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- This is a list of some of the more common commands. If a command may be
- abbreviated, the abbreviation is stated in square brackets.
-
- Note that it doesn't matter if you enter your commands in lower or UPPER
- case. Below, all commands are shown in upper case to make them stand out
- from the rest of the text.
-
- HELP - displays this list of commands.
-
- NORTH [N] - move north
- SOUTH [S]
- EAST [E]
- WEST [W]
- UP [U]
- DOWN [D]
-
- Note: It is not possible to move to the NE,SE,NW or SW!
-
- IMPORTANT: When the computer has output a whole screen of text, it will
- show the "More" prompt and wait for you to press a key (like e.g. Enter)
- before it continues.
-
-
- INVENTORY [INV or I] - list what you're carrying
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- LOOK [L] - look at, in, under something etc. For example:
- "Look" by itself will describe the room you're in (or, if you're
- outdoors, your immediate surroundings).
- "Look at the bed" will describe the specific object (in this case,
- the bed) that you want more information about.
-
- The first time you enter a room, the full description of that room is printed.
- What happens when you re-enter the room is determined by the following two
- commands:
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- FULL - The full description will be printed each time you enter the room.
-
- BRIEF - only a very brief description of the room will be given (just enough
- to tell you where you are. To see the full description again, type
- LOOK.
-
- VERBOSE is a synonym for FULL, and TERSE is a synonym for BRIEF.
-
- (At the beginning, BRIEF is set)
-
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- TAKE, DROP - Take or drop an object. GET is synonymous to TAKE.
-
- TAKE ALL,DROP ALL - Take or drop all movable objects
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- In general, the verbs MOVE and REMOVE will be synonymous to TAKE.
-
- EXAMINE [or X] - take a closer look at something.
-
- SCORE - show your current score and rating
-
- QUIT - quit the game, return to DOS.
-
-
- SAVE - save your game on disk.
- This command creates a disk file that contains the current status
- of your game. This means that you can quit the program after saving,
- and then continue the game exactly where you left off.
-
- RESTORE - restores a game from the file created by SAVE.
-
- Note about file names: If your file name contains a "wild card" (i.e. a
- '*' or a '?' character), a list of save files matching the pattern will be
- given, and you'll be prompted again for a file name.
-
- This means that answering just with a * at the "Enter filename" prompt will
- give you alist of all save files that are on the disk.
-
- You can also list the save files by giving the command
-
- FILES
-
-
- SAY - to say something, e.g. a magic spell, aloud type SAY followed by
- what you want to say. For example: SAY ABRACADABRA
-
-
- If you get totally stuck, you may try the HINT command.
- This will get you a more or less obvious hint at what to do next.
- To discourage you from over-use of this feature, 10 points will be deducted
- from your score every time you ask for a hint.
-
-
- To get credit for a treasure, you must move it to the Adventure Office
- and ring the bell. You get ten points for each treasure. Which objects are
- treasures and which are not is left for you to discover!
-
- Note: Some objects (but not very many) are entirely worthless and can't be
- used for anything. They're just there for your (and my) amusement!
-
-
- You may use 'it' together with most verbs (but not all).
- In most cases, it works as you'd expect, but sometimes it doesn't.
- Be careful!
- If you don't get the desired result by using 'it', try explicitly
- spelling out what you're referring to!
-
- The parser of this program is of course not as good as that of a commercial
- program such as ZORK. If you the program doesn't understand you, try rewording
- your request, putting it as simple as possible.
-
- Finally, note that cave passages are notoriously twisting and exinting a
- room to the north doesn't mean you'll necessarily enter the next room from
- the south!
-
-
- <<< The Command Line Editor >>>
-
- This program contains a small command line editor, rather like DOSEDIT,
- or the interface of VAX/VMS or tcsh in Unix.
-
- This means that you can recall earlier commands by repeatedly pressing the
- up arrow key and edit them using left and right arrow, Home, End, backspace
- and Delete. Ctrl-left and Ctrl-right moves the cursor one word at a time.
-
- Esc clears the line, Ins toggles between insert and overstrike modes.
-
- Several function keys have been bound to commonly used commands.
- Pressing these keys will execute a command. They are:
-
- F1 - look
- F2 - inventory
- F8 - save
- F9 - load
- F10 - files
-
- **** GOOD LUCK - may the Force be with you! ****
-