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FAQ/Walkthrough for
BORDER HARRIER
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GUIDE INFORMATION
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Author: Tom Hayes
E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com
System: ZX Spectrum
Updated: 29th March, 2011
Version: 1.1
CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Walkthrough
3. Item List
4. Point List
5. Maps
6. Copyright Information
VERSION HISTORY
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1.1: 29th March, 2011 (Submitted to solutionarchive)
1.0: 4th September, 2008 (First version)
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1. Introduction
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Border Harrier is an interactive fiction adventure that was made in 1986 by
Sole Solution Software. The year is 1579, and you are on a secret mission to
deliver a message to the King of England in Edinburgh Castle. You have been
betrayed by rebels and placed in a dungeon at the start of the game, so the
first task is to escape from the cell. After this, food must be found and
enemies must be fought to survive the journey to the city. This is a pleasant,
easy little adventure with well-drawn illustrations for some locations.
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2. Walkthrough
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The game starts in the dungeon. GET GOLD COIN. GET SWORD. DIG EARTH to reveal a
rusty key. GET RUSTY KEY. UNLOCK DOOR using the rusty key. OPEN DOOR. Move
SOUTH to the narrow corridor. LOOK to be spotted by the guard. ATTACK GUARD
until the guard is dead. Move EAST to the guard room. GET ROPE. GET MESSAGE.
Move EAST and SOUTH to enter the grocers shop.
BUY FOOD. Move NORTH three times, NORTHWEST and WEST to the farm house. EAT
FOOD. TALK FARMER to get a meal. TIE ROPE. Move UP, NORTH, DOWN and NORTHEAST
to the dark forest. LOOK to see a highwayman. ATTACK HIGHWAYMAN until he is
dead. Move NORTH twice to the old city gates. EAT MEAL. Move NORTH four times
to the sheriff's office. TALK SHERIFF. SIGN LETTER to get the letter of
permission. Move SOUTH, WEST and NORTH twice to the hall of Lady Stairs house.
LOOK to see a guard. ATTACK GUARD until he is knocked out. ATTACK GUARD again
to kill him or he will wake up while you are exploring the house. Move UP to
the study. OPEN CUPBOARD. GET PRECIOUS KEY. Move DOWN, SOUTH twice, WEST twice
and UP to the great hall. SHOW LETTER to the bodyguard to enter the throne
room. GIVE MESSAGE. GIVE PRECIOUS KEY to the king to complete the game.
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3. Item List
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BREAD
Can be bought from the baker's shop with the silver coin. It can be eaten.
FOOD
Bought with the gold coin from the grocers shop. It is eaten on the way to
the farm house.
GOLD COIN
Found in the dungeon. It is used to buy food in the grocers shop.
INTERESTING KEY
Found in the dungeon. It can be sold in the antique shop for money.
LETTER OF PERMISSION
Found in the sheriff's office by talking to the sheriff and then signing the
letter. It is shown to the bodyguard in the great hall of the castle.
MEAL
Found by talking to the farmer at the farm house. It is eaten on the way to
the city.
MESSAGE
Found in the guard room. It is given to the king in the castle.
MONEY
Found by selling the interesting key to the antique dealer. It is not used.
PRECIOUS KEY
Found in the cupboard in the study Lady Stair's house. It is given to the
king in the castle.
ROPE
Found in the guard room. It is tied so that the steep winding hill can be
climbed from the farm house.
RUSTY KEY
Found by digging the earth in the dungeon. It is used to unlock the dungeon
door.
SILVER COIN
Found in the guard room. It can be used to buy bread from the baker's shop.
SWORD
Found in the dungeon. It is used to attack the guards and the highwayman.
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4. Point List
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6 6 Kill the guard in the narrow corridor.
33 27 Get the message in the guard room.
39 6 Kill the highwayman in the dark forest.
51 12 Sign the letter in the sheriff's office.
60 9 Get the precious key from the cupboard in the study.
72 12 Enter the castle.
80 8 Show the letter to the bodyguard in the great hall.
88 8 Give the precious key to the king.
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5. Maps
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MAP 1: EAST SIDE
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_______ _______
|Sitting| | |
| Room | | Study |
|___ ___| |_______|
| __/d
___|__u/
|Hall of|
| House |
|___ ___|
|
___|___ _______ _______
| Court | |Sherrif| | Toll- |
| yard | |Office | | booth |
|___ ___| |___ ___| |___ ___|
| | |
___|___ ___|___ ___|___ _______ _______
| Lawn | | High | |Canon- | | Royal | | |
*7-|Market |--|Street | | gate |--|Stables|--|Palace |
|___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| |_______| |_______|
*6_/ | | /
___|___ | |
|Antique| | |
| Shop | | |
|_______| | |
| _|
_______*4 ___|___ _______/
| | | South | | Holy- |
*3-|Cowgate|<-|Bridge |--| road |
|_______| |___ ___| |_______|
\__ | /
\___|___ *5
| Old |
|College|
|___ ___|
*2_ |
\___|___
| City |
| Gates |
|___ ___|
|
___|___
| City |
|Outskrt|
|___ ___|
|
___|___
| Dark |
|Forest |
|_______|
__/
_______/
|Narrow |
| Track |
|___ ___|
|u
__d|___
|Mountn |
| Path |
|___ ___|
|
___|___ _______
|Winding| | Steep |
| Track | | Road |
|___ ___| |___ ___|
|d |u
__u|___*1 _______ __d|___
| Farm | | Farm | |Narrow |
| House |--| Track | | Road |
|_______| |_______| |___ ___|
\__ |
\___|___
| Hilly |
|Stretch|
|___ ___|
|
_______ ___|___
| | | North |
|Dungeon| | Road |
|___ ___| |___ ___|
| |
___|___ _______ ___|___ _______ _______
|Narrow | | Guard | |Cobbled| | Dark | | |
|Corridr|--| Room |--|Street |--| Alley |--|Tavern |
|_______| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |_______|
|
___|___
|Grocers|
| Shop |
|_______|
*1: Tie the rope before climbing up to the winding track.
*2: Leads to the Tollcross.
*3: Leads to the Market Place on map 2.
*4: East leads to Holyroad.
*5: Leads to the Cowgate.
*6: Leads to the Castle Gate on map 2.
*7: Leads to the Sloping Road on map 2.
MAP 2: WEST SIDE
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_______ _______
| Great | |Throne |
| Hall |--| Room |
|___ ___| |_______|
|d
_______ __u|___ _______
|Queens | |2ndGate| |Castle |
|Chapel |--| House |--| Gate |-*2
|_______| |_______| |_______|
_*2
_______ _______/
|Lothian| |Sloping|
| Road | | Road |
|___ ___| |_______|
| \_____________/
___|___/*3\_______ _______
| Toll- | |Cobbled| |Market |
| cross | |Street |--| Place |-*1
|_______| |_______| |___ ___|
__/ |
_______/ ___|___
| Dark | |Bakers |
| Close | | Shop |
|_______| |_______|
*1: Leads to the Cowgate on map 1.
*2: Leads to the Lawn Market on map 1.
*3: Southeast leads to the City Gates.
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6. Copyright Information
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This file is Copyright 2008-2011 Tom Hayes. As it can be difficult to keep
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