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Horrible Pyramid, The (Horrible_Pyramid.txt)

The Horrible Pyramid
By Ryan Veeder
For Z-code interpreters

Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a small, yet beautifully crafted game. You'll need to EXAMINE
lots of things for this solution to make sense.

Before you start, examine the engravings on the north wall and note the three items of jewelry worn
by the queen. Your objective is to find those items and wear them yourself. Each time you wear an
item of jewelry, the descriptions change and you become a little more infatuated with the pharaoh.
Take particular note of the changes to the engravings on the north wall.

Once you're wearing a piece of jewelry, you can't remove it. Once you're wearing all
three items of jewelry, you can't leave the pyramid, but the north wall vanishes (was it ever
there in the first place?) and you can enter the burial chamber.

If you get stuck, type HELP to get coded hints. Each letter is offset by 13, i.e. A=N, B=O...M=Z,
N=A, O=B...Z=M.

WARNING: You need to turn the wheel three times in succession. If you make any other move in
between, you won't be able to squeeze under the door when it stops moving and therefore
can't finish the game. This is possibly a bug, but it had me baffled for ages.

W
GET CROOK
W
GET LEGS
NE
PUT LEGS ON SPINDLE
NE
GET TORSO
TURN WHEEL (stone door rises, but begins to slide back down)
G (stone door rises high enough to walk under, but continues to slide back down)
G (something cracks and door stops moving)
NE
S
X SKELETON (you find a pair of golden bracelets)
GET BRACELETS
WEAR IT (you feel a slight shiver, descriptions change)
N
SW
SE
GET HEAD
S
GET NECKLACE (with crook)
WEAR IT (you shudder for a moment, descriptions change again)
W
NW
PUT TORSO ON SPINDLE
PUT HEAD ON SPINDLE (hidden chamber opens to reveal golden crown)
GET CROWN
WEAR IT (everything's making a lot more sense)
SE (north wall is gone!)
N
ENTER SARCOPHAGUS (you are joined with your mummy husband for eternity)
***THE END***