Worlds Apart: An Interactive Fugue
By Suzanne Britton (worldsapart@ironphoenix.org)
Version 2.2

Getting Started

This is a TADS game, and therefore requires a TADS or HTML TADS interpreter.
Specifically, it requires an up-to-date (2.5.7 or better) interpreter; it may
run with an older interpreter but will probably behave strangely.  If you have
a Macintosh or a computer running Windows 95/98/NT, you can obtain a special
version bundled with HTML TADS for your system by visiting the Worlds Apart
homepage at http://ironphoenix.org/tril/worlds/ .

Otherwise, you'll need to obtain an interpreter before playing the game.
Check the TADS Page at http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/tads/ for advice on how
to obtain and install the right interpreter for your system.

If the game detects an HTML TADS interpreter (also known as HyperTADS, on the
Macintosh), it will use HTML codes for fonts, colors, better screen
formatting., etc. This is not required, but I think it enhances the game a
little. HTML TADS interpreters can be found in the same place as regular TADS
interpreters on ftp.gmd.de, and are currently available for Windows 95/98/NT
and for the Mac.

If you are not using HTML TADS or HyperTADS, you should set your display to use
a fixed-width font if you can. Otherwise, formatting will look odd in a few
places.

If Interactive Fiction is a new thing to you, or you just want to refresh your
memory, you can get some general playing instructions within the game by
typing INSTRUCTIONS. Specific information on Worlds Apart is available by
typing ABOUT, and hints are available via the HINT command.

This work is copyrighted freeware.  The game package may be distributed on all
public archives.

Again, the Worlds Apart homepage is located at
http://ironphoenix.org/tril/worlds/ . Check there for information on new
releases and system-specific versions of the game.