Adventure Diploma Game by Basil Waterton
Walkthrough by Jonathan O (with thanks to AHope1 for his help at two points).
This is in some ways quite an easy game, marred by one or two annoying failings. Because the
treasures have to be collected and deposited in a fixed order, there isn't much scope for
varied approaches.
GET LAMP, EXAM NOTICE (you learn that you must have the lamp in your possession everywhere)
S, D, GET STICK (do not go south yet or the first treasure becomes inaccessible)
U, W, W, N ,GET KNIFE
S, E, E, E, E, N, E, E, E, E, KILL SNAKE (you use the stick and the knife to do this)
DROP STICK, GET DIAMOND (the first treasure - you can only carry 3 items)
W, W, W, W, S (the way north from here is now blocked)
W, W, D, S (note that the next few moves, in square brackets, can be omitted if you already know the
magic word to use in the Secret Cave)
[E, N (the message refers to the four letters in the magic word and {for the first three, at least}
their position in the alphabet), S, W]
W, W (the door of the Secret Cave closes behind you), DROP DIAMOND, YARD (this is the magic word -
your score is now 20)
E, E, S, S (you are now out in the open, but still must keep the lamp)
W, W, N, N, E, N, E, E (you are in the shack), GET ROD
W, W, S, W, S, S (you are by a pond), USE ROD, DROP ROD, GET CROWN (the second treasure)
E, E, N, N, W, W, DROP CROWN, YARD (your score is now 40)
E, E, S, S, W, W, N, N, E, N, N, GET SPADE
S, S, W, S, S, E, E, N, N, E, S, E, E, E, DIG, DROP SPADE, GET PEARLS (third treasure)
W, W, W, N, W, W, W, DROP PEARLS, YARD (score now 60)
E, E, S, S, W, W, W, GET GOGGLES, WEAR GOGGLES
E, N, N, E, N, W, W, CLIMB TREE (the goggles protect you from the birds) GET EMERALD (fourth
treasure)
D, E, E, S, W, S, S, E, E, N, DROP KNIFE, GET GOGGLES, DROP GOGGLES
N, W, W, DROP EMERALD, YARD (score now 80)
E, E, S, S, GET GLOVES, WEAR GLOVES
W, W, N, N, E, N, N, W, GET SQUIRREL
E, S, S, S, POISON SQUIRREL (you must be wearing the gloves to do this safely)
N, W, S, S, E, E, N, N, E, S, W, S, W, W, DROP SQUIRREL, E, WAIT (the monster eats the squirrel and
is poisoned)
W, W, GET RUBY (fifth treasure)
GET GLOVES, DROP GLOVES (you will die if you wear them in the humid room)
E, E, E, N, E, N, W, W, W, DROP RUBY, YARD (score now 100)
E, E, E, S, E, S (you are at the zoo entrance)
S, S, S, W, S, E, N, N, N, GET SAPPHIRE (sixth treasure)
S, S, W, W, N, N, W, N, W, W, W, DROP SAPPHIRE, YARD (score now 120)
E, E, E, E, S, E, GET WEIGHT, CLIMB CLIFF, DROP WEIGHT, WAIT (to get your strength back)
GET WEIGHT, CLIMB CLIFF, DROP WEIGHT, TIE ROPE (to the weight)
HOLD ROPE, PUSH WEIGHT (you are catapulted to the top of the cliff), GET TOPAZ (seventh treasure)
D, W, N, W, W, W, W, DROP TOPAZ, YARD (score now 140)
E, E, E, S, GET LASSOO, N, W, S, S, S (there is now a path leading east)
E, E, E, E (a plate closes the way you came in)
N, EXAM BOOK (remember what it says for the endgame)
E, S, S, E, LASSOO BOULDER, PULL ROPE (for the second time you are catapulted upwards, this time
onto a ledge), E, GET AMETHYST (eighth treasure)
E, E, U, S, W, W, N, N, W, N, W, W, W, DROP AMETHYST, YARD (score now 160)
E, E, E, S, W, S, S, GET TRUMPET
W, W, W, W (the bridge collapses behind you), W, BLOW TRUMPET, SHOUT (the walls of Jericho
collapse), W, GET OPAL (ninth treasure)
W, N, N, E, E, S, W, S, S, E, E, N, N, W, W, DROP OPAL, YARD (you are catapulted to the
Wizard's treasury with score 180)
OMEGA (you have won the Diploma in Adventuring!)
