GIZE
by Bo Leuf
Xcellent Software
Spectrum 48
This is a very challenging game, not only because of the many location,
but because of random elements. Every once in a while you will see a
boy. Talk to him several times, Eventually you will hear digadoo, and
when you LOOK, you will see a shovel. TAKE SHOVEL. Sometimes talking to
him again, you find that he is missing his camel. This is a red herring
and can be ignored. Don't kill it.
Hints:
DRINK WATER whenever you get the message that you must have water. EAT
FOOD when you get the message "you nit!".
Ark, pyramid, and arch are all synonymous. Same with examine/search,
open/unlock.
LIFT the slab.
The book is necessary to read text and inscriptions. It's also necessary
to activate the crystal, HIT CRYSTAL, to ask ABOUT objects and words you
come across, as well as certain gods.
You can wear the basket.
Randomly it becomes dark and you are back at the oasis.
When you are asked why you have summoned someone, say POWER (of the)
GEM.
Once you have met an entity, try CALL <entity>. Calling and petting the
cat can prevent some objects from randomly disappearing.
SAVE often, as sometimes objects randomly disappear. It is important to
put the book in the chest before you perform certain actions.
Type U for up and D for down, or CLIMB UP/DOWN.
You need to find a gold key in order to find the pouch in order to carry
some items.
When you see the gold statue, do not pick it up. Simply put it in the
basket.
You can follow the instructions to put things into containers, or simply
say <object> <container>. This works for most objects except the book
and staff and the dagger. When you say BOOK CHEST or STAFF CHEST or
DAGGER CHEST, all fall to the ground. If you DROP BOOK, it turns into
dust. If you say DROP STAFF, it disappears. You can DROP DAGGER. For
some reason, you cannot put the dagger in the chest when you are holding
it, though this works for the other objects. If both the book and the
chest are on the ground, take the book first.
You can enter the main pyramid from the north face only. USE STAFF to
find a secret entrance. The locations below are not that tricky to
navigate but getting what you need there and getting out are very
difficult. You need to have (or be wearing) a light source, the basket,
the rope, the pouch, the scarab, the robe, the amulet, and the crystal.
Once you have the moon pendant, don't wear it until you get another
object first. The wearing the moon pendant and the sun disc, you can
access other locations. You need the rope more than once, so don't drop
it. Of the many songs you can sing, only rah, eym, rhu, soh, and mei are
needed. There are many dead ends below the pyramid. You may have found
a kind of map when you read Khefren's inscriptions though it is
difficult to decipher. When you reach the sun disc, FOCUS. When it asks
you for a destination, say FOCUS RUIN. Sometimes just saying FOCUS gets
you out. You need to go back there again.
You can gain more points (but not actually further ahead in the game),
if you enter the coffer and FOCUS ANKH. This allows you to continue
playing if you say YES. You do not need to go back to this location to
finish the game. FOCUS is used at the end as well.
Always keep the matches, lamp, water and food with you.
When you drink water at the oasis, you are actually drinking it from the
flask, so you need to find another water source to fill the flask.
Places you can summon/call the gods are the Temple of Horus, Khefren's
Valley Temple, and the Necropolis temple (twice), in that order. Save
these actions until the end. Then return to the secret entrance, use the
staff, and focus on Maat.
DIG where you see a dot by a pyramid.
The keys container (the pouch): This can hold the ankh, the meonia gem,
the singing crystal, the sun disc, the moon pendant, the scarab, the
gold key, and the amulet.
The tools container (the chest): This can hold the rope, the pouch, the
bottle, the map, the dagger, the staff, and the book (see above).
The treasures container (the basket): the ship, the necklace, the mask,
the diamond, and the gold statue. However, once objects are put into the
basket, they cannot be retrieved.
Solution (Remember to only us U and D for "up" and "down".
You begin in a bar in Cairo. INVENTORY (matches, water flask), W, W, SW,
SW, TAKE COIN, W (you see writing) S, W, W, S, W, EXAMINE BONES, TAKE
MAP (the greater is not as lessers), EXAMINE MAP (the Power of Meonia. I
must use it to free the mummy), READ MAP, LOOK, TAKE DAGGER (sharp),
EXAMINE DAGGER (snake design), TAKE AMULET, EXAMINE AMULET
(inscriptions), E, E, E, S, E, N, N, N, E, SE, NE, NE, E, SE, SW, W, W,
N, W, DRINK WATER (at the temple of Horus), DROP COIN, TAKE COIN,
INVENTORY (the coin is now stamped 2450 BC), DROP COIN, TAKE COIN,
INVENTORY (no date on the coin), TAKE BOOK, EXAMINE BOOK (a collection
of hieroglyphic translations), TAKE SHOVEL, EXAMINE SHOVEL (excavate,
not dig), EXAMINE AMULET (bat), WEAR AMULET.
EXAMINE TEMPLE, TEXT HORUS (Horus, master of the north, lead me in my
spiritual quest, turn your eye to my growth and help all find their
rest), INSCRIPTION HORUS (arise eye of Horus, first sun! after the
waters, look west! Summon Not Anubis, yet there: Master of Time call,
God Thoth! And to judge it all, Osiris), E, S, E, S (at temple of
Menkure), EXAMINE TEMPLE (you see an inscription), INSCRIPTION MENKURE
(Moon's knowledge hidden, saves wearer unbidden in passages trapridden,
secured and forbidden), NE, NE, N, N, E, E, (at marketplace), EXAMINE
MARKETPLACE (you see a man selling food), BUY FOOD, TAKE RATIONS, N, SE,
SW, W, W, N, NW, NW, GO TEMPLE, TAKE LAMP, EXAMINE TEMPLE, INSCRIPTION
KHEFREN (spirit guardians of the power, I shall call ye of the dawn in a
place that knows no hour, then again where waters know of key and falcon
both in flight; this is how one half is drawn of the gemstone's secret
might), E, SE, SE, E (Khefren's temple), TAKE STAFF, EXAMINE STAFF,
EXAMINE TEMPLE.
INSCRIPTION KHEFREN (wear the sun and miss the fun; get a light else
you'll fight; find the gold and put in hold; keep each key that you will
see; be polite to all you might; tread with care but also dare; one fine
gem an evil will stem; when you're done it's just begun; so see the
clues that you must use), TEXT KHEFREM (the obvious seen at first, may
sometimes hide the true. Examined the illusion bursts, radically
changing the view), W, NW, NW, E, E, NE, LIFT STONE, EXAMINE HOLE, DRINK
WATER, FILL FLASK, TALK TO BOY three times, SW, E, S (at the Sphinx),
EXAMINE OBELIX, INSCRIPTION OBELIX (thrice examine threes three; one
clue each will lead thee. The cross of life a key to a gate ye cannot
see; some things others will be properly used keep you free), TEXT
OBELIX (oh mortal who dares the curse, climb that ye may descend hidden,
crawl that ye may walk unseen, down in dark to ascend within. That is
the greater's secret hidden in lesser's paradox, that darkness give way
to light and life give illusion of death), W, CLIMB UP, TAKE DIAMOND
(leave the coin), DOWN, E, TALK TO BOY three times.
Go N, W, NE, TALK TO BOY (Abdul), TALK TO BOY (camels can be useful
guides), TALK TO BOY (digadoo), W, W (you hear digadoo), TAKE SHOVEL, W,
W, W, S, S, S, EXCAVATE, EXCAVATE, EXCAVATE, LOOK, DROP SHOVEL, S, LIGHT
LAMP, LOOK, EXAMINE TOMB, INSCRIPTION MENKURE (resta /\ amenta :::
gateway /\ beyond; meditate on key /\ pass yet alive), EXAMINE CAT,
ABOUT CAT (show kindness to my cat and you show kindness to me), EXAMINE
CHEST (cat sitting on it), LIFT CAT, TAKE CHEST, PET CAT, EXAMINE CHEST
(it's locked), ABOUT CHEST, (there are always too many things to carry,
so I made three: for treasure, tools, and keys; put xx into yy, and
empty yy), PUFF, N, DROP CHEST, E, S, TAKE ROBE, EXAMINE ROBE, WEAR
ROBE, GO RUIN, EXAMINE RUIN, INSCRIPTION MENKURE (once taken be then
warned: beware the mysterious coin; thrice taken thus disarmed, the
other keys it will join), TAKE SCARAB, ABOUT SCARAB (Khepri the scarab
god protects those who would walk with the gods from that which is
hidden), WEAR SCARAB, E, W, N, W, ABOUT KEYS (keys: necessary to
protect; they should not be obvious and should test the user knows what
he is doing), ABOUT STAFF (opens the arch; dropped it finds its way home
but not always where I intended), ABOUT PYRAMIDS (the true treasure lies
within), DROP MAP, TAKE SHOVEL, N, N, N, E, EXCAVATE (three times),
LOOK, DROP SHOVEL, S.
LIGHT LAMP, LOOK, EXAMINE TOMB, INSCRIPTION KHEFREN (you see kind of
map), MOVE SARCOPHAGUS, LOOK (you see a small green gem), TAKE BOX, OPEN
BOX (you see a cobra), TAKE DAGGER, KILL COBRA, EXAMINE COBRA, LOOK,
TAKE CRYSTAL, TAKE MASK, PUFF, N, DROP MASK, S, TAKE GEM, N, ABOUT GEM
(sometimes magical; valuable stones with many uses), EXAMINE GEM, ABOUT
CRYSTAL (always valuable; have found a few that "sing" when struck
lightly; they will amplify sung notes), ABOUT SING (Music: some sounds
have power; each of these has a name. Amplified sing name = magic. Reh,
Rah, Maa, Mei, Eym, Aht, Ahu, Soh, Ohm, Dee, Dai, Thu, Res, Bhe, Nuh),
ABOUT MASK (don't think you should wear it), HIT CRYSTAL, INVENTORY (you
have a singing crystal and a meonia gem), DROP GEM, DROP CRYSTAL, E, E,
E, N, E, S, (in tomb), W, S, E, S, E, UP, TAKE KEY, DOWN, W, W, SW, S,
TAKE BOTTLE, S, S, E, OPEN CHEST, DROP KEY, TAKE CHEST, EMPTY CHEST (you
see a pouch), DROP CHEST, TAKE POUCH, DROP DAGGER, TAKE MAP, MAP CHEST,
TAKE KEY, KEY POUCH, POUCH CHEST, TAKE CHEST, TAKE DAGGER, N, N, N, N, N
(you end up on an oasis).
YES, THANK MAN (you see a rope), TALK TO MAN (well water is sweet), DROP
DAGGER, TAKE ROPE, ROPE CHEST, TAKE DAGGER, E, E, E, S, FILL BOTTLE,
BOTTLE CHEST, W, W, S, S, W, W, W, EMPTY CHEST, DROP CHEST, DROP DAGGER,
CALL CAT, PET CAT, TAKE POUCH, TAKE GEM, GEM POUCH, TAKE CRYSTAL,
CRYSTAL POUCH, POUCH CHEST, TAKE ROPE, ROPE CHEST, BOTTLE CHEST, TAKE
DAGGER, TAKE MASK, TAKE CHEST, E, E, E, N, E, S, EXAMINE TOMB (mummies
do it under wraps), W, N, LIGHT LAMP, LOOK, EXAMINE DOOR (you see a seal
and footprints), EXAMINE SEAL (Kherex glyph), BOOK CHEST, BREAK SEAL,
OPEN DOOR, DROP CHEST, DAGGER CHEST, TAKE BASKET, E, LOOK, TAKE SHIP,
SHIP BASKET, TAKE NECKLACE, NECKLACE BASKET, TAKE JAR, EXAMINE JAR
(sealed with a name glyph), WEAR BASKET, W, TAKE BOOK, TAKE CHEST, PUFF,
S, W, W, ENTER TEMPLE, EXAMINE TEMPLE, INSCRIPTION TEMPLE (Seth: great
lord of the south; spare me the swallowing mouth of death in the
unearthly tools merely pass me to earthly coils).
CALL CAT, PET CAT, E, N, N, E, E, E, E, N, W, N (at oasis), E, E, E, E,
SE, SE, W, W, S, S, UP, W, NE, DROP MASK, TAKE DIAMOND, DIAMOND BASKET,
BOOK CHEST, EMPTY CHEST, TAKE BOTTLE, FILL LAMP, BOTTLE CHEST, TAKE
ROPE, ROPE CHEST, TAKE POUCH, EMPTY POUCH, TAKE KEY, KEY POUCH, TAKE
CRYSTAL, CRYSTAL POUCH, POUCH CHEST,TAKE BOOK, TAKE MASK, MASK CHEST,
TAKE GEM, DRINK WATER, FILL FLASK, CALL MUMMY, LOOK (you see the mummy),
USE GEM (you are by the sphinx with the mummy gone), JAR BASKET, CALL
CAT, PET CAT, N, W, W, W, W, SE, SE, W, CALL GUARDIAN (why have you
summoned the spirits of the dawn?), POWER GEM (as guardians of the power
of light and air, we grant you the use of the forces we guard), LIFT GEM
(you are back at the Sphinx), N, W, W, W, SE, SE, E, CALL GUARDIAN (why
have you summoned the spirits of the eternal waters?), POWER GEM (we
grant you the force), HOLD GEM (you are back at the Sphinx), N, E, DOWN,
N, E, E, N, N, W, SW, SW, W, S, W, W, W, ENTER TEMPLE, CALL THOTH (you
are near the full power of the gem; Thoth confers the portion he has
guarded), LIFT GEM (you are at the top of the great pyramid), E, DOWN,
E, S, W, W, W, ENTER TEMPLE, CALL OSIRIS (in time you will be judged;
before Maat – truth – he gives you the final power of divine fire; you
now have the power over those beyond the gates of life), LIFT GEM (back
at the top of the great pyramid).
ABOUT MAAT (Maat – goddess of truth; seek Maat as truth is the goal), N,
USE STAFF (you create an opening), BOOK CHEST, EMPTY CHEST, TAKE POUCH,
EMPTY POUCH, TAKE BOTTLE, BOTTLE CHEST, TAKE KEY, KEY POUCH, GEM POUCH,
TAKE CRYSTAL, POUCH CHEST,TAKE ROPE, DROP CHEST, S, S (here I was
transported back to the oasis), YES, W, S, S, S, E, UP, USE STAFF, S,
LIGHT LAMP, LOOK, DOWN, 13x S (you are in a pit), TAKE MOON, USE ROPE,
NW, NE, 8x N, SING EYM, S (you fall and see a sun disc), WEAR MOON, TAKE
SUN, WEAR SUN, FOCUS (you are falling and need to focus on a
destination, FOCUS RUIN (you are at the Necropolis ramp), N, E, N, W, N,
W, S, S, S, E, UP, USE STAFF, CALL CAT, PET CAT, TAKE CHEST, TAKE BOOK,
S, DOWN, 4x S, SING EYM, 7x S, DROP ROPE, TAKE ANKH, WEAR ANKH, TAKE
ROPE, 4x N, SING MEI, S, STATUE BASKET, S, S, S, USE ROPE, 4Xs, W (at
coffer), ROPE CHEST, ENTER COFFER, REMOVE ANKH, FOCUS ANKH, LOOK (you
are asked if you want to better this). You have 85%, NO.
If you say yes, you go back to the game (with some points deducted). I
think that the maximum score is 95 but I am not sure how to get it.
Terri Sheehan
2006-03-23
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