Gangland Manual 2.4.04.qxd

MANUAL

Prologue 

One hot night in Palermo, Italy, a terrible fight broke out in one of the streets 

of the old town. The sound of gunfire, screams, and yelling filled the night 

air; the next morning Chico Mangano was found, shot dead, on the 

pavement. 

A gun was located close to the scene and with the evidence of two 

eyewitnesses; the conclusion was that three of Chico’s brothers, Romano, 

Angelo, and Sonny were responsible for the murder... 

Police began an intensive manhunt to find the three brothers but failed. 

They had vanished. 

Two years passed on the small Mediterranean Island and one day Grandpa 

Mangano received a phone call from far away. 

The call was from his eldest son, Vincenzo Mangano, who had left Sicily 

decades ago. Vincenzo said that the three brothers had been seen alive and 

well in the same city that Vincenzo lived. 

Grandpa Mangano dispatched his fifth grandson to start working for 

Vincenzo, and then, when he was strong and powerful, to hunt down and 

kill the three murderous brothers. 

He sent him to America, to Paradise City, and the fifth brothers’ name was 

Mario... 

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Table of Contents 

GETTING STARTED 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

LAUNCHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

BASIC GAME CONTROLS 

USING THE CAMERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 

USING THE MINIMAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 

CONTROLLING THE UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

STEERING THE VEHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 

WALKTHROUGH 

GAMING DISCIPLINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 

STARTING YOUR FIRST SINGLEPLAYER MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 

DON’T SPEND VINCENZO’S MONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 

EXTORTING & TAKING OVER BUSINESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 

ACQUIRING RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

COLLECTING MONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

HIRING PEOPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

GAINING EXPERIENCE POINTS (XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

HOW TO GET SOME WHEELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

HINTS & OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

HOW TO STAY ALIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

LOSING THE GAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 

COMBAT HINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 

ADVANCED GAMEPLAY 

EXTORTING & TAKING OVER OPPONENT BUSINESSES . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

TAKING OVER AN OPPONENT SAFEHOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

HOW TO GET UNDERBOSSES FOR YOUR FAMILY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

HOW TO INFILTRATE AN OPPONENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 

GRANTING FAVORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 

GAME LOBBY INTERFACE 

PROFILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 

SINGLEPLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 

MULTIPLAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 

HIGHSCORES & RANKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 

OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 

IN-GAME USER INTERFACE 

SELECTION HUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 

THE MINI MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 

THE CHARACTER DETAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 

“FUNCTION BAR” ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 

THE PRIMARY RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 

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THE SECONDARY RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 

IN-WORLD ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

CHARACTER MARKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 

VINCENZO / PHONE ICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 

IN-GAME DIALOGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 

ESCAPE DIALOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 

FAMILY MEMBERS 

MAIN CHARACTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 

VINCENZO (NPC BOSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 

THE WIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 

THE CHILDREN / UNDERBOSSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 

BASIC UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 

SUPER UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 

STORE MANAGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 

WORKERS & COLLECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 

LIFE IN THE CITY 

THE LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 

THE PROSPECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 

THE INTERNATIONAL MAFIA CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 

OTHER MAFIA BOSSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 

THE STORE MANAGERS AND THEIR HIRED MUSCLE . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 

THE CIVILIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 

THE NEWSPAPER BOYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 

THE PRIESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 

PROPERTY 

BUSINESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 

VEHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 

WEAPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 

QUICKLISTS 

PRIMARY & SECONDARY ATTACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 

DEFAULT KEY ASSIGNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 

ACTIONS ACCESSED FROM THE FUNCTION BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 

MAIN CHARACTER LEVELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 

GENERAL UNIT LEVELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 

TECHNICAL and CUSTOMER SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 

CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 

BIG MAMA’S MEATBALL RECIPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 

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WELCOME TO GANGLAND 

Gangland is not your usual real-time strategy game. It’s a game that offers a 

totally new gaming style mixing the three genres: real-time strategy (RTS), 

role-playing game (RPG), and simulation (SIM), with a large dose of high 

paced action. You must move fast in combat and make tactical use of the 

environment, use med-kits, reload your guns, and crouch or take cover with 

the right timing to stay alive. So, before you start the game, you should put 

on your best suit, clean your guns, bake some pizza and then prepare 

yourself for some serious mobster action. 

Enjoy! 

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GETTING STARTED 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

Minimum system requirements 

Windows 98 / 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP 

Pentium III/Athlon 600 MHz or higher 

128MB system RAM (Not shared with video card) 

1 Gig free hard drive space 

Video Card: Nvidia GeForce or ATI Radeon based graphics cards w/64MB on card 

(only 32MB required on video card for single player). (The Intel Extreme onboard graphics card 

will work as long as the user has more than 128MB system RAM as that card shares system 

memory. Also this is the Intel onboard graphics for newer Intel chipsets, the game will not work 

on the Intel 810 onboard graphics used in the older chipsets.) 

12X or faster CD-ROM drive 

56K modem for Internet play 

With the minimum system requirements, the user must set the game detail to lowest settings, and it’s 

recommended that the game resolution is lowered to 800x600. 

Recommended system requirements 

Pentium 4/Athlon 1.1GHz of higher 

512MB RAM 

1 Gig free hard drive space 

Nvidia GeForce 2 or higher/ATI Radeon 7000 or higher based graphics card or better 

w/128MB on card 

12X or faster CD-ROM drive 

Broadband access for Internet play 

INSTALLATION 

To install Gangland, place the Gangland CD in the CD-ROM drive. If your 

computer has auto-run capability, the Gangland installer will automatically 

appear on your screen. Otherwise, you will have to run the setup.exe file 

manually from the root directory of the Gangland CD. Then follow the 

instructions of the installer wizard. 

LAUNCHING 

Make sure the Gangland CD is in the CD-ROM drive. Launch the 

game from the start menu or the link on the desktop. 

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BASIC GAME CONTROLS 

To get the best possible gameplay you must learn to navigate within 

the game, so please read this section carefully. 

USING THE CAMERA 

Movement of the camera is both dynamic and user-controlled, 

enabling you to rotate, zoom, pan, and scroll. This way, you can see 

any point of view you require. 

Zooming 

Zoom Out: Scroll down on the mouse wheel or press “-” 

Zoom In: Scroll up on the mouse wheel or press “+” 

Rotating and Panning 

To rotate, hold down the ALT key or the middle mouse button (if you use a 

three-button mouse), while moving your mouse towards the angle you want 

to view. Keys “V” and “B” are by default assigned to rotating the camera 90 

degrees clockwise or counter clockwise. 

Scrolling on the Map 

Move the cursor to the edge of the map to scroll in that direction, 

for alternative scrolling, hold down “Spacebar” while moving your mouse. 

Follow-Camera on Vehicles 

While driving a vehicle, there are two kinds of camera settings you can 

choose for the follow-camera: The default fixed camera that always stays 

behind the vehicle, and the free camera that allows you to rotate the camera 

around the vehicle. In order to toggle between the two camera modes press 

“E” while the vehicle is selected. 

USING THE MINI MAP 

Using the Mini Map to Scroll 

Place the cursor over the mini map, at the location on the map you want to 

go to, and then press the left mouse button to change the world view to the 

selected location. 

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Alerts on the Mini Map 

Green alerts on the mini map will guide you to the target(s). Various 

markers like ‘arrows’ and ‘skulls’ will be shown in-world for you to easily 

identify the targets; whether a store manager is to be extorted or a snitch 

needs to be ‘whacked’. When the order has been carried out you should go 

back to Vincenzo and get new orders. 

CONTROLLING THE UNITS 

Selecting a Unit 

You can select a unit by left-clicking on it with your mouse cursor. You can 

select multiple units by holding down the shift key and left-clicking on the 

units or you can hold down the left mouse button and drag a frame around 

the units. Dragging a frame around units to select them does not include 

units that are fortifying a building or sitting by the desk in the safe house. 

To include these units in this kind of selection you must press and hold 

down “Z” while you drag the frame. 

For selection of units, you can also use the selection hub (see ‘In-game User 

Interface - Selection Hub’). 

You can only select your own people or store managers of businesses that 

you have taken over. Store managers can only be selected exclusively. 

Your people are marked with a solid ring and the store managers with a 

dashed ring around the unit’s feet colored in your team color. Units marked 

with a dotted ring in your color are Vincenzo’s people and cannot be 

selected. 

Selecting Multiple Units 

Drag a frame around the units you want to select. You cannot scroll on the 

map while multi selecting. You can also Force Select multiple units. 

Grouping Units and Selecting Groups 

Select a group of units, then hold down the Ctrl key, and press any number 

between 0 and 9. To re-select the group later on, press the designated 

number key. Pressing the number key twice will center view on the first 

character within the group. 

Moving Units 

Left-click to select the unit(s), then right-click on any 

point in the world or in the mini map, and the unit(s) 

will move to that point. 

Click once to walk and twice to run! 

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Talking 

You can talk with many of the characters in Paradise City. Most 

importantly, you can talk with your uncle Vincenzo to get 

orders, and store managers to extort or take over businesses. 

Characters can talk to the store manager in the arms dealer 

in order to buy weapons. To talk, select the main character 

and right-click on any other character. A talk icon will 

appear when you can talk. 

Attacking (and other actions) 

Select the unit(s) and right-click on any target. An icon will 

appear on the mouse cursor to indicate what the default action 

will be depending on the situation and the target (also see 

“In-World Actions”). You can always force the units to attack 

the target by holding down the Ctrl key. All actions are carried 

out either by right clicking on a target, or by using the function keys to use 

med-kits, reload, sit/stand etc. (also see “Actions in the Function Bar”). 

STEERING THE VEHICLES 

Selecting a Vehicle 

You select a vehicle by left-clicking on it while someone is inside. The 

vehicle cannot be selected if there is no unit inside. In addition, vehicles 

cannot be selected or grouped together with other units. While the vehicle is 

selected, the camera will be fixed on it. To free the camera you must deselect 

the vehicle either by selecting another unit, or left-clicking on the 

ground. 

Moving a Vehicle 

To drive a car you must have at least one person inside it. You operate the 

car by using the keyboard. Default keys assigned are: “W” for forward, “A” 

to turn left, “D” to turn right, and “S” to brake or reverse. 

Doing a ‘Drive-by’ 

You can shoot from vehicles that have shooting positions. The number of 

shooting positions in vehicles varies. Vehicles with just one shooting 

position can only shoot to one side. While steering the vehicle with the 

keyboard, you control shooting with the mouse. Move the mouse cursor 

over the target and hold down the right mouse button to keep shooting 

towards the cursor. Anyone within line of fire will be hit. Release the right 

mouse button to stop shooting. 

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WALKTHROUGH 

If you are not yet familiar with the game controls please refer to the previous 

section “Basic Game Controls” before you continue with this walkthrough. 

GAMING DISCIPLINES 

There are four different gaming disciplines in Gangland. Each one is 

designed to be a fun and challenging experience. 

Single player Conquests 

The story of Mario who is sent to America to hunt down and kill his three 

brothers is told throughout 16 conquests taking place in the different areas 

of Paradise City. The conquests evolve around building your family, 

earning money and fighting other families. 

Single player Challenges 

In between the conquests are 12 challenges. Challenges are short action 

packed games that unlock special characters that can be used in the 

conquests. In challenges you get a team with which you must complete the 

challenge. 

Multiplayer Conquests 

In multiplayer conquests you can battle against the computer or human 

players in a race to build the strongest family, to earn the most money and 

to eliminate the other families. There are 20 conquest maps to play on. In 

four of these conquests all players start out working for their uncle and must 

soon work their way up to become boss of the family. 

Multiplayer Shootouts 

In Multiplayer Shootouts it’s not about earning money, generating resources 

or building a family. These short games are solely about using a small team 

to hunt down and whack the other players (use the cars!:)). Shootouts can 

only be played with other human players. 

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STARTING YOUR FIRST SINGLEPLAYER 

MISSION 

Start by launching the game. Name the default profile, make sure 

that the keyboard and mouse settings are as you would like them, 

and then select ‘Play’ from the Singleplayer menu. You now see the 

Singleplayer high-scores - these will be empty the first time you 

play the game. Choose the difficulty level ‘Easy Campaign’ using 

the buttons to the lower left. Missions can be chosen from the lower 

middle selection. Only the first mission will be available in the 

beginning but as you complete the missions, the succeeding ones 

will become unlocked. Choose the first conquest mission then 

press the checkmark in the lower right of the screen to launch the 

game. You have now launched the first mission of the easy 

Singleplayer campaign. Press the start button when it appears to 

the lower right of the intro splash screen. 

When the mission starts, select Mario, the main character, who is standing 

in the middle of the screen. Then go inside the building in front of him and 

have him talk to the guy sitting behind the desk (Mario’s uncle, Vincenzo). 

He will give Mario orders, which Mario has to follow to keep Vincenzo 

happy. Select Mario, right-click on Vincenzo to talk to him, and a dialog will 

pop up. Read the order carefully then go out and make Mario carry out the 

order. 

DON’T SPEND VINCENZO’S MONEY 

In this first mission, you should not do business on your own; in later 

missions you will have more freedom of choice. Don’t spend the money that 

Vincenzo has given to you to take over a business on anything else but that. 

Uncle Vincenzo really doesn’t like to be cheated! If you run out of money 

and still have to take over a business for Vincenzo, you will have to find 

alternative income. One way to get quick money is to hunt down collectors 

(from other families) and take their bags full of money. If your main 

character is the boss, the easiest way to get money is to go and extort some 

businesses. 

EXTORTING & TAKING OVER BUSINESSES 

If you are told to extort or take over a business, you must go to the targeted 

business and talk to the store manager. A dialog will pop up with the choice 

to either extort or take over the business. Store managers have hired their 

own protection; they may decide to say no to your hostile approach and 

have their guys shoot at you or try to beat you up. The store manager’s hired 

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Hint: Select: To select, either left-click or drag selection 

‘muscle’ are standing inside the building and blend in with other citizens 

making it sometimes hard to assess the opposition. Be ready to run out of 

the building if the opposition is too ‘hard’. Extorting a business gives you 

25% of the revenue and resources, whereas taking over the business means 

that you pay a single payment to become a partner and have the store 

manager work for you as a ‘front-man’. You will then take home 50% of the 

revenue and resources, and receive the full benefit from the business. Illegal 

operations will be built in the backroom only if you have taken over the 

business. The only way to buy or acquire weapons for your family is to take 

over an arms dealer. 

ACQUIRING RESOURCES 

Resources are acquired automatically from the businesses (not all) that 

produce resources. Mainly you should make sure that you have at least one 

arms dealer as they produce all the primary resources such as bullets and 

med-kits. The secondary resources are generally used for trade with 

international connections. (Also see the section: ‘Property - Businesses’) 

COLLECTING MONEY 

Money is collected automatically from the various businesses; the store 

managers will hire collectors to take the money to the safehouse. The money 

is not available to be spent until the collector puts the money into the safe 

located in the safehouse. However, if you do not wish to wait for the 

collector, you can use your main character to collect directly. The main 

character doesn’t have to go back to the safehouse with the money and can 

spend it right away. 

HIRING PEOPLE 

It is always a good idea to hire as many gangsters as you can afford. If you 

have empty slots in the selection hub (in the upper left of the screen just to 

the right of main character’s portrait) you can hire more people (as 

your leadership level increases, so do your slots). Basic units can 

be hired in the restaurants and speakeasy’s once the 

businesses are extorted or taken over. Units who are 

ready to be hired have a money icon rotating over 

their heads. Just select your main character, then 

right-click on the unit to hire (you have to be at 

close range), and he/she will join your family if 

you have enough money. If you have a lawyer 

child, you can use him to recruit people off the 

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streets. (Also, see ‘Family Members - The Children under Family 

Members’). 

GAINING EXPERIENCE POINTS (XP) 

All characters gain experience points (XP) by shooting and 

hitting people. XP are distributed in three categories: Combat, 

Leadership, and Business Flair. A certain amount of XP is needed 

to climb to the next level. A higher level in Combat means higher 

accuracy and more hit-points; higher levels in Business Flair 

results in higher revenue from businesses; higher levels in 

Leadership opens up more unit slots so you can hire and control 

more units. Finally, each of the four brothers, Mario, Angelo, 

Sonny, and Romano all have their own individual level 

progressions (also see ‘Quick-lists - Main Character Levels and 

General Unit Levels’). 

HOW TO GET SOME WHEELS 

In order to get a vehicle you must either steal one (by using a thief unit), or 

buy one from the international connections when they offer you one. 

HINTS & OBJECTIVES 

Press the ESC-key to show the objectives and hints to help you complete the 

mission. 

HOW TO STAY ALIVE 

Paradise City is a rough place and in order to stay alive you should follow 

certain ‘rules of thumb’: 

Use the Environment 

During combat, it’s a good idea to take cover behind tables, counters, and 

trashcans; likewise, standing in the middle of the street when fighting, will 

get you killed very quickly. Use ‘Crouch/Stand’ - F3 to crouch behind 

garbage bins etc. when you are fired at, then stand up to return fire. 

Heal 

When a unit’s health drops below 50% their movement and aiming accuracy 

becomes significantly deteriorated. Therefore, you should keep an eye on 

your med-kit supply at all times. Use F1 to heal a wounded unit and be sure 

to take cover while you do that. 

Ammunition 

Like med-kits, ammo is delivered by the ‘Arms Dealers’. There are three 

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Hint: Walk/Run: Single-click to walk. Double-click to run. 

kinds of ammo: Normal Bullets, Dum-dums, and Explosive Tipped Bullets. 

You can switch between the bullet types by clicking on the bullet icons on 

the left of the screen. Switching bullet types has an instant effect on your 

units. Always make sure you have enough ammo to last throughout a gun 

battle, alternatively keep a low profile. 

Choose the Right Kind of Attack 

Some units have two attack modes: Primary & Secondary. Press F4 to toggle 

between attack modes. Some secondary attack modes require specific 

resources such as Explosives (also see ‘Quick-lists - Primary & Secondary 

Attacks’) 

Reload 

Use F2 to reload your weapons. It’s a good idea always to make sure your 

guns are loaded to the max before entering battle. Having to reload while 

under attack is not recommended. 

Fortify 

Henchmen, gunmen, bodyguards, and snipers have the ability to fortify the 

safehouses, residential, and office buildings you own. 

Just right click on the desk or counter, and the selected units will stand 

behind the windows shooting out on any of your opponents passing by. 

Fortifying units have enhanced accuracy and are impossible to hit from the 

outside by anyone but the Sniper unit. 

Beware of the Police 

The police in Paradise City are just as crooked as any Mafioso. The Chief of 

Police will regularly visit your safe-house and ask for a bribe; be sure to pay 

him on time or you will have the entire police force looking for you. Also, be 

very careful when you decide to shoot in the streets; any nearby police will 

engage you instantly in combat, and this could easily become the reason for 

your early departure from this world. 

Look out for Drive-bys 

Do not let your units stand unprotected in the streets unless you 

have a good purpose for doing this. They risk being 

run-over by a car or shot during a drive-by. If you 

see a car cruising around you can be sure it’s 

loaded with trigger-happy Mafioso ready to 

gun you down. 

Escape a Damaged Vehicle 

When a vehicle is hit, it gets damaged. The 

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vehicle will automatically use any available stolen spare-parts 

resources in order to repair itself when it’s damaged (stolen spareparts 

are acquired from the Garage). If the vehicle catches fire, it will 

be beyond repair, and you must get out of the car and move away 

from it as fast as possible before the car explodes. Remaining inside 

the car will result in a sure death. 

Run, Baby, Run! 

When you are over powered, it’s not shameful to run from the scene 

of a battle. All that matters is survival! Entering one of your own 

buildings and locking the door may buy you some time as your 

opponents will have to pick the lock or blow the door away before 

they can get to you. When units run it affects their stamina. When 

stamina reaches zero the unit can not run and must rest in order to 

increase stamina. 

LOSING THE GAME 

You must keep your main character alive at all times, whether you are 

playing in Single player or Multiplayer mode. If your main character dies 

your game is over. In Single player mode, you may have to keep someone 

else alive as well; for example, in early conquests (1-4), Vincenzo must 

survive or you will fail the mission and will have to start again. 

You should always guard your safe house well. If you lose your last safe 

house, you will have five minutes to take back your safe house or find a new 

one. If time runs out, you lose the game. Game Over! 

COMBAT HINTS 

Combat in Gangland is like 

big-city guerrilla warfare. 

Below is an example of 

combat scene. Red is pushing 

blue back towards the blue 

safe house, and blue is losing 

since red is taking much 

better advantage of the 

environment. 

Red player’s main character 

(Mario) is placed in safety 

behind some garbage bins in 

the lower right corner, and should the course of the battle take an 

unsuspected turn, he will have the possibility to escape the fight. The 

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Hint: Talk: Select Mario and right-click on target. 

bouncer is running towards the car to take cover, and the three henchmen 

are well protected against bullets and the dynamite thrown by the bomber. 

The street girl behind the dumpster is just waiting for the right moment to 

run up and stun the opponents. 

Blue will soon lose this battle since their units are standing in the middle of 

the street with no cover or protection. 

The player that best uses the environment; heals, reloads, and moves at the 

right time will win. The player who fights in the middle of the street will 

soon bleed to death... 

ADVANCED GAMEPLAY 

EXTORTING & TAKING OVER OPPONENT BUSINESSES 

To extort or take over a business already controlled by another family, you 

must first terminate every enemy unit inside including the store manager. 

When they are all dead, or have run away and only your men remain, the 

colored building marker in the mini map becomes gray indicating that the 

building is neutral and is ready to be extorted or taken-over by you. 

Remember to always look for enemies in the back room. Your units have to 

go to the back room to have visibility there. If they can’t, then the back room 

has not yet been built and there cannot be any enemy units hiding there. 

TAKING OVER AN OPPONENT SAFEHOUSE 

In order to take over a safe house you must first get rid of all opposition that 

sit by the desk in the safe house. 

HOW TO GET UNDERBOSSES FOR YOUR FAMILY 

The only characters that can become underbosses of the 

family are the main character’s own children. When they 

grow up, they automatically take their place as the second in 

command of the family. Getting underbosses is a fairly 

long process. You first need to find a suitable woman and 

have your main character propose to her. Your main 

character needs to be boss of the family and have his 

own safe house or she will turn him down, 

otherwise, she will ask for a big and expensive 

ring. Buy the ring for her if you can afford it; then 

they will be engaged and she will follow the main 

character around until they get married. Go to the church 

and right-click on the priest to get married. As you exit the 

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church, she will instantly go back to the safehouse. Now that they are 

married, they can mate and have children. Right-click on the wife to 

have them start to mate. They will go to the back of the safehouse and 

upstairs (not accessible to the player!). After some time they will 

return with a child. The wife will walk with the child until he or she 

grows up and becomes an underboss of the family. The children 

cannot be killed; however, the wife can (so protect her), resulting in 

the child running to his or her father (the main character) and staying 

with him wherever he goes until he or she grows up (you don’t want 

this to happen). Getting an underboss opens up two new unit slots 

enabling your family to expand. 

HOW TO INFILTRATE AN OPPONENT 

The first step of infiltration is to hire an infiltrator; these are offered by 

international connections. Select the infiltrator then find an opponent 

gunman or henchman and right-click on the target. The infiltrator will then 

impersonate the gunman or henchman. To the infiltrated player, the 

character will look and behave the same as before. The only difference is 

now you can overrule any orders issued to the impersonated character. You 

now have a mole in the opponent family, which can be used for intelligence 

only, or used to make surprise attacks on other characters. You could even 

use him to go after other families, possibly breaking alliances, and even 

starting a war without anyone knowing it was you who really did it. This 

devious strategy is well worth the effort! 

GRANTING FAVORS 

When your main character is the boss of the family, some characters will 

occasionally come and ask for a favor. By granting and performing this 

favor, the character will, in turn, owe you one. He then becomes selectable 

and you can order him to do anything, just as you would with your other 

units. The only difference is that your opponents will only recognize him as 

they would any prospect. Because of this, he is a very powerful unit that can 

be used for gathering intelligence or making surprise attacks. Bear in mind 

that when using this unit, any behavior that doesn’t fit a prospect, like 

unmotivated attacks or running in the streets for no reason, can be detected 

by the other players and will, potentially, blow your cover. 

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Hint: Rotate Camera: Hold down ALT-key and move the mouse. 

GAME LOBBY INTERFACE 

PROFILE 

The profile menu enables you 

to create a new profile or 

select an existing one. 

Here you can view the four 

brothers and decide which 

one of them you would like to 

use in Multiplayer games. As 

the Singleplayer storyline is 

centered on Mario, he will 

automatically be selected if 

you choose to play the 

Singleplayer campaign. 

The progress of unlocking 

characters from Singleplayer challenges is shown in this view. Click on the 

difficulty level indicator and toggle to see the unlocked characters for the 

different difficulty levels. 

A profile can be renamed at any time by entering a new name in the name 

field, in the upper left of the view. 

Each profile keeps track of personal keyboard and mouse settings. Click on 

the keyboard button to view the key settings for the selected profile and to 

change the default keys (also see ‘Quick-lists - Default Key Assignments’). 

Click on the mouse button to view and alter the mouse settings for the 

selected profile. 

SINGLEPLAYER 

The Singleplayer mode 

consists of two different types 

of games: Conquests and 

Challenges. 16 Conquests 

form the main storyline 

where you will do business, 

hire soldiers, and perform 

tasks whereas 12 Challenges 

focus on combat and will 

unlock new characters if 

completed well enough. 

Completing a Conquest mission unlocks the next conquest and usually 

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unlocks a challenge as well. You can go back and play any of the 

completed and unlocked missions at any time. The XP and level the 

main character achieves is auto-saved every time you complete a 

mission, and this will be your main character’s starting point in the 

succeeding mission. If too many of your units die during a mission, 

you will receive a unit slot penalty in the succeeding missions; i.e., 

for every ten dead units who have died during the played mission, 

one unit slot will become blocked in the succeeding missions. Going 

back to redo early missions may get you to a higher level, adding 

more available unit slots in the later missions, only if you were able 

to do better than the last time you played that mission. 

In the lower left part of the screen, you can choose between easy, 

normal and hard difficulty settings. In the centre of the screen you 

choose between the missions. You can only play conquest and 

challenge missions that have been completed or unlocked. To the 

right, you can see the best conquest results for accumulating XP, having 

children, keeping under bosses and units alive and blocked slots. This 

information will allow you to decide to do the mission over again to get 

better results, as it will affect all subsequent missions. 

MULTIPLAYER 

Play against friends or foes on 24 different multiplayer maps. There are two 

kinds of Multiplayer modes: 20 Conquests and 4 Shootouts. In multiplayer 

Conquests, 

all participating players must 

build their own mobster 

empire and rid the city of all 

opposition. In Multiplayer 

Shootouts, there is no empirebuilding; 

it’s action all the 

way as the players each get a 

small group of men, and 

maybe a car, with no 

possibility to hire new men, 

and must fight until the last 

man standing. 

There can be up to 8 players playing together on local area network (LAN) 

or online via the internet. To play a multiplayer game, choose to either host 

a new game, or join a game hosted by someone else. When joining, you can 

view hosted games on LAN or ONLINE, and join the game of your choice. 

Either click on the Refresh LAN or Refresh Online Button, select the desired 

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Hint: Heal: Press "F1" to heal! 

game, and click on “Join”. Hosting players must remember to announce the 

game on LAN or Online to allow other players to join in. The Hosting player 

does not need to wait for other players to fill up all slots for a given map, he 

can start the game at any time since AI players automatically fill up any 

vacant slots when launching a game. The slots for other players that are 

about to join the game will be shown in red for a little while before the 

player’s profile name will appear. If the host decides to start the game whilst 

players are joining, they will be blocked and AI players will take their place. 

If the hosting player wants to change the selected map, they must first click 

the ‘cancel’ button, thereby removing the game from the ‘join game’ list. If 

the hosting player selects a map that supports fewer players than have 

already joined the game, the additional players names that joined last will 

turn red and will be blocked when the game is started. The game can be reannounced 

at any time on LAN or Online. The hosting player may start the 

game in ‘skirmish mode’ by omitting announcement on the network. 

The Multiplayer Conquests are played like the Singleplayer Conquests, with 

the build-up scenario; whereas in Multiplayer Shootouts, you will only 

concentrate on combat. Each player is offered the same specific selection of 

units and must fight each other until the last man is standing. 

Some of the multiplayer maps offer team-play where players must cooperate 

to win the game. The numbers preceding the player names indicate 

the team they are playing on. Double-click on the name to change team 

number. The game cannot be started if all players are on the same team. 

If you need to manually block a player from the game you can select the 

player’s name and press the highlighted “X” button. 

HIGH-SCORES & RANKINGS 

High-scores and rankings are recorded for every mission in single player, as 

well as multiplayer games. They are recorded in four categories: Combat, 

Business, Kills’n’skills and Hall of Shame. 

The high-scores and rankings are map specific, therefore the 

view changes when you select another map. 

OPTIONS 

Default display, graphics, and sound settings 

can be changed here and the credits can also be 

viewed. You also have the option to quit the 

game from this menu, too. 

The Display Settings allow you to 

switch between the OpenGL and 

Direct3D libraries, select the resolution and refresh 

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ate and fine-tune the gamma correction and brightness. 

The Graphics Settings cover a wide range of settings that can 

optimize performance by changing level of detail. There are 

five categories of detail that can be adjusted independently: 

Texture Resolution, Lightning, Shadows, Mirrors, and 

Particle Effects. You can set the overall level of detail to 

low, medium or high for easy adjustment to optimize 

performance on your computer configuration. If you have 

a low-end computer (one that is close to the minimum 

requirements) you should choose the low setting for 

overall level of detail. 

The Sound Settings allow you to change the master volume 

and the individual volume of the music, sound effects and 

speech. 

IN-GAME USER INTERFACE 

SELECTION HUB 

The selection hub, viewed 

across the top of the upper 

left part of the screen, shows 

your main character, the 

underbosses and soldiers and 

consists of different portrait 

windows with some 

information attached. You 

use the selection hub to easily 

locate and select any of the 

family members. You can left 

click on any of the portraits to 

select the unit, and hold 

down the shift-key to select 

multiple units. Double clicking on a portrait will center the camera view on 

the unit ‘in-world’. Your main character is located to the upper left corner. 

As you have children, they will be placed to right of their father. Under a 

portrait, a green indicator shows the status of the character’s health. Under 

that is another indicator that shows the amount of XP the character has. If 

you press “S”, the “Health Bar” will be replaced with a Stamina Bar (white). 

All characters in the selection hub can have a star in their portrait indicating 

their combat skill level. 

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Hint: Mini map: Alerts and targets are shown in the mini map! 

THE MINI MAP 

The mini map in the upper right of the screen is an important tool when you 

need to find your way through the streets of Paradise City. Your own units 

are shown as little dots in your player color. Enemies are shown in their 

colors. Police are shown as white dots and civilians and prospects as grey 

dots. Businesses have solid outlines in team colors if they are taken over and 

dashed if they are extorted and all neutral businesses have gray outlines. 

When you get an assignment where you need to kill someone, blow up a 

building, protect someone, etc., an alert will be shown in the mini map 

showing you where to go. 

The mini map only shows part of the city. If you can’t see the area of interest 

in the mini map, you may have to search the mini map to find it. Alerts will 

appear on the border of the mini map to guide you in the right direction. 

You can navigate the mini map by left-clicking on a location or you can 

scroll by pressing and holding down the right mouse button in the mini map 

while you move the mouse. 

There are three types of blinking alerts in the colors red, green, and blue. 

Red means that someone is attacking you. Green means that you have a task 

that can be solved at this point. Blue points out who has to be killed as a 

favor. 

All of the bosses are shown in the mini map using a discrete, team colored, 

crosshair making them easier for the player to locate. 

THE CHARACTER DETAIL 

The character detail is located in the lower left of the screen, when at least 

one character is selected, and gives different information about the first 

selected character. It shows how much ammo a character has loaded in his 

weapon, resources, money the character may be carrying and 

their personal kill count. 

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“FUNCTION BAR” ACTIONS 

In the Function Bar, you will find some of the actions your family members 

can perform. By default, these are activated by using the function keys F1- 

F5 on the keyboard. According to the character type, and the situation, the 

available actions in the Function Bar will change. 

Use Med-kit 

Press F1 or “E” to use med-kits to heal the selected units. 

Reload 

Press F2 or “R” for reload. 

Crouch/Stand 

These icons reflect the state of the currently selected units, whether 

they are standing, crouching, or a mix. Press F3 or “C” to have all 

the selected units change state to either crouch or stand. 

Primary/Secondary Weapon 

These icons reflect the currently used weapon state. Press F4 or “F” 

to toggle primary and secondary weapons. 

Toggle Auto-Fire (Individual Characters) 

Default reaction for units is to fire at any enemies they see. You can 

overrule this behavior and have your units hold their fire. Press F5 

to toggle between hold fire and auto-fire. 

Lock Door 

While you have selected a store manager of one the businesses you have 

taken over, or the main character or one of the underbosses sitting by the 

desk in the safehouse, you can press F1 to lock the door of the building. 

Everybody will be thrown out. The business will not yield any revenue 

and the safehouse will not allow collectors to return money. 

Go to the Mattresses 

Going to the Mattresses is a mafia term for preparing to go war. Press F2 

to lock the doors of all your buildings. (Also see Lock Door above) 

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Hint: Sit down: Press "F3" to sit down! It boosts accuracy! 

Put out Contract 

When you select the main character while sitting by the desk in the 

safehouse, you can press F3 to put out a contract on any target. When the 

cursor changes, you must right-click on the preferred target. A sum of 

money is be subtracted from your stash, and awarded to anyone who kills 

the target. 

Toggle Auto-Fire (Whole Family) 

When you select the main character while sitting by the desk in the 

safehouse, you can press F4 to toggle between having all the family 

members hold fire unless directly shot at, or to shoot at enemies as soon 

as they see them. 

Leave Vehicle 

While you have selected a vehicle, you can press F1 to have all units that 

are inside exit the vehicle. 

Toggle Liquor Sales 

Select the store manager in one of your restaurants with a speakeasy built 

in the back to toggle the sales of liquor. Selling liquor will reduce your 

stock of liquor and enhance the revenue of the speak-easy. 

PRIMARY RESOURCES 

These resources are as important to the family as breathing. Primary 

resources are produced and delivered by the Arms Dealers in Paradise City 

and must be obtained at any cost. Primary Resources are: 

Money 

Med-kits 

You need money for almost everything. You need money to hire or bribe 

people, buy weapons, take over businesses, and much more. 

Med-kits are used to heal wounds and as you are very likely to be 

wounded in Paradise City, you can never have too many Med-kits. 

Explosives 

Used by certain units and meant for blowing things up. 

Chemicals 

Used by certain units to poison, gas, or stun opponents. 

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Ammunition 

Normal, Dum-dum, and Explosive Tipped bullets are shown to the left of 

the screen. Normal bullets apply the least damage and explosive tipped the 

most. Unfortunately, the Arms Dealer produces mostly normal bullets, and 

fewer of the Explosive Tipped or Dum-dum variety. You can switch 

between bullet types by left-clicking on the appropriate icon at any point of 

time. 

Normal Bullets 

Normal bullets inflict simple damage. Click the icon to have all your units 

use this kind of ammo. 

Dum-dum Bullets 

Dum-dum bullets inflict serious damage. Click the icon to have all your 

units use this kind of ammo. 

Explosive Tipped Bullets 

These bullets are extremely powerful and inflict deadly damage. Click the 

icon to have all your units use this kind of ammo. 

SECONDARY RESOURCES 

The different shops in Paradise City produce various resources that can be 

sold or traded for other resources. Secondary resources differ from area to 

area in Paradise City, and are shown on the right side of the screen. All 

secondary resources are used to make deals with international connections. 

Most resources are either illegally produced or stolen. 

Liquor 

Produced in Distilleries and sold in speak-easies to enhance revenue or 

used to trade with International Connections 

Jewelry 

Jewelry comes from the Jewelers. They are usually made from stolen 

parts, or unmodified stolen jewelry. 

Fashion Clothes 

Fake designer clothes are produced in the Fashion Boutiques and can be 

sold to International Connections. 

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Hint: Ammo: Always keep an eye on your ammo stash! 

Vehicle Spare-Parts 

Vehicle spare-parts are produced at the Garage. Either they are fake 

brands, or stolen from vehicles that customers have in for a repair. 

Luxury Food 

The only legal resource produced when you have an import/export 

business. All Luxury Food items are made from the finest delicacies. 

Antiques 

Stolen antiques of various kinds are stocked at the warehouses. 

Stolen Goods 

Stolen goods are delivered by Pawn Shops. 

Embarrassing Pictures 

Embarrassing pictures that can be used for blackmail are taken of the 

customers at the Hotels and Brothels. 

IN-WORLD ACTIONS 

All characters have a wide range of actions that they can perform. In general, 

you just select the character and right-click on the preferred target. Then the 

character will perform the default action for that target. When the mouse 

cursor is over the target the cursor will change to one of the action icons 

below. 

Move To 

Any selectable character can move except for store managers who can 

never move, and stunned characters that cannot move until the stun-effect 

wears off. Right-click on any location to move to that location. Single click 

to walk and double click to run. 

Attack 

ground. 

Right-click on any target to attack. Hold down CTRL key, then right-click, 

to force attack. Units using explosives can force attack the 

Receive Blessing 

Right-click on the priest to receive a blessing. 

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Heal 

Big Mamma is the only unit who has the ability to heal others without 

using any of the med-kit resources. Right-click on the target to start 

healing. 

Bodyguard 

Select a Gunman or a Bodyguard then right-click on one of your own 

units to bodyguard that unit. 

Pay Bribe 

Lawyers can pay civilians to serve as the family’s informants. They work 

as moving radars, i.e., you get to see what they can see as they walk 

around in the city. 

Hire 

Right-click on the target to recruit into the family. The lawyer can recruit 

prospects right off the streets. 

Collect 

The main character (when he is the boss of the family) can collect money 

directly from any of the businesses extorted or taken over. 

Pick up Briefcase / Crate 

Right-click on briefcases and crates to pick them up. Briefcases contain 

money and crates contain primary resources. 

Place Time-Bomb 

Bombers can place time bombs to blow away whole buildings. Right-click 

on the desk, counter, or machinery inside the target building. 

Disarm Time-Bomb 

Bombers can also disarm bombs. However, you need to be fast to do this 

since the bomb will not wait on you. Right-click on the bomb to disarm it. 

Place C4 

Bombers can place C4 on locked doors to blow them away. Right-click on 

the locked door and watch it disappear. 

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Hint: Reload: Always reload your weapons at the right time! 

Select Contract Target 

The main character can put out contracts, while sitting by the desk in the 

safehouse. Right-click on the target to put out contract. (Also, see Put out 

Contract above). 

Enter Vehicle 

Right-click on one of your vehicles to have the selected units enter the 

vehicle. 

Fortify 

Gunmen, henchmen, bodyguards, and snipers can fortify buildings to 

defend an area. Right-click on the desk in the safehouse, or the counter in 

the residential and office buildings to fortify those. 

Impersonate 

The infiltrator can impersonate gunmen, henchmen, and policemen. 

Right-click on the target to slit his throat and take over his identity 

Steal 

Select a thief and right-click on any target to pick their pockets. 

Pick Lock 

Thieves can get into cars and hardwire them as well as picking the locks 

of locked doors in buildings. 

Talk 

Right-click on the target to talk. Either a dialog will appear or you will get 

your answer in-world. 

Can’t Talk 

If you are not within range, you cannot talk. 

Propose Marriage 

Talking to one of the three types of the three types of civilians, 

“Intellectual Wife”, “Sporty Wife”, and “Sophisticated Wife”, results in a 

marriage proposal. However, they will not even consider looking at your 

main character if he is not the boss of the family and doesn’t have his own 

safehouse. 

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Get Married 

When your main character is engaged, they are ready to go to church and 

get married. Select the main character and right-click on the priest to get 

married. 

Mate 

When the main character is married, you can select him and right-click on 

his wife. They will go upstairs in the safehouse and after a while she will 

give birth to a child. 

Sit in the office 

Select the boss or one of his underbosses (grownup children) and rightclick 

on the desk in the safehouse. He will then be seated in front of the 

desk and will have access to the phone. 

CHARACTER MARKERS 

Markers appear above the characters’ head depending on their 

current state. Team markers appear as a ring on the ground 

just below the character. 

Character is for Hire 

When a character is ready to enter the family, money will rotate above the 

character’s head. The main character and the under bosses can all hire 

characters. 

Wants to Talk 

Civilians in need of a favor will come to your safe house and wait for a 

while. Select the main character and right-click on the character to talk to 

him and either accept or decline to grant him a favor. 

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Hint: Secondary Attack: Use (F4) if things heat up! 

Be my Eye 

Civilians can be hired as informants by the Lawyer to report to the family 

what they see. When civilians are hired, the eye icon will appear above 

their heads and they become moving “mini radars”. 

Record Holder 

Characters that have broken a record will receive a trophy. It will appear 

rotating above the record holder’s head for all players to see. 

Level Up in Combat 

When characters level up in combat, they will receive a star appearing 

above their head. 

Level Up in Business Flair 

When the main character levels up in business flair, he will receive a coin 

appearing in the UI main character portrait. 

Family Team Marker 

A solid team marker is marking all family members. The color of the team 

marker indicates which player is in charge of the unit. The units are 

selectable and controllable. 

Worker Team Marker 

All workers have this team marker. They cannot be selected or controlled. 

The store manager however can be selected to access specific 

store 

functions in the function bar, but he cannot move. 

Vincenzo Team Marker 

Vincenzo and all the family members under his control have a dotted 

team marker in the same color as the player. The player cannot control 

characters with this team marker. 

Impersonating Another Character 

The infiltrator will have a double team marker, when he is impersonating 

a character. The outer circle is in your own color while the inner circle is 

in the color of the family you have infiltrated. This indicates that he will 

be selectable and controllable by the other family but you can always 

overrule any orders given to the character. 

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VINCENZO / PHONE ICON 

When Vincenzo is the boss, you will see a Vincenzo Icon in the lower right 

of the screen. Your current orders are shown above him. When your main 

character is the boss and has his own safe-house you will see a phone icon 

instead of Vincenzo. When international connections, snitches and others 

call you, you can answer the phone by left clicking on the phone icon. You 

cannot answer the phone unless you have a boss or underboss sitting by the 

desk in one of your safehouses. Current tasks and a history of information 

are listed above the phone icon. 

IN-GAME DIALOGS 

Vincenzo Dialog 

When you talk to your Uncle a dialogue 

will appear. Depending on the situation, he 

will give you an assignment, congratulate 

you, or call you bad things. 

Extort/Take over Dialog 

A family can’t exist without a steady cash 

flow and some basic resources. To get 

these commodities you need to either 

extort or take over the shops in Paradise 

City. 

Extort means that the Store Manager will 

pay you (maybe) 25% of his income and 

resources. 

On the other hand, taking over a shop will 

give you 50% but it costs you money, as 

you need to pay the Store Manager to become his partner. When you Take 

Over a shop the Store Manager will automatically begin expanding the 

businesses with the money you gave him; he will hire workers, collectors, 

etc., and will build backroom businesses. You need to take over Arms 

Dealers before you can purchase weapons. 

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Hint: Stamina: Run decreases Stamina! Press "Q" to monitor! 

Buy Weapons Dialog 

When you want to buy a new weapon, 

you select one or more units, and rightclick 

on the Store Manager in an Arms 

Dealer - remember you have to take over 

the store before you can purchase 

weapons. The buy weapons dialogue then 

appears, and if you have the cash, you can 

equip your characters with some pretty 

nasty toys. Click on one of the character 

type icons to see what weapons that 

character type can use, and press the “Buy” button to make the purchase. 

International Connection Dialog 

When you’re the Boss, you draw attention from Mafia Branches from all 

over the world. These international 

organizations will call you up on the 

phone and offer you all sorts of deals, 

involving resources, super units, vehicles, 

special weapons, and money. These offers 

are often the only way to get your hands 

on some of the really good stuff. Be aware 

that some bosses get very mad if they feel 

you tried to cheat them or you don’t keep 

your promises. 

Propose to get Married Dialog 

Getting married is expensive but the only way to have 

children. First, you need to find a suitable woman, and 

get engaged. When you propose to her, she may 

turn you down or ask for an expensive 

engagement ring. Paying for the ring allows 

you to go to the church to get married. As 

husband and wife, you can now mate. This is a 

requirement if you are to have children! 

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MAIN CHARACTER DETAIL 

The main character detail shows the 

experience and progress of the main 

character. Either click on the health and XP 

area of the boss portrait in the selection 

hub (in the upper left of the screen), or just 

press default assigned key “G”. 

ESCAPE DIALOG 

At anytime during the game you can press the ESC-key to show the in-game 

lobby. From here, you can restart or end 

the mission. Alternatively, you can quit 

the game entirely. This is also where you 

can find your current game objectives and 

hints to help you complete the mission. 

GAME STATUS 

Press the TAB-key to see who is getting the most kills and the best new 

highscores, who are dead and who are still alive! 

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Hint: Resources: Keep an eye on your ammo, medkits etc. 

FAMILY MEMBERS 

MAIN CHARACTERS 

Mario 

Mario is the second eldest of the brothers and probably the most righteous. 

He would prefer to solve a conflict without a fight but has no fear to enter 

one if the cause is right. He is not the best of gunslingers but he is strong and 

fast. 

Mario 

Hitpoints: Very High 

Visual Range: Long 

Movement: Fast 

Stamina: High 

Accuracy: High 

Skill: Extort / Take-over / Marry / Mate 

Primary: Fist 

Secondary: Throw Dynamite 

Romano 

Romano is the eldest of the brothers and the best businessman. Romano will 

do business with anyone who can pay the price and deliver the goods, and 

has no scruples when it comes to earning money. He is tall, very strong, and 

his preferred weapon is the Sniper Rifle. 

Romano 

Hitpoints: High 


Movement: Medium 

Stamina: High 



Primary: Handgun / Shotgun / Sniper Rifle 

Secondary: Throw Gas Grenade 

Angelo 

Angelo is the pretty boy of the family. His brothers always teased him 

because he looked like a girl when they were kids, but he learned to use his 

looks to his advantage, and became by far the most charismatic of the 

brothers. Angelo’s preferred weapon is the double-barreled shotgun. 

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Angelo 


Visual Range: Medium 


Stamina: High 



Primary: Handgun / 2x Handgun / Double Barreled Shotgun 

Secondary: Throw Gas Grenade 

Sonny 

Sonny is the wild child in the family. When they were kids, it was always 

Sonny who got into trouble and always Romano and Mario who had to get 

him out. Sonny was born with a love for guns, and is absolutely the best 

marksman among the brothers. He has no fear whatsoever, and will enter a 

fight just for the heck of it. Sonny is specialized in using two Tommy guns 

at the same time! 

Sonny 




Stamina: Medium 



Primary: 2x Semi Handgun / Tommy gun / 2x Tommy gun 

Secondary: Throw Dynamite 

VINCENZO (NPC BOSS) 

Vincenzo is your employer in Paradise City. He’s the four brothers’ uncle, 

and until recently, the only living relative in America. Vincenzo moved to 

America shortly after your parents died and has tried to make a living in the 

promised land ever since. Vincenzo is a short tempered, violent man who 

will kill anyone standing in his way with his dual 44 Magnums. 

Vincenzo 

NPC 



Primary: 2x Semi-automatic Handgun 

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Hint: Control Car: Use keys on keyboard & shoot with mouse. 

THE WIVES 

There are three different types of women to marry in Paradise City. The 

more gifted a woman is the higher the marriage contribution and the better 

children she’ll deliver, which means that children can be born with more or 

less XP and skills. The wives are NPC’s and therefore cannot be directly 

controlled by the player. When the main character is engaged to one of the 

women she will follow him around wherever he goes. However, none of the 

women will ever join him in the car as they regard it as a deathtrap and 

would much rather walk to church than be taken for a death-ride! 

The Intellectually Gifted Wife 

Should the intellectual wife deliver a Lawyer then that Lawyer would be 

better than normal Lawyers. The intellectual woman can be recognized by 

her glasses and blue dress. 

Intellectual Wife 

NPC 

Hitpoints: Low 


Skill: Have Children (Lawyer will be gifted) 

The Sophisticated Wife 

If the sophisticated lady delivers a Seductress, the Seductress will be more 

beautiful than normal Seductresses and therefore better at convincing men 

to follow her. The sophisticated lady wears high heels and a black dress. 

Sophisticated Wife 

NPC 



Skill: Have Children (Seductress will be gifted) 

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The Sporty Wife 

If the sporty woman delivers an Enforcer, the Enforcer will be more gifted 

than normal Enforcers. The sporty woman wears jeans and a small top. 

Sporty Wife 

NPC 

Hitpoints: Medium 


Skill: Have Children (Enforcer will be gifted) 

NOTE: If a wife dies whilst raising a child, the child will have to be raised by the 

father. This will decrease some of his attributes making him slower and more 

inaccurate until the child is fully grown. 

THE CHILDREN / UNDERBOSSES 

Lawyer 

The Lawyer is an exceptional businessman. If placed in a business he will 

radically enhance revenue of that business. If placed in office he will slightly 

enhance revenue of all businesses near and around the safehouse. Apart 

from being good at earning money, the Lawyer can also hire civilians to 

work as informants, and he can hire prospects right off the street. The 

Lawyer is slow but robust and only has his briefcase to use as a weapon. 

Lawyer as a Child 

NPC 


Skill: Grows up to be a Lawyer and underboss of the family 

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Hint: Enter Car: Select characters and right-click on car. 

Lawyer 


Visual Range: Short 

Movement: Slow 

Stamina: Low 


Skill: Enhance Revenue, Hire/Bribe people off the streets 

Primary: Suit Case 

Secondary: None 

Seductress 

Because of her beauty, the Seductress can convince male units to work for 

the family for free! She can also convince cops to turn the other way if they 

act aggressively. She’s fast but has only few hit-points. 

Seductress as a Child 

NPC 


Skill: Grows up to be a seductress and underboss 

Seductress 





Skill: Seduction, Male units don’t attack automatically 

Primary: Seduce 


Enforcer 

The Enforcer is a killing machine! He is one of the few who can effectively 

use two Tommy guns at the same time. He is fast, robust and very accurate. 

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Enforcer as a Child 

NPC 


Skill: Grows up to be an enforcer and underboss 

Enforcer 




Stamina: High 

Accuracy: Medium 

Skill: None 

Primary: Tommy gun 


NOTE: When a child grows up he/she becomes an underboss in the family and 

opens new unit slots to further expand the family. 

BASIC UNITS 

There are four types of basic units to be hired in Paradise City: Streetgirls, 

Henchmen, Gunmen, and Bouncers. These characters live in town and hang 

around as prospects. When they are ready to join your family they will tell 

you, and a money icon is shown above their head. 

Street girl 

Street girls are very fast and highly effective against single 

units. They use pepper spray to incapacitate their opponent. 

You can hire Streetgirls when they hang around in 

Restaurants. 



Movement: Very Fast 

Stamina: High 


Skill: None 

Primary: Spray 


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Hint: Cover: Everything can be used as cover in a gunfight! 

Bouncer 

Bouncers often hang around in restaurants where they can be 

hired. They are slow but very powerful at close range. If they 

get close enough to their targets, they can incapacitate and 

soon kill them with their bare hands. Bouncers are very 

effective with baseball bats as well. 


Visual Range: 


Stamina: High 


Skill: Discover Stealth Units 

Primary: Fist (Stun Hit) 


Gunman 

The gunman can be hired in the Speak-easy in the back of the 

Restaurant. They are very useful long-range units who can 

fortify buildings and bodyguard other units. 




Stamina: High 


Skill: Fortify, Bodyguard 

Primary: 2x Handgun 


Henchman 

The Henchman is hired in the Speak-easy in the back of the 

Restaurant. Using his trusted Tommy gun, he excels in 

combat. 





Accuracy: Low 

Skill: Fortify 



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SUPER UNITS 

Most super units don’t live in Paradise City, and can only be hired through 

International Connections. There are 12 different super units, each of them 

with special skills and weapons (also see “Character Attributes” and 

“Primary/Secondary Attacks”) 

Assassin 

Offered by Jewish Mob 






Skill: Stealth 

Primary: Poison 

Secondary: 

Bazooka Unit 

Offered by Columbian Mob 




Stamina: Low 


Skill: None 

Primary: Fist 

Secondary: Bazooka 

Big Mamma 

Offered by Sicilian Mob 




Stamina: High 


Skill: Heal others 

Primary: Double-Barreled Shotgun 


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Hint: Status: Press TAB to see Game Stats. 

Black Widow 

Offered by Chinese Mob 




Stamina: High 


Skill: None 

Primary: Uzi 


Bodyguard 

Offered by Black Mob 




Stamina: High 


Skill: Bodyguard / Fortify 

Primary: 2x handgun 


Bomber 

Offered by Russian Mob 







Primary: Throw dynamite / Place Time-bomb / C4 


Businessman 

Offered by Jewish Mob 

Hitpoints: Very Low 



Stamina: Low 

Accuracy: N/A 

Skill: Enhance Revenue 

Primary: None 


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Infiltrator 

Offered by Columbian Mob 






Skill: Stealth, Impersonate (henchman/gunman) 

Primary: Knife (Slit throat and take over identity) 


Ninja 

Offered by Japanese Mob 




Stamina: High 


Skill: Stealth (never shows on minimap) 

Primary: Ninjitsu (stun hit / no stealth) 

Secondary: Sai (stab / stealth) 

Sniper 

Offered by Russian Mob 


Visual Range: Very Long 



Accuracy: Very High 

Skill: Fortify 

Primary: Sniper Rifle 


Super Bouncer 

Offered by Black Mob 


Visual Range: High 


Stamina: High 


Skill: Reveal stealth units 

Primary: Fist (stun hit) 


Upgrades: Baseball Bat / Spiked 

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Hint: Zoom: Use mouse wheel to zoom 

Thief 

Offered by Sicilian Mob 

Hitpoints: Very Low 






Primary: Steal 

Secondary: Gas grenade 

STORE MANAGERS 

When you “Take Over” a business, the Store Manager becomes part of the 

family (the store manager can be selected but cannot move). He will then 

automatically begin to expand the business by hiring workers and collectors 

and building backs. If the Store Manager and the workers die, you lose the 

business, and the income, and a new neutral Store Manager will take over 

the business. So protecting Store Managers is very important! 

Store manager 

Managing restaurants, ... 


Movement: None 

Skill: Manages store 

Store manager 

Managing distilleries, ... 




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Store manager 

Managing jewelers, ... 




WORKERS & COLLECTORS 

Workers and collectors are non-player characters and therefore cannot be 

controlled by the player. 

Dancer 

NPC 

Works in speak-easies and attracts more customers to the 

place enhancing the revenue. 


Primary: Handgun 

Prostitute 

NPC 

Works in brothels and both attracts more people to the place 

as well as gathering information used for blackmail. 



Distiller 

NPC 

Works in distilleries producing liquor 



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Hint: Stun: Bouncers can stun targets! 

Loan shark 

NPC 

Works in the backroom of pawn shops where they provide 

loans with considerable interests. 


Primary: Fist 

Croupier 

NPC 

Works in gambling dens and casinos servicing gamblers who 

will lose all their money to you, and then go to the loan shark 

and ask for loans. 



Collector 

NPC 

Collects from the family’s businesses and returns to the 

safehouse with the money. 


Primary: None 

LIFE IN THE CITY 

THE LAW 

The Law is ever present in town and in some areas more than others. If you 

commit crimes such as shooting in the streets and killing people the police 

will react without mercy and try to take you down. The more trouble you 

make the higher your wanted level will become. In addition, the higher your 

wanted level is, the more the police will be looking for you. The Chief of 

Police is as crooked as any gangster and will come to you occasionally with 

his lackeys and ask for a bribe. In cases of very high wanted level, the F.B.I. 

will come and take care of business. 

Hint: Listen to the Newspaper Boy to hear how wanted you are! 

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Chief of Police 

NPC 




Stamina: Low 


Skill: None 

Primary: Semi-automatic handgun 


Policeman 

NPC 






Skill: None 



F.B.I. Agent 

NPC 



Movement: 175/530 

Stamina: High 


Skill: None 

Primary: 2x semi-automatic handgun 


THE PROSPECTS 

Prospects live in Paradise City and hang around in restaurants and in the 

backs of some businesses. When they are ready to join your family, they will 

tell you (also indicated by a money icon rotating above their heads). 

THE INTERNATIONAL MAFIA CONNECTIONS 

When you become the boss of the family, International Connections will 

begin to contact you over the phone offering all kinds of deals. It is only 

through these deals that you will get super cars and super units. Be sure to 

respect the deals though or International Bosses will surely punish you! 

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Hint: Money bags: Right-click to pick up! 

OTHER MAFIA BOSSES 

Throughout the Singleplayer campaign, you will encounter many different 

mafia factions. Some you will ally with, and others you must defeat. If you 

kill the boss of the family, you will have put an end to their reign, and all the 

remaining family members will scatter and become prospects once more. 

Columbian Boss 

NPC 






Skill: None 

Primary: Uzi 


Russian Boss 

NPC 




Stamina: High 


Skill: None 

Primary: Shotgun 


Black Boss 

NPC 






Skill: None 



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Chinese Boss 

NPC 






Skill: Reveal Stealth 

Primary: Uzi 


Japanese Boss 

NPC 




Stamina: High 


Skill: None 



Sicilian Boss 

NPC 






Skill: None 



Jewish Boss 

NPC 




Stamina: High 


Skill: None 



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Hint: Dough: Never ever misuse the dough Vincenzo gives you! 

THE STORE MANAGERS AND THEIR HIRED MUSCLE 

The store managers manage the businesses throughout the city. They are the 

ones you either extort for 25%, or offer a single payment to get in on half of 

the action. However, store managers have their own protection and may 

choose to turn you down and have their hired muscle try to take you out. 

Store managers hire either security guards or some hoodlum types to 

protect their businesses. Security guards usually work in the high-end 

businesses such as jewelers and banks, whereas hoodlums protect smaller 

businesses such as restaurants and garages. 

Hoodlum Leader 

NPC 





Accuracy: standard 

Skill: None 



Security Guard 

NPC 





Accuracy: standard 

Skill: None 

Primary: Baton / handgun 


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THE CIVILIANS 

Civilians are peaceful law abiding people who just want to live a quiet life. 

Some can be paid to keep an eye out for everything happening in the 

neighborhood while others can be married. 

Civilian Male 

NPC 



Skill: None 

Civilian Female 

NPC 



Skill: None 

Construction Worker 

NPC 



Skill: None 

Hint: Avoid killing civilians, as it will drastically increase your wanted level with 

the police! 

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Hint: Rotate Camera 90: Press “V” and “B” to rotate camera! 

THE NEWSPAPER BOYS 

This little kid delivers important news about stuff going on in the city such 

as when somebody has been killed, or when the police are intensifying their 

search for wanted characters. It may be worthwhile to stop and listen to 

what he has to say. 

Newspaper Boy 

NPC 



Skill: Announces News Bulletins 

THE PRIESTS 

The Priest can be found in the churches in the city. He is the one to go to 

when you want to get married to your fiancé or just to get your units 

blessed. 

Priest 

NPC 


Skill: Bless, Marry 

Preacher 

NPC 


Skill: Bless, Marry 

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PROPERTY 

BUSINESSES 

Good businesses are needed to keep a strong family and there are plenty of 

opportunities to start, build, and develop businesses in Paradise City that 

generate income or resources. Some businesses generate cash, some 

resources, and others generate both. 

Restaurant 

Speak-easy 

The restaurant is your basic business where you can recruit 

basic units for your gang. 

Revenue: Low-Medium 

Workers: Collector 

Resources: None 

Recruitment: Streetgirls, bouncers 

Special: Recruit Big Mammas from medium restaurants (when 

the character is unlocked) 

Speak-easies are built in the backroom of the restaurant. This 

is where people get their daily dose of liquor while watching 

the dance show. 

Revenue: High 

Workers: Dancers 


Recruitment: Gunmen and henchmen 

Arms Dealer 

You need the arms dealer to provide the family with ammo 

and med-kits so guard it well. 



Resources: Ammo, explosives, chemicals, med-kits 

Recruitment: None 

Special: Units can buy weapons here. 

Gambling Den 

Gambling Dens are built in the backroom of the Arms Dealer. 

This is where people go to spend all their money. There is 

absolutely no way anyone can win since the house is cheating. 

Revenue: High 

Workers: Croupier 



Special: None 

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Hint: Catch Running Targets: Use Streetgirls! 

Hotel 

The hotel also works as a low-end brothel where people pay 

for rooms by the hour. The people using this hourly service 

risk having their picture taken with hidden cameras then 

blackmailed with it later. 



Resources: Embarrassing Pictures used for Blackmail 


Special: None 

Brothel 

Brothels are built in the backroom of the Hotel. Several of the 

outstanding citizens find their way to this joyful place, which 

they will soon regret since every embarrassing moment will be 

caught on tape, and may be used for blackmail later. 

Revenue: High 

Workers: Prostitutes 

Resources: More Embarrassing Pictures 


Special: None 

Pawnshop 

Sometimes people just have to get money fast so they pawn all 

their good stuff at ridiculously low prices. In addition, local 

thieves provide stolen goods that can be sold off to 

international connections. 

Revenue: Low 


Resources: Stolen Goods 

Recruitment: Thieves (when character unlocked) 

Special: None 

Loan shark 

Loan sharks are built in the backroom of the Pawnshop. 

People who need money, that can’t find it anywhere else, 

come here to ask for loans with high interests. They are 

usually compulsive gamblers who have nothing to pawn and 

cannot see any other solution than to try their luck once more. 

This time with the family’s money. 

Revenue: High 

Workers: Shylock 


Recruitment: Thief 

Special: None 

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Garage 

Customers who have their car repaired in this shop will come 

home with a lighter car. Stolen vehicle spare-parts can be used 

to repair your own cars, or sold to international connections. 

Revenue: Low 


Resources: Stolen Vehicle Spare Parts 


Special: None 

Distillery 

Distilleries produce illegal liquor sold in speak-easies. Liquor 

can also sold to international connections. 

Revenue: None 

Workers: Distillers, Collector 

Resources: Liquor 


Special: None 

Giant Restaurant 

The giant restaurant is a great location for the recruitment of 

new prospects. Together with fair revenue, this makes the 

giant restaurant well worth the money. 

Revenue: Medium 



Recruitment: Streetgirls, bouncers, gunmen, and henchmen 

Special: None 

Casino 

The casino is where all the high rollers go to gamble. Casinos 

are legal establishments. Hence, taxes are paid for each dollar 

earned. However, extensive skimming ensures very high 

revenue after all. 

Revenue: Very High 

Workers: Croupiers, Collector 



Special: None 

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Import/Export 

For once, this is a completely legal business. As anyone knows 

all Mafiosi just loves good food. Getting into this business 

allows you to get your hands on the best food items you can 

get. In addition, international connections will buy these food 

items. 

Revenue: Low 


Resources: Luxury Foods 


Special: None 

Jeweler 

The jeweler is a lucrative business. The jewelry produced to 

sell to international connections is either stolen, or made from 

parts taken off customers’ jewelry that are in for a repair. 



Resources: Jewelry 


Special: None 

Fashion Boutique 

Cheap, fake designer suits and dresses are sold here at full 

price. 



Resources: Fashion Clothes 


Special: None 

Warehouse 

The warehouse stocks stolen antiques of different sorts. 

Antique furniture, paintings, cutlery, and much more can be 

sold to international connections. 

Revenue: None 


Resources: Antiques 


Special: None 

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Residential Building 

Residential buildings can be used as defensive structures. Buy 

a residential and place some henchmen or gunmen inside to 

fortify the building. They will shoot out through the windows 

at enemies passing by. 

Revenue: None 

Workers: None 



Special: Can be Fortified 

Office Building 

Office buildings, like residential buildings, can be used as 

defensive structures. 

Revenue: None 

Workers: None 


Recruitment: Businessman 


Safehouse 

This is the family’s headquarters and is where all the money 

earned from the family’s businesses must be collected. The 

boss or one of his children must sit here by the desk to answer 

any phone calls. 


NOTE: NPC businesses such as banks and museums cannot be bought. 

VEHICLES 

The fastest and safest way to get around town is by car. Cars can be stolen 

or acquired via the International Connections. Cars are driven with the 

keyboard and fired from with the mouse. Some cars are slow and some fast; 

some cars are heavily armored and some are not. 

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Runabout 

The Runabout is a smart little car that is definitely worth 

acquiring for use in the narrow streets of Little Italy. 

Armor: Very Light 

Speed: Medium 

Handling: Excellent 

Capacity: 2 

Firing positions: 2 

Streetcar 

The Street Car is a medium-sized car with some capability for 

drive-by hits. 

Armor: Light 

Speed: Medium 

Handling: Good 

Capacity: 2 


Truck 

The Truck can be used to move a large group of units into 

enemy territory without having to worry too much about the 

opposition on the way due to the heavy armor. 

Armor: Heavy 

Speed: Very Slow 

Handling: Very Bad 

Capacity: 8 


Citycar 

The City Car Is the ultimate hitmobile used for drive-by hits 

Armor: Medium 

Speed: Medium 


Capacity: 4 


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Sports Car 

The Sports Car is the fastest of all the cars available. With a 

capacity to carry only two people, this car is best used for 

quick sting operations. 

Armor: heavy 

Speed: Very Fast 


Capacity: 2 


Military Vehicle 

The Military Vehicle is a heavily armored car that has 

everything it takes for safe trip out and back again. Its only 

drawback is that it’s very slow. 

Armor: Very Heavy 

Speed: Slow 

Handling: Bad 

Capacity: 4 


Police Car 

The Police Car is a great car to use to get around. 

Armor: Heavy 

Speed: Fast 


Capacity: 4 


WEAPONS 

Weapons can be bought at the arms dealer where each of your units can be 

armed individually. 

Baseball Bat 

Range: Short 

Damage: High 


Special: Stun 

Upgrades: Spikes 

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Baton 

Range: Short 

Damage: High 


Special: Stun 

Upgrades: None 

Hunting Knife 

Range: Very short 

Damage: High 


Special: None 


Sai 


Damage: High 


Special: None 


Pepper Spray 


Damage: Low 


Special: Stun 

Upgrades: Acid 

Poison 

Range: Very Short 

Damage: Medium 


Special: Continuous damage 


Derringer 

Range: Medium 


Accuracy: Low 

Rounds: 6 

Special: None 


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Revolver 

Range: Medium-Long 



Rounds: 6 

Special: None 

Upgrades: Scope 

Semi-automatic Handgun 

Range: Long 

Damage: High 


Rounds: 12 

Special: None 

Upgrades: Scope 

Shotgun 

Range: Short/Medium 

Damage: Very High 


Rounds: 5 

Special: None 


Double Barreled Shotgun 

Range: Short/Medium 



Rounds: 2 

Special: None 


Sniper Rifle 

Range: Very Long 



Rounds: 1 

Special: None 

Upgrades: Scope / Silencer 

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Tommy gun 

Range: Medium/Long 

Damage: High 

Accuracy: Low 

Rounds: 25 

Special: None 

Upgrades: Silencer 

Uzi 

Range: Long 

Damage: High 


Rounds: 30 

Special: None 


Gas Grenade 

Range: Medium 

Damage: None 

Accuracy: Low 

Special: Stuns in area 


Dynamite 

Range: Medium 


Accuracy: Low 

Special: None 


Time Bomb 

Range: None 

Damage: Extremely High 

Accuracy: Extremely High 

Special: Blow up buildings 


Bazooka 

Range: Long 



Special: None 


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QUICKLISTS 

PRIMARY & SECONDARY ATTACKS 

UNIT PRIMARY ATTACK SECONDARY ATTACK 

Mario Normal Shot Throw Dynamite 

Angelo Normal Shot Throw Gas Grenade 

Romano Normal Shot Throw Gas Grenade 

Sonny Normal Shot Throw Dynamite 

Enforcer Normal Shot None 

Lawyer Hit with Suitcase None 

Seductress Seduce None 

Bouncer Stun Hit None 

Gunman Two Guns None 

Henchman Tommy gun None 

Street girl Spray None 

Assassin Poison None 

Bazooka UnitHit Fire Bazooka 

Big Mamma Shotgun None 

Black Widow Two Uzis None 

Bodyguard Two Guns None 

BomberTime BombThrow Dynamite 

Businessman None None 

Infiltrator Slit Throat (Impersonate) None 

Ninja Stun Hit and Kick Stab (Stealth) 

Sniper Sniper Rifle None 

Super Bouncer Stun Hit None 

Thief Steal Throw Gas Grenade 

DEFAULT KEY ASSIGNMENTS 

CHARACTER CONTROL 

Turn selected characters left 

Turn selected characters right 

Turn selected characters forward 

Turn selected characters backward 

Show Stamina 

Use med-kit 

Reload 

KEY 

“A” 

“D” 

“W” 

“S” 

“Q” 

“E” 

“R” 

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VEHICLE CONTROL 

Turn Left 

Turn Right 

Accelerate 

Brake / Reverse 

Toggle Rotation 

KEY 

“A” 

“D” 

“W” 

“S” 

“E” 

GENERAL CONTROL 

Rotate Camera 90° Clockwise 

Rotate Camera 90° Counter-Clockwise 

Master Volume Up 

Master Volume Down 

Force Select 

Toggle Boss Detail View 

KEY 

“V” 

“B” 

PgUp 

PgDn 

“Z” + Left-Click 

“G” 

OTHER CONTROL 

FIXED KEY 

Rotate Camera 

ALT + Move Mouse 

Move Camera 

SPACE + Move Mouse 

Force Attack 

CTRL + Right-Click 

Toggle Select 

SHIFT + Left-Click 

Define Group CTRL + 1-9 

Select Group 1-9 

Context Buttons (Function Bar) 

F1-F5 

Show Game Statistics 

TAB 

FUNCTION BAR USED BY SITUATION KEY (DEF.) 

Use Med Kit All Normal F1 

Reload All Normal F2 

Crouch/Stand All Normal F3 

Pri./Sec. Weapon All Normal F4 

Toggle Auto-fire All Normal F5 

Lock Door Boss & Underboss By desk in Safehouse F1 

Go to the Mattresses Boss & Underboss By desk in Safehouse F2 

Put out Contract Boss & Underboss By desk in Safehouse F3 

Toggle auto-fire Boss & Underboss By desk in Safehouse F4 

(whole family) 

Shut & Lock Business Store Manager Taken over biz F1 

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Toggle Liquor Sales Store Manager Speak-easy built F4 

Toggle Recruitment Store Manager Taken over biz F5-F8 

All Leave Vehicle Vehicle Anyone inside F1 

Individual Leave Vehicle Anyone inside F5-F12 

Vehicle 

MAIN CHARACTER LEVELS 

The schematic shows how much XP is needed for each level and the 

categories each of the four brothers will advance. 

LEVELS XP ROMANO MARIO ANGELO SONNY 

0 0 Basic Basic Basic Basic 

1 2000 Business Leadership Combat Combat 

2 4000 Business Leadership Leadership Combat 

3 6000 Leadership Business Business Business 

4 8000 Combat Combat Combat Leadership 


6 14000 Combat Combat Business Business 

7 17000 Combat Combat Combat Business 

8 20000 Leadership Business Leadership Leadership 

9 24000 Business Leadership Business Combat 

10 28000 Combat Combat Combat Business 


12 36000 Leadership Business Business Leadership 

13 40000 Leadership Business Combat Leadership 

14 45000 Business Leadership Leadership Leadership 

15 50000 Leadership Business Business Leadership 

16 55000 Leadership Business Leadership Business 

17 60000+ Combat Combat Business Business 

GENERAL UNIT LEVELS 

All secondary units (everybody but the main characters) have two combat 

levels that they advance. 

LEVEL XP ALL UNITS 

1 1500 Combat 

2 6000 Combat 

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TECHNICAL and CUSTOMER SUPPORT 

For all inquiries regarding Gangland, please send a mail to 

support@gangland-lejeu.com 

CREDITS 

PRODUCERS 

Benedict Ødemotland & Adam Gregersen 

LINE PRODUCERS 

Henrik Münther & Andreas Ammitzbøll 

GAME DESIGNERS 

Adam Gregersen & Benedict Ødemotland 

ADDITIONAL DESIGNERS 

Andreas Ammitzbøll 

Henrik Münther 

Jacob Nordahl 

LEAD PROGRAMMER 


PROGRAMMERS 

Heine Gundersen 

Mikael Garde Nielsen 

Michael Rasmussen 

Mads Parviz Nyholm 

Lasse Jul Nielsen 

Dino Christian Patti 

Mikkel Fennestad 

Odin Jensen 

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LEAD ARTIST 


ARTISTS 

Timothy “The Bastard” Evison 

Thomas Finn 

David Nilsson 

Mogens Skjold Overbeck 

Timmi Klügel 

LEVEL DESIGNERS 


Adam Gregersen 


Jacob Nordahl 

SCRIPTERS 


Lasse Jul Nielsen 

SOUND PRODUCER 

Heine Gundersen 

SOUND FX 

Epic Sound / David Filskov 

VOICE CASTING & DIRECTION 

AudioGodz / Lani Minella 

VOICE TALENTS 

Chris Wilcox 

Dave Rivas 

Jon St. John 

Lani Minella 

Marc Biagi 

Ryan Drummond 

Bill Corkery 

MUSIC COMPOSED AND PRODUCED BY 

Thomas Finn 

LEAD TESTER 

Jacob Nordahl 

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GAME BALANCING 



Benedict Ødemotland 

Bjarne Svanberg 

QUALITY ASSURANCE 

Absolute Quality Inc. 

QA Manager 

Calvin Grove 

Project Lead 

Eric “Da Cap’M” Konzal 

Project Second 

Fran Katsimpiris 

Testers 

Joe Aliberti 

Nathan Briggs 

Dan Gleason 

John Kuhn 

Matt Kutrik 

Timothy Lamb 

Clint McCaul 

Anthony Sideris 

Paul Stone 

Compatibility Lead Tester 

Nathan Conn 

EXTERNAL BETA-TESTERS 

Anders Vinderslev 

Anders Højgaard 

Andreas Møller 

Andreas Brink 

Bjarne Svanberg 

Henrik Aamann 

Jan Rækby Pedersen 

Kim Laugesen 

Mikkel Gjøl 

Nikolaj Brodersen Hansen 

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Nikhil Patel 

Thomas Sørensen 

Thomas Højgaard 

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS 

Christian Majgaard 

Jacob Nordahl 

Adam Gregersen 

Benedict Ødemotland 

MANAGING DIRECTOR 

Christian Majgaard 

FOUNDERS OF MEDIAMOBSTERS 

Adam Gregersen, Benedict Ødemotland & Christian Majgaard 

PUBLISHED BY 

Whiptail Interactive 

COVER ART AND PACKAGING LAYOUT 

Todd ‘3rd nipple’ Young 

Thomas ‘the cucumber’ Evans 

TECHNICAL SUPPORT 

NVIDIA 

ATI 

SPECIAL THANKS TO 

All the supporting family members of the team 

ETERNAL THANKS TO 

The Guardian Angels who are watching over us 

PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGIES 

This product contains software technology licensed from GameSpy 

Industries, Inc. © 1999-2003 GameSpy Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. 

FMOD sound and music system, copyright © Firelight Technologies Pty, 

Ltd., 1994-2003. 

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Big Mamma’s Meatballs 

For the Meatballs: 

1 lb. Beef (minced/ground etc.) 

1 lb. Ground Pork or Veal (minced/ground etc.) 

2 Cloves Garlic - minced or chopped finely 

2 Tbs. Fresh Chopped Parsley 

2 Tbs. Grated Parmesan Cheese 

1 large egg, beaten 

1 Cup bread crumbs (not too fresh but not stale) 

1/2 Cup Water and Salt & Pepper to taste 

Mix all (leave a small portion of both meat for the sauce) the above 

together in a bowl. Then, with your fingers form balls the size of 

ping-pong balls. If they are too sticky dust with flour and if too 

dry add more water before rolling. Set to one side whilst you 

make the sauce. 

For The Sauce: 

3-4 Tbs. Extra Virgin Olive Oil and a little butter 

2 Cloves of Garlic – Minced or chopped finely (more garlic can be added if required) 

1 Large Onion or two smaller ones - chopped finely 

1 Fresh stalk of celery, finely chopped 

Salt & Pepper (freshly ground black) 

1/4 Cup Chopped Basil 

1/2 Tbs. Oregano fresh if possible but dried is fine. 

1/2 Tbs. Thyme – fresh if possible but dried is fine. 

1/4 Cup Chopped Fresh Parsley 

2 - 6 oz. Cans Tomato Paste 

1 Large Can of chopped Tomatoes 

About 4 Cups water and a glass of red wine. 

3 Tbs. Grated Parmesan Cheese 

Fresh spaghetti pasta – try not to use dried if possible. 

Fry (in a large skillet or frying pan) the meat saved from the meatball ingredients in the 

hot oil until well browned, should take a minute at most. Add the garlic, onion, and 

celery and sauté until tender. Add the paste, tomatoes, water and herbs, stir and bring 

to a slow boil. Season the sauce with (freshly milled) black pepper and salt. 

Turn mixture down to a simmer and stir in the wine. Drop the prepared meatballs into 

the sauce. Do not stir for the first 15 minutes or so until the meatballs begin to firm up. 

Continue to cook for 2 hours, stirring (with care) occasionally, and adding extra water 

(and a little more wine if preferred) as needed if the sauce becomes too thick. 

Although it sounds cliché spaghetti is still the best pasta to serve with this dish and I 

would recommend fresh pasta over dried. Serve with a fresh rocket salad, some warm 

(garlic if preferred) bread and fresh parmesan. 

Serve with a good red wine, Chianti if you wish but I prefer a Barolo. 

Salute! Buon appetito! 

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