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- Hello fellow Amiga owner!
-
- This program is a computer simulation of the world of STARTREK.
- Well real loosely, anyway. It doesn't use ANY of the real power
- and genius of the Amiga, but it will introduce you to the ARexx
- programming language. I had a lot of fun writing this program
- and I will be glad to answer any questions and/or suggestions
- on upgrading it.
-
- USEAGE: 'rx startrek [startrek.saved]'
-
- quotes indicate the command line, bracets [] surround the optional
- game to restore from (don't type them!).
-
- NOTES:
-
- This program was written mostly on an IBM 370 running an obsolete
- (even by IBM's standards) OS. I modeled it after the original
- game I used to play when I was just a kid on a glass teletype
- via remote link (on a HP3000c). It's old. It was also a lot of
- fun.
- Currently there may be a few bugs, as this is a fresh port and
- there may be a few things that I haven't caught. Let me know if
- you spot any. If you do find somthing you want to report, save the
- game and e-mail the resultant file along with a bug report (that
- is if you don't want to swat it) and I'll see if I can fix it.
- It most definitely needs to be rewritten for more efficient use
- of console I/O.
-
- RIGHTS:
-
- This game (STARTREK) is FREEWARE. Distribute at will. All I ask
- is that my name appear on all subsequent revisions (if you make
- any) and that this file goes along with it, along with the
- appropiate revision history.
-
- Game play:
-
- The program has a help facility that should help you figure out
- how to do basic things. As an added bonus I'll summarize some of
- the more important commands and concepts here.
- The world and the sector (the area that is displayed on screen)
- are 10 by 10 arrays. All coordinates are X,Y where the X value is
- the vertical component and the Y value is the horizontal component.
- Vectors are integers ranging from -1,0,1 and are added to the
- current X,Y position to determine a future position.
- To save a game type 'save game'. If 'game' is not given, you will
- not be prompted for a file name and startrek will use the default
- name of 'startrek.saved'. Note, do not type the name of the file
- you want to use after 'save', type 'save game' exactly and wait
- for the prompt.
- There is a very simple parser that requires commands to be two
- words per command and a three command maximum. Some examples
-
- >Your command?
- >
- >impulse drive fire phasers
- >Scotty here Captain...
- or
- >imp dri fir pha
-
- Since all commands are truncated to 3 characters, both of these
- commands are equivilent.
-
- HINTS:
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- Be sure to keep your guard up when your being shot at.
-
-
- AUTHOR:
-
- Steve Berry ...raster!raz
- A-7 Sinai Circle CIS 71561,276
- Chelmsford, Ma 01842 BIX razberry
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