Re: Old Apple IIe game - anyone remember the name?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Bruce Baker writes ...
> 
> Yes, Moria is the one on my machine.  I've seen Rogue on a pc.  Actually I
> saw a few games like this for pc bakc in the 80's.  Does Moria have a way to
> save.  I got killed after an hour of playing and I hate to have to start right
> over.
 ....

     You can use Control-X to save a character. Here's a listing of MoriaGS
commands:


Command summary: (@ is optional count, ~ is direction, ^R redraws, ESC aborts)
  a        Aim and fire a wand         | @ B ~      Bash item or monster
  b        Browse a book               |   C        Character description
  c ~      Close a door                | @ D ~      Disarm a trap/chest
  d        Drop an item                |   E        Eat some food
  e        Equipment list              |   F        Fill lamp with oil
  f        Fire/Throw an item          |   G        Gain new magic spells
  i        Inventory list              |   L        Locate with map
@ j ~      Jam a door with spike       |   M        Map shown reduced size
  l ~      Look given direction        | @ R        Rest (Count or *=restore)
  m        Magic spell casting         |   S        Search Mode
@ o ~      Open a door/chest           | @ T ~      Tunnel in a direction
  p        Pray                        |   V        View scoreboard
  q        Quaff a potion              |   =        Set options
  r        Read a scroll               |   ?        Type this page
@ s        Search for traps or doors   |   {        Inscribe an object
  t        Take off an item            | @ -        Move without pickup
  u        Use a staff                 |   . ~      Run in direction
  v        Version info and credits    |   /        Identify a character
  w        Wear/Wield an item          |   CTRL-K   Quit the game
  x        Exchange weapon             | @ CTRL-P   Repeat the last message
  <        Go up an up-staircase       |   CTRL-X   Save character and quit
  >        Go down a down-staircase    | @ ~        for movement
Directions:     7  8  9
                4  5  6  [5 is stay]
                1  2  3


     MoriaGS with reorganized docs plus some new docs ("spoilers") on Spells,
Treasures, and Monsters is available on TikTok.



> BTW: One of my gs's lost all my shortcut icons one day last week.  Things I
> change on the desktop dont seem to get remembered but its not going back to the
> defaults, I dont think so I dont think its the battery.
 ....

     If your batteries are okay, you could try deleting the file "Desktop" in your
Icons/ folder(s).  This file gets messed up every so often and, when it does,
causes many weird problems.
     

Rubywand