SoftSide Adventure of the Month #18 The Dalton Gang By Peter Kirsch Published by SoftSide Publications, November 1982 For Atari 400/800/XL/XE (same or very similar for Apple II and TRS-80) Solution by Garry Francis ---------------------------------------- This is a minimal solution. You'll need to LOOK at lots of things for this solution to make sense. There are many random elements. Scores are given in brackets as A/B, where A = points awarded, B = cumulative points awarded. Maximum score is 8 points. You won't initially have enough money to buy everything from the store. On your first attempt, buy the food and the pouch of tobacco. Give the food to the golden rattler so that you can get to the Indian reservation, then give the pouch to the Indian to get the magic stick. Check your inventory at the creek and you'll see that the magic stick is a divining rod. Keep checking your inventory as you map the desert and you'll find another source of water. Once you know its location, you can avoid buying the food and pouch on subsequent games. That's why these aren't in the solution. W GO OFFICE SHERIFF S E E GO SALOON (this is trigger for bank being robbed) S E N N E E GO BARREL DRAW GUN SHOOT DALTON (repeat until Grat is shot) (1/1) W GO LADDER SHOOT BILL (Emmett and Bob kidnap mayor) (1/2) D PUT GUN GO OFFICE READ NOTE (this gives you route through desert) S W S GO STORE BUY SADDLE BUY CANTEEN BUY SHOVEL BUY LADDER BUY AMMUNITION BUY AMMUNITION (you now have 30 rounds of ammunition) E N GO STABLE PUT SADDLE GO STALLION S S S W W W SW S SE DISMOUNT GET WATER GO STALLION GO CREEK DRAW GUN LOAD GUN E (Follow directions on note to get through desert. If snake appears, SHOOT SNAKE. If you run out of bullets, LOAD GUN. If you're dying of thirst, DRINK WATER.) S E E N N E W DISMOUNT DRINK WATER DIG HOLE GET WATER GO STALLION S SW NW W W DISMOUNT TIE STALLION N GO BUSHES LOOK (repeat until Daltons appear) SHOOT DALTON GO CABIN GET CROWBAR S S S GO MINE NW NE SHOOT BOB (repeat until he stops shooting, LOAD GUN if necessary) LOOK (just to make sure) NE GET BOB (1/3) GET BOARDS GET MONEY SW NE NW SW SW GO HILL (you fall into a pit and find the mayor) DROP LADDER GO LADDER NE NW W S UNTIE STALLION GO STALLION N NW N NE DISMOUNT GO OFFICE (1/4) S E GO OFFICE SHOOT DRAWER (LOAD GUN first, if necessary) OPEN DRAWER GET KEYS GO CELL (1/5) S LOCK CELL S W PUT GUN GO OFFICE S E E E N GO STORE BUY DISGUISE WEAR DISGUISE E DROP STAR N E E E GO BANK DROP MONEY (1/6) S DRAW GUN GET EMMETT (1/7) W W W S S W W GO OFFICE OPEN CELL GO CELL (1/8) ***THE END***