Kryten v2.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~ By Robert Titman © ARM'd & Dangerous, 1998 The Plot ~~~~~~~~ You are Kryten, a mechanoid aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf. All the crew have been dead for over 3,000,000 years. Your only company is Dave Lister the last surviving human, the ship's hologram Arnold J Rimmer, a being evolved from felines named the Cat and a senile computer called Holly. You have been deactivated for some reason. When your auto-reboot kicks in you find yourself in an empty quarters. Your worry chip is on overload and your anxiety circuits are burning out! You MUST find the rest of the crew, the ironing will just have to wait... The Game ~~~~~~~~ This is a text adventure game. Commands such as, GO NORTH or EXAMINE FISH can be typed. The parser understands about 40 basic commands. For extra help and a list of all commands plus sub-commands, type HELP during the game. In version 1.5 there are also sub-commands which let you use a command with a different word, for example TAKE is also GRAB and GET; EAT can also be called SWALLOW. Version 2.0 introduces pronouns. If you EXAMINE LID and then TAKE IT the game will understand you mean the lid and pick it up. The function keys can be used for some commands, for example F8 is EXAMINE. There are also one letter abbreviations so GO SOUTH may be typed as S, EXAMINE is also X, LOOK is L and INVENTORY is I. You can SAVE and LOAD Kryten games, so you can come back to a game later. The music may be toggled on and off by typing SOUND. The game contains 155 rooms and 84 objects. The locations range from Justice World to a vat of dogs' milk. A variety of characters, from the original series and 3,000,000 years before, also feature in the game. Hints ~~~~~ * You know when you have done something useful because you will be given points. Try to get the highest possible score. * Make a map and write down any clues you are given, without a map the game is much, much harder. * Do not waste objects, it might get you points, but the object could be vital later on. * If you are doing anything risky save the game, then if you die or lose a vital object you can reload. * When you speak to characters is is always nice to say "Hello" and always ask for "Help". * If a character asks for something, give it to them. You could be greatly rewarded. * To get on in the game you will need to find the 'Souper' password. Bibliography ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This game is based on the TV series 'Red Dwarf' (mostly on the first 3 series) and the books, 'Infinity welcomes careful drivers' and 'Better than life' ('Last Human' and 'Backwards' were not published when this game was first written). All of these are written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. All characters, objects and (most) rooms are mentioned in or are in the above sources. This game is a tribute to Red Dwarf. Consider it a piece of fan fiction. I do not claim copyright on any of the characters in this game. Version History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 1.0, 17/4/95 First release of the game to the PD library The Datafile Version 1.5, 17/9/95 Main screen improved Fonts used when typing commands Status bar displays score and turns Sub-commands implemented Minor spelling mistakes and bugs corrected HELP command expanded Version 2.0, 23/1/98 Mode 28 used instead of mode 15 Tracker music added SOUND command to toggle sound on and off Spelling mistakes corrected (I've improved in three years!) Fixed rare inventory bug Fonts now anti-alias Font input line now accepts control characters One letter abbreviations added (GO NORTH may be typed as N) Pronouns implemented Version 2.1 15/2/98 Minor bug introduced during compression removed Errors when saving no longer crash the game Copyright ~~~~~~~~~ This game is Freeware. It may be distributed freely as long as all files, including this one, remain intact and a fee no larger than the cost of the disks, postage and packaging is charged. The copyright remains with Robert Titman and ARM'd & Dangerous. The tracker music supplied with this game is public domain, author unknown. The music player DSymphonyPlayer 1.40 is freeware, © BASS 1991/95. If you wish to include this game on a magazine cover disk or a CD ROM please seek the author's permission first. WWW Site ~~~~~~~~ ARM'd & dangerous have now got their own Website. You can find it at: http://www.argonet.co.uk/armdanddangerous/ The Website has background info on the team, links to download all of our games and sneak previews of games to come... Feeback ~~~~~~~ Email: robert.t@argonet.co.uk Snail Mail: ARM'd & dangerous 28 Eastgate PE6 8HJ Robert Titman, 15/2/98