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STARTUP
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DRAGON.V2.1
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MINOTAUR
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WEREWOLF
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MARPEL.CAVES
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SEVEN.GABLES
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HIDE
EXIT TO BASIC
VOLUME G25
P8 TEXT ADVENTURES
..CONVERTED DOS PROGRAMS
THIS DISK INCLUDES A VARIETY OF
SIMPLE TEXT ADVENTURES. THEY
ARE NOT VERY ELABORATE. NONE
COME WITH DOCUMENTATION AND
ONLY A FEW HAVE ON-LINE HELP.
ENTER THE COMMAND 'HELP' TO SEE
IF HELP IS AVAILABLE.
THE KING HAS BEEN BITTEN BY A
WEREWOLF. YOUR MISSION IS TO
SAVE HIM. THIS SHOULDN'T BE TO
"HARD, UNLESS THE DRAGON EAT YOU
FIRST?
FOR YOUR MYRIAD OF SINS YOU
HAVE BEEN CONSIGNED TO THE
MINOTAUR'S LAIR. CAN YOU FIND A
WAY OUT WITH NOTHING BUT YOUR
WITS AND A HANDFUL OF GEMS.
YOU HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY A
WEREWOLF. CAN YOU FIND A CURE
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
IN THIS SIMPLE ADVENTURE YOU
WANDER AROUND MARPEL CAVES AND
GATHER TREASURES. THAT IS
UNLESS YOU FALL IN A PIT OR THE
DRAGON EATS YOU.
YOU CAN ENTER THE HOUSE OF
SEVEN GABLES BUT CAN YOU GET
OUT AGAIN?
YOU ARE A COW POKE IN OLD
MEXICO. TO SAVE YOUR FARM AND
FAMILY YOU MUST ROUND UP A HERD
OF CATTLE AND TAKE THEM TO ST.
LOUIS FOR SALE.
FIRST LINE HAS NUMBER OF ARTICLES (MAX 15)
THEN EACH ARTICLE IS LISTED WITH THE METHOD OF RUNNING RUN
OR BRUN OR EXEC IN THE LINE ABOVE IT.
NAMES ARE BEST UNDER 24 CHARACTERS
THE NEXT TO LAST ITEM WILL USUALLY BE 'HELP' WHICH RUNS THE FILE HELP.
THE LAST ENTRY SHOULD BE 'EXIT TO BASIC' PRECEDED BY A EMPTY LINE
NEXT ENTER ISSUE OR VOLUME NAME
NEXT ENTER DISK NAME OR BLANK LINE
NEXT ENTER PROGRAM TO RUN IF AUTO RUN VERSION IS USED
PRECEDE THE PROGRAM NAME WITH RUN TYPE.
ANYTHING CAN BE IN LINE FOR NORMAL HELLO.
THEN A DESCRIPTION OF EACH ARTICLE IS ENTERED. THE DESCRIPTION IS