PC Plus 25/SHORTIES/FANTASY2.DAT

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in a dim and dusty room.
Your first impression is of a dark and dusty room, lit only by the sunlight
filtering through a barred window set high in the wall in front of you. As your
eyes adjust you realise that the jungle has reclaimed much of this building,
and that this place has not seen human life for centuries.
In the east wall, just visible under the vegetation, is a rusted hatch door.
Have a good SEARCH around - floor, walls - be thorough...



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in another dimly-lit room.
This next room contains, if anything, even more dust and jungle than the first.
It too is lit by a barred window, but this must face away from the sun because
less light filters through.
In the west wall, just visible under the vegetation, is a metal hatch door.

Have a good SEARCH around - floor, walls, everywhere...



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below the trapdoor.
You are in a small cell, beneath a trapdoor. The only light is from a small
grid set high in the wall. Passages lead off to north, east and west.







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in a small cell.
You are in a small cell, lit only by a grid set high in the wall. Passages
lead off in all directions.



It's very easy to lose your sense of direction down here...



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in a small cell.
You are in a small cell, lit only by a grid set high in the wall. Passages
lead off in all directions.



It's very easy to lose your sense of direction down here...



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in a small cell.
You are in a small cell, lit only by a grid set high in the wall. Passages
lead off in all directions.



It's very easy to lose your sense of direction down here...



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below a trapdoor.
You are in a small cell, beneath a trapdoor. The only light is from a small
grid set high in the wall. Passages lead off to north, south, east and west.



It may look like the same place, but is it really?



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at the west end of a long corridor.
In the faint glow from your torch, you can just see that you are at the
west end of a long corridor.  A thick carpet covers the floor, and a large
chandelier (unlit) hangs from the ceiling.
To the south is the passage you came in through.



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hanging on to the window bars.
You can easily climb the vegetation-covered wall, and soon find yourself
clinging precariously to the window bars.
Peering through a thick screen of plants, you can see a ledge outside the
window.

Try SEARCHing things.



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half-way up the wall.
Half-way up the wall, your hands lacerated by thorns, you realise that you
can go no further.  The window is still just out of reach.



I should go down, if I were you.



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on a narrow ledge.
It's a tight fit, but you manage to squeeze through.  Outside, you find
yourself on a narrow ledge, high up the side of an enormous tower.
Looking down, you can see that the tower is surrounded by a jungle of some
sort - probably a rain forest, to judge by the clouds overhead!
No way are you going to be able to climb down from here.
Get inside before you fall off.



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starving to death.
Ten feet further down you become totally stuck...
You cling to the side of the tower for as long as you are able, but inevitably
thirst and starvation loosen your grip, and you fall to the ground below.
Next time, please listen when I say you can't do something.




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committing suicide.
For a few brief moments, you are exhilarated by the rush of air past your
falling body.  However, all good things must come to an end...






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in front of a door in a corridor.
Your torch flickers feebly as you walk cautiously along the corridor...
About midway, you notice a heavy wooden door in the north wall.



How about applying some brute force? Adventuring isn't all fancy intellectual
stuff, you know.
yes

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in the treasure chamber.
This room is quite obviously a Treasure Chamber.  It is circular, and
completely empty apart from a small chest on a plinth in the exact centre.



Aren't you going to open it?

yes

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at the east end of a long corridor.
You have reached the east end of the corridor.  Another superb chandelier
hangs from the ceiling, and the floor is still thickly carpeted.
The sickly glow emanating from your torch reveals an opening in the south wall.




yes

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in the control room.
You are in a small dimly-lit room filled with humming machinery, blinking
lights, and meaningless dials.  The south wall is hidden behind a bank
of video monitors.
Above the opening in the north wall there is a prominent sign.

I'm as confused as you are.



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being incinerated.
As you walk through the opening you hear a faint click, as of a circuit
closing.
The doorway erupts into a sheet of flame, and you barely have time to scream
before you collapse.
Looks like you'll have to find another way out!



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in a lift.
You step into a small metal cubicle.  Almost immediately doors slide out of
the walls behind you, and you feel yourself start moving - this must be
some sort of lift, but there don't seem to be any controls.
Presently you come to a halt, and the doors open.

You can't do anything useful in here.



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in a void.
You hear a loud voice saying, "Please wait while the rest of the adventure
is being written."
The lift entrance is to the south.


You'll have to wait... unless you fancy writing the next bit?



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in a lift.
The lift doors close behind you, and you feel yourself start moving.
Presently you come to a halt, and the doors open.



You can't do anything useful in here.



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a large iron key
key
Rather rusty and big perhaps, but otherwise pretty ordinary.

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a mouse
mouse
A small, cuddly, not particularly furry, plastic mouse with two buttons
on the top.
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a computer, switched off,
computer
The keyboard and mouse are missing, but there is a disk in the drive. On the
front are the letters A*ST**D. Eventually you find a switch round the back.


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a computer, switched on,
computer
The screen glows white with a pale blue border. In the middle is a pointer and
a little square that you somehow know is an 'icon', waiting to be CLICKed.


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a rusty iron bar
bar
It's just a very ordinary, very solid iron bar.

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a small electric torch
torch
In small letters on the back of the torch you can read 'Made in Hong Kong'.

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a small electric torch (on)
torch
It emits a pitifully inadequate beam of light.





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a painting on the wall
painting
It looks like a self-portrait by a really ugly, untalented man.
An inscription on the frame identifies him as 'Sir Harry Brown'.


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a hologram on the wall
hologram
A beautiful lady smiles down at you.  If you are male, you temporarily forget
your predicament as you fall madly in love...


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a treasure chest
chest
It doesn't appear to be trapped, or even locked!



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a Fabulous Treasure
treasure
You have no idea what it is, but it is obviously extremely valuable.

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a small electric torch (deceased)
torch
The torch is as dead as it looks.  You switch it on, but it just flickers once,
then goes out.  It is now totally useless (unless you need a paper-weight).




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a control console
console
You find an astonishing array of control devices.  In particular, there are a
large lever and a big button above a label -  'Restore Power : ALL Areas'.


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a picture on the wall
picture
It's obviously 'Modern Art' - a few geometric shapes and acres of blank
canvas.  It's big enough to hide a secret door, but you can't find one.


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a treasure chest (open)
chest
Despite fumbling around in the dark for some time, you can find nothing unusual
about the chest.  You get a splinter in your finger.


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Door open between 1 and 2
1
2
The door is open.

The door is closed.

Open
Door



Pulling aside the vines and sweeping away the dust, you grasp the wheel in the
centre of the door and heave. Just as you are about to give up, it swings open.


Close
Door



With superhuman effort, you manage to close the door.



Search floor in room 1
1

Set in the floor is a large trapdoor, through which can be heard a distant
squeaking, as of small furry animals.
The floor is knee deep in a fine dust.

search
floor



The dust rises in clouds, and slowly settles to reveal a large trapdoor.
Through it you can hear a distant squeaking noise.











Search floor in room 2
2



The floor is thick with dust.

search
floor



As you sweep aside the mess, you hear something metallic! Perhaps you should
have a good LOOK...











Trapdoor in room 1 open
1

The trapdoor stands open.



open
trapdoor
1


The key obviously hasn't been used in donkeys years, but it does eventually
work. A steel ladder disappears into the gloom. The squeaking is louder.
You grasp the rusted handle and heave away for some time with no effect.
Eventually you realise that, set in the trapdoor, is a large keyhole.
close
trapdoor



The trapdoor swings shut with a dull clunk, and a click as the lock engages.



switching on computer
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switch
on



There is a crackling sound as the screen springs to life. You are amazed that
the power is still on, and that this seems to be such a reliable machine!


switch
off



With a crack, the screen goes dead.



click icon
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On the screen is a message saying:
              'Wrong disk, please insert PC PLUS SuperDisk...'


click
icon
2


You plug in the mouse and click on the icon. The screen clears and a message
appears saying: 'Wrong disk, please insert PC PLUS SuperDisk...'.
Without a mouse there's no way you're going to be able to do that!










search window (room 1)
1





search
window



The window is too high for you to reach.












search window (room 9)
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search
window



The bars are very rusty, and one of them seems to be loose.












remove bar
9

One of the bars is missing.

There appears to be a small object on the ledge...

remove
bar



It's difficult with just one hand, but you eventually manage to knock the
bar out.  You might be able to get out through the gap...











search window (room 2)
2





search
window



The window is too high for you to reach.












small electric torch






light
torch
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7
You switch the torch on.  It seems to be on its last legs, flickering
erratically and giving barely enought light to see by.
You don't have a (working) torch.

unlight
torch
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The torch goes out.  It does this very successfully.  In fact, it gives
the impression that nothing will induce it to turn on again.
You don't have a lit torch.

search ledge (room 9)
9





search
ledge



You can't do that from this side of the window.












search ledge (room 11)
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search
ledge



You find a few small rocks.












carpet (room 8)
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search
carpet



The carpet really is very thick.  You disturb a few insects which have
taken up residence, but find nothing.











carpet (room 14)
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search
carpet



It's a very thick, very expensive carpet.  There's nothing in it apart from
a few insects, and dust.











carpet (room 16)
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search
carpet



The carpet is more worn here, but still very thick.  You find nothing.












treasure room
14

The door stands invitingly ajar.
A smashed padlock lies in pieces in the floor.
The door is firmly closed, with a very strong padlock.

smash
padlock
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A few blows with the iron bar soon dispose of the padlock.  The door
swings open slightly.
You'll need something pretty solid to do that.










Fabulous Treasure
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open
chest
7

12
You lift the lid of the chest.  You just have time to see a Fabulous Treasure
resting on velvet cushions, when your torch gives a last flicker, and goes out.
You can't see what you're doing.

close
chest
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You can't see what you're doing.

lever on control console
17

There is an opening in the east wall.

The east wall is completely blank.

pull
lever
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With a loud grinding, the central part of the east wall rises into the ceiling.
Simultaneously, your torch flickers, and goes out.
There is a horrendous grinding noise as the central part of the east wall
rises slightly, then crashes back to the floor.  Nothing else happens.









button on control console
17

There is an opening in the west wall.

The west wall is completely blank.

press
button
12


The central part of the west wall rises silently into the ceiling.
Behind you, the long corridor is bathed in light as the chandeliers come on.
The button clicks once, but nothing happens.










sign in control room
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read
sign



   "WARNING - Security Door - Unauthorised Personnel will be incinerated"












treasure room (2)
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open
door



You struggle with the door for a few minutes, but the padlock is much too
strong for you.  Eventually you give up.











search chandelier(s)
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search
chandelier



It's much too high for you to reach.  All you can do is stand here and admire
it (or as much of it as you can see in the miserable glow from your torch).











always OFF
























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  WELCOME TO FANTASY - THE ADVENTURE GAME WRITTEN BY THE READERS OF PC PLUS!

To play this game, enter your instructions in VERB NOUN format at the prompt.
A list of some of the commands that the game understands can be displayed by
entering COMMANDS at any point, but the writers may have added extra ones that
you will just have to guess! LOOK, SEARCH and HELP are particularly useful.

   If you think you could improve or extend this adventure using the ADVENTURE
WRITER program, then why not send your DATa file (not the compiled adventure,
please!) on disk to:

  Fantasy, PC PLUS, Future Publishing Limited, 4 Queen Street, Bath BA1 1EJ

The best entry each month will be added to the existing source code and put on
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