Wimsey Games BBS, (404) 255-8646, presents 
 
 
                                 N I R V A N A 
 
 
                       An Adventure in the World of Wimsey 
 
 
 
                        Copyright (c) 1989 by Wimsey Co. 
                          235 River Springs Dr., N.W. 
                               Atlanta, GA 30328




You may copy and use this product and documentation complete and without
modification, provided that:
(a) if you run NIRVANA offline, you must register your copy by sending $2.00 to
    Wimsey Co. with your name and address;
(b) if you run NIRVANA online, you must register by mailing to us a letter or
    postcard (costs 15 cents postage) stating the version of NIRVANA, along
    with your name, the name and phone number of your BBS or business, your BBS
    software type and version number, and your mailing address (unless you ask
    us not to, we make this information public); and you must display at
    least the first sentence of the file BULLETIN.1 online as a news item or
    bulletin until the First Wimsey Contest is over, and make the Nirvana
    archive file freely available for download by your users.
All other rights are reserved.  TO REGISTER: Write to Wimsey Co., 235 River
Springs Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30328.

THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  IN
NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT
BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY
USE THEREOF OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.







                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


                      LOADING THE GAME . . . . . . . . 1

                      YOUR MISSION . . . . . . . . . . 2

                      HOW TO TALK TO NIRVANA . . . . . 3

                      SAVING & RESTORING . . . . . . . 4 
 
                      FURTHER ADVENTURES  . . . . . . .5
 
 
 

 
 
1 
LOADING THE GAME 
 
To run NIRVANA, you need an IBM PC or compatible running MS-DOS 2.0 or later, 
at least 256K of RAM, a 360K disk drive and a monochrome or color display. 
 
1.  Start your machine running MS-DOS.
2.  Place the NIRVANA files on a diskette in Drive A (or in the current
    directory of your hard disk).
3.  Type NIRVANA and press return.  (To stop snow on the screen, try typing
    NIRVANA /S.)

When you have correctly loaded NIRVANA, the disk will spin for approximately 20
seconds while the program is loaded into your machine, and on the screen there
will appear "NIRVANA An Adventure in the World of Wimsey."  If it does not,
then check the following:

1.  Check that the game diskette is properly oriented in the disk drive and
    that the drive door is closed.
2.  Check that the drive containing the game diskette spins.
3.  Inspect the diskette carefully for visible damage.

 
2 



         YOUR MISSION

         It is long ago in the magic land of Cornwall, where the
         Village of Lostwithiel nestles in the shadow of Bald
         Mountain.

         There is an evil curse upon the land.  Each month, at the 
         full of the moon, a young man disappears from the village, 
         never to return.  He has been bewitched by Nirvana  the Ice
         Maiden.  She lures him to her marble palace atop Bald 
         Mountain, where he faces a fate worse than death. 
 
         Nirvana can only be destroyed by ringing a crystal bell.  
         Your quest is to find the bell, ring it in her presence and 
         so dispel the evil curse. 




3

          How to talk to NIRVANA

          Commands may be typed when the prompt (>) appears on the screen.

     For example:

               >TAKE THE BOTTLE.

          End the commands with a carriage return (sometimes called
          <ENTER>).

          Talk to NIRVANA by typing commands in plain English.  NIRVANA
          does not understand questions or statements, only commands.
          You may type several commands on one line separated by periods.

    For example:

               >OPEN THE GATE.  LEAVE.  GO RIGHT.

          For more extensive help, type HELP at the prompt (>).

4 
    SAVING & RESTORING

    When you save your game position, use a formatted disk with at least 40 K
    bytes of unused space.  The program can create up to twenty storage files
    numbered 1 to 20.  You will be prompted to select a number, to insert the
    save disk in the current drive during save and restore, and to reinsert the
    game disk in the current drive to resume play.  To retrieve the saved game
    position, type RESTORE and enter the file number you saved the position
    under.

    If SAVE or RESTORE do not work, check the following items:
         1.   Check that the diskette is properly oriented in the disk
              drive, and the disk drive is closed.
         2.   Inspect the disk for visible damage.
         3.   If you have more than one disk drive, be sure the diskette
              is in the correct drive, and that that drive spins.
         4.   Be sure the diskette is formatted and not write-protected
              (i.e.  that there is nothing covering the notch on the side
              of the diskette).
         5.   Try using a different diskette.


5 
 
 
 
 
 

 
          FURTHER ADVENTURES -- MOONSTONE 
 
          Nirvana is a World of Wimsey game in miniature. 
 
          Prepare for high excitement as you explore the magical 
          land of Moonstone, a FULL SCALE Wimsey adventure!