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Tunnel Adventure

Commodore VIC-20 type-in published 41 years ago by Duckworth Home Computing

Not listed in MAME yet

Tunnel Adventure © 1983 Duckworth Home Computing.

Text adventure. Explore magical caves deep underground. Watch out for poisonous snakes and fierce animals in your quest to find all the treasure and escape alive.

TECHNICAL

it required a 16K expansion.

TRIVIA

Published as a type-in program in the British book; Exploring Adventures on the VIC.

TIPS AND TRICKS

Commands include: N, S, W, E, GET, DROP, EXAMINE, CROSS, READ, MAKE, SCORE.

Solution:
(Start on an old path made by horses), S, S, S (clearing), S (north side of bridge where you see a dead knight), EXAMINE KNIGHT (there's something in his pocket), LOOK, GET MATCHES, EXAMINE KNIGHT (this time you find a silver key), GET KEY (silver), CROSS BRIDGE (south side), S, S (Great South Road), S, S, S, S (road end), GET NEWSPAPER, READ NEWSPAPER, DROP NEWSPAPER, S (mouth of tunnel where you see a vicious cobra, which will bite you if you examine or try to get it, so leave it alone for now), S (tunnel), GET TORCH, LIGHT TORCH (using matches), S, GET STONE (blue), EXAMINE STONE (it's Lapis Lazuli), OPEN GATE (using the silver key), N, N (mouth of tunnel), SCORE (points are scored by leaving valuables at the mouth of the tunnel), DROP KEY (silver), DROP STONE, SCORE (20/100).

S, S, S (storeroom), GET CHARCOAL (keg), E, GET SALTPETRE (keg), E, DROP MATCHES, GET SULPHUR (keg), MAKE GUNPOWDER (using the charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur), GET MATCHES, EXAMINE WALL (the south wall is badly eroded), KICK WALL (you've broken through), S (jumble of rock), S (twisty little tunnel), S, W, S, N, E, N (you enter a tunnel), E (a thick brick wall blocks the way), DROP GUNPOWDER, GET NUGGET (gold), EXAMINE NUGGET (it's pyrite - useless), GET PEBBLE (green), EXAMINE PEBBLE (it's malachite - useless), LIGHT GUNPOWDER (your torch has gone out), LIGHT TORCH (you're back in the first tunnel), DROP PEBBLE, DROP NUGGET, GET GRAVEL (brown and pink), EXAMINE GRAVEL (it's topaz), E, E, E (east end of temple), S, S, W, W (wine closet), EXAMINE WALL (you discover a secret passage), W (secret compartment), GET MEDALLION (gold), EXAMINE MEDALLION (it says felines have enemies), EXAMINE WALL (you discover another secret passage), W (tunnel), N (mouth of tunnel), DROP MEDALLION, DROP GRAVEL, SCORE (40/100).

GET COBRA (it bites you), S, E, E (wine closet), DROP MATCHES, GET WINE, E, E, N, W (ancient library), GET BOOK, READ BOOK (fermented juice is alexipharmic), DROP BOOK (by now the snakebite is throbbing), DRINK WINE (it cures the snakebite - don't drop the empty bottle as it breaks and you need it later), E, S, S (antechamber where you meet a hungry panther), DROP COBRA (the panther sees the snake and flees), N, N, N, N (shrine of Isis), EXAMINE FONT (contains sacred oil), GET OIL (in the bottle), S, W, N (high priest's vestry), GET SCROLL, READ SCROLL (it says, "Take the first six letters, throw away the left half, double the middle, turn it around), DROP SCROLL, GET EPHOD (this is a linen vestment of the Jewish Ceremonial), EXAMINE EPHOD (embroidered with gold thread), S, E, S, S, S, E (King Kaleb's bedroom), EXAMINE MIRROR (it's on rollers), PUSH MIRROR (it's stuck), USE OIL (the rollers are oiled), DROP OIL, PUSH MIRROR (it rolls easily), S (king's harem), GET BELT (platinum chastity belt), N, W, S (throne room), GET CLARION (a type of trumpet - don't play this in the tunnels as it causes a cave-in), N, N, W, W, W, W, N (mouth of tunnel), DROP EPHOD, DROP BELT (chastity), SCORE (60/100).

N (road's end), PLAY CLARION (a bird swoops down out of the sky and lands in front of you), EXAMINE BIRD (made of gold), DROP CLARION, GET BIRD, S (mouth of tunnel), DROP BIRD, SCORE (70/100).

S, E, E, E, E, S, W (quarters of Princess Anka - the triclinium is the Roman arrangement of a dining room, having three couches arranged as three sides of a square or oblong), GET REMOVER (nail polish), S (jewellery niche), EXAMINE COMPARTMENT (which compartment numbers), 71 (something fell out), GET EARRING (ruby), N, E, N, N, E (artist's studio), GET STATUETTE (jade), EXAMINE STATUETTE (it glistens), W, S, W, W, W, W, N, DROP STATUETTE (it's stuck to your hands), USE REMOVER (it slips from your grasp), DROP EARRING, SCORE (90/100).

S, DROP REMOVER, E, E, E (kitchen), GET CARROT, E, E (warrior's quarters - ignore the rusty javelin), S (slave's quarters - ignore the manacles), S (stable), FEED TURTLE (it eats the carrot and rubs your leg affectionately), N (the turtle is following you), N, W, W, W, W, W, N (mouth of tunnel), SCORE (100/100).

STAFF
SOURCES

Game's Listing; Exploring Adventures on the VIC.