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- Short: The Rift by M. A. Buonaccorsi (AGT)
- Author: Michael A. Buonaccorsi
- Uploader: Bill Hoggett (mas.supplies@easynet.co.uk)
- Version: 1.0
- Type: game/text
- Requires: an AGT interpreter (e.g. AGiliTy)
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- º °°±²ÛÛ The Rift ÛÛ²±°° º
- º º
- º AÿText-Based Adventure Game º
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- º v.1.0 º
- º Compiled On: º
- º November 29, 1993 º
- º By: Michael A. Buonaccorsi º
- º PlayTester: Michael Oliver º
- º UNREGISTEREDÿÿÿÿÿÿRegistration fee: $15.00! º
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- Instructions
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- Playing the game is easy. This is a text based adventure game where
- you make all the decisions on what you want your character to do. You give
- verbal commands through the game itself. Your game commands should
- generally be in the format:
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- <verb phrase> <(multiple) noun phrase(s)> <preposition> <noun phrase/object>
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- Verb phrases can consist of a simple verb like EAT, SHOOT, READ or a verb
- followed by a preposition such as CLIMB UP, JUMP THROUGH, or SWIM IN. Noun
- (or object) phrases can consist of a single word noun like TREE, ROCK, LAKE
- or a noun and its adjective such as RED ROCK, SMALL BOWL or UGLY MUTANT.
- Several nouns may be connected with AND's or commas. Articles like A, AN,
- or THE are optional. The personal pronouns MY and ITS are also optional.
- The pronouns IT, THEM, HER, and HIM may be used to refer to a previously
- mentioned noun.
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- Here are some (hypothetical) examples of valid commands:
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- PLACE A RED ROCK IN THE SMALL BOWL
- PUT THE GREEN ROCK AND THE SMALL PEBBLE BEHIND THE OAK TREE
- NORTH
- PLACE AN AXE AND THE SHIELD NEXT TO THE BIG TREE
- TURN ON THE FLASHLIGHT
- ENTER THE CAVE
- ASK JODIE ABOUT THE CRIME
- PLAY WITH THE DOG
- TELL JEFF ABOUT THE SWORD
- NE (for NORTHEAST)
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- Directional commands move the character (player) to other places in the
- game. There are 12 possible directional commands, they are:
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- NORTH
- SOUTH
- EAST
- WEST
- NORTHEAST
- NORTHWEST
- SOUTHEAST
- SOUTHWEST
- UP
- DOWN
- ENTER
- EXIT
-
- These directional commands can be abbreviated and will still be recognized
- by the games parser. Ex: N (for NORTH); NW (for NORTHWEST). ENTER and EXIT
- must be fully typed to work properly.
-
- During game play, there are some special keys that can be pressed:
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- F1 -- GET Up Arrow -- NORTH
- F2 -- DROP Down Arrow -- SOUTH
- F3 -- EXAMINE Right Arrow -- EAST
- F4 -- READ Left Arrow -- WEST
- F5 -- OPEN Home -- NORTHWEST
- F6 -- CLOSE End -- SOUTHWEST
- F7 -- INVENTORY Pg Up -- NORTHEAST
- F8 -- LOOK Pg Dn -- SOUTHEAST
- F9 -- SCORE Gray "-" Key -- UP
- F10 -- HELP Gray "+" Key -- DOWN
- Ins -- ENTER
- Del -- EXIT
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- A list of these commands can be accessed during the game by typing "?"
- at the "WHAT NOW" prompt any time during game play.
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- The games command structure is fairly simple and easy to understand,
- if you are new to text-adventure games, this will come to you soon.
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- Good Luck!
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 9242 837 90.9% 12-May-94 16:17:08 +RIFT.DA1
- 6438 3929 38.9% 12-May-94 16:17:08 +RIFT.DA2
- 12060 8170 32.2% 12-May-94 16:17:08 +RIFT.DA3
- 1140 763 33.0% 12-May-94 16:17:08 +RIFT.DA4
- 11790 5561 52.8% 12-May-94 16:17:08 +RIFT.DA5
- 2880 1296 55.0% 29-Nov-93 15:40:54 +RIFT.INS
- 628 219 65.1% 01-Dec-93 20:29:18 +RIFT.TTL
- 1922 946 50.7% 14-Jan-97 20:09:58 Rift.info
- 3735 1601 57.1% 21-Jan-97 21:07:36 Rift.readme
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- 49835 23322 53.2% 23-Jan-97 01:03:12 9 files
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