GETTING STARTED
*Note: Illustration may not match all PlayStation 2 console types. For owners of SCPH-70000 series PlayStation 2 systems, refer to the setup instructions supplied with your system.* Set up your PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual. Make sure the MAIN POWER switch (located on the back of the console) is turned ON. Press the RESET button. When the power indicator lights up, press the OPEN button and the display will open. Place the Playboy: The Mansion disc on the disc tray with the label side facing up. Press the OPEN button again and the disc tray will close.
Attach game controllers and other peripherals, as appropriate. Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for information on using the software.
STARTING UP
DUALSHOCK 2 ANALOG CONTROLLER CONFIGURATIONS
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left analog stick (L3 button when pushed down)
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right analog stick (R3 button when pushed down)
ICONORAMA
As you play Playboy: The Mansion, you'll see various icons on your screen.
Interests & Professional Categories
Additional Professions
State of Mind or Action
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+ Gain (to interest or fame)
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- Loss (to interest or fame)
Stats, Drives & Relationships
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Casual Relationship, Casual Action or Drive
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Professional Relationship, Professional Action or Drive
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Romantic Relationship, Romantic Action or Drive
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Basic Conversation Action
Miscellaneous
Make Money. Make Friends. Make Love.
Welcome to the Playboy Mansion. As the one and only Hugh M. Hefner, it's up to you to turn your humble idea for a men's magazine into a global brand that will influence the way the world views sexuality. You'll live the high life, hosting fantastic parties and mingling with celebrities and beautiful women.
You'll create a showplace Playboy Mansion where people's fantasies come true, and you'll direct one stunning photoshoot after another. Best of all, you'll change American culture forever!
Build the Playboy Mansion.
From the front door to the world famous Grotto, you'll construct your own Playboy Mansion. Dozens of exciting items are available to keep your guests entertained for hours, including stunning paintings by the likes of Olivia and Andy Warhol that are sure to impress even your most cynical guests.
Create Playboy magazine.
It's your dream job! You'll take photo shoots of beautiful models, hire and train top-notch staff and hand pick the articles, photos, interviews and essays that will be included in your magazine every month. You'll learn to network to get the interviews with today's greatest stars and insightful essays from the world's leading minds. You'll chat up stunning actresses and ask them to pose for your prestigious cover.
Host Lavish Parties.
Yours is the most sought after invitation in the world! Invite celebrities to your mansion and cruise the room. Build relationships with them to achieve your goals, and ask them for interviews, essays and cover shoots. Introduce your guests to one another and watch sparks fly!
Live the Life!
Rewards come with fame. Get yourself a girlfriend or two... or three... or four. Steam up the Grotto. Buy that original Warhol you've had your eye on. Hire more high-powered staff. Pay for pictorials other magazines can only dream of.
Make Money. Make Friends. Make Love.
Yours is the life everyone wants to live.
Playing the Game
New Game Screen
Choose New Game to start living the high life! In Playboy: The Mansion, there are two different styles of play: Mission Play and Freeform Play.
Mission Play
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Mission Play challenges you to progress through a series of missions that follow the road Hef took to build the real Playboy empire. You'll learn how to hire staff, take photoshoots, hold parties, request content, make girlfriends, make friends and, if you're lucky, make love. And that's just for starters.
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Julie McCullough, a real life Playmate, and Victoria Fuller, a real life Playboy Bunny, guide you through your first mission and sets of goals. They'll teach you what each button, menu and command does.
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Later on, you'll meet Hef's real life assistants Dick Rosenzweig, his Chief of Staff, Jenny Lewis, the Playboy Mansion's Guest Coordinator, Steve Martinez, the Playboy Mansion's Archivist and Hank Fawcett, the Grounds Manager.
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A Classic or Modern mansion layout is available to you, but as you customize your mansion, your tastes will transform it into a place you can truly call your own.
Freeform Play
Free
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