CAPITAL!:  2-4 Players, Keyboard.

  For all of you out there who have
always wanted to own it all, here is
your chance. Get your checkbook, grab
your accountant and get ready for a
game of high finance, where you get to
live out your fondest capitalistic
dreams. Written in machine language,
the game play is fast and cruel.


             RULES OF PLAY

  To play, you must first choose your
play options. There are only two:  a
fast or slow game and the number of
players (2-4). The OPTION button is
used to toggle between fast and slow.
Use the SELECT button to choose the
number of players. Pressing START
begins the game. Any time you wish to
restart the game, press the SYSTEM
RESET button.

  A fast game is the default setting.
In a fast game, if a player cannot pay
a fee or a debt, that person is 'broke'
and may no longer play. The player's
token is removed from the game, and the
player goes to debtor's prison. In a
slow game a player must sell businesses
in order to get enough tcash to pay his
debts (a player could still go broke in
a slow game, of course).

  One last item:  All moneyin this game
is in $1000 denominations, denoted by a G following the amount.


              NAMES SCREEN

  Each player must enter his name (up
to 8 characters long). Only the letters
A thru Z may be used. The RETURN key is
used to end the name. Use the DELETE/
BACKSPACE key to edit a name.


             USA  MAP SCREEN


  This is the game board:  a map of the
USA, showing mountain ranges, dice and
little squares and circles which are
used to represent businesses. Your task
is to travel around the USA and buy as
many of these as possible, thus making
as much money as you can and becoming a
true capitalist. Near the bottom of the
screen the current player's name is
shown with his token number. You can
see the tokens below the dice when the
game is first started. The bottom line
shows how much cash each player has.

  Press OPTION to start the dice
rolling and press SELECT to stop them.
Your token will move automatically
around the screen. The name of each
business is shown as your token moves
by or lands on it. If you land on one
of these, the game will take you to the
TRANSACTION SCREEN (explained below in
this DOC file). The game waits eight
seconds so you can see what happened.
If you tire of waiting, just press a
key to skip the 8-second wait. If you
land on a Ó, È or Ô, you're not allowed
to carry on any transaction on that
turn.


            TRANSACTION SCREEN

  The LUCK and CAPITAL GAINS squares
will be discussed at the END of this
section. Usually you arrive at this
screen because you landed on a
property. The top line has the name of
the property on it. Below the name is
information about the business:  the
Purchase Price, Resale Price, Double
Status, Improvement Level, Fee and the
owner's name.

  Resale Price is the amount you will
receive if you sell this property
voluntarily. It is between half price
and full price. If you are forced to
sell a property (slow game) because of
insufficient funds, the resale price is
one-half of the purchase price.

  The Improvement Level of each
property starts a 0 and may go up to 3.
Improving a business costs $10 G and
increases the Purchase Price (and also
the Resale Price) by $5 G. More
importantly, each increase doubles the
Fee other players must pay you when
they land on this business.

  Some businesses are 'Doubles'. If you
land on a Double, you have the option
of buying it and its other half on the
same turn. Buying the second half costs
one and one-half of the Double's normal
purchase price. The reason you want to
get Doubles is that anyone landing on
one Double get charged a Fee equal to
the sum of BOTH Fees!!

  If the property you landed on is
unowned you may purchase it, assuming
you have enough cash. Next you may sell
a property. Finally, you may improve a
property. If you respond 'Y' to either
if the last two options, the game goes
to the PICK PROPERTY screen. You may
cycle through the properties using the
SPACEBAR. Press RETURB to choose a
property. You may exit by using the
ESCAPE key. The only time you cannot
use the Escape key is in a slow game if
you are forced to sell. You must sell
enough properties to obtain the cash to
pay your debts. You may sell and/or
improve any property you own, not just
the one you landed on.

  If another player owns the property
you landed on, you are required to buy
goods and/or services by paying the
player a Fee. If you have enough cash,
it is automatically deducted from your
account. The message 'TRANSACTION
COMPLETED' lets you know this has been
done. In the fast game, if you don't
have sufficient funds to pay, you are
broke and may no longer play. Your
properties are confiscated and will be
available for sale to the other players
(at HALF PRICE).

  In the slow game you must sell
properties to pay your debts. It is
possible ti get two 'TRANSACTION
COMPLETED' messages. The first would be
for selling a property; the second
would be for paying a Fee. This
message stays on the screen for eight
seconds. You may skip the wait by
pressing any key.


            THE LUCK SQUARES

  Luck, as we all know, can be good or
bad. If your luck is good, you could
win $10 G, $15 G or a FREE Improvement
for a property. If you don't have a
property to improve, you will get $10 G
instead. Bad luck results in losing
$10 G, in one business Fee being cut in
half, or in having the purchase price
(and also the Resale Price) on a
business cut in half.


            CAPITAL GAINS TAX

  This is like bad luck---only worse.
If you land on this square you lose
$45 G.