THE AMULET Sentient Software Ltd. By Steven Kendall (K-Soft) Spectrum 48 SOLUTION This game has an interesting premise, though it suffers from too much retracing of steps (because of the randomness of your arrival in certain locations). If you arrive at a previously-visited location, just follow the route to where you found a part of the amulet and RUB AMULET. Most items to leave the locations can be found in the locations. Sometimes you may need to do this many times until you find yourself in the location you need to be. This can get very, very tedious. Or try Save/Restore, and try again. The plains are the least likely to be visited. Some puzzles tend to be illogical, such as using the ladder to cross the river. The unnecessary objects include the fruit, the shield, the sword, the bows and arrows, the spade, the hammer, the sandwich. Keep the glass key, club, and staff as you may find yourself in these location again. The ladder and rope are used twice. The club (or one weapon is necessary). Avoid the wasps and the ants, though the centipede is fair game. FIRE is the operative verb. If you find yourself with your eyes closed, WAIT (several times if needed). You need the ladder when you visit the plains, if not the first time, then the second. To give someone food, FEED <them>. There are some dead ends; for example if you FEED FRUIT to T. Rex, you cannot get past him. When at the one location with rocks, MOVE ROCKS more than once. The other you can ignore, as well as the sand. Turn the robot off and go past (PASS ROBOT) him. Don't go to the white dome unless you have the monkey. Pretend the furry creature is a dog. Do what you would do to a friendly dog. Catching the monkey is a tricky puzzle. Make sure you have read the book first (read it again by the monkey). You need the jar, and the rope. CAPTURE MONKEY and GET MONKEY are not synonymous. Your goal is to collect parts of the broken amulet (six pieces plus the broken one). Before you are allowed to finish you must also have the valuable stone, the lifestone, and a seal of friendship. Solution: INVENTORY (you have nothing), TAKE ROD (you get a broken amulet), TAKE AMULET, CLEAN AMULET (you are transported), WAIT (you are in a desolate area), E (ignore the fruit), S, N, TAKE CLUB, W, S, S (you see a monkey- like creature – ignore it for now), E, E (you see T-Rex), FIRE BEAST (he throws you one location north), N, MOVE ROCKS, MOVE ROCKS (you see a valuable stone), TAKE STONE, S, W, TAKE AMULET, RUB AMULET. If you find yourself back in the desolate area, retrace your steps until you are in the cave when you found the amulet. The next location is random, but I suggest you SAVE and RESTORE until you find yourself by the farmhouse. TAKE BOOKS, READ BOOK (about monkeys), TAKE GARLIC, N, W, TAKE ROPE, S, W, S, TAKE JAR, EXAMINE JAR (it has nuts in it), S (you see a Frenchman), FEED GARLIC (he kisses you, but this stops him from killing you when he's ignored), E, N, TAKE KEY, TAKE LADDER, S, S, S, ENTER BARN, MOVE STRAW, DROP ROD, TAKE AMULET, RUB AMULET. Your next location may be where you hear a loud noise. Go W, W, N, UNLOCK CHEST, DROP KEY, TAKE AMULET (the other locations are unnecessary), RUB AMULET. Once you've read the book, and explored, and take objects from, the farmhouse area, take yourself back to the desolated area. Go S, S, READ BOOK (you need to put food in something with a small opening), TIE ROPE, TIE JAR, CAPTURE MONKEY, TAKE MONKEY, TAKE MONKEY, E, E, FIRE BEAST, W, RUB AMULET. Once you have the monkey, find yourself in the white dome. RUB AMULET (ignore the sandwich), N, EXAMINE ROBOT, TURN OFF ROBOT, PASS ROBOT (only on subsequent trips), E (ignore the hammer), S, S (you see a shelf), RELEASE MONKEY, TAKE ROPE, DROP BOOK, TAKE GLASS KEY, N, N, W, W, UNLOCK DOOR, S, E, N, TAKE AMULET, RUB AMULET. Another location is a meadow. Go E, TAKE STAFF, EXAMINE STAFF (use me at the water's edge), W, EXAMINE HUMANOID, W, THROW ROPE (you see a boat), ENTER BOAT, W, UP, ENTER TOWER, UP, READ BOOK (the valuable stone is found in the past, the lifestone is found at the insects, and you need a sign of friendship. You already have the stone, so you need to find the other two objects).You slide down the landing), E, E, STRIKE STAFF. The next location would be the plain. This occurs rarely so be patient. Go S, E, FIRE CENTIPEDE, FIRE CENTIPEDE (you find yourself by a wall), UP LADDER, USE LADDER, E, TAKE LIFESTONE, W, USE LADDER, S, E, E, E, S, S, S, RUB AMULET. Go back to the meadow. Go N (you see a furry creature), PAT CREATURE (you see a seal), DROP ROPE, TAKE SEAL, S, S, USE LADDER, UP, ENTER DOME, DROP LADDER, TAKE AMUJLET, ENTER DOOR. You are finished. Terri Sheehan 2005-01-19 ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com