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.
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.
