ADVENTIONS
			       presents

                           The Legend Lives!
                          Source Code Release

                Copyright (C) 1995 by David M. Baggett
			 All rights reserved



PRELIMINARIES
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This is the source code distribution of "The Legend Lives!", a work of
interactive fiction.  If you simply want to play the game, rather than look
at the source code, you'll be better off getting the binary distribution
for your system.  On the internet, you can find the binary distributions on
ftp.gmd.de, in the if-archive/games/adventions directory.

If you have not played the game yet, you probably shouldn't read the source
code, because it will completely ruin the puzzles for you.

Please read the file COPYRIGHT; it explains what rights to the work the
author retains.


ABOUT THE SOURCE
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"The Legend Lives!" is written in a portable adventure game language called
TADS, and with a library called WorldClass.  (For more info on TADS, see
below.)  You'll need a TADS compiler to build the game; you should be able
to get one from the same place you got this distribtion.

The WorldClass library (file world.t) is a replacement for the standard
TADS library files adv.t and std.t.  You can find the latest version of the
WorldClass library on ftp.gmd.de.

The source code is not intended to be a tutorial.  Most of it is reasonably
clear, but there are portions (such as the hint system in the file hint.t)
that are positively opaque.  Feel free to send me mail <dmb@ai.mit.edu> if
you have questions.


TADS
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"The Legend Lives!" was designed using TADS, the Text Adventure Development
System.  We highly recommend it for anyone interested in writing adventures
- anyone with a minimum of programming experience can pick up TADS quickly
and easily.  TADS is available as shareware, so you may be able to obtain
TADS from the same place you found this package.

For more information about TADS, please contact Michael J. Roberts at:

    High Energy Software
    P.O. Box 50422
    Palo Alto, CA  94303

or call the High Energy BBS.  (We think it's a happening place!)  Set
your modem to 14,400bps (or any lower speed), N-8-1, and dial
415-493-2420.  The BBS is open to the public -- you don't need to be
a registered user of any High Energy products to access the system.

High Energy can also be reached by electronic mail through selected
on-line services:

    CompuServe: User ID   73737,417
    GEnie:      Mail Name M.ROBERTS10

Internet users can send electronic mail through CompuServe, and High
Energy can reply to Internet addresses.  Send mail to
73737.417@compuserve.com (note that the comma in the CompuServe
address becomes a period for Internet users).