
Throughout your journey to the fourth diminsion, I will be your eyes and
hands.  Yo move to to new locations try words like NORTH, SOUTH, EAST,
WEST, NORTHWEST, NORTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, UP, DOWN, ENTER, and
EXIT.  Moving may also be possible by using the phrase GO TO BED, or
wherever you might want to go.  I can manipulate many objects so if you have
trouble with one set of commands, try another.  

Your commands can be expressed in the format:

  <verb phrase> <(multiple) noun phrase(s)> <preposition> <noun phrase/object>

For example:

         PUT THE GUN ON THE TABLE
         READ THE BOOK
         GET THE GUN AND THE BULLET
         EXAMINE THE GUN, BULLET AND THE WEREWOLF
         EAT THE CELERY AND THE ONION
         SHOOT THE MERCHANT WITH THE GUN
         ATTACK HIM
           ("HIM" will refer to last noun mentioned, e.g., the burglar)
         GET THE BOOK (also: TAKE THE BOOK)
         READ IT
           ("IT" will refer to last noun mentioned, e.g., the book)
         GET ALL

Compound commands can be created by connecting single commands (like those
above) with "AND", "THEN" or the punctuation symbols "," or ";" to connect two
or more separate commands, such as:

         GO TO BED THEN SLEEP THEN SOUTH, WEST AND NORTH
         GET THE VIAL AND THEN EXAMINE IT; READ THE VIAL
         
The game uses a number of special commands for various "housekeeping" chores.
These are all pretty standard for most adventure games.  Specifically:
HELP, SCORE, INVENTORY, VERBOSE, LIST EXITS, SAVE, RESTORE, SCRIPT, UNSCRIPT
and QUIT.

The function keys have been predefined to stand for several of the most
frequently used commands.  Similarly, the cursor keys correspond to the
various movement/compass directions.

Hitting the '?' key (during the game) will display a diagram of keys and their
definitions.

Screen colors can be changed by typing in the following command:

     COLORS YELLOW GREEN CYAN BLACK LIGHTGRAY
 
where yellow is normal text; green for highlighted text; blue is
background; black is reverse text; and lightgray is reverse background.
To change to a monochrome monitor issue the COLORS MONO command.
To revert back to the default colors use the COLORS DEFAULT command.

 

