SHAFTED IN SAN DIEGO
Written by Kim Gladen
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
(Start in the office of Alonzo Erastus Horton), READ SCROLL (Horton says "Just a minute"),
EXAMINE MAP (Horton thanks you for waiting and asks your first name) ......... (type your own
name... he then asks "Have we ever met before?"), NO (he asks if you think he's crazy
to build on the mud flats), NO (he tells you the golden key to his new city has been stolen and asks
if you are any good at finding things), YES (he hires a wagon and driver to take you to Julian),
ENTER WAGON (the driver asks if you want the direct or scenic route), DIRECT (the scenic route just
takes longer... after a long ride you arrive in a box canyon), EXAMINE HOLE (see a deep shaft with
steep sides), N (an arrow whizzes past your head), JUMP DOWN (you fall down a dark mine shaft and
finish up in a cavern).
GET HAT (miner's), GET MATCHES, LIGHT LAMP (on the miner's hat), LOOK (you see a knife on
the floor - note should you be bitten by the snake then cut and suck), E, S, W, W (bailout room, GET
CIGAR, E, E, E, E (enormous cavern), N, N, N, E, E, E, GET PICK (miner's), W, W, W, S, S, S, W,
N (smoking room), SMOKE CIGAR (the smoke flows through a crack in the western wall), DIG WALL (you
find an opening descending into darkness), DROP CIGAR, S, E (back into the enormous cavern), DIG
(you discover the golden key), DROP PICK, GET GOLDEN KEY, W, W, W, W (boss' office), N (western
ore chasm), READ WRITING (TNT), OPEN DOOR, DROP HAT, W (dynamite compartment - it's dark in
here), FEEL AROUND (find some black powder), GET POWDER, E, GET HAT, S, S (assayer's office),
READ POSTER, EXAMINE DROPPINGS (see some symbols on top of the desk), READ SYMBOLS ("California
be part of de Union September 9 1850 - this translates to 9/9/50 which is the safe combination), E,
E (small cavern), NE (creature's den), DROP POWDER, LIGHT POWDER (it ignites and temporarily
blinds the creature), GET NUGGET (gold), SW, DROP MATCHES.
W (three way intersection), GET RUSTY KEY, W (assayer's office), EXAMINE DESK (see a drawer),
OPEN DRAWER (see an oil can), DROP NUGGET, GET CAN (oil), N, E, E, N (ore chasm - suddenly a rotting
timber gives way in the south tunnel sealing it completely with huge rocks), EXAMINE CART (it has
rusty wheels), OIL WHEELS, PUSH CART (you push it west into the cavern), LOOK, PUSH CART (through a
downhill tunnel... as you enter the limestone cavern the cart smashes into the metal doors revealing
a western exit... you are in the limestone cavern), EXAMINE SCHIST (see a small opening at the
bottom), CRAWL NORTH (bat cavern), CLIMB STALAGMITE (flat area), OPEN BOX (strong - it's locked
with an old railroad lock), UNLOCK BOX (it's too rusty), OIL BOX, UNLOCK BOX, OPEN BOX, DROP
CAN (oil), DROP RUSTY KEY, EXAMINE BOX (inside is a beautiful gold watch), GET WATCH, D, CRAWL WEST
back to limestone cavern), EXAMINE PLACARD (behind it you find the words "Hooray for Guadalupe
Hidalgo!"), DROP WATCH.
E, E (ore chasm), D (the hole in the floor which is a metal ore chute leading to the western ore
chasm), S, S (assayer's office), GET NUGGET, E, N (boss' office), READ PLAQUE (In memory
of James Marshall), MOVE PLAQUE (you reveal a wall safe - "Would you like to try the
combination?"), YES (turn dial left?), 8, (turn dial right?), 9, (turn dial left?), 50 (the
safe opens revealing a 20 dollar gold piece), GET PIECE.
E, E, N (smoking room), W (down a metal ore chute to ore chasm), W, W (limestone room), DROP KNIFE,
GET WATCH, W (open area where an old man is), E (the old man says he is Peg Leg Smith and he wants
to know what you're doing here), WAIT (he says to get out will cost you plenty), GIVE WATCH,
GIVE NUGGET, GIVE PIECE (now you must answer some questions - What mine is named after a
President?), WASHINGTON (What American made the first major discovery of gold in Californy?),
MARSHALL (What is the Spanish word for gold?), ORO (What device is used for crushing ore?), MILL
(What year did Californy enter the Union?), 1850 (What treaty between Mexico and USA put Texas, New
Mexico and California under U.S. control?), HIDALGO (he is pleased with your answers and opens the
bars.... a few hours later your wagon driver arrives and takes you back to Horton's office in
San Diego... Al Horton is so excited he does a jig, gives you your reward and sends you to the Hotel
del Coronado for some rest and relaxation).
GOOD WORK
You are one of the very few to think your way through this adventure.
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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