*  ANNOUNCING  *

                             The Award Winning
                        S K Y L A N D ' S   S T A R
                                Version 4.0

                           A Shareware Advanture
                                    By
                              Castle Software


  Skyland's Star is a science fictional text adventure game which draws its
  inspiration from classic prose adventures.  Designed in the "Infocom"
  style, Skyland's Star features:

                *   Complex and entertaining plot
                *   Over 150 unique locations to explore
                *   Extensive 1500+ word parser
                *   Many non-player characters to interact with
                *   Many challenging puzzles

  The Skyland's Star story:
        The Earth is in desperate peril.  The rapid growth in population and
        need for energy has all but depleted the world's fossil fuels.
        Science has been unable to replace them with a safe and reliable
        alternative.  You, a member of a small group of scientists, is
        recruited to travel into the future to witness how the problem was
        solved - in the past.  The bulk of the game takes place here, in a
        major metropolis of the future.  You must discover how the future
        solved the problem and retrieve the necessary information and items
        for the present to survive the crisis, so that the future you
        witnessed can exist.

System requiremens:

        * IBM PC/XT/AT or clone with 640k RAM
        * DOS 3.3 or above (or VDM under OS/2 2.x)
        * 750k disk space

Skyland's Star won Grand Prize in the 1989 LAUSD/Rockwell International
Computer Science Competition.

Skyland's Star is being released as shareware.  This means that you may obtain
a fully functional copy and play it.  If you enjoy the game, we ask that you
pay the nominal registration fee.  With registration you will receive printed
and bound manuals, game maps, game solutions, upgrades when available, and
discounts on other Castle Software products.

Happy Adventuring!