CASTLE THADE Spectrum Adventure Exchange Club Spectrum 48 INVENTORY (nothing), TAKE STONE, N, TAKE POD, S, S, PUSH BOULDER, PUSH BOULDER, PUSH BOULDER (you see an entrance to a cave), ENTER CAVE, TAKE TORCH, N, N, E, FOLLOW TRACK, BREAK CHEST (you see a skull, flint and rope), TAKE SKULL, TAKE FLINT, TAKE ROPE, DROP STONE, TAKE STICK, FOLLOW TRACK, W, S, LIGHT TORCH, ENTER CAVE, DOWN, E (you see a fountain with an inscription "cleanse you mind and body of impurities", W, N (a giant spider bites you and wraps you into a web), CRAWL ALTAR, CUT WEB, S, E, DRINK WATER, W, N, TAKE SILK, S, W, FILL HOLES, TAKE HEDRON, E, N, TURN HOLDER (you create a staircase down), DOWN, W, W, N, N, W, W, W, S, S, S, E, S, S (you hear someone murmuring). EXAMINE OAK (you see an entrance), S (a priest tells you he needs the crystal hedron and in return he will give you a key), INVENTORY (you have a bronze key), N, N, N, W, N, N, N, E, E, E, S, S, E, E, UP, S, S (a door bars your way), OPEN DOOR (you see an urn sealed with wax), MELT WAX (you see a silver cross), TAKE CROSS, N, W, N (the walls start closing in), DROP STICK, N (you see green slime), THROW CROSS (the slime vanishes and an opening is created), N (you are on the other side of the mountain), TAKE BERRIES, OFF TORCH, N, W (you see a cart, nails, and a spade), TAKE NAILS, E, N, E (you see a wolf), FEED WOLF (he dies), EXAMINE WOLF (you see a collar and a golden key), TAKE KEY. Go W (you are by the castle), S, W, S (birds attack you), THROW POD, S (you see a font), EXAMINE CAREFULLY, EXAMINE CAREFULLY (you find a prayer book – don't take it just yet), N, N, DROP BRONZE KEY, DROP TORCH, DROP FLINT, DROP GOLDEN KEY, N (you see a bridge), CROSS BRIDGE (it collapses), N (you see an axe and logs), TAKE AXE, CHOP LOGS, LOOK (you see planks), TAKE PLANKS, S, S, FIX BRIDGE, DROP AXE, N, WAIT (a woman and her cat arrive), OFFER SKULL, INVENTORY (you have a silver ring), TAKE BOTTLE, FILL BOTTLE, S, CROSS BRIDGE (it collapses again), S, TAKE SPADE, TAKE TORCH, TAKE FLINT, TAKE GOLDEN KEY, E, E, E (you see an image of a tent), ENTER TENT (you see a diary), READ DIARY (it tells of a magic scroll, which if taken to the castle and read in the chapel, the Lord of Darkness will be stripped of his powers). WAIT (the image disappears), W, W, EXAMINE STALL, SELL RING (you get a silver crown), E, BUY SWORD, W, N, W, CUT GRASS (you see a grill), N, N, W, W, W, EXAMINE CAVE (a bear lumbers out and follows you), E, E, E, S, S, DROP BOTTLE (the bear raises the grill), WAIT (the bear wanders off), LIGHT TORCH, DOWN, TAKE BOTTLE, E (ignore the woman), N (you see a column), SHAKE COLUMN (a cylinder falls to the ground), EXAMINE CYLINDER (no way to open it), TAKE CYLINDER (too heavy), N, EXAMINE ROOM (you notice a pulsating light in the ground), DIG HOLE, EXAMINE HOLE (you see a wand), DROP SPADE, TAKE WAND, S, WAVE WAND (you see the scroll and the walls start to crumble). TAKE SCROLL, S, W, UP, E, S, W, OFF TORCH, S, FILL BOTTLE, S, FILL FONT, TAKE BOOK, SAY PRAYER (you create holy water), LOOK, FILL BOTTLE, N, N, HIDE IN HAY, LOOK (you are in the courtyard), OPEN DOOR (it's locked – a guard rushes at you), KILL GUARD, EXAMINE GUARD (you see keys and a uniform), TAKE UNIFORM, WEAR UNIFORM, TAKE BUNCH KEYS, OPEN DOOR (you are in a corridor), CLOSE DOOR, W, EXAMINE PANEL, EXAMINE FLOWERS, PRESS PETAL (you see a tunnel), LIGHT TORCH, W, N (a creature emerges), THROW WATER (it disappears), LOOK (you see a small round hole). Go S, S, E, STOP GUARD, OPEN DOOR, E (you see a metal box), EXAMINE BOX (there is a wire from the wall to the box), PULL WIRE, OPEN BOX (you find a brass rod), TAKE ROD, W, W, N, N, FIT ROD (the slab rises creating an opening), N (you are in the chapel), READ SCROLL. You eventually awake. An old man hands you a scrap of paper and leaves. READ PAPER. Translated it says "you have won this battle but I shall win the war". This appears to be the end of the game. Score 125/115 For extra, extra bonus points, TURN STONE at the beginning of the game, before taking it. Terri Sheehan 2006-12-30 ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com