Black Box 4/BlackBox.cdr/bbs_door/mazeitv2.arj/INSTR.MZT

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                                Mazeit v2.3
                         Written by James R. Davis
                            (C) Copywrite 1989

   This is a game of skill and luck.  You against the maze.  You start off by
choosing the maze of which you would like to enter.  A dungeon if you will.
After loading you will be in the room known as START, the object of the game
is to reach the room known as END with as much treasure, as you can.  This is
not an easy task however, because of the obstacles that are in the way.  Such
as monsters and traps of all sorts.  Occasionally you will run up against
another user, and you may attack him, if you don't htink he'll get mad and
attack you at the same time.
   The monsters are as follows:

                             1 - The Orc
                             2 - The Ogre
                             3 - The Troll
                             4 - The Banshee
                             5 - The Demon

   Each of these monsters are progressively stronger, and in order from first
to last.  It is your job to find out which one is which thou.  The treasures
that you can find are as follows and are all located in chests:

                       1 - Gold pieces ($1 to $500)
                       2 - Magic Axe (Increases STR)
                       3 - Magic Sword (Increases STR)
                       4 - Chain Mail Armor
                       5 - Plate Mail Armor

   Each of the above has some purpose in the game, the gold allows you to
purchase weapons if you find enough.  The Magical weapons can increase your
strength, each in progressively larger sums.  The armor increases your hit
points and makes it harder for you to be killed.  The traps which surround
the fun of the maze are as follows:

                       1 - Magical Teleporter
                       2 - Chest Mimic
                       3 - Strength Plaugue
                       4 - Pit of No Return
                       5 - Hole to No Where

   The teleporter, if you enter a room which one is in, will instantly
teleport you to another part of the maze.  You could end up with a Demon or
in a room with no exit.  Or you could just end up in the room containing the
exit to the maze.  The chest mimic, looks just like a chest, but will not
attack until you try to pick it up, and then you are dead!  The strength
plaugue will sap your strength every move you make.  The Pit of No Return is
a room with a weak floor.  You walk into this room and you will fall into the
pit with no way out!  The Hole to No Where is disguised as a upper or lower
opening.  When you attempt climb thru, it is covered and you cannot escape.
The only way out is to Quit the game or re-roll your character.
   During the course of this game, you will move about with your number keys
on your number pad.  Make sure it is turned on in order to play.  You can
only see a room ahead of you.  But the monsters hide from view until you
enter the room they are in.  You may retreat, if you must, but they may hit
you anyway, and give you something to remind you that they are there!  If you
choose to attack, you may do so and if you win, you may find something for
your trouble.  The only monster in the whole game that cannot be defeated is
the chest mimic.  The only way to defeat him, is not to mess with him.  He'll
kill you in a heart-beat!
   You may run into a player as well.  He will not attack you, unless provoked
and then, you may die as well.  You can send messages to other players, and
recieve them as well.
   You can quit the game at any time, and your position in the maze will be
saved for the next time you play.  When you enter a maze, you are in that
maze until either you die or complete the maze.  Only after that can you
select another maze to enter.  The end room is indicated on the screen by
GOAL# which is just under the current ROOM# you are in at the time.  You can
use this number to guide you to the goal room, which is the exit to the maze.
   If you get killed by another user, you kill another user, or complete the
maze you are in a public message is sent to all users from game control to let
them know what happened, if not to feel sorry for you, then to laugh! <GRIN!>
   If you get tired of waiting for the screen to display all the current stats
just use the L key to change the help level.  When the help level is on your
stats will not be displayed, only the room view and the current activity
windows will be displayed.  If you wish to know your stats after that, use the
L key again to display them.  All commands are displayed with a brief
description of each.  You need not hit enter after a command is given, it
the touch of the key to enter a command.
   Thats about all I can tell you in this documentation.  If you find that you
are in a room with no escape... just hit the X key and you will start over
again.  Or leave a message to another player and work the problem out between
the other players.  You'd be surprised at how much fun it can be when you work
with everyone else to solve a maze.  One note... you can map a maze, for the
largest maze is only 11x39.  You figure it out!  Have fun and keep gaming!

-=> James "The Garf!" Davis! <=-