BLIZZARD PASS - ADVENTURESOFT UK LTD

BACKGROUND

Oakleaf was an isolated village hidden away deep in the mountains, in
the valley whose only access was a series of cave passages through the
mountains, thus while the petty wars of man raged outside, the village
slept on. However on one occasion they were visited by a group of
Sorcerers seeking quiet and this they did, hiding themselves even from
the villagers deep in the mountains. They helped the village no end,
controlling the weather and helping to cure the plague when it struck.

It came to pass that one of the Wizards sought far beyond mortal
comprehension and in doing so encountered an almighty evil power - a
power which was to turn him against his fellow sorcerers, slaying them
all and preparing to destroy the village.

This was all unknown to Cedric, the merchant, as he trudged wearily
down Blizzard Pass. All he discovered was that it had begun to snow,
something that had never happened in living memory here in the
Pass. Instead of heading south down the Pass and home he was forced to
run, freezing cold, back towards the Gate of Sorcerers where he
thought to seek refuge in the Caves, but the gate was barred. Almost
frozen to death and without any shelter it looked like the end. As you
may have guessed this is where you take over.

THE GAME

The game itself is a sophisticated text/graphics adventure. It has a
large vocabulary and intelligent interpreter. This mean that you can
use complex sentences to control the game, for example

EXAMINE THE DARK OPENING TWELVE FEET UP THE WALL

although

EXAMINE OPENING

is probably sufficient.

You can string commands together, for example

TAKE THE SWORD, SPEAR AND BOOK, AND GO EAST

For those new to adventures a guide to some standard commands is in
order and some help with the first puzzle is given (See Hints). The
adventure gets harder as you progress through it.

STANDARD COMMANDS

TAKE OBJECT If you are told "YOU CAN SEE AN AXE", you could
type "TAKE AXE" or "GET AXE".
DROP OBJECT The opposite of TAKE.
PUT ON OBJECT Allows you to wear an item, for example a hat.
TAKE OFF OBJECT Allows you to take off an item you are wearing.
INVENTORY This lists everything you are wearing or
carrying and can be very useful. It can be
abbreviated to just "I".
EXAMINE Allows you to examine things more closely. This
command is often useful to discover things that
would otherwise not be noticed.
SAVE When it's four in the morning and you've nearly
finished you might wish to continue another
time. This command saves a small block of
information which can be loaded into the game
later on by answering "YES" to the prompt
RESTORE GAME? It is also useful to save at
regular intervals so you do not have to go
back to the start.
QUIT Allows you to restart the game.

There are many other commands, for example:

OPEN, SHUT, LOCK, THROW, SHOUT, ATTACK, PUSH, PULL, SWIM, CLIMB

To move around the game you use GO and then the direction. So if the
game tells you "YOU CAN GO SOUTH", "GO SOUTH" will move you
south. Since commands like this are common N, E, S, W, U, D are
abbreviated direction commands.

SPECIAL CONTROL KEY (during typing in of a command)

Symbol Shift Q, W, E These control scrolling of the text: they
change the way the text continues if there is
more than the computer can fit onto the
screen. These are: Wait for a key before
scrolling each line, Wait for a short delay or
zoom everything up the screen without waiting.
EXTENDED MODE This switches between text and graphics modes
giving you a choice of long text descriptions or
short ones with pictures.

AIM OF THE GAME

To complete the game you must safely reach your home in the village
whereupon the game ends and you are given a score based on your
problem solving ability and on how many magical items you have with
you when you get there. To get maximum points you must have all of
these and have killed the Wizard and have solved all the relevant
puzzles.

At any time your score is given by typing SCORE. You get points for
entering your home so you will never achieve 100% before that.

HINTS

The window in the cliff Examine the window
Water expands on freezing
Large amounts of it are lying all around
you.

Freezing to death Find some shelter: see above
Later find some warm clothing

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please note special Loading Instructions for the Adventure "Blizzard
Pass". Select 128 Basic Option then type OUT 32765,23 and press the
ENTER key. Now loading by pressing 'J' (Load) and " " This will appear
on your screen as LOAD "" Again press the ENTER key. The Adventure
will now load automatically.