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Ruins at Time's Edge (Ruins_at_Times_Edge_Adventure.txt)

Ruins at Time's Edge -- Anthony Wood -- 1983

Solution by Dale Dobson, www.gamingafter40.com

From the game's introductory text:

SEARCH FOR THE LOST DIAMOND IN ANOTHER TIME.

Solution:

S, S, E, E, N
LOOK WEEDS
LOOK WEEDS
GET BOW
GET ARROWS
N, W
LOOK WEEDS
GET BOX
W, S, S, 
E
GO POND
SEARCH POND
GET CROWBAR
U
SHOOT WORM
SHOOT WORM (it's dead)
USE CROWBAR
LIGHT TORCH
GO DOOR
E, S, E
GET FLASK
W, N, W, N
POUR OIL
LIGHT CHEST (it burns to a pile of ashes)
SEARCH ASHES (repeat until they are cool enough to find a key)
GET KEY
S, E, S, W
USE KEY (a ring falls out of the statue's mouth)
GET RING
WEAR RING
E, S
DROP BOW (we can only take a few things with us, the ring and torch)
DROP CROWBAR
DROP KEY
DROP BOX
DROP FLASK
DROP SWORD
GO CLOUD
GO ISLAND
DIG (find an old scroll)
GET SCROLL (don't look at it yet!)
E, E
LOOK BOULDER (there's something under it)
ROLL BOULDER
LOOK BOULDER (instructions on ring)
N
READ SCROLL (magical field is dispelled)
GET DIAMOND
PRESS RING (we are back in the jungle outside the ruins)
DROP DIAMOND (and we are victorious!)