Ditch Day Drifter
Copyright (c) 1990 by Michael J. Roberts. All rights reserved.
Ditch Day Drifter is a game that demonstrates TADS, the Text Adventure
Development System, a programming tool for writing text adventure games.
Ditch Day Drifter is being distributed free of charge. Please feel free
to give a copy of Ditch Day Drifter to your friends. Ditch Day Drifter
may be distributed on the condition that it is distributed free of charge,
unmodified, and in its entirety.
Notes for ST users
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To start the game, just double click on DITCH.PRG. Once the game has started,
no further disk access to DITCH.PRG is required, so you can change disks if
you wish. The only time that the disk is used during the game is for saving
and restoring.
On ST's, you may edit command lines with the arrow keys and other standard
editing keys. Review Mode (described in DITCH.DOC) is activated with
function key F1. While in review mode, you can scroll up and down by
lines using the arrow keys, and by pages using F9 and F10 as described on
the status line.
Saved games are stored in standard ST files, by default in the current
directory (the directory from which you start the game), so make sure
you have free disk space before you begin playing.
About TADS
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TADS is a programming system that makes it possible to implement sophisticated
text adventure games quickly, easily, and efficiently. TADS offers users
a high level object oriented language and a sophisticated user command parser.
For more information about TADS or other High Energy Software products,
please contact us at:
High Energy Software
P.O. Box 50422
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Or, send us electronic mail:
CompuServe: user ID 73737,417
GEnie: mail name M.ROBERTS10
For your convenience, we have included an order form below.
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ORDER FORM
Complete form (being sure to indicate your mailing address and your computer
and disk media type), enclose check (payable to High Energy Software), and
mail to:
High Energy Software
P.O. Box 50422
Palo Alto, California 94303
Your name __________________________________________
Address __________________________________________
City, State, Zip __________________________________________
Type of computer Disk size/density
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[ ] Atari ST . . . . . . . . . [ ] 3-1/2" Single-sided
[ ] 3-1/2" Double-sided
[ ] IBM PC Compatible . . . . [ ] 5-1/4" Double density (360K)
(MS-DOS/PC-DOS) [ ] 5-1/4" High density (1.2M)
[ ] 3-1/2" Double density (720K)
[ ] 3-1/2" High density (1.44M)
[ ] Macintosh . . . . . . . . [ ] 3-1/2" Double density (800K)
Description Unit Price Quant. Total
TADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US$ 25.00 ______ ______
Includes printed TADS Author's Manual, the
TADS software on specified media, plus the
the source code for "Ditch Day Drifter," a
complete sample game.
Deep Space Drifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 ______ ______
Includes "Deep Space Drifter" on the disk
media specified above, plus a complete map
of the game and the DSD Hint Book.
Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______
California residents please add 7% sales tax . . . ______
Prices include domestic US shipping and handling.
Total Enclosed ===> ______
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High Energy Software, Deep Space Drifter, Ditch Day Drifter, TADS, and The Text
Adventure Development System are trademarks of High Energy Software. The other
product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective manufacturers.