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From: "Ben A L Jemmett" <bal.jemmett@ukonline.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Making a parser - what are the minimal requirements?
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"Kevin Forchione" <kevin@lysseus.com> wrote in message
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> Infocom games came with instructions on what the player command syntax
> was, as part of the package of materials that usually provided
> background information.

The extract from a walkthrough from another (I think it was always
non-existent) game was a good way of showing what sort of interaction the
game supported; not as dry as a list of commands or words that were
understood, and still providing a bit of a 'I wonder if this will work'
aspect.

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