T.LIFEBOAT

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00000030: 42 59 20 C1 4E 54 48 4F  4E 59 20 CD 41 52 4F 0D  |BY .NTHONY .ARO.|
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00000670: 41 59 42 45 20 4F 55 52  20 52 45 41 44 45 52 53  |AYBE OUR READERS|
00000680: 20 43 41 4E 20 41 4E 53  57 45 52 20 49 54 2E 20  | CAN ANSWER IT. |
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00000710: 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5  4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 45  |  **** .ND .F .E|
00000720: 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D                           |XT ****.        |

..^U:CBM.           L I F E B O A T..   
        BY ANTHONY MARO..FROM COMMODORE 
MAGAZINE - APRIL 1989..    THERE'S ALWAY
S BEEN A CATCH-22.WITH ADVENTURE GAMES T
HAT ARE.PUBLISHED AS TYPE-IN PROGRAMS IN
.MAGAZINES.  AFTER YOU TYPE IN THE.PROGR
AM LISTING YOU PROBABLY KNOW.WHAT TO DO 
TO SOLVE THE ADVENTURE..ANTHONY MARO HAS
 COME UP WITH A NOVEL.WAY TO THWART THIS
 CATCH-22 -- HE.ENCRYPTS THE TYPE-IN COD
E.  IT MAKES.THE TYPING MORE DIFFICULT, 
I IMAGINE,.BUT BECAUSE LOADSTAR IS THE V
ERY.ANTITHESIS OF TYPING, WE'RE NOT.WORR
IED...    LAST TIME, ON CASTLE OF SPIRIT
S.ON LOADSTAR #56, WE SPENT SOME TIME.OP
TIMIZING THE CODE SINCE IT FIT IN.WITH O
UR ARTICLE ON MODIFYING CODE..THIS TIME 
WE'RE PUBLISHING THE.PROGRAM PRETTY MUCH
 THE WAY IT IS IN.THE MAGAZINE...    LIF
EBOAT IS A SMALL INTERACTIVE.ADVENTURE G
AME WHICH HAS MOST OF THE.FEATURES YOU'R
E ACCUSTOMED TO IN TEXT.GAMES.  YOU USE 
VERB-NOUN COMMANDS.LIKE "GO HOUSE" OR "T
AKE BOX"...    IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A TWO
-WORD.NOUN, SUCH AS AN OIL CAN, TAKE THE
.SECOND WORD, EG. "TAKE CAN"....    ENTE
R "QUIT" ANYTIME TO RETURN TO.LOADSTAR..
.    THE PROGRAM ACCEPTS THE SHORTHAND.C
OMMANDS THAT MOST ADVENTURERS HAVE.COME 
TO RELY UPON FOR MOVING.  INSTEAD.OF TYP
ING "NORTH", "SOUTH", "EAST",."WEST", "U
P" OR "DOWN", YOU ENTER."N", "S", "E", "
W", "U" OR "D".RESPECTIVELY...    IF YOU
 ARE INTERESTED IN THE.ENCRYPTION TECHNI
QUES THAT ANTHONY.USES, CHECK OUT THE RE
AD IT FILE FOR.CASTLE OF SPIRITS WHERE J
EFF EXPLAINS.THE CODING SYSTEM.....    T
HE GAME ISN'T REAL DIFFICULT BUT.MAY I S
UGGEST THAT WHEN YOU GET A.CHANCE, YOU T
YPE SOMETHING...    I JUST GOT THROUGH S
OLVING IT AND.I'M LEFT WITH JUST ONE QUE
STION..MAYBE OUR READERS CAN ANSWER IT. 
 IS.THIS AN OCEAN LINER OR A SPACESHIP.T
HAT WE'RE STUCK ON?..DISK FILES THIS PRO
GRAM USES..LIFEBOAT           T.LIFEBOAT
..        **** END OF TEXT ****.

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