This manual includes factual information about the game, by not reading
it in it's entirety you may be missing something. B
Q: What could I possibly be missing by blowing off this manual?
A: 1. The game is made up of windows and dialog boxes. These objects are highly "customizeable", meaning you decide how you want the application to look. U
2. If the above answer doesn't mean anything to you then this will. You need
the information contained in this manual to successfully complete the game.
The Introduction:
One night Rico Suave was asleep in his bed. He suddenly woke up
because of intense pain building in abdominal cavity. Further examination reveals that he has a faint bluish-purple glow, like an aura, around the outer limits of his body. Not long afterward the sheets become flat. I
When he woke up, he found himself laying on a bed in strange stone
surroundings. Every now and then in one minute intervals he felt like his mind was in a vice! This was occurring because of the enchantment bestowed upon him at the time of his departure. You see, the kingdom of EUSPIR had no Baron to rule itself, so they randomly chose a name of an earth person to call into their world. By the way, EUSPIR means: Extremely, Unusually, Stupid People In Reform. Anticipating that Rico would not be their Baron at will, they cast a spell over him to make him forget his other world. As time went ever onward, the spell's strength increased. Fortunately, the people of EUSPIR hadn't sedated him enough and he awoke knowing more than he should. He knew how to get back to his world, the spell granted him this much. Although, he wasn't supposed to know that he belonged there, he would soon forget when the spell got to it's peak in power. M
After he accepted where he was, he used his new found knowledge to get
back home. He took out his journal and thought at least this time he would have something exciting to write about. He started to write, but soon he found he couldn't control his hand! It started to scrawl several unusually worded sentences! After about five lines were written, he was caught in an explosion. L
He was in EUSPIR again! He didn't wake for several hours. This time
they finally managed to successfully cast the spell. When he woke, Rico could no longer remember anything of his former life. He also knew that he was the Baron of the castle and never thought once about the possibility of being someone else. J
It was traditional for the Baron to marry. Seven fine maidens were
assembled before him and he spent a week with each of them. He announced that he wanted some women with more life to them. He consulted his magical mentor, Shirak, in an attempt to find a more desirable woman. Shirak picked out six stunningly beautiful young maidens. The Baron was satisfied and was quickly off to capture them in the twentieth century! He said, "Three hundred years later women should be a little more interesting. Seventeenth century women are just too weird! They expect me to follow chivalry! Should I have to do that?" One of the loyal subjects answered, "No, my lord. The twentieth century is a great idea!" P
He transported right outside the private suit of the six maidens. On the
door there was a huge star that read "The Spectacular Sextet". The door knob melted in his grip and he waltzed right in and took all six women in one fell swoop. The company, Splash 'n Splendor, was outraged. They offered five million for the safe return of ALL of them, or five-hundred thousand for each model returned. You, Spartan Briggs, are given what looks like some burned pieces of paper, you are told that they are all that they have on the guy who stole the models. You are to told to go over yo the residence of rico suave on 7677 Boring Avenue, because his name was found on the letterhead of the burned pieces of paper. You are amazed at the irony of how the street name relates to the crime committed there, but proceed to the house for further investigation. You decide to spend the night there, as it is late and you can get a fresh start on it tommorrow. 9
This is where you come in, are you up to the challenge?
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Starting A New Game:
You can begin a new game by pressing Alt-N or typing RESTART in the
Command Window. Once you select this option, the Game Window will disappear for a second. After the window redisplays itself, it will be at the beginning of the game, your inventory will be empty, your score will be zero, and all objects will be in their initial positions.
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Saving And Restoring:
After you select one of the options, a dialog box will appear. Enter
thename you wish to save and press enter or click on the "Ok" button. There is more to this box than meets the eye. In order to get to the different parts of this box, press the TAB key until the area you want is highlighted. When you are in the section below where you entered your name, if you press TAB again that will deactivate that part. In order to use this portion, use the four directional arrow keys and press enter when the filename you want is highlighted. You may only do this if you have previously saved a game. Make sure that your filenames are not more than eight characters long!
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Changing The Current DOS Directory:
This is very much like saving or restoring a game. You have to either type
in the filename or press the TAB key once from the blue input line with the flashing white cursor. You will then be able to move a scroll bar up and down by way of the directional arrow keys. If you decide to use the scroll bar then make sure you have the correct directory highlighted. Then TAB over to the Ok button and press Enter or just click on it with a mouse.
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The Command Window:
The command window is how the player of this game communicates or
interacts with this program. It takes meaningful English sentences and performs the desired task in the sentence. M
Basic English grammar requires that you have at least one verb and one
noun. You can include adverbs, adjective, and other parts of speech. If you do this, it only serves no more purpose than just typing the bare minimum. J
For example, in the bedroom of the game, you can see there are some
scattered notes. Of course, you will want to take the notes. Why not read them? To do this, make sure the Command Window is active by checking to see if the frame of the box is white. If it isn't then hold the Alt key while you press the C key. The frame of the window should change from black to white. Type the below sentences and press Enter or click the Ok button with the mouse. ;
Take the notes. ---> Puts the item in your inventory. +
Read the notes. ---> Reads the notes.
Use these examples by typing them into Command Window and either pressing Enter or clicking the mouse cursor on the Ok button. By using these examples, you will gain an understanding on how to communicate with this game. Try replacing the noun and verb in the examples above with your own, for more practice. You will need to be able to type in a thought to that comes to mind in order to win. I suggest that you take a look at the List of Verbs, as those are the only verbs the game understands. *
The Game Window:
The purpose of the game window, of course, is to display the needed game
information. It display such information as Inventory, Environment Status, the game's responses, and anything typed in the Command Window. N
Inventory is basically what you are carrying with you at all times. By
pressing Alt-I you can get a list of all the objects currently in your possession. This changes if you take a new object, drop an old one or just use one. This list is mainly there to keep track of what you have and give the user a way to know what the names of the objects in his possession. E
Environment Status is displayed if you change a room or press
Alt-E. What will be displayed is: your current location, your current number of moves, your score, and any directions that are possible for you to go. If the only direction that is displayed is NORTH then that means you can't go in any other directions other than north. A direction has to be listed after the heading directions possible in order to be a possible entry or exit.
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Resizing A Window:
By Keyboard:
Make sure the window you want to resize is active. If you click on the
window frame of the window you want it will flash colors, and become active if it wasn't before. Them press Alt-R and the frame will turn green. Pressing the arrow keys alone moves it around, and pressing Shift plus one of the arrow keys will change the size of the window in the direction of the arrow you press. When you are done, press Enter and the game will resume normal operation. Some window will not resize, one such window is the Command Window. '
By Mouse:
Make sure the window you want to resize is active. You can do this by
clicking on the window's title. If you hold down the mouse button, and move the mouse around; the window will move to the new location of the mouse cursor. Look in the lower-right hand corner of the window and you'll see a neon green part of the window. Position the mouse cursor of it and click the button on it. While holding down the mouse button, move the mouse around. You'll see how the window changes size.
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List Of Verbs:
This is a list of ALL the verbs the game understands: 8
NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST DOWN UP CLIMB SIT OPEN MIX SHOOT ;
STAB KILL SAY LOOK EXAMINE MOUNT DISMOUNT FILL TAKE GET 4
DROP INVENTORY DRINK EAT KISS RESTART RESTORE SAVE
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Understanding The Menus And The Status Bar:
The menus have many shortcuts commands hidden inside them. To
activate a menu you have to press Alt+the highlighted letter. For example, Alt+F brings down the File menu. Once you have a menu down, there are also some highlighted letters in the choices too. To the right of the menu choices there are key combinations in black. These combinations can be pressed at anytime, to invoke that action, even when the menus aren't being used. M
The Status Bar provides quick access to just some of the most commonly
used functions during game play. Just by pressing the key combination in red or clicking the mouse over it will invoke that action. Also, when you open a menu it will show a short description about what that menu choice does.
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Dos Shell?
This function removes as much of the program from memory as it can and
then it exits temporarily to run a copy of the DOS command processor. After it has done this, you are free to run make you computer do other tasks. You can even run another program, memory permitting, of course. Press Alt-D to activate it, and type EXIT at the DOS prompt to return to this program exactly as you left it. It is a good practice to save your game before executing this feature, in the case of an accidental system lockup.
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Helpful Hints:
1. If you don't like the orientation of the windows as they are, then customize it! T
2. Save your game every three minutes or whenever you get past a hard part of
the game.
3. Make a map, it will be easier to play then. As you progress though the game, U
you will be shown all directions and what rooms they are connected with.
4. I don't expect you to figure all this out on your own. Play this game with one e
or more friends, then you have more variety in possible solutions to the
puzzles.
5. If you haven't already, take the time to fully explore the entire help window. |
There are many things on the surface, I know, but you might miss an
interesting shortcut if you don't.
6. Look everywhere, examine everything. Leave nothing untouched. Use caution
although, some things are just there to throw you off track. Make sure your
actions have relevance to your cause.
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What Are Those Six Names For?
The six names you should have entered at the beginning of the game are
the names of "The Spectacular Sextet". I have chosen six names of my own, but you can change them. You can press TAB to get the different boxes, type your name and press Enter when your done. All in all, those names are your reason for playing. If you don't enter them, you can't solve the game.
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Character Profiles Of Everyone In The Game! 5
* The below mentioned are real people except for: * (
* The Baron, Guards and Shirak! *
Kenzie Julie Kelly Allison Sarah Michelle $
Spartan
Briggs Baron Guards Shirak
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First Name: Kenzie
Last Name : Macintosh \
Physical Features: 5'5", Brown hair, brown eyes, medium build, extraordinarily beautiful. H
Summary: I like this one best of them all, but unfortunately I haven't
talked to her since she moved from her Barrington residence.
She is perhaps the nicest girl I have met up to date, I think
it is almost impossible for this girl to be single all that
long because of her beauty.
Other: Currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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First Name: Julie
Last Name : Giannone X
Physical Features: 5'10", Blonde hair, brown eyes, large build, a nice piece of work. G
Summary: This person happens to be almost as nice as Kenzie, because
in the face of adversity she has defended me in the past.
She is a very complex character who loves to dance, and
is a total extravert. I really like this person's company!
Other: Currently Lives at: 9
5021 Essington Drive
Barrington, Il 60010
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First Name: Kelly
Last Name : McLaughlin k
Physical Features: 5'10" Blonde Hair, blue eyes, large build, this one will make you feel slightly woozy. L
Summary: I found this person to be almost the same as Julie, perhaps that ]
is because she is always by herside. She does like to play games
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