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	28	.\" @(#)battlestar.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
	29	.\" $FreeBSD: src/games/battlestar/battlestar.6,v 1.4.2.1 2001/07/22 11:32:34 dd Exp $
	30	.\" $DragonFly: src/games/battlestar/battlestar.6,v 1.5 2007/05/19 17:32:12 swildner Exp $
	31	.\"
	32	.Dd May 31, 1993
	33	.Dt BATTLESTAR 6
	34	.Os
	35	.Sh NAME
	36	.Nm battlestar
	37	.Nd a tropical adventure game
	38	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	39	.Nm
	40	.Op Fl r
	41	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	42	.Nm
	43	is an adventure game in the classic style.
	44	However, it's slightly less of a puzzle and more a game of exploration.
	45	There are a few magical words in the game, but on the whole, simple English
	46	should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
	47	.Sh THE SETTING
	48	In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the heavens...
	49	.Bd -literal -offset indent
	50	Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
	51	Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
	52	One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
	53	Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
	54	Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
	55	.Ed
	56	.Pp
	57	In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond belief.
	58	They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the word
	59	.Sq su
	60	could disappear.
	61	.Pp
	62	In those times men were known for their lust for gold and desire to
	63	wear fine weapons.
	64	Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could withstand a laser blast.
	65	.Pp
	66	But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled.
	67	Swords and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass.
	68	The entire fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
	69	.Sh SAMPLE COMMANDS
	70	.Bd -literal -offset indent
	71	take --- take an object
	72	drop --- drop an object
	73
	74	wear --- wear an object you are holding
	75	draw --- carry an object you are wearing
	76
	77	put on --- take an object and wear it
	78	take off -- draw an object and drop it
	79
	80	throw \[Lt]object\[Gt] \[Lt]direction\[Gt]
	81
	82	! \[Lt]shell esc\[Gt]
	83	.Ed
	84	.Sh IMPLIED OBJECTS
	85	.Bd -literal -offset indent
	86	\*[Gt]-: take watermelon
	87	watermelon:
	88	Taken.
	89	\*[Gt]-: eat
	90	watermelon:
	91	Eaten.
	92	\*[Gt]-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
	93	knife:
	94	Taken.
	95	broadsword:
	96	Taken.
	97	apple:
	98	Taken.
	99	knife:
	100	Dropped.
	101	broadsword:
	102	Dropped.
	103	apple:
	104	Dropped.
	105	\*[Gt]-: get
	106	knife:
	107	Taken.
	108	.Ed
	109	.Pp
	110	Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
	111	want to take advantage of it.
	112	That is, saying "take knife" and then "drop"
	113	will drop the knife you just took.
	114	.Sh SCORE \*[Am] INVEN
	115	The two commands
	116	.Dq score
	117	and
	118	.Dq inven
	119	will print out your current status in the game.
	120	.Sh SAVING A GAME
	121	The command
	122	.Dq save
	123	will save your game in a file called
	124	.Pa Bstar
	125	in your home directory by default.
	126	You can recover a saved game by using the
	127	.Fl r
	128	option when you start up the game.
	129	.Sh DIRECTIONS
	130	The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
	131	If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
	132	stand for Right, Left, Ahead, and Back.
	133	Directions printed in room descriptions are
	134	always printed in R, L, A, and B relative directions.
	135	.Sh HISTORY
	136	I wrote
	137	.Nm Battlestar
	138	in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of the C Language.
	139	Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
	140	code, so don't send me any hate mail about it!
	141	Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
	142	.Sh AUTHORS
	143	.An David Riggle
	144	.Sh INSPIRATION \*[Am] ASSISTANCE
	145	.Bl -item -compact
	146	.It
	147	Chris Guthrie
	148	.It
	149	Peter Da Silva
	150	.It
	151	Kevin Brown
	152	.It
	153	Edward Wang
	154	.It
	155	Ken Arnold \*[Am] Company
	156	.El
	157	.Sh BUGS
	158	Countless.
	159	.Sh FAN MAIL
	160	Send to edward%ucbarpa@berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa,
	161	riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.