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- TEMPORAL MISPLACEMENT
- -----------------------
- (C) Jason Strudwick 1994
- email jstrudwi@golum.riv.csu.edu.au
-
- The Story So Far......
-
- The Global Science Corporation (GSC) was established in 2011 to centralise
- the scientific development and resources of all member nations. By the year
- 2020 the GSC was responsible for, amongst many other things, curing several
- terminal diseases, developing "environmentally-friendly" vehicles, and vastly
- improving global communications. They had also embarked on an ambitious project
- involving time travel.....
-
- In 2035, a unique meteorite fell to earth in northern Alaska. Scientists at
- the GSC were able to extract a previously unknown element from it and
- discovered that this new crystalline element generated immense energy when
- oscillated at a certain frequency, but was far too unstable in its original
- form to be of any use.
- After months of testing and development, the scientists found a combination
- of other substances which, when added to the new element, formed a crystal that
- was both stable and exhibited the same energy-generating characteristics of the
- original element.
- This development came just in time, as the world energy crisis had just
- worsened with the last known supply of natural petroleum resources being
- exhausted. With the banning of all nuclear and hydro power generation due to
- environmental restrictions, there only remained limited electrical supply from
- solar and wind power plants.
- The crystal could indefinitely supply enough energy for all planetary needs
- from a single location. All that was needed was a suitable power complex and a
- global linkage of power networks. It seemed that the energy crisis was over....
-
-
- DATE: September 18, 2037 AD
- LOCATION: Global Science Corporation Complex,
- New South Wales, AUSTRALIA.
-
- An accident in one of the GSC Time-Labs has been of great consequence in an
- adjoining laboratory. An energy field from a temporal acceleration unit
- extended into the next room and generated an uncontrolled time distortion.
- Unfortunately the unique energy crystal was caught up in this temporal rift and
- with a flash of light, it vanished into the past.
- You have been given the task of travelling back in time to retrieve the
- crystal. However, you are informed that due to the unstable time rift, it is
- probable that the crystal has been damaged in some way and it will be up to
- your ingenuity to repair it. A positive Time-Lock on your location will only be
- established once you activate the crystal, accomplished by inducing some sort
- of electrical current within its crystalline structure.
- Using several temporal probes, the scientists are able to triangulate the
- approximate time-frame and resting place of the crystal. One of the temporal
- acceleration units is brought on-line and you step into its energy field. You
- feel a slight tingling sensation and immediately find yourself somewhere very
- unfamiliar....
-
- DATE: November 7, 1994 AD
- LOCATION: Unidentified Car Park
-
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-
- Intructions-
-
- Input
- Method: Two Word Input - VERB NOUN (eg USE BOOK)
- One Word Input - Some actions require only one command
- Example: LOOK, INVENTORY etc.
-
- Special Commands - SAVE : Save current game to disk
- - LOAD : Load a saved game
- - QUIT : Exit game
- - PICS : Turn pictures on/off
- - SFX : Turn sound effects on/off
- - RESTART : Reset game to beginning
-
-
- Command List - Short-Cuts in Brackets (NK = Numeric Keypad)
-
- LOOK (L) (F1) TALK
- INVENTORY (I) (F2) LOAD (F6)
- EXAMINE (EX) SAVE (F7)
- PICS (F3) EAT
- SFX (F4) READ
- QUIT (Q) (F5) LIGHT
- GO BURN
- GET USE
- DROP PUSH
- THROW GIVE
- OPEN RESTART (F8)
- NORTH (N) (NK 8) SOUTH (S) (NK 2)
- EAST (E) (NK 6) WEST (W) (NK 4)
- UP (U) (NK +) DOWN (D) (NK -)
- NORTHEAST (NE) (NK 9) NORTHWEST (NW) (NK 7)
- SOUTHEAST (SE) (NK 3) SOUTHWEST (SW) (NK 1)
-
-
- Notes : * You can only carry a certain weight. You might have to drop
- an object in order to pick another up.
- * If there are several objects at a location, you can use GET ALL
- to add them to your inventory (as long as they don't exceed your
- weight limit). Similarly, DROP ALL empties your inventory.
- * Read location descriptions carefully - note any objects pointed
- out to you and EXAMINE them (eg ....and there is a door to the east.)
- * Every object you come across is not necessarily of any use.
- * Talk to people - a few will give you hints.
- * Make a map! There are over 100 locations, some of which are very
- similar and you could easily get lost.
- * Using the Numeric Keypad to get around (sorry A600 owners!) is a
- lot easier than typing the direction commands.
- * You can recall the last entered command using the UP-ARROW.
- * You can erase a line using the DOWN-ARROW
-
-
- General Information
-
- - The game disk MUST be called TEMPMIS: and PP (Power Patcher) must
- be running (Some files were Power Packed to fit the game on one disk).
- - This game was written in AMOS v1.35.
- - The pictures were digitised using DIGI-VIEW GOLD, edited with
- Deluxe Paint IV and cut to size using PictSaver.
- - It was started on an A500, and completed on an A1200. It should run
- on all system configurations with at least 1 megabyte of RAM.
- Tested on: A500 KS1.3 1meg RAM
- A1200 KS3.0 4meg RAM
- - Games can be saved on any formatted disk, as long as there is enough
- free space (the program checks for this at save time).
- - It can be run from a hard drive as long as TEMPMIS: is assigned to
- the appropriate directory, and PP (Power Patcher) is running
-
-
- Programs/Utilities Used
-
- - AMOS 1.35
- - Deluxe Paint IV
- - Final Writer
- - Digi-View Gold 4
- - Power Packer 4.1
- - Digital Illusions
- - Iff2Icon
- - PictSaver
- - SoundZap
- - Action Replay III
- (and others)
-
-
- Author: Jason Strudwick
- jstrudwi@golum.riv.csu.edu.au
-
- January 1994
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