from: the Asimov collection *************************************** * * * HOW TO SOLVE: * * * * THE ALPINE ENCOUNTER * * * *************************************** THIS ADVENTURE IS TRULY AN ENIGMA. IT CAN BE SOLVED IN HUNDREDS OF MOVES OR HALF A DOZEN.... WELL I HAVEN'T PLAYED THE HUNDRED MOVE VERSION...SO HERE'S THE SHORT ONE. COMMANDS IN BRACKETS: [N] THIS WILL PUT YOU INSIDE. [N] THIS WILL GET YOU NEAR THE DESK. [W] THIS WILL GET YOU TO THE REGIS- TRATION DESK. [REGISTER] A FORMALITY. FILL IN ANY NAME, ADDRESS, ETC. [WAIT] FOR A BLONDE WOMAN TO APPEAR. SHE'LL APPEAR AROUND 9:45. AT THAT POINT PRESS A KEY (NOT BEFORE.) [LOOK BACKPACK] THIS WILL UNCOVER A VASE. [TAKE VASE] YOU HAVE THE VITAL INFORMATION UNDER YOUR NOSE! [CALL INSPECTOR] YOU HAVE WON! THERE ARE MANY OTHER PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO, ETC. BUT THE PARSER IS BAD AND THE GRAPHICS SLOPPY SO WHY BOTHER? THE EXPLANATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) YOU FIND OUT YOUR MISSION, GETTING THE VASE BY READING THE NEWSPAPER. 2) YOU FIND OUT THE WOMAN'S NAME (SINCE TYPING 'LOOK WOMAN' DOES NOT WORK) BY FOLLOWING HER AND 'LISTEN'-ING TO HER CONVERSATION. IT IS RENEE. 3) YOU FIND THE BACKPACK ON HER AND LOOK IN IT DUE TO COMMON SENSE. 4) IF YOU CARRY THE VASE AROUND AND RUN INTO THE INSPECTOR HE ARRESTS YOU. SO YOU 'CALL INSPECTOR'. WRITTEN BY: PIRATE'S FRIEND *FRED SOFTWARE*