PYRAMID OF PERIL
Written by J. P. L. Whatty
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (PC AGT Version)
Scenario
An epic adventure of mystery and romance set in the vastness of the Sahara Desert. During the
holiday of a lifetime travelling around Egypt exploring the ancient pyramids and shrines, your
finance Helena O'Bryne has mysteriously disappeared and you are determined to find her.
Walk Through
(Start standing in searing heat in the center of a desert... above you towers an ancient pyramid,
its sides apparently bare of any entrance to the tombs which lie within its hidden depths), EXAMINE
RUCKSACK, GET RUCKSACK THEN OPEN IT, EXAMINE RUCKSACK, GET LAMP AND EXAMINE IT, GET SHOVEL THEN
EXAMINE IT, DROP RUCKSACK, EXAMINE STATUE, PULL STATUE (you find yourself in a passageway inside the
pyramid... the entrance slams shut behind you), LIGHT LAMP, LOOK, EXAMINE HANKY (see embroidery),
READ HANKY (name reads Helena... you remember everything).
EXAMINE WALLS (damp and cold - they haven't been touched by a human hand for thousands of
years), TOUCH WALLS (a secret mechanism clicks and a door opens... you enter a secret chamber
containing a small snake), EXAMINE SNAKE (a deadly desert viper), SHOOT SNAKE WITH REVOLVER, EXAMINE
JAR, OPEN JAR WITH SHOVEL, LOOK, GET GOLD COIN THEN EXAMINE IT, READ PARCHMENT (says to overcome the
mummy you must have the sacred object of Shamra), EXAMINE POOL, SWIM (as you enter the pool a
tentacle wraps itself around your leg), EXAMINE TENTACLE, KILL TENTACLE WITH SHOVEL, GET SHOVEL, GET
ANKH THEN EXAMINE IT (a sacred amulet which has been blessed by the god Ras Shamra to ward off evil
spirits), U, W, S (large antechamber a mummy is walking towards you), EXAMINE MUMMY, KILL MUMMY WITH
ANKH, GET ANKH, EXAMINE SARCOPHAGUS THEN OPEN IT, LOOK, GET DAGGER THEN EXAMINE IT (sharp and
stained with dry blood).
E, U, W (junction where a fat spider hangs from the ceiling), EXAMINE SPIDER, KILL SPIDER WITH
REVOLVER, W, N (another junction where a poisonous scorpion blocks the way ahead), EXAMINE SCORPION,
KILL SCORPION WITH DAGGER, S, DROP SHOVEL, N, GET DAGGER, W (low passageway with a wooden torch on
the wall), GET TORCH THEN EXAMINE IT (blazing), E, S (well with a leather bucket hanging down),
EXAMINE BUCKET, OPEN BUCKET THEN EXAMINE IT (find a mug), EXAMINE MUG (it doesn't look old so
you know someone has been here recently), DROP COIN, DROP TORCH, DROP DAGGER, GET SHOVEL, S, E
(passageway where a large rock almost blocks it).
E, E (small cavern where your feet are sinking into the soft sand), DIG (you find yourself standing
in a shallow pit with a skeleton at your feet), GET KEY THEN EXAMINE IT, U, W, W, DROP SHOVEL, W, N
(well), GET DAGGER, GET COIN, GET TORCH, S, E (back to where the rock blocks the passage), DROP
LAMP, GET SHOVEL, PUSH ROCK (lamp goes out but you don't need it - you step through a gap into
an east/west passage where you are confronted by a large cockroach), EXAMINE COCKROACH, SHOOT
COCKROACH WITH REVOLVER, DROP REVOLVER (out of bullets anyway), W, S, E (small low room with a
locked door), EXAMINE DOOR (see scrape marks on the floor), EXAMINE LOCK, PUT KEY IN LOCK (door
opens and you descend into a gloomy passageway).
S (storage room containing a large rat), EXAMINE RAT, KILL RAT WITH SHOVEL, EXAMINE CRATE, OPEN
CRATE WITH DAGGER, LOOK, GET ROCK THEN EXAMINE IT, GET SWORD THEN EXAMINE IT, GET BOOK THEN READ IT
(mostly hieroglyphics but one page shows a plan of beneath the pyramid), N, E.
N (small prison cell), EXAMINE PRISONER (asks for help but unfortunately you can't), S, E, E
(torture chamber where a black panther lies at the feet of a fat man who is pointing a gun at you),
EXAMINE PANTHER, KILL PANTHER WITH SWORD, GET SWORD, EXAMINE MAN, EXAMINE STATUE, CLIMB STATUE
(waiting until the fat man turns away, you climb up and squeeze through a small crack in the wall
near the top... you enter a secret chamber where you meet Helena and an unfriendly guard), EXAMINE
GUARD, KILL GUARD WITH DAGGER, GET DAGGER, EXAMINE HELENA (she falls into your arms), E (you follow
the passage to a dead end, but the resourceful Helena pushes past you and starts digging... you help
her and soon sunlight bursts through.... freedom at last!)
*** CONGRATULATIONS You have won the game ***
SCORE 1000/1000
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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