Cambridge
Walkthrough by Alex Dijkstra for the BBC
***Notes***
-You have to finish this part within 114 turns else you miss the last bus. Each turn is 5 minutes on
your watch. You start the game at 10:05 and you should end it before 19:30. You can watch the time
by entering EXAMINE WATCH.
-Don't walk on the grassis in room 77 (Lawn kings college). You will lose 4 turns.
-The cycle shop in 89 is closed for lunch between 13:00 and 14:00 (turn 36 an 48).
-You need to eat the pie before 15:00 (turn 60) else you will die from starvation.
-If you get lost in the outside areas of Cambridge (room48) you have a chance to become arrested and
to be taken to the police. If this happens you lose 20 minutes (4 turns) and you lose the bike
(which means you can't end the game because you won't have sufficient money).
-In rooms 56 to 61 if you JUMP BRIDGE you will die.
***Walkthrough***
INVENTORY (you have a wallet with £ 7.30, a plastic cashcard, a bus ticket and a watch), EXAMINE
BACK (something falls out of you back pocket), EXAMINE PAPER (you learn the code 4964 for your
cashcard), SW, S, W, N, W, EXAMINE LEAFLET (leaflet gives details of interesting places outside the
centre. The closest being Churchill College), E, N, W, JOIN QUEUE (you wait 10 minutes (2 turns) and
reach a cash-dispensing machine), Y, 4964, 15 (you now have £ 22.30), S, SW, S, S, NW (you can hire
a bike for £ 5 and £ 10 deposit), HIRE BIKE, RIDE BIKE (you ride to the entrance of Churchill
Collegeyou, room 83), W, EAT PIE, E, RIDE BIKE (you ride to a church, room 14), W, S, W, S, SW, S,
S, NW (with this walkthrough you should arrive at 12:50 just before the lunch closure. you deposit
the bike and obtain your £ 10,-), E, W, W, S (you can hire a punt for £ 5 and £ 10 deposit. the
time is 13:15), HIRE PUNT.
You enter an arcade part. You have to navigate the punt up on the river to the key and return.
Z=left, X=right, /=down and :=up. If you touch the shore, the game ends. Save a lot and you will
make it.
Note:
During the arcade section, the time continues to run. Each time the punt blinks another 5 minutes
pass. Due to the speed of my PC, it was not possible to retrieve the key before 19:30. Therefore, I
immediately returned after entering the arcade section (moving down) and created a save state with
BeebEm. If you alter address 1559 of the save state from 5a to 00, you will have the key in your
possesion after reloading the state.
If you return with the key the second part of the game is loaded:
N, E, E, S, E, E, E, N, NE (you need to have the key and you need to have sufficient money to buy a
return ticket, but that would not be a problem with the above solution.)
Congratulations!
You have completed your mission!
To get the clue,
Here is what you should do:
1) Plot your route
2) Which King has most significance? [King Henry VIII]
3) What is the degree of the charter?
4) Send the solutions of the above to:
Twig Systems Software 6, High Street, Wendover, AYLESBURY,Bucks.
along with your name, address, a daytime telephone no. (if possible) and your registration number.
