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- | ===== Star Trek Instructions ===== | + | **Star Trek/Space War** is a text-based strategy game inspired by the television series //Star Trek// and popular on minicomputers, |
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | 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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**Note**: The library computer (Command 7) has an option to compute torpedo trajectory for you (Option 2). | **Note**: The library computer (Command 7) has an option to compute torpedo trajectory for you (Option 2). | ||
- | 6231 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6240 &" | + | |
- | 6250 &" | + | 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. |
- | 6251 &" | + | |
- | 6260 PRINT | + | ==== Command |
- | 6261 &" | + | |
- | 6270 &" | + | Gives state of repairs of all devices. A state of repair less than zero shows that the device is temporarily damaged. |
- | 6280 &" | + | |
- | 6290 &" | + | ==== Command |
- | 6300 PRINT | + | |
- | 6301 &" | + | The library computer contains three options: |
- | 6310 &" | + | |
- | 6320 &" | + | === Option |
- | 6330 &" | + | |
- | 6340 &" | + | Which shows computer memory of the results of all previous long range sensor scans. |
- | 6350 &" | + | |
- | 6360 &" | + | === Option |
- | 6370 &" | + | |
- | 6380 &" | + | Which shows number of Klingons, stardates, and starbases left. |
- | 6390 &" | + | |
- | 6400 &" | + | === Option |
- | 6500 GOTO 230 | + | |
- | 6 | + | Gives trajectory and distance between the Enterprise and all Klingons in your quadrant. |
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+ | ===== Notes ===== | ||
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+ | [*] Minor incompatibilities between DEC BASIC and TWENEX' | ||
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+ | * Arguments removed from calls to function '' | ||
+ | * Multiple colon-separated statements per line split into multiple single-statement lines. | ||
+ | * Semicolons inserted between items in '' |