Theseus and the Minotaur - by Anthony Collins, 1986 - 1990 (The Guild -
Zenobi Software - 50/50 Club Software)
Walkthrough by Juan Duc.
The first part of this adventure was finished using the Amstrad version,
released by 50/50 Club Software. Unfortunately, I could not get the second
part of this version to load, so I used the Spectrum version, released by
The Guild (re-released by Zenobi Software), to finish the second part,
which can be loaded independently from the first part.
First Part:
N, W, W, U, Examine trees, Take berries
D, E, E, N, Take lamb, S, E, NE, Give lamb to Oracle
N, W, Take spear, Take tube, Eat berries, E, E
Kill Procrustes with spear, Take axe, W, S, SW
W, N, E, Kill Phaia with axe, Take shield, W, S
W, W, U, U, Wear shield, Wash feet, Kill Sciron
U, Take helmet, D, D, D, E, E, N, Wear helmet
N, Kill Periphetes with axe, Take club, W
Kill lion with club, Take carcuss (sic! the programmer misspelled
"carcass")
S, NW, Move rock, Drop helmet, Drop spear,
Take sword, Take sandels (sic! the programmer misspelled "sandals")
S, S (you encounter Sinis here, but he appears to be just a trap. If you
help him, he ties you to the pine trees and kills you. I could not find a
way to kill him instead, so best ignore him)
E, E, Wrestle Cercyon, Drop shield, S,
Examine lake, Take reed, Wash in lake, N
Wear sandels, W, S, S, Examine statue
Drop axe, Take coin, SW, E, S, Take wine
Take food, Drink wine, E, Examine shelves
Take bottle, Take vase, W, W, Unlock door,
Drop key, S, Examine jewels, NW, NW,
Drop club, Drop sword, Insert reed in tube
Insert syringe in bottle, Insert syringe in carcuss
Drop bottle, Take carcuss, Give coin to Ferryman
W, Take torch, Enter cave, Give carcuss to Cerberus
W, SE, Take tablet S, NE, E, SW, Pour Liquid on rock
NE, W, N, Take box (do not open it! I could not find any use for it. It
seems to be a red herring, but it's harmless if you don't open it)
S, SW, N, NW, E, N, Go out, E, SE, Give tablet to guard
S, SE, W, Give gold to captain, E, U, Set sail
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End of the first part.
The game gives you this code for the second part: FH07 JK32
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After you enter the above code, the second part starts:
SW, Examine pots, Take key, NE, S, Unlock door, Drop key
Enter house, Take robe, Wear robe, N, N, SE, E, S
SW, Enter shack, Give food to Hecale, E, NE, S, S
E, U, U, E, E, E, Examine grass, Take lead bar, E
S, S, E, S, W, Examine urns, Take axe, E, N, W, N
N, Cut vine with axe, take vine, N, Examine snakes, Take sword
Examine pit (sanke bites you), Drink potion, Throw rope at vine
U, Take vine, S, S, E, S, Examine grilles, Tie rope to grilles,
Pull vine, E, Pray, Give sword to Apollo, W, N, Kill zombie with sword
Take shield, Wear shield, Open trapdoor, D, S, Kill Gorgon with sword
Take head, SE, Examine flesh, Take arrows, NW, N, U, S, W
N, N, W, W, W, W, D, D, W, W, Kill lion with axe, Take Lionskin
U, S, SW, Kill Chimera with lead, W, NW, Kill Kraken with head
E, Take bow, W, SE, E, NE, N, D, E, E, U, U, E, NW, N
Kill Harpies with arrows, E, Examine masonry, Take dagger
W, S, SE, W, D, D, W, S, S, E, S, W, S, S, U, Wear Lionskin
S, SW, Free Ariadne, NE, N, D, N, S, S, Kiss Ariadne
Take clew, N, D, W, W, D, W, S, SW (you enter labyrinth)
I am not sure if the maze changes in every game. What you have to do is to
find the center of the labyrinth and kill the Minotaur. To guide yourself
through the rooms you have to use the ball of twine that Ariadne gave you.
Each time you enter a new room, mark it by tying a string, that way you
can work your way through the labyrinth. If you enter a room where there's
some string, that means you have already been there. You need to seek
rooms you haven't already visited and have no string in them. By following
these unmarked rooms you will eventually end up in the center of the
labyrinth. Here is how I did it in one game:
Tie string, W, Tie string W, Tie string, SE, Tie string, E, Tie string,
SE, Tie string
SW, Tie string, E, Tie string, S, Tie string, SW, Tie string, SW, Tie
string
W, Tie string, N, Tie string, N, Tie string, SE, Tie string, NE, tie
string
W, Tie string, NW, Tie string, N, Tie string, E, Tie string, S (center of
labyrinth)
Once you are in the center, the Minotaur appears. Kill it by typing this:
Kill Minotaur with dagger
Now you need to find your way out of the labyrinth, which, thankfully, is
easier than getting into the center. In my case, I just did this:
N, N, NE, NE
To finish the game:
N, N, W
- THE END -
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