Tai-Pan.
music by MIDISOFT
(C) Alyoshkin AV
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For several days, blowing straight west
wind, driving through the sky light clouds and seagulls, every
now and then throw down in the hope to grasp the tail of small
fish. Lorch, easy sailing boat, walked on the wind.
Successfully using the established last
weather, it was quickly shortened the distance
separates it from the buildings that have emerged
recently on the horizon. And just as quickly filled with
anxiety and concern shower young man standing on the deck with
a telescope in his hands. In three past cities for the goods
given as ridiculous price, that about any sale not
going down the question, and purveyance already ended, the
money for it too. Before payment loans remains very little time.
Immersed in such gloomy thoughts, the merchant
have not noticed, as the ship approached the port
was very close. Skipping clipper coming out of the harbor,
moored to Lorch wharf and he went down to the shore, went
know the local prices on silk.
Several days of yore despair was gone, almost all
product was sold at huge profits.
A great deal has been done and it was possible to
rest, good entertainment facilities
lacking in any port city.
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T A I - P A N
OCEAN 1986
From the earliest days of the emergence of computer games
programmers around the world are not leaves the question as
close as possible to the reality of the virtual space. Since
ancient time it was created a lot of programs that simulate real
situation in the various historical
backgrounds. Many of them have become world
fame, even more sunk into oblivion, and most distressing - is
that the second group consisted of a lot of programs that
approach in its parameters to the most famous game - "ELITE".
"TAI-PAN" - arcade-economic
game, it did not become widely known in our country, and the
reasons for this veiled in obscurity, because entertaining
plot and relatively simple interface
make it very playable.
This game will take you to the life of the East of the
last century. Only imagine the atmosphere in the world where
the seas ruled by violent pirates, and in cities can be
arrested on the slightest suspicion, where anyone - an enemy of
everyone, and the only safety - one
by himself to provide.
You were in the back room, when met with Jean-Kvurom. He
offered to give you a debt of $ 300.000, which You gladly took.
You must return the Debt July 21, 1841. You give Gin Kvuru half
of the medallion and promised to return debt. "Immediately
please note that you start the game on January 1 of that year,
so that the time for work will not a lot, especially when you
consider that the search "Gold veins" trade occupy a rather
a lot of time.
And so, young rich, but still a slave,
out of the restaurant door and whispered in my
ear, that he no longer wants to be led by the hand. I replied:
"You have not yet familiar with the management of their thread
of life. " Well, teach, "agreed the young man.
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Game control
Management is performed using
pictograms and is divided into two major parts: in the city and
the sea. Private located at the bottom of the screen, there
are, of course, icons, and more Coy some valuable infoshka,
which will be nakalyakano below.
Management in the city.
The first thing that catches your eye, it
a sea of icons, as much as much as five (5)
pieces. You can access them after clicking
the key 'gap', or after logging in
building. Here they are in order.
- Money is not rubber, remember
this always when experiencing
desire to spend more than it should,
because it is used when purchasing
all kinds of shopping (well said).
- And this is the most beloved piktogram
ma of all peoples, of course if
receive no money from the sale of something desired or product
vpoltseny.
- How strange, but for all time
walk me there was no more
Decent application, than to take or throw a club, which can be
found in the city. Her appointment is chtoaby force people to
wring koamandu his ship. Just do not `Worthy of special wave it
at `View of the valiant police inabche couple weeks off to you
Sgarantirovana.
- Do not pay attention to
cassette, which has caused many a nose
talgicheskie memories Village
Kolka game disketirovana quite
decently. And it seems to me that
arrows speak for themselves, and
If it does not say, then you
probably do not need to sit down for this game.
Slightly below the icons are located:
- The current date, in the first six months of the game (game
time) it has some utility level. The reason for the above.
- ASSETS. Your liability, ie, fact that
you are now available in the form of ships and goods, but in
terms of money.
- CASH. Your current nalik, take care
it, and on the ground can zlachnym poshlyatsya
and oposlya.
In addition to such places is in urban areas and
more solid business areas, often
contact with each other in spatial terms from the previous
ones, which makes it clear about the moral character of eastern
businessmen of the century.
Let's talk about the domestic content of the business and
not-so quarters.
BANK (Bank).
Not only that, where their muzzy
millions of people keep their money. And yet
and the place where you can buy himself a boat. It is here
necessary to go in the first place after receiving the money.
Ships in the game are as follows:
- LORCHA (Lorch)
The smallest, but most high-speed
ship. He had only one gun.
Price - $ 150.000
- KLIPPER (Clipper)
Here and below the speed of the vessel decreases in proportion
to its capacity. Clipper has two
gun.
Price - $ 250.000
- FREGAT (Frigate)
A frigate costs four guns, and you learn at a pace they merge,
then you flush any ship with the first call.
Its price - $ 400.000
Another important building in
City:
WAREHOUSE (Trading House).
Here you can buy and sell
products, a list which is small: TEA -
Tea, SILK - Silk & JADE - Jade. Scatter
prices across the map is huge, but usually in a single country
trade unprofitable.
In addition, the streets will be
merchants and ask you to buy a box.
In principle, then sell it more expensive to
possible, but to find this place - a big problem. Remember, the
ship can not take more than what you'll be able to stick it.
SUPPLIES (supply).
Then bought food for the crew and the spyglass. Interesting
fact: until the pipe is not purchased, the sea can not use the
card.
Price boxes of food - $ 2.000
Telescope Price - $ 2.000
INN (Tavern).
The only place where you can legally hire them crew, as it is
done illegally, see above.
The fee for a drink - $ 100
Hire - $ 100
ARMOURY (Weapon Shop).
Objets musket bullets, and the nucleus for the guns. It is
worth all this fun only $ 100 per box.
Shop is always close to
prison and surprisingly, in jail
society that can walk
anywhere and nobody
Yapridiratsya to you
be.
GOAL (Prison).
here you go yourself you can not, but
Do not worry, stick to wave at the
eyes of the Pharaohs you is not obstructed.
Cereal places.
In every city there are two types of brothels: the restaurant
and public house.
As regards the second, then this
it's simple: you go in the door
on the sides, which are represented
vitelnitsy oldest profession and
just get a second
"Neither the incomparable udo
volstvie "(quote from the game)
for just $ 100.
Now let's talk about restaurants. The first thing you offer to
eat and when you do not mind hundreds, you can spend it,
but if people went to restaurants only
is, they would long ago have all gone bust,
meaning the restaurants, not people. Therefore, in the case of
non-food offers to play, you give up? Well with such a
recalcitrant visitor conversation will be short, you do not
even have time to see the bouncer, as will be on the street.
However nothing prevents you enter more times. The game (which
you suggest) a bit like a roulette wheel, a little on the bone
and in general only on itself. Discharged three dice, each of
which may show one of the characters, the character who first
rolled ten times and will win. You put on him?
Take the money.
Office of the sea
ССССССССССССССССССССССССССССССССделав all his affairs in the
city, you can hit the road to the distant and not always
hospitable shores. The most important thing is not
forget to buy food, without it you die
the whole crew just a week and a half.
And do not buy it too much, because on arrival at any port
starved crew eats it all to end.
Icon is not in the sample more
than in the city, because control of the ship requires you to
keep track as much for SIX icons.
- If you select this icon in the
displayed map area
available for navigation. This is the entire south and
east China, where, in fact, and you start the game, North and
South Korea and Japan. So you have a sense of boundedness not
appear to be. It is worth to highlight currents, which are
marked on the map lines. They flow in one direction only, so do
not try, sailed to Korea for record time, the same amount of
time spent on the way back. Most importantly - be able to get
into this course. This is done as follows: find you liked the
flow at map podplyvite to it (your ship
marked on the map is such a nice asterisk) when you feel that
it is somewhere nearby, then back on the map.
After a while the inscription at the bottom should be
dismantled and the boat with terrifying speed rush on the map.
K Unfortunately, sometimes in the opposite direction required.
Now you can get out of maps and "Adrift." Get into it
and by chance, but if you have already learn
region, for you will not be a problem to get the right within
and without the card.
- These icons control the results
zhimom control of the ship. If
Included in the first, then used
only sail. If the second, then to
Rabelais is at the oars and sail.
This second mode is called the fight
vym and is used when maneuvering close to a potential
enemy, but button to "fire" will include firing an enemy ship.
However, it is take into account the enemy guns.
- Adjust the sail is equipped with
sequence of the vessel, you must manually with this icon.
After selecting her You can change the working area of the
sail. Clicking the 'fire' terminate this procedure.
- Everyone loves to eat, but in the sea
will not be up to the pleasures and
Selecting this icon will write how many days you have left a
meal. Issue people still need food, or the greatest
for your happiness is the nearest port
provided that you get there. Ration can be issued once a week,
once a day or as your heart desires, but not
forget that the people - terrible glutton
and eat all over the term for which you are to them
issued. Thus it is possible for one day
to feed the crew nemerenoe number
meal. Still, for the pocket will benefit her to give them some
popostitsya.
- Spyglass. Here are just a
see to it you can just type
ship, which floats in front of your
nose. However, the neglect of its purchase does not
costs (see SUPPLIES).
- Shows wind direction.
It can not choose. On the turbulence
Sea can be judged by the noise of waves, this factor also
affects the speed of the vessel.
On the right is the counter of the remaining
dead crew members, more simply,
strength.
In addition, on you sometimes will attack greedy pirates
and if you are very lucky, you can kill their captain and pick
up their product with the ship. Can also buy more ships to the
extent of enrichment, but the caravan of them looks like one
ship only in fight turns advantage due to the large number of
crew. And another such moment: its current
rating can find out only after death
from which it can conclude that the practical
uselessness.
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During the conversation I had not noticed, as we
got to the harbor. - Thank you for
science - said the young, has almost the merchant.
And he added: I've seen in this city a lot
closed until the doors, but I hope that
soon they will open for me.
He slowly began to descend on the already
almost deserted descent to the docks and
soon it Lorch traveled to the way in
the direction opposite the setting sun. He did not know that
six months will look into the coastal construction Okinawa,
worried about prices at the local trading house. And also the
fact that one of Hong Kong's richest Tai Panov
its last hour let the slaves, giving
everyone in the duty of $ 300.000.
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