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Romance of the Three Kingdoms III Dragon of Destiny REFERENCE CARD
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Romance of the Three Kingdoms III is designed to run on the IBM PC or 100% compatible machines with at least 640 KB RAM. You will need a hard drive with DOS Version 5 or above. For maximum video quality, use an RGB monitor. The game supports the VGA graphics card. NOTE: If you have problems starting the game, read the Problem Solving section at the end of this card. Be sure to back up your game disks before playing. The game disks are not copy protected. MUSIC AND SOUND Romance of the Three Kingdoms III supports the AdLib and SoundBlaster synthesizer cards, allowing you to play with digitally mastered music and sound effects. INSTALLING TO HARD DISK You should have at least 4 megabytes of free space on your hard drive to install the game. 1. 2. 3. Create a subdirectory called RTK3. Type: MD RTK3 [ENTER] Access this directory. Type: CD RTK3 [ENTER] Insert game disk A into drive A.

4. Use the DOS commands COPY or XCOPY to transfer the game files onto your hard disk drive. Type: Copy A:*.* [ENTER] or XCOPY A: [ENTER} Repeat this step for all game disks. 5. Start the game. Type: KOEI [ENTER]

STARTING A NEW GAME


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The game begins with an opening story. By pressing any key or by clicking the mouse, you can skip to the game set-up menu. 1. Select Start a New Game. 2. Choose a scenario and the number of players who will play. 3. Select the ruler you wish to play. 4. Select a game level. 5. Decide whether to view wars between other cities. 6. Choose the game mode: Historical Mode or Fictional Mode. [Put the following two paragraphs in a half-tone box] Historical Mode Personality, relationships, and compatibility of game characters are set based on the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, included in your manual under 'Historical Background.' Fictional Mode Game data is not based on the historical facts. The game will evolve differently every time you play, and game characters' actions will not be predictable. You may choose to have officers you created appear in the game as free officers. LOADING A SAVED GAME To load a saved game, select Resume a Saved Game from the opening menu or Interrupt -Load from the Options menu on the main map. A list of saved games will appear on the screen. Highlight the game you wish to play, then click or hit Enter. QUITTING A GAME Once you have started a game, do not press Reset or turn off the computer's power source. If you do so, you risk damaging the game. Quitting a game must be done from the main display. In order to quit a game, select the Options menu from the main display, and the Interrupt command. Then select Quit to exit the game. You may select to have the computer continue your game for you. You can end the computer demonstration by pressing the ESC key. SAVING A GAME In order to save a game, the main display must be on the screen. Games cannot be saved during battle. To save a game, open the Options menu and select Interrupt-Save. A list of save slots will come up where you may save up to 10 games. Highlight "--- --- New


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Ruler Province", and click or hit Enter or click to save to a new slot. If you wish to replace a previously saved game with your current game, highlight the previously saved game and click or hit Enter. MOUSE AND KEYBOARD OPERATION MOUSE Left Button Right Button KEYBOARD Enter Key ESC Arrow Pad Y and N Keys FUNCTION Select icons and commands Enter numerical values Exit menus Cancel numerical input Move cursor through menus, commands, and options Select Yes/No answers

* Selecting a Subcommand Under the Main Menu MOUSE: Click and hold the left mouse button on a main command, then slide the cursor down to highlight the subcommand you wish to select. Release the left mouse button to select that command. KEYBOARD: Direct the cursor to a main command with the keys of the arrow pad to highlight the subcommand you wish to execute, then hit Enter. * Selecting Multiple Officers Some commands allow you to select multiple officers to execute them. MOUSE: Click left on the name of the first officer you wish to select, and a green asterisk will appear to the left of his name to show that he has been selected. To cancel your selection, click left on the name again and the asterisk will disappear. Repeat this until you have selected all the officers you wish and click right to execute the command. KEYBOARD: Direct the cursor to highlight the name of the first officer you wish to select, then press the Space Bar. A green asterisk will appear to the left of his name. To cancel your selection, hit Space a second time. Repeat this until you have selected all the officers you wish, and hit Enter to execute the command. * Entering Numerical Values on the Calculator MOUSE: Click left on a desired place of the red slide bar at the top of the calculator to automatically input a number. Or, click left to type out numbers and click on OK with the left b button to enter the value. Click ESC to cancel the command. To move the calculator, hold down the left button on the box next to ESC, move your cursor to a desired place, and release the button. KEYBOARD: Use numerical keys to input a value. Hit Enter to enter the value. Press Delete or Backspace to delete the input value.


August 26, 1996 * Moving Units During Battle MOUSE: Click left on adjacent highlighted spaces and advance each unit toward your target until you exhausted mobility for each unit in turn. KEYBOARD: Use the number pad to enter the direction to move or attack units as indicated in the chart to the right.

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[Place a chart of number pad with directions to the right of above 2 paragraphs]

GAME DATA Character Data Data Age Loyalty Years in Service Soldier Intelligence Political Ability War Ability Charm Army Command Navy Command Training Morale Stamina Status Abbv. Page Ag xx Loy xx YS xx Sold xx Int xx Pol xx War xx Cha xx ArC xx NaC xx Tra xx Mor xx xx St xx Gold Food Soldiers Officer Economy Land Development Cultivation Flood Control Irrigation Tax Rate Popular Support Crossbow Strong Crossbow Horse Armored Galley Heavy Galley Light Galley Market Rate Food Sales Rate Food Purchase Rate Sold Off Econ Lnd Clt FlC Irr Tax PS Crsb Crs+ Hors ArG HvG LtG Market -Fd +Fd xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

City Data Population Popu xx

COMMANDS Main Commands REST MILITARY (Milt) Move Send Rally xx xx xx xx xx War Draft Hire Train Assign Ship PERSONNEL (Pers) xx xx xx xx xx xx xx


Page 5 Search Recruit Reward Give Delegate Appoint Fire Seize DIPLOMACY (Dipl) Ally Joint Truce Exchange Help Threat Revoke INFORMATION (Info) Spy Own City Other City List of Territories Sort Domains List of Battlefield DEVELOPMENT (Devl) Land Development Cultivation Flood Control Economy PLOT Hide Infiltrator Bribe Forged Letter Rival Rebel MARKET (Mkt) Sell Food Buy Food Buy Arms Buy Horses PROBLEM SOLVING xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx EMERGENCY (Emer) Exile Heal Special Tax Tax Rate OPTIONS (Opts) Interrupt Wait Time BGM Sound View War

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Battle Commands MOVE ATTACK Normal Simultaneous Surprise Attack Bow Fire Charge Personal Combat TACTICS Fire Ambush Bribe Incite Confuse (Extinguish) INFO Ally Enemy FLEE All Officers Standby Officers JOIN DELEGATE WAIT TIME xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

If you are having problems starting Romance of the Three Kingdoms III, you may not have enough memory free to play the game.


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Romance of the Three Kingdoms III is a complex simulation and requires a great deal of free memory. You must have almost 600K total free memory to run the game. If your computer does not have EMS memory, you will need 611, 000 bytes of free conventional memory. If you have 200K of free EMS memory, you can play the game with as little as 415,000 bytes of free conventional memory. * Free Memory Requirements 611,000 bytes without EMS or 415, 000 bytes with 200,000 bytes EMS * Finding Free Memory Here are three methods you can follow to free more conventional memory: * Check that your CONFIG.SYS file contains the line: DOS=HIGH. * Load your TSR programs into high memory instead of conventional memory (Check your DOS manual or Memory Manager manual for more details). *Or, create a Boot Disk to bypass loading any TSR programs. See details below. * Creating a Boot Disk If you are finding that you cannot free up enough memory, you may want to create a bootable floppy (Boot Disk) that you will use to start your computer before playing the game. The Boot Disk will temporarily bypass any memory hungry programs that are in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. 1. Insert a blank, unformatted 1.2 MB 5.25" or 1.44 MB 3.5" disk into drive A. 2. Type the following command from the DOS prompt: FORMAT A: /S This will format the disk in drive A and copy any system files needed by DOS to start the computer. * Using the Boot Disk After you have made the Boot Disk, insert it into drive A and restart the computer. Change to the directory where you installed Romance of the Three Kingdoms III and begin the game. [Put the following section in a half-tone box] In case of difficulty with this product, please contact KOEI Corporation. Our address is: KOEI Corporation One Bay Plaza, Suite 540 1350 Bayshore Highway Burlingame, CA 94010 Attn: User Support


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You can also call our User Support Line for help. Our number is (415) 348-0500. Business hours are 9:00 A.M. to 4:45 P.M., Monday through Friday, Pacific Standard time. If you wish to replace your 3-1/2" disks with 5-1/4" disks or visa-versa, please write your name, address, phone number, and game title to exchange on a card and send it with the your original disks and a check or money order for $5.00 and proof of purchase to the above KOEI address. KOEI recommends insuring all shipments. This exchange offer is valid for 90 days from date of purchase.


