CASTLE MORCAN
by Andy Wood
This adventure is part of a compilation in a fanzine published by Simon Wood.
Spectrum 128
This is a very easy, very straightforward adventure to play. There are lots
of shelves and boxes (a little more imaginative vocabulary would have helped
enjoy this game more).
A few small hints:
Type INFO to get a few hints and vocabulary.
To get maximum points, say FEED DOG, not GIVE BONE.
Use BRIBE, rather than GIVE <OBJECT>.
At the ploughed field, DIG MUD, not DIG GROUND.
INVENTORY (you have a box of matches), ENTER HUT (you see a sword), TAKE
SWORD, LEAVE, EXAMINE SWORD, E (you see a coin), TAKE COIN, EXAMINE COIN
(tarnished), E, E (you see a corpse and a sign nailed to a tree), READ SIGN
(go no further east), EXAMINE CORPSE (you see writing on a branch), READ
WRITING (beware all who defy Lord Zandor), W, W, W, N, E (you see ploughed
ground), DIG MUD (you find a ring), TAKE RING, EXAMINE RING (has symbols on
it), READ SYMBOLS (you can't), WEAR RING, N, E, ENTER BOTHY, EXAMINE
FIREPLACE (you see a key), TAKE KEY, EXAMINE KEY (big), LEAVE, N, W, N (you
see a door), OPEN DOOR (it's locked), UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEY, ENTER TOWER, UP
(you see a lamp), TAKE LAMP.
EXAMINE LAMP (beginning to rust), UP, LIGHT LAMP (you see a shelf), EXAMINE
SHELF (you see a scroll), TAKE SCROLL, EXAMINE SCROLL (to kill Zandor pierce
its black heart with a silver star), DOWN, DOWN, LEAVE, S, W, W (you see an
armed guard), HELP (try bribery), BRIBE GUARD (he lets you pass), W, W, ENTER
DOORWAY (you see another shelf), EXAMINE SHELF (eating utensils), EXAMINE BED
(you see a bag of gold), TAKE GOLD, LEAVE, E (you see a door), OPEN DOOR,
ENTER DOOR (you see boxes), EXAMINE BOXES (you see an urn), TAKE URN, EXAMINE
URN (you hear rattling), BREAK URN (you see a small key), TAKE SMALL KEY,
LEAVE, N (you see an orc guard), KILL GUARD, ENTER GUARDHOUSE (you see
another shelf), EXAMINE SHELF (you see a bone).
TAKE BONE, LEAVE, W, W, W, DOWN, OPEN DOOR (locked), UNLOCK DOOR, ENTER ROOM
(you see a rope), DROP SMALL KEY, TAKE ROPE, LEAVE, UP, E, N, N, E, UP, E, N
(at a balcony), TIE ROPE, DOWN, W, UP (you see a cloak, and a box), EXAMINE
BOX (you see a corpse), EXAMINE CORPSE (you see a shield), TAKE SHIELD,
EXAMINE SHIELD (made of iron), EXAMINE CLOAK (too small and dirty), DOWN, E,
N (you see straw), EXAMINE STRAW (you see a star), TAKE STAR, EXAMINE STAR
(silver with six blades), S, E, E (you see a dog), FEED DOG, E, E, E (you see
a guard), HELP (try bribery), BRIBE GUARD (he lets you pass), S, S, DOWN, W,
W (you see a lizard guard), KILL GUARD (he sees your ring and turns into
powder), W (you see an armed man holding a bow), EXAMINE MAN (the shield
protects you and deflects the arrow, killing him), UP, W (you see Zandor),
THROW STAR. You are finished.
Terri Sheehan
2007-03-28
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