QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRANT CHEQUE
by David Stone
Dead Donkey Designs
Spectrum 48
This a moderately interesting game, which could be better without the need
to kill all these monsters you run into. Your objective is clear – find
your grant cheque and return it to your room.
Hints:
You need Norm, who gives you information about what to avoid and about the
nature of the beasts you meet. How to get Norm? He's a mouse, and mice
like...
Leave the bottle by the bath with the acid.
Some objects are needed more than once.
Talk to the creatures you meet. Type INFO when you come across a beast.
HELP also gives you tips, including what not to do.
Can't cross to the island? You'll need to find a way to get across.
You need a weapon to fight the beasts. Take what you find early on. Later
you will have a more formidable weapon, but don't abandon the knife.
You can type STATUS, to see your skill, strength and luck points.
Fighting beasts: Notice what happens after you fight after you have the
pendant, and deduce the strategy you should use. Until then fight the
beasts as best as you can using lots of saves/restores. It seems that the
stronger you are the more objects you can carry.
The walls close in on you? Carry something that would stop that.
What to do at the river? You need to carry two objects and throw one of
them.
Strength points can be obtained in several ways. Throwing a coin into the
well provides a forcefield. Drinking the potion and the wine (the correct
colour) helps also.
There are several red herrings: painting, shovel, nugget, pot of boiling
water.
Solution:
You see a mouse. INVENTORY (nothing), HELP (Norm says he can be helpful),
EXAMINE MOUSE, DOWN, TAKE KNIFE, TAKE BOTTLE, W (you see acid in the
bath), DROP BOTTLE, E, N, DOWN, S, TAKE CHEESE, N, UP, S, UP, GIVE CHEESE,
(Norm climbs on your shoulder), DOWN, E, TAKE ROPE, W, N, DOWN, N, PULL
TURNIP (you see a mandrake), INFO, TALK TO MANDRAKE, KILL MANDRAKE, E, N,
W, N, INFO, TALK TO RAVEN, W (you see a rickety bridge), TAKE BRANCH, E, E
(you see something shiny), UP, TAKE AXE, DOWN, CHOP LOG, LOOK, DROP AXE,
TAKE PLANKS, TAKE PENDANT, EXAMINE PENDANT (luck), WEAR PENDANT, W, W,
DROP PLANKS (you make a bridge), E, E, UP, UP, E, S (you see a painting),
W, TAKE SWORD, EXAMINE SWORD (skill), E, N, W, N (you see a hook), THROW
ROPE, DROP KNIFE, W, INFO, TALK TO GOLEM.
TAKE CAULDRON, EXAMINE CAULDRON (it won't poison you), DRINK POTION (you
are stronger), E, DROP ROPE, S, DOWN, DOWN, W, S, W, TAKE COIN, THROW COIN
(you see a forcefield surrounding you), E, N, W, N, W, INFO, TALK TO WOLF,
FIGHT, N, RING BELL, TALK TO SIDHE, D (walls are closing in), DROP BRANCH,
N (you see a shovel and a redcap), INFO, UP, E, DOWN, DOWN, TAKE CHALK,
UP, UP, W, DOWN, KILL REDCAP, S, UP, S, E, S, E, E, UP, UP, E, S, E, N,
HELP, INFO, KILL HOBGOBLIN, TAKE APPLE, S, W, N, W, N, DROP APPLE, TAKE
ROPE, THROW ROPE, W, KILL GOLEM, E, DROP CHALK, THROW ROPE, W, DOWN, E, E,
N, UP, HELP (don't touch), DOWN, S, E, TAKE BOX, OPEN BOX (locked), DOWN,
W, INFO (don't look in its eye), KILL SNAKE, TAKE HOOK, E, UP, W, W, W,
UP, E.
DROP ROPE, TAKE KNIFE, TAKE APPLE, S, E, S, DOWN (you see a roasted pig's
head), PUT APPLE (a door to the west swings open), W (you see a pot of
boiling water), DOWN, INFO, TALK TO DWARF (he's lost something), GIVE
KNIFE (he offers you wine), DRINK WINE (which one?), DRINK WHITE (you are
stronger), E (you see a mewlip), INFO, FIGHT, W, UP, E, UP, N, W, N, TAKE
ROPE, TAKE CHALK, S, E, S, DOWN, W, DOWN, E, S (you are at a river), THROW
HOOK, W, DROP HOOK, DROP ROPE, TAKE GLOVES, EXAMINE GLOVES, WEAR GLOVES,
EXAMINE RUNES (beware of worms), W, INFO, TALK TO WORM, FIGHT WORM, UP
(you are back in the kitchen), N, UP, S, W, DROP SWORD, TAKE BOTTLE, FILL
BOTTLE, DROP CHALK, POUR ACID (you see a key), DROP BOTTLE, TAKE KEY,
UNLOCK BOX, LOOK (you see the grant cheque), E, DROP CHEQUE.
You are finished.
Terri Sheehan
2008-07-05
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