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*                          TRS-80 ADVENTURE GAME PACK                      *
*                                  FOR MS-DOS                              *
*                         compiled by: Gunther Schmidl                     *
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Disclaimer
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The TRS-80 Emulator is (c) Copyright 1996 by Ron Fries, and is freeware.
TRS-80 is a registered trademark of Tandy Corp.

Introduction
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This is a collection of some old TRS-80 text adventure, both in BASIC and
NEWDOS formats. A TRS-80 Emulator is included that can easily handle up to
four of these virtual discs. Start with TRSF80 and type F1 for help, F2 to
"insert" the virtual disks. Unless stated otherwise, ND80.DSK must be in
"Drive" 0.

Note: "DOS prompt" denotes the NEWDOS / TRSDOS command prompt in the TRS-80
emulator!

To play an adventure with a /cmd extension, just type it's name at the DOS
command prompt. To execute basic files, type BASIC at the DOS prompt, then
type RUN "name/bas" followed by Return/Enter, to start the game. To exit
any game, just type ESC; to exit from BASIC, type SYSTEM followed by Return/
Enter, then a slash (/) and Return/Enter again.
To delete saved game files, list the diskette directory with VDIR <diskname>.
Then remove any unwanted files with VDEL <filename> <diskname>.

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Included disks:
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boot.dsk        Bootup disk for Scott Adams' games. Just insert the
advent1.dsk     adventure disks (ADVENT1.DSK and ADVENT2.DSK) in Drives
advent2.dsk     1 and 2 and this disk into Drive 0 to start any of the
                adventures. They are in (ascending order from 1 to D):
                Adventureland, Pirate Adventure, Mission Impossible,
                Voodoo Castle, The Count, Strange Odyssey, Mystery Fun
                House, Pyramid of Doom, Ghost Town, Savage Island Pt. 1,
                Savage Island Pt. 2, The Golden Voyage, Adventure 13.
                Disk advent2.dsk includes walkthroughs for some of the
                games (also in this zip file).
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pharaoh.dsk     The Pharaoh Trilogy: Pharaoh, White Palm, Martec's Tomb:

 adloader/bas   This file is used for loading the other adventures.
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basic1.dsk      Miscellaneous BASIC Adventures #1:

 atlantis/bas   Atlantis
 barrier/bas    Lost Island
 quest/bas      Quest
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basic2.dsk      Miscellaneous BASIC Adventures #2:

 gables/bas     The House of the Seven Gables
 gargoyle/bas   Gargoyle Castle
 icewars/bas    Ice World War
 timeadv/bas    Time Adventure
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other.dsk       The Other-Ventures:

 crowley/cmd    Crowley Manor
 traan/cmd      Escape from Traan
 lucifer/cmd    Lucifer's Realm
 saigon/cmd     Saigon: The Final Days
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hasset.dsk      Greg Hasset's Adventures:

 island/cmd     Enchanted Island +
 kilgari/cmd    The Domes of Kilgari
 palace/cmd     Devil's Palace
 worldend/cmd   World's Edge
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cmdfiles.dsk    Miscellaneous /cmd Adventures:

 dragqust/cmd   Dragon-Quest
 dship/cmd      Death Dreadnought
 pyramid/cmd    Pyramid
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Enjoy!

Gunther Schmidl
<gunther.schmidl@jk.uni-linz.ac.at>


