THE LABOURS OF HERAKLES
Long and Short Versions
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THE LABOURS OF HERAKLES
Written by J.Kemp (Long Version)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
FIRST LABOUR - NEMEAN LION
(Start in your own rustic house), GET BASIN, EXAMINE BASIN (empty), OUT (to a sandy clearing in
front of you house), NE (side of house), W (into the midden), SEARCH MIDDEN, GET KNIFE, OUT, SW
(back to clearing), FILL BASIN (from the well - by now you are beginning to stink because of the
smelly midden), WASH, DROP BASIN, NE, N, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae), WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (patience is a
virtue - the gates open), IN (the gates close behind you), LOOK (Mycenae lies before you), N, N, E,
E, S, E (to marble columns that flank the entrance to the royal palace), IN (King Eurystheus is
here), ASK KING (your first labour of ten is to slay the Nemean Lion - he points to a secret door),
IN (through the door back outside the gates), NW, W, N, N (olive grove), GET BRANCH (olive), EXAMINE
BRANCH (good club material), MAKE CLUB (using the knife), W (to a tranquil clearing - a statue of
Appolo is here), PRAY APPOLO (your prayer is answered), LOOK, GET BOW, GET ARROWS, E, N, W, SW, W,
SE (temple), PRAY POSIEDON ("My trawl catches more than fish"), SEARCH TEMPLE, GET NET, W,
N, N (foot of mountain), U, U, U, U (cave entrance), IN (lion's lair), NET OVER CAVE (you cover
the cave entrance with the net), HIT LION (using the club - fleeing he runs into the net and becomes
entangled), STRANGLE LION, EXAMINE LION (sharp claws), HOLD CLAW, SKIN LION, GET SKIN, WEAR SKIN (it
is now safe to enter the tunnel), IN (note if you weren't wearing the skin the walls would
collapse and crush you), D (temple), NW, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (gates of Mycenae).
SECOND LABOUR - LERNAEAN HYDRA
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (the gates open), IN, N, N, E, E, S, E (marble columns), IN (to where the king is),
ASK KING (he says "Slay the Lernaean Hydra and then return to the gates... don't enter the
city"), IN (through the hidden door back to the gates), DROP KNIFE, DROP CLUB, S, S, S, W
(river bank), SWIM RIVER, N, W (to an open air theatre), PRAY HERMES (Hermes rewards your faith),
LOOK, GET SWORD, EXAMINE SWORD (double edged), IOLAUS FOLLOW ME, E, S, SW, W, N (Shrine of Athene),
PRAY ATHENE ("A good friend must help prior to a burial"), S, S, W (into the swamp - the
hydra will appear randomly while you are in the swamp - when it does you can either FIGHT or RUN...
if you run you finish up back at the river bank.... if you fight the hydra will either retreat or
you will have to fight again), E.
S (a pond of burning sulphur is here), LIGHT ARROW (you now have some arrows tipped with burning
sulphur), W (into hydra's lair), SHOOT ARROW (the hydra slithers out), IOLAUS HELP (note this
is the only place where he will agree to help you), FIGHT (as you cut of each head Iolaus burns the
neck stump with a flaming branch to stop new heads from growing), FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT (you now see
the head and body of the hydra, but it is slowly regenerating), GET BOULDER, COVER HEAD (using the
boulder... with the immortal head buried the hydra's destruction is complete), DIP ARROW (into
the hydra's blood), INVENTORY (you have some arrows poisoned with hydra blood), E, E, W (back
to river), N, E, NE, SWIM RIVER E, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae - Copreus, messenger to the king is
here).
THIRD LABOUR - CERYNEAN HIND
ASK COPREUS ("The king commands you to capture alive the Cerynean Hind"), DROP SWORD,
LEAVE IOLAUS, NW, W, N, N, N, W, SW, W, W, NW, NW, WADE RIVER, W, NW, NW, W, N, W, W, NW, NW, NE, N,
N, W (to hill overlooking Cerynia - the Cerynean Hind is here but startled it runs away - it is now
necessary to chase it around the countryside until it tires), SW, SW, SE, S, SE, SW, S, S, SW, S, W,
S (banks of the River Ladon - the Hind is here exhausted), GET HIND (Artemis' ghostly
apparition appears and demands to know why you are stealing her stag), LABOUR FOR KING (she accepts
your reason and casts a cloud of sleep over the stag), GET STAG, N, E, N, NE, E, E, SE, E, NE
(country road), GET HARP, E, SE, E, E (marshes - flocks of malicious birds are here), S (the birds
attack and you flee), DROP HARP (leave it here for later), E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE
(gates of Mycenae), ASK COPREUS (he says give me what you have for the king), GIVE STAG.
FOURTH LABOUR - ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Bring the king the Erymanthian Boar"), NW, W, N, N, N, W, SW, W,
W, NW, NW, WADE RIVER, W, NW, NW, W, N, W, W, NW, SW, SW, S, W, W, W (Mount Phloe - a bandit here
swirls a chain above his head and challenges you to a fight), GET SOIL, THROW SOIL (Saurus is
blinded by soil in his eyes), FIGHT (blinded he falls under your attack - note it may be necessary
to repeat this command), SEARCH BANDIT (you find a leather money pouch), GET POUCH, EXAMINE POUCH
(contains two coins), GET CHAIN, N, N, W, U, U (thorny thickets, SEARCH THICKETS (hidden in the
thicket you see a boar), SHOUT (frightened the boar flees), U (the boar is here trapped in a
snowdrift), BIND BOAR, GET BOAR, D, D, D, E, S, S, E, E, E, S, E, E, SE, E, NE, E, SE, E, E, S (the
birds attack as you flee), E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (back to gates of Mycenae), GIVE
BOAR (to Copreus).
FIFTH LABOUR - CLEANING THE STABLES OF AEGIS
ASK COPREUS ("You must clean out the stables of Aegis"), DROP BOW, DROP ARROWS, NW, W, N,
N, N, IN (cottage), ASK MOLORCHUS (he says to beware of the mountain lion), GET SHOVEL, OUT, W, SW,
W, W, NW, NW, WADE RIVER, W, NW, NW, W, N, W, W, NW, SW, SW, S, S, E, E, SE, E, NE, E, SE, S (lake
shore), GET ADZE, EXAMINE ADZE (a stone headed axe), N, NW, W, SW, W, NW, W, W, N, W, W, W, W, SW,
SW, W, W, W (stables - an impassable mound of animal waste is here), EXAMINE WALL (a good flood
barrier), HIT WALL (using the Adze... it is breached in the middle), S (soft soil of the river
bank), DIG HOLE (the river bursts through the trench and the breached stable wall washing the
stables clean), NE, DROP POUCH, DROP SHOVEL, DROP ADZE (broken), E, E, NE, NE, E, E, E, E, S, E, E,
SE, E, NE, E, SE, E, E, S (the birds attack as you flee), E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE
(gates of Mycenae).
SIXTH LABOUR - DRIVING THE BIRDS FROM THE STYMPHALIAN MARSH
ASK COPREUS (he replies that you must drive the birds from the Stymphalian Marsh), NW, W, N, N, N,
W, SW, W, W, W, W, W, GET HARP, EXAMINE HARP (made of stone and has no strings), N (flocks of
malicious birds are here), BLOW HARP (at the mournful sound of the Aeolian Harp the birds fly away
in panic), DROP HARP, S, E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (gates of Mycenae).
SEVENTH LABOUR - WHITE BULL OF CRETE
ASK COPREUS ("Bring the king the White Bull of Crete"), GET BOW, GET ARROWS, NW, W, N, N,
N, W, SW, W, W, W, W, W, N, W, W, NW, W, SW, W, NW, W, W, N, W, W, W (Mount Phloe), N, N, W, IN
(cave), GET MEAT, EXAMINE MEAT (poisoned), GET FLASK (sealed), BREAK SEAL (a crowd of angry centaurs
appears), SHOOT ARROW (the centaurs flee), DROP FLASK, OUT (Cheiron your old tutor is here), EXAMINE
CHEIRON (an immortal centaur who is painfully wounded and wishes to die), E, S, S, W, SW, SW, W, W,
DROP BOW, DROP ARROWS, DROP MEAT, GET POUCH, N (Peneus River), BOARD BOAT, GET PADDLE, PADDLE BOAT,
OUT BOAT (to Ellis dock), IN (wine shop), ASK TAVERN (keeper), PAY TAVERN (keeper - he pours a
beaker of wine and departs), EXAMINE MENEDEMUS (he's thirsty), GET WINE, GIVE WINE, OUT.
BOARD BOAT, PADDLE BOAT, DROP PADDLE, OUT BOAT, S, GET BOW, GET ARROW, GET MEAT, W, W, W, W (river
estuary - a sturdy sailing ship is here), BOARD SHIP (port side), DROP BOW, DROP ARROWS, DROP MEAT,
DROP SHOVEL, DROP POUCH, STARBOARD (main deck - the sail is furled against the yard), SET SAIL (it
unfurls billowing in the wind), AFT (a rope is hanging over the side), RAISE ANCHOR, N (you are
sailing costal waters), W (into the Ionian Sea), S (Libyan Sea), E (Cretan Sea), S (you have reached
land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP (you are in the shelter of a natural
harbour), S, E, E.
S (you are standing amongst the encamped tents of the Cretan army - the King of Crete is here), ASK
KING (he offers you his red cloak), GET CLOAK, N, W, W, W, S (the White Bull of Crete is here), HOLD
HORN (you restrain the bull but cannot subdue it), LOOK (you have the bull by the horns), SING
(music hath charms to soothe the savage beast), GET BULL, N, E, N, BOARD SHIP, DROP CLOAK,
STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, N (into Cretan Sea), N, W, N (Saronic Sea), W, N, N (you
have reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP (to a natural harbour), NW, N,
N, N, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae), GIVE BULL to Copreus).
EIGHTH LABOUR - MARES OF DIOMEDES
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Steal for the King the Mares of Diomedes"), S, S, S, S, S, S, SE,
BOARD SHIP, STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S, S, E (into the Saronic Sea), N, E (through
the Cyclades), N (into the Aegaean Sea), N, N (you have reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL
SAIL, PORT, GET POUCH, LEAVE SHIP (you are in a sheltered cove bordered by cliffs), W, W, W, W, N,
N, N, W, W, N, N, W (poor quarter of city), GIVE COIN (to beggar - he says "Here horses feed on
men"), E, N, N (palace grounds), IN (palace entrance hall), U, IN (king's private
chamber), SEARCH BED (you hear footsteps outside and a guard will now be there), GET KEY (iron), OUT
WINDOW (branches of tall tree), D (palace grounds).
S, S, E, E (stables of Diomedes - horses are here chained in their stalls), EXAMINE CHAIN (a lock
secures it), UNLOCK CHAIN, GET HORSES, OUT, W, S, S, E, E, S, S, SE (the Bistone army is
approaching), S (by sea wall), KICK WALL (you run clear... the sea bursts through the wall and
floods the lowlands destroying the Bistone army), N, E, SE (sandy headland - Diomedes, King of
Thrace is here), KILL DIOMEDES, E, E (the mares become hungry), W, W, FEED MARES (they gorge
themselves on Diomedes' flesh), E, E, BOARD SHIP, DROP POUCH, DROP KEY, STARBOARD, SET SAIL,
AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S (into Aegaean Sea), S, S, W (Saronic Sea), S, W, N, N (you have reached land),
DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP, NW, N, N, N, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae), GIVE
MARES (Copreus).
NINTH LABOUR - AMAZON QUEEN'S GIRDLE
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Go! Return when you have the Amazon Queen's girdle"), S, S,
S, S, S, S, SE, BOARD SHIP, STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S, S, E, N, E, N (into the
Aegaean Sea), N, E, N (sailing the Propontis), E, N, N (into the Euxine Sea), E, E, S (you have
reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP (you are on the harbour-side faced
by a crowd of well armed Amazon warriors - the Amazon Queen is here), EXAMINE QUEEN (beautiful),
HELLO (Hippolyte boards your ship), BOARD SHIP, SMILE (the Queen smiles warmly), STARBOARD
(Hippolyte follows you), D (cabin below deck), CARE FOR QUEEN (you sink into each others arms... she
is lying as if in a dream), LOVE YOU ("to have loved and lost..." says the queen leaving),
LOOK, GET GIRDLE (Hippolyte's), U, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, N, W, W, S, S, W, S, W (into
the Aegaean Sea), S, S, W (into the Saronic Sea), S, W, N, N (you have reached land), DROP ANCHOR,
FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP, NW, N, N, N, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae), GIVE GIRDLE
(Copreus).
TENTH LABOUR - CATTLE OF GERYON
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Steal the Cattle of Geryon"), S, S, S, S, S, S, SE, BOARD SHIP,
STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S, S, E, S, E (into the Cretan Sea), S, W (into Libyan Sea),
N, W, W (through the Pillars of Herakles), N (you have reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL
SAIL, PORT, GET ARROWS, GET BOW, LEAVE SHIP (you are on a rugged rock-strewn shore), W, S, E, S
(hillside - a cowherd is here wearing a bell), GET BELL, WEAR BELL, N, E (fields - the mixed herds
of Geryon and Hades are here), WAIT (Hades cattle seek the shade as the sun shines), GET CATTLE
(Geryon's(, W, W (the triple-bodied herdsman Geryon is here), RUN (you run and outflank
Geryon), LOOK (Geryon is standing in profile), SHOOT GERYON (he is transfixed by an arrow), N, E,
BOARD SHIP, STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S, E, E, S (into Libyan Sea), E, N, W, E, W, N,
W, N, N (you have reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP, NW, N, N, N, N,
N, N (gates of Mycenae), GIVE CATTLE (Copreus).
ELEVENTH LABOUR - APPLES OF HESPERIDES
ASK COPREUS (he replies "You had help from Iolaus and the river gods, two labours I discount.
Get the apples of the Hesperides"), S, S, S, S, S, S, SE, BOARD SHIP, DROP BOW, DROP ARROWS,
DROP BELL (cow), STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S, S, E, S, E (into the Cretan Sea), S, W
(into Libyan Sea), N, W, S (you are washed overboard in a storm and anything you were carrying would
be washed away), S, W, W (you are sinking in quicksand), SWIM (back to soft sand), E, E, S, E, E
(Antaeus the wrestler is here), EXAMINE ANTAEUS (he is covered in soil), LIFT ANTAEUS (you are now
carrying him), STRANGLE ANTAEUS (he weakens and succumbs), DROP ANTAEUSl, N (estuary - note the ship
is here), BOARD SHIP, GET MEAT, LEAVE SHIP, GET JAVELIN, S, W, W, N, W, W, S, S, S, W.
W (a griffon vulture is here), FEED VULTURE (poisoned the vulture flaps away to die), E, E, S, S (to
where Prometheus is bound to a rock), FREE PROMETHEUS ("You must name one who will die
instead" demands Zeus), CHEIRON ("You cannot steal the apples" says Prometheus, now
freed), N, N, N, N, N, E, E, S, S, W, W, SE, SW (south of wall), CLIMB TREE (you see an apple tree
and a dragon in a garden), THROW JAVELIN (the dragon is now dead), D, NE, NW, E, E, S, U, U (summit
- Atlas is here carrying the celestial globe), GET GLOBE (he leaves then returns), LOOK (he is
carrying some apples), SWAP GLOBE (he is now carrying the globe again and you have the apples), D,
D, N, N, E, E, N, BOARD SHIP, STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, N, E, S, E (Cretan Sea), N, W,
N, W, N, N (you have reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP, NW, N, N, N,
N, N, N (gates of Mycenae), GIVE APPLES (Copreus).
TWELFTH LABOUR - DOG OF HADES
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Deliver here the dog of Hades"), S, S, S, S, S, S, SE, BOARD
SHIP, STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT, RAISE ANCHOR, S, S, E, N, E, N, N (Aegaean Sea), E, N, E, N, N
(Euxine Sea), E, S (you have reached land), DROP ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP (you
are on the Acherusian Peninsular), EXAMINE UNDERGROWTH (you see a cave but don't enter yet as
it's dark), S, S (shrine - a fallen statue is here), STAND STATUE, GET THUNDERBOLT, EXAMINE
THUNDERBOLT (it glows), N, N, IN (cave to a gloomy tunnel), D, D (bank of the River Stix - a ferry
boat is here), BOARD BOAT (Charon looks on sadly as you stand in his boat), SCOWL (Charon will take
you now), CROSS RIVER (Charon guides the ferry), OUT BOAT, E.
E (into Hades domain), E, E (before throne of Hades - Hades and his Queen are here), W, W, N, E, U
(Cave of Acone - Cerberus is here fastened by a chain to the cave wall), CHOKE DOG (he is subdued),
PULL CHAIN (you break the chain, freeing the dog who licks your hand in friendship), GET DOG, OUT
(you are in a thick wood by the entrance to a cave), N, W, N, BOARD SHIP, STARBOARD, SET SAIL, AFT,
RAISE ANCHOR, N, W, S, S, W, S, W (Aegaean Sea), S, S, W, S, W, N, N (you have reached land), DROP
ANCHOR, FORWARD, FURL SAIL, PORT, LEAVE SHIP, NW, N, N, N, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae), GIVE DOG
(Copreus).
ENDING
ASK COPREUS (he replies "On behalf of the King, I declare all your labours completed"...
Zeus declares you fit to be an Immortal, Mount Olympus awaits you).
You have scored 100%
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THE LABOURS OF HERAKLES
Written by J.Kemp (Short Version - 6 Labours)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
Note
* This is the shortened version. Parts of the adventure relate to the longer game, ie. the joint of
meat, sealed flask and the arrow tipped with hydra's blood.
* The difference between this version and the longer one with more labours, is that extra items can
now be examined and often the messages are more descriptive.
Walk Through
FIRST LABOUR - NEMEAN LION
(Start in your own rustic house), GET BASIN, EXAMINE BASIN (empty), OUT (to a sandy clearing in
front of you house), NE (side of house), W (into the midden - you see something glinting), SEARCH
MIDDEN, GET KNIFE, OUT, SW (back to clearing - although it doesn't say so there is a well
here), EXAMINE WELL, GET WATER (in the basin - by now you are beginning to smell because of the
smelly midden), WASH, DROP BASIN, NE, S, GET LOIN (loin-cloth), WEAR LOIN (loin-cloth), N, N, N, N,
N (gates of Mycenae), EXAMINE GATES (closed to the impatient), WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (patience is a
virtue - the gates open), IN (the gates close behind you), LOOK (Mycenae lies before you), N, N, E,
E, S, E (to marble columns that flank the entrance to the royal palace), IN (King Eurystheus is
here), ASK KING (your first labour of ten is to slay the Nemean Lion - he points to a secret door),
IN (through the door back outside the gates), NW, W, N, N (olive grove), GET BRANCH (olive), EXAMINE
BRANCH (could be a real stunner), MAKE CLUB (using the knife), W (to a tranquil clearing - a statue
of Appolo is here), PRAY APPOLO (the sky clears and Apollo's gifts are set before you), LOOK,
GET BOW, GET ARROWS, EXAMINE ARROWS, E, N, W, SW, W, SE (temple), PRAY POSIEDON ("Use my net
for a lion's share of the catch"), SEARCH TEMPLE, GET NET, EXAMINE NET, W, N, N (foot of
mountain).
U, U, U, U (cave entrance), IN (lion's lair), EXAMINE LION, NET OVER CAVE (you cover the cave
entrance with the net), HIT LION (using the club - fleeing he runs into the net and becomes
entangled), STRANGLE LION (in it's death throws it rips your loin cloth to shreds), EXAMINE
LION (sharp claws), EXAMINE CLAW (very sharp), HOLD CLAW, SKIN LION, GET SKIN, EXAMINE SKIN (in
death it retains it's invulnerability), WEAR SKIN (it is now safe to enter the tunnel), IN
(note if you weren't wearing the skin the walls would collapse and crush you), D (temple), NW,
E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (gates of Mycenae).
SECOND LABOUR - LERNAEAN HYDRA
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (the gates open), IN, N, N, E, E, S, E (marble columns), IN (to where the king is),
ASK KING (he says "Slay the Lernaean Hydra and then return to the gates... don't enter the
city"), IN (through the hidden door back to the gates), DROP KNIFE, DROP CLUB, S, S, S, W
(river bank), EXAMINE RIVER, SWIM RIVER (anything you are carrying is swept away), SW, S, S, S, S
(your belongings are here), GET BOW, GET ARROWS, GET SKIN (lion), WEAR SKIN, N, N, N, N, NE, N, W
(to an open air theatre - a statue wearing a winged helmet is here), PRAY HERMES (the statue's
outline shimmers and fades... Hermes stands before you and offers his sword), GET SWORD, EXAMINE
SWORD (double edged).
EXAMINE IOLAUS (a good friend who may help you), IOLAUS FOLLOW ME, E, S, SW, W, N (Shrine of
Athene), PRAY ATHENE ("The prey you seek you cannot hunt alone"), S, S, W (into the swamp
- the hydra will appear randomly while you are in the swamp - when it does you can either FIGHT or
RUN... if you run you finish up back at the river bank.... if you fight the hydra will either
retreat or you will have to fight again), E.
S (a pond of burning sulphur is here), EXAMINE POND, LIGHT ARROW (you now have some arrows tipped
with burning sulphur), W (into hydra's lair), SHOOT ARROW (the flaming arrow penetrates the
dark hollow of the tree and the hydra slithers out), IOLAUS HELP (note this is the only place where
he will agree to help you), FIGHT (as you cut of each head Iolaus burns the neck stump with a
flaming branch to stop new heads from growing), FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT (you now see the head and body
of the hydra, but it is slowly regenerating), DIP ARROW (into the hydra's blood), INVENTORY
(you have some arrows poisoned with hydra blood - note in this version this is for score only), E,
E, W (back to river), N, E, NE, SWIM RIVER E, N, N, N (gates of Mycenae - Copreus, messenger to the
king is here).
THIRD LABOUR - CERYNEAN HIND
ASK COPREUS ("The king commands you to capture alive the Cerynean Hind"), LEAVE IOLAUS,
DROP SWORD, LEAVE IOLAUS, NW, W, N, N, N, W, SW, W, W, NW, NW, WADE RIVER, W, NW, NW, W, N, W, W,
NW, NW, NE, N, N, W (to hill overlooking Cerynia - the Cerynean Hind is here but startled it runs
away - it is now necessary to chase it around the countryside until it tires), SW, SW, SE, S (stream
bed - again the Hind runs off), SE, SW, S, S (fork in the path - it runs again), SW, S (town of
Thelpusa - it runs again), W (to farmed slopes of a hill - it runs yet again), S (banks of the River
Ladon - the Hind is here exhausted), GET HIND (Artemis' ghostly apparition appears and demands
to know why you are stealing her stag), LABOUR FOR KING (she accepts your reason and casts a cloud
of sleep over the stag), GET STAG, EXAMINE STAG.
N, E, N, NE, E, E, SE, E, NE (country road), GET HARP, E, SE, E, E (marshes - flocks of malicious
birds are here), S (the birds attack and you flee), DROP HARP (leave it here for later), E, E, E, E,
E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (gates of Mycenae), ASK COPREUS (he says give me what you have for the
king), GIVE STAG.
FOURTH LABOUR - ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Bring the king the Erymanthian Boar"), NW, W, N, N, N, W, SW, W,
W, NW, NW, WADE RIVER, W, NW, NW, W, N, W, W, NW, SW, SW, S, W, W, W (Mount Phloe - a bandit here
swirls a chain above his head and challenges you to a fight), GET SOIL, THROW SOIL (you take him by
surprise and the soil strikes him in the face), HIT BANDIT (blinded he falls under your attack),
SEARCH BANDIT (you find a leather money pouch), GET POUCH, EXAMINE POUCH (contains two coins), GET
CHAIN, EXAMINE CHAIN (has exceptional strength),N, N, W, U, U (thorny thickets, SEARCH THICKETS
(hidden in the thicket you see a boar), SHOUT (frightened the boar flees), U (the boar is here
trapped in a snowdrift), CHAIN BOAR, GET BOAR, D, D, D, E, S, S, E, E, E, S, E, E, SE, E, NE, E, SE,
E, E, S (the birds attack as you flee), E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (back to gates of
Mycenae), ASK COPREUS ("Give me what you have for the king), GIVE BOAR.
FIFTH LABOUR - CLEANING THE STABLES OF AEGIS
ASK COPREUS ("You must clean out the stables of Aegis"), DROP BOW, DROP ARROWS, NW, W, N,
N, N, IN (cottage), ASK MOLORCHUS (he says to beware of the mountain lion), GET SHOVEL, EXAMINE
SHOVEL, OUT, W, SW, W, W, NW, NW, WADE RIVER, W, NW, NW, W, N, W, W, NW, SW, SW, S, S, E, E, SE, E,
NE, E, SE, S (lake shore), GET ADZE, EXAMINE ADZE (a stone headed axe), N, NW, W, SW, W, NW, W, W,
N, W, W, W, W, SW, SW, W, W.
W (stables - an impassable mound of animal waste is here), EXAMINE MOUND, EXAMINE WALL (prevents the
stable from becoming flooded), HIT WALL (using the Adze... it is breached in the middle), EXAMINE
WALL, S (soft soil of the river bank), DIG (you dig away the river bank and the river floods the
land... it surges through the breach in the stable wall... you watch the cleansing of the stables
from higher ground), NE, DROP POUCH, DROP SHOVEL, DROP ADZE (broken), E, E, NE, NE, E, E, E, E, S,
E, E, SE, E, NE, E, SE, E, E, S (the birds attack as you flee), E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE
(gates of Mycenae).
SIXTH LABOUR - DRIVING THE BIRDS FROM THE STYMPHALIAN MARSH
ASK COPREUS (he replies that you must drive the birds from the Stymphalian Marsh), NW, W, N, N, N,
W, SW, W, W, W, W, W, GET HARP, EXAMINE HARP (made of stone and has no strings), N (flocks of
malicious birds are here), BLOW HARP (at the mournful sound of the Aeolian Harp the birds fly away
in panic), DROP HARP, S, E, E, E, E, E, NE, E, S, S, S, E, SE (gates of Mycenae).
FINAL TRIAL
ASK COPREUS (he replies "Prepare for your next trial and meet me at the harbour at Nauplia and
have a boat ready"), GET BOW, GET ARROWS, NW, W, N, N, N, W, SW, W, W, W, W, W, N, W, W, NW, W,
SW, W, NW, W, W, N, W, W, W (Mount Phloe), N, N, W, IN (cave), GET MEAT, EXAMINE MEAT (poisoned),
GET FLASK (sealed), EXAMINE FLASK (full of wine), BREAK SEAL (a crowd of angry centaurs appears),
SHOOT ARROW (the centaurs flee), DROP FLASK, OUT (Cheiron your old tutor is here), EXAMINE CHEIRON
(an immortal centaur who is painfully wounded and wishes to die), E, S, S, W, SW, SW, W, W, DROP
BOW, DROP ARROWS, DROP MEAT, GET POUCH, N (Peneus River), BOARD BOAT, GET PADDLE, PADDLE BOAT, OUT
BOAT (to Ellis dock), IN (wine shop), ASK TAVERNEER, BUY WINE (he pours a beaker of wine and
departs), ASK MENEDEMUS (he invites you to join him in a drink), GET WINE, EXAMINE MENEDEMUS
(he's singing a song, something about praying for rain in a land you've never heard of),
OUT.
BOARD BOAT, PADDLE BOAT, DROP PADDLE, OUT BOAT, S, GET BOW, GET ARROW, GET MEAT, W, W, W, W (river
estuary - a small single masted boat is here), BOARD BOAT (you find yourself in a natural harbour),
ASK COPREUS (he congratulates you on completing six labours which no other man has ever done... from
now on the king will try hard to ensure your future tasks are truly impossible).
ENDING
Greatest of Heroes you have completed the first six of the labours you must fulfil to become
immortal. Truly you are one who may walk with the gods, but not yet. You have won your way through
to greater perils and tougher challenges, for now you must sail far from these shores to distant
lands. Your destiny is written, it only waits for you to fulfil it by taking your VOYAGES TO
IMMORTALITY.
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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