=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for ARNOLD THE ADVENTURER =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: ZX Spectrum Updated: 29th March, 2011 Version: 1.1 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 3. Item List 4. Point List 5. Maps 6. Credits 7. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.1: 29th March, 2011 (Submitted to solutionarchive) 1.0: 17th September, 2010 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== The Arnold the Adventure series is a trilogy of interactive fictions adventures on the ZX Spectrum made by Delbert the Hamster Software. The first game was published in 1990, and the aim is to make Arnold a true adventurer by defeating the evil Schwartze and finding a crystal which is hidden inside a rabbit warren. The game is short but very well designed, with lots of funny characters and room descriptions. Every inventory item also has a purpose, so there are no red herring items to distract you like in so many other IF adventures. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== The game starts in Arnold's house. LOOK UNDER BED to find a short-handled spade. GET SPADE. Move EAST to the garden. DIG with the spade to find a carrot. GET CARROT. Move NORTH, EAST, NORTH, EAST, SOUTH and EAST to enter the barn. EXAMINE STRAW to find a lollipop. GET LOLLIPOP. Move WEST, NORTH, WEST and NORTH to the bridge. OPEN CAGE and the hamster will eat the troll. GET BONE. Move NORTH to arrive on the road entering the town. GIVE LOLLIPOP to the boy to receive the pink balloon. Move NORTH to the crowded market place. EXAMINE STALL to see a melon. GET MELON. Move SOUTH four times, WEST twice and SOUTHWEST to the shore of the lake. GET HOOK. Move SOUTH twice to the bottom of the steep cliff. GIVE BALLOON to the eaglet and it will drop a gold coin. GET COIN. JUMP ON LEDGE to see a long rope. GET ROPE. Move DOWN, NORTH twice, NORTHEAST, EAST twice, NORTH, EAST and NORTHEAST to arrive outside the small wooden hut. THROW COIN and the peasant will chase after it. Move EAST into the hut. GET CABBAGE. Move WEST, SOUTHWEST, WEST, NORTH twice and WEST to the dark alley. CLIMB IN BARREL to see a hermit. GIVE CABBAGE to the hermit to get the key. CLIMB OUT BARREL. Move EAST, SOUTH three times, SOUTHEAST, SOUTH and SOUTHEAST to the front door of the mansion. TIE ROPE TO HOOK. THROW ROPE and it will hook onto the balcony. Move UP to the balcony. DROP MELON and it will land on the guard below. Move DOWN to the front door of the mansion. UNLOCK DOOR with the key. Move EAST and NORTH to the living room. EXAMINE SOFA to see a notebook. EXAMINE NOTEBOOK to see the numbers 71343. Move SOUTH twice to the kitchen. GET TIN. Move NORTH, WEST, NORTHWEST, NORTH, NORTHWEST, NORTH, EAST, NORTHEAST, EAST twice and SOUTHWEST to arrive outside the rabbit warren. GIVE CARROT to the rabbit and it will enter the warren. Move SOUTH and EAST to the dead end of the tunnel. LIFT STONE to see a card. EXAMINE CARD to see a verse with the line "Say unto Nimbus". Move WEST, SOUTH and UP to the top of the stone steps. EXAMINE MOSS to see a lever. PULL LEVER to open the wall. Move EAST to the lavish study. PUSH DESK to reveal a trapdoor. PRISE TRAPDOOR using the bone. Move DOWN to see Tharg the wolf. GIVE TIN and Tharg will sleep. Move NORTH twice and UP to the large room. SAY UNTO NIMBUS to defeat the Schwartze. REMOVE BOOKS to see a safe. OPEN SAFE. Enter 71343 to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== BONE Found at the bridge after the hamster cage has been opened. It is used to prise open the trapdoor in the lavish study. CARD Found by lifting the stone in the dead end tunnel in the rabbit warren. It is examined to read the verse with the line "Say unto Nimbus". GOLD COIN Found by giving the pink balloon to the eaglet at the bottom of the steep cliff. It is thrown to the peasant outside the small hut. JUICY MELON Found by examining the stall in the busy market place. It is dropped from the balcony. KEY (MADE OUT OF TEETH) Found by giving the cabbage to the hermit in the barrel. It is used to unlock the front door of the mansion after the melon has been dropped on the guard. LOLLIPOP Found by examining the straw in the barn. It is given to the boy on the road entering the town to get the pink balloon. LONG ROPE Found by jumping on the ledge from the bottom of the steep cliff. It is tied to the sharp hook to make the rope (with hook attached). NOTEBOOK Found by examining the sofa in the mansion living room. It is examined to read the numbers 71343. PIECE OF PAPER Found in Arnold's house. The paper is written by Winthorpe, and it mentions that the location of the crystal is somewhere in the Schwartze mansion. PINK BALLOON Found by giving the lollipop to the boy on the road entering the town. It is given to the eaglet at the bottom of the steep cliff. ROPE (WITH HOOK ATTACHED) Made by tying the long rope to the sharp hook. It is thrown by the front door of the house to make it hook onto the balcony. ROTTEN CABBAGE Found inside the small hut. It is given to the hermit in the barrel to receive the key (made out of teeth). SHARP HOOK Found at the shore of the lake. It is tied to the long rope to make the rope (with hook attached). SHORT-HANDLED SPADE Found under the bed in Arnold's house. It is used to dig in the garden to find the carrot. SMALL CARROT Found by digging with the spade in the garden. It is given to the rabbit outside the rabbit warren. TIN Found in the mansion kitchen. It is given to Tharg the wolf. =============================================================================== 4. Point List =============================================================================== 4 4 Look under the bed in Arnold's house to find the spade. 8 4 Dig with the spade in the garden to find the carrot. 12 4 Examine the straw in the barn to find the lollipop. 14 2 Open the cage on the bridge and the hamster will eat the troll. 20 6 Give the lollipop to the boy on the road to get the balloon. 24 4 Examine the stall in the crowded market place to see the melon. 28 4 Give the balloon to the eaglet at the cliff to see the gold coin. 32 4 Throw the coin for the peasant outside the hut. 36 4 Give the cabbage to the hermit in the barrel to get the key. 40 4 Tie the rope to the hook. 44 4 Throw the rope with the hook on it at the balcony. 48 4 Drop the melon from the balcony and it will land on the guard. 52 4 Examine the sofa in the mansion living room to see a notebook. 56 4 Give the carrot to the rabbit outside the warren. 60 4 Lift the stone in the rabbit warren tunnel to see a card. 64 4 Examine the moss at the top of the stone steps to see a lever. 72 8 Push the desk in the lavish study to reveal a trapdoor. 76 4 Prise the trapdoor in the lavish study using the bone. 80 4 Give the tin to Tharg the wolf and he will fall asleep. 90 10 Say unto Nimbus in the large room to defeat the Schwartze. 94 6 Remove the books in the large room to see a safe. 100 6 Enter the combination 71343 to open the safe. =============================================================================== 5. Maps =============================================================================== MAP 1: TOWN ----------- _______ |Market | | Place | |___ ___| | _______ _______ ___|___ | | i| Dark | | Town | |Barrel |--| Alley |--| Road | |_______|o |_______| |___ ___| | ___|___ _______ | | |Outside| |Bridge | | Hut |-*2 |___ ___| |_______| | __/ ___|___ _______/ | | | | | Road |--| Field | |___ ___| |___ ___| | | _______ _______ ___|___ ___|___ _______ | | | E/W | | Sign | |Outside| |Inside | | Road |--| Road |--| Post | | Barn |--| Barn | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| |_______| __/ | \__ _______/ _______ ___|___ \_______ | Lake | |Arnolds| | | | Huge | | Shore | | House |--|Garden | | Gate | |___ ___| |_______| |_______| |___ ___| | | ___|___ *1 | Dusty | | Track | |___ ___| | ___|___ | | | Cliff | |___ ___| u| ___|d__ | | | Ledge | |_______| *1: Leads to the Driveway on map 2. *2: Leads to Inside Hut on map 3. MAP 2: MANSION -------------- *1 ___|___ _______ _______ _______ | Drive | | | |Living | | | | -way | |Balcony| | Room | |Toilet | |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___| \__ |d | | \__u|___ ___|___ ___|___ _______ _______ |Mansion| |Entrnce| |Btm of |u |Top of | |End of | | Door |--| Hall |--|Stairs |--|Stairs |--|Corridr| |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| d|___ ___| |_______| | | | ___|___ ___|___ ___|___ | | |Dining | | | |Kitchen| | Room | |Bedroom| |_______| |_______| |_______| *1: Leads to the Huge Gate on map 1. MAP 3: HUT AND RABBIT WARREN ---------------------------- _______ | Large | | Room | |___ ___| | _______ _______ ___|___ |Inside | | Back | |End of | *1-| Hut |--|Garden | |Passage| |_______| |_______| |___ ___| __/ | _______/ ___|___ |Outside| | | |Warren | |Passage| |___ ___| |___ ___| | | ___|___ _______ ___|___ | | | | | | |Tunnel |--|Tunnel | | Tharg | |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| | |u ___|___ _______ __d|___ |Btm of | u|Top of | |Lavish | | Steps |--| Steps |--| Study | |_______| d|_______| |_______| *1: Leads to Outside Hut on map 1. =============================================================================== 6. Credits =============================================================================== - EMUZWin (http://kolmck.net/apps/EmuZWin_Eng.htm) The emulator that was used to run the tape image for this game. - GUEmap (http://www.cjmweb.net/GUEmap/) A program that was used to map out the locations in this game. - UnPAWS (http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXquill.html) The program that was used to extract information from this game. - World of Spectrum (http://www.worldofspectrum.org/) A website that hosts a massive amount of Spectrum-related material. The tape image for this game was found here. =============================================================================== 7. Copyright Information =============================================================================== This file is Copyright 2010-2011 Tom Hayes. As it can be difficult to keep track of websites that haven't posted the latest version of this file, please do not distribute it without my permission. 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