THE LAND BEYOND TIME
S. D. Allan and J. B. Rogan
Simon Allan Software
Spectrum 128

This is an intriguing, challenging game, which contain more than enough 
mazes to satisfy those who like mazes and frustrate those who don't. 
There are many, many places to explore and many one-way exits. You are 
somewhat hampered by being able to carry only a limited number of 
objects, but all are necessary at some time, needing to be used only 
once.  Both parts contains chance elements.

There are some playing differences and inconsistencies between Part 1 
and Part 2. In Part 1 you can use phrases, such as PUT HANDKERCHIEF OVER 
MOUTH, or shorten it to HAND MOUTH. In Part 2, only two words are 
allowed. To give something to someone, type <PERSON> <OBJECT> or 
<OBEJCT> <OBEJCT> only. You can use R for REDESCRIBE in Part 1, but in 
Part 2 use L for LOOK. In Part 1, you can use WEST instead of W, but 
must use the short form in Part 2. 

Hints
Part 1:
To get on and off the raft, use CLIMB ABOARD and CLIMB ASHORE.

Remember to use the uppercase letters for objects, not the noun.

You can't dismantle the raft once it's built. Don't worry, you will need 
a rope, but will find another one.

There are many ways to die. You are bitten by mosquitoes early on. The 
ground shakes and you fall. The brigands may capture you and kill you. 
If you don't find water you'll die of thirst. If you have no light in 
the cavern, an anaconda gets you. The guard may kill you eventually. If 
you die before you're finished the game, go back to a saved game and try 
again, since these are all chance events. However, you can also gain 
extra time, by performing other actions.

If GO doesn't work, try ENTER, and vice versa.

Your time will soon run out when you hear noise when you type.

If you meet a figure early in the game, and you are not wearing the 
amulet, he takes some of your possessions, and you can retrieve them 
where you found the match. 

There is also a cheat you can use to gain more time, but I'll not tell 
you that.

Hints: 
Part 2:

Revisit locations after you perform a notable action; you will find new 
exits.

In addition to dying at the hands of the well-known mythological 
figures, one of the ways you encountered in Part 1 can also occur here 
if you run out of time - the ground can swallow you up. 

Some people can be asked for help and will.

Part 1
Solution: 
INVENTORY (nothing), E, S, TAKE MACHETE, W, E (chance - until you see a 
path; you will be bitten by mosquitoes around here), GO PATH (you see a 
camp and a match), TAKE MATCH, EXAMINE TENT (there are several objects), 
REDESCRIBE (you are bitten by mosquitoes), TAKE BOTTLE, EXAMINE BOTTLE, 
READ LABEL (quinine), DRINK QUININE (the effects disappear), DROP EMPTY 
BOTTLE, TAKE AMULET, EXAMINE AMULET (on a chain), WEAR AMULET, TAKE 
HANDKERCHIEF, TAKE MAP, EXAMINE MAP (can't decipher it), S, S, S, S, S 
(you see a plant with a heady smell), CHOP BUSH, ENTER CAVE (you start 
to feel drowsy from the smell), PUT HANDKERCHIEF OVER MOUTH, DROP 
MACHETE, ENTER CAVE, N, SE, TAKE PICKAXE, NW, N, EXAMINE DEBRIS (you see 
something), REDESCRIBE (you see a lamp), TAKE LAMP, EXAMINE LAMP (full 
of kerosene), DIG DEBRIS (until you see a passage north), DROP PICKAXE, 
E, N, DOWN (it's dark).

LIGHT LAMP, REDESCRIBE (you see an island in the lake), DROP LAMP, DROP 
MAP, UP, S, W, N (you see tools), TAKE HAMMER, TAKE KEG, TAKE SAW, S, S, 
SE, DOWN, TAKE DRUMS, DOWN, DOWN, DROP KEG, DROP DRUMS, UP, TAKE ROPE, 
DOWN, DROP ROPE, TAKE PLANKS, DROP PLANKS, MAKE RAFT, TAKE MAP, CLIMB 
ABOARD (you see a temple), CLIMB ASHORE, N (you see an obelisk), EXAMINE 
OBELISK (you see a form), REDESCRIBE (a time portal),  ENTER PORTAL (you 
see a boulder and brigands approaching), HIDE BEHIND BOULDERS (they 
gallop off and you go east), E (in a desert), W, W, TAKE ROPE, E, S, E, 
UP (you can't), W, S, (ignore the scimitar for now), E, N (you see 
trees), N (you see a well at the oasis), EXAMINE WELL (you see a 
windlass and a bucket).

EXAMINE BUCKET (the rope is rotten), TIE ROPE TO BUCKET, TIE ROPE TO 
WINDLASS, LOWER BUCKET (it fills with water), RAISE BUCKET, DRINK WATER, 
E, S, S, TAKE SCIMITAR, N, E, UP (you see tents to the south), S (you 
see a guard), KILL GUARD (chance – until he is dead), DROP SCIMITAR, 
ENTER TENT (you see a slit and cushions), EXAMINE CUSHIONS (you see a 
silver key), TAKE SILVER KEY, RAISE CUSHIONS (you see an opaque stone), 
TAKE STONE, GO THROUGH SLIT (you are on a stony path), UP, UP, UP (at 
the top of the mountain), W, EXAMINE WATERFALL (you see a cave 
entrance), ENTER CAVE (you see a chest), UNLOCK CHEST, OPEN CHEST, 
EXAMINE CHEST (you hear someone outside; he asks if he can help), 
REDESCRIBE (you see a hermit and a parchment).

TAKE PARCHMENT, EXAMINE PARCHMENT (the other half of the map). The 
ground shakes sometime about now. HERMIT HELP (he wants everything in 
your possession), GIVE ALL (the hermit looks at the  map and parchment 
and drops them into the cauldron; then the amulet goes in, then the 
stone; he utters a few magic words and there is a flash; your 
surroundings have changed, your wounds have healed, and you see a form), 
REDESCRIBE (you see a chart, the star and a portal), TAKE CHART, TAKE 
STAR, EXAMINE STAR, WEAR STAR, ENTER PORTAL (you are on the bank of a 
river; you see a horn hanging), TAKE HORN (you can't), BLOW HORN 
(something drops), REDESCRIBE, TAKE COIN, CLIMB ABOARD. You are finished 
Part 1 with 50%. The password for Part 2 is "NEXT LAND".

Part 2:

INVENTORY (you have the star, the chart, and the coin, but not the 
handkerchief), E, E (you see a corpse), EXAMINE CORPSE, LOOK (you see 
meat), TAKE MEAT, E, N, EXAMINE POND, LOOK, TAKE STAFF, EXAMINE STAFF 
(it has an empty clasp), READ INSCRIPTION (whoever has the staff of 
Cronus will be able to open the door to the underworld), REMOVE STAR, 
EXAMINE STAR, STAR STAFF, S, S, NE (you see Cerberus), DROP MEAT (he 
falls asleep), SW, N, NW, N, N, SW (you see Pan), PAN HELP (chance – 
until he gives you the pipes which can be used when you are in danger 
but only three times before he takes them back; he also says to use them 
to charm Diana who may help you if you are lucky), NE, S (you see 
Harpies looking for something), SW, S, W (you see Diana), DIANA HELP 
(she is still mourning for Apollo who has been taken by Pluto to the 
underworld).

The Harpies start to fly toward you. WAIT (until they swoop at you), 
PLAY PIPES (Diana gives you her bow and quiver to kill them; then you 
are to go to Tartarus and seek Sibyl who can guide you), KILL HARPIES 
(they fall to the ground and Diana retrieves her equipment and 
vanishes), EXAMINE CHART (seek Sibyl), S, E, N, NE, E (you see a mural), 
EXAMINE MURAL (you see a pilgrim kneeling at the foot of Cronus; he has 
the scroll of life in one hand and an ivory staff in the other), S, S 
(you see a tapestry and a fireplace), EXAMINE FIREPLACE (you see a 
bronze key), TAKE KEY, E, EXAMINE TAPESTRY (you see a door), EXAMINE 
DOOR (you see an icon), EXAMINE ICON (you see a pious maiden who is 
kneeling before a statue of Cronus), PUSH ICON (the door opens).

LOOK (you see a passage to the southeast), SE (the room is filled with 
charts and astral signs and a crystal ball; Sibyl is there and a goblet 
of wine), SIBYL CHART (she says you must go to the labyrinth edge; from 
there go, east, southeast, east, south to an oak door; push door and 
enter; there you will meet the Gorgon; Sibyl vanishes). TAKE GOBLET, 
EXAMINE GOBLET (the wine is red), NE, E (in the vaulted room), EXAMINE 
BRONZE DOOR, UNLOCK BRONZE DOOR (you see a passage north), DROP KEY, W, 
N, EXAMINE FLOOR, LOOK (you see a shield), TAKE SHIELD, EXAMINE SHIELD 
(polished), S, E, N (at the edge of the labyrinth), E, SE, E, S (by the 
oak door), PUSH OAK DOOR (you see a passage southwest), SW, EXAMINE 
STATUES (they were men), WAIT (you hear a slithering sound), DROP COIN.

PLAY PIPES (you see the Gorgon slithering toward you; Diana gives you 
her bow and quiver), KILL GORGON (you use the shield as a mirror and she 
falls over to reveal a passage west and Diana vanishes with the bow), 
TAKE COIN, LOOK (you see a golden branch), DROP SHIELD, TAKE GOLDEN 
BRANCH, W, DOWN, W, EXAMINE GRANITE SLAB (Cronus is carved on it; you 
see an orifice), STAFF ORIFICE (you see a flash and hear a grating 
sound; you see steps down and the staff), TAKE STAFF, DOWN (you see 
Charon and a boat), CLIMB IN, LOOK (Charon is in the boat), CHARON W 
[not WEST] (he rows to the other side), LOOK, CLIMB OUT, LOOK (you see 
Pluto), PLUTO GOLDEN BRANCH (he disappears), S (you see an apparition), 
LOOK (you see the ghost of Hercules), HERCULES HELP (he says to find the 
secret pass to the crypt where you will find a sarcophagus; open it and 
find a scroll but beware of Megaera; you will need something to dull her 
senses).

Go (you see Megaera), MEGAERA GOBLET (she falls asleep), W, LOOK (you 
see a secret passage north), N (in crypt), EXAMINE FLOOR, LOOK (you see 
a sarcophagus), OPEN SARCOPHAGUS, LOOK (you see the remains of Apollo 
with a parchment), TAKE PARCHMENT (you hear something drop), EXAMINE 
PARCHMENT (sealed), LOOK (you see an iron key), TAKE IRON KEY, S, E (you 
see an exit northeast), NE (by the Horn Portal), S, DOWN (you see the 
Hydra), DROP IRON KEY, PLAY PIPES (Diana appears again with her bow and 
quiver; Pan retrieves his pipes), KILL HYDRA (chance – until it plunges 
in her heart), TAKE IRON KEY.

You see a passage east. Go E (you are in a cave and see a portal north), 
N (in Elysium), E, S, S (you see a high granite wall), EXAMINE GRANITE 
WALL (you see a locked iron gate), EXAMINE IRON GATE (you see a lock), 
UNLOCK IRON GATE (you see a path south), S (you are in a garden and see 
Cronus on a golden throne), CRONUS PARCHMENT, CRONUS STAFF, LOOK (he is 
holding them), KNEEL CRONUS (Cronus reads the Ritual of Life and 
banishes Poseidon (sp. Posiden) to the ocean forever' the gods cheer and 
Cronus hands you the staff). You are finished. Score: 50%.

Terri Sheehan
2007-03-13

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