THE LOST CRYSTAL
Solution - Part TwoAs promised, here is my solution to The Lost Crystal, which takes over from where the Electron User one (on STH) stops (well, almost ... that says that you have to kill the hydra with the sword when you've gone through the grating, but you can't do that because it's got two heads. So you just go straight into the temple).
It'll get players to the end of the game but unfortunately I've not managed to get full marks on it - the User Guide I had hinted you could get extra points when the milkman arrived near the beginning but I never found out how.
After climbing through the grating, go into the temple and down the main corridor, then take the turning to the west. At the end of this corridor is a cupboard. Unlock and open it using the key from the vampire's coffin. Take the bucket and the boot, and wear the boot. Go back down to Merlin's cell and then find your way to the junction of three corridors where there is a message on the wall (head north, then west, then south from the cell). There is an orange crystal here.
Ask Merlin to read the message, and then go down the passage to the west. When you come to the pool of water you will be able to cross it safely because you are wearing the boot. You won't need Merlin with you for this bit so don't throw him the boot - if you do it'll fall in the water and you won't be able to get back. At the end of the passage is an indigo crystal.
Return to the other side of the pool of water and fill the bucket. Ask Merlin to follow you again. Go back to the junction and then continue eastwards. Your way will be blocked by a dragon, but throw the bucket of water at it and it will dissolve. At the end of the passage is a yellow crystal.
Now you need to collect as many crystals as you and Merlin can carry between you. The violet one is in the vampire's coffin, and the red, green and blue ones underneath their respective temple rooms (you will need to specify each colour to pick them up). When you have as many as possible, go up through the cell grating, enter the temple and drop the crystals in the central chamber. Retrace your steps back to the cell and then collect the remaining crystals. When you have them return to the central chamber of the temple (you'll see the hydra on the way but you won't need to kill it) and drop them. When you've dropped the last one the Rainbow Crystal will regenerate.
Pick up the Rainbow Crystal and go back down through the grating to the cell. Find your way to underneath the white crystal room, where there is a coffin. Open the coffin, and then drop the crystal to complete the adventure.
Solution completed by Emily Shields, January 2006.
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