Lost Memories (Game Jam Entry)

Lost Memories by Tamsin Lobdell Mugg

Started September 9th, 2020
Completed October 15th, 2020

Lost Memories is a sci-fi text-based adventure game written
for MSDOS based computers as an entry in Itch.io's Fall DOS
Game Jam for 2020. The game is fairly small and only has a
maximum possible score of 30 points. There are 2 different
endings that can be further shaped by what puzzles have been
solved getting there. Can you find all permutations?

System Requirements:
IBM PC Compatible with 8086 or better
Minimum 128KB RAM
Hercules Graphics Card or better

Files include:
LOSTMEM.EXE - The main executable
LOSTMEM.DAT - Auxilliary data file
DICTION.DAT - Parser dictionary
README.TXT  - This file

General Instructions:
Lost Memories is a parser based game. As such general commands
are the cardinal directions and their diagonals, 'use', 'go',
'look at', and 'search'. There are also occassional characters
you can interact with generally using the commands 'ask about'
or 'tell about'.
The parser also allows for abbreviations
(n, s, e, w, ne, nw, se, sw).
There are 8 slots with which you can save and restore your
game. To do so type 'save' and 'restore' respectively. You
can specify the save slot in the command or respond to the
subsequent prompt. To stop playing type 'quit'.