SoftSide Adventure of the Month #3 Treasure Island Adventure By Pete Tyjewski Published by SoftSide Publications, August 1981 For Atari 400/800/XL/XE (same or very similar for Apple II and TRS-80) Solution by Garry Francis ---------------------------------------- This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE, READ or LOOK at lots of things for this solution to make sense. Scores are shown in brackets as A/B, where A = points awarded, B = cumulative points awarded. Your aim is to achieve a score of 258 points calculated as follows: 64 points for visiting every scorable room, i.e. 1 point per room 54 points for collecting 27 objects, i.e. 2 points per object 30 points for having treasure chest stolen by pirate 20 points for returning ming vase (in one piece) 20 points for returning black anvil 20 points for returning golden crown 50 points for returning treasure chest --- 258 points total You start with 3 points, 1 for room visited, 2 for object already in vault. Inventory is limited to 12 items when moving. Most of the game is underground, so you need to carry the lamp with you at all times. It goes out without warning after 70 moves, so you also need to carry the keg of whale oil to refill it and the box of matches to relight it, effectively limiting you to 9 additional items per trip. The anvil is equivalent to 9 items, so it must be recovered on its own trip. The best you can do is 4 trips. I did all the puzzley bits on the first two trips and mopped up on the last two trips. [1st trip] W (1/4) E (1/5) U (1/6) D (1/7) S (1/8) GET KEG (2/10) S (1/11) E (1/12) E (1/13) S (1/14) S GO BUILDING (1/15) S (1/16) GET LAMP FILL LAMP N W S (1/17) S (1/18) E (1/19) GO CAVE (1/20) GET BOX (2/22) W W S (1/23) GO CRACK (1/24) LIGHT LAMP (from this point on, when lamp goes out, FILL LAMP then LIGHT LAMP) S (1/25) S (1/26) GO HOLE (1/27) S (1/28) GET COIN (2/30) GET ROPE (2/32) N U (1/33) GET SWORD (2/35) D E (1/36) E (1/37) D (1/38) S (1/39) S (1/40) U (1/41) S (1/42) GET MAP (2/44) (read map for location of secret door) GET BOOK (2/46) (you can now read book, coin and sword to find the magic words) GET SCROLL (2/48) N D S (1/49) U (1/50) SAY VALOOR (requires coin) SAY VARGAY (requires sword) GO DOOR (1/51) N (1/52) GET CHEST (2/54) S S D N N N U W N (1/55) S (following moves are to move between blue rooms on map until pirate arrives - this is NOT random) N S N S N S N S N (28/83) (you don't move, but pirate arrives, steals treasure chest and leaves it in maze - I hate pirates) N GO BARS (1/84) GO CAGE (1/85) GET CROWN (2/87) SAY VARGAY (requires sword) GO DOOR GET POKER (2/89) GET HAMMER (2/91) W N N LAMP OFF N N N N GO BUILDING S DROP COIN DROP ROPE DROP SWORD DROP MAP DROP BOOK DROP SCROLL DROP CROWN (20/111) DROP POKER DROP HAMMER N W [2nd trip] S S S GO CRACK LIGHT LAMP S S E GET GLOVES (2/113) GET BOOTS (2/115) W W (1/116) S (1/117) GET RING (2/119) GET ROD (2/121) GET PILLOW (2/123) GET HAT (2/125) GET ROBE (2/127) PULL CURTAIN (1/128) E E N GET VASE (2/130) (don't drop it unless you've dropped the pillow first) S W D (1/131) N (1/132) N (1/133) E (1/134) U (1/135) U (1/136) N (1/137) E (1/138) D (1/139) U (1/140) W (1/141) GET CHEST (2/143) (no freakin' pirate's gonna steal MY treasure chest!) D (1/144) S E D D D N (1/145) E S S U N (1/146) GO BRIDGE (1/147) (requires asbestos boots) N (1/148) E (1/149) W W (1/150) E N (1/151) GO ARCH (1/152) (requires black rod, pointy hat and black robe) GO DOOR (1/153) (requires treasure chest - you DID steal it back, didn't you?) W (1/154) W (1/155) S (1/156) D N N LAMP OFF N N N N GO BUILDING S DROP GLOVES DROP BOOTS DROP RING DROP ROD DROP PILLOW DROP HAT DROP ROBE DROP VASE (20/176) DROP CHEST (50/226) N W [3rd trip] S S S GO CRACK LIGHT LAMP S S GO HOLE U GET AXE (2/228) GET DAGGER (2/230) GET SNATH (2/232) GET MORNING (2/234) GET SHIELD (2/236) D GO HOLE N N LAMP OFF N N N N GO BUILDING S DROP AXE DROP DAGGER DROP SNATH DROP MORNING DROP SHIELD N W [4th trip] S S S GO CRACK LIGHT LAMP S S E GET ANVIL (2/238) W N N N N N N GO BUILDING S DROP ANVIL (20/258) SCORE (you should have 258 out of 258 points, but the game doesn't end) QUIT YES ***THE END***