Castle of Fear (The Micro User type-in) - 4: Solution / Walk-through

This game has several random events, so the walk-through cannot be guaranteed to work every time.

Goal of the game: to win the game, you must to collect all three coins (Bronze, Silver and Gold) and then place one each in 3 consecutively-aligned rooms. At the same time, a wandering troll is attempting to do the same with the jewels found in the castle. If he succeeds first, then you are struck to death on the spot!

However the starting position of the coins is the same with every game. The following walk-through should result in a win after a few tries.

Castle of Fear Walk-through

Starting from the Guests Lounge: E, N, N, W, W, S, S, D, G (get Bronze coin), E, E, U, G (get Silver coin), W, U, E, N, N, W, W, G (get Golden coin), L (drop Golden coin in North end of King's bedroom), E, L (drop Silver coin in Queen's bedroom), E, L (drop Bronze coin in Northern end of N/S passage). If all has gone well, all three coins should now be aligned in a straight row and you win!

Adventure by Program Power 5: Walk-through Solution

Warning: do not read further unless you wish to see the complete solution for the game.

NO (to answer the question of whether you are a wizard; this is just a tribute to an obscure feature of the classic Colossal Cave adventure game. You then begin on a twisty north south road). SOUTH, GET LAMP, WEST, NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, GET AXE, EAST, EAST, SOUTH, NORTH, OPEN SESAME (the cavern opens), YES (to the question of whether you have a lamp), LIGHT LAMP, NORTH, KILL FROG (the princess runs off), EAST, EAST, EAST, EAST, NORTH, NORTH, GET INGOT (treasure 1), SOUTH, RUB LAMP (transported to Magician's bedroom), WEST, WEST, SOUTH, GET VASE (treasure 2), NORTH, WEST, EXTINGUISH LAMP, HOOT (Owl kills the rat), LIGHT LAMP, IN, GET COIN (treasure 3), OUT, EAST, NORTH, NORTH, WEST, KILL SPIDER (with the axe), SOUTH, GET RUBY (treasure 4), NORTH, NORTH, EAST, EAST, DROP AXE, SOUTH, GET WINE, DRINK WINE (for the empty bottle), NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, RUB LAMP (transported back to black room), WEST, FILL BOTTLE, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, IN (put treasures in the Left Luggage Office), LEAVE VASE (do not use DROP which smashes the vase), DROP COIN, DROP RUBY, DROP INGOT, GET KEYS, STEAL COIN (thrown into the Dungeon, with keys intact), GET RING (treasure 5), UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEYS (leave them here for next time), OUT, WATER PLANT (tiny plant grows into a beanstalk), SOUTH, EAST, SOUTH, GET AXE, EAST, GET PRINCESS (hooray!), WEST, WEST, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, GET PEARL (treasure 6), SOUTH, SOUTH, EAST, FILL BOTTLE, WEST, DROP PEARL, STEAL PEARL (get thrown into the Dungeon again, as a shortcut back to the castle), GET KEYS, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEYS, OUT, WATER BEANSTALK (grows into a giant beanstalk), DROP BOTTLE, UP, GET DIAMOND (treasure 7), DOWN, SOUTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, SOUTH, RUB LAMP (transported back to black room), GET PEARL, WEST, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, IN, DROP PEARL, DROP RING, DROP DIAMOND, SCORE (Well done - you have achieved your goal of collecting all 7 treasures and rescuing the princess, using minimum turns!).

Finally (with the patched "winnable" version of the game): type DROP PRINCESS to win.