The Secret of Volcano Island
By Owen Ross
Published by by VeeZed Down Under Club in 'VZDU', issue 40, January/March 1993, pp. 4-7
For VZ200/300
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a fairly simple game. Your objective is to find three treasures and
return them to your starting location before the volcano erupts. The eruption occurs after 75 moves.
There are some guess-the-verb issues that will chew into your time. If you prefer not to play
guess-the-verb, you can find all the verbs listed at lines 3120-3140 of the BASIC source code.
The treasures aren't clearly identified. If you find an object that doesn't appear to
serve any purpose, then it's most likely a treasure. You won't know until you finish the
game. Speaking of which, you have to type Q (for QUIT) to finish the game once you've returned
with all the treasures. Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can
be omitted once you know what to do.
E
E
E
GET MAGIC RING (first treasure)
E
EXAMINE RIVER (you find a key)
GET KEY
W
N
UNLOCK DOOR (with key, adds exit to north)
N
W
GET COIN (second treasure)
E
N
E
GET GUN
W
S
S
S
W
W
W
N
FIRE GUN (light house is no longer guarded, adds exit to north)
(Note: There is a bug here. You can actually go north without shooting the invisible guard, but that
would presumably be cheating. To fix it, change GN=5 to PN=5 in line 228.)
N
U
GET MATCHES
D
E
S
E
GET ROPE
W
N
N
W
N
GET AXE
S
E
N
E
LAY ROPE (good work if you guessed that one, adds exit to east)
E
(EXAMINE TREE) (it looks good for making boats)
CUT TREE (with axe, you can see some wood)
GET WOOD
E
BUILD BOAT (with the wood, a boat appears)
LAUNCH BOAT (boat disappears, but you don't move anywhere)
E
S (rocks block the way back)
S
GET DYNAMITE
S
W
GET MAP (third treasure)
E
N
N
LIGHT DYNAMITE (with matches, adds exit to north)
N
W
W
W
W
S
S
W
S
S
Q
***THE END***
