The Golden Baton: Difference between revisions

	The Golden Baton
	File:Goldenbatonds.jpg
General
Author(s)	papafuji
Type	Adventure
Version	1.0 beta
Licence	Mixed
Links
	[Media:Thegoldenbaton10betads.zip Download]
	Website

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-Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventure #1, one of the 'Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series' port to NDS created in the 80's for old computer like the TRS-80, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Atari 8 bits or 16 bits machines like the Atari ST or the Amiga.
+The Golden Baton is a text and graphic classic adventure game/interactive fiction from the Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventure #1, ported to the Nintendo DS, as part of the Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series.
-It contains Level 9's adventures as well as Scott Adams and Brian Howarth adventures, with Atari 8 bits graphics or brand new NDS illustrations.
+The Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series contains a range of text and graphic classic adventure games and interactive fictions ported to NDS created in the 80's for old computer like the TRS-80, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Atari 8 bits or 16 bits machines like the Atari ST or the Amiga.
+This homebrew is under the category of Classic Graphic Adventures, which you can find Level 9's adventures as well as Scott Adams and Brian Howarth adventures, with Atari 8 bits graphics or brand new NDS illustrations.
 ==User guide==
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 Walkthrough can be found [http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures/solutions/TheGoldenBaton.html here].
-===Text input===
+===Input text===
-There are two ways to type words with stylus of Nintendo DS:
+* There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS.
-:'''Grafiti mode''': directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet (cf grafiti.jpg)
+** By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet.
-:'''Keyboard mode''': use mini keyboard (cf keyboard.jpg), choose input mode by pressing 'X' button
+** Second way is to use the mini keyboard or the numerical keyboard.
-To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons - each icon has two or three states, for example, the 'hand' icon means "GET ", "DROP " and "GIVE ", and the 'N' button means "GO NORTH" and "GO UP" - just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.
+===Icons===
+* To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons.
+* Each icon has two or three states, for example:
+** The hand means GET, DROP and GIVE.
+** The N button means GO NORTH and GO UP.
+* Just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.
 ===Vocabulary===
-A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, for example, "OPEN DOOR", "GO NORTH"... some sentences can have only one word, for example "INVENTORY" (to see what you're carrying), or "SCORE"
+* A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, such as OPEN DOOR, GO NORTH, etc.
+* Some sentences can have only one word, e.g. INVENTORY (to see what you're carrying) or SCORE (to see your score).
-Each game has his own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games - here's a list of the most common words :
+* Each game has its own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games.
+* In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word, only the first letters are necessary. For example:
-GO, ENTER, CLIMB, SWIM, LOOK, EXAMINE, GET, DROP, THROW, CAST, WEAR, REMOVE, OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, UNLOCK, BREAK, CUT, CHOP, SAY, KILL, HELP...
+** G HELM is esquivalent to GET HELMET.
+** CLIM DRAWB is equivalent to CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE.
-In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word to be understand, only the first letters are necessary:
-For example, "G HELM" is equivalent to "GET HELMET", or "CLIM DRAWB" is equivalent to "CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE"
+'''List of the most common words:'''
+ GO - ENTER - CLIMB - SWIM - HELP
-===Shortcuts===
+ LOOK - EXAMINE - GET - DROP
-As many words come often in the same game, some shortcuts have been defined:
+ THROW - CAST - WEAR - REMOVE
-:N S E W - equivalent to "GO NORTH", "GO SOUTH", "GO EAST" and "GO WEST"
+ OPEN - CLOSE - LOCK - UNLOCK
-:NE NW SE SW - in Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to  "NORTH-EAST", "NORTH-WEST".
+ BREAK - CUT - CHOP - SAY - KILL
-:L - look
-:I - inventory
+'''Shortcuts:'''
-:X - examine (classic games), exit (in Level 9 games)
+ N S E W - Equivalent to GO NORTH, GO SOUTH, GO EAST and GO WEST.
-:H - help
+ NE NW SE SW - In Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to NORTH-EAST, NORTH-WEST, etc.
-:G - get
+ H - HELP.
-:SC - score
+ I - INVENTORY.
-:SV or SAV - save
+ X - EXAMINE (in classic games), EXITS (in Level 9 games).
-:RS or RST - restore
+ G - GET (or AGAIN for Inform/Frotz games).
-:LD or LOA - load (in Level 9 games)
+ L - LOOK.
+ SV - SAVE.
+ LD - LOAD.
+ R - RESTORE.
 ==Controls==
-X  - swap 'keyboard' and 'grafiti' input modes
+X  - Swap keyboard and grafiti input modes
-Y/A  - means 'YES'
+Y/A  - YES
-B - means 'NO'
+B - NO
-L/R - in Level 9 games, size up/down the images
+L/R - Change image size (Level 9 and Magnetic games only)
-Start/Select - save, restore, pause, exit the game
+Start/Select - Save, Restore, Pause, Exit the game
 ==Credits==
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 Game engine - Scottfree
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+<br>
+[[Category:DS homebrew games]]
+[[Category:Homebrew adventure games on DS]]

Revision as of 13:18, 4 June 2021