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- | ===== Star Trek ===== | + | **Star Trek/Space War** is a text-based strategy game inspired by the television series //Star Trek// and popular on minicomputers, |
+ | The // | ||
- | ==== Instructions ==== | + | There are two commands not documented below: |
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+ | * **Command 8** -- to quit the game. | ||
+ | * (Any other number) -- to display a short list of valid commands. | ||
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+ | ===== Invocation ===== | ||
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+ | To play //Star Trek//, log-in to your TWENEX account, enter '' | ||
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+ | OLD < | ||
+ | RUN | ||
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+ | ===== Instructions | ||
The galaxy is divided into an 8,8 quadrant grid which is in turn divided into an 8,8 sector grid. | The galaxy is divided into an 8,8 quadrant grid which is in turn divided into an 8,8 sector grid. | ||
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* = Star | * = Star | ||
- | === Command 0 = Warp Engine Control === | + | ==== Command 0 = Warp Engine Control |
Course is in a circular numerical vector arrangement as shown. | Course is in a circular numerical vector arrangement as shown. | ||
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6 7 8 | 6 7 8 | ||
Course | Course | ||
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Integer and real values may be used. Therefore course 1.5 is half way between 1 and 2. | Integer and real values may be used. Therefore course 1.5 is half way between 1 and 2. | ||
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One warp factor is the size of one quadrant. Therefore to get from quadrant 6,5 to 5,5 you would use course 3, warp factor 1. | One warp factor is the size of one quadrant. Therefore to get from quadrant 6,5 to 5,5 you would use course 3, warp factor 1. | ||
- | 6010 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6020 &" | + | |
- | 6030 &" | + | Print the quadrant you are currently in. Including stars, Klingons, starbases, and the Enterprise, along with other pertinant information. |
- | 6040 &" | + | |
- | 6045 PRINT | + | ==== Command |
- | 6046 &" | + | |
- | 6060 &" | + | Shows conditions in space for one quadrant on each side of the Enterprise in the middle of the scan. The scan is coded in the form XXX, where the units digit is the number of stars, the tens digit is the number of starbases. The hundreds digit is the number of Klingons. |
- | 6070 &" | + | |
- | 6080 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6090 &" | + | |
- | 6100 &" | + | Allows you to destroy the Klingons by hitting him with suitably large numbers of energy units to deplete his shield power. Keep in mind that when you shoot at him, he gonna shoot at you, too! |
- | 6110 PRINT | + | |
- | 6111 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6120 &" | + | |
- | 6130 &" | + | Course is the same as used in warp engine control. If you hit the Klingon, he is destroyed and cannot fire back at you. If you miss, you are subject to his phaser fire. |
- | 6140 &" | + | |
- | 6150 &" | + | **Note**: The library computer |
- | 6160 PRINT | + | |
- | 6161 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6170 &" | + | |
- | 6180 &" | + | Defines number of energy units to be assigned to shields. Energy is taken from total ship's energy. Note that total energy includes shield energy. |
- | 6190 &" | + | |
- | 6200 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6210 PRINT | + | |
- | 6211 &" | + | Gives state of repairs of all devices. A state of repair less than zero shows that the device is temporarily damaged. |
- | 6220 &" | + | |
- | 6230 PRINT | + | ==== Command |
- | 6231 &" | + | |
- | 6240 &" | + | The library computer contains three options: |
- | 6250 &" | + | |
- | 6251 &" | + | === Option |
- | 6260 PRINT | + | |
- | 6261 &" | + | Which shows computer memory of the results of all previous long range sensor scans. |
- | 6270 &" | + | |
- | 6280 &" | + | === Option |
- | 6290 &" | + | |
- | 6300 PRINT | + | Which shows number of Klingons, stardates, and starbases left. |
- | 6301 &" | + | |
- | 6310 &" | + | === Option |
- | 6320 &" | + | |
- | 6330 &" | + | Gives trajectory and distance between the Enterprise and all Klingons in your quadrant. |
- | 6340 &" | + | |
- | 6350 &" | + | |
- | 6360 &" | + | ===== Notes ===== |
- | 6370 &" | + | |
- | 6380 &" | + | [*] Minor incompatibilities between DEC BASIC and TWENEX' |
- | 6390 &" | + | |
- | 6400 &" | + | * Arguments removed from calls to function '' |
- | 6500 GOTO 230 | + | * Multiple colon-separated statements per line split into multiple single-statement lines. |
- | 6 | + | * Semicolons inserted between items in '' |