The Great Fire of London

As chief person of London it is your duty to organise the

firefighters at your disposal to cut off the progress of

the fire and stop it spreading in as short a time as

possible. You have 4 game "days" to do this.

You can use three methods of firefighting:

Water pump:

Used to extinguish fires in burning cells. They will then

be burnt out and become excellent fire breakes. It carries

enough for two cell's worth of water in one go and must

be taken to the river to be refilled.

Demolition gang:

The gangers will clear a cell completely. They can

destroy between 4 and 7 cells every hour but if you do

not slow the fire down quickly enough they may not

reappear for a while.

Gunpowder gangs:

There are 3 stationed in the city. They can be used to

blow up cells that aren't burning. Do not use on burning

cells! They can blast 4 cells and will return to their

stations when all their charges are used, and remain

there until you need them.

To use these things you must move towards them and

press fire, O or G. The appropriate icon at the top of the

screen will show you what type of apparatus you have

selected. To fill water pumps go alongside any river with

pump and move towards the water pressing fire, O or G.

Press 1 to go back to main menu at any time.

The fire will spread quickly within a block and sparks

borne by the wind will ignite other blocks (there is a

weather vane in the top right hand corner of the screen).

The quicker you extinguish the fire the highter your

score will bea nd you will score well for remaining time.

There is a unique map designing utility incorporated,

you may design a new town with your own street

names and save it. Select this from the main menu and

press O for instructions (If you are saving any map be

careful not to save it over the game!)

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