BY RIGHT OF BIRTH
by Ken Webb
Adventure Probe Software
Spectrum 48
This is an interesting game, with some assets and liabilities. One plus is
that many objects needed to solve puzzles are found close to where you need
them, saving you from needing to carry objects for a long time. Another
bonus is that the game tells you if you do not have all you need before you
leave an area. Its main drawback is that there are too many ways to look at
things [e.g. EXAMINE, SEARCH (sometimes more than once), LOOK IN, LOOK
AROUND, SEARCH AROUND, LOOK UNDER, LOOK BEHIND, etc.]. It becomes tedious
after a while to go through this entire repertoire..
Hints:
There are some inconsistencies. Sometimes you need to take something from
the haversack in order to give it to someone, but at other times you don't.
Give the note to Derek even though you don't see him.
Can't get the sparkling item? ASK the CHILDREN.
Can't get your birth certificate? You need to pay for it.
Typing HELP gives a list of verbs (very helpful).
There is one red herring. It is in the study. But it does provide a hint.
Rather than LEAN the ladder, EXTEND it.
Check your inventory once you have the photostat. You'll see there is
something missing. Find that object.
You need to move an object in your mother's bedroom.
Listening doesn't work? Try LISTENING AT DOOR.
Solution:
You are Robert Greenwood. You love Marion but you are too poor to ask her
to marry you. You father gave up all the family money to marry your mother.
Part 1:
INVENTORY (nothing), EXAMINE CHAIRS, EXAMINE CUSHIONS, LOOK UNDER CUSHIONS
(you get money), EXAMINE MONEY (sufficient), LOOK UNDER CHAIRS (you get a
pen), EXAMINE PEN (your mother used it to write in her diaries), N, TAKE
NEWSPAPER, READ NEWSPAPER (Lord Heliotrope has died, leaving his estate to
the league for stray hedgehogs, though there are rumours that he left
everything to his estranged son, Rudolph, or his legitimate descendants but
Realposh solicitor Mr. Penn claims no will exists). You wonder if you could
find your mother's diaries, you might know more. DROP NEWSPAPER, UP (you
see three doors), N (your bedroom), EXAMINE BED, EXAMINE WARDROBE, SEARCH
WARDROBE (you get a jacket), EXAMINE JACKET, WEAR JACKET, EXAMINE CHEST,
LOOK IN CHEST (you get a map), EXAMINE MAP (of Suffolk).
EXAMINE TABLE, SEARCH WARDROBE (you get a haversack), EXAMINE HAVERSACK,
WEAR HAVERSACK, S, EXAMINE LANDING, S (your mother's bedroom), SEARCH
CARPET (you find a pen cartridge), INSERT CARTRIDGE IN PEN, EXAMINE BED,
EXAMINE TABLE (you see a drawer), LOOK IN DRAWER (no key), EXAMINE WARDROBE
(you see bits), SEARCH BITS (you get a hairnet), EXAMINE HAIRNET, N, E,
EXAMINE WINDOW, EXAMINE SINK (has mixed taps), LOOK IN CABINET (something
falls down the drainplug), W, DOWN, EXAMINE STAIRS (you see a dark space),
SEARCH SPACE (you get a walking stick), EXAMINE STICK, N, EXAMINE CHAIRS,
EXAMINE BOOKCASE, EXAMINE BOOKS, SEARCH BOOKCASE (you get a photo album),
EXAMINE ALBUM (your godmother Elizabeth Webb might help; she used to teach
in Wickhambrook).
PUT MAP IN HAVERSACK, PUT ALBUM IN HAVERSACK, PUT MONEY IN HAVERSACK, S, E
(you see the cat's bowl is empty), SEARCH CUPBOARD (you get a tin of cat
food), EXAMINE CUPBOARD (it has a drawer), SEARCH DRAWER (you see a cutlery
tray), SEARCH TRAY (you get a knife), EXAMINE KNIFE (not sharp but strong),
SEARCH CUPBOARD (you get a tin opener), OPEN TIN, FILL BOWL (you need a
spoon), LOOK BEHIND FRIDGE (you find a teaspoon), FILL BOWL, EXAMINE
KITCHEN DOOR (has a cat flap), N, EXAMINE GARDEN (carrots growing), LOOK
AROUND (you see a trowel), EXAMINE HOUSE (drainpipe from the bathroom),
TAKE TROWEL, DIG CARROTS, EXAMINE CARROTS (dirty), TIE HAIRNET TO
DRAINPIPE, S, WASH CARROTS IN SINK, PUT CARROTS IN HAVERSACK, W, UP, E,
TURN TAP, W, DOWN, E, N, UNTIE HAIRNET (you get a brass key).
Go S, W, UP, S, UNLOCK DRAWER, SEARCH DRAWER (you find the diaries), MOVE
WARDROBE, EXAMINE FLOOR (the boards are well polished), SEARCH FLOORBOARDS
(you see a flap), EXAMINE FLAP, LEVER FLAP (you see a space), LOOK IN SPACE
(you get a box), EXAMINE BOX, OPEN BOX (you find a key), UNKOCK DIARY, READ
DIARY (you read the one from 25 years ago about your mother's marriage to
Rudolph in Wickhambrook; you decide you need to get a note to Marion), N,
DOWN, N, SEARCH BOOKCASE (you get notepaper), WRITE NOTE, DROP BOX, DROP
PEN, DROP KNIFE, S, OPEN FRONT DOOR (you are at the road), S, EXAMINE
RABBI, ASK RABBI, GIVE NOTE TO RABBI, LOOK UNDER BENCH (you get mints), PUT
MINTS IN HAVERSACK, S (you see Tommy), EXAMINE TOMMY, ASK TOMMY (he has no
meat for his stew), S, OPEN GATE, W (Rover, your cat, is stalking
something), W (you see the cat chasing a hare), E.
OPEN GATE, N, N, N, E, E, CALL CAT (Rover comes, drops a dead hare, eats
his food, and runs off again), TAKE HARE, W, W, S, S, GIVE HARE, ASK TOMMY
(the horse is hungry too),TAKE CARROTS FROM HAVERSACK, GIVE CARROTS, ASK
TOMMY. He invites you to share his meal. You tell your story. He starts to
pack up. ASK TOMMY (he offers you a lift to the bus stop. WAIT (a bus pulls
up), BOARD BUS (you arrive at Wickhambrook), NW, W, EXAMINE LANDLORD, TAKE
MONEY FROM HAVERSACK, ASK LANDLORD (you buy a beer), E, S (you see an old
man with an empty glass), EXAMINE MAN, ASK MAN (he ignores you), GIVE BEER
(he gives you flowers), N, E, SE, W (you need to look at your map), TAKE
MAP FROM HAVERSACK, W, W, S, EXAMINE GRAVES (you find your grandfather's
gravestone and some dead flowers), PUT FLOWERS IN VASE, EXAMINE CHURCH, N,
W, S, S, W, N.
Go W (in the classroom is Miss Webb searching for something), SEARCH DESK
(you get a pointer), EXAMINE WEBB, ASK WEBB (she has lost her mother's
ring), SEARCH AROUND (you see a knothole in the floor), LOOK IN KNOTHOLE
(something sparkling), ASK CHILDREN (a girl gives you gum), CHEW GUM, FIX
GUM TO POINTER, IINSERT POINTER IN KNOTHOLE (you get the ring), EXAMINE
RING, GIVE RING, TAKE ALBUM FROM HAVERSACK, SHOW ALBUM. Miss Webb tells you
to go to the manse and get a copy of the register of your parents'
marriage, then find the will, then go to Bury St. Edmunds to get a copy of
your birth certificate from the register. Farmer Jerry Penny will give you
a lift if you ask. Tell him Miss Webb sent you. She gives you a necklace
for your bride to wear on your wedding, E (you give Miss Webb the album),
S, W. You are finished Part 1. Score:50%. The password for Part 2 is
Ransley.
Part 2:
RANSLEY (you are at a crossroads), SW (an unpleasant woman walks out and
glares at you), EXAMINE BARBARA, ASK BARBARA (you ask about a cheap meal;
she sells you a loaf, cheese, and lemonade), NE, N, E, EXAMINE JERRY, ASK
JERRY (if you can find the will come back here), W, N, N, N (you see the
open door of the Manse), KNOCK ON DOOR, S, EXAMINE CAT, CARESS CAT (you get
the spectacles case the cat was sleeping on), EXAMINE EVE, ASK EVE (she
can't find her spectacles), GIVE CASE, ASK EVE. You ask her if she can let
you have a copy of your parent's marriage. She gives you a note to take to
Derek Pope, and tells you to ask him for a photostat. He lives at Rowan's.
SEARCH DESK (you see a bible), N, E, S, W, W, READ PLAQUE (Rowans), NW,
EXAMINE GARDEN (you see a scarecrow), EXAMINE SCARECROW (wearing a hat,
gloves, and a jacket), TAKE GLOVES, WEAR GLOVES.
Go SE, N, EXAMINE PLANTS, EXAMINE CONSERVATORY, GIVE NOTE (even though you
don't see Derek – he is missing his keys), ASK DEREK (you agree to search
the conservatory), SEARCH CONSERVATORY (you see a trug tray), SEARCH TRUG
(you find the keys and return the gloves), GIVE KEYS (you get the photostat
and are offered the church to marry in and are ushered out), PUT NECKLACE
IN HAVERSACK, PUT MONEY IN HAVERSACK, PUT PHOTOSTAT IN HAVERSACK, INVENTORY
(you see that you no longer have the food), W, W, N, TAKE LOAF, S, E, E, N,
N, N, N (you see a tramp), EXAMINE TRAMP, ASK TRAMP (he says he wants to
settle down), ASK TRAMP (you want to share your meal with him), SHARE LOAF.
You tell Arnold your story. He offers to help you climb the tree and will
wait there until you return. You find yourself on top of the tree.
JUMP WEST, W, W, S, E (you see the closed gates), W, W (you hear voices;
the unpleasant woman is talking to a man about your resemblance to the
Lord), N, W, S, EXAMINE CHERIE, ASK CHERIE (she wants fennel but Ivor won't
let her have any), N, E, N, EXAMINE IVOR, ASK IVOR (he has indigestion),
GIVE MINTS (he gives you the fennel), N, N, SEARCH SHED, DROP ALL, TAKE
LADDER, S, S, S, S, E, E, EXTEND LADDER, W, W, N, N, N, N, TAKE ALL, S, S,
S, W, S, GIVE FENNEL (Cherie tells you to go up to the first floor and
search the library), S, S, E, EXAMINE ESCRITOIRE (you see a diary), EXAMINE
DIARY, READ DIARY (Judges – chapter 14, verse 14), EXAMINE COAT (you see a
lion), EXAMINE WINDOW (you see curtains which could take your weight), TAKE
CURTAINS.
EXAMINE BOOKS (among them is a bible), TAKE BIBLE, READ BIBLE (Where shall
you start?), READ JUDGES (out of the eater came something to eat, out of
the strong came out sweet), EXAMINE LION (had a good meal), PRESS LION (you
see a safe), EXAMINE SAFE (locked with a small keyhole), EXAMINE CABINET
(you see spoons), EXAMINE SPOON, INSERT SPOON IN KEYHOLE (the safe opens),
SEARCH SAFE, TAKE WILL, READ WILL, PUT WILL IN HAVERSACK, DROP BIBLE, DROP
SPOON, OPEN WINDOW, MAKE ROPE, TIE ROPE, LOWER ROPE, CLIMB DOWN, E, E,
CLIMB LADDER (you are in the tree), JUMP EAST, ASK TRAMP (you tell him you
are on your way to Bury and will give him a job), S, S, S, S, S, S, E, ASK
JERRY (he takes you to Bury and drops you off at St. Andrew's Street.
Go E (you see a gentleman mugged by two men), ATTACK MEN (they run off and
he gives you his card), EXAMINE CARD (Scrooge Antiques), N, ASK REGISTRAR,
TAKE PHOTOSTAT FROM HAVERSACK, TAKE MONEY FROM HAVERSACK, GIVE PHOTOSTAT
(you are given a copy of your birth certificate), S (you see a door ajar),
LISTEN AT DOOR (you hear how the unpleasant woman and the solicitor want to
cheat you; you decide to go to the garden), N, N, REMEMBER CARD, S, E, S, W
(in the shop), EXAMINE SCROOGE, ASK SCROOGE. You tell him what you
overheard. He says he will take you to his trustworthy solicitor. The
receptionist tells you to go to Mr. Micawber's office. Go W, W, ASK
MICAWBER (he asks for the will), TAKE WILL FROM HAVERSACK.
GIVE WILL (he says it seems legitimate and asks for your birth
certificate), GIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATE (he wants a photostat of your parent's
marriage certificate), GIVE PHOTOSTAT (he will present it to probate),
THANK MICAWBER. You go to Scrooge's house. ASK SCROOGE. He gives you a loan
and tells you to go to Marion tomorrow, propose, then bring her back to
Bury St. Edmunds to buy a ring. Then bring her to see them. TAKE HAVERSACK,
PROMISE SCROOGE. The next morning you take a taxi to Marion's house. Go E,
EXAMINE MARION, KISS MARION, PROPOSE TO MARION, W, BOARD TAXI (you are in
the jewellery store), ASK MARION, EXAMINE RING, BUY RING. You go to
Scrooge's. Eve Angelist marries you with all your friends there. You see a
cake. CUT CAKE. You are finished. Score: 53%.
Terri Sheehan
2008-02-12
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