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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DUNGEON 6 "February 9, 1987"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: dungeon\ -\ Adventures in the Dungeons of Doom
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B dungeon
        !             6: .br
        !             7: .B dungeon
        !             8: [-r [savefile]]\ \ \ --\ pdp-11 version only
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: Dungeon is a game of adventure, danger, and low cunning.  In it
        !            11: you will explore some of the most amazing territory ever seen by mortal
        !            12: man.  Hardened adventurers have run screaming from the terrors contained
        !            13: within.
        !            14: .LP
        !            15: In Dungeon, the intrepid explorer delves into the forgotten secrets
        !            16: of a lost labyrinth deep in the bowels of the earth, searching for
        !            17: vast treasures long hidden from prying eyes, treasures guarded by
        !            18: fearsome monsters and diabolical traps!
        !            19: .LP
        !            20: Dungeon was created at the Programming Technology Division of the MIT
        !            21: Laboratory for Computer Science by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce
        !            22: Daniels, and Dave Lebling.  It was inspired by the Adventure game of
        !            23: Crowther and Woods, and the Dungeons and Dragons game of Gygax
        !            24: and Arneson.  The original version was written in MDL (alias MUDDLE).
        !            25: The current version was translated from MDL into FORTRAN IV by
        !            26: a somewhat paranoid DEC engineer who prefers to remain anonymous.
        !            27: .LP
        !            28: On-line information may be obtained with the commands HELP and INFO.
        !            29: .SH OPTIONS
        !            30: In the pdp-11 version, the
        !            31: .B -r
        !            32: flag allows restarting a saved game.  The default savefile is
        !            33: .I dungeon.sav
        !            34: which may be overriden on the command line.  In the Vax version,
        !            35: the game is restored by using the
        !            36: .B restore
        !            37: command.
        !            38: .SH DETAILS
        !            39: Following, is the summary produced by the
        !            40: .B info
        !            41: command:
        !            42: .RS
        !            43: .LP
        !            44: Welcome to Dungeon!
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: You are near a large dungeon, which is reputed to contain vast
        !            47: quantities of treasure.   Naturally, you wish to acquire some of it.
        !            48: In order to do so, you must of course remove it from the dungeon.  To
        !            49: receive full credit for it, you must deposit it safely in the trophy
        !            50: case in the living room of the house.
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: In addition to valuables, the dungeon contains various objects
        !            53: which may or may not be useful in your attempt to get rich.  You may
        !            54: need sources of light, since dungeons are often dark, and weapons,
        !            55: since dungeons often have unfriendly things wandering about.  Reading
        !            56: material is scattered around the dungeon as well;  some of it
        !            57: is rumored to be useful.
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: To determine how successful you have been, a score is kept.
        !            60: When you find a valuable object and pick it up, you receive a
        !            61: certain number of points, which depends on the difficulty of finding
        !            62: the object.  You receive extra points for transporting the treasure
        !            63: safely to the living room and placing it in the trophy case.  In
        !            64: addition, some particularly interesting rooms have a value associated
        !            65: with visiting them.  The only penalty is for getting yourself killed,
        !            66: which you may do only twice.
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: Of special note is a thief (always carrying a large bag) who
        !            69: likes to wander around in the dungeon (he has never been seen by the
        !            70: light of day).  He likes to take things.  Since he steals for pleasure
        !            71: rather than profit and is somewhat sadistic, he only takes things which
        !            72: you have seen.  Although he prefers valuables, sometimes in his haste
        !            73: he may take something which is worthless.  From time to time, he examines
        !            74: his take and discards objects which he doesn't like.  He may occasionally 
        !            75: stop in a room you are visiting, but more often he just wanders
        !            76: through and rips you off (he is a skilled pickpocket).
        !            77: .RE
        !            78: .SH COMMANDS
        !            79: .LP
        !            80: .TP 15
        !            81: .B brief
        !            82: suppresses printing of long room descriptions
        !            83: for rooms which have been visited.
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: .B superbrief
        !            86: suppresses
        !            87: printing of long room descriptions for all rooms.
        !            88: .TP
        !            89: .B verbose
        !            90: restores long descriptions.
        !            91: .TP
        !            92: .B info
        !            93: prints information which might give some idea
        !            94: of what the game is about.
        !            95: .TP
        !            96: .B quit
        !            97: prints your score and asks whether you wish
        !            98: to continue playing.
        !            99: .TP
        !           100: .B save
        !           101: saves the state of the game for later continuation.
        !           102: .TP
        !           103: .B restore
        !           104: restores a saved game.
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: .B inventory
        !           107: lists the objects in your possession.
        !           108: .TP
        !           109: .B look
        !           110: prints a description of your surroundings.
        !           111: .TP
        !           112: .B score
        !           113: prints your current score and ranking.
        !           114: .TP
        !           115: .B time
        !           116: tells you how long you have been playing.
        !           117: .TP
        !           118: .B diagnose
        !           119: reports on your injuries, if any.
        !           120: .LP
        !           121: The
        !           122: .B inventory
        !           123: command may be abbreviated
        !           124: .BR i ;
        !           125: the
        !           126: .B look
        !           127: command may be abbreviated
        !           128: .BR l ;
        !           129: the
        !           130: .B quit
        !           131: command may be abbreviated
        !           132: .BR q .
        !           133: .LP
        !           134: A command that begins with '!' as the first character is taken to
        !           135: be a shell command and is passed unchanged to the shell via
        !           136: .I system(3).
        !           137: .SH CONTAINMENT
        !           138: .LP
        !           139: Some objects can contain other objects.  Many such containers can
        !           140: be opened and closed.  The rest are always open.   They may or may
        !           141: not be transparent.  For you to access (e.g., take) an object
        !           142: which is in a container, the container must be open.  For you
        !           143: to see such an object, the container must be either open or
        !           144: transparent.  Containers have a capacity, and objects have sizes;
        !           145: the number of objects which will fit therefore depends on their
        !           146: sizes.  You may put any object you have access to (it need not be
        !           147: in your hands) into any other object.  At some point, the program
        !           148: will attempt to pick it up if you don't already have it, which
        !           149: process may fail if you're carrying too much.  Although containers
        !           150: can contain other containers, the program doesn't access more than
        !           151: one level down.
        !           152: .SH FIGHTING
        !           153: .LP
        !           154: Occupants of the dungeon will, as a rule, fight back when
        !           155: attacked.  In some cases, they may attack even if unprovoked.
        !           156: Useful verbs here are 
        !           157: .I attack
        !           158: <villain>
        !           159: .I with
        !           160: <weapon>,
        !           161: .IR kill ,
        !           162: etc.  Knife-throwing may or may not be useful.  You have a
        !           163: fighting strength which varies with time.  Being in a fight,
        !           164: getting killed, and being injured all lower this strength.
        !           165: Strength is regained with time.  Thus, it is not a good idea to
        !           166: fight someone immediately after being killed.  Other details
        !           167: should become apparent after a few melees or deaths.
        !           168: .SH COMMAND\ PARSER
        !           169: .LP
        !           170: A command is one line of text terminated by a carriage return.
        !           171: For reasons of simplicity, all words are distinguished by their
        !           172: first six letters.  All others are ignored.  For example, typing
        !           173: .I disassemble the encyclopedia
        !           174: is not only meaningless, it also
        !           175: creates excess effort for your fingers.  Note that this truncation
        !           176: may produce ambiguities in the intepretation of longer words.
        !           177: [Also note that upper and lower case are equivalent.]
        !           178: .LP
        !           179: You are dealing with a fairly stupid parser, which understands
        !           180: the following types of things:
        !           181: .RS
        !           182: .TP 5
        !           183: .B Actions:
        !           184: Among the more obvious of these, such as
        !           185: .I take, put, drop,
        !           186: etc.
        !           187: Fairly general forms of these may be used, such as
        !           188: .I pick up, put down,
        !           189: etc.
        !           190: .TP
        !           191: .B Directions:
        !           192: .I north, south, up, down,
        !           193: etc. and their various abbreviations.
        !           194: Other more obscure directions
        !           195: .RI ( land,
        !           196: .IR cross )
        !           197: are appropriate in only certain situations.
        !           198: .TP
        !           199: .B Objects:
        !           200: Most objects have names and can be referenced by them.
        !           201: .TP
        !           202: .B Adjectives:
        !           203: Some adjectives are understood and required when there are
        !           204: two objects which can be referenced with the same 'name' (e.g.,
        !           205: .I doors,
        !           206: .IR buttons ).
        !           207: .TP
        !           208: .B Prepositions:
        !           209: It may be necessary in some cases to include prepositions, but
        !           210: the parser attempts to handle cases which aren't ambiguous
        !           211: without.  Thus
        !           212: .I give car to demon
        !           213: will work, as will
        !           214: .I give demon
        !           215: .IR car .
        !           216: .I give car demon
        !           217: probably won't do anything interesting.
        !           218: When a preposition is used, it should be appropriate;
        !           219: .I give car with demon
        !           220: won't parse.
        !           221: .TP
        !           222: .B Sentences:
        !           223: The parser understands a reasonable number of syntactic construc-
        !           224: tions.  In particular, multiple commands (separated by commas)
        !           225: can be placed on the same line.
        !           226: .TP
        !           227: .B Ambiguity:
        !           228: The parser tries to be clever about what to do in the case of
        !           229: actions which require objects that are not explicitly specified.
        !           230: If there is only one possible object, the parser will assume
        !           231: that it should be used.  Otherwise, the parser will ask.
        !           232: Most questions asked by the parser can be answered.
        !           233: .RE
        !           234: .SH FILES
        !           235: dindx.dat      - game initialization info
        !           236: .br
        !           237: dtext.dat              - encoded messages
        !           238: .br
        !           239: rindx.dat              - index into message file for pdp version
        !           240: .br
        !           241: dungeon.sav    - default save file for pdp version
        !           242: .br
        !           243: dsave.dat      - default save file for non-pdp versions
        !           244: .br
        !           245: listen, speak  - co-process routines for pdp version
        !           246: .SH BUGS
        !           247: For those familiar with the MDL version of the game on the ARPAnet,
        !           248: the following is a list of the major incompatabilties:
        !           249: .RS
        !           250: -The first six letters of a word are considered
        !           251: significant, instead of the first five.
        !           252: .br
        !           253: -The syntax for
        !           254: .I tell, answer,
        !           255: and
        !           256: .I incant
        !           257: is different.
        !           258: .br
        !           259: -Compound objects are not recognized.
        !           260: .br
        !           261: -Compound commands can be delimited with comma as well
        !           262: as period.
        !           263: .RE
        !           264: .LP
        !           265: Also, the palantir, brochure, and dead man problems are not
        !           266: implemented.
        !           267: .LP
        !           268: The pdp version is slightly stripped down to fit within the memory
        !           269: contraints.
        !           270: An overlayed pdp version might be made that would allow the
        !           271: complete game to be compiled and loaded, but I don't have the
        !           272: inclination (or machine) to do it.
        !           273: .SH AUTHORS
        !           274: .LP
        !           275: Many people have had a hand in this version.  See the "History" and
        !           276: "README" files for credits.  Send bug reports to [email protected]
        !           277: (or ...!tektronix!tekred!billr).

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