X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=advent.txt;h=34cf115f131d50abb8ad0ea43fabb9c2b1634ab8;hb=6f17b31b850729a62046a8046f3647c7758ad594;hp=e4db51c3ec970c91ce1251ae42beb5b8df273d3b;hpb=935d8b8e68c90ca5fed1c66cc13ee427af2ca0f7;p=open-adventure.git diff --git a/advent.txt b/advent.txt index e4db51c..34cf115 100644 --- a/advent.txt +++ b/advent.txt @@ -5,24 +5,24 @@ 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. == OPTIONS == @@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ on which it originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. -o:: Old-style. Restores original interface, no prompt. -== ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES == -ADVENTURE:: - Path to the text database file describing Colossal Cave. - == REPORTING BUGS == Report bugs to Eric S. Raymond . The project page is at http://catb.org/~esr/advent