THE ODYSSEY OF HOPE
by Sheila Hunt
© 1984 Martech Games Ltd
SOLUTION:
E, EXAMINE WORKBENCH, EXAMINE TABLE, TAKE FISH, TAKE WINE, W (you can't), EAT FISH, TAKE BONES,
SAW DOOR, DROP BONES, W, S, EXAMINE COW (you see a bees nest), TAKE WAX, W, EXAMINE ROCK, MOVE ROCK,
TAKE SWORD, E, E, CALL CENTAUR, GIVE WINE (he gets drunk and gives you his lyre), W, N, L (you see a
python), KILL PYTHON WITH SWORD, TAKE FLUTE, FALL ASLEEP (the oracle offers you a bag of contrary
winds), N, W, EXAMINE WARRIOR (you see his lock of purple hair), CUT HAIR (it turns into a shield),
TAKE SHIELD, W, W, L (you see a spider), KILL SPIDER (its web turns into a ball of twine), TAKE
TWINE, S, EXAMINE FOOD (you see bread and honey), TAKE BREAD (a flock of harpies swoop down and
start stealing the food), SCARE HARPIES, BANG SHIELD, S, W, S, S, L (you see a ring on the wall),
TIE TWINE, 10 x S (you can see the minotaur), KILL MINOTAUR WITH SWORD, TAKE SPEAR, N (you follow
the twine through the labyrinth of passages), N, N, E, EXAMINE FIRE, TAKE WOOD, N, N, N, E, TAKE
PEBBLE, THROW PEBBLE (a Hydra is attacking you), KILL HYDRA WITH SWORD (you cut off a Hydra head,
but two more grow in its place), BURN HYDRA, TAKE TEETH, DROP WOOD, W, S, S, W, L (you see a monster
with 100 eyes), DROP TEETH (an army springs up and kills the monster, which turns into a peacock),
TAKE PEACOCK, E, S, S (the peacock lights up the cave), L (you see a cyclops), KILL CYCLOPS WITH
SPEAR (his body becomes a cap of darkness), TAKE CAP, N, N, DROP PEACOCK, E (you hear singing to the
north), PLUG EARS (with wax), E, S, EXAMINE WITCHES (you see one eye and one tooth), TAKE TOOTH,
TAKE EYE, WEAR CAP (you become invisible), S, L (you see the Gorgon), KILL GORGON WITH SWORD, TAKE
HEAD, N (the witches ask for their eye back), GIVE EYE (they give you a key), N, N, DROP WAX, N, N,
W, S, ENTER CIRCLE (a naiad appears), GIVE TOOTH (she gives you a coin), W, TAKE BREAD, TAKE HONEY,
N, E, E, N, WEAR CAP, E, E, L (you see an old man and a boat), GIVE COIN (the man ferries you across
the river), N, EXAMINE GATE (you see a guard dog), GIVE BREAD, GIVE HONEY (the dog falls into
sleep), E, L (you see Hades), PLAY LYRE (Hades offers you a sleeping potion), TAKE POTION, S, L (you
see grapes, olives and figs), S, E, PLAY FLUTE (a dove appears), TAKE DOVE, SEND DOVE (it holds the
rocks open with its wings), N, E, L (you see a dragon), GIVE POTION (the dragon dies), TAKE APPLE, E
(a giant is holding up the sky), SHOW HEAD (the giant turns to stone), E, DROP APPLE (the hag
hurries off to get it), EXAMINE CAGE (you see Hope inside), OPEN CAGE, USE KEY, TAKE HOPE (a rainbow
reaches from ground to sky), DROP SWORD, DROP SHIELD, DROP FLUTE, DROP LYRE, DROP CAP, DROP KEY,
DROP HEAD, CLIMB RAINBOW (You have rescued HOPE, climbed the rainbow to the gods and restored HOPE
to mankind. You completed 96% of the adventure)
This solution was published in 4 parts in Sinclair User No. 114 - 117 (August to November 1991);
typed and slightly corrected by boldir, June 2021
