solutions
SpeedIF Jacket 2 (2003-04-12-pm)
The solutions below are by David Welbourn and are based on the specified release or version of each game.
| Ogre's Castle | ||||
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| Enchanted Glade | Throne Room | |||
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| Clearing | By the Waterfall | Inside a Tube | ||
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| Transporter Room | — | Minaret in Space | ||
>x me. (+5 pts)
>sw. footnote 1. x hole. piss. (+11 pts)
>ne. s. (+8 pts) footnote 2. n.
>footnote 3. x sign. (+3 pts) footnote 4. s. footnote 5.
>e. n. footnote 6. n.
Caution: If you eat the pill too soon, you'll die of old age before you reach your destination.
>footnote 7. x princess. (+6 pts) footnote 8. footnote 9. ("Plundered Hearts" spoiler!)
>x guard. x gun. take it. x pill. take it. drop it. (+7 pts) take it.
>(kill princess (or guard). undo.)
>s. s. w. n. n. drop gun. eat pill. n. footnote 10. take gun. n.
| Statuary |
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| Badger Central |
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| Garden |
>quotes. x me. i. x sword. x badgers. n.
>x Grumph. x statues. kill Grumph with sword.
>x Grumph. search Grumph. x seed. x meat. eat it.
>s. s. plant seed.
| West of House | — | Back- yard | ne→ se→ |
Front Porch | e→ | Street by House | A River Runs By It |
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| s↓ | ||||||||
| Inter- section | ||||||||
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| Train Tracks | e→ ... e→ | Train Tracks | ||||||
Mostly just a linear walk. You can't do much with the NPCs, although you're welcome to try.
>quotes. i. x hammer. x Alex. e. x Betty. ne.
>x Chris. x matches. x house. (burn house. undo.)
>e. x d'Teddy. s. x e'Vern.
>s. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e. n.
>x Loki. hit Loki. x giant. hit giant. x body. give hammer to body.
| Hold | ← | enter window | ← | Bed- room |
| u↓ | ||||
| Bridge | e→ | Escape Pod | Pirate's Bridge | |
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| Spaceport Entrance | — | Bunk- room | ||
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| Space Bar | → | give rum to pirates | → | Hold |
>about. x dresser. x chair. x Kermit. z. z. z. z. z. z. z.
>x window. enter window. i. x grapefruit. eat it. u.
>x chair. x captain. x buttons. e.
>throw grapefruit at captain. x captain. e.
>x locker. open it. take all from locker.
>x almonds. x crackers. x shovel. w.
>x people. s.
>x pirates. x parrot. give crackers to parrot. give almonds to parrot.
>ask parrot about anything. x rum. drink it. give it to pirates.
>x junk. n. x bunks. n.
>x screens. x wheel. x pirate. ask pirate about ship. z. x ninja.
>ask pirate about anything. ask ninja about anything.
Two different endings:
>hit pirate with shovel. —or— hit ninja with shovel.
| Woods | from all locations except Woods |
kitchen → → |
The White House Kitchen | |
| ↓follow rat | ||||
| The White House | pressroom → → |
The White House Press Room | ||
| bed → → |
The President's Bedroom | |||
>quotes. x me. x rat. talk to rat. ask rat about rat.
>ask rat about sign. ask rat about me. ask rat about CIA.
>ask rat about Iraq. ask rat about dad. n.
>ask rat about woods. follow rat. (+10 pts)
>kitchen. x wench. x jar. open jar. (+10 pts)
>ask rat about wench. pressroom. x pete. x democrats.
>ask rat about pete. fire pete. (+10 pts)
>bed. z. (Continue to wait. Monica will come to you, eventually.)
| to Hall of Wisdom | |||
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| Arched antechamber | |||
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| Platonic cave | |||
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| Vaulted antechamber | |||
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| Drab hallway | — | Gateway | e→(win) |
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| Empty room | |||
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| Confessional | |||
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| Hall of Wisdom | |||
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| to Arched antechamber |
Two random effects make an exact walkthrough impossible, but it's easy enough to deal with. First, the fog moves in and out from your location. Just wait until the fog leaves before trying to examine anything in a room to get the points (if any) from it. Secondly, there are a quartet of wandering NPCs, but fortunately, you may ignore them. Of course, feel free to examine them when you see them.
>xyzzy. plugh. plover.
>x me. x sam. e. w.
>x fog (if present). x table. x fish. (+100 pts) n.
>x notebook. (+100 pts) n.
>x shadows. (+100 pts) n.
>x pencil. (+100 pts) n.
>x hat. (+100 pts) n.
>x camera. x spotlight. x dog. (+100 pts)
>x twig. (+100 pts) x brick. (+100 pts) x corset. (+100 pts) n.
>x sculpture. (+100 pts) x certificate. n. e.
>x sam. x john. e.
| Tubbytronic Superdome |
| u↑ |
| Tinky Winky's Terrible World |
| u↑ |
| Dipsy's Dungeon |
| u↑ |
| Laa Laa's Lair |
| u↑ |
| Po's Pavilion |
| enter door↑ |
| Outside the Pysanka |
Note: "about" gives a different response after winning the game. Also, there's a minor bug with that second version of "about" which, instead of returning to the end-of-game prompt, instead leaves the protagonist back outside the pysanka. This lets you continue to play in the game world, and you can re-enter and re-explode the pysanka again and again.
>about. x me. i. x handbook.
>x litatyn. look it up. x povilnyn. look it up.
>x shvydyky. look it up. x strashnyn. look it up.
>x egg. x plinth. x door. x plaque. read it. open door. enter door.
>x po. look up moryas. summon litatyn. z. u.
>x laa laa. look up hodynnyk. summon povilnyn. z. u.
>x dipsy. look up horadin. summon shvydyky. z. u.
>x tinky. look up vohonder. summon strashnyn. z. u.
>x button. read it. push it. about. quit.
| Breeding Room | — | Decontamin- ation Room | Management Office | |
| u↑↓d | u↑↓d | |||
| Grinder Room | — | East-West Passage | — | The Dispos- atorium |
| d↓↑u | u↑↓d | |||
| Beef Processing | Mr. McBeefy's Beef Emporium | — | Supply Room | |
| ↓out | ||||
Alas, you're dying very quickly from the start of the game, so you can't waste too much time.
>reviews. feelies. i. x syringe. x kids. hit kids. e.
>x chuck. take it. (+5 pts) w. u.
>x sign. w.
>x Peters. x grinder. put chuck in grinder.
>throw chuck at grinder. (+5 pts) push Peters. (+5 pts) down.
>x pile. search it. (+5 pts) x key. u. e. u.
>unlock door with key. open door. w.
>x buck. inject buck with syringe. (+10 pts) e. d. d. out.
| Hawaiian Spaceport |
| ↓enter ship |
| Bridge |
| ↓↓↓ |
| Approaching Martian Orbit |
| ↓x mars |
| Repbas House |
An unsettling story, told in an emotion-packed and provocative narrative voice. What exactly the story is about, alas, is kept obscure via numerous references to events and things we know nothing about. And then, the story concludes abruptly with what appears to be an intentional crash of the TADS interpreter. Highly unusual.
>x me. i. x letter. read letter. g. x ship.
>enter ship. drop letter. take letter. enter ship.
>x lotak. ask lotak about ship. z.
>x mars.
>x me. x podium. x Juten. x Langside. out.
| (win)← | Foyer | (die) | |
| | | d↑ | ||
| Servants Quarters | — | Conserv- atory | |
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| The Lord's Chamber | — | The Estate Manager's Office | |
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| Corridor | |||
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| Library | |||
As far as I can tell, you need only find your notebook and leave—except that unless you examine the library's floor, you won't know about the notebook's existance until you leave without it. Everything else in the game seems to hint at some grand purpose which is never explained, and ultimately, is just so much window dressing. Or maybe I should say "floor dressing" since every piece of floor has a unique description.
>x me. i. x rock. x bear. x watch.
>x shelves. climb shelves. x cross. x mosaics.
>x floor. x footprints. x notebook. take it. read it. open it.
>x door. x inscription. n.
>x carvings. x curtain. x floor. x inscription.
>x curtain. x idol. take it. n.
>x desk. x papers. search papers. x floor. x inscription. e. w.
>x maid. x headboard. x floor. x inscription.
>ask maid about castle. ask maid about tour. ask maid about maze.
>ask maid about foyer. ask maid about shoes. n.
>x perseus. x hercules. x inscription. x floor. e.
>x window. x table. x floor. push table. (d. undo.) w. n.
>x Arabella. x floor. ask Arabella about castle. ask Arabella about Jenny.
>click shoes. w.
| Maze of cubicles / Cubicle | ||
| ↓wake up | ||
| Your Room | ||
| ↓remove cap | ||
| Cognitive Sciences Laboratory | ||
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| Dr. Tran's Lab | — | Lab Corridor |
You can try to deliver the envelopes, but you won't succeed.
>x envelope. open it. x jester. ask jester about me.
>tell jester about me. kiss jester. hit jester. jester, go.
>wake up.
>x me. x bed. smell. x book. take it. stand.
>e. i. x cap. remove it. g.
>x window. open it. s. x doors. w.
>x cd. take it. x desk. open it. x box. x door. close it.
Three different endings:
>put cd in box. —or— turn box off. —or— break cd.
| Salt Road | go→ | Downtown Crossroads | go→ | Small Cafe |
| go↓↑go | ||||
| Labor- atory | ←go go→ |
Nazi Fortress | ←go | Court- yard |
| ↓↓↓ | ||||
| Messy Bedroom | ||||
| ↓ring bell (×7) | ||||
| Street | go→ ←go |
Alley | ||
>about. quotes. x me. i. x note. n. go. go.
>x agent. talk to agent. go.
>x fish. talk to fish. talk to agent. pull fish. go.
>x helmet. take it. go.
>x pedestal. x head. talk to head. (take head. undo.)
>put helmet on pedestal. take head. go.
>x bed. x bell. x note. go. ring bell. g. g. g. g. g. g.
>x god. talk to god. go.
>x bowl. take it. go. give bowl to god.