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- THE PARSER
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- The parser in The Golden Fleece is certainly as sophisticated as any you
- will have come across in previous adventures. You communicate with the
- game by typing in your entry in plain English when you see the prompt >,
- finishing with the <RETURN> key.
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- To move around, just type in the desired direction, remembering that from
- any location there may be the eight compass directions: NORTH, NORTHEAST,
- EAST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTH, SOUTHWEST, WEST, NORTHWEST, plus UP and DOWN and
- IN and OUT. These can be abbreviated to N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W,NW,U,D, although
- IN and OUT have no abbreviations. The commands can be expressed in many
- ways - thus, NORTH could be typed in as `NORTH', `GO NORTH', `GO TO THE
- NORTH' or simply `N'.
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- With certain verbs you are able to use multiple objects. Thus if you find
- yourself in a location in which you wish to acquire several items, you
- could type in `TAKE THE LAMP THE SHOTGUN AND THE LOG'. Note that `THE' &
- `AND' are understood, but not required, and the above command could just
- as easily be `TAKE LAMP SHOTGUN LOG'.
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