GOLD IDOL
by R. Smith
Infected Software
Spectrum 48
This is a short, freeware game that has a few logic gaps and a few more than
necessary red herrings. You are an explorer in Africa looking for an idol
which is on high land.
Note: don’t examine the rope – the game crashes.
INVENTORY (nothing), S, W, CLIMB TREE (you need a rope), E, N, E, N, NE (at
waterfall), E, TAKE TUSK, EXAMINE TUSK (valuable), W, SW, S, E, E, EXAMINE
PLAQUE, S, EXAMINE BLACKBOARD (reasons for exploring Africa – ivory, tobacco,
elephant poo), N, E, E, S, W, TAKE TUBE, EXAMINE TUBE (something in it),
BREAK TUBE, LOOK, GET BULLET, S, EXAMINE BUSH (you see a chest), EXAMINE
CHEST (padlocked), N, E, EXAMINE SIGN, N, W, W, W, (wander around this area
until you meet an explorer), TRADE TUSK (you get a gun – you should know that
he has a gun???), LOAD GUN [return to the chest], SHOOT LOCK, OPEN CHEST (you
see a rope), TAKE ROPE, N, E, N, W, W, W, W, W, S, W, CLIMB TREE (on a
plateau), E (you see a massive coconut tree), SHAKE TREE (a coconut falls
down), TAKE COCONUT, EXAMINE COCONUT (broken), EAT COCONUT (you now have a
shell), E, TAKE BIRD, EXAMINE BIRD (vulture), W, S (a lion grabs the bird),
S, EXAMINE GROUND, DIG GROUND. You have found the idol and are finished.
Terri Sheehan
2010-03-14
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