DESPERADO
M. J. Gearing
Central Solutions
Spectrum 48
This is a game with few puzzles but lots of locations which are empty of
anything. You often need to drink from the canteen, and refill it
(although there are several places to do this). This makes for a lot of
unpleasant tediousness. The parser is very limited. There are errors in
the game, for example, when you free the sheriff you are also told you are
freeing the posse, but they are not there; you can't give the girl to her
father if you already have the gold.
Your goal is to free the sheriff and the posse, and take Jake to jail.
Hints:
First you need some money – check out the saloon. If you need more money,
return until they are playing cards again.
Ignore the beads.
You get some clues from the pictures, like seeing that the mine is blocked
or reading the map.
You'll know what to buy after you visit certain locations. However, that
makes for a lot of running around so: buy a plank from the undertaker. In
the store buy a rope, spade, light, and tobacco. Buy whisky in the
saloon. Buy a horse north of the stables.
If you are asked how? say BY <object>.
The map gives you hints about where to dig.
Ignore the stranger.
Night falls sometimes, Don't panic.
If you are unable to buy a horse, you have to rest frequently. You can
finish the game that way. To mount the horse, ON; to dismount, OFF.
To leave the shack, say GO.
Solution:
Note this walkthrough omits all the times you need to rest if you don't
have a horse.
INVENTORY (nothing), N, TAKE GUN, S, S (a card game has started), PLAY
CARDS (you win money), N, W, S, TAKE STETSON, TAKE CANTEEN, N, E, E, WEAR
STETSON, FILL CANTEEN, DRINK WATER, FILL CANTEEN, S, BUY PLANK, N, W, W,
N, BUY ROPE, BUY SPADE, BUY LIGHT, BUY TOBACCO, S, S, BUY WHISKY, N, E,
E, DRINK WATER, FILL CANTEEN, W, S, N, S, PLAY CARDS, N, E, N, BUY HORSE,
S, ON, E, E, E, E, S, E, E, E, E, N, GIVE WHISKY (you get a map), S, W, W,
DRINK WATER, FILL CANTEEN, EXAMINE MAP, OFF, ON RAFT (you see Bill holding
a Mexican girl hostage), SHOOT (you get the girl), ON RAFT, ON, W, W, N,
NE, N, DIG, TAKE GOLD, SW, SW, W, W, W, DRINK WATER, FILL CANTEEN, W, W,
SW, W (you see a prospector), SAY HI, GIVE TOBACCO (you get a key), W, W,
W, W, N (El Muerto wants gold in exchange for the sheriff).
GIVE GOLD (you get the sheriff but not the posse), S, E, E, E, E, DRINK
WATER, NE, NW, W, W, W, W, W (at the foot of a cliff), OFF, CLIMB CLIFF
(how), BY ROPE, ENTER, OPEN CHEST, TAKE DYNAMITE, GO, S, ON, DRINK WATER,
E, E, E, E, E, E, SE, E, E, DRINK WATER, FILL CANTEEN, E, S, S, W, W, W,
W, S, OFF, CROSS BRIDGE (how?), BY PLANK, BY DYNAMITE (the mine is
unblocked), E, LIGHT MATCH, UNTIE MEN (the posse will wait until you bring
horses), W, W, ON, N, E, E, E, E, N, N, N, N, N, DRINK WATER, TAKE HORSES
(how?), BY ROPE, S, S, S, W, DRINK WATER, FILL CANTEEN, E, S, S, W, W, W,
W, S (the posse mounts up), N, E, E, E, E, N, N, N, N, N, N, W, W, W (at
the hideout), DRINK WATER, ENTER, SHOOT (there is a fight and Jake
surrenders), E, E, E, S, S, S, S, W, W, OFF, N. You are finished.
Terri Sheehan
2007-01-15
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