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- Time Traveler (tm)
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- Version 2.0
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- You may copy and FREELY share this program with others.
- To become a registered user of Time Traveler send $12.00 to:
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- Conrad R. Button
- 13807 S.E. 282 St.
- Kent, WA 98042
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- As and added bonus for registering, you will be sent a FREE
- copy of ANY ONE of the text adventure in our series.
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- (C) Copyright 1989 by Conrad Button
- All Rights Reserved
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- (c) Copyright 1989 Conrad Button
- - All rights reserved -
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- You are granted a limited license to use Time Traveler.
- It may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms
- of this license outlined in the section "Restricted Permission
- to Copy".
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- Information on this disk is subject to change without
- notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of
- Conrad Button. Conrad Button may make improvements and/or
- changes to this disk or to the product(s) and/or the
- program(s) described in this disk at any time.
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- This product could include technical inaccuracies or
- typographical errors. Changes are periodically made to the
- information herein. Such changes may be incorporated in new
- editions of the publication.
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- Time Traveler is a trademark of Conrad Button.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- How to Start a Game . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- How to Play a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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- Hints on Playing Games . . . . . . . . . . 5
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- Restricted Permission to Copy . . . . . . 6
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- Why Pay for the Games . . . . . . . . . . 7
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- Game Series Information . . . . . . . . . 8
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- HOW TO START THE GAME
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- To start Time Traveler, use the following instructions.
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- 1. Start your computer in the usual manner.
- 2. Insert the game disk into Drive A.
- 3. Type A: and press Enter.
- 4. Type TIMETRAV and press Enter.
- 5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
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- If you are using a monochrome monitor or a one color graphics
- monitor you should add an M to the end of step 4
- (i.e. TIMETRAV M). This will allow the screen to be more
- readable on these monitors.
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- HOW TO PLAY
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- A text adventure is a fictional novel in which you
- are the main character. You will be given a quest which you
- must successfully complete. You may also be asked to
- collect treasures during your travels.
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- Your PC will become your guide. It will tell you what
- it sees and hears, and will obey your commands, (most of the
- time). Although it speaks fluent English, it has trouble
- understanding long sentences. Please limit your commands to
- not more than two words, with the verb as the first word
- (e.g. throw ball). If the computer does not know or
- understand a word, it will tell you so. In that case, please
- use another word of similar meaning.
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- We strongly advise you to build a map during your
- travels so that you can easily return to previously explored
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- The computer will give you the following information at
- the start of each round of play:
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- 1. A description of your current location.
- 2. Items that you can see at this location.
- 3. Directions in which you can move (n-north, s-south,
- e-east, w-west, u-up, d-down)
- 4. Treasures will be marked by an '*' before and after
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- You must then respond by typing the action you wish to
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- * * HINTS * *
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- Most actions require two words such as:
- Light torch
- Get ruby
- Drop axe
- Examine door
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- However, some actions need only one word:
- Help - for clues or advice
- Quit - to stop playing
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- Others only need a single letter:
- U,D,N,S,E,W - which mean go up, go down, go north, etc.
- L - look to see where you are
- I - list your inventory.
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- To save your current status so that you can resume play
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- RESTRICTED PERMISSION TO COPY
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- Time Traveler is not a public domain program, and never
- has been. It is Copyright(C) 1989 by Conrad Button. The
- conditions under which you may copy the Time Traveler program
- and documentation are clearly outlined below.
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- WARNING!!! The author intends to vigorously prosecute
- copyright violations.
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- INDIVIDUALS AND COMPUTER CLUBS
- Private individuals and computer clubs are granted
- permission by the author to freely copy the Time Traveler disk
- for non business use as long as the disk is not modified
- in any way. You may give the disk to friends, upload the files
- to electronic bulletin boards, or distribute the disk through
- computer clubs. However, you may not sell the disk for profit.
- User groups may charge a fee to cover the actual cost of the
- disk and of administration.
- This fee may not in any case exceed $10.00 total (equivalent
- U.S. dollars). Exceptions to these rules must be received
- in writing from Conrad Button.
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- NO RENTING OR LEASING
- Time Traveler may not be rented or leased under any
- circumstances.
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- EXTRA COPIES
- When multiple copies are required, Time Traveler is
- available at quantity discounts. Write Conrad Button for
- quantity prices.
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- SO WHY PAY $12.00 TO REGISTER
- TIME TRAVELER?
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- When you pay for Time Traveler you participate in
- User-Supported software. That means you join thousands
- of people who get good quality software at affordable prices.
- Here are more reasons to register by paying $15.00:
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- - The luxury of trying out a program before you buy it
- is rare. When you register (by sending in your money) you
- are saying, "I support buying software this way; and truly
- want to help continue this trend of keeping prices down."
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- - Registering also means you will be notified about
- updates to Time Traveler as well as other adventures.
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- - If you are using the product, you should pay for it.
- What it boils down to is this - it's the right thing to do.
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- - As an added bonus, you may select a FREE copy of
- ANY ONE of our other adventures when you register.
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- BUTTON'S EDUCATIONAL AND ADVENTURE GAMES
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- A whole new world of adventure is at your fingertips.
- Let our software and your PC take you into previously
- unexplored regions where you will experience new challenges,
- confront danger, and find untold treasures.
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- Conrad Button offers a Educational Game Series and an
- Adventure Series. The Educational Series can help you improve
- your geography skills by taking you on expeditions to Africa
- and Asia.
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- THE ASIAN CHALLENGE -- As a Special Senate Investigator,
- you have been sent to Asia on a mission to gather important
- information. You must report to the Foreign Aid Committee
- shortly on whether or not to grant additional funds to the
- needy countries of the continent. Learn about different
- Asian countries and their location as you travel. You must
- hurry because there is not much time before the committee
- will meet. (Educational Series)
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- AFRICAN SAFARI -- You are the senior photographer for
- the International Geographic Magazine. You have been sent to
- Africa to photograph the people, land and animals of the
- continent. As you trek the high plains of Africa you will
- learn many different things about the people and geography
- of this vast continent. (Educational Series)
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- NEBULA -- You are a NASA explorer sent to investigate a
- newly discovered star system. Your mission is to collect
- specimens from the new galaxy. Will you be able to complete
- your mission or will you be engulfed by the unknown perils of
- the universe? (Novice)
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- DARK CONTINENT -- You have traveled to darkest Africa in
- search of King Solomon's Diamond. But after 3 days, your
- native bearers desert you and take your money and supplies.
- Will you survive and find the diamond, or will you be
- swallowed by this vast continent? (Intermediate)
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- RED PLANET -- The Federation of Earth has sent you to
- the planet Mars to secure the lost treasures of Aukbaa. Upon
- achieving planetary orbit you find that your fuel is
- depleted. Can you acquire the Lost Treasures of Aukbaa and
- return home? (Advanced)
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- TIME TRAVELER -- The year is 2285. The people of the
- Earth are dying from a mysterious plague. A now extinct
- plant could provide the much needed cure. Time Travel is
- your only hope. Have you ever imagined the thrill of
- traveling back in time to visit the Old West, to participate
- in the American Revolution, to explore Ancient Egypt and the
- Age of the Dinosaur? TIME TRAVELER will transport you to
- these bygone days. (Expert)
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- SPECIAL AGENT -- The President of the United States has
- sent you on a mission to the Soviet Union. You are to locate
- and photograph their new ballistic missile, the SS-X-27.
- Perhaps you desire to serve your country as a SPECIAL AGENT
- to the President, performing a secret mission deep within the
- Soviet Union. (Expert)
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- SANCTUARY -- A nuclear war has devastated the Earth.
- You are one of the few remaining survivors. Gangs of mutants
- roam the land. You must find a sanctuary to ensure your
- survival. Have you ever wondered what civilization would be
- like following a nuclear war? Would there be a SANCTUARY for
- protection against the mutated beings inhabiting this world?
- (Master)
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- RAIDERS OF THE STAR TEMPLE -- As a Professor of Archeology,
- you have specialized in the ancient Mayan culture. You recently
- read an article concerning the possible existence of a lost Mayan
- temple somewhere near Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula.
- And you have heard an Indian legend which tells of a Star Temple
- containing a fabulous treasure of diamonds. You are resolved to
- find this temple, if it truly exists. (Master)
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- AVENGER OF RUBICON -- Your King and fellow warriors have been
- slain. You have been severely wounded. As you stagger from the
- battlefield, you vow to avenge this carnage. You will seek out
- and destroy the perpetrator of this foul deed - Lugor the Evil
- Presence. You are about to face the greatest challenge of your
- life! (Grand Master)
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- ADVENTURE HINT DISK -- The hint disk is designed to
- provide clues and helpful hints. This one disk covers ALL of
- the adventure game series (Educational series excluded).
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