HOTEL HELL - USER'S MANUAL:

INTRODUCTION

    It's winter out at the hotel. You're the caretaker and are responsible
    for keeping the hotel and surrounding grounds clean and tidy.
    Throughout the whole period of your employment with the hotel you have
    never experienced a winter as bad as this. The whole place has been
    completely covered with a thick blanket of snow; so bad that the
    entire hotel staff and occupants have left the hotel for the winter.
    As usual, you've been given the short end of the stick, and have been
    asked to stay behind, to perform your duties.

    Fine, not a problem, you told yourself....until the strange occurences
    started; objects started moving, things came to life. It all started
    when you were in the lounge, and glanced up at the clock - you heard
    an eerie laugh somewhere from below, and the clock suddenly stopped.
    Then, there was silence. Starting to feel scared, all on your own in
    the middle of nowhere, you decide that the safest thing to do would be
    to try and escape, before you fall victim to the horrors of the hotel.
    Hotel Hell; Not a nice place to die.

YOUR GOAL

    Your goal is simple; get out of the place as quick as possible.....
    alive.

LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

    Insert your "HOTEL HELL" disk label face up into the disk drive.
    Type: LOAD "*",8,1 and press the RETURN key. Hotel Hell will load
    automatically.

    Press any key to bypass the graphic title screen. When prompted to do
    so, insert side 2 of the game and press any key to continue.

MOVEMENT

    To wander around the hotel and its surrounding gardens you must tell
    the computer in which direction you wish to travel. It understands the
    four compass points: NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, as well as UP and DOWN,
    which can be abbreviated to N, S, E, W, U and D.

ACTIONS

    Hotel Hell allows you to use many and various commands. The simplest
    form of command consists of a verb (eg. GET) and a noun (eg. KEY).
    Therefore:
    GET KEY
    will pick up the key (if it is present). If any other objects are
    present the computer will ask you if you would like to pick these up
    as well.

    Adjectives and prepositions may also be used in your sentences, as
    long as they are kept between the verb and the noun. For example,
    Hotel Hell will understand the following (all will be treated as the
    same action):
    OPEN TOOLBOX
    OPEN BLUE TOOLBOX
    OPEN THE TOOLBOX
    OPEN THE BLUE TOOLBOX

SPECIAL COMMANDS

    There are a few special commands which will aid you in your escape
    from the horrors of the hotel:

    INVENTORY:
    This gives you a list of all the objects that you are carrying or
    wearing. Note that you can only carry up to a maximum of 5 items. The
    computer will tell you that you have reached your limit if you attempt
    to pick up more than 5 items. Inventory may be abbreviated to simply
    "I".

    SCORE:
    This displays the number of turns that you have taken, as well as your
    current score out of the maximum score possible (100). Your current
    score and turns taken are displayed as part of the status line at the
    top of the screen. Score may be abbreviated to "T".

    VERBOSE:
    In verbose mode, room descriptions are given when you enter a room for
    the first time and, thereafter, the room name is only shown in the
    status line. The default mode setting is verbose.

    BRIEF:
    In brief mode, room descriptions are not given. You will only get the
    room description if you request it by typing LOOK, rather than
    automatically when you enter the room.

    GRAPHICS/PICTURES:
    In graphics mode, graphics are displayed the first time you enter a
    room containing a picture. After viewing the picture you will not see
    it again in the same session of playing Hotel Hell. This is so that
    the repetitive loading of a picture will not detract from gameplay.

    TEXT/WORDS:
    In text mode, graphics will not be loaded or displayed at all. Use
    this command to turn the graphics completely off.

    DRAW/DISPLAY:
    This shows the last graphic screen loaded.

    LOAD/RESTORE:
    This command allows you to restore a previously saved game. You did
    save the game before you picked up the landmine, didn't you?

    SAVE:
    This command save allows you to save your current position to disk.
    Saving is strongly advised before attempting something dangerous.

    Hotel Hell will save directly to the game disk, so you will not need
    to change disks.

    WAIT:
    This will leave you waiting for ten moves. Who knows what might happen
    in ten moves?

    HELP/HINT/CLUE:
    If you're stuck, information on how to receive help.

    LOOK/L/REDESCRIBE/R:
    This command will redescribe the current location (only if in verbose
    mode) and also display the list of any objects present.

    QUIT:
    Have you had enough? This command will end your current game.

    PAUSE:
    As several puzzles are timed, this command will allow you to pause the
    game to decide your next move.

    CREDITS/VERSION:
    This command displays the full credits and copyright notices.

TEXT SCREEN LAYOUT

    The text display is divided into two sections. The top line displays
    your status. Reading from left to right the information is:

    CURRENT ROOM NAME             SCORE / MOVES TAKEN


A SPECIAL NOTE ON TEXT

    The computer will often need to refer to the disk to read in room
    descriptions. If you would like to pause text loading, then press any
    key (except Run/Stop). The text should pause. Pressing any key again
    will resume loading.

    If you would like to terminate text loading from disk, then press the
    RUN/STOP key once during the middle of a paragraph. Loading should
    terminate, taking you straight back to the game.

HOTEL HELL

    Programmed by: Mario Moeller
    Designed by: Mario Moeller
    Written in 100% machine code
    Features digitized graphics
    Hotel Hell Copyright (c) 1991 Mario Moeller
    User's Guide (c) 1991 Mario Moeller