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Peneless (Peneless.txt)

Peneless
Ivysoft
Spectrum 128

HINTS (not necessarily in order):

This is one very complicated game which took time and three people to 
solve. Verbs are standard but some puzzles defy logic. At least two 
versions of this game are available. One has fewer corrupt screens than 
the other, but they do not seem to affect the outcome of the game. Make 
sure you are playing with an emulator that allows for easy CAPS. This 
walkthrough does not "explore" the countryside for maximum points, and 
usually provides the most direct way of getting from one place to 
another; hence you do not get the maximum score.

The parser sometimes needs more than two words. If your command does not 
work, try it again with "TO <person/thing>" added. Quotation marks are 
not needed.

What do you do with a conch? BLOW SHELL when it is needed.

There are two ways to get on the eagle –give him the rodent, and blow 
shell (you may need to do this several times). Don't use the rodent 
while you have the shell or you will lose it  - and there goes a means 
of escape from the village.

When you die underwater, consider what you need to do under such 
circumstances, i. e. HOLD BREATH. You will breathe again automatically 
after a few moves. 

There appear to be/find two unnecessary objects – the bench and the 
necklace (though maybe we have not just found a use for them). This game 
awards you points for the number of locations you visit, not for objects 
you pick up or use. So sometimes you may not get a 100% score. The more 
you explore the higher your score.

You need several objects to fix the boat – a cloth (for a sail), a rope, 
hammer, nails, and planks. But you will need two of those objects for 
another use, so do not be too quick to make the boat serviceable.

You need something to help you cross the chasm at the beginning. But be 
quick when you're on the other side.

Make sure you enter an adjective when you have more than one similar 
object (e.g. key).

How would you cross dangerous gravel? CRAWL in a particular direction.

 You can feed some animals but not others.

While the contents of the jug can put someone (other than you) to sleep, 
this is not strictly needed to finish the game; a least it makes use of 
the liquid in a "satisfying" kind of way.

Several objects have more than one use: small key, rope, hammer, rodent, 
bottle, axe, ladder. Make sure you use them in the correct location 
first.

Lilies will help you navigate the swamp.

While you can break the door to the troll's room by eating the mushroom, 
don't do that. Save that part until later when you have a tool.

There are several locations where you need to wait until it is dark – 
the vampire bat cave, the shimmering room, at the boar.

You will need to visit past the desert more than once, and escape also. 
Means of satisfying your thirst may be needed. Also explore fully first, 
as there are exits which are not obvious.

When you cross the weak rope bridge, you can only carry one heavy object 
at a time or a few light ones.

Try HELP at various locations. Sometimes it provides actual help.

Torches have a limited life span. Don't worry too much – light will be 
made available when needed.

What will explode a crack so you can get what is there?

You need to capitalize the entire word to say when you are on the 
pillar, and also to capitalize Penelope to free her.  You find the word 
in the room that is shimmering with light, but not when it's brightly 
lit.

SOLUTION:
One solution (not with maximum points):

Start in Tunnel – INVENTORY – nothing

N  - E (you notice a large nest)– UP– E (you see an eagle; remember the 
location for later) – DOWN – E – E – S – GET MUSHROOM – N – W – W – W 
(you notice dangerous gravel)– CRAWL W – S – UP– E – E – E – E – EXAM 
CHASM (over 15 feet wide) – EAT MUSHROOM – JUMP ACROSS – W – GET MAP – E 
– JUMP ACROSS - READ MAP (it shows a mountain to the south of a large 
desert) – W – N – GET KEY – DOWN – DOWN – SE (you see soft ground)– DIG 
– LOOK (you see a groat) - GET GROAT – EXAM GROAT (a coin) - W – W – 
EXAM CREATURE – READ SIGN (tips appreciated) – GIVE GROAT TO CREATURE – 
ENTER LIFT (you are dropped off at the base of a cliff)

N – E – E – N – EXAM WELL – DOWN – S – HOLD BREATH – S – GET SHOVEL – N 
– N – CLIMB WELL - W – W – GET SPEAR – E – N – EXAM DOOR (rusty - need 
oil?) – E – N (you see a bench) - EXAM BENCH (seat worn smooth) - SIT 
BENCH (get on with it) – N – N - GET NECKLACE – N – N – N - W – UP– 
(there is a flask here but if taken you are killed when you drop it – so 
leave  for now) – DOWN – E – E  - S – S – S – S – S – S – S - E – UP – N 
– N – N – N – (see a rodent – don't try to get it as it runs off) - E – 
S – GET RUSTY KEY – EXAM RUSTY KEY( find the lock!) - N – W – S – S – S 
– S – E – N – OPEN HATCH – DOWN – N – SW – (you see a bottle of liquid – 
leave it for now)

E – UP – (wander around N and S until you see a woman) – GIVE SMALL KEY 
TO WOMAN (she brings food and drink) – GET FOOD – EXAM FOOD (tasty) - S 
(if needed) – W – N – N – N – N – GIVE FOOD TO RODENT – GET RODENT – E – 
(rodent brings a sandstone) – GET STONE – W – N – DOWN – W – W – W (you 
see debris)– DIG DEBRIS (you find a tunnel) – DROP SHOVEL – W – W – W – 
W (you see a ring) – DROP RODENT (the rodent brings you the ring from 
the pedestal) – GET RING – GET RODENT – E – NE – SE – E – E – E – E – 
UP– S – S – S – S – S - E – (wander around again if you do not see the 
woman here, north and south, until see the woman here ) GIVE RING TO 
WOMAN (she leaves something) – LOOK (you see a cloak) – TAKE CLOAK –  
EXAM CLOAK – WEAR CLOAK (go north and/or south if needed) – W

DOWN – W – N – N – N – N – N – N – E – EXAM POOL – DOWN – W – HOLD 
BREATH – S – E – E – UP– N – N – EXAM GATE (strong bars) - OPEN GATE  - 
DROP KEY - W – N – DOWN – W – DOWN (end path) - E – E – S – (you are in 
a cave which shows men riding large birds in the sky) – N – N – N – W - 
W – N – NW – N – N (you see a boat with a hole) – N – EXAM BOAT (you are 
on board a boat with a serviceable mast) – S – SE – GET SHELL – EXAM 
SHELL (it is a conch) - S – S – S – S – S – UP – E – UP – S – E – S – S 
- DOWN – HOLD BREATH – W – W – N – E – UP – SW – SW – SW (by what you 
will soon find out is a bat cave)

DROP ALL - TAKE CLOAK - WEAR CLOAK - WAIT (till night falls) – W – UP– N 
– W – NW (you fall down a hole into a cool cave) –  S – UP - (secret 
place) - GET TORCH – DOWN – NW – W – W – S – S – S – GET LADDER – N – N 
– N – E – SE (you see a door with a padlock to the south) – S (the door 
is shut) – N – SE -  S  - S - W (you see a hole) – DROP LADDER - CLIMB 
LADDER (trolls room – you can't go back the way you came) – HELP (did 
you know that a troll is colour blind?) - DROP TORCH – SW – S – E – GET 
AXE  –NW – NE (you see a torch and a large pile of cloth) – N (door is 
shut) – EXAM DOOR (huge hinges) – OPEN DOOR (you can't) - BREAK DOOR – 
GET ALL – N – NW -  N – W -  S – S – SE – INVENTORY (in valley pool – 
you have lost cloth/torch) – N – E – N – N – N (beside statue of an 
ancient god) – W- W- TAKE ALL – E – E 

EXAM STATUE (thunder, lightning and death) – KNEEL – PRAY – LOOK 
(entrance to the east) -  E – N – E – S – PULL LEVER – LOOK (the gate is 
open) - S – SW – GET BOTTLE – EXAM BOTTLE (blue glass) - E – N – N – N - 
W – S – W – SW – SW – POUR LIQUID ON DOOR – OPEN DOOR - W – GET ROPE  – 
WAIT (till night falls )  - E - W – (you should see a sign – if not 
leave room and re – enter ) – READ SIGN (To the memory of ASGOTH – as 
near as god as man could be) - E – N – N – E – E – N – N – N – E – (back 
at pool) –  FILL BOTTLE – DROP BOTTLE - DOWN – W – HOLD BREATH – S – E – 
E  – UP– N – N – W – N – DOWN – W – DOWN – N – N – N – W  - W – S – (you

are south of the chasm and weak bridge) 

NE – N (you are by the pool) – WAIT (till night)  - LOOK (you see a 
boar) – THROW SPEAR AT BOAR – E – E – CHOP VINES – GET VINES  - W – W – 
SW - S – (at bridge – only carry ONE heavy item at a time to cross 
bridge) – DROP ALL – GET ROPE -  S – S – W – W – UP– N – N – TIE ROPE TO 
TREE – BREAK TREE –  LOOK (you see a log) – TAKE LOG - S – S – DOWN – E 
– E – N – N – TAKE AXE - CHOP LOG – TAKE VINES - MAKE RAFT (with logs 
and vines) – DROP AXE - INVENTORY (you have a raft) – S – S – W – W – 
UP– N – N – NW- NE- E (you are at the edge of lake/pool with lilies and 
a frog)

DROP RAFT – EXAM FROG (keep looking and the frog will move; follow him) 
– LOOK – LOOK - S – LOOK – LOOK – S – LOOK – LOOK – NE – LOOK – LOOK – E 
– LOOK – LOOK – S – GET  HAMMER – NW – LOOK – LOOK – NW – LOOK – LOOK – 
NE – LOOK – LOOK – W – GET LILIES - GET RAFT – S – S – S - DROP RAFT (at 
lake/pool edge) – S – S – W - W – WEAR LILIES – S - W (you are in the 
swamp) – GET PLANKS – E – E – NE  – DROP ALL – DOWN – E – E – N – N - E 
– E – S – S – UP– E – UP– S – E – S – S – DOWN – HOLD BREATH – W – W –
N 
– E – UP (pool) – W – N – UP– W – W 

GET FLASK –  DOWN – E – E – S – E – TAKE BOTTLE - DOWN – HOLD BREATH – W 
– S – E – E – UP– N – N – W – N – DOWN – W – DOWN – (end path) – N – N
– 
W – W (you see the objects your dropped)– S – S – W – W – UP– (back at 
lake/pool) – N – N - DROP BOTTLE - GET RAFT -  N - NW – W – W – DOWN – N 
– N – EXAMINE CRACK (something is there) - THROW FLASK AT CRACK – N – N 
– GET TORCH – S – S – E – (in caves at start) – S – S – S – GET CLOTH 
(found it) – N – N – N – E – E – E – S – S – S – S – W – GET LADDER – E 
– N – N – N – N – W – W – W – W – S – S – UP– E (cave behind waterfall) 
– N – (cave with light coming from above)

DROP LADDER - S – E – S – SE – DROP RAFT – GET ROPE – S – S – TAKE 
PLANKS – DOWN – E – E – (cross chasm with only one heavy item) – DROP 
ALL – GET ROPE – N – N – DROP ROPE – S – S - GET CLOTH – N – N – TAKE 
ROPE - NE – N – N – N – N – TIE CLOTH TO MAST – S – S – S – S – S – W – 
TAKE PLANKS – N – N – NE – N – N – N – N-  DROP PLANKS - S – S – S - SW 
– GET MAP – GET NECKLACE – GET RODENT - S – S – DROP ALL – N – N - TAKE 
AXE – TAKE STONE – TAKE SHELL - S – S – TAKE ALL – W – W – UP – TAKE 
HAMMER –- N – N – TAKE ALL – N – W – N – W – N – DROP RAFT – UP (to 
desert) – SE – S – S – S – S –  S - W – W -   EXAM EMPTY HUT (pictures 
once hung on the walls – by what? Nails?)  GET NAILS (must have hammer) 
- E – E – N - E – E – E – E - S – W – (see old man; he says to bring the 
medallion of souls) – DROP SHELL

N – W – W – W – W – N – N – N – N – NE (in tunnel in caves) – NW (you 
fall through a hole) – W – N – N  – UP– GIVE RODENT TO EAGLE (he tears 
it to pieces), CLIMB EAGLE (he deposits you on a pillar) – S – TAKE 
MEDALLION – EXAM MEDALLION – WEAR MEDALLION – SAY ASGOTH (you need to 
capitalize Asgoth -  a tunnel opens south) - S  - S – S – S – W – (the 
old man take the medallion and gives you a jug of liquid) – EXAM JUG 
(strange liquid)l – E - TAKE SHELL - N -  NE – N – N – N – N – NW (see 
chasm and brick structure – leave for now) – N (see a village to the 
east and a guard) – DROP JUG - THROW STONE AT GUARD

LOOK (guard appears to be asleep) – E – E – E - N – (see Penelope tied 
to a post) – UNTIE PENELOPE ( must capitalise 'P') – BLOW SHELL (repeat 
until the eagle lands)  - CLIMB EAGLE (he deposits you on the pillar 
again) – S – S – S – S – W – W ( mob of villagers is there) – CHOP 
BRIDGE (mob of villagers can't cross the chasm) -  W – W – N – N – N – N 
– DRINK WATER - NW – DOWN – GET RAFT – S – E – SE – S – DROP RAFT – S – 
S – DOWN – E – E – DROP ALL – GET HAMMER – GET NAILS – N – N – N – N – N 
– E –N – TAKE PLANKS - FIX BOAT – N – SAIL BOAT……. You sail off with 
your loved one – into your next adventure….  You are finished ( 92%}.

Alastair, Doreen Bardon,Terri Sheehan
2005-11-30

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