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1.1     ! root        1: .\"
        !             2: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California,
        !             3: .\" All rights reserved.  Redistribution permitted subject to
        !             4: .\" the terms of the Berkeley Software License Agreement.
        !             5: .\"
        !             6: 
        !             7: .\" @(#)battlestar.6   1.2 4/24/85
        !             8: 
        !             9: .TH BATTLESTAR 6
        !            10: .UC 4
        !            11: .SH NAME
        !            12: battlestar \- a tropical adventure game
        !            13: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            14: .B battlestar
        !            15: [
        !            16: .B -r (recover a saved game)
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .br
        !            19: .fi
        !            20: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            21: .I Battlestar
        !            22: is an adventure game in the classic style.  However, It's slightly less
        !            23: of a
        !            24: puzzle and more a game of exploration.  There are a few magical words
        !            25: in the game, but on the whole, simple English
        !            26: should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
        !            27: .SH "THE SETTING"
        !            28: In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the
        !            29: heavens...
        !            30: .br
        !            31: .nf
        !            32: 
        !            33:                Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
        !            34:                Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
        !            35:                One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
        !            36:                Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
        !            37:                Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
        !            38:                
        !            39: .fi
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond
        !            42: belief.  They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the
        !            43: word
        !            44: 'su,' could disappear.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: In those times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to
        !            47: wear fine weapons.  Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could
        !            48: withstand a laser blast.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled.  Swords
        !            51: and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass.  The entire
        !            52: fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
        !            53: .SH "SAMPLE COMMANDS"
        !            54: .nf
        !            55: 
        !            56:        take    ---     take an object
        !            57:        drop    ---     drop an object
        !            58: 
        !            59:        wear    ---     wear an object you are holding
        !            60:        draw    ---     carry an object you are wearing
        !            61: 
        !            62:        puton   ---     take an object and wear it
        !            63:        take off --     draw an object and drop it
        !            64: 
        !            65:        throw  <object> <direction>
        !            66: 
        !            67:        !       <shell esc>
        !            68:        
        !            69: .fi
        !            70: .SH "IMPLIED OBJECTS"
        !            71: .nf
        !            72: 
        !            73:        >-: take watermellon
        !            74:        watermellon:
        !            75:        Taken.
        !            76:        >-: eat
        !            77:        watermellon:
        !            78:        Eaten.
        !            79:        >-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
        !            80:        knife:
        !            81:        Taken.
        !            82:        broadsword:
        !            83:        Taken.
        !            84:        apple:
        !            85:        Taken.
        !            86:        knife:
        !            87:        Dropped.
        !            88:        broadsword:
        !            89:        Dropped.
        !            90:        apple:
        !            91:        Dropped.
        !            92:        >-: get
        !            93:        knife:
        !            94:        Taken.
        !            95:        
        !            96: .fi
        !            97: .PP
        !            98: Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
        !            99: want to take advantage of it.  That is, saying "take knife" and then
        !           100: "drop"
        !           101: will drop the knife you just took.
        !           102: .SH "SCORE & INVEN"
        !           103: The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
        !           104: in
        !           105: the game.
        !           106: .SH "SAVING A GAME"
        !           107: The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar."  You
        !           108: can
        !           109: recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you start up the
        !           110: game.
        !           111: .SH DIRECTIONS
        !           112: The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
        !           113: If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
        !           114: stand for
        !           115: Right, Left, Ahead, and Back.  Directions printed in room descriptions
        !           116: are
        !           117: always printed in R, L, A, & B relative directions.
        !           118: .SH HISTORY
        !           119: I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of
        !           120: the C Language.
        !           121: Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
        !           122: code, so don't 
        !           123: send me any hate mail about it!  Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
        !           124: .SH AUTHOR
        !           125: David Riggle
        !           126: .SH "INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE"
        !           127: Chris Guthrie
        !           128: .br
        !           129: Peter Da Silva
        !           130: .br
        !           131: Kevin Brown
        !           132: .br
        !           133: Edward Wang
        !           134: .br
        !           135: Ken Arnold & Company
        !           136: .SH BUGS
        !           137: Countless.
        !           138: .SH "FAN MAIL"
        !           139: Send to edward%[email protected], chris%[email protected],
        !           140: [email protected].

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