THE NECRONOMYCON Oblique Strategy Number One M. Bourne Spectrum 48 You find your goal part way in the game. The vocabulary is unique in places, especially the verbs. There are several unnecessary objects. Despite what the computer tells you when you type HELP, there is only one location where you get a hint, and it is not needed and misleading. Also do not EXAMINE DOME when you see it, as this prevents you from getting a necessary object. This I presume is a bug, rather than intentional. START (you find yourself in a sleeping chamber; you see a computer with buttons.) INVENTORY (nothing), HELP, PRESS 2 (you create an exit to the east), E, TAKE FOOD, EAT FOOD, S, EXAMINE VDU (it needs a chip), S, W, EXAMINE LOCKER, OPEN YOUR LOCKER, TAKE SHEET, EXAMINE SHEET (passwords: 2036 for games; 2037 for Clive; 2038 for quantum), N, EXAMINE ANALYZER, CUT INTO ANALYZER, TAKE CHIP, E, INSERT CHIP, ENTER CLIVE (you get information on the Necronomycons and what you need to do), ENTER ORBIT, LAND SHIP, READ SIGN (you need to find the teleport to return), EXAMINE BUTTONS, PRESS SUIT, TAKE SUIT, WEAR SUIT, S (you see your double but it is mutilated), HELP (what do you put on scales?), WAIT (your double throws a pistol down and dies), TAKE PISTOL, S (you see a picture of a man in a suit being attacked). Do not examine the dome. Go E, TAKE ACID, N (you see an open lift), ENTER LIFT (you are in the city), E (you see a locked box), E, ENTER CHURCH, SAY 8 (a cross drops down), TAKE CROSS, DROP SHEET, LEAVE CHURCH, E, ENTER SHOP, TAKE SIEVE, TAKE RED KEY, LEAVE SHOP, W, W, UNLOCK BOX, USE RED, DROP RED, TAKE BAR, E, E, S (ignore the blue key), LEVER ROCK, DROP BAR, TAKE DRAK, W, JUMP THROUGH, TAKE GREEN, THROW CROSS (you return), N, ENTER CHURCH, UNLOCK CHAMBER, USE GREEN, TAKE HOLY, LEAVE CHURCH, DROP CROSS, S, S, PAY SKELETON (the skeleton runs off), CROSS BRIDGE, ENTER LIFT, W, S, EXAMINE HUT, TAKE WIRECUTTERS, ENTER HUT, EXAMINE PICTURE (man digging), TAKE ALE, DRINK ALE, LOOK UNDER BED, TAKE SHOVEL, LEAVE HUT. Go E (you see a black rectangle – these are teleports but only within the city), S, DIG, DROP SHOVEL, OPEN CHEST, TAKE NOTE, READ NOTE (acid will kill necro 1; you will need fire for necro 3; necro 2 has no immunity to silver), DROP NOTE, E, CUT FENCE, DROP WIRE, S, PAN RIVER, TAKE DAGGER, S, E, E, N, DOWN, SHOOT BOX, TAKE LIGHT, TAKE ROPE, UP, S, W, S, EXAMINE TREES (you see a branch), TIE ROPE, CLIMB DOWN, ENTER SHIP, W, THROW ACID, S, CUT NECRO (you need the dagger), TAKE BRONZE KEY, E, E, BURN NECRO, E, USE BRONZE, ENTER ROOM, THROW LIGHT, DROP BRONZE, LEAVE LAIR, TAKE MIND (you apparently already have it if you check your inventory), N, ENTER TELEPORT, ENTER CHAMBER, PRESS 8. You are finished with 99% (it does not appear that 100% is possible.) Terri Sheehan 2006-01-15 ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com