Gideon's Gamble
by Superior Software
You are Captain Hogwash who has been commissioned by King Niblie III to find
the treasure of Hezekiah Gideon on a (guess where) desert island.
This adventure is annoying in several ways: there's a lot of "secret" items,
which aren't shown and don't give any real indication of their existence, plus
there's some instant death locations that we'll avoid, finally there are
several locations in which we have to perform the same action continuously to
get through. The adventure has two real parts: gathering equipment for the sea
voyage and the sea voyage and island and we'll deal with them separately.
At the start we find ourselves on a jetty outside a warehouse and our ship.
This is a special location, every item you place here will go into the
warehouse and can be picked up -- even those that normally need a container.
First, go E to the dockside and GET WHEELBARROW, GET BUCKET. These two items
are containers that we'll use to gather items for the journey. Now head S into
the Chartmaker's room, ignoring the items that are here for the moment and
continue E to the gates. Carry on E to the gunshop, we can't get the cannon
yet, so we need to carry on moving.
To go north, we need transport, so BOARD OMNIBUS and N to spirit store. Go N
and GET BOWL. Now BOARD TRAIN and E, to find ourselves in the train terminus.
Here, GET KEYS, GET LANTERN and GET FERTILIZER [sic]; then BOARD TRAIN and S.
We're going to make a quick detour to save some time, head back to the gunshop
(S, BOARD BUS, S) and then E. BARTER FERTILIZER (for the spade) and GET TOOLS,
now this may seem counterintuitive, but GET JELLY, this comes from the jelly
mountain and goes into the bowl. As we have the bucket, we can also GET WATER
(from the well).
Now, Head back to the victualler's store (W, BOARD BUS, N, N) and head W to the
Iron Gates. UNLOCK GATES (you will need to do this each time you go in this
direction) and head W. In the Port Admiral's office are all the items we need
to start collecting stuff, so GET DOCKET, GET PASSPORT and GET PENCIL.
We've now run out of space in the inventory and need to put stuff in the
warehouse, as we have the PASSPORT we can use a short cut to get to the
warehouse, so GIVE PASSPORT and S, then W to the warehouse and DROP SPADE, DROP
LANTERN, DROP WATER, DROP BUCKET.
Now, head back to the chartmaker's room, E, S and DRAW CHART and GET CHART.
Then E and E to the gunshop and REQUISITION CANNON. BOARD BUS and N, N, W and
REQUISITION ANCHOR. Now, UNLOCK GATES and W. GIVE PASSPORT and S, W to go back
to the warehouse and DROP PENCIL, DROP ANCHOR, DROP CANNON, DROP CHART.
Head back to the Port Admiral's Office (E, GIVE PASSPORT, N), GET MONEY and
FEED JELLY and we can now go N. From the timber yard, GET CASK, GET MAST, GET
JUG and GET TIMBER.
Head back S, E, E to the victualler's store and BUY FOOD (goes into the cask).
We need some more money, so go back to the Admiral's office (W, UNLOCK GATES,
W) and GET MONEY. We now have our maximum amount of items, go go back to the
warehouse (GIVE PASSPORT, S, W) and DROP FOOD, DROP CASK, DROP BOWL, DROP MAST.
Head back the way we came to the spirit store (E, GIVE PASSPORT, N, E, E, S)
and BUY RUM (into the jug). We need to get some more money before we continue.
Instead go back to the Admiral's office (N, W, UNLOCK GATES, W) and GET MONEY
and head back to the spirit store (E, E, S). Now BUILD BRIDGE, go E and BUY
CUTLASS. Continue E and GET COMPASS, REQUISITION ROUNDSHOT (into the
wheelbarrow).
We've finally collected all the important items, so we can go back to the
warehouse and start on our journey. So, head back to the warehouse (W, W, N, W,
UNLOCK GATES, W, GIVE PASSPORT, S, W).
Once here it's time to clear out our inventory, so DROP KEYS, DROP TOOLS, DROP
DOCKET, DROP CUTLASS, DROP PASSPORT. Now, once we reach the open seas we will
meet 5 random events that we have gathered objects for. Fortunately once we've
encountered them, we won't see them again. So we're going to gather stuff for
the events, then return back to pick up items for the island.
So GET MAST, GET WATER, GET FOOD, GET CANNON, DROP JUG. Now, BOARD SHIP and go
N, W. FOLLOW COMPASS and W. To get to the deep water, go S, S, W.
You will now get one of the five events, solve each one, then LOOK and solve
the next; for each one look below:
You haven't spliced the mainbrace GIVE RUM
Pirates! Their ship rushes towards you FIRE CANNON
It's so HOT in this sun! GIVE WATER
Your ship is dismasted! RAISE MAST
Your crew are exceedingly peckish! GIVE FOOD
Now we've dealt with these problems, we can return to port and pick up items
that we need for the island. Go back to port (S, S, N, E, E, S). Now to stuck
up on important items for the island: DROP CANNON and GET SPADE, GET CUTLASS,
GET CHART, GET ANCHOR, GET LANTERN.
BOARD SHIP and N, then DROP ANCHOR and GET FISH, RAISE ANCHOR and carry on
sailing: W, N and GET CANOE. We're now going back into deep water: S, FOLLOW
COMPASS, W, S, S, W, E, W and THROW FISH, then N.
We've found the island! To get onto the island, DROP ANCHOR, PADDLE CANOE, W.
Now our job is to hunt down the various treasures on the island, go N, DIG SAND
and GET SAPPHIRES. Then head E and CLIMB MOUNTAIN to GET RUBIES. Head back by
going S, W.
Next, LIGHT LANTERN and N, SWIM STREAM, E. In the huge cavern, everything
you'll type will echo, to stop this STOP ECHO. Now we can DIG SAND and GET
SILVER. Now, SWIM STREAM and E, FOLLOW CHART and E.
We're out of the caves in a clearing, with a lot of the treasures. We can see
that somebody has been here before, so DIG SPADE DEEPER (I know it doesn't make
sense) and DOWN, then DIG SAND and GET GOLD. Now go S to another beach and N to
yet another beach, DIG SAND and GET AMETHYSTS.
Nearly finished, SWING CUTLASS and N to a small rise. DIG SAND and GET
EMERALDS, and for the final treasure, DIG UNDER TREE to find the diamonds.
Finally, to finish, DROP CANOE and GET DIAMONDS, which gives us exactly 100
points and wins the game for us!
Solution by David Lodge
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