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CONTENTS

COMPLETE CONTROLS 1
IT’S ONLY BUSINESS 2
GETTING MADE 2
PLAYING THE GAME 3
DON’S VIEW 3
THIS THING OF OURS 4
COMBAT 5
RACKETS 6
CRIME RINGS 7
GOING TO THE MATTRESSES 8
THE LAW 9
MULTIPLAYER 10
PERFORMANCE TIPS 11
TECHNICAL SUPPORT 12
LIMITED 90-DAY WARRANT Y 13

INSTALLING THE GAME

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STARTING THE GAME

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COMPLETE CONTROLS

These are the default controller settings. To change your control map, select OPTIONS in the main menu,
then select CONTROLS.

GENERAL CONTROLS

Move—Forward and back
Move/Strafe—Left and right
Toggle jog/walk
Sprint
Look/aim
Crouch
Talk/Interact E
Pause Menu ESC

CREW COMMANDS

Regroup V
Go Here/Use Specialty

COMBAT

Hand-to-Hand attacks are the default unless a weapon has been drawn. Equip and draw a weapon to use it.

Look/aim
Weapon wheel
Draw weapon
Cycle weapons up/down
Left/Right hand punches
Block Q
Grab
Fire gun
Precision aim
Reload R
Enter/exit cover F

WEAPON HOTKEYS

Melee Weapon 1
Garotte 2
Pistol 3
Magnum 4
Shotgun 5
Tommy Gun 6
Sniper Rifle 7
Molotov 8
Dynamite 9
Bomb 0

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W and S
A and D

Left ALT
Left SHIFT (hold)
Mouse
Left CTRL

Mouse to aim/C

Mouse
Middle mouse button or SPACEBAR (hold)
Middle mouse button or SPACEBAR (tap)
Mouse wheel or Z/X
Left/Right mouse buttons

Left + Right mouse buttons
Left mouse button
Right mouse button (hold)

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2

3

DRIVING

Enter/exit vehicle E
Gas W
Brake S
Turn left/right
Handbrake SHIFT
Crew shoot/return
Toggle camera presets Z
Rear camera view Q
Toggle radio on/off C
Change radio stations
Horn CTRL
Camera Control

A/D

SPACE or middle mouse button

F/V

Mouse

DON’S VIEW

Open Don’s View TAB
Pan left/right
Pan up/down
Rotate map left/right

Zoom in

Zoom out

Tilt camera
Set Waypoint SPACEBAR
Center on current location HOME
Get details on highlighted business

A/D or mouse
W/S or mouse

Right mouse button (hold) and slide the mouse
left/right

Right mouse button (hold) and slide the mouse
forward

Right mouse button (hold) and slide the mouse
back

Mouse wheel up/down

ENTER or left-click

IT’S ONLY BUSINESS

Fifteen years ago, Michael Corleone and Aldo Trapani waged a war against the Five Families. For Michael,
it was strictly business—a decision that solidified his family’s position as the head of New York’s criminal
underworld. For Aldo, the war was a personal vendetta against the man who killed his father.

In the years since, the Corleone family has grown into a lucrative empire with power and influence that reaches
far beyond New York. Strongholds in Miami and Las Vegas have put them at the forefront of every criminal
enterprise in America, but times are changing. If they are to survive, the Corleones must change as well.

Hyman Roth, the last surviving member of the Mafia’s golden age, has summoned the heads of America’s
crime families to Cuba on New Year’s Eve. The future of the Mafia lies in this small, business-friendly island
nation–or so Roth believes. It is 1958, and la revolucion is coming...

GETTING MADE

Before you start, set up a gamer profile to save your game progress and all of your memorable achievements.
You can also customize the look of your mobster until you get something that commands respect.

SAVING AND LOADING

The Godfather II automatically saves your progress at certain checkpoints. You can also manually save from
the pause menu.

To continue a saved game, select RESUME GAME from the main menu.

PLAYING THE GAME

In The Godfather II, you play Dominic, a boss in the Corleone family with plans to expand the family business.
Form your own family, promote your made men, take over every business in the city, and wipe out your
rivals’ organizations. This is the business you chose.

Health

Crew

status/

health

Selected
weapon/

ammo

NPC
health

Battle alert

Mini-map

Location/
protection

DON’S VIEW

The more you have, the more you have to keep track of. The Don’s View is where you orchestrate your
criminal empire and plan your rivals’ demise.

Press TAB to open the Don’s View to a map of the city. Set waypoints by pressing SPACEBAR, or zero in on
your current location by pressing HOME. Scroll through the map by pointing the mouse cursor to the sides
of the screen, and zoom/rotate by holding the right mouse button and moving the mouse up, down, left, and
right. Highlight any business to see their status, and either press ENTER or left-click to get more details.

THE OPERATION

To go deeper into your business, click “More Don’s View.”

Cities Switch the map between every city you operate in.
The Books View your in-game stats and keep track of your money.
Crime Rings Check how well your takeover operations are progressing.
Place of Interest See where all the important places are on the map.

FAMILY TREE

YOUR FAMILY

Manage your made men, upgrade their stats, weaponry and specialties, promote them, terminate them, add
them to your crew, and send them to bomb, defend, or take over businesses.

RIVAL FAMILIES

View the status of your enemies, including their known hangouts and kill conditions. Mark a rival made man
for death by highlighting him and clicking on “Mark for Death” to find him on the map, and make sure your
boys save the kill for you.

THE DON’S CONNECTIONS

This is your book for who owes you, and the favors you’ve done.

Corrupt Officials People in power who are open to the services you provide. Do them a favor, and they’ll

Back Pocket View and call in all the favors Corrupt Officials owe you.
Favors A list of things you’ve agreed to do for money, intel, or influence.

return your kindness when you need it.

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THIS THING OF OURS

Don Corleone wants you to form your own family by recruiting loyal men with the skills you need, and
bringing them up through the ranks. Take care of your guys, and they’ll take care of you.

You can tell somebody’s looking for work if they have the icon over their heads. Give ‘em a quick
interview by pressing E, then decide whether to bring them in or not. Go back to businesses you’ve taken
over to find more recruits, and keep an eye out for a few lone wolves out on the streets. It’s always good
policy to adopt a stray or two.

FAMILY AND CREW

The family is the entire network of earners who work for you, but only three people can roll with you at a
time. To pick the guys you want on your crew, go to Your Family in the Don’s View, highlight the family
members you want and click “Add to Crew.”

CONTROLLING YOUR CRE W

Your crew is self-sufficient, but they take orders when you give some. Aim your reticle and press C to
send ’em there. Press V to call them back. If you put your reticle on a person or thing that relates to
one of their specialties, a message pops up to let you know. Just press C and they’ll make it happen.

Family members who aren’t in your crew can still be used to defend your interests around town, or take over
rival businesses. Give them their orders on the Crime Rings screen.

SPECIALTIES

Every soldier you recruit starts with a useful specialty.

Arsonist

Demolitions
Your demo guy sets a charge, a timer

Bruiser

Teach somebody a lesson by getting
the arsonist on your crew to torch
something they like.

counts down, boom. You’ll need him
to take out enemy compounds.

Muscle is important, and your bruiser
likes to get physical with enemies,
witnesses, or anyone else you point to.

SKILLS AND EQUIPMENT

Keep your family on top by upping their stats and putting better guns in their hands. Just select who you
want to spend money on from the Your Family screen and click “Upgrade” to get started.

WEAPON LICENSES

You can use any weapon you come across, but your guys are restricted to the weapon license you find them
with. Earn them better licenses by playing with your family online so they can handle better firearms and
cover your back with greater authority.

NOTE: There are some gun licenses you can only acquire by playing multiplayer matches.

PROMOTION

If your guys earn their bones, they deserve recognition. Promote your family members up from Soldiers to
Capos to Underbosses, and make room for new Soldiers to come in. The higher the rank, the tougher they
are and the more pain they dish out. Higher ranks can also add more specialties to their résumé.

PIECE OF ADVICE: Send a capo or underboss to protect key business interests. A higher-ranked wiseguy

will defend it better than a soldier when your enemies hit back.
On the other hand, if somebody isn’t working out, select his profile and mark him for death to whack

him yourself.

Safecracker

Engineer

Medic

Every business has a safe where they
keep the good stuff. A safecracker
turns their stuff into your stuff.

A good engineer gives you the keys
to the city, getting you into places
you don’t belong and cutting
enemy communications.

It’s a tough business, and people get
hurt. A medic on the team can patch up
the whole crew and keep them fighting.

DRIVING

Walk up to any stationary car and press E to clear out any occupants, and press E again to get in; your
crew will automatically follow. If you run into some trouble on the road—or need to start some—press
SPACEBAR or the middle mouse button to get your guys shooting. Press SPACEBAR again to make them lay
low. Don’t sweat it if you have to leave a crew member behind ... he’ll catch up.

FINANCES

Everything costs, whether you’re rewarding your family or sending thugs around to protect your property. Go
to the Finances screen under The Books in the Don’s View to see what you’re earning versus what you’re
paying out.

FAVORS

Scratch somebody’s back, and they’ll scratch yours. Find people who need a favor and do it, and you’ll get
money, vital info, influence ... all things you need to get ahead. Once the job’s done, check the
Don’s Connections to see what you earned.

SAFEHOUSES

Hole up from the cops, rearm, and stash your stolen goods in your safehouses. Along with friendly
compounds, they’re your sanctuary when things get too hot.

COMBAT

There’s just one answer for people who don’t show you respect.

BLACKHAND

Push someone’s face in by pressing the left or right mouse buttons (with no weapons drawn) to throw left
and right hooks; experiment a little and you’ll discover some nasty combo moves. You can also pick up
objects like bottles (press E) and throw them to stun opponents.

GRAB

Press the left and right mouse buttons together to grab the guy you’re pounding on. Now you’ve got options.

Strangle Press and hold the SPACEBAR. You’ll feel the pulse get weak; let ’em live or finish

Drag Press W/S/A/D to take your vicitm places.
Beat Quickly move the mouse forward.
Swing Quickly move the mouse left or right.
Throw Quickly move the mouse left or right and release the mouse buttons while swinging.
Lift to Feet Press S or tap the SPACEBAR to bring a kneeling enemy up to eye level.
Slam Drag that worthless punk up against a wall or object, then press W, A, or D (based on the

Throw over ledge Put your enemy up against a window or railing and let him fly by moving the

Threaten Explain the way things are by moving the mouse back.
Garrote Equip your garrote, sneak up behind some chump and pull and hold the left and right

Execute Don’t need ’em anymore? Press F to finish ’em off, but good.

’em off.

location of the wall or object).

mouse forward.

mouse buttons simultaneously. After you’ve wrapped him up, press and hold the

SPACEBAR to finish him off.

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7

GUNPLAY

When you really mean business, press SPACEBAR (or middle mouse button) to draw your selected weapon,
and the left mouse button to fire it. Press and hold the right mouse button for more precise aim. If you find
the game to be too difficult, you can enable Auto Target Locking via the Options menu.

Press and hold SPACEBAR (or middle mouse button) to open your weapon wheel. Select your piece by
moving the mouse cursor over it and releasing the SPACEBAR. Or use Z and X to cycle through all your
available weapons.

You can also cycle through weapons using the mouse wheel. And if you want to select a weapon directly,
use its corresponding weapon hotkey.

COVER

Don’t be stupid. If you’re getting shot at, duck by pressing left CTRL, or take cover behind something solid by
pressing F. Lean out and shoot back with your mouse.

PIECE OF ADVICE: When you hit a rival business, some chump might use a pay phone to call for

reinforcements. Plug him before anybody picks up to spare yourself some grief, or get the engineer on your
crew to cut the phone lines before you pop anybody.

BOMBING A BUILDING

Close up that shop for a while either by using your demolitions guy to blow up the gas main of a building
(press C), or highlight the target in Don’s View, press ENTER for More Info and click “Bomb” to order the strike.

GETTING WHACKED

When you die, you’ll wake up at the nearest hospital, light on some cash. Try to use blue vials enemies drop
to replenish your health before it gets that far.

If somebody on your crew goes down, you or your Medic’s got a few seconds to revive them. Otherwise,
they’ll be spending some time at the hospital, and you’ll have one less guy backing you up for a while.

RACKETS

The key to success is taking what others have and making it yours. Each racket covers a specific field—
gambling, drugs, guns, smuggling, you name it. All you gotta do is waltz in, clip their muscle, and convince
the owner they’re under new management. Your end of that racket’s profits will pay direct to you every night.

INTIMIDATION

Nothing gets done without leaning on somebody. Talk business owners into paying you instead of the other
guy by giving them a few smacks, but keep an eye on the pressure meter. Push further than you have to,
and they’ll pay more. Push too hard, and they’ll fight back. Then you might have to kill them and start over.
That’s no way to run a business.

Or find the owner’s weak spot. Maybe it’s busting their merchandize or roughing up their customers, but find
it and they’ll pay up–big time.

MANAGE GUARDS

Naturally, you take something away from another family, they’re gonna want it back. Send some guards over
to protect your new interests by putting your cursor on the racket you want secured in the Don’s View, press
ENTER for More Info and click on “Manage Guards” to order up as many guards as you want. Remember,
though: they’ll cost ya.

Or click on “Send Defenders” to task a made man to babysit. Family is always more reliable, and the higher
their rank, the better job they’ll do.

CRIME RINGS

Every family spreads each racket out over several locations; take over all these locations to establish a Crime
Ring. Controlling a Crime Ring earns you a hefty income and entitles you to special bonuses, like brass knuckles
or bulletproof vests. All those perks go away if even one racket in the Crime Ring is lost or bombed ... at least,
until it’s retaken or rebuilt.

CRIME RING BONUS

Adult
Entertainment

Arms
Smuggling

Chop Shops

Construction

Diamond
Smuggling

Drugs

Gambling

Gun Running

Prostitution

Cheaper Guards: Your daily expense for maintaining

guards is significantly reduced.

Carry More Explosives: Pack twice the number
explosives and Molotov cocktails for when you need
some extra kick.

Armored Cars: You and your crew can roll in a
four-door tank, accessible from your compound,
safehouses, and airports.

Bombed Buildings Rebuild Faster: Any business your
enemies bomb will rebuild and re-open twice as fast.

Bulletproof Vests: It ain’t stylish, but adding some
body armor to your entire crew cuts the damage
everybody takes in half.

Double Income: Your daily income from drug profits
is doubled.

Incendiary Ammo: Light up somebody’s life for real,
and double the damage your crew dishes out from
firearm attacks.

Bigger Ammo Clips: Your family’s weapons all get an
expanded ammunition capacity.

Brass Knuckles: Put some extra pain in you and your
crew’s hand-to-hand attacks with this old favorite.

FRONTS AND EXTORTION

You need someone legit to launder all that dough you’re making. Pick a few nice, quiet civilian businesses
and make them an offer they can’t refuse. They’ll pay you protection money, but even better, every front
laundering money for you adds a multiplier to your entire income.

PIECE OF ADVICE: Play it smart and bomb a rival family’s racket to break their Crime Ring before you

move on them in person. That’ll rob ’em of any bonus equipment.

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GOING TO THE MATTRESSES

Sooner or later, you’ll have to fight another family head-on. Use the Don’s View to do it on your terms,
planning out a strategy, bombing businesses to break up their Crime Rings, and muscling in where they’re
weak. Then chop their made men and hit the boss where he lives.

CALLING THE SHOTS

You can’t be everywhere at once, and you don’t have to be. You’ve got an entire family ready to take care of
things on your order.

TAK EOVERS

Order your made men to take over fronts and rackets for you in the Don’s View by selecting the business
you’re interested in and pressing ENTER for More Info, then click on “Attempt Takeover” to send your boys
over to attempt a takeover. They’ll let you know how it worked out.

You can also choose who to assign the job to. Chances of success go up if you put your Soldiers on it. Those
chances go way up if a Capo or Underboss is in on the attack.

BOMBING

Break up rival crime rings and divert enemy resources by ordering your friends to bomb their businesses.
Pick the business you want taken out in the Don’s View, press ENTER to view More Info, then click on
“Bomb” to order the strike.

PIECE OF ADVICE: You can’t take over a bombed business until it’s repaired, so plan accordingly. A smart

Don juggles bombings and takeovers across several rackets, so things are always moving forward.

CONTRACT HITS

Rival made men hit your rackets, ambush you when you attack a rival family’s business, and bust up your
Crime Rings, and any made guy who’s still breathing when you attack their compound makes that job
tougher, guaranteed. Best to whack them all first if you can.

Do favors for people with the icon to find out where rival made men are and how to kill them. Each one
must be “retired” according to a specific kill condition; otherwise, they’ll just be out of commission for a
short while.

COMPOUNDS

When you’ve taken everything away from a rival family, they’ll retreat to their compound until you and your
men show up to finish the job. Bring a demolitions guy; nothing guarantees a dead Don like blowing his
place to smithereens after you’ve put a few slugs in him.

If a particular compound is giving you too much trouble, put out some more contract hits on their made men
to soften them up.

PIECE OF ADVICE: Keep your eyes peeled for ways to use your crew’s specialties. An engineer might get

you in quietly, or an arsonist might create a diversion.

THE LAW

If a cop or do-gooder citizen spots you acting up in public, a crime scene radius appears on your mini-map,
and the police will zero in. A yellow radius means the cops are on the lookout, so take care of any witnesses
before they can finger you. If the radius turns red, the law’s on to you. Getting caught will rack up legal fees,
and if your crew gets pinched, they’ll be in pen for a while, and unavailable to you.

Leave any crime scene fast, or find a cop with a icon and grease his palms before you start any trouble.
That way, EVERY cop will turn a blind eye to your business. For a while.

INFLUENCE

Nothing beats having a union boss, a judge, or a D.A. in your pocket. They can spring family members from
the pen, rebuild bombed businesses, call off the heat when you’re on the lam, or even arrest rival made guys
to get them out of your hair. Check the Corrupt Officials section of the Don’s View to locate them.

It’s good to have friends.

WITNESSES

If some bigmouth sees you conducting business, you’ve gotta muzzle them before they go to the cops.
A icon appears over a witness’ head when they see you break the law. Try a little BlackHand to
change their mind, or send your bruiser over to “reason” with them. You can always scratch a witness, but
that might prompt more witnesses to rat you out.

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MULTIPLAYER

Up to 16 players can hash out their differences online, in ranked or unranked team matches, and make
a little money on the side. Any cash you earn in Multiplayer affects your finances in the Single Player
campaign. So does any cash you lose.

INTERNET CONNECTION, ONLINE AUTHENTICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE
AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY. TO ACCESS ONLINE FEATURES, YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE WITH
THE ENCLOSED SERIAL CODE. ONLY ONE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE PER GAME. EA ONLINE TERMS
& CONDITIONS AND FEATURE UPDATES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.EA.COM. YOU MUST BE 13+ TO
REGISTER WITH EA ONLINE. THIS GAME USES SECUROM ANTI-PIRACY TECHNOLOGY BY SONY DADC.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SECUROM, VISIT WWW.SECUROM.COM.

EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE POSTED ON WWW.EA.COM.
Quick Match Jump right in and start busting heads in a Deathmatch.
Custom Match Search for a specific match and mode.
Host Match Make your own rules, and try to live by them.

You MUST select a made man from your family to play as in Multiplayer from the Family Tree menu before
launching a Multiplayer match; during a match you’ll be able to use that mobster’s specialties by pressing E.

You cannot access Multiplayer games until you’ve added at least one made man to your family.

MODES

Several Multiplayer modes require at least one player to have a specific specialty.

Team Deathmatch (TDE) Clip everybody on the other team. Mercy is weakness.
Demolition Assault (DMA) Send your demolitions experts to destroy three objects in enemy territory. Each

FireStarter (FST) Arsonists torch barrels, gas and propane tanks to rack up scoring multipliers;

Safecracker (SCR) Bust a safe with your safecracker and hold the position for even more points.

target spawns only after the previous target has been destroyed. First to hit all
three wins.

do a good job, and you’ll literally be on fire. Kill an arsonist to steal that
multiplier and bank those points yourself.

The safe in the middle of the map is the toughest to keep, and worth the most.

PERFORMANCE TIPS

PROBLEMS RUNNING THE GAME

Make sure you meet the minimum system requirements for this game and that you have the latest •
drivers for your video card and sound card installed:
For NVIDIA video cards, visit www.nvidia.com to locate and download them.
For ATI video cards, visit www.ati.amd.com to locate and download them.

If you are running the disc version of this game, try reinstalling DirectX from the disc. This is typically found •
in the DirectX folder on the root of the disc. If you have Internet access, you can visit www.microsoft.com to
download the latest version of DirectX

GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS

If you have the disc version of this game and the AutoPlay screen does not automatically appear for •
installation/playing, right-click the disc drive icon found in My Computer and select AutoPlay.

If the game is running slowly, try reducing the quality of some of the video and sound settings from the •
game’s options menu. Reducing the screen resolution can often improve performance.

For optimum performance when playing, you may like to disable other background tasks (except the •
EADM application, if applicable) running in Windows.

INTERNET PERFORMANCE ISSUES

To avoid poor performance during Internet play, be sure that you close any file sharing, streaming audio, or
chat programs prior to entering gameplay. These applications can monopolize your connection’s bandwidth,
causing lag or other undesirable effects.

This game uses the following TCP and UDP port(s) for Internet play:
TCP: 80, 10000, 18080

UDP: 80, 6000
Please consult your router or personal firewall documentation for information on how to allow game related

traffic on these ports. If you are attempting to play on a corporate Internet connection, contact your
network administrator.

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TECHNICAL SUPPORT

If you have trouble with this game, EA Technical Support can help.
The EA Help file provides solutions and answers to the most common difficulties and questions about how to

properly use this product.

To access the EA Help file (with the game already installed):

Windows Vista users, go to Start > Games, right-click the game icon, and select the appropriate support
link from the drop-down menu.

For users on earlier versions of Windows, click the Technical Support link in the game’s directory located in
the Start > Programs (or All Programs) menu.

To access the EA Help file (without the game already installed):

1. Insert the game disc into your DVD-ROM drive.

2. Double-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop. (For Windows XP, you may need to click the Start

button and then click the My Computer icon).

3. Right-click the DVD-ROM drive that has the game disc and then select OPEN.

4. Open the Support > EA Help > Electronic_Arts_Technical_Support.htm file.

If you are still experiencing difficulty after utilizing the information in the EA Help file you can contact
EA Technical Support.

EA TECHNICAL SUPPORT ON THE INTERNET

If you have Internet access, be sure to check our EA Technical Support website at:

http://support.ea.com

Here you will find a wealth of information on DirectX, game controllers, modems, and networks, as well as
information on regular system maintenance and performance. Our website contains up-to-date information
on the most common difficulties, game-specific help, and frequently asked questions (FAQs). This is the
same information our support technicians use to troubleshoot your performance issues. We keep the support
website updated on a daily basis, so please check here first for no-wait solutions.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTACT INFO

If you need to talk to someone immediately, call our Technical Support team (Monday through Friday
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