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Mexican Adventure
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*** Background ***
Mexican Adventure is a curious title. The earliest currently found version was published by
Sharpsoft for the Sharp MZ. At the time of writing, the author of the game is unknown.
This solution is for a ZX Spectrum Quilled version of the game, produced by Andrew & Philip
Broadhurst and dated 1986. They appear to have adapted it from the Sharp MZ game (or a common
ancestor on another platform). It seems to have been written for their family and friends to play,
as there are various hidden messages and in-jokes.
Although the game requires some obscure inputs, this is a clever little adventure with some
interesting puzzles.
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WALKTHROUGH...
by Strident
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"You have just come to from concussion but have lost your memory. You find yourself in a
Mexican prison. Your aim is to escape from prison and return to Texas a rich man."
* start in cell *
EXAMINE DOOR (guard outside),
EXAMINE GUARD (he looks greedy),
EXAMINE SKYLIGHT (its barred and... at ground level?!?),
PULL BAR (move slightly),
EXAMINE GROUND (something glitters it could be gold),
FEEL GROUND (something small and metallic... a gold coin),
GET COIN,
EXAMINE BED (blanket),
BRIBE GUARD (guard drops something then runs off... it's a file),
GET FILE,
EXAMINE GUARD (he seems to have gone),
FILE BARS (bar here now),
FILE CHAIN (bed no longer attached to wall, chain here now),
(from cell)
GO DOOR (long corridor),
(don't go west!),
EAST,
GET KEYS (you'll need them to access areas of the prison),
SOUTH (to dying man),
EXAMINE MAN ("The map to my treasure is hidden in my jeep"),
EXAMINE MAN (now dead, you see some spectacles),
GET SPECTACLES,
EXAMINE SPECTACLES (they magnify things),
NORTH,
NORTH (another dead body... hanged!),
EXAMINE BODY (paper),
GET PAPER,
EXAMINE PAPER (translucent in parts),
USE SPECTACLES (paper burns, revealling the word 'CODE NRPN'),
DROP SPECTACLES,
FILE ROPE (body released),
DROP FILE,
GET ROPE,
SOUTH,
WEST,
NORTH (warden's office),
EXAMINE CUPBOARD (canteen),
GET CANTEEN,
EXAMINE CANTEEN (no clue as to the contents... but don't drink from it!),
EXAMINE MAP (shows Eldorado to the west),
GET MAP (stuck fast),
SOUTH,
SOUTH (back to cell),
DROP KEYS,
GET CHAIN,
GET BAR,
GET BLANKET,
(from cell)
GO SKY (courtyard),
NORTH (to hot arid and featureless plain maze),
NORTH, NORTH, WEST (to jeep),
GET STONE (too large),
GET JEEP (stuck in the quicksand),
EXAMINE JEEP (it has a pulley on the front),
GO QUICKSAND (no way... you'll sink if you try going into the jeep),
USE BLANKET (to get across the quicksand into the jeep),
(in jeep)
EXAMINE IGNITION (has a "perminent" starter),
START IGNITION (no power!),
EXAMINE WIRES (nothing special... but battery is obviously missing),
EXAMINE JEEP (the desert plan the dying man mentioned),
EXAMINE PLAN (from the stone, go east three locations),
LEAVE,
(back outside)
EXAM PULLEY (needs fixing, the spindle is broken),
MEND PULLEY (using the iron bar),
EXAM PULLEY (now working, could be used as part of a winch),
MAKE WINCH (using the chain),
DROP BLANKET,
(out of the desert...)
NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, EAST, NORTH,
NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, (now option to go west too)
WEST (petrol pump),
GO HUT (wheels here),
GET WHEELS,
EAST, EAST, NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, NORTH (border of Mexico and America),
WEST, WEST, WEST, WEST, WEST (to bend in road),
SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH (to Eldorado),
WEST (bank, saloon and shop),
GO SHOP,
GET WOOD,
NORTH, EAST,
GO STABLE (container and horse),
(Don't GET HORSE otherwise it disappears from the game!),
MAKE CART (using the horse, wood, wheels and rope),
GET CART,
GET CONTAINER,
(making the battery...)
NORTH,
DROP CART,
EAST (office, shop),
GO SHOP,
GET WIRE,
GET SHOVEL,
NORTH, EAST (church, house),
GO CHURCH,
GET STRIP,
MAKE BATTERY (using the wire, strip and canteen... full of acid!),
SOUTH,
GO HOUSE,
GET SKEWER,
NORTH, WEST,
GO OFFICE,
GET TRAY,
SOUTH,
WEST,
DROP SHOVEL,
DROP CONTAINER,
(sorting out some paperwork...)
WEST,
GO BANK,
CODE NRPN (from the sheet of paper, you get a box),
EXAMINE BOX (you see a passport),
GET PASSPORT,
GET BOX,
EXAMINE PASSPORT (you need a photo),
EAST,
GO SALOON (there's a bottle here),
EXAMINE BOTTLE (brown bottle with a silvery tint),
GET BOTTLE,
UP (the staircase, there is a photographic sheet and some curtains here),
EXAMINE CURTAINS (they are very thick),
DROP PASSPORT,
GET SHEET,
MAKE CAMERA (from the box, skewer and photographic sheet),
TAKE PHOTO (you will need to develop the sheet),
DRAW CURTAINS (makes the room dark),
DEVELOP PHOTO (you'll need to stick it in the passport),
DRAW CURTAINS,
DROP TRAY, DROP BOTTLE, DROP CAMERA, DROP SKEWER,
GET PASSPORT,
FIX PHOTO,
EXAMINE PASSPORT (it has a picture of you in it),
DOWN, SOUTH
(now to find an engine and some fuel for the jeep...)
EAST,
GET SHOVEL, GET CONTAINER, GET CART,
NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, NORTH,
EAST, EAST, EAST, EAST, EAST, (back to border)
SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH (east of petrol station),
WEST (garage),
FILL CONTAINER (with fuel),
EAST, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH (back to the plain "maze"),
SOUTH, EAST, EAST (an engine!),
GET ENGINE (using the cart),
SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, WEST, WEST, WEST (back to jeep),
(time to get the jeep out of the quicksand...)
DROP SHOVEL,
GET BLANKET ,
USE BLANKET (into jeep),
CONNECT BATTERY,
START IGNITION,
LEAVE (jeep is now out of the quicksand),
(time to get the treasure...)
DROP BLANKET,
GET SHOVEL,
EAST, EAST, EAST (to where the map said),
DIG (you make a hole),
EXAMINE HOLE (gold ingots),
GET GOLD (using the cart),
WEST, WEST, WEST,
FILL TANK (of jeep, using fuel from container),
FIT ENGINE
GET JEEP,
(back to border again)
NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, EAST, NORTH,
NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, (to the garage turning)
NORTH, NORTH, NORTH, NORTH (border of Mexico and America),
SHOW PASSPORT.
"Your passport is checked and you are allowed through. You have returned home a rich man.
You have scored 100%. Well done Lizzy (We all know Andrew couldn't get this far by himself.)
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Other inputs
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Note... some will give NSFW responses...
HI, WAVE, SHAK, KILL, BURN, TIT, WLAR, P*SS, C*NT, W*NK, F*CK, DRAW, HELP, FEEL, KICK, SHOUT, JUMP,
GOD/MEXICO, DOG/MEXICO.
