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- FIRST EXPEDITION / TRINITY CONTROLLERS Copyright 1990 Steve Englestad
-
- First Expedition is a seagoing adventure that is intended to combine
- navigation by night stars with a traditional graphics adventure. It
- is NOT a text adventure but a first-person ocean going adventure in
- a fantasy world with sea beasts, storms, islands, mazes and the
- challenge of finding and exploring new islands as part of solving
- the puzzle you are faced with. Quest for the Trinity Controllers is
- an alternate adventure using the same program.
-
- First Expedition comes on two 5.25 floppies or one 3.5.
- If two 3.5 disks are distributed, use them the same as the 5.25 floppies.
- All files are in the subdirectory EX1 on each disk.
-
- On Disk 1 you find the following files:
-
- README.DOC This file. Includes registration form and descriptions
- of other material available to you.
-
- REGIS.DOC A single page registration/order form.
-
- EX1MAN.DOC The 20 page manual which can be printed using
- the DOS PRINT command. It contains instructions
- on how to install and operate this adventure.
-
- EX1.EXE The program for First Expedition.
-
- INSTALL.BAT The install program which helps to install
- the adventure to a hard disk. DOS COPY can
- do as well. See the Manual for further info.
-
- CONFIG.SYS A version of CONFIG.SYS to be copied to the root
- directory if you do not have one. It shows how the
- FILES and BUFFERS commands should read.
-
- SCRNS.COM This compressed file contains scenes of one of the other
- adventures available. To make any use of this file
- it needs to be copied to hard disk or another floppy.
- You then run SCRNS at the DOS prompt to unpack a number
- of files. To see the screens, run SCENES. You must have
- EGA graphics capability to view these scenes. NOTE: This
- has nothing to do with First Expedition. If you have no
- hard disk or EGA graphics ability, ignore this file.
-
- On Disk 2 are the data files supporting First Expedition. If Disk 2
- is for Quest for the Trinity Controllers, the follow-up adventure,
- it will contain a brief manual, TRINMAN.DOC, describing installation.
-
- Note that this adventure requires a computer with CGA graphics
- capability. It can be run from a single floppy drive or can
- be installed to hard disk. Running it from a hard disk will be
- smoother. First Expedition operates completely from the keyboard.
-
- The software is complete. You can run First Expedition as is but
- there are charts and other accessories that support the adventure
- that can not be placed onto a disk. These items will be mailed
- to you at no cost beyond the registration and shipping and handling
- fee. The manual (EX1MAN.DOC) contains a full description of these
- items. To help you get a feel for the adventure, you can create
- your own Star Chart and Catalogue on an Epson compatible printer by
- running STARS at the DOS prompt after installing the game.
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- OTHER PRODUCTS
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-
- The Quest for the Trinity Controllers:
-
- Once I completed First Expedition, I created a whole new world in
- which you can explore using the same craft. The story is different
- and the islands are all different in shape, location and nature.
- A more advanced island creation routine permitted me to create clusters
- of islands. The story is set in a land of sorcerers and magic. I call
- this adventure The Quest for the Trinity Controllers. The messages in
- Trinity tend to lead you more than in the original First Expedition
- which has the background story book for hints and insights. Trinity
- is a new data set to be run with the same program as First Expedition.
- You receive a new data set on floppy, a story booklet and a new chart
- of the world of the Quest. You must register First Expedition to
- purchase this set.
-
-
- The Dezerian Assignment:
-
- This is a completely new and different adventure. It requires EGA
- graphics capability and can be run from floppy but hard disk is always
- preferrable. You have some scenes from this EGA desert-world adventure
- in the file SCENES.ZIP. If you have a hard disk and EGA graphics
- capability you must 'unzip' this file and run SCENES to actually see
- some of the graphics. Unzipping requires a readily available program
- PKUNZIP.EXE often found on bulletin boards and at virtually any
- computer store.
-
- This adventure has 45 various objects to be found and sold or used
- to complete your assignment on a desert world with subterranean mazes.
- The Dezerian Assignment does not have the 'plot your position' issues
- of First Expedition but has more action with spiders and flying
- creatures to contend with. You do not have to register First
- Expedition to order this set.
-
-
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- REGISTRATION / ORDER FORM
-
- - - Please Print Clearly - -
-
- Please send my support packet and other ordered items to:
-
-
- NAME : ____________________________________________
-
- STREET: ____________________________________________
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- CITY : ____________________________________________
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- STATE : ____________________________________________
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- ZIP : ____________________________________________
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- DATE : ____________________
-
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- _____ $23.90 Registration of First Expedition
-
-
- _____ $15.00 for The Quest for the Trinity Controllers set.
- YOU MUST REGISTER First Expedition TO ORDER THIS SET
-
-
- _____ $25.00 The Dezerian Assignment [ REQUIRES EGA ]
- Without registration of First Expedition
- or
- $15.00 With registration of First Expedition.
-
-
- $________ TOTAL Enclosed [Prices include handling and shipping
- within the US ]
-
- Make out Check/Money Order to: Steve Englestad
- Mail this form to:
-
- Steve Englestad
- 9921 Carmel Mountain Road
- Suite 301, Dept FE
- San Diego, CA 92129
-
-
- Please indicate which type of media you wish for orders
- including disks:
-
- _____ 5-1/4 diskettes (360k) _____ 3-1/2 diskettes (720k)
-
- NOTICE: All diskettes are copied for me by a San Diego
- firm which guarantees all disks to be VIRUS FREE.
- Their phone number will be provided upon request.
-
-
- For my information would you please let me know how you came into
- possession of First Expedition:
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- __________________________________________________________________
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