In the Beginning
The intent of this short walk-through is to get you into the cave and demonstrate a few of the commands and interaction with the game. Notes below that are formatted like this are my comments regarding what is going on - not output from the game.
Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions?
n
You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully.
in
You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring.
There are some keys on the ground here.
There is a shiny brass lamp nearby.
There is food here.
There is a bottle of water here.
take lamp
OK
take keys
OK
out
You're in front of building.
s
You are in a valley in the forest beside a stream tumbling along a rocky bed.
s
At your feet all the water of the stream splashes into a 2-inch slit in the rock. Downstream the streambed is bare rock.
s
You are in a 20-foot depression floored with bare dirt. Set into the dirt is a strong steel grate mounted in concrete. A dry streambed leads into the depression.
The grate is locked.
open grate
The grate is now unlocked.
in
You are in a small chamber beneath a 3x3 steel grate to the surface. A low crawl over cobbles leads inward to the west.
The grate is open.
w
You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage.
There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby.
take cage
OK
w
It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit.
lamp on
Your lamp is now on.
You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. In the mud someone has scrawled, "MAGIC WORD XYZZY".
A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby.
take rod
OK
w
You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon.
w
You are in a splendid chamber thirty feet high. The walls are frozen rivers of orange stone. An awkward canyon and a good passage exit from east and west sides of the chamber.
A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing.
take bird
The bird seemed unafraid at first, but as you approach it becomes disturbed and you cannot catch it.
take bird *Now I'm just annoying the game so it will give me a hint.
The bird seemed unafraid at first, but as you approach it becomes disturbed and you cannot catch it.
take bird
The bird seemed unafraid at first, but as you approach it becomes disturbed and you cannot catch it.
take bird
The bird seemed unafraid at first, but as you approach it becomes disturbed and you cannot catch it.
Are you trying to catch the bird?
yes
I am prepared to give you a hint, but it will cost you 2 points.
Do you want the hint?
yes
Something about you seems to be frightening the bird. Perhaps you might figure out what it is.
drop rod
OK
take bird
OK
take rod
OK
wave rod
The bird flies agitatedly about the cage.
