BACK TO THE PRESENT
William Quinn
Walk-through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
PART 1
(Start in the centre of a shed), GET ORGANISER, EXAMINE ORGANISER (a discus shaped computer -
batteries included), OUT (back garden - a compact disc is here, leave it), THROW ORGANISER, LOOK
(you now see a battery), GET BATTERY, EXAMINE BATTERY, IN, EXAMINE time DISTORTER (the battery is
missing), INSERT BATTERY (into the distorter), EXAMINE MACHINE, PRESS BUTTON (the machine powers up
and a voice speaks), CLIMB ABOARD (you are transported to World War II).
EXAMINE BUSHES (see some tape caught in them), GET TAPE, EXAMINE TAPE (it is insulating tape), S
(you are caught by a guard and taken to a small cell), EXAMINE BED (underneath is some chewing gum),
GET GUM, EXAMINE GUM, CHEW GUM, N (into corridor), INVENTORY (you have a blob), E (into recreation
room), EXAMINE MAN (his false teeth keep falling out), GIVE BLOB (he thanks you and gives you a
present), INVENTORY (it was a small statue), EXAMINE STATUE, S (by hut), GO SHED, GET SPADE, EXAMINE
SPADE, OUT, N, W (to corridor), HIT GUARD (using the spade), EXAMINE GUARD (out cold), GET UNIFORM,
EXAMINE UNIFORM, WEAR UNIFORM, E.
S (by hut), EXAMINE FENCE (you see an open gate), EXAMINE GATE, GO GATE (to outer perimeter),
EXAMINE LEVER (it is electrified), STICK TAPE (around the lever), PULL LEVER (the gate swings open),
GO GATE (to other side of the fence), EXAMINE DRAWBRIDGE, EXAMINE WOODLAND, EXAMINE MUSHROOMS (you
knock one from its stem), GET MUSHROOM, EXAMINE MUSHROOM, GO GATE (to outer perimeter), E (by hut),
GIVE MUSHROOM (the guard gives you a cigar), EXAMINE CIGAR, GO GATE, GO GATE.
E (before old hut), EXAMINE BUSH (it is dry with a thick branch behind leaves), BURN LEAVES (using
the cigar), EXAMINE BUSH (with the leaves burnt away a strong branch is revealed), CLIMB BRANCH (you
are on a winding village road), READ SIGN, EXAMINE FAMILY, S, SE (to back of church), TALK VICAR,
SELL STATUE (the vicar gives you some money), NW, E (into shop), TALK OWNER (he offers you some
gloves), BUY GLOVES, WEAR GLOVES, GET GLASSES, EXAMINE GLASSES (reading specs), W, SE (to back of
church), EXAMINE TAPESTRY (there is a booth behind it), GO BOOTH (somebody behind the grill asks for
the codeword), READ WRITING (goodgrief), SAY GOODGRIEF (a trapdoor opens and you fall through to a
tunnel), EXAMINE RAT (hungry).
W (to beside factory), EXAMINE GLASS (you find something), LOOK (it's a spinning top), GET TOP,
EXAMINE TOP, PRESS TOP, GO TRAPDOOR, U, OUT, NW, N (to village road), EXAMINE FAMILY (the children
look bored), GIVE TOP (they give you something to eat), INVENTORY (it was a cake), S, SE, GO BOOTH,
SAY GOODGRIEF, EXAMINE RAT (it sits on top of something - may be hungry), THROW CAKE, LOOK (you see
a box), GET BOX, EXAMINE BOX (it's a first aid kit), OPEN BOX, INVENTORY (you now have some
bandages), U, OUT, NW, EXAMINE GUARD (he complains about his bunions), GIVE BANDAGES, LOOK (you see
boots), GET BOOTS, EXAMINE BOOTS, WEAR BOOTS, SE, GO BOOTH, SAY GOODGRIEF, W.
NW (to field), EXAMINE PLANES, GO PLANE (the pilot tells you it is a suicide mission, do you want to
stay or leave?), GET PARACHUTE, EXAMINE PARACHUTE, WEAR PARACHUTE, STAY (you set off and in mid air
the pilot gets you and jumps out of the plane with you... you pull the ripcord and float gently down
to earth... you land next to your time machine), EXAMINE MACHINE (it doesn't work), KICK
MACHINE (it springs to life), GO IN (the codeword for part 2 is BACKTOTHEPAST).
PART 2
(Start in the remains of your garden), GET WOOD, EXAMINE WOOD (leave the boots), S (to rough
ground), EXAMINE DOMES, E (to stream), EXAMINE STREAM, EXAMINE BRIDGE (lit by lightening and has a
gap in the middle), PUT WOOD (across the gap), TALK CHILD (she has been expecting you and gives you
and gives you something), INVENTORY (it was a metal tube), EXAMINE TUBE (a weapon of some kind),
TALK CHILD,
GO BRIDGE (to entrance to larger dome).
EXAMINE MAN, GO DOME (to entrance hall), EXAMINE MACHINE, S (into corridor), W (to dentist), EXAMINE
CHAIR, GET MIRROR, EXAMINE MIRROR, E, E (to personal room), GET TORCH, EXAMINE TORCH (it
automatically lights when held), EXAMINE PHOTOGRAPH (it looks like you), W, S (into museum), EXAMINE
GUIDE, REMOVE UNIFORM, GIVE UNIFORM (you swap it for a rocket launcher), EXAMINE LAUNCHER (lethal).
E (there is a closed door east, by it is a small metal disc), EXAMINE DISC, PRESS THUMB (the door
slides open and you enter the central power system), EXAMINE GENERATOR, S, SE, CLIMB LADDER (to
amongst pipes), GET PLIERS, D, NW, N, EXAMINE FENCE (electrified), EXAMINE PLIERS (rubber grip), CUT
FENCE (using the pliers), LOOK (you see a bucket), GET BUCKET, W, N, W (to dentists), FILL BUCKET
(with water), E, S, PRESS THUMB, S.
E (to anti-gravity room... you are floating above a table containing objects but you can't
reach them), DROP MIRROR, FIRE TUBE (light shoots out defects off the mirror and knocks something
off the table), LOOK (you see two tokens), GET TOKENS, EXAMINE TOKENS (local currency), W, SE (into
a dark tunnel), EXAMINE OPERATOR (tokens please), GIVE TOKENS (you climb aboard and strap yourself
in... at the end of the tunnel you see HIM), EXAMINE HIM (it's the other time traveller trying
to mend his machine), FIRE LAUNCHER (he tries to throw something but the rocket blows him away),
LOOK (see a spanner), GET SPANNER, EXAMINE SPANNER, EXAMINE KIOSK, BUY PAPER (one token), READ
PAPER, GO CAR.
NW, N, W, N (to corridor), EXAMINE MACHINE (it's a food and drink machine but it is out of
order), HIT MACHINE (using the spanner - something is dispensed), LOOK, GET BOTTLE, EXAMINE BOTTLE
(it is sealed and you can't open it), W (to dentists), DRILL BOTTLE (the contents spill onto
the floor), E, E, E (to bedroom), EXAMINE fluffy CAT (leave it), EXAMINE CABINET (it is shut tight),
EXAMINE PAPER (the print rubs off onto your thumbs), PRESS THUMB (the cabinet opens), EXAMINE
CABINET (it is shut tight), LOOK (you see a cloth), GET CLOTH, EXAMINE CLOTH, W, W, S, PRESS THUMB
(access is restricted... your prints have changed and you are barred to the outer zone), GET ROCK,
EXAMINE ROCK (heavy), S (to wasteland), THROW ROCK (you hit the plant), LOOK, GET POD, EXAMINE POD,
E (your eyes spy you!), EXAMINE YOU (it's your time machine), PLANT POD, GO IN (inside the time
machine you see a huge leaf), GET LEAF, EXAMINE LEAF (very rubbery), GO IN (to wasteland), W, N (to
outer zone), DROP LEAF, JUMP LEAF (you bounce off it and end up back at the stream), CLEAN THUMBS
(in the stream), GO BRIDGE.
RETURNING TO TIME MACHINE - GO DOME, S, S, PRESS THUMB, S, SE, CLIMB LADDER (to among pipes), COVER
PIPES (with the cloth... you move along a bit further and pick something up), INVENTORY (it was a
food carton), EXAMINE CARTON, D, NW, N, W, N, N (to entrance hall), DROP CARTON (as the machine
floats down you grab something before it floats back up), INVENTORY (you have a ringpull), EXAMINE
RINGPULL, E, N (to stream), FILL CONTAINER (with dirty water), INVENTORY (you now have toxic waste),
W, N (to remains of garden), EXAMINE MACHINE (needs the ring pull to fix it), INSERT RINGPULL (you
set off for home..... codeword for part three is FRONTTOBACK).
PART 3
(Start in your garden), N (you are thrown into a neighbouring dimension... you are by the stream),
GET rocket LAUNCHER, EXAMINE STREAM (the bridge is in good condition), GO BRIDGE (to before power
plant_), READ SIGN, E (to your street - note the sign "for bus enquiries telephone 323912), GET
FLARE, EXAMINE FLARE, FIRE LAUNCHER (at what?), AT AIRSHIP (a man jumps out with a parachute),
EXAMINE RUBBLE, LOOK (see parachute, legs and a tin opener), GET PARACHUTE, EXAMINE PARACHUTE (it
has a ripcord), WEAR PARACHUTE, EXAMINE LEGS, GET tin OPENER, EXAMINE OPENER.
S (to underpass), EXAMINE POSTERS, S (to street), GET DUSTER, EXAMINE DUSTER, N, N, DUST COBWEBS
(something falls off a pensioner), LOOK, GET hearing AID, EXAMINE AID, S, S, D (to bottom of hill),
JUMP LEAF (you fall into the pit), LIGHT FLARE (you see an object falling alongside you and grab
it), PULL RIPCORD (on the parachute... you float down gently to teleport room), INVENTORY (the
object you picked up on the way down was a spade), EXAMINE SPADE, GET teleport PAD, EXAMINE PAD
(it's a portable teleport pad which can be dropped in a certain location so you can teleport to
it), EXAMINE MAN (he needs to go to the bathroom but can't get the armour off), GIVE OPENER
(when he returns he gives you a present), INVENTORY (you now have hover boots), EXAMINE BOOTS (there
is a small button), EXAMINE WOMAN (she is hard of hearing), GIVE hearing AID (while fumbling around
she drops something), LOOK, GET CANDLE, EXAMINE CANDLE (lit), S, EXAMINE BOOK.
HILL - E (into pub), EXAMINE CHILDREN, EXAMINE JUKEBOX, EXAMINE BAR (you knock something down),
LOOK, GET GLASS, EXAMINE GLASS, W, N (to teleport room), EXAMINE DESK (you can teleport to (1)
outside and (2) God knows...), 1 (you are at the bottom of the hill), U (to street), WEAR BOOTS,
PRESS BUTTON (you rocket to the ledge), GET CONTROLLER, EXAMINE CONTROLLER (for use with the
teleport pad), INSERT PAD, TELEPORT (you are in the phone box... the phone rings), ANSWER PHONE, GET
PAD, GET CLOTH, EXAMINE CLOTH, PHONE 323912 (you complain about everything and a voice says they
will see what they can do), INSERT PAD, TELEPORT (you are on the peak of the mountain), GET PAD, D
(to street, D (to bottom of hill).
JUMP LEAF (into the pit), PULL RIPCORD (to teleport room), DROP PAD, 2 (you are standing on a
battlefield), GET starter PISTOL, EXAMINE PISTOL, S (to picnic table), EXAMINE picnic BASKET, LOOK,
GET NET, EXAMINE NET, TELEPORT (to teleport room), 1 (to bottom of hill), U, N, N (to your street
where you now see a bus since you made the phone call), W, W (to stream), FISH (using the net),
LOOK, GET TROUT, EXAMINE TROUT, TELEPORT, 2 (to battlefield), GIVE TROUT (to the whale... you are
handed something), INVENTORY (it was a plaster), EXAMINE PLASTER (a band-aid), TELEPORT, 1 (to
bottom of hill), U (to street), USE CLOTH (you wrap it around the greasy sword, but a spring pulls
it back and you hit the rock and start bleeding), FILL GLASS (with your blood), STICK PLASTER (to
stop the bleeding).
TELEPORT, 2 (to battlefield), S (to picnic table where a family is eating a corpse), GIVE GLASS (of
blood... he leaves), GO CAR (you drive to a car park where there is a shrine), DIG (using the
spade), LOOK, GET BONE, EXAMINE BONE (oddly shaped), TELEPORT, 1 (to bottom of hill), U, N.
N (to street), GO BUS (you drive yourself to a theatre), EXAMINE ACTORS, EXAMINE DOGS, GIVE BONE
(the dogs now like you), HELP (you join the cast.... then leave a little heavier than before),
INVENTORY (you now have a ladder), EXAMINE LADDER, TELEPORT, 2 (to battlefield), S, GO CAR (you
drive to the car park), W (to outside a block of flats), EXAMINE HOLE, EXAMINE FLATS, DROP LADDER,
CLIMB LADDER (into a tall castle coffin lined room), EXAMINE COFFIN, S (to staircase), READ SIGN
(zoo closed for repairs), EXAMINE HOLE (you pull something out), LOOK (it was a tiny pink live
elephant), EXAMINE ELEPHANT, GET ELEPHANT.
TELEPORT, 1 (to bottom of hill), U, N (to underpass), GET ANTIMATTER, EXAMINE ANTIMATTER (it needs
light to remain in a stable condition), TELEPORT, S, E (to pub... the elephant catches the peanuts
and you now see a large elephant which stays with you), TELEPORT, 2 (to battlefield), S, GO CAR (to
carpark), W (to outside flats), CLIMB LADDER (*****just picture the elephant doing this*****), U (to
wooden platform), EXAMINE BOOKS, FIRE PISTOL (the elephant charges and you go through to a market
square). The password for part 4 is XMAS PRESENT.
PART 4
(Start in a playground), INVENTORY (you are carrying a candle, a pistol and antimatter), EXAMINE
ELEPHANT, GO SLIDE (to outside flats), S, E, S, S, W (to motorway tunnel), W (to motorway station
where you see an ice-cream van), EXAMINE VAN, EXAMINE HADDOCK, ROB VAN (using the pistol), GET
MONEY, EXAMINE MONEY, E, E (to field), GO HUT (to courtroom), EXAMINE JURY, BRIBE JURY (you should
be safe now), N (to newsagents), GET MAGAZINE (you are brought before the court for stealing but are
let off), N (to newsagents), GET BADGE, EXAMINE BADGE (of Madonna - you throw it away but keep the
pin).
S, S, S (to riverside), GET HEADSCARF, EXAMINE HEADSCARF, N, GO HUT, N, W (to outdoor youth club),
EXAMINE HEADS (the man in front has a baseball cap), SWAP HEADSCARF (for the cap), EXAMINE CAP, E,
S, S, W, W, S (you are walking across a log), GET STRING, EXAMINE STRING, S, S, E, S (into a
classroom where you meet Bostock), EXAMINE BOSTOCK (he challenges you to a fight), FIGHT BOSTOCK
(the cap saves you and you take his anorak), GET ANORAK, EXAMINE ANORAK, WEAR ANORAK, N (to school
assembly hall), GET FRIES, EXAMINE FRIES, W, N, N, N, E, E, GO HUT, N (to newsagents), GO DOOR (to
outside back door), S (into dwarfs hut), GET MIRROR, N, GO DOOR.
S, S, S (to riverside), GO BOAT (the S. S Titanic), EXAMINE ALIENS (they are holding two people
captive under the trolley), SHOW MIRROR (you untie the hostages), LOOK (you see two officers),
EXAMINE OFFICERS (they give you a gift for saving their lives), LOOK, GET life PRESERVER, EXAMINE
PRESERVER, OUT (back to riverside).
N, W, W, S, S (to swimming pool), EXAMINE BOY (he is in trouble), THROW PRESERVER (he throws it back
and it knocks the Sunday supplement from the guard's paper... you sort through it and find
something), LOOK, GET PAGE, EXAMINE PAGE, GET LEAFLET, EXAMINE LEAFLET (an ad for Bert's
Bodyline Centre), N, N, E, E, GO HUT, N (to newsagents), GO DOOR (outside back door), EXAMINE DWARF,
GIVE LEAFLET (to the dwarf who sits down and tries to read it), LOOK, GET AXE, EXAMINE AXE, GO DOOR.
W, N (to outside flats), EXAMINE CANNON (wooden), CHOP CANNON (using the axe... a small piece flies
off), LOOK, GET block of WOOD, EXAMINE WOOD, S, E, GO DOOR, S (to dwarf's hut), EXAMINE TOOLS,
MAKE YOYO, TIE STRING, INVENTORY (you now have a working yoyo), N, GO DOOR, S, S, W, W, S (to log
across river), EXAMINE POTHOLER (he has a gift for you but you can't reach it), PLAY YOYO (you
reel in a grenade minus the pin), INSERT PIN, EXAMINE GRENADE, N, E, E.
GO HUT, N, W (to outdoor youth centre), EXAMINE CROWD (tightly packed in), SCARE CROWD (what with?),
WITH GRENADE (they let you through... you are splashing in a small inflatable paddling pool),
DEFLATE POOL (you see something at the bottom), LOOK, GET SAW, EXAMINE SAW, N, E, S, S, W, W, S, S,
S, E (to school assembly hall), EXAMINE HEADMASTER (he is standing on a strange stage), EXAMINE
STAGE (it is still being constructed and the workmen haven't made a trapdoor yet), SAW STAGE
(you saw a hole), EXAMINE HOLE.
S, E (to school kitchens), GIVE FRIES, GET BREAD, EXAMINE BREAD, LOOK (you now see a milkshake), GET
MILKSHAKE, EXAMINE MILKSHAKE, W, N, W, N, N, N, E, E (into field), FEED COW (note the milkshake
mustn't stay in this location too long or the ground swallows you), S, N, MILK COW (a huge
chunk of something is squeezed out), S, N, (you now see some cheese), GET CHEESE, W (into motorway
tunnel where a man is trying to mend a wheel), EXAMINE MAN (a leaf falls from his coat), GET LEAF,
EXAMINE LEAF (from the glowing plant), MAKE SANDWICH (from the bread, cheese and leaf), LOOK (you
see a sandwich from Hell), GET SANDWICH, EXAMINE SANDWICH, W, S, S, S, E (into school assembly
hall), THROW SANDWICH (into the black hole). The password for part 5 is HOLYHADDOCK.
PART 5
(Start in your shed), N, GET PLASTIC, EXAMINE PLASTIC (sharp), EXAMINE ROCK, CUT FUNGI (using the
piece of plastic - so you don't slip), CLIMB ROCK (over the fence to a road), EXAMINE lollipop
LADY (she will take you across if you can say something to cheer her up), SAY MERRY XMAS, CROSS
ROAD, E (to stream - waters edge where children are playing - you spot a solution to this game), GET
SOLUTION, EXAMINE SOLUTION (too small to read), DROP SOLUTION.
CROSS BRIDGE, SW, S (to playground), EXAMINE SWING (a part falls off), LOOK, GET CHAIN, EXAMINE
CHAIN, S (to end of street), EXAMINE BILLBOARD, EXAMINE CAR, GET WRENCH, EXAMINE WRENCH, GO CAR
(there is a cage on the back seat), EXAMINE CAGE (there is something inside), OPEN CAGE (a gerbil
will now follow you), OUT, N, N, NE, SE (to war shelter), EXAMINE CABINET (shut), OPEN CABINET (it
is bolted), UNSCREW BOLTS, EXAMINE CABINET (something falls from it), LOOK, GET PACKET, EXAMINE
PACKET (dehydrated beans, simply add water), NW, GO BRIDGE, EXAMINE STREAM (clean water), ADD WATER
(to the beans), W, S, CLIMB FENCE (to back garden), S, E (to back of your house where the cat sees
the gerbil and kills it), LOOK, GET STOPWATCH, EXAMINE STOPWATCH (it tells you how many turns you
have taken), GET ivory HORN, EXAMINE HORN, TIE HORN (to chain), INVENTORY (you now have a necklace),
EXAMINE NECKLACE, W, N, CLIMB ROCK.
CROSS ROAD, E (to stream), GIVE NECKLACE (to the girl), EXAMINE GIRL (the chain weighs her down...
she tells you one of the guards at the plant is a crook and how to get in), GO BRIDGE, SW (to
street), EXAMINE MAN (he is eating sandwiches), GIVE BEANS (as he takes them something hits you),
INVENTORY (you now have a hardhat), EXAMINE HARDHAT, NE, GO BRIDGE, W, N (to main doors of plant),
READ FLYER, EXAMINE GUARDS, SAY SELLOTAPE ROBBERY (they still won't let you in), LOOK, GET
chewing GUM, EXAMINE GUM (like superglue), S, E, GO BRIDGE, EXAMINE SACHET (of slimquick), SW, S (to
playground), EXAMINE CHILD (wearing a pass), EXAMINE SLIDE (one of the panels has come unstuck),
STICK GUM (the child falls and drops the pass), GET PASS, EXAMINE PASS (a day pass for the plant),
N, NE, GO BRIDGE.
W, N (to main doors of plant), GO DOOR (a woman is handing out white uniforms), GIVE PASS (you are
given a suit), WEAR SUIT, GO DOOR (you are disinfected as you go through to a tight corridor), D, S,
E (to canteen), EXAMINE CABINET (you find something), LOOK, GET DOUGHNUT, EXAMINE DOUGHNUT, W (to
first aid room), GIVE DOUGHNUT (the nurse sticks the man's forehead back with it but it
doesn't stick too well), LOOK (you see a flap of skin), GET SKIN, EXAMINE SKIN, N, U, W, W, S
(to car park), EXAMINE MAN (his hands are nearly bleeding from punching tickets), GIVE SKIN, GET
PAPER, READ PAPER, WEAR HARDHAT, N (to main doors of plant), GO DOOR, GO DOOR, D, E (a failsafe
device is here), EXAMINE MACHINE (you see a button and a guard), EXAMINE GUARD, GIVE PAPER (he
leaves to get some food and dozes off), PRESS BUTTON (countdown has begun - you have 20 moves), W,
S, S (by core - there is a large metal door here with a disc next to it), EXAMINE DISC (it needs a
good button), HIT DISC (with what?), WITH HEAD (must be wearing the hardhat - the door opens and you
step through), E (your time distorter is here), GO IN (you set it for the near future and leave just
as the plant explodes). The password for part 6 is CONGRATSTOU.
PART 6
CONGRATULATIONS
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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