JEWELS OF BABYLON ----------------- A graphics adventure for advanced players Interceptor Software (1984) 3000 years ago, before the Christian era, a fabulous treasure was created by master craftsmen in the old city of Babylon. Such was the beauty of this collection that many men died to obtain possession of them. The collection was known as the Jewels of Babylon. At the end of the 19th century the jewels were in English hands. In a great gesture of friendship Queen Victoria intended to give them as a wedding gift to an Indian Princess. On route from West Africa the ship carrying the jewels was attacked by pirates who took them and left the crew for dead. You are the sole survivor of the attack. After recovering from your wounds you vow to reclaim the jewels. After much searching you have located the pirate base on a remote island. Your objective is to search the island, find the jewels and return with them to your ship. Many dangers await you on the island, be wary. COMMAND SYNTAX -------------- Full use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions is allowed (and often necessary), where relevant to the game, as in standard English usage, but note the following: 1. If you make a mistake in the command line, before you press Enter you can delete part or all of the line using Shift-Delete. 2. The command decoder will understand simple noun and verb commands if you wish, but you will have to be specific if the omission of an adjective would be ambiguous. 3. Your are allowed to omit the word 'the' if you wish. SPECIAL COMMANDS ---------------- In addition to the words in the adventure vocabulary, there are some special commands which can be used on their own; these are as follows: 1. HELP or H This will give a help message where appropriate. 2. INVENTORY or I This will give a list of objects you are carrying. 3. LOOK or L The location description & picture will be displayed. 4. DIRECTIONS can be given in full or abbreviated to the first letter. 5. SAVE Saves your current position and status to tape. 6. LOAD Restores your previous position and status from tape. 7. QUIT Used if you've had enough; you will be asked to save. GRAPHICS -------- Many of the locations that you visit have pictures associated with them. On your first visit to the location the picture will be displayed, together with the location description; to continue, press any key. If you have already visited the location no picture will appear unless you use the 'Look' command.