SOLGAN'S SALVATION

INTRODUCTION

        Tension between your village, Tamol, and the neighbouring
one, Luarn, has been steadily mounting.  Hostilities have been
exchanged, and it is feared that all out war will go sool follow. In
an attempt to stop such a battle the two Chiefs agreed to send
their eldest sons as ambassadors of trust and goodwill.

        Although the Chief of Luarn's son arrived at Tamol, the
reverse did not apply.  For some reason, your Chief's son, named
Solgan, did not make it to Luarn.  Luarn's chief was outraged.  He
took it as a personal insult and an indication that Tamol wanted
war.

        Your Chief was, naturally, very worried, both for his son
Solgan, and for the two villages.  He offered a reward: a large
portion of fertile land just south of Tamol, for the safe return of
his son.  Of course, you volunteered - realising the value of this
land.  You have successfully tracked Solgan to a pass in the
mountains separating Luarn and Tamol when the adventure begins...


PLAYING THE GAME

        Your goal in "Solgan's Salvation" is to rescue Solgan, and
escapê.  This is not as easy as it sounds, especially escaping,
which is in fact the major part of the adventure.  As you explore
the dungeon (which has two levels), you often have to fight
creatures, either to get past them or to gain treasure.  This is
done through a fully randomised fight routine, where you use swords
and daggers to (hopefully) defeat your opponents.  Solgan, if you
have him with you, will fight also.  In order to fight, either type
<FIGHT> or <FIGHT GOBLINS> (for example) and ansert the "WITH WHAT"
prompt appropriately.  Alternatively, you can type <FS> to fight
with a sword, or <FD> to fight with a dagger.  These last two save
a considerable amount of time during battles.  You also have a
Strength Score, which starts at 25.  Every time you are wounded in
a fight, this score goes down.  If it reaches zerom you will die.
If it is getting low, you can REST.  For every 10 minutes that you
rest, 1 point will be added to your strength, which cannot go above
25.  But there is a catch: there is also a chance that Thieves will
steal something you are carrying as you rest.  (HINT: You man want
to search for it...)  This same system applies to Solgan, so you'll
have to take him into account when you consider resting.

        Directions can be entered as one letter (N,S,E,W) and other
commands (in a verb-noun format) can be abbreviated to the first
four letters of each word.  A total of 5600 Gold Pieces (the local
unit of currency) and 11000 Gold Pieces worth of assorted treasures
exist within the dungeon.  You are told how much you've obtained
when (if) you finish.  This allows repeated playing of the game, to
try to get all of the treasure.  You can find out your current
strength score through INVENTORY (can be abbreviated to INV).  You
may also SAVE your Position in the game to Tape or Disk.  Lastly,
you can type HELP for a list of verbs.

        To vhange the length of time that messages are displayed on 
the screen, adjust the delay in line 290 accordingly.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

        A 32K Tape or Disk based system is required, and a
<POKE 25,6:NEW> (Tape) or (POKE25,14:NEW) (Disk) must be entered
before loading.  If your coco will not accept the high speed poke
(POKE 65495) then delete if from lines 2, 272, 280, 289, and 293.