CELL OF THE RIDGES
by Graham Burtenshaw, 1990
SOLUTION as provided by the author himself, with some more commands (and comments) by boldir
NOTE: Obviously there is no way of knowing that you have a box attached with a string on your leg
- unless you start the adventure with THROW ROPE (until it hangs firmly), U ('your glass box,
which is tied around your leg with a string, scrapes painfully against your leg'), but then the
rope breaks, you fall to the floor, have lost the rope and have to restart the game.
I, GET STONE, THROW STONE (the Hangarus Beast peers down at you), SAY BEAST "HELP", SW
(there's a
large wheel connected to a system of cogs), GET HAMMER, NE (a small knife falls down), DIG SAND
(you find a trapdoor), N, N, RUN W, N, SEARCH STRAW, GET SKIN, S, E, S, GET KNIFE, CUT HOLE IN
SKIN, WEAR SKIN, N (the observer runs away), E, REMOVE SKIN, OPEN DOOR, TURN HANDLE (4 times),
OPEN DOOR, E, X ECAN (he's carrying a catcher), TALK ECAN ("If you want to get OUT, then
you need
HELP of THREE"), SAY ECAN "HELP" (it needs food), X WALLS, GET FUNGUS, X FUNGUS
(tastes like
meat), UNTIE STRING, X BOX, LOOK IN BOX, GET BOTTLE FROM BOX, CAREFULLY CUT GARGOTH, COLLECT
BLOOD, POUR BLOOD OVER FUNGUS, GIVE FOOD TO ECAN, SAY ECAN "GIVE CATCHER", SAY ECAN
"W,W,S", W,
W, S, GIVE HAMMER TO ECAN, SAY ECAN "U,SMASH FLOOR", SW, WAIT, NE (the Hangarus Beast is
here),
SAY BEAST "OPEN TRAPDOOR" (a Gregsham appears), SAY BEAST "N,W,N", SAY ECAN
"N,W,N", N, W, N, SAY
BEAST "SMASH DOOR,N", SAY ECAN "N", N, SAY BEAST "WAIT,WAIT,ATTACK
MASTER", SAY ECAN "WAIT,ATTACK
MASTER", ATTACK MASTER.
SAY BEAST "S,S,E", SAY ECAN "S,S,E", SEARCH MASTER (you find a tool and a piece
of paper), X
PAPER (looks like a map but you can't read it), UNDRESS MASTER, S, S, S, W, INSERT ROPE, N,
CATCH
BEETLES (repeat until succeed), PUT BEETLES IN BOX, W, X WALL (you see a lever), PULL LEVER, W,
READ WOODEN SIGN, READ METAL SIGN (pull to raise all machinery in the Ridges), PULL METAL LEVER,
E, E, NW, NW, SAY GREGSHAM "READ PAPER" (the Gregsham draws a map), N (you are entering
the maze;
don't worry if you crash into a moving mirror - just keep entering the direction you want to
move
until succeed), W, N, E, SE, S, NE, E, NW, W, N, N (at the edge of the maze), WEAR ROBE, W, SHOUT
SLAVES "STOP WORKING", E, S, S, E, SE, W, SW, N, NW, W, S, E, S, SE, SE, S, E, N, E, SAY
BEAST
"S,SE", SAY ECAN "S,SE", S, SE, GIVE ROPE TO ECAN, SAY GREGSHAM
"HELP", SAY BEAST "W,TURN COG",
WAIT (a hole in the wall appears), THROW ROPE WINDOW, CLIMB ROPE (Well done!! You have escaped
from the Castle and liberated the slaves!)
