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General Information:
This game is freeware, and started life as an idea from a game that
was down loaded from the Net.
Sir Arthur is a fairly small (47 locations) text fantasy/adventure.

In the beginning...
Sir Arthur set out to find the King's jewels that had been stolen, and the
whereabouts of the Princess who might have been kidnapped.

Main AGT Commands:

EXAMINE, X, EXAM  Will examine items.
WAIT, Z           Passes time.
SCORE             Will summarize your progress, so far.
INVENTORY, I      Will display a list of the items you are carrying, and
                  those items you are wearing.


HELP, HINT        Will give hints sometimes. (see Requiring HELP below )
BRIEF             Will cause location descriptions to be brief.
VERBOSE           Will cause location descriptions to be verbose.
LOOK, L           Will give you a full (verbose) description of
                  your current location.
EXITS, LIST EXITS Will list the obvious (visible) exits from your current
                  location.  There maybe other ways to exit the location
                  -- but they may not be obvious.
SAVE              Will save the current game status on disk.
RESTORE           Will restore a previously saved game from disk.
QUIT, Q           Quits the current game session.
INSTRUCTIONS, INS Will display this file.

Requiring HELP:
A little cryptic help is given during the game. It could depend on what you
have done or on what items you have with you, whether you receive help at
that location at that time. You could receive more than one hint at the same
location. Use HELP only if you are really desperate.



Conversing with Characters:
Use the form TALK TO <name>. You may need to talk to them more than once.

Giving Items to Characters:
Use the form GIVE <item> TO <name>.

Killing Characters:
Use the form KILL <name> with <object>.

Death in your Adventure:
On a few occasions you may "die"; but don't worry, this is only a minor
setback. So it advisable to save often. RESTORE will restore a saved game.

                                         Good Luck.
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