#63
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by razors » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:46 pm
Sorry I have been out of the loop for a little while. I have been back through everything we have done and I have written down a partial solution which is as efficient as I can manage:
"Get hammer, N, get hymnbook, W, E, E, E, examine mountain, enter cave, get crown, give hammer to giants, E, W, S, E, get candle, W, in, give hymnbook, drop candle, get broom, get spirit, examine spirit, E, get pebbles, E, get bread, S, S, W, U, N, N, drop broom, D, give king crown, get spirit, examine spirit, W, S, U, N, W, W, N, get rentcard, get money, N, N, W, S, W, drop pebbles, enter farm, give money to man, tear up rentcard, get spirit, examine spirit, S, W, U, S, S, W, get horn, W, drop horn, W, W, get newspaper, read newspaper, drop newspaper, W, get gorse, get cloth, E, E, N, drop gorse, S, drop cloth, W, get pebbles, W, S, throw pebbles, N, N, N, E, in, give bread, in, examine safe, open safe, ten fourteen seven, open safe, get spirit, S, N, get watch, examine spirit, W, S, U, N, get fork, S, W, W, drop fork, drop pebbles, N, N, enter tower, give watch to king, S, S, E, S, get spirit, examine spirit, W, S, U
N, S, W, W"
This will get you five rescued souls and will open up the ice section without getting caught by the moaning farmer. To get the other two souls we have discovered you need to eat and examine the apple, and you need to travel to the island. However, once you go to the island and use a mystic spirit to get back you can never return, therefore the fork (pitchfork) that is dropped there can never be recovered, therefore I have included this section as an optional extra.
"get fork, S, get cloth, E, give cloth, get cochineal, W, get meat, E, undress, dive in lagoon, kill water dragon with fork, examine water, drop fork, get spirit, exam spirit, W, S, U, N, S, W, W, drop meat, drop cloth, get gorse, W, jump, drop gorse, attack cochineal, get match, E, N"
If you do the above bit and the apple you should be back at the start with seven souls having been rescued. Additionally, I have tried to contact Doreen B who mentioned 12 Lost souls on a posting she made to the "want to play" forum. She may have made some additional progress.
I have looked up Lord Robartes. He appears to have been the 1st Earl of Radnor (1606–1685) and there is a wikipedia entry about him. Despite taking part in the civil war I cannot find any mention of a steward, nor anything in his backstory that makes him a candidate for any of the objects in the game. I have tried the gold with little success. I have also been unsuccessful doing anything with the portal.
Dave, would it be possible to tell us what actions result in the creation of a mystic spirit?We can already discount the 7 we know. If the other 5 are achievable then the game is possible to complete. If not, then we are probably best off abandoning it as a bad job. My apologies for landing you all with such a rubbish piece of illogical adventure hell.