SEALED CITY
Central Solutions
Spectrum 48
Updates by Sudders, May 2016
This is an intriguing game, with good descriptions. Reading the runes
will give you hints and clues, though they are very obscure. The clues
are to open doors, and to get rid of the elementals which block your
way. The elementals are the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water.
SAY the answers to the clues which are as follows:
A red palace, strong and chambered, ruling the life, ungoverned by
thought - HEART
May be stolen, may be cold, may be hot, may be bold - speak in ear -
LOVE
In life, in movement, in foul and fair elimination, in winter seen in
jubilation - BREATH
Without thy might, without weapon, strike a blow that nay falls - BLOW
As above as below - this is a red herring, unless you want to LOOK DOWN
and see your feet
You were not this and more, then left to travel on - EARTH
Blood's gain, sword's bane, fire in water - RUST
If there is none, time will stop - FIRE
Reading the book:
Both flowers of Corn and ZZZ give sleep - instead of fighting when you
are attacked - ZZZ (this only works if you are carrying the book and the
poppies)
Ball of bone shall lead you in the deep (but only once while at your
greatest need) - DROP BALL at the fork (but you don't really need to do
this)
Lugh gives light in dark (I found I didn't need this as I always had the
torch and tinderbox with me)
Say fire and place the burning plant before the place of fire that has
no door - this refers to the burnt out place where you see the square to
the south
Gold untouched by man or beast will not poison at a feast - I think this
refers to the fact that the meat and bread are poisoned, but a golden
liquid is not.
Saying some of these things will give you other clues, which when spoken
in the right places, will give you four objects you need. These words
are :
RA - which governs the weapon of fire
HAA - which governs the rod of air
DAHB - which governs the weapon of water
ABBA - which governs the realm of earth. You must be holding the poppies for
this to work
There are many red herrings: ignore the blade, the glass leaves, the
old ring, the jewels, the wax, the birdcage, the meat, the bread, the
wolfbane, and the bones; possibly also the honeycomb and the ball.
There are several chance elements (20 - 30 %) when you are attacked.
Your final score is a complex combination of finding objects and hitting
some attackers (plus), and either hitting other attackers or running
away (minus). SAYing LUGH will not get you more points but will prevent
you from losing some when facing the spider (30 points) or the fetch (15
points). Your power also wanes using this spell and increases when you
enter the room with the painted circle which, if you enter, takes you
back to the start. REST and EATing HONEY improves your strength when you
are weak which is also increased if you fight/don't fight, though there
are times when you cannot eat it (message says your are full).
INVENTORY (you have a dagger and a tinderbox), N (you enter the city of
DIS), N, S (you can't leave), N, TAKE NETTLE (you can't - it burns your
fingers), N, W (ignore the bread and meat), E, N, TAKE BALL, W, W, W,
TAKE TORCH, E, E, E, E, E, S, S (ignore the birdcage), N, N, READ SIGN,
E, TAKE BOTTLE, W, W, W, W, W, N, N, W, W, W, LIGHT TORCH, REDESCRIBE,
UP, FILL BOTTLE, READ WORDS (a red palace...), DOWN, E, OFF TORCH, E, E,
READ RUNE, SAY LOVE, E, HOLD BOTTLE, WATER BOWL (you see writing "Dahb
governs the weapon of water), DOWN, READ RUNES (in life...), DOWN, LIGHT
TORCH, W, OFF TORCH, W, SMASH FIGURE (you see a honeycomb and wax), TAKE
HONEY (ignore the wax), W, READ WORDS (with thy might...), BLOW DOOR, W,
REDESCRIBE, TAKE BIRD, PUSH STATUE (Haa governs the rod of air), FREE
BIRD, REDESCRIBE (the door is now open), E, N, E, READ BOOK (several
clues here), TAKE BOOK, TAKE POPPIES.
Go W, N, E, READ RUNES (as above...), W, S, S, S, S, W, W, W, W, N, N,
W, W, W, LIGHT TORCH, UP, SAY HEART (you enter a windowless room), SAY
DAHB (you can now take the cup), TAKE CUP, DOWN, DOWN, OFF TORCH, E, E,
E, SAY LOVE, E, DOWN, SAY BREATH (the air elemental vanishes), SAY HAA
(the rod drops to the floor), TAKE ROD, DOWN, DOWN, LIGHT TORCH, W, OFF
TORCH, W, W, S, E, E, TAKE POUCH, OPEN POUCH (you see glass eyes), W, W,
N, N, N, W, W, READ RUNES (you were not this...), SAY EARTH, S (you
notice the king's eyes have been vandalized), DROP DAGGER, TAKE EYES,
DROP POUCH, HOLD EYES, IN FIGURE (you see Abba governs the realm of
earth), TAKE KEY, TAKE DAGGER, N, W, W, S, S, W, N, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP
KEY, W, TAKE GLOVE, WEAR GLOVE, E, S, E, S, S, E, E, S, S, TAKE NETTLE,
S, W, UP, UP, DOWN, READ RUNE (blood's gain...), SAY RUST (fire
elemental vanishes), DOWN, E, DOWN.
LIGHT TORCH, W, OFF TORCH, N, N, N, SAY FIRE (you can go north), N, HOLD
NETTLE, IN BOWL, BURN NETTLE (Ra governs the weapon of fire), S, S, S,
S, W, UP, UP, SAY RA (you can now take the sword), TAKE SWORD, DOWN, E,
DOWN, LIGHT TORCH, W, OFF TORCH, N, N, N, READ (if there is none...), E,
E, N, N, N, N, W, W, N, N, N, LIGHT TORCH, REDESCRIBE, UP, SAY ABBA,
REDESCRIBE, DROP HONEY,TAKE PANTICAL, DOWN, S, S, S, E, E, S, S, S, S,
W, W, N (there is now a passage to the north), N, DOWN, DOWN, S, DROP
SWORD (it vanishes), N, E, DROP ROD (it vanishes), W, W, DROP CUP (it
vanishes), E, N, DROP PANTICAL (it vanishes), S (your magic increases;
you see a skull), TAKE SKULL, UP, UP, UP, UP, E (you see a rod of wood),
W, S (you see a sword), N, W (you see a chalice), E, N, (you see a
pantical), S, DOWN, DOWN, S, S, S, S, S, S. You are finished. (90 % -
though the score depends on how many times you have been attacked and
attacked in return)
Terri Sheehan
2005-10-15
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