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Cursor Controls
The cursor controls work best if you have a numeric keypad

on your computer (see illustration, above).

Advance .......................................Press an attack number: 

7 (high), 4 (medium), 1 (low)

Thrust ................................Press an attack number: 7, 4, 1
Slash ............................................Press Shift and an attack

number: 7, 4, 1

Parry .....................................Press a parry number: 8, 5, 2
Parry and Retreat.............................Press a parry & retreat

number: 9, 6, 3

Flee the battle ..........................Parry and retreat until your

pirate reaches the far right

edge of the screen 

Enter a Building...........................ARROWs and RET; LMB
Leave town

By sea...........................Pick ship icon, hit RET or LMB
By land .................................Pick trail, hit RET or LMB

Check City Status ............Pick city name on top of screen,

hit RET or LMB

Visit Captain's Cabin..........................................Space Bar 

Select commodity ...............Up/Down ARROWs; click on 

commodity's icon with mouse

Take/Buy commodity...........Right ARROW, click on right 

pointer of Exchange Bar 

with mouse

Leave/Sell commodity ....................Left ARROW, click on 

left pointer of Exchange Bar

with mouse

Exchange commodity
quickly ...................................Hold down ARROW key or 

hold-click mouse button 

on left or right pointer 

of Exchange bar

Exit Merchant/Plunder
Screen...............................Press ESC; Press Down ARROW 

until “Done” is highlighted then

press RET; click mouse on “Done”

(Sell or repair ship at shipwright; select ship

for battle; select ship to abandon)

Select Ship ............Pick ship with ARROW keys and press

RET; click on ship with mouse

Exit Screen.............Press ESC; Press ARROW until pointer 

in lower right of screen is highlighted then

press RET; click mouse on pointer

Go to Captain's Cabin .........................From most screens, 

press Space Bar

Exit Captain's Cabin...............Press ESC; choose the boots
Choose a feature...........Left and Right ARROWs and RET;

click on a feature with LMB

Exit from a feature.....Press ESC; click on “Exit” or “Done”

Pick city on map.........................Click on city with mouse
Pick city on city-list..............Up and Down ARROWs and

press RET; Click on city-name

with mouse

Exit Screen ............................Press ESC; click on “DONE”

Pick save game slot..............Up and Down ARROWs and

press RET; click on slot

with mouse

Assign Name........................Type in any save game name

you want, press RET

Exit without saving..............................................Press ESC

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