James Brand -- Peter Kirsch -- SoftSide Publications, March 1982 Solution by Dale Dobson, www.gamingafter40.com From the game's introductory text: "The President's life is in danger! As James Brand, you must save his life and destroy the evil Dr. Death. But beware! Your life is constantly on the line; each move you make could be your last." This is a very structured adventure, really a series of ludicrous set pieces that require very specific actions. Most of the puzzles aren't as difficult as wrestling with the parser. Solution: OPEN CASE GET KEY W GO CAR START CAR (and hit RETURN to release brake) TURN KEY (out-of-control car stops and we get out on road) N, N (repeat if necessary until motorcyclist appears) PUSH RED (smoke screen blinds cyclist) GO MOTORCYCLE (ride until we run out of gas and find ourselves on a street) N (voice calls from inside building) GO BUILDING (ticking box is tossed in) W (explosion in building) GO BUILDING LOOK NOTE (very funny) GO HOLE GET QUARTER W, W S, W, W (somewhere here we should bump into a stranger who gives us a slip of paper) READ PAPER N GO KLUB (Madame XXX invites us to sit down) LOOK MADAME SIT DOWN (she invites us to drink a toast) PUT CAPSULE (we sneeze and hear a sliding sound) SWITCH GLASSES (we switch them -- back) DRINK TOAST (Madame XXX is dead) W (back on the street) N GO STAND GET HOTDOG (in exchange for quarter) S GO LAKE DROP HOTDOG (clam gobbles it up and spits something out) GET KEY U, E GO BOAT LOOK BOAT LOOK DASH PUT KEY LOOK MOTOR PULL STRING (arrive at Death Island) W, N (sharp-bladed boomerang is thrown) DUCK CLIMB TREE GET SILENCER (it's attached to our gun) D, N SHOOT GUARD (You got him!) GO PALACE (fall through hole in floor to... giant human pinball machine) LOOK BACKGLASS (there's a tilt mechanism) TILT MACHINE (ball drops out of play) S, E GO HOLE (small enclosed room with seeping gas) LOOK VENT PUSH YELLOW (knife shoots from case and plugs gas vent) GO VENT GET STICK GO HOLE (to a hall) PUSH BELL (shoved inside room, Dr. Death challenges us to a game of pool) LOOK TABLE (8 ball looks strange) GET BALL THROW BALL (explosion kills guards; Dr. Death takes a hostage; we are getting sleepy) YAWN (Dr. Death yawns too) THROW CAPSULE (Dr. Death dies, girl escapes) W, W GET TACKS E GET SWORD (it's not visible, but...) N ATTACK GUARD (kill him with our sword) E (bunch of guards with swords give chase) DROP TACKS (guards retreat) S, S, E GO LAKE PUT STICK (jams crocodile's mouth) E (to golf course) N GO CLUBHOUSE (man shaving) GET RAZOR (again, it's not mentioned) S GO SEWER S, E (a bomb!) LOOK BOMB (red wire) CUT WIRE (the bomb is defused and the President is saved!)