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By: Ervina Christine
Version 1.3
CONTENTS
I. CONTENTS
II. WHAT IS BEACHLIFE??
III. WHO AM I?
IV. WARNING!!
V. HOW TO PLAY
VI. THE BASIC PANEL
VII. BUILDING SCENARIO AND HOW TO FINISH IT
VIII. YOUR TIPS
IX. FAQ
X. CREDITS AND DISCLAIMER
Version 1.3 -2003, Dec 5-
As always, I won't call this final. You guys can still sent me mail and
if that's good I will put it in here. Lot and lots of.. person mail me
and tells me gently how long it has been since my last update... :p
well if this helps, I install the sims again, this time with makin
magic ;) but relax, I already finished the episode, and you guys can
still yell at me..
Version 1.2 -2003, Oct 10-
Finally, uninstall the sims.. able to get a life and continue on. I
can't believe I spend months just playing it... anyway, more episode
finished, FAQ added and send this to Gamefaqs.. might take a little
while again.. for you who's waiting forever to this guide..
Version 1.1 -2003, Jul 18-
Maybe I kinda mixed up with hints and instruction. I separate those
finally. More scenarios finished. Sorry, the walkthrough will be
written little by little as I get addicted as always to the sims:
superstar. Hehe, I think everybody should play the sims!!
Version 1.0 -2003, Jun 25-
Yesterday is my birthday, and I finally stop write this at 02:00 in the
morning. I still have many things to do, but this is the basic. Hope
Gamefaqs post this. Yawn.
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WHAT IS BEACHLIFE?
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What do you mean, what is Beach Life? If you don't know what it is,
then why do you open my walkthrough??
Beach Life is a simulation game of running a resort near the beach. You
control everything, build everything, and most of the time, ruin
everything. Here, you will be guided to know more about this
interesting game.
That is what you need to know. Now, shall we continue?
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WHO AM I?
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Nobody, I'm just a person who playing Beach Life. Even if I don't get
addicted to it as much as another game I've been writing about (You
wanna know? Go figure it out yourself) this game was fun and
interesting. I can't get addicted, because when I start to be it, the
game was over!!
What the?? I think. Oh well, at least it was fun for 15 hours. Unlike
another sim game, this was end up too quickly. Maybe that's the reason
I don't get bored.
OK, that's it. Enjoy my walkthrough.
You probably don't know this, I AM NOT A COMPUTER EXPERT. I probably
won't be able to answer all your question about the glitch and things
about your computer while you play the game, but I accept those mail
and try to solve it in my capability. Don't worry, I won't give you a
tips that will damaged your PC. At least I know how to avoid that :)
But if you send me mail that related to the game, I will answer it as
soon as possible, because I know about it. As always, I don't accept
any unrelated and junk mails.
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HOW TO PLAY
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What you need:
- a computer
- time
- basic knowledge of playing simulation games
What your PC needs:
- a nice master that doesn't force him to play all night long
- a Beach Life CD
System requirements:
- Minimum:
COMPUTER: IBM PC or 100% compatible
OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP
CPU: Intel PII-450 or equivalent
RAM: 128 MB
GRAPHICS: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible 16Mb Graphics Card
SOUND: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible Sound Card
CD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) CD-ROM drive
HARD DRIVE: 950 MB free disk space (more will be required for
save games)
INPUT DEVICES: 100% Windows 98/2000/XP-compatible mouse and
keyboard
- Recommended:
CPU: PIII-800 or equivalent
RAM: 256 Mb
GRAPHICS: 100% DirectX 8.1-compatible 16 MB Graphics Card
SOUND: 100% DirectX 8.1-compatible Sound Card
CD-ROM: Eight-speed (8x) CD-ROM drive or faster
HARD DRIVE: 950 Mb free disk space (more will be required for
save games
Autoplay beachlife...
In the menu you will see some option.
Start - allows you to play scenario game
Sandbox - allows you to play game with no objections
Load - load your previous game
Extras : credits
Reset game - reset the completed game
Exit
After you choose to play, the game will load.
I'll tell you the basic panel.
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THE BASIC PANEL
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- The Map
Once you enter the game, you will see the map on the upleft.
The blue colour shows you the building, the red one shows you your
staff. Other than that, the map was drawn exactly like it is.
- Control
Watch five circle icon on your bottom left. Those icon gonna help you
for the rest of the game. Let's start from the left side.
1. Construction icon
If you click on it, the construction panel will shows up. At the
right side of the panel, you can choose from 3 type of building:
hotel and related, eating and drinking, or leisure and pastimes.
The building will be explained later. To begin the construction,
click the construct icon on the bottom right.
2. Scenery icon
Watch 7 types of scenery on the left side of the panel. There are
also a bulldoze icon on the bottom left of the panel.
3. Guest and Building browser
Here, you can see a list of your guest and their percentage as
well. If you choose the building icon you will see the list of
your building.
4. Finances
Watch for the money issue; it was the most important factor
throughout the game. If you have played this before you will
understand what I mean. See the overview, income and costs around
your resort. Make sure your costs doesn't charge more than your
income.
5. SHO
You can take a picture around your resort here.
- Status icon
There are 7 of them, which are:
1. Money stat
Shows you how much your money now.
2. Electricity stat
Shows you the amount of electricity you have and how much you've
been using.
3. Island stat
Shows in stars. The better you are, the higher the stars.
4. Clock
5. Day
6. Ferry summary
If you click on it you will get a list of the departure and
arrival time.
7. Guest stat
- Staff portrait
Six portrait you will see there is the portrait of your staff.
1. Mechanics
Mechanics is vital if you already pass the 3rd scenario. It repairs
your broken things, maintain the building and repairs it if
something went wrong.
2. Representatives
You should hire holiday rep if you want to make the guest happy.
3. Cleaners
Cleaners are totally important since the beginning till the last
scenario. They cleaned all the litter your guest making.
4. Lifeguards
To secure the beach area. And to make your beach more beautiful,
too...
5. Securities
If your guest throwing a litter or breaking the lamp or bench, he
is the one you wanna go for.
6. Builders
This is the most important staff you should have. They build
everything you order; though it not as fast as you hope.
- Another panel
You can see the most bottom left icon; The zoom panel and the speed
panel. You can't pause the game but at least you can make it faster, so
that means in this game there is no way you could do another things
except if you press the Alt + Tab. The bottom right icon show you the
music panel (not the speed panel as most people think). Those two last
icons is the objective panel (trophy icon) and options (wheel icon)
Whew, I think that's the basic you should know... for now.
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BUILDING
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This section contains the list of the building on Beach Life.
- HOTEL AND RELATED
1. Power generator: provide the electricity for the entire island.
Without this, you can't build most of the vital buildings.
2. Watercleaning plant: clean the water, essential for the island with
dirty water.
3. Accomodation Block: your place to spend the nights.
4. First aid post: if you gets unconscious because of overheated and
bad water.. and get kicked by that drunk woman.. and..
5. Toilet Block: you know what this is for, don't you??
6. Representative Chalet: office and apartment for the rep.
7. Cleaners Shack: home for the cleaners.
8. Mechanics Hut: home for the mechanics.
9. General Store: sells sunblocks, maps or whatever you think you need.
10. Lifeguard Tower: lifeguard spot drowned guest from here and
sometimes ignore them...
- EATING AND DRINKING
1. Poolside Bar: a small bar at the side of the pool; self explanatory.
2. Theme Bar: a huge bar with unique theme like country bar or
spaceship.
3. Beach Bar: small bar on the beach, open 24 hours a day.
4. Beach Barbeque: a chef standing there 24 hours a day and cook the
BBQ. Someday he'll cook himself if he continues that job.
5. Cafe: a trendy and smaller version of restaurant.
6. Restaurant: self explanatory.
7. Ice cream stall: the guests buy ice cream mostly on the hottest day.
8. Soft drink stall: open 24 hours a day and offered a normal and soft
drink for the 'soft' people.
9. Fastfood stall: buy the burgers here; not as good as the beach BBQ
though.
10. Theme Club: a themed club including bar and dancefloor.
11. Cocktail bar: no cocktail here; just a cool place to hang out.
- LEISURE AND PASTIMES
1. Beach furniture shack: rents beachchair if you want to tan.
2. Hotel pool: a safe place to swim; sometimes very boring.
3. Jaccuzi: a warm water, 24 hours a day for you and your mate.
4. Funpool: more interesting version of swim pool.
5. Beach equipment hire: rents surfboard.
6. Party boat: you can go on a date with someone here and spend all
night dancing.
7. Beach disco: mini version of club, only for dancing. You can dance
around the night while the sand dance around your face.
8. Beach event stage: watch the cabaret and weightlifting here;
guarantee you won't get bored.
9. Beach shower: enjoy the feel of water on your body as well as the
eyes of those people enjoy it.
10. Jetski hire: get on the jetski. Nothing beats the feel of get
drowned because you hit some sharks.
11. Windsurfing hire: a medium excitement, safer ride and more
saltwater comes into your mouth.
12. Amusement arcade: finally, an arcade on the land!! Forget the
saltwater nightmare and spend your entire holiday here.
13. Casino: for those gamblers and those who think they're gamblers.
The differences?? Only the money on their pocket.
14. Speedboat hire: hire a speedboat and enjoy the speed you can only
feel while you're on the sea.
15. Pedalo hire: a very... very... nice amusement for some people.
16. Fishing Trip: If you watching the sea and thinks about how tasty
the fish down there, try to get a shark. And we'll see who's eating
who..
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SCENARIO AND HOW TO FINISH IT
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I only tell you the scenario for the normal mode. On the sandbox mode,
the island is completely the same as the scenario mode, unless there is
no objection. If you have finished one scenario, you will unlock the
next one as well as the sandbox mode.
1. At the Deep End
Location : Mistbuyam Isle
Map size : medium
Weather : good
Hazards : none known
Difficulty: Easy
Objections: Place any building the island doesn't have by 17:00
on day 3
Instruction: First, hire 2 more builders. Believe me; you'll need
it. Then, build a beach bar, cleaner shack and a lifeguard tower.
While waiting for beach bar to complete, build a soft drink stall
near it and put a lot of trash can around the structure. You'll
see why. Hire many cleaners and raise their wage. After the
beach bar and lifeguard tower complete, you can build beach
barbeque and beach equipment hire apart. Put a lot of trash can
around the beach barbeque. It should be night soon. Build a beach
disco near a place that visited most by the guest. Build a toilet
block as soon as possible and put it near the soft drink stall
and the bar. Then, build a beach shower. Next, build everything
that left behind.
- Hints: This scenario was very easy. Just build anything the
island still don't have. To make your builder work faster, raise
their wage to 13-15 every hour (a lot of expense, huh?)
2. If It Ain't Broke
Location : Catchet
Map size : medium
Weather : good
Hazards : none known
Difficulty: easy
Objections: Build another 15 structures
Hire 3 mechanics
Let no more than 5 drown guest
Instruction: First, build two lifeguard tower apart. Build a
general store and a mechanics hut. Build a beach barbeque and
soft drink stall near that toilet. When the lifeguard tower is
completed, put both the lifeguard into a different shift. Hire 3
mechanic, raise their wages and put them on a different shift.
Build a cleaners shack and hire more cleaners. Build cafe and
restaurant then finish building the structures.
- Hints: Okay, this maybe tough. You should always hire maximum
number of builders and raise their wages. If two lifeguard isn't
enough, make another tower with the third lifeguard on a
different shift.
3. Something In The Water?
Location : Tempest Island
Map size : Large
Weather : Occasional light rain
Hazards : Poor water supply
Difficulty: Easy
Objections: build a water cleaning plant, litter below 20 items
and resort rating 3.5+ stars all before day 5.
Instruction: Build a mechanics hut, a cleaners shack and a
representative chalet quickly. Build a water cleaning plant, a
beach bar and a toilet blocks after the three buildings finished.
While waiting, hire more cleaners, mechanics, raise their wage
and put them into a different shift. Build a beach barbeque, a
lot of trash can nearby, a beach disco and an amusements. Build a
restaurant quickly, then make a lifeguard tower. Continue with
the leftovers.
- Hints: Hmm... looks hard? Nah. Remember, always put a lot of
trash can near the soft drink stall. Make your rep waste more
time with the guest. Put the smiley beer effect to the strongest.
If you feel the cleaners don't clean the litter quick enough,
build more cleaners shack.
4. Scorcher
Location : Sol
Map size : Medium
Weather : Mixed; heatwaves and light rain
Hazards : none known
Difficulty: medium
Objections: collect $1500+ in fine
Build general store
At least 150 people in resort, all before day 10
Instruction: Build a general store, security office, soft drinks
stall and a beach bar. Build a mechanics hut in emergency, build
a beach barbeque without a trash can. Make beach disco, beach
shower, hire more mechanics and cleaners, you'll understand soon.
Build representative chalet and make them closer to the guest.
Build lifeguard tower, an accommodation block and give your guest
all they need.
- Hints: Raise the smasher beer effect and don't put a trashcan
near the soft drinks stall. If the fine is still below 1500,
build more beach barbeque, more bar and raise the smasher effect.
Or build more security office.
5. Don't Cramp My Style!
Location : Tinsay
Map size : Small
Weather : Occasional light rain
Hazards : Sharks, poor water supply
Difficulty: Medium
Objections: Construct at least 14 diferrent building and lose no
more than 5 guest to sharks before 17:00 day 5
Instruction: build a cleaner's shack and a toilet near the ice
cream stall. Build a beach barbeque and lifeguard tower near the
main hotel, then another lifeguard tower at another beach.
Squeeze softdrinks stall building next to the toilet, build a
general store, beach disco and beach shower near the loungers.
Last, build amusement arcade, a restaurant and a cafe. Complete
the building list with anything you want.
- Hints: Now that's what I call small. Always watch the sharks
route and close the beach wherever they goes. Just bulldoze some
lamps and trashcan near the main hotel and the ice cream stall.
Hire cleaners soon and change the beer to smiley. Thumpers make
the guest fight. As the water supply may getting worse, build one
water cleaning plant and first aid post.
6. Girls, Girls, Girls!
Location : Isla Man
Map size : Medium
Weather : Mixed; heatwaves and rain
Hazards : none known
Difficulty: medium
Objections: Get at least 50 couples to have a romp on the beach
Keep the island population of above 100 guests
Get an average totty opinion of 3+ stars, all before
day 8
Instruction: build a cleaners shack and representative chalet
first. Then a softdrink and a toilet, but build it far from the
bar. Let's continue with general store and a mechanics hut. Next,
build a 'women bait' like beach shower, theme club, Jacuzzi,
casino and pedalo hire.
- Hints: You should make enough mixed gender in this island.
Build more building that interactive to women. Raise the cape
horn beer effect and lower the price. Raise the price for
softdrink.
7. It's A Beauty!
Location : Emerald Isle
Map size : Medium
Weather : Mixed; heatwaves and heavy rain
Hazards : Sharks
Difficulty: medium
Objections: Get the average beauty opinion up to 4+ stars
Get 75+ guest drunk at any one time
Get at least 200 guest on the island, all before day
6
Instruction: Build a general store, a representative chalet, a
toilet, restaurant, and any bar. Build more accommodation block
is a good idea. Next is up to you, even if you might want to put
a security office near your softdrink stall.
- Hints: to make the island look beautiful, put a lot of scenery,
preferably a fountain and trees. Don't let any trash piling up
and don't choose smashers or thumpers as a beer. Watch out for
the sharks.
8. Milk It!
Location : Lotto
Map size : Medium
Weather : Volatile; heatwaves, rain, thunderstorm
Hazards : sharks, poor water supply
Difficulty: hard
Objections: Raise the safety opinion up to 4+ stars
Generate $ 30.000 income in any one day, both before
day 10
Instruction: put 2 security office and hire more security man, on
a differ shift. Build a higher income building, such as: hotel
pool, fun pool, Jacuzzi, party boat, restaurant, cafe, theme
club, and cocktail bar. Raise the price a little. You might have
to build a water cleaning plant and a first aid post.
- Hints: Don't choose smashers or thumpers as a beer. You might
just be able to choose smileys, as cape horn make some of your
guests feels cautious. Also careful for the sharks.
9. Don't Leave Me Now!
Location : Sortee
Map size : Large
Weather : Volatile; heatwaves, rain, thunderstorm
Hazards : lightning, beer shortages
Difficulty: hard
Objections: until day 5, no more than 8 unhappy leavers.
Instruction: Build general store, cafe, beach shower and beach
bar to keep your guest at place. Then continue building a beach
equipment hire, an amusement arcade, souvenir store and a beach
event stage.
- Hints: make the guest happier by hiring more rep. Change the
beer effect to smiley and lower the rate of your security man's
harshness. If the beer problem came to an issue, change it to
smasher, but lower the effect and raise the price. If there are a
lot of queue on one building, build another one. Lighting might
make some of your guests upset, build more indoor entertainment
will stop them from leaving you. Oh yeah, lighting also make your
building broken down faster.
10. Party On!
Location : Larjanit
Map size : Large
Weather : Mixed; heatwaves, rain
Hazards : none known
Difficulty: hard
Objections: build 3 new bar
Build theme club 2
+125 guest partying at one time, all before day 5.
Hints: well, that's easy. The island already have all the main
buildings, so all you have to do is just focused on those bar and
clubs. But first, check on your crew. If all set and ready, build
a theme bar first. You can put it everywhere as the island is
huge. Then while building a theme bar, build two small bar if you
wish; the main problem here is party, not beer. Objections one is
complete, now create a beach disco and a partyboat somewhere
before you thinking of those beach amusement. If the theme bar is
complete, quickly plan on those clubs and build a lot of them,
variation is needed. Lower the price for party. You will see
massive guests partying in their hundreds.
11. Big Spender
Location : Sabot
Map size : Large
Weather : Mixed
Hazards : Shark
Difficulty: Hard
Objections: resort rating of 4+ stars
+ 250 guests before day 6
Hints: $100.000?? Better get serious then..
The main problem here is sharks, so build the lifeguard tower
first and keep an eye on your crew. The other problem is there is
only a few attractions! Now head to the construction menu and
build whatever attraction that you think they like. I don't have
to specify here because if you reach this level, you don't have
to build everything on the order anymore; you know how to do it.
Besides, this island is large and you have lots of money. So,
unless you're really stupid you'll know how to use it. And may I
suggest you to think about the scenery?? Maybe build a 4+ star
tree, 2+ star flower, a few statue while maintaining your crew
and buildings?? And maybe you'll consider a few more apartment??
12. Happy Endings?
Location : Isla Finale
Map size : Large
Weather : Volatile; heatwaves, rain., thunderstorm
Hazards : none known
Difficulty: hard
Objections: 5 star rating before day 10
Hints: I should congratulate you for reaching this level. I don't
believe in fate, but I appreciate destiny. Like it or not, you're
gonna win, so just relax and enjoy your last island. Yes, it is
tough because there is almost nothing on this island, you don't
have that $100.000 from your last level (where the hell did that
money go??) and the weather is... well, comfy. So now, you
already know what to build first, right?? Uh-huh, collect your
team first, then move on to bladder and edible thing, then think
what they want on those pretty weather. Be careful, don't build
the entertainment building first, in spite of the huge island.
It's huge because there's nothing on it. You working on the stars
here, not guests or money, so just slow down; you have 10 days
anyway. If the basic building is finished, all will turn out
perfect. In your spare time think about those tree and flower
that happy with the rain, and maybe some statues to laugh off.
Maybe you should build more indoor entertainment and cold drink
to fight those weather. Day by day you'll realize your winning
step gets closer..
May I congratulate you first??
"Congratulations on building all the island so they became a huge
entertainment area with the most fun, cool and interesting atmosphere.
Thank you for playing beach life and thank you for listen to me and all
my blabber. And considering my slow and lots of waiting response, thank
you again for your patience. Maybe next time I'll guide you again to
another game. At that time just tell me if I repeat this habit again.
And blah blah blah blah..." =P
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YOUR TIPS
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----- episode two ------
HersheyLoneWolf write this:
Here is another smaller version of your strategy (think of it as as an add on) for the
scenario where you can't lose more than 5 guests to sharks. close down the beaches
throughout the entire scenario and build up on water entertainment on land (pools,
pedaloo hires etc) I didn't have any trouble with the guests.
----- customize -----
MDPHopkins write this:
I don't know how old the postings are for Spring Break, but I've just
started
playing it regularly. I was reading your FAQs and noticed that you said
that
you can't pause the game. You can pause it by just pressing P on your
keyboard. You can also rotate buildings by pressing the space bar. Just
FYI.
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Q: Hi!
I'm in a mission with objectives:
- 4 stars
- 75 drunked men
- 200 guest
The problem is that i have always 4 stars for good standard and more
than 200 guest, but never ever 75 drunked people (max 55)!!!
What is the strategy for this mission? I play this scenario more than
20 times.
Q2:I find difficulty to complete "It's a beauty" level,
Where we have to make the guests drunk ( 75+) at any
One time. What kind of beer and level of strength
should i use ??
thanx
A: Well, all you have to do is raise the Cape Horn beer effect and make
sure there are mixed gender to pair with. The Smiley beer effects are
the way too weak. Lower the beer price (really, lower it as low as you
can) and clean up the beach so the drunker love to pair there. Don't
make much disco because everybody who have dance tends to lower down
their beer effect. Just make sure you build enough drink stall for
another guest who is tired of drinking beer, but make the price higher.
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Q: hiya.
im on level 'girls girls girls' and ive just managed to get the romp
level to what it needs to be, but I cant get the totty rating up far
enough. what does this mean and how will i go about increasing it?
A: hiya too. I definitely can't tell you what totty is, but maybe I
know what to do. Build more building that attractive to women and raise
the cape horn effect. Lower the price, then raise the soft drink effect
for preventing them to choose soft drinks. Totty rating is achieved if
anyone gets drunk and try to match over. Maybe a beach showers and a
beach event stage also help (choose the event as wet T-shirts, cabaret
or weightlifting).
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Q: Hi Ervina,
I just read yr Beach Life walkthrough & I actually can't wait to use yr
guide. From what I've played so far yr guide is excellent.
See, my problem is in Level 2 If It Ain't Broke, I can't build a pedalo
hire. I tried placing it everywhere along the beach but I found nowhere
I can put the staircase on the ground and the platform on water unlike
in Level 1. It's also the same in Level 3. It's frustrating not being
able to build a pedalo hire when it's the last item you need to build.
(Though I've one time made 5 people drown in less than half a day)
Would appreciate your help in the pedalo hire issue. Thanks.
A: In level 2, the problem is because there is not enough place to put
the structure, so in my guide I suggest to build the most important
structure first (the structure that most guest complained about), so
there is a possibility of not enough space for pedalo hire. If you
really want to put the ride, bulldoze all the scenery first (you can
build pedalo hire with a compensation of lack scenery that your guest
will complain.) If all the structures have been build, then complete
the scenery by choosing the most beautiful one (a lot of star).
The problem in level 3 is, a lot of litter and unhappy guest because
the water is horrible. You can try to put any structure you want first,
but I think it will make the guest mad if the most primary structure
wasn't build for them. Try to change a representative chalet with the
pedalo hire if you want (this might reduce the number of happy guest)
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Q: i wanna rotate buildings but don't know how!!! please show me!!!!
A: Did your mouse have a WHEEL??
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CREDITS AND DISCLAIMER
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Thank you:
- Jesus Christ, for the blessing.
- Gamefaqs to posted this.
- www.cheatcc.com
- HersheyLoneWolf for the tips on level 2.
- Me, for obvious reason.
- Anyone who read this.
I'm still waiting for a contribution. Anyone who wants to contribute
will be given a credit and of course a big thank you!
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