THE CURSE
Written by Tom Davies
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
(Start on a woodland path), E, EXAMINE REEDS (see wings of dragonflies), GET WINGS, E (cave), GET
QUARTZ (stone), E, GET BONE, W, W, W (a mass of insects attack the bone... you run east to get away
from them), DROP BONE, W, W, S, S (wasteland), EXAMINE PLANTS, GET MINT (plant - it exudes a strong
scent), N, N, E, E, GET BONE, W, W (the mint deters the insects), S, S, E (by old mill where a
wolfhound growls at you), GIVE BONE (maybe not), DROP BONE (the wolfhound stalks off into the reeds
- Score 10%).
E, N, E (small room), U (landing), S (the entire south wall holds an Egyptian wall painting... score
20%... you sleep and when you awake you are in a sarcophagus), U, EXAMINE SARCOPHAGUS (tells the
story of an Egyptian noble... you pick up a clay tablet and it's spell carries you beyond the
room to pyramid entrance), S, W, S, E, E (walled garden), EXAMINE GARDEN (has earth dried to a
dust), GET EARTH, E (unfinished room), EXAMINE BOX (silver - you see and pick up a small key from
inside the box), N, W (room with black walls), GET ROBE (made of red silk), E, S, W, W, EXAMINE CAGE
(locked... something gleams inside), UNLOCK CAGE, EXAMINE CAGE (find a golden mask), GET MASK, DROP
KEY, W, N, E, N, E, U (to where the eagle is), WEAR ROBE, WEAR MASK, WEAR DUST, GET EAGLE (it tamely
follows you), D, W, S, W, S, E, S (you throw aside the robe to prevent the force of the river from
pulling you under... you are on a grassy ledge).
FLY EAGLE (try going west now), W (you climb on the back of the eagle... you drop everything and
dismount to an avenue of statues), W (cave), GET JEWELS (they are covered with a sticky film and you
wisely return them), W (small hill), E (back to cave - now you see a living statue holding a
dagger), GET DAGGER (the giant guards it well), W, D, W, S, S, E (wall), GET FLAKES (of stone), W,
N, E (cavern - this cave has a strange effect on the flakes of stone and they turn to sand), W, N,
E, U, E (cave), THROW SAND (it blinds the giant.... score 50%), GET DAGGER, W, D (shadowy valley),
HIT TREE (using the dagger), GET SAP (note how the sap attracts the insects), U, S, E (stone
columns), E (poisonous insects cover the walls of the narrow exit), DROP SAP (the insects are now
too busy to trouble you).
E (Score 60% - you are in a long narrow hall), GO FLAME (you've found the temple's flame
of immortality - score 65%), INVENTORY (you now have immortality), E, U, E (forest), GET KITTEN, W,
D, D (hollow), EXAMINE MOUNDS (you hear an unearthly voice "Enter here if you are
mortal"), KILL KITTEN (you have lost your immortality because of your cruelty), GO MOUND (score
70% - you are in a rough hewn cave), E, E (gap between rocks), N, EXAMINE WALL (a small plant
struggles to live), EXAMINE PLANT (covered with berries), GET BERRIES (they shrivel), S, EXAMINE
WALL (a small plant struggles to live), EXAMINE PLANT (covered with pale yellow flowers), GET FLOWER
(it withers), S, EXAMINE WALL (a small plant struggles to live), EXAMINE PLANT (covered with
leaves), GET LEAVES (they yellow and shrink), S, EXAMINE WALL (a small plant struggles to live),
EXAMINE PLANT (buds are beginning to show), GET BUDS (momentarily you are full of new life), GET
BUDS (this time they rest on your hand unchanged... the power of life enters you... the curse is
broken).
You have scored 100%
GAME ENDS
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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