Transylvanian Adventure
By Steve W Lucas
For BBC/Electron, Commodore 64 and Oric/Atmos
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a bog standard treasure hunt. You must find ten *treasures* and return
them to your car, but you won't find your car until well into the game.
You can EXAMINE things, but you only get a standard response saying you don't see anything
unusual, so don't bother with EXAMINE. However, you can use HELP and SEARCH in some rooms, so
get into the habit of trying these whenever you discover a new room.
Your inventory is limited to three items and the game is chock-a-block full of red herrings, so the
best strategy is to leave things alone unless you find a use for them later.
You can kill a couple of the non-player characters, but this serves no purpose. Any attempt to kill
most of the non-player characters results in your own death, so you're best off being a nice
guy. The vampire is an exception, but USE the advice given when you type HELP. (Only one of the
items mentioned will work.)
Note: This is a buggy game. Most of the bugs are cosmetic, but there is one bug in the map and one
bug that prevents you from completing the game. As a bare minimum, you should make the following
corrections:
Line 860: Change "LIGHTENING" to "LIGHTNING".
Line 960: Change second "P%=16" to "P%=15", otherwise you can't finish the
game.
Line 2305: Change "CHR$(158)" to "CHR$(131)", otherwise it will crash on the
Oric if you use any of the two-letter words that are considered to be swear words, as I discovered
to my dismay when I tried to BURN WOOD.
Line 9165: Change "PANNELLED" to "PANELLED".
Line 9260: Change "55" to "56" and change "THER" to
"THERE".
Line 9300: Change "DIAMODS" to "DIAMONDS".
At the time of writing, the BBC version downloadable from http://bbcmicro.co.uk/ had fixed most of
these, but introduced some new ones of its own.
On the Oric, you also need to adjust the formatting of PRINT statements and DATA statements to
account for the 38-character display.
The solution below is for the bug-fixed game. Scores are shown in brackets as +A=B, where A is
points earned and B is cumulative points earned.
E
N
W
GET SALT
E
N
USE SALT (giant slug becomes shrivelled slug and adds exit east)
DROP SALT
E
N
N
W
W
S
GET CRUCIFIX
N
E
E
N
W
USE CRUCIFIX (vampire becomes cloak and adds exit north)
N
E
N
N
W
GET DIAMONDS
E
S
S
W
S
E
PUSH PANEL
GET JEWELS
PULL LEVER
S
E
JUMP
E
N
N
W
N
DROP CRUCIFIX (+1=1)
DROP DIAMONDS (+1=2)
DROP JEWELS (+1=3)
S
E
E
N
N
W
GET FOOD
W
W
S
GET TANKARD
N
E
E
E
S
S
E
N
SEARCH (you find an antique casket)
GET CASKET
S
PRAY (adds exit west)
W
W
W
N
DROP FOOD (+1=4)
DROP TANKARD (+1=5)
DROP CASKET (+1=6)
GET ROPE
S
E
E
E
S
GET BOOK
N
W
W
S
S
W
CLIMB (using rope)
W
S
S
W
S
E
GIVE BOOK (wizard casts a spell to add exit east and returns book to you)
E
S
GET BULLET
N
W
W
N
E
N
N
E
JUMP
E
N
N
W
N
DROP BOOK (+1=7)
DROP BULLET (+1=8)
S
E
S
S
W
CLIMB (using rope again)
W
S
S
E
N
E
E
S
S
E
GET HANDLE
W
SWIM
E
GET PETROL
W
SWIM
N
N
W
W
S
W
N
N
E
JUMP
E
N
N
W
N
DROP HANDLE (+1=9)
DROP PETROL (+1=10)
***THE END***
