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Acorn Adventure (Acorn_Adventure.txt)

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                               FAQ/Walkthrough for
                                 ACORN ADVENTURE

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GUIDE INFORMATION
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Author:   Tom Hayes
E-mail:   thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com
System:   BBC Micro
Updated:  29th March, 2011
Version:  1.1


CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Walkthrough
3. Item List
4. Map
5. Copyright Information


VERSION HISTORY
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1.1:  29th March, 2011  (Submitted to solutionarchive)
1.0:  12th April, 2009  (First version)


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1.                                Introduction

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Acorn Adventure is an interactive fiction adventure made in 1983 by CSL
Microdata. The aim is to explore the offices of Acorn and escape with four
items: an Electron, a Basic2 ROM, an Econet interface and a Teletext adapter.
Some puzzles can be quite confusing without some knowledge of the individuals
and objects associated with Acorn, but overall this is a fun little adventure.


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2.                                Walkthrough

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The game starts at the reception desk. Move NORTH to the office of M.D. GET
DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT. Move WEST to Customer Support. GET SOURCE CODE. Move
NORTH and EAST to the secretary's office. GET U.S DEALER BUSINESS CARD. Move
NORTH to the Word Processing Department. EXAMINE TORCH to see the numbers 6502.

Move WEST to the canteen. GET CUP OF COFFEE. Move EAST twice to the Public
Relations Department. GET 'ACORN USER' PRESS CARD. Move SOUTH and EAST to the
prototype laboratory. GET TELETEXT ADAPTOR. Move WEST and SOUTH to the Quality
Control Department. GET BLANK EPROM. Move NORTH four times to the Mail Order
Department. GET SPADE. Move SOUTH twice, WEST, SOUTH and WEST to the room with
the scaffolding. DIG SPADE and the monster will fall into the hole.

Move WEST to the warehouse. GET ELECTRON. Move EAST twice, NORTH, EAST, NORTH
twice and WEST to the rear exit. GET POWER PILL. EAT POWER PILL. DRINK CUP
COFFEE. Move WEST and SOUTH to the Marketing Office. OFFER DISTRIBTION CONTRACT
to Sheridan. Move WEST to the Software Support Department.

BLOW ROM. GET ROM. Move EAST, NORTH, EAST twice and SOUTH to the Export
Department. GIVE U.S. DEALER BUSINESS CARD to Herman and he will leave to look
for Chris. Move EAST to the despatch bay. GET ECONET INTERFACE. Move WEST,
NORTH and WEST to the rear exit. SAY 6502 to complete the game.


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3.                                 Item List

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'ACORN USER' PRESS CARD
  Found in the Public Relations department. It is needed to pass east from the
  board room past Chris into the prototype laboratory.


BASIC2 ROM
  Found by blowing the Basic2 Rom in the Software Support department when the
  Basic2 source code and Blank EPROM are in the inventory. It is one of the
  four important items that is counted at the end of the game.


BASIC2 SOURCE CODE
  Found in Customer Support. It is one of the items needed to make the Basic2
  Rom.


BLANK EPROM
  Found after examining the EPROM eraser in the Quality Control department. It
  is one of the items needed to make the Basic2 Rom.


CUP OF COFFEE
  Found in the canteen. After the power pill has been eaten, the cup of coffee
  is drunk to wash it down.


DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT
  Found in the office of M.D. It is offered to Williams in the Marketing
  Office.


ECONET INTERFACE
  Found in the despatch bay. It is one of the four important items that is
  counted at the end of the game.


ELECTRON
  Found in the warehouse. It is one of the four important items that is counted
  at the end of the game.


POWER PILL
  Found in the rear exit. It is eaten and is the cup of coffee is then drunk to
  swallow the power pill. After the power pill has been eaten, you can move
  south from the showroom into the marketing office.


SPADE
  Found in the Mail Order department. It is used to dig to defeat the monster
  in the room with the scaffolding.


TELETEXT ADAPTOR
  Found in the prototype laboratory. It is one of the four important items that
  is counted at the end of the game.


TORCH
  Found in the Word Processing Department. The torch can be examined to see the
  numbers 6502.


U.S. DEALER BUSINESS CARD
  Found in the secretary's office. It is given to Herman in the Export
  Department.


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4.                                    Map

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            _______*3  _______    _______
           | Show  |  | Rear  |  | Mail  |
           | Room  |--| Exit  |--| Order |
           |___ ___|  |_______|  |___ ___|
               |                     |
 _______    ___|___    _______    ___|___    _______
|Sftware|  |Mrkting|  | Dark  |  |Export |  |Desptch|
|Support|--|Office |  |Cpboard|--| Dept. |--|  Bay  |
|_______|  |_______|  |_______|  |___ ___|  |_______|
                                     |
            _______    _______    ___|___
           |       |  | Word  |  |Public |
           |Canteen|--|Process|--|Relatns|
           |_______|  |___ ___|  |___ ___|
                          |          |
 _______    _______*4  ___|___    ___|___*2  _______
| Ware- |  |Scaffld|  |Secrtry|  | Board |  |Prototp|
| house |--| Room  |--|Office |  | Room  |--|  Lab  |
|_______|  |___ ___|  |___ ___|  |___ ___|  |_______|
               |          |          |
            ___|___    ___|___    ___|___
           |Customr|  |  M.D  |  |Quality|
           |Support|--|Office |  |Control|
           |_______|  |___ ___|  |_______|
                          |
                       ___|___*1
                      |Receptn|
                      | Desk  |
                      |_______|


*1: Start point.
*2: The Acorn user press card is needed before moving east.
*3: The power pill must have been eaten before moving south.
*4: Dig with the spade to defeat the monster before moving west.


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5.                          Copyright Information

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This file is Copyright 2009-2011 Tom Hayes. As it can be difficult to keep
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