Ruby
This is one of the additional treasures added in this version of the game. The ruby is well hidden in the cave and requires that you get past a nasty ogre.
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
on
Your lamp is now on.
xyzzy
>>Foof!<<
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.
w
At your feet is a small pit breathing traces of white mist. An east passage ends here except for a small crack leading on.
Rough stone steps lead down the pit.
d
You are at one end of a vast hall stretching forward out of sight to the west. There are openings to either side. Nearby, a wide stone staircase leads downward. The hall is filled with wisps of white mist swaying to and fro almost as if alive. A cold wind blows up the staircase. There is a passage at the top of a dome behind you.
Rough stone steps lead up the dome.
w
You are on the east bank of a fissure slicing clear across the hall. The mist is quite thick here, and the fissure is too wide to jump.
wave rod
A crystal bridge now spans the fissure.
w
You are on the west side of the fissure in the Hall of Mists.
There are diamonds here!
A crystal bridge now spans the fissure.
w
You are at the west end of the Hall of Mists. A low wide crawl continues west and another goes north. To the south is a little passage 6 feet off the floor.
w
You are at the east end of a very long hall apparently without side chambers. To the east a low wide crawl slants up. To the north a round two foot hole slants down.
w
You are at the west end of a very long featureless hall. The hall joins up with a narrow north/south passage.
e
You're at east end of long hall.
w
You're at west end of long hall.
e
You're at east end of long hall.
w
You're at west end of long hall.
e
You're at east end of long hall.
e
You're at west end of Hall of Mists.
e
You're on west bank of fissure.
There are diamonds here!
A crystal bridge now spans the fissure.
w
You're at west end of Hall of Mists.
w
You're at east end of long hall.
w
You're at west end of long hall.
w
There is no way to go that direction.
You're at west end of long hall.
w
There is no way to go that direction.
You are at the west end of a very long featureless hall. The hall joins up with a narrow north/south passage.
n
You are at a crossover of a high n/s passage and a low e/w one.
w
You are at the east end of a very long hall apparently without side chambers. To the east a low wide crawl slants up. To the north a round two foot hole slants down.
w
You're at west end of long hall.
w
There is no way to go that direction.
You're at west end of long hall.
e
You're at east end of long hall.
e
You're at west end of Hall of Mists.
e
You're on west bank of fissure.
There are diamonds here!
A crystal bridge now spans the fissure.
e
You're on east bank of fissure.
A crystal bridge now spans the fissure.
w
You're on west bank of fissure.
There are diamonds here!
A crystal bridge now spans the fissure.
w
You're at west end of Hall of Mists.
w
A little dwarf just walked around a corner, saw you, threw a little axe at you which missed, cursed, and ran away.
You're at east end of long hall.
There is a little axe here.
take axe
OK
w
You're at west end of long hall.
e
You're at east end of long hall.
e
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You are at the west end of the Hall of Mists. A low wide crawl continues west and another goes north. To the south is a little passage 6 feet off the floor.
w
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You're at east end of long hall.
w
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You're at west end of long hall.
s
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all different.
sw
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You are in a little maze of twisty passages, all different.
se
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You are in a little maze of twisting passages, all different.
s
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
Dead end
There is a massive and somewhat battered vending machine here. The instructions on it read: "Drop coins here to receive fresh batteries."
attack machine
As you strike the vending machine, it pivots backward along with a section of wall, revealing a dark passage leading south.
s
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You are in a long, rough-hewn, north/south corridor.
s
There is a threatening little dwarf in the room with you!
You are in a large chamber with passages to the west and north.
A formidable ogre bars the northern exit.
kill ogre
The ogre, who despite his bulk is quite agile, easily dodges your attack. He seems almost amused by your puny effort.
One sharp nasty knife is thrown at you!
The ogre, distracted by your rush, is struck by the knife. With a blood-curdling yell he turns and bounds after the dwarf, who flees in panic. You are left alone in the room.
s
You are in a large chamber with passages to the west and north.
n
You are in the ogre's storeroom. The only exit is to the south.
There is an enormous ruby here!
take ruby
OK
