ANKH MORPORK
publisher and author unknown
Spectrum 48
Your objective is to pass the test and enter the Unseen University.
This is a short game. Regardless whether you are playing the easy or more
difficult version, there are a great many red herrings, too many in my
opinion, and you will be going around in circles, playing and replaying
this game until you come up with the correct object. There are also
several dead ends where you die.
Hints:
Examine the wall at Lady Rankin's house.
Don't open the chest.
TALK or ASK the people you see until you find one who seems to know what
is going on.
Frequently you find out that a new day is dawning. Unless you know what
day it is, you will need to SAVE and RESTORE to determine the correct
password.
To solve Twoflower's message – find a key that can translate it or solve
it on your own. The double letters are L's and in is a verb ending in
"ing".
Don't take the Bible, the stale pint, the stone, the fish, or the dust.
Once you have the lantern and the matches, check out the tapestries at the
temple.
Solution (more difficult game):
INVENTORY (you are wearing your robes), EXAMINE CHEST (has legs), GET
CHEST (it's too heavy), S, E, EXAMINE TABLE, GET MATCHES, EXAMINE MATCHES,
W, N, N, N, E, E, EXAMINE TAPESTRIES, MOVE TAPESTRIES (you create steps
leading down), W, W, N, E, EXAMINE TWOFLOWER (the chest belongs to him –
it makes mention of a coin – what coin?), ASK BROADMAN (he is a
foreigner), ASK TWOFLOWER (He speaks in a code. This is a cryptogram. You
can try and solve it- hint or you can continue until you find a way to
translate what he says), W, N, E, E (you need a password), EXAMINE NOBBY,
W, W, S, E (at the fishmongers), EXAMINE FISH, W, S, E (at the alchemist's
and see dust), EXAMINE DUST, W, W, EXAMINE PHILOSPHER (he pretends to know
what is going on), E, N, N, W, N, E (at Lady Rankin's), EXAMINE LADY, ASK
LADY (she points out a mask), GET MASK, EXAMINE WALL (you see a list), GET
LIST, READ LIST (you see a list of all the passwords).
Go W, N, E, E, E, ENTER UNIVERSITY (you need to find the Octavo first), E,
E, EXAMINE PRIEST (of the crocodile god), WEAR MASK, GET LANTERN, W, W, W,
W, W, S, S, E, E, E, E (if you don't know what day it is, you need to save
and restore until you find the right password which lets you in), SAY
<correct password; it is "gold" if you have not wasted any moves>, GET
MAP, EXAMINE MAP (of the city), W, W, W, W, N, N, E, E, LIGHT LANTERN, N
(you see a beam), DROP LIST, GET BEAM, S, W, W, S, S, E, S, S, S, E, E, E,
E, DOWN (you are in a crypt), W, EXAMINE WALL (one of the bricks is
loose), PROP WALL, REMOVE BRICK (you see a hole), EXAMINE HOLE (you see a
gold coin), GET COIN, EXAMINE COIN, E, UP, EXTINGUISH LANTERN, W, W, N, N,
W, S, W, ASK WIZARD (you see a phrasebook), BUY BOOK, READ BOOK (you get a
key to decipher Twoflower's message; do so), E, N, E, S, E, GIVE MAP, W,
N, W, W, N, N, E, E, E, ENTER UNIVERSITY. Score 100%.
Terri Sheehan
2006-11-16
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