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                  INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADVENTURES IN SHERWOOD
                    AN INTERACTIVE ADVENTURE SIMULATION

     This text adventure is our first effort at creating an interactive simula-
tion of an adventure, but using the same type of logic that is employed if you
were playing D&D (health points, etc.)  Following are a few hints to save you
some frustrating moments:

     1. Some items/weapons can be effective when you shoot/fire them, as well
        as when you throw them at a creature, but be careful, those that fire
        have a limited number of shots, according to the ammunition available.

     2. Read everything carefully!!!!!  Hints are provided in certain rooms
        that reveal the tricks(?) neccessary to win this game!  Type <HELP>
        or <H> to see if any additional text is available.

     3. IMPORTANT!!!!!  IF YOU THROW AN ITEM AT SOMETHING, REMEMBER TO PICK
        IT UP!!!   (TYPE <TAKE ALL> AFTER ALL BATTLES)



     4. There is a limit on the items you can carry with you.  Each item that
        is carryable has a specific weight and you cannot carry any more than
        that limit, you must drop something(s) in order to be able to pick up
        the new item.

     5. A hostile creature will block all visible exits until killed.

     6. Consider this fair warning!!!!!  The agents of the Sheriff or King John
        will kill you if you are not watchful of your health points as opposed
        to the health points of your adversary.  Type <STATUS> or <ST> to check
        your condition and that of your adversary.  Your adversary will not be-
        gin an attack against you, but if you have not defeated your opponet
        within a certain number of turns (different for each opponet) , you
        will be DESTROYED by that opponet!!!

     7. There are rooms that contain short cuts (escape routes?) from a few
        `difficult' situations.  Some are rather obvious (boat on the river,
        for example), while others will involve some experimentation with
        your items.


     8. BASIC OUTLINE OF THE GAME

              You are returning home to your native England after venturing
              to the Holy Land with King Richard.  While you were away, the
              evil King John (Richard's brother) has confiscated the estates
              and lands of your family.

              You must search the land around Nottingham town and Castle to
              find your friends who are resisting the evil King John by hiding
              in Sherwood Forest somewhere.  You have heard that King John has
              imprisoned the Lady Marion in the lowest dungeon of Nottingham
              Castle.  You must release and rescue the Lady Marion from her
              jail cell and return, with Marion, to the camp in Sherwood Forest
              and you will have successfully completed this adventure.  Time is
              a factor as the Sheriff is starving Marion and HER health deter-
              iorates with every passing day (Yes, TIME exists in Sherwood!).

              As you proceed, the agents of the Sheriff and King John become
              more and more powerful, but there are weapons available powerful
              enough to defeat them before you do encounter that agent.  All
              agents are defeatable!!!

    *         *   Ü  Ü ÜÜÜ Ü   ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ     ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ Ü Ü Ü Ü ÜÜ    *          *
        *  *      Û\/Û Û * Û * Û*  Û  *    Û Û Û Û Û*Û Û\Û Û Û  *     *
 *            *   Û *Û ÛÜ  Û   ÛÜ  ÛÜ    * ÛÜÛ Û*Û Û Û Û Û Û Û          *
      *     *     Û  Û Û * Û * Û * Û   *   Û\  Û Û Û Û Û Û Û*Û *           *
  *       *       Û* Û ÛÜÜ ÛÜÛ ÛÜÜ ÛÜÜ     Û Û ÛÜÛ ÛÜÛ Û Û ÛÜÛ     *   *

              ADVENTURES IN SHERWOOD is the first text adventure (to my know-
     ledge) that incorporates an honest-to-goodness MELEE ROUND as part of the
     game!!!  However, there are only FIVE opportunities for this as the pro-
     gramming necessary to implement such a battle sequence is of enormous
     size, and thus limits what is possible within the parameters of the BIG
     version of the ADVENTURE GAME TOOLKIT.

              Within ADVENTURES IN SHERWOOD, there are several types of both
     weapons and protective clothing that are available for you to choose and
     use in these MELEE ROUNDS.  Each different weapon will cause a different
     amount of damage to be done to your opponet in the battle sequence.  Also,
     each different type of protective clothing will afford you a different
     level of protection from the weapons of your opponet in the MELEE ROUND.
     You must experiment to find what weapons are more powerful and which types
     of armor will give you the most protection!  You will die when your Health
     Points or your Strength Points reach ZERO, so BEWARE!!!  And your opponets
     will die when THEIR HEALTH POINTS reach ZERO!  Even so, you CAN win this
     game if you are THOROUGH when you are experimenting  with everything at
     your disposal in as many rooms as possible.

     If you HAVE attempted ALL possible combinations of actions, items and
     rooms and are still unable to make progress, feel free to call us at
     (206) 525-9241 and we will provide you with a hint or two to enable you
     to overcome the impasse.

     This simulation is played on a rectangular board upon which the terrain
     of Sherwood Forest and Nottingham town and Castle are placed.  There are
     "natural, physical" obstacles as well as agents of the Sheriff and King
     John searching for you.  The purpose of this simulation is to portray a
     real-life situation in every aspect.  You will fall to your death if you
     step in the wrong direction from high elevations (Yes, 3-Dimensions exist
     in Sherwood!).  Your health points must be monitored to make sure that you
     do not die while attacking a foe.  If you neglect to monitor your health,
     you will die in battle against INFERIOR FORCES.  With enough experimenting
     you will discover how to restore your health points - with a little help
     from your friends!!  There are, however, upper limits to your health and
     strength points.  Your dexterity points will vary, as well.  Find out how!


     TO OBTAIN A HARD COPY OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS, TYPE <COPY SHERWOOD.INS PRN>
     AT THE DOS PROMPT AND A COPY OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT TO YOUR
     PRINTER (IF YOU HAVE ONE).

GAME COMMANDS

        DIRECTION
              NORTH (N)            The four cursor keys
              SOUTH (S)            also control the
              EAST (E)             four cardinal
              WEST (W)             directions.
              NORTHWEST (NW)
              NORTHEAST (NE)
              SOUTHWEST (SW)
              SOUTHEAST (SE)
              UP (U)
              DOWN (D)
              ENTER/GO IN (direction)
              EXIT/LEAVE (direction)



        SINGLE LETTER COMMANDS
              AGAIN (G)      - Repeat last command again
              QUIT (Q)       - Quit game and go home (Save first?)
              LOOK (L)       - Repeats room/place description
              INVENTORY (I)  - Displays possessions and clothing
              HELP (H)       - Displays helpful information on room

         MISCELLANOUS GAME UTILITIES
              SAVE        - Saves current position and possessions
              RESTORE     - Restores to saved position with possessions
              BRIEF       - Change description mode (short)
              VERBOSE     - Change description mode (long)
              SCRIPT      - Echo all output to printer
              UNSCRIPT    - Cancels all output to printer
              LIST/SHOW   - All visible exits
              SCORE       - displays score (points) and status







FUNCTION KEYS

     F1 - GET
     F2 - DROP
     F3 - EXAMINE
     F4 - READ           The function keys are a `shorthand'
     F5 - OPEN           method to converse with the computer.
     F6 - CLOSE
     F7 - INVENTORY
     F8 - LOOK
     F9 - SCORE
    F10 - HELP

              IMPORTANT!!!!!  To achieve as low a score as possible you must
     balance the number of times you save your position and possessions versus
     the amount of rooms you would have to retrace if you were killed or had
     typed <RESTORE> to escape a trap.  Good times to save are after acquiring
     a new weapon; after defeating a powerful agent; and after attaining the
     answer to a riddle or a clue/hint.  Save in the dungeon!!!!!!!!!!


              All of the above commands, as well as those listed below
are the neccessary words you will need to type on your computer keyboard
to move ROBERT from place to place or room to room.  You type what you
want ROBERT to do (go {direction}, take {item}, attack {creature}, etc)
in answer to the `What now?' prompt after each description is completed.
The following list should facilitate the majority of the situations you
will encounter during this game.

       Put on/wear {item}               Take off/remove {item}
       Light {item}                     Extinguish/put out {item} [EXT]
       Play {item}                      Push/touch {item}
       Unlock {item} with {item}        Lock {item} with {item}
       Open {item}                      Close/shut {item}
       Get/take/pick up {item/all}      Drop/put down {item/all}
       Shoot/fire {item} at {creature}  Shoot {creature} with {item}
       Read {item}
       Attack/fight/kill/hit {creature} with {item}
       Throw/cast/heave {item} at {creature}
       Examine/search/check/inspect/look in/look at {item/creature} [EX]




     When you think you are nearing the completion of your adventure, type
<script> and all moves, etc. will echo to your printer (if you have one).
Send a copy of that printed output to the address included in the title and
in these instructions.  That hard copy will display the number of turns it
took you to complete the adventure and should include the last two rooms - to
verify you have completed the adventure all the way to the "HALL OF FAME".  We
will start compiling a "HALL OF FAME" and if your score is one of the top
twenty-five we will send you a copy of the "HALL OF FAME" with your name on it.

     This game is being distributed through the medium known as "shareware".
Basically, this is a "try before you buy" philosophy.  If you enjoy this
adventure, find it a challenge, or are in any way appreciative of the efforts
involved to create and offer such a game, then we ask you to send a donation
of one to five dollars ($1-$5) and you will become a registered owner of the
game.  It will place you on our mailing list to receive updates and information
on future offerings.  It is NOT neccessary to become a registered owner of
this adventure to either play it or copy it and give it to your friends.  All
we ask is if you enjoyed the challenge presented here, then you help make
further projects of this sort possible by demonstrating your appreciation by
registering.

     The files that are neccessary to play this game are as follows:
              RUNB.EXE              Execute file
              SHERWOOD.BAT          Type <SHERWOOD> to start game
              SHERWOOD.DA1          Data file
              SHERWOOD.DA2          Data file
              SHERWOOD.DA3          Data file
              SHERWOOD.DA4          Data file
              SHERWOOD.DA5          Data file
              SHERWOOD.D$$          Data file
              SHERWOOD.TTL          Title file
              SHERWOOD.INS          Instruction file (this file)

DO NOT DELETE ANY OF THESE FILES WHEN COPYING THIS ADVENTURE!!!!!!

     Again, please feel free to call (206) 525-9241 if you have any
problems.  We have tested the game, but know we have not used ALL
POSSIBLE combinations of commands, items, and rooms.   We have played
the game to its conclusion and entered the "HALL OF FAME" at the end
and received our just rewards.  Even knowing what to do and when to do
it, it takes SEVERAL HUNDRED MOVES to successfully complete ADVENTURES IN
SHERWOOD.



              SO ENJOY,

              ALTERED PERCEPTIONS
              P O BOX 17519
              SEATTLE, WA 98107
              (206) 525-9241

              RELEASE DATE: 12/31/91