
     In the year 2014, the U.S. Justice system finally caught up to the
rest of the world in having a punishment system people were satisfied with.
People who committed violent crimes were dropped off on a remote island in
the Pacific and left to fend for themselves.  Energy field generators around
the island prevented anyone from possible escape.
     The felons led a savage, brutal life, naturally, but over the course
of a hundred years a society developed, with rules like any other, for
anarchy cannot exist for long.  Careful handling of resources allowed for
peculiar entertainments, made possible by lots of high-tech underground
smuggling.
     The most popular new entertainment was an establishment based off of
an old computer game, but now played in realtime, so to speak.  The Murder
Motel became extremely successful.  Soon new motels were popping up all
over the island.
     To the guests, the status achieved by being a top Murder Motel player 
is worth the risk of death, because prestige is one of the island's most
important currencies.
     Guests pay high prices to be locked into the motel by energy barriers, 
and limited to the rules of the game.  They are assigned a "target" and 
cannot receive a new target until they have killed their current one.
The motel contains a wide selection of weapons and defenses, some old and
some new.  

     When you first play Murder Motel 2114, you must (R)egister to recieve
your target.  You have a certain number of turns per day to explore the
motel.  Once you use them, you will have to wait until the next day to
move around.
     The menu is displayed at each turn, and pressing ? will show a more
complete menu.  Pressing X will turn Expert mode on, and the menu will
only be displayed if you press ?.  This is useful if you are at 2400 baud.
     The (G) option lets you change your personal settings, including
whether you want ANSI Color or not, changing the colors used, and display
options.

     Once you have your target, your goal is to find him/her.  You move
around the motel by using the N, S, E, W, U, and D keys, for North, South,
East, West, Up, and Down.  The directions you can go in each room are 
displayed.  You can also use the number pad to move (turn num. lock on!).

      8         N
    4 5 6  =  W U E
      2         S
    0         D

     One way to find your target is by using the Information Booths.
When you are in a room with a booth, the options will be displayed.  At
these booths, guests can report on the location of another guest, or
read the reports that people have left.  It costs turns to use the info
services, or you may receive turns for giving reports.  However, informants
are not required to tell the truth!  So if there is a report on where
your target is, it may or may not be correct.  You may also access other
info, such as death records and assault records on guests.
     To find your way around the motel, you may access the maps with the
(M) option.  However, maps may be incomplete (there may be areas not on
the map), and there may even be hidden areas.

     When you find your target, of course you'll want to attack him/her.
And of course you can't do this without a weapon.  Dispersed throughout
the motel are weapons and defenses, and whichever ones are in a certain
room are displayed when you enter.
     Use the (T) command to take weapons or defenses, and then enter the
number of the item you wish to take.  There are a total of 12 types of
both weapons and defenses, but you may only carry 6 of each at a time.
     When you (A)ttack your target, you select which weapon to use.  If
your target has the appropriate defense for your weapon, then you do not
kill them, and lose the rest of your turns for that day.  If you kill
them, you receive a new target.

     You may find certain "restricted areas".  You can tell they are
restricted when the room name is displayed in yellow.  Your normal turns  
are not used when exploring restricted areas, but no one can stay in them,
so you won't find your target there, and will not be allowed to stay there
when you quit playing.

     You can use the (V) command to view the high scores, see who has
the most kills, and see who is dead and who is alive.


