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Softdisk Presents JEWEL HUNT Copyright (c)1989 by James E. Adams, Jr. All rights reserved. Licensed to Softdisk, Inc. Published on Softdisk #91 Subscriptions: 1-800-831-2694 Changing this notice is illegal. You are in what appears to be the mouth of a great cave. There is a hugedoor to the south and a dark, forbidding exit to the north. You tug and tug and tug at the door out and all you do is break a fingernail. You crumble into a heap onto the floorand begin to sob. Suddenly, a lovely fairy godmother appears and begins to stroke your hair to calm you down. Youbegin to feel better until you notice that fairy godmother is changing into fairy godwolf! Before you can react, you become just one more adventurer burger. Too bad ... You enter a four way intersection of passageways. Too bad you don't have a map. You seem to be in some kind of library. In the center of the room is a shield inside a glass case. You think that some protection would be wise to have. As you turn the latch and swing the door open a loud alarm goes off!! The book shelves slide open and several orcs, armed to the teeth come rushing out and orient on you. So much for theeasy approach ... You carefully cut a hole in the side of the case and gently remove the shield. It appears to be well crafted and should serve you well in battle. Hey, wait a minute! Who said anything about battle?!! You seem to be in some kind of library. In the center of the room is a vandalized glass case. This room appears to be an armory. Twoweapons stand out: a magnificent swordin a white scabard and another magnificent sword in a black scabard. You take the white sword and strap thescabard on. What a fine weapon! Obviously the work of elves. You momentarily picture yourself as a mighty dragon slayer. You then pictureyourself being roasted like a marshmallow by the breath of a dragon.Gulp! As you pick up the black sword, it tears itself from your hands!! Hovering in a menacing fashion it suddenly flies towards you! Let's justsay you get the point ... This room appears to be an armory. Oneweapon stands out: a magnificent swordin a black scabard. A nervous giggle erupts from your throat as you stare at a 12 foot tall giant! He, however, is not sharing your mirth. The giant has just put your lights out... permanently ... The giant is a dull sort of guy. He kinda grunts something to the effect that he is guarding the northern passage out of this room. There is the body of a dead, 12 foot tall giant here. Yuck! You have entered some kind of hallway.There are exits to the north and south, and a closed door to the east. Would you believe that you picked the right key? I know, it seems fantastic to me, too! As you enter this small closet, you see a large, sparkling jewel! You pullout the sketch made by the king's jeweler and decide this one is either the real McCoy or at least close enough to fool the king. You pick up the jewel and put it in your pocket for safe keeping. Boy, that was easy ... almost too easy ... This is a small empty closet. Well, if that don't beat all! This room is dedicated to keys! Every square inch of wall space is covered with keys. Big keys, little keys, red keys, blue keys. Keys, keys, keys! Now, how are you ever going to find the right key from this mess? You walk to the middle of the room, close your eyes, spin around three times, fall down from dizziness, get back on your feet and grab the first key you can reach. As you load up your pockets, the floorboards beneath you begin to creak. Allof the sudden, they give way and you fall into something that creates a bigsplash. As you try to stand up, something wraps itself around your legs and pulls you under ... As you realize who is here, you wish you were fighting the giant again. Harry Hoodlum: card player, womanizer and side show magician. Judging from his malevolent stare, however, you don't think he's about to pull a rabbit out of his hat. You have been fried like a crispy piece of bacon ... You double over from some invisible blow and hear Harry's laughter fade away ... You see the deceased form of Harry Hoodlum on the floor. You give his body a wide berth as you walk about the room. Too many tricks up that one's sleeve! At last, the exit out of this horribleplace! You emerge from the magician's hideoutwithout the king's jewel. Since the magician would never willingly let an enemy out of his lair, the king comes to the conclusion that you must be in cahoots with the thief. You then find yourself the star attraction at the castle gallows ... You emerge from the magician's hideoutwith the king's jewel. The king's guards carry you on their shoulders through the castle courtyard and you are rewarded handsomely by the king. Back at the tavern you tell your tale (suitably enhanced) to all around, finishing up with proclaiming you are the World's Best Adventurer. Just thenthe king's guards return to the tavernand tell you there is a dragon rampaging the southern end of the kingdom, and seeing as you are the World's Best Adventurer ... Boy, you wished you hadn't shot your mouth off like that back in the tavern! Just had to boast that you were the most daring adventurer in thekingdom. Too bad you didn't know that the king just had his prized jewel stolen by the evil magician. Too bad you didn't notice some of the king's guards sitting in the corner of the room listening to you. Too bad they just dragged you out to the entrance of the magician's lair and threw you into the entrance. And too bad the door just slammed and now appears to be magically locked! And all you came in with were your street clothes and aglass cutter you found in a back alleyan hour or so ago. Sigh. What's an adventurer to do? Jewel Hunt is an adventure game in which you play the role of the World'sGreatest Adventurer. As a result of boasting about this at the wrong time,you are given the task of finding a jewel that has been stolen from the king. You will need skill, smarts and some luck to survive this one! After each event description, select your next action from the screen menu by using the arrow keys. For you "power" adventure gamers, you may also type the first letter of the action description. In addition to the menu options, you may exit the program at any time by pressing the Escape key. Finally, keep an eye on your strength (S) and dexterity (D) in the Inventory& Status box. If your dexterity goes to zero, you'll be too incapacitated to score a hit in combat. And should your strength go to zero ... your adventuring days are over ...
