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Play on EARTH: Choose this option to play on Earth. Your rivals are tribes

placed in their historical locations.

Customize World: Choose this option to adjust your game world as you wish.

From the menus that appear, choose an amount of land mass, average

temperatures, amount of moisture, and starting date. The middle option of each

menu is the default Earth-like world.

View Hall of Fame: Choose this option to open the Hall of Fame. After viewing

the Hall of Fame you return to the Game/World Option menu.

Setting The Stage

When starting a new game, regardless of where, a presentation of the planet’s

history is shown while the world is generated. You can clear the screen to skip this

story (press the Enter key), but it may take some time anyway to generate the

new world.

Difficulty Levels

Choose the level of difficulty at which you wish to play when starting a new

game. A number of factors are adjusted at each level, including the time it takes

to produce new things, barbarian strengths, the pace of technological

advancement, and the default turn when the game ends.

Chieftain: This is the easiest level and is recommended for first-time players. The

program provides advice when the player must make decisions.

Warlord: Your rivals are somewhat tougher and technology takes longer to

acquire. This is for the occasional player who doesn’t want too difficult a test.

Prince: Your rivals are substantially tougher and technology comes much slower.

You will need some experience and skill to win at this level.

King: Your rivals are most evenly matched with you in capability. Experienced

and skilled players will play most of their games at this level as it is a strong

challenge with victory far from foregone.

Emperor: This is the most difficult level and is only for those who feel the need

to be humbled. This level can be won, but not consistently.

PRE-GAME OPTIONS

The beginning of Civilization requires you to make a number of choices

regarding the parameters and world of the game you wish to play. To start, follow

the instructions in the Technical Supplement for booting the game. After the title

and credits appear, you proceed to the selection of the following pre-game

options.

For the IBM/DOS version, you may skip past the title and credit screens, and

directly choose the type of game you wish to play by using shortcut keys

discussed at the end of this section.

Game/World Options

From the Pre-Game Options menu, choose which game to load:

Start a New Game: When this option is chosen, a new game begins on a unique,

program generated world that resembles the Earth in land mass, climate, and

rainfall. The new game begins in 4000 BC.

Load a Saved Game: Choose this option to load a previously saved game. For

the Windows version, an “Open” dialog box opens that lists all of the saved

games available in this directory. Choose the game you wish to load. You may

switch directories to locate other saved games.

Civilization for Windows allows you to load

saved games from the Macintosh version, and

vice versa. To transfer a saved game file from

the Macintosh, use the Apple File Exchange

program (included with earlier versions of the

Mac operating system) or use MAC-PC

Exchange (a commercially available utility) to

copy the file to an IBM diskette. Use the

opposite procedure to transfer a Windows

saved game to the Mac.

To load a saved game in the DOS version, enter the letter of the drive

containing your saved games and press the Enter key. When the list of saved

games appears, select the game you wish to load with the keypad or arrow keys

and then press the Enter key.

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