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Cursed be the City (Cursed_be_the_City.txt)

CURSED BE THE CITY
Written by Ross Harris
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)

(Start stretched out on a rack awaiting execution), SCREAM (the door opens, a figure appears, kills
the torturer and frees you), EXAMINE TORTURER (a dagger is in his chest), GET DAGGER, EXAMINE
DAGGER, GET CHALICE, EXAMINE CHALICE, GET BOTTLE, EXAMINE BOTTLE (wine), U (stairs), U (you come too
a locked door which there is no way past), GET LAMP (oil), EXAMINE LAMP (contains no oil), D, E
(garden), CLIMB TREE (a strong branch leads north over the wall), N, D (street), W, W, N (temple -
the high priest asks for a drink), GIVE WINE (he asks you to help further and details your quest),
LIE ON ALTAR (he moves some hidden controls... you fall down a shaft and into a net), D, W (alcove
behind a statue - a good place to hide), WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (there should now be no-one around),
E, E (corridor), GET CUBE, EXAMINE CUBE, D (cavern), S (lift), TURN BLACK HANDLE (it moves
downwards).

W, W (lofty passage), E, N, NW, EXAMINE COCOON, CUT COCOON (a suit of armour falls out), GET ARMOUR,
S, N, E, SE (dusty room), EXAMINE PRIEST (the silver sphere starts to spin a web around you), GET
STAFF, EXAMINE STAFF, WAVE STAFF (the sphere acknowledges the signal and retreats), GET MASK,
EXAMINE MASK, NW, W, S, S, W, W, W (east side of chasm), W (across the rope bridge), W, D, S (lift),
E, E, S (barren soil), EXAMINE DEAD PLANT (it crumbles and an arrow falls out), GET ARROW, EXAMINE
ARROW, WEAR ARMOUR (to protect you from the spiny plant), EXAMINE SPINY PLANT (you dislodge a cross
bow), GET CROSSBOW, EXAMINE CROSSBOW, N, W, W (lift), TURN BLACK HANDLE (it moves down).

S, S (pier), BLOW HORN (a boat arrives), CLIMB ABOARD (boat - it crosses the lake and lands at a
pier near the lighthouse), U (lighthouse), E, U (metal ladder to a ledge), N (top of lighthouse -
the intense light prevents you from seeing), WEAR MASK (the eyeholes are of tinted glass, making
everything darker), LOOK, EXAMINE CRYSTAL (a splinter dislodges), GET SPLINTER, EXAMINE SPLINTER, S,
D, PULL ROPE (the bell rings to call the boat), W, D (pier - the boat should be here), CLIMB ABOARD
(boat - it takes you back across the lake), N, N (lift), TURN BROWN HANDLE (it moves upwards).

W, W, W, W, W (chasm), CUT ROPE (it has been partially cut), E (the bridge breaks and falls into the
chasm), D (you climb down the bridge), E (cave), E, NE (note you need to be carrying the splinter to
defeat the creatures), E, D (square room), EXAMINE SLAB, EXAMINE CORNER (it is raised slightly...
you hear a muffled voice), PUSH CORNER (the slab moves revealing steps leading down), D (chamber -
the one who rescued you asks you to help him die), FIRE ARROW (the magical arrow kills him), GET
LEAF, EXAMINE LEAF (derived from an unknown tree and gives off an aromatic fragrance), U, N (into
darkness), N (a mummy leads you through the maze, so long as you are carrying the leaf to a dead
end).

E, E (huge room), N, N, U (top of stairs - you see priests in the temple through the window), LOOK
(keep typing LOOK until the priests leave), D, N (temple - the doors slam shut behind you), EXAMINE
STATUE, THROW CUBE (it lands in the fire... the room shakes... the statue cracks then turns into
Popol Vuh himself... the god asks if it is you who frees him and threatens revenge... Asher walks
into the flames to save his soul).

CONGRATULATIONS
You have solved the adventure.