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BATTLESTAR(6)							   Games Manual 						     BATTLESTAR(6)

NAME

       battlestar - a tropical adventure game

SYNOPSIS

       battlestar [ -r (recover a saved game) ]

DESCRIPTION

       Battlestar is an adventure game in the classic style.  However, It's slightly less of a puzzle and more a game of exploration.  There are a
       few magical words in the game, but on the whole, simple English should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.

THE SETTING

       In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the heavens...

		 Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
		 Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
		 One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
		 Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
		 Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.

       In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond belief.  They could take any object from thin air, and,  uttering  the
       word

       In  those  times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to wear fine weapons.	Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could
       withstand a laser blast.

       But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled.  Swords and helms and heads of state went	rolling  across  the  grass.   The
       entire fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.

SAMPLE COMMANDS

	    take ---  take an object
	    drop ---  drop an object

	    wear ---  wear an object you are holding
	    draw ---  carry an object you are wearing

	    puton     ---  take an object and wear it
	    take off --    draw an object and drop it

	    throw  <object> <direction>

	    !	 <shell esc>

IMPLIED OBJECTS

	    >-: take watermellon
	    watermellon:
	    Taken.
	    >-: eat
	    watermellon:
	    Eaten.
	    >-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
	    knife:
	    Taken.
	    broadsword:
	    Taken.
	    apple:
	    Taken.
	    knife:
	    Dropped.
	    broadsword:
	    Dropped.
	    apple:
	    Dropped.
	    >-: get
	    knife:
	    Taken.

       Notice  that  the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you want to take advantage of it.  That is, saying "take knife" and then "drop"
       will drop the knife you just took.

SCORE &; INVEN
       The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status in the game.

SAVING A GAME

       The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar."  You can recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you  start	up
       the game.

DIRECTIONS

       The  compass  directions  N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.  If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B,
       which stand for Right, Left, Ahead, and Back.  Directions printed in room descriptions are always printed in R, L, A, & B  relative  direc-
       tions.

HISTORY

       I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of the C Language.  Most interesting things that happen in the game are
       hardwired into the code, so don't send me any hate mail about it!  Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!

AUTHOR

       David Riggle

INSPIRATION &; ASSISTANCE
       Chris Guthrie
       Peter Da Silva
       Kevin Brown
       Edward Wang
       Ken Arnold & Company

BUGS

       Countless.

FAN MAIL

       Send to edward%ucbarpa@Berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa, riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.

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