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- Version 4.8
- Copyright (c) 1995 Graham Cluley. All Rights Reserved.
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- ADVANTAGES OF REGISTRATION:
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- ■ Latest, fully-working version of the adventure!
- ■ A free bonus game! (More if we can fit them on the disk!)
- ■ Detailed maps of the adventure - you'll never get lost again!
- ■ Free updates as new versions become available!
- ■ Online hints and clues to the adventure's most baffling puzzles at
- any point in the game! (Both "subtle" and "sledgehammer" hints can
- be accessed!)
- ■ A warm, contented glow flowing through your body!
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- This is a shareware or user-supported adventure game. Whilst I retain
- copyright to the program I am happy for you to distribute HUMBUG
- provided all the distributable files are present and unchanged.
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- If you enjoy playing HUMBUG please consider registration. This
- entitles you to the latest fully-working version of HUMBUG, detailed
- maps, online hints (both subtle and sledgehammer!), free updates
- and a bonus game.
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- The registration details are shown in the main program. Type HELP if
- you are unsure.
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- ┌───────────────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
- │ HUMBUG │ 5¼ │ 3½ │
- │Registration prices│ disk │ disk │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- │United Kingdom │ £9 │ £9 │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- │United States │ $20 │ $20 │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- │Australia │ AU$35 │ AU$35 │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- │Germany │ DM 45 │ DM 45 │
- ├───────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
- │France │ Fr 150 │ Fr 150 │
- └───────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┘
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- American players of my games can register their copies with my USA
- representative: Nels Anderson. You can send registrations to Nels at
- the following address:
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- Nels Anderson, 585 Edmands Road, Framingham, MA 01701, USA. You can
- also contact Nels by email (nels.anderson@xevious.com) and his Bulletin
- Board "Xevious" (508 788 6951). Fax: 508 788 1363. Please add $2 for
- shipping and handling. Nels can accept credit card registrations, but
- please remember to quote your expiration date!
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- All other countries can register with me, Graham Cluley, at:
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- Graham Cluley, 43 Old Mill Gardens, Berkhamsted, Herts, England HP4 2NZ
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- Email: hamrag@cix.compulink.co.uk
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- If you've got a query drop me a line and I'll do my best to help.
- Sorry, but I cannot accept credit cards like Nels.
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- An adventure such as HUMBUG will allow you to enter a wide variety of
- commands such as GO NORTH, ASK GRANDAD ABOUT THE WUMPUS, and GET
- EVERYTHING IN THE DUSTBIN APART FROM THE DWEEZIL.
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- All of these commands are entered at the > prompt.
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- A wide vocabulary is understood by HUMBUG. Obviously if I were to list
- all the words understood by the game a lot of the fun would disappear,
- but here are a few that might come in useful:
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- SAY, HIT, ATTACK, GO, SHOUT, ASK, LIST, INVENTORY,EXAMINE, LOOK, HINT,
- SCORE, GIVE, PULL, PUSH, HELP, WEAR, GET, DROP, PUT, CLIMB, EAT, SAVE,
- LOAD, RAMSAVE, RAMLOAD, QUIT, and so on.
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- The LIST and INVENTORY commands will tell you which objects you are
- carrying. Other useful keys to remember are the up and down arrows.
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- The up and down arrows on the keyboard scroll through the last 10
- commands you have entered. This can be very helpful if you are a
- slower typist.
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- At any time during the adventure you can SAVE your position on disk.
- This is a particularly good idea if you're about to do something
- dangerous (for example attacking someone). When you do fail miserably
- at whatever tickled your fancy you can always restore your position
- with the LOAD command.
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- There are various abbreviations available for quicker typing:
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- X for EXAMINE object/thing/person
- L for LOOK
- I for INVENTORY of objects carried
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- Frequently used directions like NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UP and DOWN
- can be shortened to N, S, E, W, U and D respectively.
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- The CONFIG program allows players to choose their own colours. You do
- not earn any extra points for bad taste.
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- The HINT command enables the player to be gently prodded in the right
- direction with a hint (either subtle or sledgehammer) for the current
- location. This command only works in registered versions of HUMBUG,
- and the files HUMBUG.HNT and HINT.EXE are not for general distribution.
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- Players of JACARANDA JIM will remember that I promised to fix their
- plumbing, mow their lawn and complete other varied household chores.
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- I would like to take this opportunity to confirm that I will be around
- next Tuesday to finish dusting the tortilla.
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- Seriously folks, I need your registrations. I am a poor, dishevelled
- computer programmer looking for a "real" job. If you could help pay my
- mortgage by sending in your HUMBUG registration I will do my level best
- to be your ever-loving honeybun until the end of time.
-
- Be seeing you
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- GRAHAM CLULEY