User Guide

From here, you can play Pharaoh, see which families
are deemed to be the Greatest Families, visit the
Pharaoh web site, or quit the game.
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When you choose “Play Pharaoh ,” a Family Registry
screen appears. The registry lists all the families that
have begun to make their mark in history.
To begin a new game of
Pharaoh , found a new family.
From the Registry screen, click on “Create Family.”
Type in a surname of your choice, or choose from the
list of authentic Egyptian names.
Now, you are ready to make your way through Egypt’s
history. After you have chosen a family name, click
“Proceed.” From the Choose Game screen that
appears, click “Begin Family History.” Then, a screen
appears which lists the Periods of Egyptian history.
Select the first Period, the Pre-Dynastic, then click the
button in the lower right of the
screen to begin your family’s
quest.
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If you don’t play the game all
the way through the first
time (who needs to sleep or
eat?), you can pick up where
you left off later. When you
are ready to take a break,
choose “Save Game” from the
File Menu. The next time
you start
Pharaoh , choose
your family’s name from the
Registry Screen. After you do, the Choose Game
screen appears. Click “Continue History” to resume
your family’s story.
If you forget to save your game before quitting to take
a break, don’t fret.
Pharaoh automatically saves your
game twice per game year, in January and July. You
might lose some of your more recent history, but not
all will be lost. Choose “Load Saved Game” from the
Choose Game screen and select “autosave_history” to
pick up reasonably close to where you left off.
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The path leading a united Egypt — and your family —
to greatness is a long one with many steps along the
way. In
Pharaoh , these steps are called missions.
At the start of each mission, a Mission Briefing panel
describes what you can expect and what you’ll need to
do. When you meet the goals outlined in the Mission
Briefing, you win the mission and move on to the next
step.
Missions are grouped into Periods. When you finish
the last mission in a Period, you automatically return
to the screen that lists all the Periods in Egyptian his-
tory. You have to play the Periods chronologically
(no fair skipping ahead), but you can click on any of
the Periods for a brief description.
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Set the level of difficulty at which you’d like to play
each mission from the Mission Briefing panel. You can
choose from five difficulty levels, spanning the spec-
trum between “Very Easy” and “Very Hard.” You can
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Getting Started
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Getting Started