X-Git-Url: https://git.cameronkatri.com/bsdgames-darwin.git/blobdiff_plain/77e3814f0c0e3dea4d0032e25666f77e6f83bfff..HEAD:/battlestar/battlestar.6 diff --git a/battlestar/battlestar.6 b/battlestar/battlestar.6 index 24fabf34..42f86b48 100644 --- a/battlestar/battlestar.6 +++ b/battlestar/battlestar.6 @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California. -.\" All rights reserved. +.\" $NetBSD: battlestar.6,v 1.15 2005/09/15 02:09:41 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions @@ -9,11 +11,7 @@ .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" @@ -29,136 +27,148 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" @(#)battlestar.6 1.4 (Berkeley) 6/23/90 +.\" @(#)battlestar.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 .\" -.TH BATTLESTAR 6 "June 23, 1990 -.UC 6 -.SH NAME -battlestar \- a tropical adventure game -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B battlestar -[ -.B -r (recover a saved game) -] -.br -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -.I Battlestar -is an adventure game in the classic style. However, It's slightly less -of a -puzzle and more a game of exploration. There are a few magical words -in the game, but on the whole, simple English +.Dd September 7, 2000 +.Dt BATTLESTAR 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm battlestar +.Nd a tropical adventure game +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl r +.Op Ar saved-file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is an adventure game in the classic style. +However, it's slightly less of a puzzle and more a game of exploration. +There are a few magical words in the game, but on the whole, simple English should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser. -.SH "THE SETTING" -In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the -heavens... -.br -.nf - - Three He made and gave them to His daughters, - Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters. - One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder, - Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder, - Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder. - -.fi -.PP -In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond -belief. They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the -word `su' could disappear. -.PP -In those times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to -wear fine weapons. Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could -withstand a laser blast. -.PP -But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled. Swords -and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass. The entire -fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship. -.SH "SAMPLE COMMANDS" -.nf - - take --- take an object - drop --- drop an object - - wear --- wear an object you are holding - draw --- carry an object you are wearing +.Sh THE SETTING +In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the heavens... +.Bd -literal -offset indent +Three He made and gave them to His daughters, +Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters. +One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder, +Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder, +Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder. +.Ed +.Pp +In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond belief. +They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the word +.Sq su +could disappear. +.Pp +In those times men were known for their lust for gold and desire to +wear fine weapons. +Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could withstand a laser blast. +.Pp +But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled. +Swords and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass. +The entire fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship. +.Sh SAMPLE COMMANDS +.Bd -literal -offset indent +take --- take an object +drop --- drop an object - puton --- take an object and wear it - take off -- draw an object and drop it +wear --- wear an object you are holding +draw --- carry an object you are wearing - throw +put on --- take an object and wear it +take off -- draw an object and drop it - ! - -.fi -.SH "IMPLIED OBJECTS" -.nf +throw \*[Lt]object\*[Gt] \*[Lt]direction\*[Gt] - >-: take watermelon - watermelon: - Taken. - >-: eat - watermelon: - Eaten. - >-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all - knife: - Taken. - broadsword: - Taken. - apple: - Taken. - knife: - Dropped. - broadsword: - Dropped. - apple: - Dropped. - >-: get - knife: - Taken. - -.fi -.PP +! \*[Lt]shell esc\*[Gt] +.Ed +.Sh IMPLIED OBJECTS +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\*[Gt]-: take watermelon +watermelon: +Taken. +\*[Gt]-: eat +watermelon: +Eaten. +\*[Gt]-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all +knife: +Taken. +broadsword: +Taken. +apple: +Taken. +knife: +Dropped. +broadsword: +Dropped. +apple: +Dropped. +\*[Gt]-: get +knife: +Taken. +.Ed +.Pp Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you -want to take advantage of it. That is, saying "take knife" and then -"drop" +want to take advantage of it. +That is, saying "take knife" and then "drop" will drop the knife you just took. -.SH "SCORE & INVEN" -The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status -in -the game. -.SH "SAVING A GAME" -The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar." You -can -recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you start up the -game. -.SH DIRECTIONS +.Sh SCORE \*[Am] INVEN +The two commands +.Dq score +and +.Dq inven +will print out your current status in the game. +.Sh SAVING A GAME +The command +.Dq save +will save your game in a file called +.Pa .Bstar +in your home directory by default. +You can recover a saved game by using the +.Fl r +option when you start up the +game, or by giving the name of the saved file as an argument. +Save files will be saved to and restored from your home directory unless a +path is specified - i.e., +.Dq Li battlestar -r savedgame +will look for +.Pa savedgame +in your home directory, but +.Dq Li battlestar -r ./savedgame +will look in the current directory. +.Dq Li battlestar -r +will look for the default file, +.Pa .Bstar +in your home directory. +.Sh DIRECTIONS The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass. If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which -stand for -Right, Left, Ahead, and Back. Directions printed in room descriptions -are -always printed in R, L, A, & B relative directions. -.SH HISTORY +stand for Right, Left, Ahead, and Back. +Directions printed in room descriptions are +always printed in R, L, A, and B relative directions. +.Sh HISTORY I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of the C Language. Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the -code, so don't -send me any hate mail about it! Instead, enjoy art for art's sake! -.SH AUTHOR -David Riggle -.SH "INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE" +code, so don't send me any hate mail about it! +Instead, enjoy art for art's sake! +.Sh AUTHORS +.An David Riggle +.Sh INSPIRATION \*[Am] ASSISTANCE +.Bl -item -compact +.It Chris Guthrie -.br +.It Peter Da Silva -.br +.It Kevin Brown -.br +.It Edward Wang -.br -Ken Arnold & Company -.SH BUGS +.It +Ken Arnold \*[Am] Company +.El +.Sh BUGS Countless. -.SH "FAN MAIL" -Send to edward%ucbarpa@Berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa, +.Sh FAN MAIL +Send to edward%ucbarpa@berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa, riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.