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1.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" The game adventure was original written by Will Crowther and Don
5.\" Woods, in Fortran. It was later translated to C and enhanced by
6.\" Jim Gillogly.
7.\"
8.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
9.\"
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12.Dd
13.Dt ADVENTURE 6
14.Os BSD 3
15.Sh NAME
16.Nm adventure
17.Nd "an exploration game"
18.Sh SYNOPSIS
19.Nm adventure
20.Sh DESCRIPTION
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21The object of the game is to locate and explore Colossal Cave, find the
22treasures hidden there, and bring them back to the building with you.
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23The program is self-descriptive
24to a point, but part of the game is to
da1ddb48 25discover its rules.
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26.Pp
27To terminate a game, enter
28.Ql quit ;
29to save a game for later resumption,
30enter
31.Ql suspend .
32.Sh BUGS
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33Saving a game creates a large executable file instead of just
34the information needed to resume the game.