<({[ NEABBS ]})> PRESENTS: A COMPLETE SOLUTION AND TUTORIAL TO: > CRYPT OF MEDEA < PRELUDE: AS YOU DRIVE ALONG THE NARROW AND TORTUOUS ROAD, YOU FEEL AN ERIE SENSE OF UNEASINESS. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NIGHT THAT JUST DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT, BUT YOU FIND IT HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT. THE SKY IS CLEAR AND CLOUDLESS, STARS FILL THE SKY, THE MOON GLOWS WITH A MYSTERIOUS AURA, YET STRANGELY ENOUGH IT IS VERY, VERY DARK. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S SO DARK YOU FIND IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD. SUDDENLY IT DAWNS ON YOU THAT YOU ARE PEERING INTENTLY THROUGH YOUR WINDSHIELD...WAIT! WHAT WAS THAT? YOU ARE ALMOST POSITIVE THAT YOU SAW SOMETHING - YOU'RE NOT TOO SURE WHAT, A FLASH OR MOVEMENT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. YOU BEGIN TO TAKE QUICK, FURITIVE GLANCES AROUND YOU HOPING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF WHATEVER IT WAS. FINALLY, YOU BEGIN TO THINK THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN YOUR IMAGINATION - TOO MANY MOVIES MAYBE. AS YOU LOOK BACK TOWARDS THE ROAD YOU ARE STUNNED BY SOMETHING.....SOMETHING TERRIBLE, SHIMMERING GROTESQUELY IN THE ROAD! YOU HEAR YOURSELF SCREAM AS YOU SLAM ON THE BRAKES. YOU FEEL DAMPNESS AROUND YOU AND A HAUNTING SILENCE FILLS YOUR MIND. YOU WONDER WHERE YOU ARE BUT YOU HESITATE TO OPEN YOUR EYES. WELL, BETTER GET IT OVER WITH. AS YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU ARE STRICKEN BY AN UNFAMILIAR SIGHT. ARE THOSE TOMBSTONES ON THE WALL? YOU REALIZE THAT YOU MUST BE IN A CRYPT OF MAUSOLUEM. HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE AND HOW DO YOU GET OUT? IS THAT A DOOR OVER THERE? YOU SCAMPER HURRIEDLY WITH A HINT OF PANIC IN YOUR STEP. WAIT! WHERE'S THE LATCH? YOU REALIZE WITH A SINKING FEELING WHY THERE WOULDN'T BE A LATCH....THE DEAD HAVE NO NEED TO GET OUT! WELCOME TO THE CRYPT OF MEDEA... WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU... TO GET STARTED IN CRYPT OF MEDEA YOU ALWAYS NEED A LIGHT SOURCE IN ALMOST EVERY ADVENTURE YOU EVER PLAY SO "TAKE CANDLE". NOW SINCE THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN EXIT OF ANY KIND LET'S MAKE ONE! "MOVE CASE" AND THEN "PULL TOMBSTONE". OK, PRETTY UGLY SIGHT HUH? NOW, "LOOK CRYPT" AND "TAKE MATCHES". NOW YOU WANT TO "LIGHT CANDLE" AND GO [DOWN, NORTH] AND "BURN HAND WITH CANDLE". "TAKE SHOVEL" AND GO [S,U], THEN "DIG". YOU FOUND SOMETHING! "PULL KNOB" AND GO [EAST], "TAKE KNIFE", GO [EAST], "TAKE FLASK", AND GO [SOUTH]. NOW "EXAMINE HEAD", "SEARCH CORPSE", AND THEN "TAKE VIAL", AND GO [S,E] AND "OPEN VIAL", "THROW VIAL AT WEB" THEN GO [EAST] AND "TAKE TAPE", "DROP SHOVEL", "DROP MATCHES", "DROP KNIFE", "DROP FLASK" AND GO [W,W] THEN "TAKE PLAYER". NOW LET'S GO [NORTH] AND "TAKE CARD", NOW [NORTH] AGAIN AND "PLAY TAPE". "PLAY PLAYER", "DROP PLAYER", "PUT CARD IN SLOT", "TAKE DIAMOND", GO [W,W], AND "CUT CASE WITH DIAMOND". NOW, "TAKE GLASS", "TAKE BREATHING", GO [E,E,S] AND "WEAR BREATHING". "PUSH ORANGE", "DROP CANDLE", GO [WEST], "PUSH VIOLET", GO [EAST], AND "PUSH YELLOW", "PUSH ORANGE", "TAKE ROD", AND GO [WEST], AND "PUSH BLUE". FINALLY GO [EAST] AND "DROP BREATHING". NOW LET'S GET GOING AGAIN, "TAKE CANDLE", GO [N,N] AND "CUT ROPE WITH GLASS", "TAKE ROPE" AND GO [S,E,E]. NOW TO CROSS THE RAVINE! "THROW ROPE" AND THEN "SWING ROPE". MADE IT! AT THIS POINT IF YOU MAKE IT OVER THE RAVINE AND THE DISKETTE RE-BOOTS JUST USE THE PATCH POSTED ON THE [O]UTLAW'S ROOST. THIS IS JUST A BAD CRACKED VERSION WHICH THE PATCH WILL CORRECT. THE ORIGINAL SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS. NOW ON TO SOME BATTLE! GO [EAST] AND "THROW GLASS AT MUTATE". HA! HE WASN'T AS TERRIBLE AFTER ALL! NOW GO [NORTH] AND "TAKE MAGNET", NOW GO [S,W] AND "SWING ROPE". DON'T WORRY ABOUT THI OTHER ROOMS, YOU'LL BE HEADING BACK THIS WAY SHORTLY! NOW GO [W,W,N] AND "USE MAGNET", "TAKE KEY", "DROP MAGNET", AND GO [S,E,E]. "SWING ROPE", AND GO [EAST]. NOW "UNLOCK DOOR", AND GO [S,W], "TAKE GLOVES" AND GO [E,N,W] AND "SWING ROPE". NOW GO [W,W,S,S] AND "WEAR GLOVES", "TAKE DOG" AND GO [N,N,E,E], "SWING ROPE". NOW ALMOST DONE WITH SWINGING AROUND! GO [E,S,S,E,N] AND "THROW DOG AT SCUM". NOW, "DROP GLOVES", "EXAMINE MOSS", "TURN VALVE" AND GO [S,W,N]. "LOOK VAT". GO [D,E] AND "TAKE NEEDLE", THEN GO [W,U,N,W] AND "SWING ROPE". GOOD! NO MORE ROPE SWINGING! NOW GO [W,W,S,S,E,E] AND "INJECT MASS WITH NEEDLE". "PULL TRAPDOOR", "TAKE ALL", "DROP NEEDLE", AND GO [DOWN]. NOW SINCE YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR YOU MIGHT WANT TO "SAVE GAME" JUST IN CASE YOU SCREW UP LATER ON. YOU CAN RESTORE YOUR GAME BY TYPING "RESTORE GAME". NOW LET'S BEGIN AGAIN, "TAKE BURNER", AND GO [E,S,W] AND "SLICE LARD WITH KNIFE". "TAKE SLICE" AND "PUT SLICE IN FLASK" THEN "LIGHT BURNER". OK NOW YOU "MELT SLICE WITH BURNER" AND "OIL DIAL". THEN "DROP BURNER" AND "DROP FLASK". GO [E,N,W,W] AND "TAKE TIMBER", AND GO [E,E,E] AND "TAKE TORCH". "LIGHT TORCH", "DIG", "DROP SHOVEL" AND GO [W,S,W,W,W,U,W,S]. "BUILD BRIDGE" AND GO [S,E,E] AND "TAKE EARPLUGS". NOW GO BACK BY GOING [W,W,N,N,E,D,E,E,E,N,E,D]. "WEAR EARPLUGS" AND GO [E,N]. "TAKE BARREL" AND GO [S,W,U,W]. "PULL SWITCH", "DROP CANDLE", "DROP EARPLUGS", AND GO [W,W,W], "TAKE FUSE". OK, LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH! GO [E,E,E,S,W,W,W,U,W,W] AND "TAKE AXE". NOW I SUGGEST YOU PRESS: CTRL-S TO TOGGLE THE MUSIC OFF, AND CTRL-P TO TOGGLE THE GRAPHICS OFF, THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO TYPE AND RESPOND FASTER. NOW, THIS GETS DANGEROUS SO "SAVE GAME" AND GO [NORTH], "MAKE BOMB". NOW GET READY TO TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WITHOUT MAKING ANY ERRORS. THIS PART OF THE GAME DEPENDS UPON HOW QUICK YOU REACT! TYPE <<"LIGHT BOMB", "DROP BOMB", "S", "E">>! WOW! YOU MADE IT! NOW, AFTER THE LETTERS STOP FALLING FROM THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, PRESS THE [SPACE BAR] AND GO [W,N,N]. "USE AXE" AND GO [N,U]! YOU DID IT! YOU ESCAPED FROM THE CRYPT OF MEDEA! BCNU.....