wumpus.xml

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