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4 <refentry id='wumpus.6'>
5 <refmeta>
6 <refentrytitle>wumpus</refentrytitle>
7 <manvolnum>6</manvolnum>
8 <refmiscinfo class='date'>Sep 7 1992</refmiscinfo>
9 <refmiscinfo class='productname'>wumpus</refmiscinfo>
10 <refmiscinfo class='source'>wumpus</refmiscinfo>
11 <refmiscinfo class='manual'>Games</refmiscinfo>
12 </refmeta>
13 <refnamediv id='name'>
14 <refname>wumpus</refname>
15 <refpurpose>the classic game of Hunt the Wumpus</refpurpose>
16 </refnamediv>
17 <refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
18
19 <cmdsynopsis>
20   <command>wumpus</command>
21 </cmdsynopsis>
22 <cmdsynopsis>
23   <command>superhack</command>
24 </cmdsynopsis>
25
26 </refsynopsisdiv>
27
28 <refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
29
30 <para><application>wumpus</application> is a faithful transcription of
31 the 1974 game WUMPUS for the Atari, the first computer game to
32 maintain a consistent external map.  An article on the history of this
33 classic game can be found <ulink
34 url='http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/showpage.php?page=247'>here</ulink>.</para>
35
36 <para><application>superhack</application> is a structurally similar
37 game with a different premise.</para>
38 </refsect1>
39
40 <refsect1 id='authors'><title>AUTHORS</title>
41 <para>The original Atari game was designed and written by Gregory Yob.
42 This version was cloned from the original BASIC sources by Eric
43 S. Raymond <email>esr@snark.thyrsus.com</email>.  See ESR's home page at
44 <ulink
45 url='http://www.catb.org/~esr/'>http://www.catb.org/~esr/</ulink>
46 for updates and other resources.</para>
47 </refsect1>
48 </refentry>
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