10 minutes.

Time passes even when you are not doing anything - only much slower. When your working day ends will depend on the energy value of your character. You can finish work between 3 pm and 11.20 pm. The end of a working day can be calculated using the following equation:
(ENERGY VALUE OF CHARACTER) / 2 x 10 minutes.
This means that an additional amount of 12 energy points allows you to work one hour longer.
For example: Somebody who has 40 energy-points can work from 9.00 am until 6.20 pm.

At the end of your working day the statistics for this day will be displayed. This shows you the turnover, the expenses and the profits for this day. Separate statistics will usually be displayed for each of your restaurants. This option can however be switched off.

If you finish all your planned actions before the end of your working day, you may end the day early by pressing the SUNSET key in the main menu. Then the next player takes his turn.

If more than one human player is participating in the game, the next player performs his actions for the same day. The day only finishes when all the players, including the computer players, have completed their day.

A human player starts a new day in the same menu where he finished the previous day.

3.3 Getting started in Pizza Tycoon

After starting PIZZA TYCOON you will see a menu, from which you should select NEW GAME with the mouse. This will take you to another carefully created menu. Select the option FREE MODE with the mouse and you will find yourself in the character selection screen.

In the left window you will see the name, the initial capital and the character values of the currently selected person. If you like you can also have a look at the other characters by clicking on the arrows above and below the window. It is important that the character you wish to select has sufficient initial capital and high energy and health values. Incidentally you may also change the person's name. Use the mouse to click on the name and type your own pseudonym. Some brave souls even enter the world of business under their real name.

To the right of the window you will see a wonderful photograph of the person.
There is another selection window at the right hand side of the screen. You will notice that the first line is colored yellow. This is the name of your future pizza empire. If you don't like the name we suggest, just click on it and insert a silly name of your own.

When you have done all this, select START to play the game. If you think the huge pizza on the screen is an odd shape, you are obviously the right man for the job; you have the instincts of a born pizza chef!!!

Anyway, enough of this nonsense.

As you will notice at a glance (or maybe at the second or third glance), this is the overview map. Unfortunately, our poor, overworked graphics designer wasn't too accurate with his pen and ink. But never mind - you may now enter the city of your choice.

I personally would recommend a young, successful entrepreneur like you to go to Berlin. Rents are relatively low there and the chances of achieving a good turnover are high. So click the Berlin icon twice in succession.

Now you've reached the general user interface of this game. Move the mouse pointer over the map until you find the district of Charlottenburg or Tempelhof. Now zoom to the lowest level in the district you have chosen - press the left mouse button when the name is displayed. A yellow frame should appear. Press the mouse again.

Now look for a restaurant to rent. You should not spend more than S2000 on it.
If you want to scroll the map, you just have to position the mouse pointer on the frame and click the left mouse button. Every time you click on a house in the map, the corresponding data will be displayed in the status window. Click on the house again and you will see the number of potential customers in this location.

Make sure that there are enough potential customers and that the premises are not too small. At the beginning you should rent a restaurant rather than buying one.
Once you have found the restaurant of your dreams, you should memorize the name of the estate agent displayed in the status window, and click on the TERMINAL key in the key pad. Then press the TELEPHONE key and dial the number of your estate agent.
If the line is engaged, try again.

To dial this number again, dick on Estate Agent in the left window. The corresponding entry of your database will be displayed. Then just click on the number and your video phone will dial for you.
The estate agent will say hello and ask how he can help you. Say "I'd like to rent...” and accept his offer with the THUMBS UP key. The first rent will be deducted from your account.
Click on the BACKSPACE key to get back to the general map and go into your new restaurant by double clicking on it.

If you suddenly start to feel ill, don’t worry; it just means that you have a healthy taste as far as shapes and colors are concerned. To make yourself feel better you will have to work on the furnishings of your restaurant. Take the groups of inhabitants and their expectations concerning quality into account as well.

In the key pad, click on the FURNISHINGS key and then on the CHAIR key. You will then see the furniture book Click on the SHOPPING TROLLEY key and select one of the furniture suppliers. Use the mouse to select some tables and chairs and click on THUMBS UP. Now you can place the furniture in your restaurant.

You should also select some decent floor coverings at the same time. Very few customers will want to go to a restaurant with an ugly concrete floor. Buy a cheap oven in the sub menu KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. You should have at least S3000 - $4000 left now.

Once you've furnished your restaurant, you can start compiling your menu. Go to the recipe list (RECIPE LIST key). Click on one of the first standard pizzas and click on the COOK key. You should start with at least four of the standard pizzas (see enclosed pizza cookery book). You don't need to create your own pizzas to begin with. The popularity of the pizzas should be in the yellow to green range for a large part of the population. The price of a pizza is very much dependent on the average income. To start with, you should go for a price of $8 to $10.

Now that you now know which pizzas you will be offering, you can start buying the ingredients.
Go to the mar restaurant menu and click on the STOCK key. Depending on the recipes you have chosen, you will need a certain amount of ingredients in stock. These amounts are shown in red.
Now click on the SHOPPING key and choose a supplier in the same way as you did when you furnished your restaurant.

You should pay special attention to the quality and amount of the food. Medium quality food (between 30 and 40) should be sufficient at first. You should not sign any contracts with a supplier until your restaurant is fairly well established. When you stock up for the first time, your ingredients should last for about 10days. Later on buy ingredients according to what you need and what you have used.

Next you need to employ a cook and a waiter. Click on the STAFF key. Then click on the CHEF or the WAITER key and then on the SHOPPING key.
After about a week your restaurant should be fairly well established. Then you might need more staff. According to your needs you can then go through the catalogue for cooks and waiters and employ a character that suits you.

The quality of the staff in their special sector should be at least 40%. Their other character values should be as high as possible. Try to reach a sensible compromise. At first you should employ one cook and one waiter so your personnel costs do not exceed $1000 per week. You don’t need to employ a manager at this stage.

Well, now you've got all the ingredients for opening a restaurant. That’s it. Have fun making your pizzas!

3.4 The different types of customers

PIZZA TYCOON distinguishes between six different groups of potential customers. Each group has different expectations and tastes.

	Children		Blue Collar		Business People
	Young People		White Collar		Senior Citizens

The proportion of the different groups in the population total varies from area to area.
Apart from the area itself, the following factors in the vicinity of your restaurant may have a positive or negative influence on the number of potential customers:

	Church	Bank	Cinema	School	Disco	Bar	Shopping Centre	Hotel
		-	+	+++		-		-
			++	+	+++
			+		+	+++
		+					++
		++		-	+			+++
	++	+	-	-	-		+

You will notice that in general there are more positive than negative factors. Thus it is always advisable to set up in a lively area as more customers will be attracted.
When furnishing your restaurant and setting up your menu you should take the preferences of your potential customers into account so as to attract as many customers as possible.

3.5 The map

The city in which you are at the moment can be displayed on the top menu level, the map-mode. This map offers you three zoom-levels.
Zoom level 1: Overview (see illustration 6)
Zoom level 2: Medium range view (see illustration 7)
Zoom level 3: Close-up view (see illustration 8)

If you click on an area of the map using the left mouse button, a yellow selection frame will be connected to the mouse pointer. Move the frame over the area of the city you want to zoom in on and press the left mouse button. By pressing the right mouse button you will zoom out by one level.

3.5.1 Characteristics of the Three Zoom Levels

1.   Overview, zoom level 1

• You can select the strategy menus.
• You can choose between three view modes.

2.   Medium range view, zoom level 2

• You can select the strategy menus.
• You can choose between three view modes.


• You can move by using the arrow keys on your keyboard or by clicking on the wooden frame of the map in the direction you wish to move.

3.   Close-up view, zoom level 3

• Individual houses and furnishings can be selected.
• You can move by using the arrow keys on your keyboard or by clicking on the wooden frame of the map in the direction you wish to move.

3.5.1.1. Overview and medium range view

3.5.1.1.1. The strategy menus

The strategy menus (if any) are always shown above the map or the area of the map which is on the screen. This lets you select restaurants, houses and furniture on the whole map.
The type of location selected is indicated by a flashing rectangle.
Strategy menu: Player
All restaurants of the selected chain will be displayed.
Strategy menu: Range
All restaurants of the selected chain will be displayed with the area from which customers are attracted. This area widens as more and more people get to know about the restaurant.
Strategy menu: Locations
Certain amenities in the city such as bars, discos or hotels are shown, as they have a considerable influence on the behavior of customers in the vicinity of your restaurant. For more information on population groups and their reactions, see the section THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CUSTOMERS.
Strategy menu: Properties
This menu shows you the premises which are currently available. They are highlighted by a flashing rectangle. This lets you find out quickly where there are premises for rent or sale.

3.5.1.1.2. The three views of the city

In zoom levels 1 and 2 three maps are displayed one behind the other. You can bring each map to the front by clicking on its label in the top margin.
The MAP
This is the normal view, showing an aerial view of the city with its streets.
The AREAS
Each area of the city is displayed in a different color. In the status window you can see information on the activated area, i.e. the area on which the mouse pointer is positioned.
The AREA CONTROL
Mere you can see which player controls which areas of the city. The areas appear in the color of the player who controls them.

3.5.1.2. Close-up view

Here you can see a small area of the city. You can get detailed information on the area in which you are planning to set up. You can easily see where the premises are by looking out for shop windows. From now on, these premises will be referred to as locations". When you click on a particular location you will be given information about this shop. You can obtain the following information from the status window:

• whether the shop is for sale, for rent or not available
• the area of the shop in meters
• its price
• its rent
• the estate agent in charge of it.

If you click on a location which has already been selected, a list of potential customers will be displayed in the status window.
Restaurants will be shown as shops with awnings. The restaurants are displayed in the colors of the corresponding players:
Player 1: WHITE
Player 2: BLACK
Player 3: BLUE
Player 4: BROWN
Player 5: ORANGE
Player 6: RED
Player 7: LIGHT BLUE
Player 8: YELLOW
Double click on a restaurant to enter it. Press the right mouse button while you are in the restaurant to return to the overview.

3.6 Your opponent's restaurants

To go into an opponent's restaurant, double click on it from the close-up view. Just as in your restaurants, people go into it during opening hours, sit down at one of the tables and have a meal - if the owner behaves sensibly.
There are two things you can do in an opponent's restaurant,

A) Pizza baking competition
Have you heard? Believe it or not, some of your competitors are actually saying that your pizzas are no good. If you don’t agree, make a song and dance about it. Challenge your opponent to "the ultimate pizza baking competition"! Your task is to bake a pizza according to a given recipe as accurately and as quickly as possible. This is a highly dramatic competition. Your reputation as a good cook and businessman is at stake.

So watch out! If you fail in this competition, your reputation in society might be seriously damaged. If you win, however, you could make a lot of money and it could greatly enhance your reputation.
As you will notice, you can win a lot or lose a lot.

After clicking on the key for the competition you will be asked if you want to participate. Say YES! Then put a certain amount of money on the result. If you lose, this amount will be deducted from your account. Now select the level of difficulty.

In the next few seconds a pizza will be "assembled" before your very eyes. The time it takes will depend on the level of difficulty. Your task now is to bake exactly the same pizza in as short a time as possible. After you have finished, click THUMBS UP".

Your pizza will now be compared with the original and the result will be announced. Then you'll know if you have won or lost.

Once a month you are invited to a joint pizza competition.

And once a year the great annual competition is held. This is very interesting as the pizzas are judged according to their taste. So make sure you bake something yummy!
If you win this competition, you can offer this pizza to your customers for one year as the "pizza of the year”. Needless to say, this pizza will be a best-seller.

B) Attacks

If you have already visited the arms dealer, you will be shown four joke articles after clicking on the attacks key. Use these joke articles to bring a bit of fun into the life of your opponents.

Click on the article you would like to use and confirm your choice by clicking on THUMBS UP". The result of this action, i.e. whether it succeeds or fails, will depend on your character values. This means that your opponents will either suffer some damage and will be a laughing stock, or you will get caught by the police and you will be the one to suffer.

If you get up before the normal shop opening hours, i.e. before 9 am, you can really have a wild time. For more information see the section "CLOAK AND DAGGEROPERATIONS". If you want to know how to get up before 9 am, see the section "CHARACTER MENU".

3.7 The keys on the game overview

3.7.1 Map Menu

The key with the plane calls up the pizza ... sorry, map. Now you can choose which city you want to travel to. After clicking on the appropriate button the price of your flight ticket will be displayed. Moreover the name of the company with the highest turnover in that city will be shown.

If you click again on the price, you will fly to that city. The latest data of the city you have left will be saved onto your saved game disk PIZ-GAMESAVE (AMIGA only) or onto your hard disk in the GAMESAVE directory. They will be reloaded when you return. If you are carrying any weapons at this stage in the game, you will take them with you to the other city.

3.7.2 Character Menu

This menu item refers only to your character or those of the other players and their values.
If you click on the CHARACTER key, you will be taken to your personal character menu. Here the game mode is shown, and the time when you want to get up the next morning (normally 9.00) is displayed in your note book.

Wake-up time:

Using the arrow icons in the note book, you can set your alarm clock to any time between midnight and nine am. You might need to do this for various reasons:

• You might need more time for your activities.
• You might want to burgle one of your competitors, which can only be done at night See section 'CLOAK-AND-DAGGER OPERATIONS".

It is not advisable to get up before 9 o'clock very often because your health value and you yourself might suffer considerably. Moreover the longer working day will use up more energy which you will not be able to replace completely during the following night. You should also remember that the end of your working day depends on your energy value. You can stop working between 3 pm and 11 pm.

Holidays:

Press the switch on your desk lamp to take a couple of days off. You can set the number of days you want to take with the two arrows in the box. If you go on holiday, you leave the game for the chosen time period to recuperate. Meanwhile the other players - humans as well as computer players continue the game.
The longer your break, the more your character can relax. With every day off, your health value will increase by a certain number of points depending on your age. The younger your character is, the more good the holiday will do him and the shorter the time needed to recuperate by a certain number of points.

At the beginning of the game you should avoid going on holiday, otherwise you might give the competition too much of a head start. You would risk missing new trends, market changes or important newspaper items. Also your restaurants would be an easy target for attacks and any other nasty activities your competitors might think of.

Nothing is more depressing than coming home from a holiday feeling fresh and relaxed - only to discover that you have gone bust in the meantime! Once you have got a good grip on your restaurants by entering into long-term supply contracts, employing managers and ensuring you have the necessary cash to cover running costs, you can and should spoil yourself from time to time. If you are relaxed and healthy you will be a lot more active and successful than if you are sickly and exhausted and have to stop work at 3 pm because you have run out of energy. Using the two arrow keys of the key pad, you can go to the player whose data you would like to look at.

3.7.2.1. Character values

If you press the CHARACTER VALUE key, the values for health, energy etc. will be displayed. For detailed information see the section THE PIZZA TYCOON CHARACTERS.

3.7.2.2. Company

By pressing the COMPANY key you can cal up a list of cities in which you have restaurants and the weekly profits and losses of these branches.

3.7.2.3. Curriculum vitae

Pressing the CURRICULUM VITAE key will take you to this menu item. All major actions you take are noted and appear along with the exact date in your curriculum vitae. This means that you can trace the day you made your first million or the day a restaurant of your chain was awarded the title "Most beautiful pizzeria in town". Browse through the pages of your CV using the arrow keys. CVs can be saved separately so that other players can use them as missions.

3.7.2.4. Status

Which position do you enjoy in society (the world) and in the underworld? The green bar represents your status within the "position level" you are currently in. The entire box must be green before you can be "promoted". Possible positions are:

Social	Underworld
Hopeless case	As good as dead
Failure	Loser
Worker	Amateur
Small entrepreneur	Gambler
Restaurateur	Pocket thief
Business man	Thug
Self-made man	Gangster
Hero	Pimp
Star	Professional
Freeman	Killer
Mayor	Boss
Senator	Mafia big wig
President	Godfather

Your standing in both worlds is influenced by various events and situations such as:

Social:

• Successful ownership of as many restaurants as possible
• Your wealth
• Your popularity with the customers
• The creation of delicious pizzas
• High turnover
• Good business contacts with many suppliers -Awards
• Control over large parts of the city

Underworld:

• Carrying out contracts for the underworld
• Regular contacts with the mafia
• Ruthless behavior towards competitors
• Taking part in shady dealings
• Periods in jail

Make sure that your position in both worlds improves simultaneously - that will give you the best chances!

3.7.2.5. Awards

The mayor of a town regularly awards prizes for outstanding achievement:

• Most Beautiful Restaurant in Town Medal
• The Golden Pizza for the Pizza of the Year
• Best Investor in Town Star
• The Cooking Spoon for the most successful imitator of the year
• The Golden Bow Tie for the fastest service
• The World Trade Badge
  

All award ceremonies, apart from those for the 'Pizza of the Year" and the 'Imitator of the year', take place every two months. The mayor always announces in advance when and where the ceremonies will be held. If you think you have a good chance of winning a prize, you can transfer the necessary financial contribution to the account named by the mayor and appear at the said place on the appropriate day - and on time! Then you will find out whether you are the lucky winner who will receive an award.

The competition for the "Pizza of the Year' only takes place at the end of every year. Anyone can take part and financial contributions are not necessary. Your aim is to present a new pizza creation and receive high marks from the jury. The pizza baker with the highest marks will be awarded the "Pizza of the Year" Medal. For one year, he will also be allowed to advertise his creation in his restaurant as "Pizza of the Year" (with the appropriate year).

The title "Imitator of the year" is awarded every year on the 30th of July. Here the medal will be presented to the cook who has won most pizza competitions (at least 5).

3.7.2.6. Target CV

The target CV is only used if you are playing in mission mode. You are given the CV that you will have to "re-live". At every stage of the CV a percentage will be displayed, telling you how closely you have managed to stick to the given career.

3.7.2.7. Turn Page

Use the arrow keys to scroll through the other players. Apart from the CV with private information, you have access to all files concerning your competitors. The ARROW keys are also used to turn the pages of your own CV.

3.7.3 Disk Menu

With the DISK key you can go to the system level. The game will be paused and the game time stopped, so chance events cannot happen. The following functions are available:

3.7.3.1. Saving

• the current game
• your character
• your CV as a mission

Everything you save will be stored on your saved game disk PIZ-GAMESAVE (AMIGA only) or in the GAMESAVE directory (hard disk only). Similarly, old games will be searched for either on your PIZ-GAMESAVE disk (AMIGA only) or in the GAMESAVE directory on your hard drive.


On saving, the extension ".GAM" is added to game files, ".CHR2" to character files and ".MIS" to mission files. The extensions are added automatically - you need not type them in.

3.7.3.2. Old game

Loads a previously saved game. If you choose OLD GAME, a list of all previously saved games will appear and you can select the game of your choice by clicking on it. If you do not want to load any of them, simply click somewhere outside the box.

3.7.3.3. Settings

Sets the options of the game. Under SETTINGS you can choose and save your game configuration. The chosen settings are stored under the name "PIZPREFS",

Amiga users: If you are playing from disk, the settings are also stored under "PIZPREFS" on your saved game disk PIZ-CON1.

3.7.3.4. Quit

Quits the game and takes you back to Workbench or DOS.

3.7.3.5. Ok

Continues the game.

3.7.4 Advertising

You can and should advertise your restaurant chain. Your possibilities range from a simple flyer handed out in the street to the production of your own commercials. Click on the ADVERTISING key. This will take you to the advertisement overview where you will see which marketing activities are currently in operation, how many more days they will continue for, how much the different types of advertisements cost you every day and how effective the campaign is (shown as a percentage). The selected marketing activity is highlighted.

All activities you now choose via the KEY PAD refer to the campaign you have chosen:

• View/Advertising: Here you can have a closer look at the advertisement.
• Shopping: Starts a marketing campaign of the selected type.
• Turn Page: You can determine the length of the marketing campaign (at least 7 days). You can also extend its duration after it has already started. 

After you have left the menu, the campaign can still be extended but not shortened. You can follow a selected marketing campaign by clicking on it.

If you have started an advertising campaign using the BUY key, you can select the exact nature of the campaign with the arrow keys:

• Flyers - Choose the number to be printed.
• Posters - Choose the graphics.
• Newspaper ads - Choose your individual slogan from a number of text blocks and determine its size using the arrow keys. The effectiveness of the ad depends on the contents of the slogan. If you have chosen a slogan and decide later that you do not like, you cannot stop the campaign because the marketing agency will already have started the preparations. All you can do is cut costs by choosing a small advertisement format and a short duration for the campaign.
• TV ads - Choose the commercial you like best.

Once you are happy with your settings, press the SHOPPING key again to conclude the contract. With the exception of newspaper ads, you can cancel the whole campaign by pressing the BACKSPACE key. Expensive advertising campaigns only make sense if you own several restaurants.

3.7.5 Market research

If you want to sell your pizzas successfully, you need to know your market, it is vital to keep informed about your customers and their tastes as well as your competitors' activities. By pressing the MARKET RESEARCH key, you call up the AREA INFO panel. Eight information panels are available:

3.7.5.1. Area Info

All information on this panel refers to the part of town in which you currently are, or, if the last screen showed the overview map, the part last displayed in the status window.

On this panel the population is divided into several groups. You need this information to adapt your restaurants in this area (their interior design, the menu and the prices) to your potential customers.
The information includes:

• Average income, telling you the average wealth of the inhabitants of this part of town, and how strongly they react to price changes
• crime rate
• traffic
• type of area

In different types of area, the population demands different things:
Residential area   Comfort, quality, standard pizzas
Industrial area    Price, standard pizzas
Commercial area    Time, standard pizzas, quality
Recreational area  Individual creations, quality
Shopping area      Time, individual creations
Transit area       Time, standard pizzas

3.7.5.2. Property info

Here the current situation on the property market in the area is illustrated. "Availability of commercial buildings" shows you how probable it is that business premises will be let or sold.

In highly frequented or densely populated areas with a great deal of traffic, a shortage of free business premises might make it difficult for you to find suitable localities to rent or buy. The number of business premises for sale or rent is shown at the bottom of this page.

The information on rent and price levels per square meter is particularly important. They include an average value of the costs you will have to meet if you want to open a restaurant in this area. “Trend" tell you how property prices are likely to develop. These are long-term trends which determine how prices will develop for months to come.

3.7.5.3. Economy

Here the general economic trends are displayed.

3.7.5.4. Customer taste

One of the most important pieces of information you need if you want your restaurant to be a success refers to your customers' tastes. Obviously you want to sell as many pizzas as possible, so it is vital to study the eating habits of the different groups within the population - especially when creating your own pizzas. It is vital to satisfy the tastes of as many customer groups as possible.

The six different groups are

• Children
• Teenagers
• Blue-collar workers
• White-collar workers
• Business people
• Pensioners

The better you can satisfy the customers’ tastes, the more pizzas you are likely to sell. If you click the left mouse button somewhere within the table, the taste of the different groups will be illustrated in detail by values between 0 and 100%.

If, for example, the value under HOT is 0% in the first line, it means that children like hot ingredients about as much as their parents like Heavy Metal, i.e. not at all. So you should serve hot pizzas only if you want to get rid of the little darlings...

However, if you find 100% under SPICY in the bottom line, then you know that the taste buds of the elderly have become so weak that they need lots of spices on their pizzas. Otherwise they might not notice that they are eating pizza at all and think they are sinking their false teeth into a beer mat. These are only two examples. The tastes of the different groups change over time, and occasionally there can be a downright revolution. Generally, however, customer tastes are fairly constant and changes only occur very slowly.

Under the menu heading "Cooking", every ingredient is assigned a specific taste value in the status window.

3.7.5.5. Trends

As well as long-term customer taste, there are short-term trends that only last a few weeks and apply to all groups. If you are quick to spot these trends and adjust your menu accordingly, your restaurant might be the flavor of the month. Every now and then, for example, some crazy professor suddenly discovers that cucumber makes you slim. So if you have a pizza with lots of cucumber on the menu, people will be queuing round the block.

On the other hand, some stupid tabloid might print a story claiming that a malaria virus has been detected in bananas. People would then scream blue murder and run a mile at the mere sight of anything vaguely resembling a banana. So it is advisable to keep an eye on the papers to see what ideas are being put into peoples' heads and what ideas for new pizzas you can accordingly kiss good-bye...

Trends are expressed in figures. Positive values mean that the relevant ingredient is IN. An ingredient with a negative value, however, is most definitely OUT.
There are different kinds of trends:
PERMANENT
Something that remains popular over a certain period of time.
EVOLVING
The popularity of the ingredient concerned reaches a maximum or minimum, only to fall or rise again at the same rate.
HOTSHOT
The popularity soars to a maximum and then slowly falls again.

3.7.5.6. Pizza charts

Hew popular is a certain pizza? The charts are calculated on the basis of the cumulative sales figures of the last seven days. Information includes the ranking, last week's ranking, the name of the recipe, the owner and the sales figures for the previous week.

Your pizza creations are sure to shoot to the top of the charts very soon. But skill and quality are not the only things that count. Chart rankings are based solely on sales figures. So it is important to spread your restaurants widely in order to sell the greatest possible number of pizzas made according to a certain recipe.

3.7.5.7. Info on competitors

This information panel shows the turnover of all eight restaurant chains at a glance, so you get an overview of your competitors' respective positions. The color of their businesses corresponds to the colors on the map.

3.7.5.8. Market share

The market shares tell you how big the share of each restaurant chain is in the market as a whole.

3.7.6 The Newspaper

The paper is an important source of information. Use it whenever you make business decisions. The paper picks up the trends of tomorrow and even the day after tomorrow before they are shown in the trend info of market research. So if you read it you can react accordingly. Broccoli prices are on the rise! Get a large stock in now! Find out whether interest rates or property prices are changing or whether import or export barriers are being introduced for certain goods.

Newspaper items will not simply appear on your monitor if something important is happening. Important events just happen and you will not know anything about them unless you click on "Read newspaper". Of course world-shattering events do not happen every day. Some journalists actually invent sensational news or blow completely unimportant items up out of all proportion. Still you should make sure that you don't miss vital news...

3.7.7 Global Statistics

By pressing the GLOBAL STATISTICS key from the main menu, you can look at all your restaurant chains and the statistical information that concerns you. Again, the different information panels are selected using the KEY PAD:

3.7.7.1. Monthly overview

Your income and expenditure are split into separate categories and listed for the current and previous month. If you click on these categories, you will see a window showing the results of your individual restaurants.

"Orders". "Repayment" and "Miscellaneous" cannot be split up according to the individual restaurants.

3.7.7.2. Restaurant overview

Your restaurants are displayed in a clearly lad out list. On the left you can see where the restaurant is located and on the right the most important information on this restaurant. This makes it very easy to compare your restaurants with each other.

3.7.7.3. Cash development

The development of your bank account for every week over the entire year can be displayed. The unit in which the numbers between 0 and 10 on the vertical axis are to be interpreted is shown above the graph. This will change when necessary, so that all sums of money are always displayed in the correct relation to each other.

3.7.7.4. Financial overview - Loans

This is an overview of your current credit status, showing how much you have borrowed from each bank and the conditions of the loans. The remaining term of each loan is given in months.

3.7.7.5. Financial overview - Insurance

Here you can see what insurance you have taken out with which company as well as the monthly premiums.

3.7.7.6. Financial overview - Property

This list shows the price of any property you have bought and the monthly rent of rented premises.

3.7.7.7. Balance sheet

The balance sheet gives you an overview of your assets and liabilities. Where has your money gone and where is it coming from? On the left you can see the assets you own or which are available to you. You will notice that only a small proportion is available in cash. Most will consist of property, furniture and machines.

Not every transaction affects your profit. For example, if you buy furniture, part of your money will be entered under the heading of furniture and fittings, but the total value of your assets will remain the same. Don't worry if at first you see a loss written in red ilk on the left side of the balance sheet. This is completely normal and arises from your investments. You can only make a profit if you sell your pizzas successfully. At the end of the year, the contents of the profit box will be transferred to Company Capital after deduction of 20% tax.

3.7.7.8. Daily profits

Here you can see the development of your profits for each day.

3.7.8 Telenet

Telenet is a communication facility for the entire city, similar to the video phone. You can communicate interactively with your business partners via a so-called Telenet terminal. To speak to one of them, press the TELEPHONE key and click on the appropriate Telenet number. The number will then be dialed automatically.

You will find all the Telenet numbers in the Telenet directory for the relevant city which is included in the separate city guide.

Communication with your business partners is carried out by means of a simple menu dialogue procedure.

Yes-no questions can be confirmed with the THUMBS UP key or refused with THUMBS DOWN. In many cases you can choose between different answers. Your business partner at the other end of the line can see you just as you can see him.
Your personal Telenet database is split into the following categories:

• Estate agents
• Banks
• Insurance companies
• Authorities
• Others

3.7.8.1. Estate agents

At the estate agents you can

• buy business premises and warehouses
• sell them
• rent them
• cancel existing rent agreements.

If you ring an estate agent, the call always refers to the city last selected on the map. If you are in one of your restaurants and phone the estate agent from there, it refers to this restaurant.
The estate agent treats business premises and warehouses in the same way.

If you want to rent a place, you will have to hand over the money for the first month's rent when signing the contract. The full rent is always deducted from your account in advance even for part months, so make sure that you have the necessary amount of cash available. Thereafter the rent will always be debited from your account at the end of each month. It is also possible to buy premises you have so far been renting. If you have been renting the place for more than a year, the estate agent might even offer you a discount.

You should, however, always be careful when buying premises. Some estate agents will try to cheat you and demand a higher price than was stated in the status window. Always make a note of the price you were quoted there and insist on this sum.

If you try to sell an object, it is customary practice to deduct between 10 and 20% of the current market price. If you think the estate agent's offer is too low, however, you can always try to push the price up by negotiating. In this case, do not confirm the offer, but click on the THUMBS DOWN key instead. Afterwards you can choose a sentence with which to answer the estate agent.

3.7.8.2. Banks

You can't carry out any financial transactions without banks! At the bank you can:

• Take out loans

If you ask a bank for a loan, the banker will first look at your financial situation as a whole. Me will consider your solvency, your reputation in society and the property you own (if any). Some banks are more willing to take risks than others and they also charge different interest rates. So it is worth shopping around for the best deal. Once the banker has decided to grant you a loan, he will make you an offer. Via the Telenet dialogue system you can either accept it (THUMBS UP key) or reject it (THUMBS DOWN key). If you have taken out a loan, it will be listed under "statistics" in the financial overview, together with any other important information. The repayment will be deducted from your account every month.

You can only take out one loan per bank.

• Accumulate savings

You can deposit money at the bank at any time and receive interest on it. If you select this item, the bank will make you an offer stating the amount to be deposited, the term and the interest rate. Again, you can either accept or reject the offer.

• Transfer money

Transfers are particularly useful for laundering money. They can also be used to lend money to another player. Negotiate with him about the sum in question, the time when he will have to pay it back and, of course, the interest rate.
The account numbers of the players correspond to their player numbers. Player No 1 will have account number 111111, player No 2 will have 222222 etc.

If you select TRANSFER, a cheque will appear. Enter the sum and the account number on this cheque. Then the banker will tell you whether or not it was possible to carry out your order.
There are two reasons why it might not be possible to make a transfer:

• The account you have named does not exist.
• The sum to be transferred is not available in the account.

3.7.8.3. Insurance

Make sure you are well insured! In case of loss or damage, insurance will compensate you at least for part of the loss. You can insure yourself against the following risks:

• Theft: In case your staff is not as honest as you would wish.
• Burglary: In case your warehouse is burgled.
• Fire: Protect yourself against arson and explosions.
• Personal liability: In case you have to pay a fine.
• Loss of life: If you die, you will be brought back to life and the insurance sum will be paid out. Unfortunately, this is only possible in the game and not in real life!

If you need to make a claim, you should advise the appropriate insurance company of this immediately because you must make your claim by the end of the week - otherwise you won't get anything! The bigger your contributions are, the more likely it is that the insurance company will pay out if the worst comes to the worst.

3.7.8.4. Authorities

Are you ready to fight your way through the jungle of bureaucracy? How clever are you when it comes to dealing with politicians? Don't worry; you are in a stronger position than you might think because the powers that be depend on you and your donations to their party. You can use politicians to achieve your goals and donate simply to make a name for yourself. The higher your standing in the world, the easier you should find this. But your personality and charisma also play a role in this part of the game.

3.7.8.4.1. The mayor

You need to have achieved at least the position of a small entrepreneur in order to be able to talk to the mayor in person. It is not easy to get through to the mayor, but once you have managed it you will receive his account number to transfer your donations to. Party donations are quite normal. A politician needs you like a normal human being needs the air he breathes or like you need your ingredients to bake your pizzas.

But why on earth does it have to be you. you might ask. Well, if you make donations, the mayor will be more likely to remember you when you need him to. This can be extremely useful when the mayor is due to present awards or your restaurants have to be inspected by the hearth authorities. What's going on in the heads of these big wigs when they make decisions will always be beyond us, of course. But one thing is certain; the more generously you donate, the more likely it is that any decisions will be in your favor...

3.7.8.4.2. The police

II you want to talk to the police, you must be at least a "blue-collar worker".
The policeman can give you important information, e.g. whether and when an inspector is going to pop round to check the quality of your restaurant, or the next time your central warehouse will be examined.

Unfortunately the custodians of the law are usually men of few words, and hide behind a wall of paragraphs and regulations. You have to drop fairly direct hints to make them understand what you are getting at. It wouldn't hurt to make a small donation in advance, just in case you should fall foul of the law some day.

But be careful what you say! The punishments for insulting an official are severe and would not do your standing in the world any good at all...

3.7.8.4.3. Others

These are the local arms dealer and the leading families in town. No, no... not the city's dignitaries, but that honorable society the mafia!

3.7.8.4.3.1. The arms dealer

From the local arms dealers you can buy both joke articles to be placed in your competitors' restaurants, and weapons you need to burgle a rival or for (illegal) arms deals.
Joke articles Include:

• Smelly cheese: Lends a very unpleasant smell to any pizzas made from it.
• Laxatives: Have such a laxative effect that the pizza leaves the customer's body before he can leave the restaurant...
• Rats: They are sociable creatures in a restaurant, even though some customers might never come back if they see them.
• Stink bomb: Leaves a terrible stench in the restaurant which lasts three days before it gradually disappears.

Weapons Include:

• Flame thrower: Bums everything within a range of about 1.5 meters.
• Insecticide: Due to its contaminating effect, the restaurant in question will have to close for several days.
• Bazooka: The projectile will destroy any piece of furniture or equipment it hits immediately.
• Bomb: Destroys everything and everybody within a range of 4 meters.

The prices of weapons may vary between the different arms dealers and especially the different cities. You can only buy and use the joke articles; weapons, however, can be bought and sold. Obviously, arms’ dealing is illegal, so you had better not get caught...

If you want to sell weapons to a dealer, he will make you an offer. You can either accept it (THUMBS UP) or reject it (THUMBS DOWN).

If you don't have a central warehouse, you will have to carry your weapons around with you. The risk of getting caught with them is extremely high. Whether the police catch you or not will depend mainly on your "dexterity" value. It is advisable to use any weapons you are carrying with you as quickly as possible or re-sell them.

However, if you have established a central warehouse, your weapons will be fairly safe there. You should store them in the warehouse as quickly as you can. Even though there are occasional inspections by the local authorities, you can find out the relevant dates by "persuading" the appropriate politician (see section "AUTHORITIES").

You can only sell weapons you are carrying with you.

3.7.8.4.3.2. The Mafia

If you contact the mafia, it might be your first step into the thrilling underworld of PIZZA TYCOON, or it might be the beginning of your sad demise. In any case, the fact that you have contacted the mafia will be noted in your CV If you want to play a role in the underworld, you should get used to the rather uncouth behavior of your new business partners who are slightly different from the ones you have known so far. On the other hand, perhaps the difference is only superficial after all...
Once you have selected one of the clans and introduced yourself to its members, you are faced with the following choice:

• "I need a job on the side."
• "I need money desperately."
• "I need information."

3.7.8.4.3.2.1. Jobs from the underworld

With the first sentence you make it clear that you are not afraid to take part in illegal dealings. This means that the boss of the clan can assign you a job.
For most deals, a meeting point is arranged, and you had better be there on time! Otherwise you run the risk of running into a policeman instead of your contact.
All underworld jobs have some risk attached. You will be told how risky it is before you accept your job. Then you have to decide whether you still want to do it or not.
If you are caught in the act, the local police will arrest you and either put you into jail or impose a fine, depending on what you were doing. You can only accept ONE task at a time.
Depending on your position in the underworld, you will be offered the following tasks:

• Courier services: Your job is to pick up goods from a certain place at a certain time and to deliver them to a different place at a different time.
• Attacks: You have to attack a certain restaurant which will be pointed out to you. There you simply do what you would like to do yourself if it was one of your competitors' restaurants. You will need to have the weapons available or buy them from an arms dealer. You will be told in advance what level of damage or contamination is desired. You will only be assigned this kind of task if you have achieved the position of a pickpocket,
• Laundering money: You are given a certain sum of money which must be transferred in equal parts to four accounts within a specified time. Use your cheque forms from the bank to do this. And be extra careful - your employer would be very unhappy indeed if there were any differences in the sums or mistakes in the account numbers! You will only be assigned this kind of task if you have achieved the position of a thug.
• Arms deals: You have to buy weapons from any arms dealer and to take them to an agreed meeting point. You will have to pay for them out of your own pocket. You will be reimbursed when you receive your reward. You will only be assigned this kind of task if you have achieved the position of a pimp.
• Share deals: You are offered a deal which requires an "investment" on your part. If the deal is successful, you will be paid the agreed amount after a certain period of time. You will only be assigned this kind of task if you have achieved the position of a killer.

3.7.8.4.3.2.2. Loans from the underworld

If you are in a real jam and desperately need money, you can borrow the money from an underworld clan. You will need to have at least the position of an amateur in the underworld to do this.
Select: "I need money desperately."

The underworld also grants loans when no bank will trust you any more. The interest rates, however, are huge; often, twice the amount you borrowed will be demanded back after only a few months. In the interest of your own health you should be able to repay the money when you're told to. There have been reports of mysterious accidents or sudden suicides of pizzeria owners who were hopelessly in debt...

3.7.8.4.3.2.3. Information from the underworld Select: "I need information."

If you can come up with the necessary change, you will get some very useful hints and tips, such as the telephone number of an arms dealer.

3.7.9 Ending your Day

If you have taken enough actions for today, you can end your day immediately by pressing the SUNSET key. The next player will then take his turn.