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.\"	@(#)battlestar.6	1.3 (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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86523e3e KB	1	.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
86523e3e KB	2	.\" All rights reserved.
fdc7d56f	3	.\"
86523e3e KB	4	.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
	5	.\" provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
	6	.\" duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
	7	.\" advertising materials, and other materials related to such
	8	.\" distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
	9	.\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
	10	.\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
	11	.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
	12	.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
	13	.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
	14	.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
fdc7d56f	15	.\"
86523e3e KB	16	.\" @(#)battlestar.6 1.3 (Berkeley) %G%
	17	.\"
	18	.TH BATTLESTAR 6 "
	19	.UC 6
9739231e EW	20	.SH NAME
	21	battlestar \- a tropical adventure game
	22	.SH SYNOPSIS
	23	.B battlestar
	24	[
	25	.B -r (recover a saved game)
	26	]
	27	.br
	28	.fi
	29	.SH DESCRIPTION
	30	.I Battlestar
	31	is an adventure game in the classic style. However, It's slightly less
	32	of a
	33	puzzle and more a game of exploration. There are a few magical words
	34	in the game, but on the whole, simple English
	35	should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
	36	.SH "THE SETTING"
	37	In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the
	38	heavens...
	39	.br
	40	.nf
	41
	42	Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
	43	Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
	44	One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
	45	Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
	46	Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
	47
	48	.fi
	49	.PP
	50	In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond
	51	belief. They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the
86523e3e	52	word `su' could disappear.
9739231e EW	53	.PP
	54	In those times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to
	55	wear fine weapons. Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could
	56	withstand a laser blast.
	57	.PP
	58	But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled. Swords
	59	and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass. The entire
	60	fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
	61	.SH "SAMPLE COMMANDS"
	62	.nf
	63
	64	take --- take an object
	65	drop --- drop an object
	66
	67	wear --- wear an object you are holding
	68	draw --- carry an object you are wearing
	69
	70	puton --- take an object and wear it
	71	take off -- draw an object and drop it
	72
	73	throw <object> <direction>
	74
	75	! <shell esc>
	76
	77	.fi
	78	.SH "IMPLIED OBJECTS"
	79	.nf
	80
86523e3e KB	81	>-: take watermelon
86523e3e KB	82	watermelon:
9739231e EW	83	Taken.
9739231e EW	84	>-: eat
86523e3e	85	watermelon:
9739231e EW	86	Eaten.
	87	>-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
	88	knife:
	89	Taken.
	90	broadsword:
	91	Taken.
	92	apple:
	93	Taken.
	94	knife:
	95	Dropped.
	96	broadsword:
	97	Dropped.
	98	apple:
	99	Dropped.
	100	>-: get
	101	knife:
	102	Taken.
	103
	104	.fi
	105	.PP
	106	Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
	107	want to take advantage of it. That is, saying "take knife" and then
	108	"drop"
	109	will drop the knife you just took.
	110	.SH "SCORE & INVEN"
	111	The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
	112	in
	113	the game.
	114	.SH "SAVING A GAME"
	115	The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar." You
	116	can
	117	recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you start up the
	118	game.
	119	.SH DIRECTIONS
	120	The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
	121	If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
	122	stand for
	123	Right, Left, Ahead, and Back. Directions printed in room descriptions
	124	are
	125	always printed in R, L, A, & B relative directions.
	126	.SH HISTORY
	127	I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of
	128	the C Language.
	129	Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
	130	code, so don't
	131	send me any hate mail about it! Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
	132	.SH AUTHOR
	133	David Riggle
	134	.SH "INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE"
	135	Chris Guthrie
	136	.br
	137	Peter Da Silva
	138	.br
	139	Kevin Brown
	140	.br
	141	Edward Wang
	142	.br
	143	Ken Arnold & Company
	144	.SH BUGS
	145	Countless.
	146	.SH "FAN MAIL"
	147	Send to edward%ucbarpa@Berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa,
	148	riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.