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        !            20: .TH BATTLESTAR 6 "June 23, 1990
        !            21: .UC 6
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: battlestar \- a tropical adventure game
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .B battlestar
        !            26: [
        !            27: .B -r (recover a saved game)
        !            28: ]
        !            29: .br
        !            30: .fi
        !            31: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            32: .I Battlestar
        !            33: is an adventure game in the classic style.  However, It's slightly less
        !            34: of a
        !            35: puzzle and more a game of exploration.  There are a few magical words
        !            36: in the game, but on the whole, simple English
        !            37: should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
        !            38: .SH "THE SETTING"
        !            39: In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the
        !            40: heavens...
        !            41: .br
        !            42: .nf
        !            43: 
        !            44:                Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
        !            45:                Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
        !            46:                One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
        !            47:                Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
        !            48:                Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
        !            49:                
        !            50: .fi
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond
        !            53: belief.  They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the
        !            54: word `su' could disappear.
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: In those times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to
        !            57: wear fine weapons.  Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could
        !            58: withstand a laser blast.
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled.  Swords
        !            61: and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass.  The entire
        !            62: fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
        !            63: .SH "SAMPLE COMMANDS"
        !            64: .nf
        !            65: 
        !            66:        take    ---     take an object
        !            67:        drop    ---     drop an object
        !            68: 
        !            69:        wear    ---     wear an object you are holding
        !            70:        draw    ---     carry an object you are wearing
        !            71: 
        !            72:        puton   ---     take an object and wear it
        !            73:        take off --     draw an object and drop it
        !            74: 
        !            75:        throw  <object> <direction>
        !            76: 
        !            77:        !       <shell esc>
        !            78:        
        !            79: .fi
        !            80: .SH "IMPLIED OBJECTS"
        !            81: .nf
        !            82: 
        !            83:        >-: take watermelon
        !            84:        watermelon:
        !            85:        Taken.
        !            86:        >-: eat
        !            87:        watermelon:
        !            88:        Eaten.
        !            89:        >-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
        !            90:        knife:
        !            91:        Taken.
        !            92:        broadsword:
        !            93:        Taken.
        !            94:        apple:
        !            95:        Taken.
        !            96:        knife:
        !            97:        Dropped.
        !            98:        broadsword:
        !            99:        Dropped.
        !           100:        apple:
        !           101:        Dropped.
        !           102:        >-: get
        !           103:        knife:
        !           104:        Taken.
        !           105:        
        !           106: .fi
        !           107: .PP
        !           108: Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
        !           109: want to take advantage of it.  That is, saying "take knife" and then
        !           110: "drop"
        !           111: will drop the knife you just took.
        !           112: .SH "SCORE & INVEN"
        !           113: The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
        !           114: in
        !           115: the game.
        !           116: .SH "SAVING A GAME"
        !           117: The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar."  You
        !           118: can
        !           119: recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you start up the
        !           120: game.
        !           121: .SH DIRECTIONS
        !           122: The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
        !           123: If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
        !           124: stand for
        !           125: Right, Left, Ahead, and Back.  Directions printed in room descriptions
        !           126: are
        !           127: always printed in R, L, A, & B relative directions.
        !           128: .SH HISTORY
        !           129: I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of
        !           130: the C Language.
        !           131: Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
        !           132: code, so don't 
        !           133: send me any hate mail about it!  Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
        !           134: .SH AUTHOR
        !           135: David Riggle
        !           136: .SH "INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE"
        !           137: Chris Guthrie
        !           138: .br
        !           139: Peter Da Silva
        !           140: .br
        !           141: Kevin Brown
        !           142: .br
        !           143: Edward Wang
        !           144: .br
        !           145: Ken Arnold & Company
        !           146: .SH BUGS
        !           147: Countless.
        !           148: .SH "FAN MAIL"
        !           149: Send to edward%[email protected], chris%[email protected],
        !           150: [email protected].

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