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= Overview of the main menu =
[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/main_menu.png, nolink)]]

== Top right buttons ==
 * '''Manual''': A brief, in-game menu describing the basics for how to set up and play a game.
 * '''Website''': Opens up the [http://wildfiregames.com/0ad/ 0 A.D. website] in your default web browser.
 * '''IRC''': Click to got to the web chat for the [http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=0ad 0 A.D. IRC channel on quakenet] in your default web browser, here you can discuss the game as well as find people to play against.
 * '''Quit''': Click to Quit the game (opens a confirmation dialog, click Yes to quit and No to stop the quitting process and stay in the main menu).

== Center area buttons ==
 * '''Single Player''': Click this button to set up a Single Player game against a computer opponent (AI is not yet implemented, but you can play in a basic sandbox mode to test the game).
 * '''Multiplayer''': Click this button to set up a Multi Player game against one or more human opponents.
 * '''Options''': Currently not implemented, see the [http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Manual_Settings Settings] page for more info about the settings you can set via an in-game dialog and config file editing.
 * '''Campaigns''': Not yet implemented.
 * '''Scenario Editor''': Click this to start the Atlas Scenario Editor, see the [http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Atlas_User%2527s_Guide Atlas User's Guide] for more info (clicking this button will shut down the game and launch Atlas in a separate new window).
 * '''History''': Not yet implemented, will allow you to read a multitude of history articles about the time in which 0 A.D. takes place and its different civilizations and heroes.

== Wildfire Games Logo ==
Clicking the button displays some basic information about 0 A.D. and Wildfire Games.