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.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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.\"	@(#)battlestar.6	1.4 (Berkeley) %G%
.\"
.TH BATTLESTAR 6 "
.UC 6
.SH NAME
battlestar \- a tropical adventure game
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B battlestar
[
.B -r (recover a saved game)
]
.br
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I 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.
.SH "THE SETTING"
In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the
heavens...
.br
.nf

		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.
		
.fi
.PP
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 `su' could disappear.
.PP
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.
.PP
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.
.SH "SAMPLE COMMANDS"
.nf

	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>
	
.fi
.SH "IMPLIED OBJECTS"
.nf

	>-: take watermelon
	watermelon:
	Taken.
	>-: eat
	watermelon:
	Eaten.
	>-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
	knife:
	Taken.
	broadsword:
	Taken.
	apple:
	Taken.
	knife:
	Dropped.
	broadsword:
	Dropped.
	apple:
	Dropped.
	>-: get
	knife:
	Taken.
	
.fi
.PP
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.
.SH "SCORE & INVEN"
The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
in
the game.
.SH "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.
.SH 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 directions.
.SH 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!
.SH AUTHOR
David Riggle
.SH "INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE"
Chris Guthrie
.br
Peter Da Silva
.br
Kevin Brown
.br
Edward Wang
.br
Ken Arnold & Company
.SH BUGS
Countless.
.SH "FAN MAIL"
Send to edward%ucbarpa@Berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa,
riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.
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	8	.TH BATTLESTAR 6 "
	9	.UC 6
9739231e EW	10	.SH NAME
	11	battlestar \- a tropical adventure game
	12	.SH SYNOPSIS
	13	.B battlestar
	14	[
	15	.B -r (recover a saved game)
	16	]
	17	.br
	18	.fi
	19	.SH DESCRIPTION
	20	.I Battlestar
	21	is an adventure game in the classic style. However, It's slightly less
	22	of a
	23	puzzle and more a game of exploration. There are a few magical words
	24	in the game, but on the whole, simple English
	25	should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
	26	.SH "THE SETTING"
	27	In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the
	28	heavens...
	29	.br
	30	.nf
	31
	32	Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
	33	Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
	34	One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
	35	Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
	36	Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
	37
	38	.fi
	39	.PP
	40	In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond
	41	belief. They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the
86523e3e	42	word `su' could disappear.
9739231e EW	43	.PP
	44	In those times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to
	45	wear fine weapons. Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could
	46	withstand a laser blast.
	47	.PP
	48	But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled. Swords
	49	and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass. The entire
	50	fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
	51	.SH "SAMPLE COMMANDS"
	52	.nf
	53
	54	take --- take an object
	55	drop --- drop an object
	56
	57	wear --- wear an object you are holding
	58	draw --- carry an object you are wearing
	59
	60	puton --- take an object and wear it
	61	take off -- draw an object and drop it
	62
	63	throw <object> <direction>
	64
	65	! <shell esc>
	66
	67	.fi
	68	.SH "IMPLIED OBJECTS"
	69	.nf
	70
86523e3e KB	71	>-: take watermelon
86523e3e KB	72	watermelon:
9739231e EW	73	Taken.
9739231e EW	74	>-: eat
86523e3e	75	watermelon:
9739231e EW	76	Eaten.
	77	>-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
	78	knife:
	79	Taken.
	80	broadsword:
	81	Taken.
	82	apple:
	83	Taken.
	84	knife:
	85	Dropped.
	86	broadsword:
	87	Dropped.
	88	apple:
	89	Dropped.
	90	>-: get
	91	knife:
	92	Taken.
	93
	94	.fi
	95	.PP
	96	Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
	97	want to take advantage of it. That is, saying "take knife" and then
	98	"drop"
	99	will drop the knife you just took.
	100	.SH "SCORE & INVEN"
	101	The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
	102	in
	103	the game.
	104	.SH "SAVING A GAME"
	105	The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar." You
	106	can
	107	recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you start up the
	108	game.
	109	.SH DIRECTIONS
	110	The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
	111	If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
	112	stand for
	113	Right, Left, Ahead, and Back. Directions printed in room descriptions
	114	are
	115	always printed in R, L, A, & B relative directions.
	116	.SH HISTORY
	117	I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of
	118	the C Language.
	119	Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
	120	code, so don't
	121	send me any hate mail about it! Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
	122	.SH AUTHOR
	123	David Riggle
	124	.SH "INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE"
	125	Chris Guthrie
	126	.br
	127	Peter Da Silva
	128	.br
	129	Kevin Brown
	130	.br
	131	Edward Wang
	132	.br
	133	Ken Arnold & Company
	134	.SH BUGS
	135	Countless.
	136	.SH "FAN MAIL"
	137	Send to edward%ucbarpa@Berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa,
	138	riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.