X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=advent.txt;h=34cf115f131d50abb8ad0ea43fabb9c2b1634ab8;hb=28583348450b28bd4811d37fa5fe50bcbcfcfb12;hp=2b063df4fd55157b69b9e479610c2b79588fc219;hpb=9a285402da180c0d33ed71d4c0aeb6a9a17b330b;p=open-adventure.git diff --git a/advent.txt b/advent.txt index 2b063df..34cf115 100644 --- a/advent.txt +++ b/advent.txt @@ -5,32 +5,34 @@ advent - Colossal Cave Adventure == SYNOPSIS == -*advent* +*advent* [-l logfile] [-o] == DESCRIPTION == The original Colossal Cave Adventure from 1976 was the origin of all -text adventures, dungeon-crawl games, and computer-hosted roleplaying -games. +text adventures, dungeon-crawl (computer) games, and computer-hosted +roleplaying games. This is the last version released by Crowther & Woods, its original authors, in 1995. It has been known as "adventure 2.5" and "430-point adventure". -This game is released as open source with the permission and encouragement of -the authors. +There is an 'adventure' in the BSD games package that is a C port by +Jim Gillogly of the 1976 ancestor of this game. To avoid a name +collision, this game builds as 'advent', reflecting the fact that the +PDP-10 on which it originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. -There is an 'adventure' in the BSD games package that is a C -port of the 1976 ancestor of this game. To avoid a name collision, -this game builds as 'advent', reflecting the fact that the PDP-10 -on which it originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. +This version is released as open source with the permission and +encouragement of the original authors. -== ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES == -ADVENTURE:: - Path to the text database file describing Colossal Cave. +== OPTIONS == + +-l:: Log commands to specified file. + +-o:: Old-style. Restores original interface, no prompt. == REPORTING BUGS == Report bugs to Eric S. Raymond . The project page is -at http://catb.org/~esr/open-advent +at http://catb.org/~esr/advent == SEE ALSO == wumpus(6), adventure(6), zork(6), rogue(6), nethack(6).