삼국지 III

Everything below is an observation from real runs on the DOS lane, not a rule
of the game. Apply a step only when the screen shows the prompt it names, and
read the screen (PNG artifact) after every decision. The general DOS lane
rules — controller, passing, saves — are in the dos-play Skill.

Boot

masc_dos_load with program: samguk3, boot: KOEI.COM. KOEI.COM runs the
opening (OPEN.EXE) and then the game (MAIN.EXE). The KOEI logo waits for a
key; enter skips the opening.

Copy protection

A white box: CODE: / INPUT CODE [孔李李], three red hanja. The code for
[孔李李] was 10183: masc_dos_type 10183, then enter. If the box
shows different hanja, the code is not known here — ask the operator rather
than guessing, since a wrong code ends the program.

From the title to the first turn

Every prompt ends in (range)?; type the number, then enter.

Prompt	Observed choice
마우스를 사용할 경우에는 클릭해 주세요 / 키보드… 키를 눌러 주세요	any key (space)
어느 것을 하겠습니까(1-3)? — 1 새로운 게임, 2 데이터 로드, 3 장수 등록	1
몇번의 시나리오입니까(1-6)?	1 (189년, 동탁 폭정)
몇 명으로 게임하겠습니까(0-8)?	the number of human players; 0 lets every ruler be AI (spectating)
게임자 N은 누구를 선택하겠습니까(0-19)?	one per human player; in scenario 1: 1 공손찬, 2 원소, 3 유비, 4 한복, 5 조조, 6 도겸 …
게임레벨은 어느 것으로 하겠습니까(1-2)?	1 초급, 2 상급
타국의 전쟁을 보겠습니까(1-2)?	2 keeps AI wars off the screen and the calls short
게임모드는 어느 쪽으로 하겠습니까(1-2)?	1 사실모드, 2 가상모드
모두 좋겠습니까(Y/N)?	y
그러면 게임을 시작합니다	enter

A ruler's turn

<군주>님, <번호>.<도시>에 명령을(0-9)? — the top bar lists 0 휴양, 1 군사,
2 인사, 3 외교, 4 정보, 5 개발, 6 계략, 7 상인, 8 특별, 9 기능. The name at the
start of the prompt is whose turn it is.

0, enter asks 이달의 명령을 끝내겠습니까(Y/N)?; y ends that ruler's month.
The sangokushi-3-end-month composition does the three keys in one call.

Hotseat

With two human players (유비 and 조조 in scenario 1) the game asked 조조 first
in 189년 봄 1월, and after 조조 ended the month the next settled screen asked
유비 — the AI rulers' turns ran inside that one call. When the prompt names a
ruler played by another Keeper, pass the controller to them (dos-play).