battlestar

battlestar [-r] [file]

battlestar is a text adventure game from the BSD games collection. Set aboard a battlestar at the tail end of a fierce space battle, players must explore the wreckage, find essential items, and survive encounters while navigating through various locations including tropical islands.
The game uses a parser-based input system where players type natural language commands to interact with the environment. Navigation uses compass directions (when carrying a compass) or relative directions (right, left, ahead, back).

-r

Restore a previously saved game

Name of saved game file to restore

- take/drop - Manage items
- wear/draw - Equip items
- inven - Display inventory
- score - Show current game status
- save - Save game
- ! - Shell escape
- N/S/E/W - Compass directions (requires compass)
- R/L/A/B - Right, left, ahead, back

Text-only interface. Requires understanding of adventure game conventions. Parser can be finicky. Part of the bsd-games package.

battlestar was written by David Riggle in 1979 as an experiment with the C programming language. It has been part of BSD games distributions since then.

adventure(6), nethack-console(6)