CLOUD 99 by Linda Wright/Marlin Games Zenobi Software Spectrum 48 This is a delightful game. The hints that are provided are excellent and make this solution quite superfluous. Your aim is to fix the weather by fixing 10 "stations". Unlike many games, this does not have an outlandish number of locations, and there is more than one way to do some things. There are only a few red herrings! INVENTORY (you are wearing pyjamas), SEARCH RUBBISH, TAKE PEN, EXAMINE PEN (screwable with refills and springs), SEARCH FLOOR, TAKE PENKNIFE, EXAMINE PENKNIFE (it has blades), E, PAT CAT, N, EXAMINE CABINET, TAKE GLASSES, EXAMINE GLASSES (thick lenses), SEARCH WASHING, TAKE ANORAK, S, DOWN, SW, LOOK BEHIND CUSHION, TAKE CHOKER, SEARCH TABLE, TAKE FILM, EXAMINE SETTEE, TAKE SOCKS, WEAR SOCKS, E, EXAMINE CUPBOARD, TAKE COLANDER, TAKE STRING, TAKE KETTLE, FILL KETTLE, N, E, S, EXAMINE PLANK, TAKE HOOK (you can't), UNDO HOOK, WEAR ANORAK, LOOK UNDER BENCH, TAKE CAN, EXAMINE CAN (de-icer), N, E, EXAMINE POND (you see a key), TAKE KEY (you can't), TIE STRING TO HOOK, FISH KEY, DROP LINE. Go W (you see a ladder), UP. You meet a weatherman who needs a key that is in the garden. OPEN DOOR, DROP KEY, N, EXAMINE DISC (it's a lift), N, EXAMINE TV, READ LEAFLET (all the places you will visit), S. You see that the fountain water is dull. Go NE, EXAMINE SCULPTURE, EXAMINE POLES (good drumsticks), TAKE POLES, SW, UP (you see a rainbow card), DROP ALL, DOWN, E, EXAMINE DESK, TAKE CARD, W, NW, EXAMINE DESK, TAKE PAPER, EXAMINE PAPER (doodles), W, READ MESSAGE (emergency), E, SE, SE, EXAMINE DISPENSER (insert token to get softener), EXAMINE MACHINE (insert coin for token), EXAMINE GRILLE, EXAMINE DRAIN, NW, SW (cement is available), NE, W, TALK TO BAKER (he needs eggs to make a cake), E, UP, EXAMINE UNIT, DROP ALL, TAKE GREY CARD, INSERT GREY CARD, DROP GREY CARD, DOWN. You are in Cloud Square. The best thing to do is examine the locations to determine what is needed where. Go NE, EXAMINE FLAKES (hard), SW, E, EXAMINE MACHINES (missing drumsticks), W, SE (mysterious mist), EXAMINE WINDOW (open), CLOSE WINDOW, NW, S, EXAMINE FAN (dirty), N, SW, EXAMINE UNIT (plugged up with corks), NE, W (the entry is electrified), E, NW (a furnace is spewing heat and melting the ice), SE, N, N (you can't the lane is too muddy), TAKE CARD, S, UP. At some time you will meet an American tourist. TALK TO TOURIST (he tells you he needs film). TAKE PENKNIFE, SCRAPE CARD WITH PENKNIFE, INVENTORY (you have a yellow card), INSERT YELLOW CARD, DROP YELLOW CARD, TAKE FILM, TAKE CAN, DOWN, N, SPRAY CAN (you prevent Jack Frost from taking your objects), DROP CAN, N, TALK TO ANGEL (she needs her halo), S, S, NE (the sockets have no bulbs), SW. About this time when you see the tourist, GIVE FILM TO TOURIST (he gives you dollars), E, E (you need a ticket), W, SE, TALK TO MOTHER (she needs fertilizer), W, EXAMINE SAND (gold there), N, SW, TALK TO FATHER (he needs something to fix his clocks), NE, W, TALK TO ASTRONOMER (Jack has broken his telescope), EXAMINE TELESCOPE (missing lenses), E, NW (you see the Sunbeam fairy and an empty furnace), SE, UP. TAKE COLANDER, TAKE CHOKER, TAKE PEN, TAKE GLASSES, DOWN, SW, UNSCREW PEN, GIVE SPRINGS (you get a duster), NE, W, TAKE LENSES FROM GLASSES, GIVE LENSES, FIX TELESCOPE (the astronomer gives you a ticket), DROP FRAMES, E, S, PAN SAND WITH COLANDER (you get gold dust), RUB CHOKER WITH DUST (it sparkles), DROP COLANDER, N, E, SHOW TICKET (you are ushered in), TAKE EXTINGUISHER, LOOK UNDER STAGE, TAKE GUN, W, W, DROP TICKET, EXAMINE GUN (it makes fog), N, N, GIVE CHOKER (you get star dust), EXAMINE STAR DUST (like a rainbow), S, S, UP. DROP ALL, TAKE RAINBOW CARD, INSERT RAINBOW CARD, DROP RAINBOW CARD, TAKE PAPER, TAKE STAR DUST, TAKE GOLD DUST, TAKE KETTLE, TAKE PENKNIFE, TAKE DOLLARS, DOWN, THROW STAR DUST IN FOUNTAIN, E, CASH DOLLARS, W, SE, INSERT COIN IN MACHINE (the token falls into the grille), POUR WATER IN GRILLE (you get the token), DROP KETTLE, INSERT TOKEN IN DISPENSER, NW, SW, BUY CEMENT, NE, UP, TAKE GREY CARD, INSERT GREY CARD, DROP GREY CARD, TAKE POLES, TAKE GUN, TAKE DUSTER, DOWN. Go E, INSERT POLES, W, NE, PUT SOFTENER IN TANK, SW, SE, ACTIVATE GUN, DROP GUN, NW, S, CLEAN FANS WITH DUSTER, DROP DUSTER, N, SW, TAKE CORKS WITH PENKNIFE, DROP PENKNIFE, NE, N, POUR CEMENT, N, GIVE PAPER (the cockerel does his thing), W, TAKE EGGS, E, E, TAKE BUCKET, SEARCH STRAW, TAKE BOOTS, EXAMINE BOOTS (rubber), WEAR BOOTS, EXAMINE BUCKET (contains fertilizer), W, S, S, W, UP, EXAMINE CONTRAPTION (needs currents), DOWN, E, UP, TAKE RAINBOW CARD, INSERT RAINBOW CARD, DROP RAINBOW CARD, DOWN. Go W, GIVE EGGS, WAIT (until the baker makes a cake and gives you one), E, EXAMINE CAKE (full of currants), TAKE CURRANTS, UP, TAKE YELLOW CARD, INSERT YELLOW CARD, DROP YELLOW CARD, DOWN, SE, GIVE FERTILIZER (you get bulbs and the bucket back), EXAMINE BULBS (200-watt), NW, NE, INSERT BULBS IN SOCKETS (you can't reach), SW, NW, SE, SW, GIVE BULBS TO FAIRY (she goes to insert them), NE, UP, TAKE GREY CARD, INSERT GREY CARD, DROP GREY CARD, TAKE EXTINGUISHER, DOWN, NW, EXTINGUISH FIRE, TAKE COALS, SE, W, UP, PUT CURRANTS IN CONTRAPTION, DOWN, E, UP. TAKE YELLOW CARD, INSERT YELLOW CARD, DROP YELLOW CARD, DOWN, NW, PUT COALS IN FURNACE, SE, UP, TAKE RAINBOW CARD, INSERT RAINBOW CARD, DROP RAINBOW CARD, DOWN, NW. You now see ten symbols on the map), W, READ MESSAGE, EXAMINE LEVERS, PULL LEVERS. You are finished. Terri Sheehan 2004-07-26 ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com