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- How To Play The PORK Adventure
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- COMMANDS AND VOCABULARY:
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- The PORK Adventure Game understands a wide variety of commands.
- However, it has only a limited vocabulary, totaling approximately four
- hundred words, so it can get confused. If you give it a word that it
- doesn't understand, it will tell you what word it doesn't know. Try
- entering your command again using a different word in place of the one
- the game objected to.
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- Your commands should generally be in the format:
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- <verb> <(multiple) noun phrase(s)> <preposition> <noun phrase/object>
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- Some (hypothetical) examples of valid commands:
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- PLACE A RED ROCK IN THE SMALL BOWL
- PUT THE GREEN ROCK AND THE SMALL PEBBLE BEHIND THE OAK TREE
- READ MY POETRY BOOK
- SWIM IN THE SWIMMING POOL
- EXAMINE THE GOLD RING, THE DWARF AND THE SILVER NECKLACE
- EAT THE CELERY, THE TUNA, THE APPLE AND THE ONION
- THROW THE BATTLE AXE AND THE LARGE ROCK AT THE WEREWOLF
- SHOOT THE BURGLAR WITH THE REVOLVER
- ATTACK HIM
- ("HIM" will refer to last noun mentioned, e.g., the burglar)
- FIRE THE LASER PISTOL AT THE ALIEN MUTANT
- GET THE BOOK (also: TAKE THE BOOK)
- READ IT
- ("IT" will refer to last noun mentioned, e.g., the book)
- GET ALL (will get everything movable at the current location)
- GET THE KEYS, BOTTLE, FOOD AND THE CLOAK
- EXAMINE THE KEYS, BOTTLE, FOOD AND CLOAK
- PUSH THE RED BUTTON AND THE GREEN BUTTON
- UNLOCK THE FILE CABINET WITH THE STEEL KEY
- JUMP THROUGH THE OPENING
- JUMP OVER THE LOG
- NORTH
- SOUTHWEST
- PLACE AN AXE AND THE SHIELD NEXT TO THE BIG TREE
- PUT THE FOOD ON THE KITCHEN TABLE
- TURN ON THE FLASHLIGHT
- LIGHT THE TORCH WITH THE WOODEN MATCHES
- SCREAM AT THE UGLY TROLL
- CLIMB UP THE LADDER
- EXTINGUISH THE FIRE (or PUT OUT THE FIRE)
- DRINK THE WHITE WINE
- THROW THE FIRE WOOD IN THE STOVE
- PULL THE BELL CORD
- WEAR THE STUPID HAT (also: PUT ON THE STUPID HAT)
- TAKE OFF THE HAT (also: REMOVE THE HAT)
- NE (for NORTHEAST)
- DROP THE KEY AND THE BOTTLE
- ENTER THE CAVE
- XYZZY (i.e., a "magic" word)
- TURN THE DOORKNOB
- PLAY WITH THE DOG
- TALK TO (or TALK WITH) THE OLD MAN (ABOUT THE WEATHER)
- TELL JEFF ABOUT THE SWORD
- ASK JODIE ABOUT THE CRIME
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- 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. However, "end-of-sentence"
- punctuation symbols like ".", "!" and "?" should not be used. Below are
- a few examples of valid compound commands:
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- TURN THE DOORKNOB THEN ENTER THE CAVE
- CLIMB DOWN THE LADDER THEN SOUTH, WEST AND NORTHWEST
- GET THE CLOAK AND THEN EXAMINE IT; READ THE LABEL
- DROP THE FOOD AND THE BOTTLE THEN UNLOCK THE DOOR AND THEN LEAVE
- GET THE TORCH, LIGHT IT WITH THE WOODEN MATCHES THEN EXAMINE IT
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- If the game understands all of the words in your command, but still
- seems confused by the command -- then try to say the same thing using
- fewer words and a simpler sentence. When in doubt, simplify your
- commands as much as possible. This also saves typing effort.
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- SPECIAL COMMANDS:
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- The game uses a number of special commands for various "housekeeping"
- chores. These are all pretty standard for most adventure games,
- specifically:
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- HELP May (or may not) give you a hint.
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- SCORE Will summarize your progress, so far.
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- INVENTORY Will display a list of the items you are carrying, and
- those items you are wearing.
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- BRIEF Will cause location descriptions to be brief.
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- VERBOSE Will cause location descriptions to be verbose.
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- LOOK Will give you a full (verbose) description of
- your current location.
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- LIST EXITS Will list the obvious (visible) exits from your current
- location. There may be other ways to exit the location
- -- but they may not be obvious.
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- OOPS Will allow you to edit (using the cursor keys, and the
- delete, insert and backspace keys) your previous
- command. For example, if you enter THORW ROPE by
- mistake, OOPS will enable you to edit this command and
- correct it to THROW ROPE.
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- SAVE GAME Will save the current game status on disk.
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- RESTORE GAME Will restore a previously saved game from disk.
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- SCRIPT Causes output to go to both the screen and a printer
- (using the LP1 port).
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- UNSCRIPT Causes output to go to the screen (only).
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- QUIT Quits the current game session. Always exit using QUIT
- -- so the game can erase some temporary data files and
- save disk space!
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- FUNCTION AND ALT-CURSOR KEYS:
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- The combination of the ALT key and the cursor keys have all been
- programmed to create an input command corresponding to their respective
- movement or compass directions, i.e., the ALT key and the up-arrow key
- causes a NORTH command to be generated, the ALT key and the home key
- causes a NORTHWEST command to be generated, etc.
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- Similarly, the function keys have been predefined to stand for several
- of the most frequently used commands. Further, by giving the command
- DEFINE, you may re-define any of the function keys to give any input
- command you wish. For example, in this game you might find it useful to
- re-define one of the function keys to give the command KILL ORC WITH AXE
- or GIVE CANDY TO BABY.
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- Hitting the '?' key (during the game) will display a diagram of keys and
- their current definitions.
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- "LOOK-AND-FEEL" OPTIONS:
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- This particular game is using a special "beta-test" version of the AGT
- (Adventure Game Toolkit) that allows the user to customize the manner in
- which the game's general interface is defined and to specify the game's
- overall "look-and-feel." The user may define color schemes, status line
- options, command input method, size and "layout" of the screen, etc.
- Once the player has a set of "look-and-feel" options he or she likes,
- these options may be saved as the standard defaults for this game and
- any other AGT game the user plays.
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- One of the options available is a unique "menu-driven" parser that
- allows the player to enter game commands by selecting words from a menu.
- This option is particularly helpful for players who are often frustrated
- by their inability to figure out an adventure game's vocabulary -- since
- the menu always displays a list of "feasible" (though not always "smart"
- or even appropriate) commands from which the player may make a
- selection.
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- The "look-and-feel" options are accessed by hitting the ESC key during
- the game (i.e., not now).
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- SOLUTION AVAILABLE:
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- PORK Adventure is a relatively easy adventure -- so you should be able
- to solve it yourself (after a lot of trial and error). However, if you
- get totally frustrated and/or really stuck and want to give up, a
- complete solution is available for no charge.
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- If you give up, then just send a self-addressed stamped envelope (with
- the correct postage) to:
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- David Malmberg
- 43064 Via Moraga
- Mission San Jose, California
- 94539
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- Be sure to enclose a note requesting a solution to PORK Adventure.
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- DO NOT (REPEAT -- DO NOT) EVER CALL ON THE TELEPHONE TO ASK HOW TO GET
- PAST THE GRUE, OR FOR SOME OTHER HINT!!! I will be glad to provide a
- solution, but I want to do it by letter, not by phone!!!
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