Losttreasuresii Manual

Welcome to the World of lnfocom's text adventures, please be sure to review the first several pages of this manual in order to familiarize yourself with "The Basics" of our text adventures ..... Table of Contents A Mind Forever Voyaging pg.5 Cutthroats pg.19 Wish bringer pg.35 Seastalker pg.39 Trinity pg.50 Hollywood Hijinx pg.68 Nord and Burt pg.86 Plundered Hearts pg.96 Border Zone pg.99 Sherlock pg.106 Bureaucracy pg.107 1 Communicating with Interactive Fiction ( H you are not familiar with Infocom's Interactive Fiction, please read this section.) With Interactive Fiction, you type your commands in plain English each time you see the prompt (> ). Most of the sentences that The STORIES will understand are imperative sentences. See the examples below., When you have finished typing your input, press the RETURN (or ENTER) key. The STORY will then respond, telling you whether your request is possible at this point in the story, and what happened as a result. , The STORY recognizes your words by their first six letters, and all subsequent letters are ignored. Therefore, CANDLE, CANDLEs, and CANDLEstick would all be treated as the same word. , To move around, just type the direction you want to go. Directions can be abbreviated: NORTH to N, SOUTH to S, EAST to E, WEST .to W, NORTHEAST to NE, NORTHWEST to NW, SOUTHEAST to SE, SOUTHWEST to SW, UP to U, and DOWN to DIN and OUT will also work in certain places. , There are many different kinds of sentences used in "LOST TREASURES". Here are some examples: >WALK TO THE NORTH >WEST >NE >DOWN >TAKE THE BIRDCAGE >OPEN THE PANEL >READ ABOUT DIMWIT FLATHEAD >LOOK UP MEGABOZ IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA >LIE DOWN IN THE PINK SOFA >EXAMINE THE SHINY COIN >PUT THE RUSTY KEY IN THE CARDBOARD BOX >SHOW MY BOW TIE TO THE BOUNCER >HIT THE CRAWLING CRAB WITH THE GIANT NUTCRACKER >ASK THE COWARDLY KING ABOUT THE CROWN JEWELS You can use multiple objects with certain verbs if you separate them by the word AND or by a comma. Some examples: >TAKE THE BOOK AND THE FROG >DROP THE JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER, THE SPOON, AND THE LEMMING FOOD >PUT THE EGG AND THE PENCIL IN THE CABINET You can include several inputs on one line if you separate them by the word THEN or by a period. Each input will hand…