Golden Nugget
By Brian Beesley, Clive Gifford
For Amstrad CPC
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. It is full of sudden death, unwinnable situations, guess-the-verb and
lots of bugs, at least one of which makes the game impossible to finish. To fix the latter, in line
1270, change OB(OC,1) to OB(2,1).
You start the game with one dollar. You must buy supplies, but you don't have enough money to
buy everything. You will find that some of the supplies are red herrings. The best strategy is
probably to buy nothing initially, then backtrack when you think you may have found a use for
something. Unfortunately, this means a lot of repetitive backtracking.
Your inventory is limited to four items, but you can buy the mule, load things onto the mule, then
carry the mule. However, you cannot carry the mule indoors. If you drop the mule, it wanders off,
but you can TETHER MULE to prevent this.
EAST
BUY LAMP
BUY PICK
BUY GUN
BUY PROVISIONS
WEST
NORTH
EAST
LOAD MULE
LAMP
LOAD MULE
PICK
LOAD MULE
GUN
LOAD MULE
PROVISIONS
WEST
SOUTH
EAST
BUY HONEY
BUY FLASK
BUY AXE
WEST
NORTH
WEST
BUY WHISKEY
EAST
EAST
BUY MULE (added to inventory)
WEST
NORTH
NORTH
EAST
DROP HONEY (bear falls asleep, you can now go east)
NORTH
NORTH
NORTH
GET ROPE
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
EAST
EAST
NORTH
(if indians appear, GIVE WHISKEY and they ride off)
NORTH
NORTH
EAST
NORTH
GET WATER (with flask)
DRINK WATER (you can now survive the desert)
LOAD MULE
FLASK (we'll need it again for the return trip)
NORTH
NORTH
NORTH
NORTH
EAST
EAST
BREAK SHUTTERING (with axe, you can now go east)
DROP AXE
TETHER MULE (so that it doesn't wander off)
GET LAMP
LIGHT LAMP
GET GUN
GET PICK
EAST (lamp allows you to see)
EAST (rope saves you from falling)
EAST
EAST
DIG DIRT (with pick, you can now go east)
DROP PICK
EAST
SOUTH
SHOOT SNAKE
DROP GUN
MOVE SNAKE
LOOK (you find large gold nugget)
GET NUGGET
NORTH
WEST
WEST
WEST
WEST
WEST
GET MULE
SOUTH
SOUTH
GET FLASK
GET WATER
NORTH
NORTH
WEST
WEST
DRINK WATER (you can now survive the desert)
SOUTH
SOUTH (provisions allow you to continue)
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
WEST
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH (bandits appear, but haven't seen you)
HIDE (bandits pass by)
WEST
WEST
WEST
SOUTH
SOUTH
SOUTH
TETHER MULE (you can now go west)
WEST
SELL NUGGET
***THE END***
