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 advent - Colossal Cave Adventure
 
 == SYNOPSIS ==
-*advent* [-l logfile] [-o]
+*advent* [-l logfile] [-o] [-r savefile] [-s]
 
 == DESCRIPTION ==
-The original Colossal Cave Adventure from 1976 was the origin of all
-text adventures, dungeon-crawl (computer) games, and computer-hosted
+The original Colossal Cave Adventure from 1976-77 was the origin of all
+later text adventures, dungeon-crawl (computer) games, and computer-hosted
 roleplaying games.
 
 This is the last version released by Crowther & Woods, its original
@@ -20,20 +20,41 @@ original, type 'news' at the command prompt.
 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.
+PDP-10 on which the game originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters.
 
 This version is released as open source with the permission and
 encouragement of the original authors.
 
+Unlike the original, this version supports use of your arrow keys to edit
+your command line in place.  Basic Emacs keystrokes are supported, and
+your up/down arrows access a command history.
+
+Otherwise, the "version" command is about the only way to tell you're not
+running Don's original.
+
+To exit the game, type Ctrl-D (EOF).
+
+There have been no gameplay changes.
+
 == OPTIONS ==
 
 -l:: Log commands to specified file.
 
--o:: Old-style.  Restores original interface, no prompt.
+-r:: Restore game from specified file
+
+-o:: Old-style.  Restores original interface, no prompt or line editing.
+     Also ignores new-school one-letter commands l, x, g, z, i. Also
+     case-smashes and truncates unrecognized text when echoed.
+
+== BUGS ==
+
+The binary save file format is fragile, dependent on your machine word
+size and endianness, and unlikely to survive through version bumps. There
+is a version check.
 
 == REPORTING BUGS ==
 Report bugs to Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>.  The project page is
-at http://catb.org/~esr/advent
+at http://catb.org/~esr/open-adventure
 
 == SEE ALSO ==
 wumpus(6), adventure(6), zork(6), rogue(6), nethack(6).