HITCH-HIKER
SolutionNotes:
1. You can carry a maximum of 3 items.
2. You have to GET <object> as "take" is not recognized.
3. DROP <object> to give it.
4. The 5 artefacts are:- Book of Vogon Poetry, Poster, Bowl of Petunias, Totally Depressed Robot and Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Drop them in the Five Artefacts Inn for 20% each.
Start in the Five Artefacts Inn. INV (nothing), N (by lake), GET PEANUTS, S, E, E (local high street), GET CRYSTAL, W, W, S, W (by a warp transporter), DROP CRYSTAL (can now go south), S (Betelguese spacedome - see a Vogon guard), DROP PEANUTS (guard runs off with them), E, E, S, E, N (store-room), GET MATCHES, S, W, N, W, W, N, E, N, N, E (small barn - see a hay monster), DROP MATCHES (to set hay monster on fire - can now go north), N (small shop), GET GUN, S, W, S, E, E, S (rubbish tip - see the Vogon captain), SHOOT GUN (to daze the captain), DROP GUN, E (Vogon Star Cruiser hatchway), E, GET KEYS, W, W, N, W, W, S, W, S (back at spacedome), S, S, E (by locked door), INSERT KEY (to open door), DROP KEY, E (library), GET BOOK (of Vogon poetry), EXAM BOOK, W, W, N, N, N, E, N, E, E, S, E (hatchway), S, E (see a vicious Suntiger), READ BOOK (the Suntiger runs away - - opens exits to the south and east for later), W, N, W, N, W, W (Five Artefacts Inn), DROP BOOK, SCORE (20%).N, W (by bulldozer), GET cup TEA, E, S, E GET improbability DRIVE, E, S, E, S, E, E (engine room), DROP DRIVE, DROP TEA (opens exits to the south and east), S (Vogon mint), GET COIN, N, W, W, N, W, N, W, S (hypermarket - see a cheese-cake), DROP COIN, GET CHEESE, N, W, S, W, S, E, E, S, GET STEAK, N, W, W, N, E, N, E, E, S, E, S, E, S (Vogon control room - see a Bugblatter Beast of Trall), DROP STEAK (beast wolfs it and disappears, can now go south), S (dead end - see a white mouse), DROP CHEESE, GET MOUSE, N, N, E (engine room), E (Galactic Council Chambers), N, DROP MOUSE (which chases the elephant), E (vortex), E, GET POSTER, EXAM POSTER, W, W, S, W, W, W, N, W, N, W, W (Five Artefacts Inn), DROP POSTER, SCORE (40%).
E, E, S, E, S, GET CHEQUE, E, E, S, E, E (mirrored corridor - do NOT go north from here unless you are carrying The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy), S (chocolate factory), GET BOX (of chocolates), N, W, W, N, W, W, N, W, N, W, W, S, W, S, E (Milliways Restaurant at the End of the Universe), DROP CHEQUE (barman offers you a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster), GET PAN, E (by fountain - see a Babel fish), DROP BOX (of chocolates), GET BABEL, S, E, S (see an angry Arkleseizure), DROP PAN (if you are carrying the Babel fish you will be told you can now go east), DROP BABEL, E, S (tiny larder), GET bowl PETUNIAS, N, W, N, W, N, W, W, N, E, N (Five Artefacts Inn), DROP PETUNIAS, SCORE (60%).
E, E, S, E, S, E, S, E, E (mirrored corridor), GET HITCH (Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy), W, S (pools of Asgard), GET CIRCUIT, N, W, N, W, W, N, W, N, W, W, S, W, S, E, E, S, E, S, E (home of totally depressed robot), DROP CIRCUIT, GET ROBOT, W, N, W, N, W, W, N, E, N (Five Artefacts Inn), DROP stabalized ROBOT, SCORE (80%), DROP HITCH.
Solution by Barbara Gibb
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