0ìSOMEWHERE NEARBY IS COLOSSAL CAVEl WHEREOTHERS HAVE FOUND FORTUNES IN TREASUREìAND GOLDl THOUGH IT IS RUMORED THAT SOMEWHO ENTER ARE NEVER SEEN AGAIN. MAGICìIS SAID TO WORK IN THE CAVE. I WILL BEìYOUR EYES AND HANDS. DIRECT ME WITHìCOMMANDS OF 1 OR 2 WORDS. I SHOULD WARNYOU THAT I LOOK AT ONLY THE FIRST FIVEìLETTERS OF EACH WORDl SO YOU'LL HAVE TOìENTER "NORTHEAST" AS "NE" TO DISTINGUISHIT FROM "NORTH".ì THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED BY WILLIECROWTHER AND DON WOODS. THIS VERSIONlìABRIDGED FOR PET DISKl IS BY JIM ìBUTTERFIELD.ì#1ìI KNOW OF PLACESl ACTIONSl AND THINGS.ìMOST OF MY VOCABULARY DESCRIBES PLACESìAND IS USED TO MOVE YOU THERE. TO MOVElTRY WORDS LIKE BUILDINGl ENTERl EASTl WESTl NORTHl SOUTHl UPl OR DOWN. I KNOWABOUT A FEW SPECIAL OBJECTSl LIKE AìBLACK ROD HIDDEN IN THE CAVE. THESEìOBJECTS CAN BE MANIPULATED USING SOME OFTHE ACTION WORDS THAT I KNOW. USUALLYìYOU WILL NEED TO GIVE BOTH THE OBJECTìAND ACTION WORDSl BUT SOMETIMES I CANìINFER THE OBJECT FROM THE VERB ALONE.ìSOME OBJECTS ALSO IMPLY VERBS{ INìPARTICULARl "INVENTORY" IMPLIES "TAKEìINVENTORY"l WHICH CAUSES ME TO GIVEìYOU A LIST OF WHAT YOU'RE CARRYING.ì#2ìTHE OBJECTS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS{ FORìINSTANCEl THE ROD SCARES THE BIRD.ìUSUALLY PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE MOVINGìJUST NEED TO TRY A FEW MORE WORDS.ìUSUALLY PEOPLE TRYING UNSUCESSFULLYìTO MANIPULATE AN OBJECT ARE TRYINGìSOMETHING BEYOND THEIR (OR MY!) ìCAPABILITIES AND SHOULD TRY A COMPLETELYDIFFERENT TACK. TO SPEED THE GAME YOUìCAN SOMETIMES MOVE LONG DISTANCES WITHìA SINGLE WORD. FOR EXAMPLEl "BUILDING"ìUSUALLY GETS YOU TO THE BUILDING FROMìANYWHERE ABOVE GROUND EXCEPT WHEN LOSTìIN THE FOREST. ALSOl NOTE THAT CAVEìPASSAGES TURN A LOTl AND THAT LEAVINGìA ROOM TO THE NORTH DOES NOT GUARANTEEìENTERING THE NEXT FROM THE SOUTH.ìGOOD LUCK!ì#3
