SUPERNOVA INSTRUCTIONS ---------------------- Supernova is an adventure set in the future. You begin on a remote mining planet, with little to look forward to except another back- breaking day in the mines. To play Supernova, type sentences such as: OPEN THE HATCH THEN ENTER THE SHIP, or SHOOT THE CREATURE WITH THE RAY GUN THEN GET EVERYTHING. Supernova recognizes over 1000 words. Read each room description carefully, examine anything that looks important, and try to explore all possible passages and rooms. Draw a map on a piece of paper as you move through Supernova's "world." 1998 Update Notes: 1) This game is no longer registerable. It has been released (in March of 1998) as freeware. 2) In Game screens still talk about registering, because we have no way of recompiling the game to remove them. 3) Older releases of this game stated that you can receive the source code for $100. This offer is no longer valid. 4) Supernova is (c) 1986/1998 Apogee Software, Ltd. COMMANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLUE - gives a hint associated with your current location. COMMANDS or VERBS - shows a two screen list of possible commands. FIND [object] - tells if an object is within sight. INVENTORY, INV or I - displays your current list of possessions. LOOK or L - examines your current location. REPEAT or R - repeats last sentence or command. RESTART - ends current game and starts a new one. RESTORE - resumes a previously SAVED game and lets you continue playing. SAVE - lets you save you present game to be RESTORED for later playing. ROOM DESCRIPTION or RD - toggles game between full room descriptions each time you enter a new location, or brief descriptions. SCORE - gives your current score and rank. QUIT or Q - lets you quit your current game. (Note: you usually will SAVE the game first.) WAIT or Z - lets one unit of time to pass without any action. COMMON VERBS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXAMINE or EX [object] - lets you study a specific object. GET [object] - adds object to your inventory. DROP [object] - removes an object from you inventory. also GET ALL, GET ALL BUT [object], GET [object], [object] AND [object] Directions: NORTH, EAST, SOUTHWEST, or N, E, SW, etc. EAT [object] and DRINK [object] - used to consume foods and drinks. PUSH [object], PULL [object], MOVE [object], and TURN [object] LOOK (AT, INSIDE, BEHIND, UNDER, ON TOP OF) [object] WEAR [object] and REMOVE [object] - used for clothing. THROW [object] (AT, TO, ACROSS, IN DIRECTION OF) [object] PUT [object] (WITHIN, UNDER, ON TOP OF, BESIDE, BEHIND, etc.) [object] GIVE or SHOW [object] to [object or creature] OPEN or UNLOCK [object] with [object] TURN [dial] TO [position] - e.g. TURN RED DIAL TO 56. TYPE [something] - used to enter data on keyboards, etc. HIT [object] WITH [object] BUY [object] WITH [object] or BUY [object] FROM [person] [character name], [what you want to say to character] - use this format when you want to say something to someone else in the game. i.e. ALIENS, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE CRYSTAL. ADVERBS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUICKLY SLOWLY CAREFULLY CLOSELY ENTERING COMMANDS, PHRASES, FULL SENTENCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All commands, etc. are entered at the blinking ">>". A simple phrase might be DRINK, WALK EAST or EX CONTROLS. Every phrase may contain only one verb. Multiple verb phrases and commands may be combined on a single input line by separating with a period or the word THEN. For example, EAST. NORTH. OPEN HATCH THEN CLIMB DOWN LADDER. The word IT refers to the last noun. The game only understands the first seven letters of any word used. SAVE AND RESTORE COMMANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAVE and RESTORE are necessary because completing a game may require many hours of play. Before you finish a game session, type SAVE. The game will clear the screen and respond: "Which disk drive?" (default is A) If you have a two-drive system, insert a formatted disk in drive B and type B [enter]. With a single-drive system, remove the game disk and insert a formatted disk, press [enter]. The game will respond: "SAVE under what file name?" (Note: '/' aborts the SAVE.) Type in a file name that the game can use to save you current game location and status. It is best to use a name that refers to your current room, i.e. KITCHEN. Also at this point you can type DIR or FILES to get a current list of save names already in use on that disk. RESTORE your file in the same way, but with the RESTORE command ======================================================================== This file is free software: you may copy, redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see https://gnu.org/licenses or write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA