Roadwareuropa-Manual
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LIMITED WARRANTY Strategic Simulations, Inc. ("SSI ") warrants that the diskette on which the enclosed TABLE OF CONTENTS program is recorded will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 30 days from the date of purchase. If within 30 days of purchase the disk ette proves defective in any way, you may return it to Strategic Simulations, Inc., 1046 N. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043 and SSI will replace it free of charge. I. EUROPA-THE STORY . ... 1 9. Volleys 10. Tires In addition, if the diskette proves defective at any time alter the first 30 days, return II. OB.IECTIVE . 2 the diskette to SSI and SSI will replace it for a charge of $10.00. Please allow about 11 . Boarding Factors lour weeks for delivery. Ill. GETTING STARTED ....... 2 12. Interior Crew Capacity 13. Topside Crew Capacity SSI MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT A Booting Instructions 14. Fuel Consumption TO THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM RECORDED ON THE DISKETIE OR THE GAME I. Apple Family DESCRIBED IN THIS RULE BOOK, THEIR QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MER 2. Commodore Family B. Maintenance CHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE PROGRAM 3. IBM and Compatibles I . Structural Damage AND GAME ARE SOLD "AS IS." THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THEIR QUALITY AND 4. Atari ST Family 2. Flat Tires PERFORMANCE IS WITH THE BUYER. IN NO EVENT WILL SS! BE LIABLE FOR 5. Amiga Family C. Improvements 6. Atari 800 Family DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING VII. SUPPLIES . 11 FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE PROGRAM OR GAME EVEN IF SSI HAS BEEN AD B. Resuming a Saved Game A Carrying Capacity VISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. (SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW C. Using Your THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIABILITY FOR Roadwar 2000 Gang B. Consumption INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR D. Starting a New Game C. Caches EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU .) with a New Gang D. Special Supplies Th e enclosed software program and this Rule Book are copyrighted. All rights are E. Creating A Gang VIII. PEOPLE. 11 reserved. This Rule Book may not be copied, photographed, reproduced, or translated I . Construction Points A Gang Members or reduced to any electrical medium or machine-readable form , in whole or in part, 2. Selecting an Archetype I. Quality without prior written consent from SSI. The program accompanying this Rule Book 3. Vehicle Classes 2. Recruiting may be copied, by the original purchaser only, as necessary for use on the computer 4. Vehicle Mass and 3. Cronies for which it was purchased. Base Attribute Values B. Encounters 5. Modifying Vehicle I . Agents © 1987 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. Attributes All Rights Reserved. 2. Healers 6. Selecting Crew 3. Footgang Commands 7. Allocating Supplies 4. Footgangs 8. Naming Your Gang 5. Residents 6. Road Gangs If you are unable to make a backup copy of your disk (most of our games have some form of copy-protection), you may purchase a backup disk from SS! for $1 O plus IV. COMMANDS ............... 4 IX. ROAD COMBAT .......... 13 $2 for shipping and handling. California residents, add applicable sales tax. V. OVERLAND MOVEMENT .. 6 A Modes of Combat A Terrain Resolution I . Plains B. Abstract Road Combat 2. Farmland C. Crew Deployment. What to do if you have a defective disk 3. Desert D. Quick Combat Each of our games undergoes extensive playtesting prior to its release. Through thi s 4. Woods I . Ram Ratio process we hope to uncover, and correct, any errors in programming. However, due 5. Mountains 2. Aiming Priority to the complex nature of our simulations, some program errors may go undetected 6. Wilderness E. Tactical Com°bat until after publication. In addition to errors in the program, there are occasionally 7. Water I. Deploying Vehicles on problems with the disk itself. We experience the industry standard of approximately 8. Roads the Tactical Map a 3 to 5% failure rate of duplicated disks. Before assuming that a disk is defective, 9. Cities 2. Movement on the make sure to check your disk drive. Up to 95% of the disks returned to us as defective 10. Oilfields Tactical Map will run fine on our computer systems. Olten the problem is with a disk drive that needs 11 . Swamp servicing for alignment, speed, or c leaning. 3. Terrain Effects 12. Devastated Area 4. Ramming Should you have a defective disk, please return the disk only (keep all other parts of 13. Coasts 5. Fire Combat the game)- to our Customer Support Department, along with a note describi ng the B. Winter 6. Boarding Combat problem you have encountered. A replacement disk will be provided upon our receipt 7. Aftermath of the defective disk. VI. VEHICLES . 7 A Vehicle Attributes Should you uncover an error in the program, return both your game disk and any "save X. MISCELLANEOUS . 15 game" disks to our Customer Support Department. Please en close a description of I . Mass A <:ontrolllng Cities what was taking place in the game when the error occurred. Upon correction of the 2. Structure B. Radio Direction Finder program error, we will return an updated disk to you. 3. Maximum Speed C. Surprises 4. Maneuverability Always make sure to include your name, address, and daytime telephone number 5. Braking XI. PLAYERS' NOTES . 15 with any correspondence. We will do our best to see that an y problems are corrected 6. Acceleration APPENDrx : ..................... 18 as soon as possible. 7. Missile Factors Apple® version produced using copy righted software products of Einstein CO!poration. 8. Miss ile Protection LIST OF CITIES . .. .. 19 I. EUROPA - THE STORY the terrorists now active in nearly every incred ulously. " And you call yourselves monitor you' II use. Then. .select which key major European city can no longer be leaders!" board setup you'll use for movement. The· The dawn comes early in the Adirondacks. discounted. At midnight last night a small The intrude(s commanding tone pre number two selection allows you to use As the first rays of warming enter the rustic and extremely dirty nuclear device detonated seNes the awed silence. the arrows on the keypad to move up, cabin's single room. its sole occupant stirs in a European city. The name of the city is One of the U.S. delegation does a down, left and right and the Home. End. upon his cot His single light blanket slides being withheld pending notification of the double-take and then explodes into a joyous. PgUp, and PgDn keys to move diagonally. to the floor revealing a broad. well muscled victims' next of kin." shout. " It's him! It's him!" Running forward. The computer then displays a section of back. Dozens of va ri ed scars give silent " There are purportedly five other such he hugs the ratty fellow and begins to sob. the ROADWAR EUROPA map and asks if evidence that this is no ordinary man. devices hidden in various European cities In closed session. the U.N. Security you wish to adjust the horizontal place The digital clock atop the television which will be detonated over the next Council meets. Alter hours of discussion ment of the screen on your monitor. If you indicates six o'clock and the set switches on. several months unless the UN members they are convinced. The fate of all Europe will answer with a Y you can center the map on Like the world outside, the screen changes accede to the demands of the terrorist be placed in the hands of this indivudual. your screen. from darkness to light and cheerful voices leader Wunatolah Toumeini." Next you can change the color set if break the ca lm. "Rumors of an anti-terrorist underground II. OB.IECTIVE the default colors don't look good on your The voices wake the man. He rolls to his persist but continue to be unconfirmed." screen. Throughout the game you can back and stretches widely. Swinging his feet " U.N. spokesperson Andros Kyros states You lead a gang of trained men in specially change the co/or set or adjust the map by to the floor. he rubs dull eyes and inspects that little can be done to eliminate the prepared vehicles through the bio-war pressing Y. This also allows you to adjust the collection of discarded liquor bottles terrorist threat until the whereabouts of their remains of devastated Europe. Scout cities the length of time messages are displayed littering the vicinity of his bed. Picking a headquarters is discovered. The U.N. Gen to find the hidden nuclear devices and onscreen (! = short delay, 9 = long delay). likely looking container he swirls its meager eral Council sees no alternative but to disarm them. Search out agents of the anti 4. Atari ST Family. Make a copy of your contents. raises it to his lips. and downs it in negotiate. given the present circumstances. terrorist underground and obtain clues on game disk before you play. Put your original a sing le pull. A belch rolls from his lips. Although some nations continue to protest the whereabouts of the terrorist's head aside and play on the copy. You may save quarters. Once you've disarmed all of the His attention is drawn to the te levision these negotiations, an accord is expected to the game to your copy of the game disk bombs, find the headquarters and engage at the mention of his own name. be reached within a fortnight" But. if you wish to save your game to a the terrorist leaders in a climactic battle to The perky young newswoman con " Bullshit!" the man roars, punctuating separate disk you must forma_t a save tinues, " It was exactly one year ago today his outburst by hurling the empty liquor decide the future of all Europel game disk before beginning the game.