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- MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure
-
- Version 1.4
-
- Story, graphics, and programming by
- Carol L. Standley
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- Copyright (c) 1991, Carol L. Standley
- All Rights Reserved
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- WARNING! Read ALL documentation before trying to play this game.
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- The frustration you prevent may be your own.
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- 000000000000000000000000000 TABLE OF CONTENTS 00000000000000000000000000
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- 1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- 2) SPECIFICATIONS
- 3) STARTING THE GAME
- 4) HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
- 5) NOTES TO THE PLAYER
- 6) ABOUT SHAREWARE AND REGISTRATION
- 7) REGISTERED SOFTWARE LICENSE
- 8) SHAREWARE LICENSE
- 9) WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
- 10) CAUTIONS TO THE SHAREWARE BUYER
- 11) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- 1111111111111111111111111 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1111111111111111111111111
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- IBM, true IBM and MS-DOS compatibles
- 8 mhz. or faster
- EGA or VGA (16-color)
- 2.5 megabytes of hard disk space
- 384k RAM
- keyboard or joystick (optional)
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- 2222222222222222222222222222 SPECIFICATIONS 222222222222222222222222222
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- MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure is a shareware, 3-D, EGA,
- interactive, adventure game you'll enjoy playing for many hours. Become
- Anton, a likeable young hero trying to change his image as a bumbler.
- You'll explore a kingdom with many characters to meet and deeds to perform.
- As Anton, you will encounter some danger on your quest. Rise to the
- challenge of discovery in 70 different locations in beautiful EGA color.
- Become a hero, savior, magician, and all around good guy.
-
- The files distributed with this game are:
- MM1.EXE--The MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure program
- MM1READ.TXT--How to install the game on your hard disk
- MM1GUIDE.TXT--How to play the game and other information
- MM1PIC.DAT--Data file
- MM1NOUNS.DAT--Data file
- MM1VERBS.DAT--Data file
- MM1RSPTS.DAT--Data file
- MM1STATS.DAT--Data file
- MM1SD.DAT--Data file
- MM1VOL1.MM1--Graphics
- MM1VOL2.MM1--Graphics
- MM1VOL3.MM1--Graphics
- MM1VOL4.MM1--Graphics
- MM1VOL5.MM1--Graphics
- MM1VOL6.MM1--Graphics
- VALIDATE.DOC--Explanation of VALIDATE.COM
- VALIDATE.COM--A Computer Virus Industry Association program used to
- check for any kind of file corruption
-
- Revision history:
- Version 1.0--Beta version
- Version 1.4--Baseline version, first publication, April 29, 1992
-
- 333333333333333333333333333 STARTING THE GAME 3333333333333333333333333
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- VALIDATE.COM is a program distributed with MythMaster: A Vagabond's
- Adventure to check the game program for file corruption. To make this
- check, before starting the game type VALIDATE MM1.EXE after the prompt >
- then hit enter. The VALIDATE.COM program will return some values you may
- want to write down. These values should be equal to the values you will
- see displayed at the end of the setup routine. If these values are not
- equal, then you should check the program for viruses. See section 10)
- CAUTIONS TO THE SHAREWARE BUYER for more information on file corruption.
-
- MM1.EXE has a setup routine which should check your hardware and allow
- you the option to choose the keyboard or a joystick to move the main
- character in the game. Just type MM1 after the prompt > in the directory
- containing all the game files and follow the instruction to run the setup
- routine. After running the setup routine once after installation, you can
- bypass the setup routine by pressing the enter key right after typing MM1
- to start the game.
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- 4444444444444444444444444 HOW TO PLAY THE GAME 4444444444444444444444444
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- a) Setting the scene:
- This is the first great tale of the MythMaster, a nickname given
- to an adventuresome young man seeking fame and fortune as a
- troubleshooting vagabond from the kingdom of Ethra. Anton Schlepp
- came from humble beginnings. His parents were farmers who worked
- hard their whole lives to have a comfortable home and enough to eat.
-
- When growing up, Anton had heard amazing tales of power and
- magic that could reach beyond his own world into the cosmos. But,
- from an early age, Anton showed a strong inclination for being a
- world class klutz. At the age of eighteen, his parents finally had
- to turn him out of the house when he accidentally burned down the
- barn.
-
- Anton was thunderstruck. He set out with only a knapsack and as
- many provisions as he could carry, but he was determined to change
- his luck. He was a hopeful dreamer, bumbling through life as he
- always had until upon entering the kingdom of Cafray, he happened
- upon a man in a very great hurry with a remarkable story...
-
- Go on an adventure...
-
- This game lets you become the stories central character and
- control everything he does to discover the object of his quest and to
- fulfill his destiny.
-
- b) Start by typing MM1 and following the setup instructions to check
- hardware and choose a joystick if you wish. If you do not have a
- joystick, choose the keyboard. (The keyboard is the default control
- device.)
-
- c) The joystick can move Anton wherever you wish: left, right, up, down,
- diagonally, and to a stop at center. If your joystick does not
- respond to your satisfaction, you may want to use the keyboard
- keypad instead. (Start the game over, choosing the keyboard rather
- than the joystick in the setup routine. Changing from the keyboard to
- the joystick and back again will not affect the games you have saved.)
- If Anton won't move, hit enter a couple times.
-
- d) When using the keyboard keypad, you may use home, arrow up, pgup,
- arrow right, pgdn, arrow down, end, and arrow left. To stop his
- motion at any point just hit again the last direction key used (i.e.
- if he is moving diagonally down-left, then hitting the end key will
- stop his movement). If Anton won't move, hit enter a couple times or
- a direction key.
-
- e) A ? is the prompt for you to enter commands. Type in commands, i.e,
- LOOK, LOOK AROUND, TALK, GET THE HAMMER, and then hit enter. The
- first thing to do when entering a room is to LOOK or LOOK AROUND. You
- should LOOK AT everything you can in the room and GET objects at
- every opportunity. Hit return to clear the response to your command
- and get the prompt back or enter your next command.
-
- f) This game understands the following verbs:
- break enter hug pick up
- catch examine jump pull
- chop exit kill push
- climb fill kiss read
- close follow knock sleep
- crawl get leave speak
- dive give lock take
- drink go look talk
- drop help move unlock
- eat hit open use
- wade
- g) It is very helpful to make a map of the territory you cover. This
- makes getting around much quicker.
-
- h) The function keys:
- F1 = HELP SCREEN (This function gives you a quick display of function
- keys during regular game play.)
-
- F2 = REPEAT LAST COMMAND (This function allows you to repeat the
- last command you typed on the keyboard.)
-
- F3 = SAVE GAME (This function key allows you to save all the
- parameters associated with the progress you have made in your
- game play. You will want to use this feature when you're about
- to try something dangerous or before quitting play to take a
- break. It is possible to save a total of 12 games.)
-
- F4 = RESTORE GAME (You may use this function key to restore a saved
- game when you restart your game, during game play when you've
- come to an untimely death or whenever you wish to return to a
- particular point in the game where you want to start over.)
-
- F5 OR TAB = INVENTORY (Either of these two keys gives you a list of
- the objects you are presently carrying.)
-
- F6 = PAUSE (This function key will stop all game action until you
- press any other key.)
-
- F7 = SPEED ADJUSTMENT (Particularly effective with faster machines,
- this function key allows the adventurer a choice of three speeds
- of travel.)
-
- F8 = RESTART GAME (This function key will reset the game parameters so
- that you can start over. It does not change any of the games you
- may have already saved. After restarting the game, you could
- still restore any one of your saved games.)
-
- F9 = SOUND (The sound in this game is limited to a beep which tells
- you that you may hit enter to get the input prompt following a
- reply to one of your commands. Always read carefully the
- replies, to get some clues about your quest. If there is a WAIT!
- located at the end of a response, do not hit the return.)
-
- F10 = QUIT (Leave the game and return to DOS. Remember to save your
- game if necessary.)
-
- i) This game has a possible 206 points but not all are necessary to win
- the game. The big challenge is to get all of the possible points,
- so, good luck!
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- 5555555555555555555555555 NOTES TO THE PLAYER 5555555555555555555555555
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- Every attempt has been made to eliminate possible problems. If, by
- chance, you should discover a bug and the program does something
- obviously unintended, then reboot DOS or turn off your machine. When you
- restart the game, you probably will not encounter the same difficulty
- unless you create the same conditions leading to the same error. This game
- should not be run from inside any other program, i.e. WINDOWS.
-
- Comments to the author are appreciated. Please send these directly to
- the author via mail to Carol L. Standley, Techni-Graphics, 39038 Trillium
- Ln., Corvallis, Oregon 97330, USA.
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- 666666666666666666 ABOUT SHAREWARE AND REGISTRATION 6666666666666666666
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- If you have paid a shareware distributor the nominal fee requested for
- sending you a copy of MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure, you should know
- that none of that fee is paid to the author. Please register this
- shareware. By doing so, you will support the author's efforts to bring to
- the public more inexpensive, challenging and fun adventure game software.
-
- For registering this game you will receive:
- A free hint book
- A certificate of registration
- A registered version of the latest update of MythMaster: A Vagabond's
- Adventure
- A notice of the release of the sequel to MythMaster: A Vagabond's
- Adventure
- Telephone support (please don't call for hints)
-
- For just $5.00 more with your registration you will receive:
- A shareware version of Anton's next great adventure when it becomes
- available and before it is available to shareware distributors. This offer
- allows you to get the shareware version of the sequel to MythMaster: A
- Vagabond's Adventure straight from the author at a very low price.
-
- If you want to register MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure, please use
- the registration form supplied below by copying it to your printer. All
- registrations from outside the United States of America must add $3.00 for
- the extra postage and handling.
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- Your name__________________________________________________________________
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- Street_____________________________________________________________________
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- City, State___________________________________________________Zip__________
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- Country_____________________________________________Telephone______________
- xxxxxx
- Please check which diskette format(s) work on your computer system:
- [ ] 5.25" DS/DD (360 K) [ ] 3.5" DS/DD (720 K)
- [ ] 5.25" DS/HD (1.2 MB) [ ] 3.5" DS/HD (1.44 MB)
-
- [ ] Registration, hint book, the latest registered
- version, and shipping and handling for
- MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure in the U.S.A....$25.00 U.S. Dollars
- [ ] Shareware version of the sequel game...............$ 5.00 U.S. Dollars
- [ ] Extra postage for orders outside the U.S.A.........$ 3.00 U.S. Dollars
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- Total =
- U.S.A. Customers: U.S. Dollars
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- United Kingdom Customers:
- U.K. customers please send cheques in Pounds Sterling at the present
- exchange rate.
-
- Other Foreign Countries (including Canada):
- Checks in U.S. Dollars drawn on a U.S. bank.
- Certified bank draft in U.S. dollars.
- U.S. dollars cash (please send by certified mail).
- Traveller's checks in U.S. dollars (please send by certified mail).
- NO EUROCHEQUES, PLEASE (they cost more than their value to exchange).
-
- To best serve our customers and to keep the price of this shareware as low
- as possible please answer the following questions about your shareware copy
- of MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure.
-
- Where did you got your shareware copy of MythMaster (Name or Company)?_____
-
- ___________________________________________________________________________
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- Street_____________________________________________________________________
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- City, State___________________________________________________Zip__________
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- Country_____________________________________________Telephone______________
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- How much did you pay for your shareware copy of the game?__________________
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- Mail your registration form and appropriate fee to:
-
- Carol L. Standley
- Techni-Graphics
- 39038 Trillium Ln.
- Corvallis, OR 97330
- USA
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- 777777777777777777777 REGISTERED SOFTWARE LICENSE 777777777777777777777
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- Registered versions of MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure are
- distributed as COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE and SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED to
- individuals or companies in any form, nor transmitted electronically to
- bulletin boards or any other kind of distributor in any form. Also,
- registered versions may not be copied except by the holder of the
- registration to make one backup copy.
-
- This license allows for the use of the registered version of
- MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure on one machine only. If you are
- interested in site licensing for a company, please contact the author.
-
- MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure is the property of Carol L.
- Standley, Techni-Graphics who retains all copyright rights to MythMaster: A
- Vagabond's Adventure. MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure is licensed to
- you only for your own use. You are not obtaining title to the software or
- any copyright rights. You may not sublicense, rent, lease, sell, convey,
- modify, translate, convert to another programming language, decompile,
- reverse engineer, or disassemble the software for any purpose.
-
- 8888888888888888888888888 SHAREWARE LICENSE 888888888888888888888888888
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- The concept of shareware is to provide a fully functioning copy to
- the user for evaluation. MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure is the
- property of Carol L. Standley, Techni-Graphics, who retains all copyright
- rights for the author of MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure. You are
- granted a limited license to "try-before-you-buy" this software. If you
- find MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure entertaining enough to want to play
- the game to it's completion, then please register your copy. If you choose
- not to register this shareware, then pass a copy to some friend and erase
- your own copy.
-
- This license also allows you to make as many copies of the shareware
- version of MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure as you wish in it's unaltered
- and original form to give to others on the same shareware evaluation basis.
- But you are specifically denied permission by the author to sell or ask any
- payment for MythMaster: A Vagabond's Adventure.
-
- A distributor of shareware may ask for a nominal fee (NOT TO EXCEED
- FIVE DOLLARS PER DISKETTE OR FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME) to cover
- the costs of copying and distribution of MythMaster: A Vagabond's
- Adventure. The distributor must correctly label the shareware diskettes
- with the title, copyright notice, trademark notice and shareware notice on
- the diskette labels. All of the files must be distributed together and
- none of the files may be modified in any way (but the distributor may add a
- file to disk 1 which identifies their company and contains installation
- information.) The author, Carol L. Standley, Techni-Graphics, retains all
- copyright rights and may request upon written notification that any
- shareware distributor cease distribution of MythMaster: A Vagabond's
- Adventure if the author feels that the distributor is violating the above
- limited license.
-
- OEM's or publishers who wish to bundle MythMaster: A Vagabond's
- Adventure must obtain written permission from the author, Carol L.
- Standley, Techni-Graphics, 39038 Trillium Ln., Corvallis, Oregon 97330,
- USA.
-
- Companies wishing to get a site license should write to the author for
- a rate schedule.
-
- 999999999999999999999 WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS 9999999999999999999999
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND IT'S DOCUMENTATION ARE LICENSED "AS IS." CAROL L.
- STANDLEY, TECHNI-GRAPHICS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS
- SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, AND
- ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. CAROL L.
- STANDLEY, TECHNI-GRAPHICS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
- CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO
- USE THIS SOFTWARE. CAROL L. STANDLEY'S, TECHNI-GRAPHICS' LIABILITY FOR ANY
- DAMAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED THE REGISTRATION FEE PAID FOR THE LICENSE TO USE
- THE SOFTWARE.
- SINCE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW EXCLUSION OF THE LIMIT OF LIABILITY FOR
- CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
- THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OREGON, U.S.A., AND SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF
- CAROL L. STANDLEY, TECHNI-GRAPHICS AND ANY SUCCESSORS, ADMINISTRATORS,
- HEIRS, AND ASSIGNS. ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY EITHER PARTY
- AGAINST THE OTHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
- BROUGHT ONLY IN THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION
- LOCATED NEAREST TO OR IN BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, U.S.A. THE PARTIES HEREBY
- CONSENT TO IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION OF SAID COURTS.
-
- 10-10-10-10-10-10-10 CAUTIONS TO THE SHAREWARE BUYER 10-10-10-10-10-10-10
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- IMPORTANT COMMENT TO THE USER: Because of the possibility of
- corruption of this software or it's documentation by virus infection or
- from the accidental corruption during downloads from bulletin boards, this
- author recommends that purchasers of shareware always try to get their
- shareware products from reputable shareware vendors.
-
- Some measures to alert the customer of accidental corruption and viral
- infection have been included in the programming of this game, but no
- guarantee of 100% protection can be made by the author. Read VALIDATE.DOC
- and then use VALIDATE.COM to check against the values given to you at the
- end of the setup routine. If the values match, the program should be free
- of file corruption.
-
- 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11
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- Many thanks to David R. Standley (my husband) for his support and
- encouragement in the writing of this game.
-
- Thanks again to the beta testers who helped me to debug this game.
-
- Portions (c) Copyright Genus Microprogramming, Inc. 1988-1990.
- Validate 0.3 Copyright 1988-1989 by McAfee Associates.
- LHA SFX 2.13S (c) Yoshi, 1991.
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