Parker Brothers’ MONOPOLY® Real Estate Trading Game was presented to Parker Brothers during the Depression by Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Darrwo had made the first games by hand, given them to friends and sold a few through a Philadelphia department store. But as demand grew, he could not keep up with the orders and arranged for Parker Brothers to acquire the rights to the game in 1935.

Since then, it has become the leading proprietary game not only in the United States but throughout the Western world. IT is published under license in 32 countries and in 32 languages!

This version of the game conforms to all the rules of the board game and some of the rules used in tournament play. The beauty of this version is that the system acts as the Banker and takes care of all the accounting and money management tasks—which speeds up play and prevents mathematical errors in the High Finance Department.

START Button… To begin the game

SELECT Button… To call up the Main Menu

A Button… To select and enter all choices

B Button… To send a property to auction

X Button… To see all players’ Assets

Y Button… To see Title Deeds cards; to Get Out of Jail

Control Pad… To move and scroll to numbers, letters, tokens, options

Note: There will be brief instructions and reminders on screen while you’re playing.

1. Hit START… to begin
2. Number of Players… The system will default to 2 players. You can play with from 2 (you and one computer opponent, or you and another human player) to 8 players. Use the Control Pad to pick the number of players, then press the A Button to select the number.
3. Is This Player Human or Computer?… If Human, press A to select. If Computer, move to "Computer," then press A to select. If you picked any computer players, your rogues’ galery of possible opponents will appear. Use the Control Pad to move from portrait to portrait; hit the A Button to select each rival.
4. Enter Name… Use the Control Pad to move the yellow square cursor to the first letter of the player’s name, then hit the A Button to select the letter. Continue until you have spelled out the player’s name, then move to "OK," then hit the A Button to select. (Use the ß at the bottom to backspace and "erase" a letter to change the spelling; use the à to add a space, as in Mary Lou.)
5. Token… Use the Control Pad to scroll to the Token you want, then press A to select. (Computer opponents pick their own tokens immediately, so enter the human players first to get the first choice.)

   There are 8 tokens to choose from: Hat, Horse, Iron, Thimble, Dog, Wheelbarrow, Car, Shoe

6. Repeat… steps 3, 4 and 5 for all remaining players.
7. Press A… to start the game immediately. Your alternative is to press B for Options to preset the gameplay. The one option you may want to pick now is Short Game. See page 15 for details on this and all other Options.
8. Who Goes First?… The system randomly picks who goes first and that player’s name appears on the first screen.

   Note: Your cash on hand will always be displayed at the start of your turn along with your name.

9. Roll the Dice… Now it’s time to play! The first player presses A to "roll" the dice; the token automatically moves the number of spaces indicated by the dice.

You can’t get away with any shady dealings! Whenever you try to make a move that does not follow the official MONOPOLY rules, the system will let you know! The move will not be carried out, and play will resume at the point before the illegal move was attempted.

To Buy... When your token lands on an unowned piece of real estate--with a "For Sale" sign--press A to buy it immediately. If you need to raise money to buy it, see the "Mortgage" page. To view all of that property's Title Deed card information, press Y.

To Auction... If you don't want to buy the property, press B to send it to auction, where all players may participate if they wish. The auctioneer will run the auction and determine what the bids will be. To bid, use the Control Pad to move back and forth from player to player and to up the ante; the auctioneer sets each new bid. As soon as no one makes another bid, he will flash "Going, going, going...." If no one jumps in, it will be "SOLD" to the highest bidder.

Assets... To find out everyone's status at any particular time, press X to bring up the Assets screen to see:

• Properties owned
• Cash levels
• "Get Out of Jail Free" card: If you drew one from Chance or Community Chest, it will show up here.

Press any button to exit.

To Get Out of Jail... You may...

1. Press A to roll the dice and try for doubles, OR
2. Press Y to use a "Get Out of Jail Free" card if you have one or
3. Press Y to pay $50 if you don't have a card.

• Hit Select to bring up the Main Menu. When the system asks who it is talking to, use the Control Pad to identify yourself. Press A.
• Use the Control Pad to move between options.
• Hit A to make your selections and bring up the Sub-menus.
• Hit B when you're through.

Note: The number of Houses and Hotels left in the Bank and available for sale appears on the main screen at the beginning of each players turn. Watch for impending shortages.

To Buy Houses & Hotels... Press A to buy Houses or Hotels; press B to sell them. Use the Control Pad to view the Title Deed cards for the properties you own: When you reach the one you want to build on, press A. On the next screen, use the Control Pad to enter the number of Houses (or Hotels) you want to buy. Press A to select.

Note: If you purchased more than one House, the system will automatically put the first one on the property you're on, then distribute the others evenly among the properties in that color group.

Does Anyone Else Want to Build?... At this point, other players may jump in and purchase Houses or Hotels for their own properties by pressing the B button. This is very important if there is a potential building shortage. Each player indicates how many he/she wants. If there is a shortage, the system automatically starts an auction for each available building.

Sell: Houses & Hotels... Follow the "Buy" instructions above, and press B to sell. If you're selling a Hotel, it will first be "converted" back into four Houses; now select Sell Houses to continue to sell off evenly from those properties.

Use the Control Pad to move to different properties you own and display their Title Deed cards; the mortgage value (50% of the property's worth) is displayed halfway down. Press the A button to mortgage the property you stopped on. If you decide not to mortgage, press the B button to exit.

Note: Before you can mortgage a property, you must sell any buildings on it back to the bank.

To un-mortgage, follow the above procedure to select the property you wish to pay off; press B to un-mortgage it. Your cash on hand will be debited for the value of the mortgage plus 10% interest.

1. Select Trade... on the Main Menu. Press A.
2. Scroll... to select the player you wish to trade with; press A to confirm.
3. Point Rich Uncle's hand... at a menu item and press A to select.
4. Put together your deal:

Property: Use the Control Pad to scroll through your deeds and find one to offer. Press A to select it and make it part of your trade; you may press A again to un-select it if you want to change your offer. Keep scrolling and selecting until you've picked all the properties you want to offer. Hit B to return to the main Trade screen.

Cash: Use the Control Pad to enter the amount of your cash offer: UP raises the number, DOWN lowers. Hit A to confirm your final cash offer.

Point Rich Uncle at the other player's name, and repeat the above steps for the other half of the deal.

Accept: Once an acceptable deal is set up, move Rich Uncle to Accept and press A, or use the Control Pad to further modify the offer. When the deal is to everyone's liking, each player in turn presses A to accept.

Refuse:... No Deal!

Note: You can set up the deal for what you want to receive in a trade as well as what you are willing to offer. This is especially important when dealing with computer opponents. Follow the same steps above.

Timer... If you elected to play a short, timed game, this will tell you how much time you have left.

Game Speed... Press A to speed up or slow down the pace.

Deeds... To look at all the deeds on the board, including who owns what, and figure what a property is worth. When the Title Deed is displayed, you will see the status:

• Ownership of the property
• Number of Houses/Hotels and rent
• Mortgage/Un-mortgage status.

The game board will also be displayed; it, too, indicates the status of each property. Use the Control Pad to move to the property you want to review. Press B to exit.

Computerize... To change a Human player to a Computer player if somebody wants to leave the game. Once you have converted the player, you can't un-do the switch.

Turn Order... To see the order of the players.

End Game... To end the game for any reasons. The Assets screen appears and shows who won. You may then turn off the unit.

Options... At the beginning of each game, after you have selected the number of players, you may press A to start a regular game. Or you may hit B to bring up the Options screen: This allows you to go player-by-player to set cash and assign properties, and place Houses and Hotels before the first roll of the dice; to select a Short Game; or to Load a Preset Game--so you begin right in the thick of things.

Note: Each of the options marked with an * affects individual players; the system will ask which player's "assets" you are designing. Repeat all *'d steps for each playeras you go along, then place Houses and Hotels on the properties.

"Load Preset Game" pre-sets many of these options for you.

*Set Cash... Use UP Arrow to raise and DOWN to lower how much each player starts with. Press A to select.

*Assign Properties... Use the Control Pad to move around the board, hitting A to assign a property to that player; property values are not deducted from player's cash. Hit B to quit this option.

*Place Token... Use Control Pad to place each token where you want it to be at the game's official start. Press A to select.

*Place Buildings... (You may do so only if you own all the properties in a particular color group.) Use the Control Pad to move through property deeds to the color group where you want to place buildings. Press A. Use UP on the Control Pad to fill in the number of Houses you want to place; if you change your mind, use DOWN to lower the number. Press A to select. The system will automatically distribute buildings evenly across all the properties in this color group.

If you've already placed four Houses on each property in a color group, you may replace the four Houses with a Hotel from the bank.

Short Game... To play a short game, use UP/DOWN on the Control Pad to enter the number of minutes you want to play; press A to select that number. When the time in a limited game expires, the game automatically and immediately ends and the winner is displayed.

If you picked Short Game, the system will ask you if you want it to randomly deal out two Title Deed cards to each player (so you don't have to spend time acquiring property). Press A if you want it to deal. Press B if you want to skip this option and exit.

Load Preset Game... Use to load on of the 12 preset games. Use Control Pad to scroll through your choices. Press A to select the one you want.