GLADIATORS
by Alex Gough
converted to the Spectrum by Pegasus Software
Spectrum 48
You are Gluteus, the gladiator and your task is to rescue your sweetheart,
the slave Zulana from the emperor's dungeons before she is thrown to the
lions for refusing Nero's advances.
Hints:
There are random elements in this game. The most prominent is the continual
arrival of the patrol. It's necessary to go to jail once, but no more. This
can stop if you find something by which you can "pull rank."
The veteran (randomly) drops something useful.
You need to buy two objects.
Red herrings (quite a few of them): the herring, dead rat, cards, slippers,
vase, sword, broken chariot, guard, beggar, Agrippina, chain, whip,
Hibernian, brooch, and jam.
Dealing with the jailer is an intriguing puzzle. He wants something to drink,
but it's not alcoholic. Give him something to help him stay awake. Since that
may be the last obstacle you need to get past, finding everything else there
is to find first, gives you a good idea what he wants. But that isn't quite
enough. Send him on a trip.
Drop objects in a central location. I used the location west of the barracks.
Solution:
You are Gluteus, the gladiator. Your task is to rescue your sweetheart, the
slave Zulana from the emperor's dungeons before she is thrown to the lions
for refusing Nero's advances.
You begin on Zulana's father's fishing boat. You see Sartorius and a herring.
INVENTORY (wearing clothes), N, E, E, N, N, N, W, TAKE ALE, EXAMINE GOATHERD
(he has no goat), GIVE ALE (he wants Fluffy which the emperor took away), E
(wander about until the patrol spots you and puts you in jail), WAIT (until
you are freed), S (the jailer says he needs a drink), E, E (in the library),
TAKE ENCYCLOPAEDIA, EXAMINE ENCYCLOPAEDIA, TAKE NOVEL, EXAMINE NOVEL (a
romance), W, S, S, W (you see Straddus), W (his study is full of books), E,
GIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA (you are given something), LOOK, TAKE FIDDLE, E, S, W, W,
TAKE WINE, E, E, N, N, E, E, E (you see Octavia), GIVE WINE, KISS OCTAVIA
(she falls asleep), UP, N, OPEN CUPBOARD, LOOK (you see a goat), TAKE GOAT
(you can't), OPEN DRAWERS, LOOK, TAKE TRUNKS, S, DOWN, E, TAKE KNIFE, W, W, S
(you see Nero), GIVE FIDDLE, LOOK, TAKE MONEY.
Go N, W, W, S, E, BUY MUG, TAKE MUG, W, S (wander about north and south until
you meet the veteran), EXAMINE VETERAN (not all there). Follow him until he
drops something. LOOK, TAKE CRYSTALS, (return to west of the barracks, or
wherever is your "drop objects here" location), DROP CRYSTALS, DROP MUG,
DROP, DROP TRUNKS, N, E, E, CLIMB, E, S, TAKE CLUB, N, W, CLIMB W, W, S, S,
E, E, BUY WHISTLE, TAKE WHISTLE, EXAMINE WHISTLE (to summon guards), W
(Pectinea is talking), HIT PECTINEA, LOOK (you see coffee), DROP CLUB, TAKE
COFFEE, W, N, N, S, W, N (in the brothel; you see a centurion, a uniform, a
madam, and a young woman), GIVE BOOK (she says it will help pass the time if
someone blows the whistle), BLOW WHISTLE (the madam and the centurion are
taken to jail), TAKE UNIFORM, EXAMINE UNIFORM, LOOK, TAKE SMALL KEY, REMOVE
CLOTHES, WEAR UNIFORM, DROP CLOTHES, DROP WHISTLE, S, E, N, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP
SMALL KEY.
Go E, UP (you see a woman tied to a bed), CUT ROPE (she runs off), LOOK, TAKE
ROPE, EXAMINE BED, LOOK (you see a large key), TAKE LARGE KEY, DROP KNIFE,
OPEN CUPBOARD, LOOK (ignore what you find), DOWN, W, N, N, E (outside the
palace), E, E, UP, N, TIE GOAT, TAKE GOAT, S, DOWN, W, W, W, S, S, S, S, W,
GIVE GOAT (you get something), LOOK, TAKE JUG, EXAMINE JUG (milk for coffee),
E, N, N, TAKE CRYSTALS, TAKE MUG, TAKE TRUNKS, N, N, N, N, E, REMOVE UNIFORM,
WEAR TRUNKS, W, N, FILL MUG, S, E, REMOVE TRUNKS, WEAR UNIFORM, DROP TRUNKS,
EXAMINE MUG (full of hot water), PUT COFFEE IN MUG, PUT CRYSTALS IN MUG, PUT
MILK IN MUG, EXAMINE MUG (contains all the things you put in it), W, S, W,
GIVE MUG (the jailer is not longer functional), W, DOWN, UNLOCK DOOR, S (you
see Zulana), N, UP, E, E, S, S, S, S, S, S, S, S, W, W, S (back at the boat).
Zulana reunites with her father but refuses to marry you. You are finished.
Terri Sheehan
2010-04-14
*****************************************************
Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive:
http://solutionarchive.com
