The Town Dragon
By David A Cornelson
For Z-code interpreters
Solution by Garry Francis
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(This is a minimal solution. You'll need to read the author's mind and EXAMINE lots of
things for this solution to make sense. GET ALL helps when objects are not named. You can ask
non-player characters about other characters, places and objects. You can also consult the newspaper
about some things. Timing and knowing the mayor's movements are crucial. HELP tells you about
several essential commands - HINT, STORY and WIN. I couldn't have solved it without these.
Scores are given in brackets as score/cumulative score.)
Z
Z (Peter volunteers)
S
S
S
S (5/5)
GET MIRROR
N
N
N
W
GET MIRROR
E
N
N
E
GIVE SILVER MIRROR TO MAYOR
W
W
GET GOLD (5/10)
E
E
KNOCK ON DOOR (5/15)
GIVE COINS TO SERVANT (5/20)
Z (repeat until mayor appears)
E
N
CONSULT PAPER ABOUT WITCH (5/25)
N
DROP MIRROR
ENTER MIRROR
S
E
GET EMERALD (5/30)
W
N
N
GET MIRROR
E
SE
E
U
U
U
U
U
GET SILVER (5/35)
PUT MIRROR IN STREAM
D
D
D
D
JUMP
GET SAPPHIRE (5/40)
S
S
E (10/50)
S
GET RUBY (5/55)
Z (repeat until dragon eats Peter)
Z
Z
Z (Gary volunteers)
S
S
S
S
GIVE GOLD TO DRAGON (5/60)
GIVE EMERALD TO DRAGON (5/65)
GIVE SILVER TO DRAGON (5/70)
GIVE SAPPHIRE TO DRAGON (5/75)
GIVE RUBY TO DRAGON (5/80)
N
N
N
N
E
E
E
U
JUMP
PET DRAKES
S
Z (repeat until you turn into dragon)
FLY
W
N
N
N
W
S
D
D
GET FLOWER (5/85)
GET FLOWER
S
S
SE
E
EAT TROLLS
X CARVINGS (read author's mind to get magic word)
E
W
SW
EAT FLOWER (5/90)
S
SE
E
CZYX (see map if you'd prefer to go the long way) (20/110)
S
GET DIAMOND (5/115)
N
N
N
NE
E
NE
E
S
S
S
S
GIVE DIAMOND TO DRAGON (5/120)
GIVE FLOWER TO DRAGON (20/140)
***THE END***
