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- SUPERNOVA INSTRUCTIONS
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-
- Supernova is an adventure set in the future. You begin on a remote
- mining planet, with little to look forward to except another back-
- breaking day in the mines.
-
- To play Supernova, type sentences such as: OPEN THE HATCH THEN ENTER
- THE SHIP, or SHOOT THE CREATURE WITH THE RAY GUN THEN GET EVERYTHING.
- Supernova recognizes over 1000 words.
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- Read each room description carefully, examine anything that looks
- important, and try to explore all possible passages and rooms. Draw
- a map on a piece of paper as you move through Supernova's "world."
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-
- The author asks that you pay him $10 if you like Supernova. This fee
- will help make up for the two years of programming work that went into
- the creation of this game. It will also register your name so that you
- can call the author for technical help and clues if you get stuck.
-
- Please send a check to: Scott Miller
- 4206 Mayflower Dr.
- Garland, TX 75043
-
- Call for help (registered only):
- Scott Miller (214) 240-0614
- Terry Nagy (214) 271-3065
-
-
- For $100 you can receive the complete source code to Supernova, which
- was written in Turbo Pascal version 3. The code will be sent on two
- disks. Use the code to learn how to write a sentence parser, or your
- own adventure game.
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- LOADING
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- Supernova, due to its large size, cannot be booted (or loaded) from the
- main disk. You must first prepare a "boot" disk. This procedure is
- explained in greater detail on the HELP menus (type HELP while at the DOS
- prompt, with the Supernova disk in drive A.)
-
- 1. Format a disk with DOS 2.0 or higher.
- 2. Put this DOS disk into drive A and restart your computer.
- 3. When the A> appears, remove the DOS disk and insert the Supernova disk.
- 4. Type INSTALL, then [enter] to run the installation program.
- 5. Follow the instructions given by the INSTALL program.
- 6. Your newly created DOS disk is now your Supernova "boot" disk. You
- will need this disk everytime you want to play Supernova. It can also
- double as your save/restore disk, for saving games in progress.
-
- The above routine need only be done once. However, the following LOAD
- steps below must be done everytime you want to play Supernova.
-
- 1. The computer must be "booted" (turned on) with the special "boot"
- disk in drive A.
- 2. When you see the A>, remove the "boot" disk and insert the Supernova
- game disk.
- 3. Type NOVA /C for color or NOVA /M for monochrome, then [enter] to
- start your adventure.
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- COMMANDS
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- CLUE - gives a hint associated with your current location.
- COMMANDS or VERBS - shows a two screen list of possible commands.
- FIND [object] - tells if an object is within sight.
- INVENTORY, INV or I - displays your current list of possessions.
- LOOK or L - examines your current location.
- REPEAT or R - repeats last sentence or command.
- RESTART - ends current game and starts a new one.
- RESTORE - resumes a previously SAVED game and lets you continue playing.
- SAVE - lets you save you present game to be RESTORED for later playing.
- ROOM DESCRIPTION or RD - toggles game between full room descriptions
- each time you enter a new location, or brief descriptions.
- SCORE - gives your current score and rank.
- QUIT or Q - lets you quit your current game. (Note: you usually will
- SAVE the game first.)
- WAIT or Z - lets one unit of time to pass without any action.
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- COMMON VERBS
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- EXAMINE or EX [object] - lets you study a specific object.
- GET [object] - adds object to your inventory.
- DROP [object] - removes an object from you inventory.
- also GET ALL, GET ALL BUT [object], GET [object], [object] AND [object]
- Directions: NORTH, EAST, SOUTHWEST, or N, E, SW, etc.
- EAT [object] and DRINK [object] - used to consume foods and drinks.
- PUSH [object], PULL [object], MOVE [object], and TURN [object]
- LOOK (AT, INSIDE, BEHIND, UNDER, ON TOP OF) [object]
- WEAR [object] and REMOVE [object] - used for clothing.
- THROW [object] (AT, TO, ACROSS, IN DIRECTION OF) [object]
- PUT [object] (WITHIN, UNDER, ON TOP OF, BESIDE, BEHIND, etc.) [object]
- GIVE or SHOW [object] to [object or creature]
- OPEN or UNLOCK [object] with [object]
- TURN [dial] TO [position] - e.g. TURN RED DIAL TO 56.
- TYPE [something] - used to enter data on keyboards, etc.
- HIT [object] WITH [object]
- BUY [object] WITH [object] or BUY [object] FROM [person]
- [character name], [what you want to say to character] - use this format
- when you want to say something to someone else in the game.
- i.e. ALIENS, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CRYSTAL.
-
-
- ENTERING COMMANDS, PHRASES, FULL SENTENCES
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- All commands, etc. are entered at the blinking ">>".
-
- A simple phrase might be DRINK, WALK EAST or EX CONTROLS. Every phrase
- may contain only one verb.
-
- Multiple verb phrases and commands may be combined on a single input line
- by separating with a period or the word THEN. For example, EAST. NORTH.
- OPEN HATCH THEN CLIMB DOWN LADDER. The word IT refers to the last noun.
-
- The game only understands the first seven letters of any word used.
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- SAVE AND RESTORE COMMANDS
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- SAVE and RESTORE are necessary because completing a game may require many
- hours of play.
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- Before you finish a game session, type SAVE. The game will clear the
- screen and respond: "Which disk drive?" (default is A) If you have a
- two-drive system, insert a formatted disk in drive B and type B [enter].
- With a single-drive system, remove the game disk and insert a formatted
- disk, press [enter]. The game will respond: "SAVE under what file name?"
- (Note: '/' aborts the SAVE.) Type in a file name that the game can use to
- save you current game location and status. It is best to use a name that
- refers to your current room, i.e. KITCHEN. Also at this point you can
- type DIR or FILES to get a current list of save names already in use on
- that disk.
-
- RESTORE your file in the same way, but with the RESTORE command
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