========================================== *************************** * PART 13 - ADVENTURES * *************************** We'll start off this month with a few solutions for the games featured with last months issue. If you don't wish to know how to complete Loads of Midnight or Retarded Creatures and Caverns, then look away now!! ========================================== LOADS OF MIDNIGHT PART 1 SOLUTION N, S, E, E, E, E, SE, take coat, examine pockets, examine bottle, NW, W, W, W, W, N, NW, NE, N, NE, N, N, W, In, give bottle to man, take clock, out, E, S, S, SW, S, E, E, E, E, E, NE, NE, N, E, examine lake, Wait until Rorthron takes the staff, look, take photo, NE, NE, E, In, Give photo to Rumour, take key, out, W, SW, SW, W, S, SW, W, W, W, W, W, In, unlock door, take card, examine machine, press button, D, out, E, E, E, E, NE, NE, E, E, examine door, insert card, take pills, out, W, W, N, W, NW, N, Eat pills, In, Press button. End of Part 1. Part 2 Password - "LAST TIME" PART 2 SOLUTION S, SW, In, Take letter, examine letter, U, take heater, D, out, S, S, S, SE, SE, E, N, NW, E, Take coins, W, N, N, NE, throw coins at trolls, take batteries, insert batteries in heater, SW, S, E, S, examine heater, press blue button, In, take spring, wear spring, out, N, W, W, W, W, SE, S, insert card, examine bed, wear crown, out, N, NW, E, E, E, E, E, N, take rope, S, E, S, jump window, out, N, SE, NE, N, throw rope, wait until dragon comes. Part 3 password - "DEEP GULLY" ========================================== RETARDED CREATURES AND CAVERNS - The Solution Examine Castle, Examine Towers, Examine Stonework, Get Stone, Examine Door, Examine Lintel, Wipe Lichen (repeat until the ants give up), Scrape Boots, Read Inscription, Read Name, Wedge Stone Under Tail, Climb In Pouch, Feel East, Get Chest, Climb Out Pouch, Examine Wall, Get torch, N, Bulbo, N, Wait until the Elf take to coin, Answer Magician or Fighter to question, Examine Wall, worn, unravel vest, tie string, to handle, Pull string, take torch, E, S, Get Torch, examine map, read instructions, N, E, Search Rubbish three times, Get Burger, take sword or wand, W, give burger, S, take stone, smash chest, take key, Answer "Nardo" to question, W, unlock chain, examine box, extend aerial, press button, E, press button, kick door, hold string, pull string, drop string, N, take coin, S, If the Elf takes your coin then just go North and get it again, otherwise, S, You've Done it! ========================================== LORD OF THE RINGS Solution PART 1 Open the drawer, chest, cupboard and door, take one of the canvas backpacks and put the matchbox, bottle and food into it. Go east, then south to the main highway, the west until you reach the turn-off for the town hall. Go north and then east to meet the Mayor. Now go west, south, west and west to enter the Mathom House (if the guard refuses you entrance, just WEAR RING and go west). In here take the book and the candle. Then go west until you are back at the highway outside your cottage, then go east, north-east, north-east, south-east, south and east (through the yellow door) to find Merry. EAT MEAL until it's finished and go west and north. If there are no riders about go east and then south-east into the forest with the trees that move. If the riders are present then go north, south, east and south-east into the forest (moves east and west are fatal when the riders are about, but others are usually safe until they've gone). In the forest you need to remember two locations, the wide glade and the grassy glade. To pass from the wide to the grassy you need to go east, so just type WAIT and then EAST until the trees let you pass. In the grassy glade it's the same, except that you want to go south-east to find the hilltop. At the hilltop go south to the riverbank then north-east to the willow. At this point your companions should fall asleep, so go north-east to Tom Bombadil and SAY TO TOM "HELP". Now return to the willow and WAIT. As soon as they are free go north-east to Tom's and EAT MEAL until it's finished. Thank Tom then go east until you meet the Barrow Wight. Now tell your companions to take a sword each, then WEAR RING and go east. At the gate, TAKE OFF RING and KNOCK. When asked, SAY TO GATEKEEPER "FRODO" and then SAY TO SAM "GO SOUTH-WEST AND OPEN RED DOOR". Once sam has gone go south-west and then south into the store. Here take all the food supplies and then SAY TO SAM "GO NORTH AND KILL A BLACK RIDER". Do the same with Pippin, and when Sam returns tell him to do it again. WAIT until they both return and then go north and west and SAY TO STRANGER "HELLO". Now WAIT for Strider to leave, then FOLLOW STRIDER and continue to do so until you find the flat stone. READ STONE and WAIT, then Strider will go off again so FOLLOW STRIDER once more until you reach the Fortress Of Fornost. Here WAIT until the Starling talks to Strider and then FOLLOW STRIDER back to the gate. Now WAIT twice and them go east, WAIT twice more and go east again. Around this point the Black Riders should enter, so go north and then east to the bare hilltop and WAIT five times. Now go south and FOLLOW STRIDER. At the bridge Strider will stop, so SAY TO STRIDER "GO EAST" (you will have to do this at least twice). When he agrees to follow you, go east until you can go no further and Part One is complete. PART 2 Go north-east and north and you should encounter a small brown pony, then go south-west to meet Glorfindel. Talk to him and he will tell you that he has been sent to guide you. Go south and then east, then RIDE STALLION and SAY TO STALLION "GO EAST" as soon as you see the Black Riders approaching. Continue east until you have crossed the ford, then GET OFF STALLION and WAIT until your companions appear. Go east to Elrond's courtyard, then north and east until you meet Bilbo. EAT MEAL until it's finished, then FOLLOW BILBO to his bedroom. WAIT for him to speak, then SAY TO BILBO "NO" and repeat until he gives you the sword. Then WAIT and he will also give you the Mithril Shirt. WEAR SHIRT then go west, east, south, west to meet the council of Elrond. When the meeting is over and you are assembled outside, WAIT and the pony will be laden with supplies. Proceed south, south, south-west, south-east and then WAIT again. Go south-east and WAIT. Go south-west and WAIT yet again. Now take Strider's advice and EAT. Then go south-east and at this point distribute the bundles of cakes amongst the company (e.g. SAY TO BOROMIR "TAKE CAKES"). Go east until you encounter the outline of a door upon the rock, EXAMINE DOOR and then SAY TO DOOR "FRIEND". At this point you will be grabbed by the tentacle (ouch!), so ATTACK TENTACLES and when they release you, go east. In the mines, go u, e, e, e, d, d, w, w, w, d, and you should be in a corridor (but see note 2). PUSH HORSE and the slab will open, so now go east, e, e, u, and east and you should be in a room with a book and a stone block in it, along with a pile of armour. READ BOOK and EXAMINE BLOCK in order to hear a noise in the corridor. WAIT and when they enter, ATTACK ORCS. Now go east and WAIT. When Gandalf talks to you, go east and LIGHT CANDLE WITH MATCH. Go down, d, s, d, south until you enter the square room. If all the party are not with you, you can backtrack at this point to round them up. When all are present, s, d, and then proceed east until you get to the bridge. WAIT on the bridge and Gandalf will tell you to flee, so go east until you emerge into Dimrill Dale then WAIT and FOLLOW GIMLI. Now head south-east until you arrive on the eastern bank of the Nimrodel. When the elf enters, WAIT, then proceed east to the river. Here the best policy is to SAY TO ELF "HELP" and then SAY TO GIMLI "GO NORTH-WEST". When he has gone, you must go north-east over the rope and then WAIT. Now go west and WAIT again. When the doors have opened, head east to the tree and then go up, then SAY TO GALADRIEL "HELP". When she has replied, climb down and go west to the bridge but do not cross it. Now go south until you reach the banks of the Anduin river and you've done it! ========================================== ADVENTURE SERIES I notice A lot of people confusing Brian Howarth adventures with Scott Adams. Hopefully this should help people out. Mysterious Adventures 1-11 by Brian Howarth 1981-84 #1. The Golden Baton #2. The Time Machine #3. Arrow Of Death Part 1 #4. Arrow Of Death Part 2 #5. Escape From Pulsar 7 #6. Circus #7. Feasability Experiment #8. The Wizard of Akyrz #9. Pereus And Andromeda #10. Ten Little Indians #11. Waxworks Adventures Series by Adventure International (Mainly written By Scott Adams) #1. Adventureland #2. Pirate Adventure #3. Secret Mission #4. Voodoo Castle #5. The Count #6. Strange Odyssey #7. The Mystery Of Fun House #8. Pyramid Of Doom #9. Ghost Town #10. Savage Island Part I #11. Savage Island Part II #12. Golden Voyage #13. Sorcerer Of Claymorgue Castle #14. Buckaroo Banzai Thanks to Gargamel of the Gargamels Lair BBS (see below) for compiling this checklist of adventures. This should save some confusion! ========================================== GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS! No - it's not one of those old jokes, but instead some real news. Last month we promised a Zenobi game with this issue, Bulbo and the Lizard King. Unfortunately, John Wilson of Zenobi has asked us not to freely distribute his games, as they are not Public Domain. This is always a risk when passing around snapshots, and although he is not taking immediate action, he asks if we could stop distributing them. The Good news (brightening up!) is that John Wilson and Zenobi are STILL producing Spectrum Games! They must be one of the last companies still making Spectrum games and we here at Emulate! will give them all the support they need, including up-to-the-minute news of new releases! Watch this space!! ========================================== ADVENTURE HINTS AND HELP For those of you who have a specific problem in a certain adventure game, you can either drop us a note here at Emulate, or try out the "Adventure Help echo" at Gargamels Lair BBS (01224 873783) Just leave a message at the board, detailing the game and where you are stuck and you should receive help from the kind souls who frequent the board, including the sysop himself who boasts to have solved hundreds of adventure games!! ==========================================