On-Line #11 19 ноября 1995

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Stuck? - Description of the game "TAI-PAN".

               Stuck?


            T A I - P A N
             1986, Ocean
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   The game is written on the novel by James Klavella.Tay-Peng
- The supreme military leader in ancient China. In a novel case
takes place in 1841. English seafarer, trader and adventurer
Dirk Straun falls in China and is Tai Pan. He will have to face 
and piracy, and trafficking in opium (but not only tea) and, of 
course, with rivers of blood. You should repeat Strauna feat.


              I. City


   At the bottom of the screen is piktogrammnoe menu that
turn key "SPACE". The first icon means buying something, the 
second - for sale. The third icon allows take or put a subject. 
The fourth and fifth - respectively record and retrieve delayed 
game. 


   So, you start the game in a Chinese port GUANGZNOU. In his 
pocket a penny, and the first problem facing you - this is the 
initial capital. Can we get it in the restaurant. Going into 
the side room, you meet certain JIN-QUA, which offers a $ 
300,000 loan with the condition that the debt must be paid not 
later than July 21, 1841. To certify its integrity before 
moneylender, you give him a pledge half of his medallion. 


   Once there were some finance, should buy
a ship. Being a smart little, you know perfectly well that the 
best place to buy a ship, than the bank does not find it. There 
you will be offered a choice of three ships, which differ both 
in quality and price: 


   1. LORCHA - Lorch. The cheapest, but also the fastest 
vessel. It is recommended for beginners Tai Penam. Price - $ 
150,000. Team - Up to 13 sailors. Armament - one gun on board. 
Capacity - 10 tons. 


   2. CLIPPER - clipper. Quite a powerful ship. Good 
characteristics allow its use as a trade, and pirates. Price - 
$ 250,000. Team - to 19 sailors. Armament - two guns on board. 
Capacity - 24 tons. 


   3. FRIGAT - frigate. The most powerful ship. Can 
successfully confront the pirate ship. Price - $ 400,000. Team 
- to 31 sailor. Armament - four guns on board. Capacity -

30 tons.


   K bought the ship supplied the team (CREW). It is possible 
to hire a tavern (INN). At the entrance there, you will be 
offered a drink (DRINK). Number of drinks you can buy that 
explain, probably because it is a treat for the whole team. It 
is quite possible that this does not drink, and water supplies 
to the ship. This question has not been fully elucidated. 


   There is also another way to recruit a team. You probably 
noticed that the city does not run hither and you alone. It 
boils flurry of activity. Around you now and then run through a 
very busy people, something is carrying on his shoulder. Well, 
now, is hit with a baton (it can be found in the city) a few 
razochkov one of them on the head, as he immediately ceases to 
rush out and sent to you on a ship. Yet, this belief is not 
always helps persuade a passer-by marine life. Sometimes he is 
so napoddast that ... As you probably noticed, besides the 
"movers", people with swords. They should be treated 
cautiously. Do not let God grants you hit this club - 
immediately get into the jail (GAOL) for a month.



   After the recruitment team, you should go to arsenal 
(ARMOURY), where to purchase the necessary weaponry. In the 
beginning you will be offered ammunition for muskets (MUSKET 
SHOT). This is the case of boarding Or your enemy's ship. You 
can take a maximum of 3 drawers. In Each package is 
approximately 50 rounds. Then an offer to buy ammunition for 
the guns (CANON SHOT). Unlike ammunition for the guns, the 
nucleus to the guns will remain in usable area on the ship and 
the maximum number depends only on capacity.



   Zatar arms, you need to think about what
will eat command ship. Food (BOX OF FOOD) is sold at
food storage (SUPPLIES). One box of food for one person is 
enough for 140 days. In the same stock can be purchased map and 
a telescope (MAP AND TELESCOPE), which helps in navigation. 


   Well, the ship ready to sail. Now you have to figure out how 
to choose the tactics. You can try to sell goods permitted. 
They can be purchased on the trading stock (WAREHOUSE):



   1. BOX OF TEA - a box of tea.

   2. BOX OF JADE - a box with jade.

   3. BOX OF SILK - a box with silk.

These products differ only in value. Trading them, you can 
slowly but surely make money selling them at various ports. 


   It is also possible to trade illegal goods - opium. His 
offer you the "unobtrusive" traders facing almost on every 
corner. Here income is slightly higher than the trade permitted 
goods. 


   There is also a somewhat unusual way to earn
money. Going into the restaurant, you can play in the national 
game of China. The game is a bit like a game of dice. Offers 
choose a stone with hieroglyphs and the amount. Then at the top 
of the screen starts to fall different stones. You win if your 
plane will fall out more frequently than others. Little 
training and good luck, and you can win a decent amount of 
money. 


   And finally, perhaps the most interesting and romantic way 
to earn money - piracy. The capture of enemy ships, you will 
receive the most revenue. But beware! You can themselves become 
a victim of piracy. 


   There were some points that need light, but the events in 
the game, they seem to have no effect. Shlyayas the city, you 
probably noticed a house near the door of which stands "guard." 
This is a public house (LADIES HOUSE). To go there, you are 
requested to $ 100 but after a visit program happy to note that 
you left happy but tired. Also in the restaurant can be a tasty 
snack, paying the same $ 100. 


   All that can now go to sea. To do this, go to
the pier, where the game begins.


             II. Sea


   At the bottom of the screen, a new menu.


   It also includes a "big button". The first icon
map shows the location of action. It painted the flow and,
in fact, the location of your vehicle.


   The second icon shows the mode of control of the ship. He
may be fighting (COMBAT) and normal (SHIP). When combat mode
You can join battle with the enemy ships. In this case, the 
screen will change. You will be taken as if in kind of 
shooting. Need to get into the passing ships. When your ship 
hit a border change color. When multiple hit the enemy ship you 
can try take him to the boarding. You must go hand in hand

course at the same speed. Generally this is a very difficult 
maneuver and not always successful. Well, if you are lucky and 
there was an inscription BOARDING ENEMY SHIP, we must not yawn. 
The image on the screen again, change. You will find yourself 
at the enemy ships. Necessary for the short break the 
resistance of the ship's crew and shoot the captain. You know 
him right away - he will stand for wheel. If you are 
interrupted with the boarding are not too many men, it appears 
that this ship is to join your fleet. If, however, was 
accompanied by the bloody massacre of boarding, then You'll 
have to pick up the entire cargo and the ship sink, since its 
controls are not enough men. 


   When boarding your ship appears YOUR SHIP IS
BOARDING. After that, the game turns into arcade mode, where you
will have to fend off pirates climbing.


   The third icon allows you to control the sails. Keys
"Upstream" and "down" set position.


   The fourth icon sets ration commands: complete
week, five, three, one day. For diet
need to closely monitor and, if not for a long time to feed the 
team, then begin to breathe the sailors from scurvy (SCURVY), 
and then raise rebellion (MUTING) and you go to feed the fish. 


   Finally, the fifth icon. It allows you to see the ship,
which is in direct view from you. This can be LORCHA,
CLIPPER, PIRATE SHIP, and NOBLE HOUSE SHIP. The last two 
spacecraft - it's frigates. NOBLE HOUSE SHIP I met only in the 
south of Japan have a deep bay. I would also like to note that 
the pirate ship will meet more often, the higher you rank. 


   In the game there are the following items rank:

 SLAVE - Slave
 DRUNK - drunkard
 BANKRUPT - bankrupt
 PEASANT - peasant
 CABIN BOY - Jung
 OARSMAN - rower
 RIGGERDECK - rigger
 HANDLOOK - lockout look-out
 OUTSTEERS - helmsman
 MANCADET - Cadet
 2ST MATE - 2nd Mate
 1ST MATE - first mate
 CAPTAIN - Captain
 OWNER - owner
 TRADER - trader
 MERCHANT - Merchant
 MASTER MERCHANT - master merchant
 MERCHANT PRINCE - Merchant Prince
 TAI-PAN! - Tai-PEN!


   The game exists in two versions: for computers with memory
48K, where the game loaded as needed, and version
Computer memory for 128K. The second version is different in
that all parts of the game in memory, constantly playing 
beautiful music. In Russia, the common disk version HACKERa 
STINGERa.                 *

                       Maxim Lebedev (MAX)
                           t.242-61-61
                         18.11.95