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41 .Nd a tropical adventure game
47 is an adventure game in the classic style.
48 However, it's slightly less of a puzzle and more a game of exploration.
49 There are a few magical words in the game, but on the whole, simple English
50 should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
52 In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the heavens...
53 .Bd -literal -offset indent
54 Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
55 Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
56 One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
57 Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
58 Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
61 In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond belief.
62 They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the word
66 In those times men were known for their lust for gold and desire to
68 Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could withstand a laser blast.
70 But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled.
71 Swords and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass.
72 The entire fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
74 .Bd -literal -offset indent
75 take --- take an object
76 drop --- drop an object
78 wear --- wear an object you are holding
79 draw --- carry an object you are wearing
81 put on --- take an object and wear it
82 take off -- draw an object and drop it
84 throw \*[Lt]object\*[Gt] \*[Lt]direction\*[Gt]
86 ! \*[Lt]shell esc\*[Gt]
89 .Bd -literal -offset indent
90 \*[Gt]-: take watermelon
96 \*[Gt]-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
114 Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
115 want to take advantage of it.
116 That is, saying "take knife" and then "drop"
117 will drop the knife you just took.
118 .Sh SCORE \*[Am] INVEN
123 will print out your current status in the game.
127 will save your game in a file called
129 in your home directory by default.
130 You can recover a saved game by using the
132 option when you start up the game.
134 The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
135 If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
136 stand for Right, Left, Ahead, and Back.
137 Directions printed in room descriptions are
138 always printed in R, L, A, and B relative directions.
142 in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of the C Language.
143 Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
144 code, so don't send me any hate mail about it!
145 Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
148 .Sh INSPIRATION \*[Am] ASSISTANCE
159 Ken Arnold \*[Am] Company
164 Send to edward%ucbarpa@berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa,
165 riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.