THE CAIRO CONNECTION Written by Tony Rome Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version) (Start in your London executive flat), LOOK IN MIRROR (see a message written in lipstick "Borrowed your keys"), EXAMINE TABLE, GET FIVER, EXAMINE FIVER, EXAMINE SOFA, GET RAINCOAT (the telephone rings), ANSWER PHONE (hear a message), MOVE CUSHIONS, GET REVOLVER, EXAMINE REVOLVER (has one bullet left), EXAMINE WINDOW (it's raining), WEAR RAINCOAT, SEARCH RAINCOAT (you find loose change and a card), EXAMINE CHANGE, EXAMINE CARD (a complimentary rental card), N (into street), E, E, S (to newspaper stand), BUY NEWSPAPER (using the change), READ NEWSPAPER (a book of matches falls out), GET MATCHES, EXAMINE MATCHES, W, N, W, W, S, W. S (taxi rank), ENTER TAXI (the driver asks where to), HEATHROW AIRPORT (you arrive), PAY CABBIE (using the fiver... you get out), N (airport lounge), E (departure lounge), INVENTORY (you are now carrying a briefcase), EXAMINE BRIEFCASE (it has a combination lock), OPEN BRIEFCASE (set the combination), 43627 (you find a knife and a banknote), E (onto flight B125 - note it must be this flight to Cairo and not the earlier one to Hong Kong), E (onto the plane - destination Cairo), WAIT (the plane takes off... you are over the Alps), WAIT, WAIT (cruising... you are over the Mediterranean Sea), WAIT, WAIT (cursing... you arrive at Cairo Airport). E (customs where your briefcase is confiscated), S (outside), E (small bar), BUY DRINK (using the banknote... you get a coin in change), W, W, W (car rental office), RENT CAR (a salesman shows you a red Ferrari), GET FERRARI, EXAMINE FERRARI, PUSH ACCELERATOR (you are on a one-way highway travelling at 10 mph), PUSH ACCELERATOR (now 30 mph), PUSH ACCELERATOR (speed now 50 mph - a black Mercedes is behind you), WAIT (the man in the Mercedes aims a shotgun at you), PUSH ACCELERATOR (now 70 mph - the Mercedes is still behind you), PUSH ACCELERATOR (speed is 110 mph - a sharp bend is ahead), PUSH BRAKE, PUSH BRAKE, PUSH BRAKE (down to 30 mph), WAIT (you approach the bend... you arrive at the Pyramid Motel... a car rental executive greets you and takes the Ferrari). E (into motel foyer), S (bedroom - you sleep... next morning you wake), EXAMINE WALLS (see picture of Stalin), N (foyer), W (car park), S (north/south road), S (dusty track), E (outside temple), GIVE COIN TO MONKEY (the photographer takes your photo and gives you a ticket), EXAMINE TICKET (No. 497), E (beach), EXAMINE PARASOLS (many different shades, colours and patterns), EXAMINE STRIPED PARASOL (sitting underneath is a bearded man), WAIT (he rises and leaves, dropping a disc), GET DISC, EXAMINE DISC (a security pass). D (bottom of steps), N (shaft), SEARCH SHAFT, GET ROPE, EXAMINE ROPE, U (you can't reach the ladder), S, U (back to beach), N (iron gate), E (outside temple), U (kiosk - a notice says "Collect your snaps here"), GIVE TICKET (you are handed a photo), EXAMINE PHOTO, D, E (outside tomb), E (a guard bars your way), GIVE DISC (the guard salutes you), E (into a large vault), PRESS STAR (there is a grinding noise and you find yourself in a small concealed chamber - a handmade bomb here is ticking and has only 30 seconds to detonation), CUT RED WIRE (it stops ticking), SEARCH CHAMBER (you find the microfilm), GET MICROFILM, EXAMINE MICROFILM (of vital national importance), TIE ROPE TO RAIL, D (bottom of shaft), S (bottom of steps - the bearded man is here with a shotgun), SHOOT MAN (he had it coming), U (beach - your Chief of Staff is on the beach to meet you.... you give him the microfilm). WELL DONE ADVENTURER Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/ ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com