User's Manual

BrailleNote Apex QT User Guide
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19 Games.
Text adventure games, also known as Interactive Fiction, involve fun games that are played using
text-based input and output.
There are nine games in z-game file format supplied with your BrailleNote QT:
A Tutorial Game. The Dreamhold.
Adventure
Bear's Night Out
Curses
Dragon
Gourmet
Hunter In Darkness
The Underoos That Ate New York
Winter
The first game in the list of games supplied with your BrailleNote QT is A Tutorial Game. The
Dreamhold. Because this is a tutorial game, it allows you to learn as you play. If you have never
played adventure or interactive fiction games before, we recommend that you play The Dreamhold
first.
Before you try playing any game on your BrailleNote QT, it is important that you read and
understand the following:
1. There are many differences and similarities between games. As you will notice, most moves
you can perform in one game can also be done in another. For example the keyword "look" will
work in most games. When you type "look" and then press ENTER you will be given a
description of your current location.
2. Humanware did not write the games that have been supplied with your BrailleNote QT. We are
simply distributing them and if you have a problem with a specific game then Humanware will
not be able to provide support. To resolve a problem with a specific game, you will need to
contact the author of the game. To find out details about the author, try typing the keyword
"about" and press ENTER. You will usually then be given some details about the game and
information on how to contact the author.
3. The start of some of the games may be a bit strange. This is because the games have been
designed with a visual screen in mind and the author of the game assumes that you are using a
screen. The best action to take is to wait for the spoken text to finish and then try pressing the
ENTER key once or twice. Alternatively, press READ with S to hear the status line.