Short of Sushi
By Paul Stanley
For Z-code interpreters
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a very buggy game. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this
solution to make sense. Some optional (but significant) moves are shown in brackets.
You can't leave your starting location until you have an order. That comes from the telephone.
The telephone rings after 7 moves. If you don't pick it up after a further 4 moves, you pick it
up automatically.
There are a lot of timed events similar to this. The solution assumes you have followed it to the
letter. If you do other things to fill in the time (such as taking inventory and examining things),
you won't need to wait as much.
The hotel contains 58 floors, i.e. 57 floors plus the basement. The lobby is on floor 1 and the
penthouse is on floor 57. That's a lot to explore. Unfortunately, there is a rather serious bug
whereby the same rooms are duplicated on multiple floors, rooms that should be enterable aren't
and so on. To work around this, only visit the floors suggested by the hints given in the game and
ignore the others. The solution shows you how. The floors can be visited in any order (apart from
the bug described below), but it's better to work your way from bottom to top to minimise the
waiting time in the elevator.
There are some other serious bugs, too. For example, if you visit the spa before the ballroom, the
goldfish sushi can appear before you've found the goldfish! Even when doing things in the right
order, note that you need the rice and the goldfish to create the goldfish sushi. This is not
obvious until you've done it.
Scores are shown in brackets as (+A=B), where A is points earned and B is cumulative points earned.
OPEN FRIDGE
GET CHEESE (mouse appears)
DROP IT
Z (mouse disappears)
Z
Z
Z (telephone rings)
ANSWER PHONE (guest in penthouse asks for sushi)
YES
Z
Z
Z (mouse reappears and starts eating cheese)
GET MOUSE (+5=5)
NE (chef gives you hairnet)
SW
N
(X PANEL) (ballroom is on floor 2)
(X ADVERTISEMENT) (spa is on floor 5)
PRESS L
Z
S
(X DESK) (you find a brochure)
(X BROCHURE) (MD is Morty Dyer on floor 21, room 1)
W
Z
Z (Mrs Slocombe arrives in lobby)
DROP MOUSE (+10=15) (chaos ensues, general manager leaves his sushi and drops a card)
GET SUSHI (+10=25) (the sushi is off, so you need to discard the fish, but not the rice, clean the
plate and find fresh ingredients)
DROP MACKEREL
DROP SALMON
DROP TUNA
(X CARD) (MH is Matilda Harry on floor 35, room 2)
NE
PRESS 2
Z (doors open at floor 2)
S
(X PAPER) (PS is Paul Stanley, on floor 43, room 2)
(X FISHTANK) (it contains a goldfish)
REMOVE HAIRNET
CATCH GOLDFISH WITH HAIRNET
PUT GOLDFISH ON PLATE (+10=35) (you put it on the rice)
N
PRESS 5
Z (doors open at floor 5)
S
SHOW PLATE TO MELL (+10=45) (she freshens the plate)
N
PRESS 21
Z
Z (doors open at floor 21)
S
E
(X GUEST) (Morty has carked it)
(X SKELETON) (it's holding a pair of chopsticks and a plastic tray)
GET CHOPSTICKS (+5=50)
W
N
PRESS 35
Z
Z (doors open at floor 35)
S
W (you're greeted by Matilda, but you're not who she was expecting)
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z
Z (Matilda squeezes wasabi paste onto her belly)
GET PASTE (+5=55) (she kicks you out)
PUT IT ON PLATE
N
PRESS 43
Z (doors open at floor 43)
S
W
(X LAPTOP)
(X SCREEN)
CAST SOYFAC (+5=60) (dish of soy appears)
PUT SOY ON PLATE
E
N
PRESS P
Z
Z (doors open at penthouse floor)
S
KNOCK ON DOOR (repeat if necessary)
***THE END***
