The Young'ns
By Andrew Flexman
Published by Flexisoft
For Sega SC-3000
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a really harsh game. There are several ways to die, several ways to
get into an unwinnable situation and a huge number of guess-the-verb scenarios.
When entering commands, you must enter them exactly as shown. In particular, EXAM must be entered
that way. If you type EXAMINE, it won't work. The game compares your whole command to a string.
It does not parse it, or identify individual verbs and nouns. You cannot use leading or trailing
spaces or multiple spaces between words. There are virtually no synonyms and no abbreviations. You
cannot drop anything. There is no save game feature, so I'd suggest playing it on an emulator
that allows you to save the state. Apart from all those gripes, the bugs and the spelling errors,
it's actually not a bad game.
GO BUNK
EXAM BUNK (you find a space suit)
GET SUIT
WEAR SUIT (you can now leave your cabin)
GET UP
E
N
(E)
(READ NOTE) (it tells you what to do, note that red is your unlucky colour)
(W)
W
EXAM BENCH (you find some lentils)
GET LENTILS (you'll need these to cook tea)
E
N
W
BREAK DOOR (glass appears)
GET GLASS
E
N
GO TRAPDOOR (don't examine the broken wires!)
E
GET CUTTERS
CUT GLASS (something happened)
(I) (you now have prisoms [sic])
GET TAPE
GET CROWBAR
W
TAPE WIRES (something happened, but you don't know what)
W
EXAM CONTAINER (you find wood and rope)
GET WOOD
GET ROPE
E
GO TRAPDOOR
S
S
S
E
GET MIRROR (with crowbar)
W
S (don't examine laser or go any further south unless holding the mirror)
W
GET TORCH (don't turn it on until you need it, as it has a limited life)
E
HOLD MIRROR
S (mirror reflects laser, don't press red button in control room!)
EXAM PANEL (you find a lever)
INSERT PRISOMS (in sockets)
PULL LEVER (if you've taped wires & inserted prisoms, you land on Earth)
N
E
OPEN AIRLOCK (open airlock appears)
GO AIRLOCK (you drop everything you don't need and ship takes off)
N
GO ROAD
E (Vivian asks if you want a ride on his bike)
SAY YES (Vivian drops you off in town)
E
GO COUNTER
OPEN DOOR (yeah, yeah, I know it's locked, but who am I to argue?)
GO DOOR
GET MONEY (leave money lying around in a vault & you deserve to get it stolen)
W
W
W
W
GO COUNTER
BUY RECORD (with stolen money)
(I) (you acquired *Cliff Richard record*)
E
E
N
W
EXAM BAR (you find *bottle of vodca* [sic])
GET BOTTLE
GO STAIRS
GO DOOR (someone locks door behind you, but it still says 'open door')
EXAM WARDROBE (you find a cowboy suit)
GET SUIT
EXAM SUIT (nothing appears to happen)
(I) (you actually acquired a pistol)
MAKE LADDER (from wood and rope)
(I) (you acquired a rope ladder)
THROW LADDER (becomes ladder hanging out the window)
CLIMB LADDER
N (it's too dark to see, don't go north without lighting the torch)
LIGHT TORCH (ah, that's better)
N (no room description here)
N (don't examine rich man)
SHOOT MAN (with pistol, becomes dead man)
EXAM MAN (you find *money*)
GET MONEY
N
W
GO DOOR (Rik, Vivian & Mike take their presents and tell you to cook tea)
COOK TEA (with lentils)
***THE END***
