AMIGA DIFFERENCES


HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

The Amiga version of AGT should run on any configuration from A1000 to A3000.

AGT FILES AND FILE NAMES


      A.   The Amiga version uses the files AGTRun and Compile, rather
           than the .EXE files on the PC.  Execute the programs from the CLI
           after changing directory (the "cd" command) to the directory where
           the game source is held (AGTRun and Compile should be placed either
           in your path or in the directory where the game source is). The
           command line parameters are as listed in the main documentation
           except as noted below.
 
      B.   All other AGT naming conventions apply as in the PC, Atari ST,
           Macintosh  versions (namely, 8-character game and save file names,
           with program-supplied extensions. This is done for compatability
           across platforms).


FUNCTION AND KEY PAD KEYS

It is possible to use various key combinations to input many
frequently-used adventure game commands and directions.  The following
short-cut inputs are available:

         Function Keys        Cursor Keys          Keypad

         <F1> Get             <Up>     North       <-> Up
         <F2> Drop            <Down>   South       <+> Down
         <F3> Examine         <Left>   West
         <F4> Read            <Right>  East
         <F5> Open          Shift-<Up> Enter
         <F6> Close       Shift-<Down> Exit
         <F7> Inventory       <Help>   (guess!)
         <F8> Look
         <F9> Score


COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

The /B switch is not implemented for the Amiga, as it is meaningless. The
/L switch functions as indicated in the documentation. There is also an
Amiga-only switch: /S. This will enable the Speech option at run time. To
turn speech on and off from inside AGT use SPEECH and NOSPEECH at the
command prompt.


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CREATING YOUR SOURCE DATA FILES

The Amiga version of AGT assumes that your game source files are "standard"
text files consisting of individual lines of up to 80 ASCII characters with
each line terminated by a line feed (or a carriage return and a line feed).
Acceptable files are normally created by any text or program editor. In
addition, almost all Amiga word processing programs have an option to save
files in text or ASCII format. If you use a word processor to create your
AGT source files, just remember to select the save file format option that
saves the files as individual lines, each terminated with a line feed and
with no special formatting characters. NOTE: If you wih your source code to
be usable on other platforms, it may be required to place a carriage return
in front of the line feed on eash line (the PC and ST systems use CR/LF to
terminate their lines). When compiling source from other platforms,
AGT/Amiga allows for the presence of a carriage return, so no pre-compile
filtering is necessary.

If you are compiling/running games produced with the PC version, it is
strongly suggested that you place the supplied font (IBM-II, a public domain
PC character set font) in your FONTS: directory (see your system documentation
for instruction on copying files and directories, or look into your FONTS:
directory for examples). This way any character graphics used in the game will
display properly on the screen. If you do not install this font, the program
will still run, but some displays will look very strange.


AGT UTILITY PROGRAMS

AGTNUM has not been converted to run on the Amiga.