The Cursed Planet
By Gianluca Girelli
For Z-code interpreters
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make
sense. Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once
you know what to do.
(I) (you're carrying a note and a photon rifle)
(X NOTE) (it's the orders for your mission)
(READ IT) (gain trust of Keeper, find relic, defeat Komen using relic)
(X PHOTON RIFLE) (it's set to STUN and can't be changed)
(X VEHICLE) (equipped with computer, claws and laser cannon)
(N) (it's too far to walk)
GET IN VEHICLE
N
N (boulders block exit to east)
(X BOULDERS) (maybe you can get rid of them)
SHOOT BOULDERS WITH CANNON (you open way to east)
(E) (you can't take the vehicle that way)
EXIT VEHICLE
E
(X KEEPER) (try talking to him)
TALK TO KEEPER (he asks you who you are)
SAY MORGAN (or SHOW NOTE, he asks you to get beryllium and retires to his hut)
W
ENTER VEHICLE
W
W
(X CORPSE) (it's possibly one of Komen's soldiers)
GET FLAMETHROWER (with vehicle's claws)
(X IT) (it's not loaded)
E
N
E
(X MINERALS) (they shine as if they contain some sort of metal)
SHOOT MINERALS WITH CANNON (metal drops to ground, it's beryllium)
GET BERYLLIUM (with vehicle's claws)
W
S
E
EXIT VEHICLE
E
E
(SHOW BERYLLIUM TO KEEPER) (a smile appears on his face, perhaps give it to him)
(ASK KEEPER ABOUT BERYLLIUM (it's a precious metal, "...give some to me")
GIVE BERYLLIUM TO KEEPER (need protective suit, wrap artifact in lead fibre, find something in dark
zone, rest is hidden in plain sight, he gives you key)
(X KEY) (it's made of brass)
W
W
ENTER VEHICLE (you receive a message, it's now safe to go east from dark zone)
W
N
N
E
EXIT VEHICLE
(S) (door is closed)
(OPEN DOOR) (it's locked)
UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY
OPEN IT
S
E
(X DEBRIS) (it might be worth searching it)
SEARCH DEBRIS (you find platinum bar)
GET BAR
(X IT) (it's oddly shaped)
W
S
(X SLOT) (it's oddly shaped)
PUT BAR IN SLOT (you hear noise nearby)
E
N (there's now a passage to east)
E
(X MIRROR) (there seems to be something on the other side)
BREAK MIRROR (you reveal radiation suit and shards of glass)
GET RADIATION SUIT
(X IT) (it can protect you from deadly radiation)
WEAR IT
W
W
N
ENTER VEHICLE
E
EXIT VEHICLE
SEARCH SOLDIERS (you find a fuel reservoir)
GET RESERVOIR
(X IT) (it can power a flamethrower)
PUT IT IN FLAMETHROWER
ENTER VEHICLE
W
GET SACK (with vehicle's claws)
(X IT) (it's made of lead fibre)
S
E
(E) (you can't take the vehicle that way)
EXIT VEHICLE
E
S
S
(E) (you can't walk on water)
ENTER TANK
E
E
(X ANIMAL) (it might be a good food source)
EXIT TANK
SHOOT ANIMAL WITH FLAMETHROWER (you now have some roasted meat)
GET MEAT
ENTER TANK
W
W
EXIT TANK
N
N
N
(OPEN CHEST) (it's locked)
W
W
W
N
(X SOLDIER) (it's the last of Komen's loyalists, he has his back to you)
SHOOT SOLDIER WITH RIFLE (he's stunned)
SEARCH HIM (you find an electronic key)
GET KEY
(X IT) (there's something written on it)
(READ IT) (it looks like a key to decrypt a coded message)
S
S
E
(X STATUE) (that's what the keeper meant about hiding things in plain sight)
(X VISAGE)
GET VISAGE
PUT IT IN SACK (you're now protected from its radiation)
W
N
E
E
E
UNLOCK CHEST WITH ELECTRONIC KEY
OPEN IT (you find a parchment)
(X PARCHMENT) (there's something written on it)
READ PARCHMENT (using code key, "Press Saturn, turn 3 times")
E
E
S
GET CHAIR
(X IT) (maybe it's Komen's?)
(X MAP) (your eyes are attracted to Saturn)
PRESS SATURN (exit opens to east)
E
(X WHEEL) (it's like a ship's steering wheel)
(TURN IT) (you're not strong enough)
EAT MEAT (you feel much stronger now)
TURN WHEEL (exit opens to north)
N
(X LEVER) (it's out of your reach)
DROP CHAIR
STAND ON IT
PULL LEVER (exit opens to east)
GET OFF CHAIR
E
TURN COAT-OF-ARMS (you hear a click)
G (you hear another click)
G (coat-of-arms moves aside, you can now go east)
E
GET VISAGE (Komen's body explodes into a thousand pieces)
***THE END***
