SoftSide Adventure Series #2
It's About Time
Written by Peter Kirsch
Published by SoftSide Publications, March 1983
For Atari 400/800/XL/XE (same or very similar for Apple II, PC and TRS-80)
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to LOOK at lots of things for this solution to make
sense.
[Present]
GET MAT
GET KEY
GO HOUSE
GET WINE
S
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
[Prehistoric]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
GO CAVE
DROP WINE
GET ROCKS
S
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
[Stone Age]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
SE
E
NE
SE
GIVE ROCKS (wooden club added to inventory)
NW
SW
W
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PULL LEVER
[Prehistoric]
LEAVE MACHINE
SW
NW
HIT PTERODACTYL
GET EGG
W
SW
SE
W
(Move N, S or W eight times until the egg hatches. You can take inventory to check its progress. It
should change on every second directional move to warm egg, hot egg, cracked egg and, eventually,
egg shells and baby pterodactyl.)
E
E
NE
NE
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
[Stone Age]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
GO CAVE
DROP PTERODACTYL
GET ARROWHEAD
S
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
[200 B.C.]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
SE
E
NE
SE
GIVE ARROWHEAD (old coin added to inventory)
NW
SW
W
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
[Early America]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
SE
E
NE
SE
GIVE COIN (piece of string added to inventory)
NW
SW
W
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
[1700s]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
SE
GIVE KEY
GIVE STRING
GET BIFOCALS
NW
GO CAVE
(Repeatedly type LOOK or I until storm stops.)
S
SE
E
NE
SE
GIVE BIFOCALS (bag of apples added to inventory)
NW
SW
W
NW
GO PATH
NE
GIVE APPLES
NE
GET CORN
SW
SW
S
W
GO MACHINE
PULL LEVER
[Early America]
LEAVE MACHINE
SW
NW
W
SW
GIVE CORN
GET TURKEY
NE
E
SE
NE
E
NE
E
SE
NE
E
E
E
(Repeatedly travel E, E, W, W until cook appears, then GIVE TURKEY and return to this room. Pearl
added to inventory.)
W
W
W
SW
SW
W
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
PUSH LEVER
[Present]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
SE
E
NE
SE
GO STORE
GIVE PEARL ($2.00 in cash added to inventory)
S
NW
SW
W
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
[3031 A.D.]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
GO CAVE
GET WINE
S
SE
E
NE
SE
GO MART
BUY ROPE (rope and 35 cents added to inventory)
S
NW
NE
GO TAXI
E
E
GO OFFICE
READ POSTER
READ PAPER
W
W
S
GET WALLET
N
E
GO OFFICE ($1.85 in cash added to inventory)
W
W
W
GO TAXI
SW
SE
GO MART
BUY KNIFE
S
E
GO STORE
GIVE WINE (old gun added to inventory)
S
W
NW
SW
W
NW
W
GO MACHINE
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
PULL LEVER
[Stone Age]
LEAVE MACHINE
E
GO PATH
NE
NE
E
E
CLIMB TREE
TIE ROPE
GO ROPE
GO CAVE
SHOOT CAVEMAN
W
GO ROPE
D
W
W
SW
SW
S
W
GO MACHINE
PUSH LEVER
PUSH LEVER
PUSH LEVER
PUSH LEVER
PUSH LEVER
PUSH LEVER
[3032 A.D.]
LEAVE MACHINE
***THE END***
