EYE OF ZOLTON
Solution
Notes:
1. You are limited to a total of 5 items carried at a time, and the
bucket and water count as 2.
2. The 5 sacred objects are crown, Excalibur, harp, orb and shield. The
other treasures are armour, book, chalice, coins, diamonds, ring, rubies
and sceptre.
Start in a woodcutter's hut, and can see a box which you can't open at
the moment. INVENTORY (nothing), S, S, E, READ SIGN (warning not to stray
from the path), E (castle wall), HELP, SAY PASSWORD (transported inside
castle).
U, N, E, E, N, N (kitchen), E (store-room), TAKE SHOVEL, W, N (cupboard),
TAKE TORCH, S, S, S, S, E (wizard's library), TAKE BOOK, LOOK (see a
secret passage), DROP BOOK (for later), GO PASSAGE, N (opposite direction
to arrow), E, S, TAKE rusty KEYS, S, W (library), W, UNLOCK DOOR (need
rusty keys), W (wizard's bedroom), TAKE EYE, RUB EYE, TAKE MATCHES, LIGHT
TORCH, DROP MATCHES, E, N, W, W, S, S, D, S, W (door locked), UNLOCK DOOR
(need rusty keys), DROP KEYS, W (armoury), E, D, S (open chamber), DIG
(need shovel), LOOK (see magic ring), TAKE RING, RUB RING (genie appears
and drops something), LOOK (see a scroll), TAKE SCROLL, READ SCROLL (#1),
DROP SCROLL, N, U, W, TAKE EXCALIBUR, E, N, U, N, N, E, E, D, E (dusty
room), READ SIGN (#2), W, U, S, E (library), GO PASSAGE, N, E, S, E, E,
READ PLAQUE (need lit torch), DROP TORCH, SAY MINOTAUR (transported back
to outside the castle), W, W, N, W (end of canyon), DROP SHOVEL, THROW
EYE (it glows, enters the groove in the door, then the eye and door
disappear), GO CAVERN (inside Temple of Zolton), DROP EXCALIBUR (+30
points), DROP RING (+10 points). [score = 40/270]
S, E, S, E, E, S (tall trees - note rubies for later), W, TAKE small KEY,
W, N, E, SAY PASSWORD, U, N, E, E, S, W (wizard's bedroom), UNLOCK
WARDROBE (need small key), LOOK, TAKE GLOVES, E, S, D (dungeon), S, U, U
(top of tower), N (almost empty room), TAKE ORB (must be carrying the
gloves), S, D, D, N, U, N, N, N (main hall), TAKE CHALICE, S, S, E, GO
PASSAGE, N, E, S, E, E, SAY MINOTAUR (outside castle), S (tall trees),
TAKE RUBIES, N, W, W, N, W, GO CAVERN, DROP CHALICE (+20 points), DROP
ORB (+60 points), DROP RUBIES (+10 points) [score = 130/270]
S, DROP GLOVES, E, S, E, E, SAY PASSWORD, U, N, E, E, N, N (kitchens),
TAKE BEANS, E (store-room), TAKE BUCKET (broom is a red herring), W, S,
S, W, W, S, S, D, S, W (armoury), TAKE SHIELD, E, N, U, N, N, E, E, S, E,
GO PASSAGE, N, E, S, E, E, SAY MINOTAUR, W, W, N, N (woodcutter's hut),
UNLOCK BOX (need small key), DROP KEY, LOOK, TAKE COINS, S, S, S (beside
lake), READ SIGN, GIVE COIN (to man), N, N, W, DROP BEANS, DROP BUCKET,
GO CAVERN, DROP COINS (+5 points), S, TAKE SHOVEL, E, S, W, TAKE WOOD, E.
S, GO BOAT, ROW BOAT (need wood as paddle), S (now on island), INVENTORY
(ensure you are carrying the shield), S (need shield to blind tiger), DIG
(need shovel), LOOK (see a small hole), DROP SHOVEL, N, GO BOAT, ROW
BOAT, N, N, N, W, TAKE BUCKET, TAKE BEANS, GO CAVERN, TAKE WATER (need
bucket), DROP SHIELD (+20 points), S, E, S, S, GO BOAT, ROW BOAT, S, S,
DROP BEANS (into hole), DROP WATER, LOOK (see a giant beanstalk), DROP
BUCKET, GO BEANSTALK, U (on a cloud), S, TAKE HARP, N, D, D, N, GO BOAT,
ROW BOAT, N, DROP WOOD, N, N, W, GO CAVERN, DROP HARP (+30 points).
[score = 185/270]
S, E, S, E, E, SAY PASSWORD, U, S, D, S, W (armoury), TAKE ARMOUR, E, N,
U, N, N, E, E, S, E, TAKE BOOK, READ BOOK, READ SPELLS (see one for
"fireball"), W, S, D, S, S (dungeon cell - see scorch marks on one wall),
SAY FIREBALL (hole in wall), GO HOLE (must be carrying armour - now in
treasure room), TAKE DIAMONDS, TAKE CROWN, TAKE SCEPTRE, N, N, N, U, N,
E, GO PASSAGE, N, E, S, E, E, SAY MINOTAUR, W, W, N, W, GO CAVERN, DROP
ARMOUR (+15 points), DROP CROWN (+30 points), DROP DIAMONDS (+10 points),
DROP SCEPTRE (+15 points), DROP BOOK (+15 points). [score = 270/270]
Clue #1 - maoigntgoztxcabuqar
Clue #2 - "To escape you must get one, skip two, get one, skip one, and
start again."
This decodes as MaoIgNtgOzTxcAbUaR = MINOTAUR.
Solution by Barbara Gibb
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