SIAM Limited
	News from S I A M - Autumn 1994

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Railway-based Games for your IBM PC or compatible, Commodore Amiga, or Atari ST

Experience the challenge of railway operation in the comfort of your own home. If you have an Atari ST capable of medium resolution display, an Amiga, or an IBM PC or compatible, you can enjoy these absorbing games (for PC best with colour monitor, but mono and portable modes are available).

All programs are available for the PC, though Signal Box and Driver simulations require EGA or VGA graphics capability.

 All programs are available for the Commodore Amiga, EXCEPT

• Traffic Control programs listed under the "Old Style Through Station" heading - these will be replaced over the next year or so by equivalent programs in the "New-Style Through Station" series.
• Fleet Manager - Classes 47 and 50 - available only on special request, subject to up to three weeks' delay
• Shedmaster - Finsbury Park - available only on special request, subject to up to three weeks' delay

  All programs are available for the ST, except that the Driver series and Aller Junction Signal Box are available in text mode only, without graphics. Due to technical difficulties and the shrinking market, any future Signal Box, Gold Series and Silver Series simulations will not be available for the ST.

  Based on extensive research, these games give the genuine flavour of the problems and challenges of running a railway. Authentic track plans, motive power and schedules for the location and period are used, in some cases with additional workings to add interest. To avoid any possible disappointment, please note that these are not "arcade" games, but realistic simulations. Graphic screen modes are not used, and the emphasis is on providing you with sufficient information to make the right decisions.

  Games are constantly being added to our range: watch our ads in "Rail", "PC Plus" and "ST Format" for details! Some of our newest, most complex and most popular games are now to be found in our "Silver Series" and "Gold Series".

  All Traffic Control, Railfreight, Signal Box, Driver and Freight Manager simulations, and some in the Shedmaster and Fleet Manager series, now have mouse support (on the PC only)

  All prices are inclusive of VAT, postage and packing (UK or overseas). Please send payment with order, and state clearly your computer and the disk size required. When ordering a Driver simulation for the PC, please state clearly whether the Graphics () or Text () version is required.

  Please note that for your convinience and ours, it is normal practice to fit all programs for one order on to as few disks as possible. This simplifies the use of the supplied MENU program (not on Amiga). If you want programs supplied on separate disks, for example to give as presents, please ask. If you are ordering several programs at once for an Atari ST, please tell us if you can NOT accept double-sided disks.

  Please note that we can not supply these games for any computers other than those stated: specifically not for Amstrad PCW or CPC series, Commodore 64, Spectrum or BBC.

  In the case of a significant error in any program, an upgrade to the latest version is available free of charge on request, provided that the error is described in sufficient detail for us to identify it, and the serial number of the original disk is stated. It is NOT necessary to return the original disks. In response to a number of enquiries, we will also provide "upgrades" from ST to Amiga or PC versions at the same price of per program.

  Difficulty levels - An indication of the difficulty of each game is provided, as follows::

  #	Easiest
  ##	Reasonably easy
  ###	Fairly difficult
  ####	Definitely difficult
  #####	Extremely difficult

  These ratings are of course subjective, but we hope they will be helpful. In general, we do not recommend games marked ### or higher until you have tried something simpler first, but of course the choice if yours.

  Acknowledgement - Many of these games are based on ideas developed by R Pritchard and Dr D Stannard, to whom we are indebted for permission to publish PC and Atari ST versions

  CREDIT CARDS: We can now accept VISA and MASTERCARD credit cards. If you wish to use this facility, please make sure that you supply ALL the necessary information: name, address, card number, card expiry date (and start date if printed on the card). All transactions will have to be authorised, and the cardholder's address must be the same as the delivery address.

  SIAM Ltd. (Dept. F) 1 St. David's Close, Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP3 8LU Answering machine/FAX : 0442-230404

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