"You can't push on a rope."
Arthur Bloch, Murphy's Law
ST ADVENTURE SOLUTION: GRANDAD AND THE QUEST FOR THE HOLEY VEST
by Richard Karsmakers
It is rare, I know, but I thought as I had solved this
particular adventure anyway I might as well share the solution
with all of you. This particular adventure is not a very
difficult one and is quite excellent play for non-seasoned
adventure player (and, as a matter of fact, for people who
normally don't like playing adventures at all, like me).
Here goes...
YOU'RE IN THE ENTRANCE HALL, LOOK PICTURE, GET DUSTY KEY (5), GO
TO GARDEN (TO THE FRONT), LOOK BRAT, TELL HIM TO BUGGER OFF (YOU
GET A TENNISBALL (10)), LOOK OTHER SIDE OF SHRUB, GET TROWEL
(15), LOOK CLIMBING PLANT, GET TWISTED WIRE (20), GO TO ENTRANCE
HALL, LOOK DAMAGED WALL (TO THE LEFT, FRONT), USE TWISTED WIRE
(YOU GET SHINY KEY (25)), USE SHINY KEY IN LEFT DOOR (27), ENTER
MAIN HALL, LOOK SCULPTURE, USE TENNISBALL (YOU GET TARNISHED KEY
(32)), GO TO END OF MAIN HALL (IN THE BACK TO THE LEFT), LOOK
WINDOW, GET SMALL KEY (37), GO TO MAIN HALL (TO THE RIGHT), USE
TARNISHED KEY IN DOOR IN THE BACK (39), ENTER KITCHEN, LOOK
FRIDGE (AT THE LEFT), GET BUTTER (44), LOOK WASHING MACHINE (AT
THE RIGHT), GET UNDERPANTS (49), USE SMALL KEY IN BACK RIGHT DOOR
(51), ENTER LARDER, LOOK BEHIND DOOR, GET RUSTY KEY (56), LOOK
LARGE BOX, GET HAIRPIN (61), GO TO KITCHEN, GO TO MAIN HALL, USE
HAIRPIN ON FRONT LEFT DOOR (66), ENTER LOUNGE, LOOK COFFEE TABLE,
GET LIGHTER (71), LOOK SETTEE, GET LARGE KEY (76), LOOK BOOKS
(THE THIRD FROM THE FRONT WILL GIVE YOU A CLUE ABOUT EDEN), GO TO
MAIN HALL, GO TO KITCHEN, USE LARGE KEY ON BACK DOOR (78), ENTER
CONSERVATORY, GO TO BACK GARDEN (TO THE RIGHT), LOOK NEIGHBOUR,
TELL HER IT'S ALRIGHT TO BORROW SOME BUTTER (88), USE TROWEL
(PRECISELY SOUTH OF THE LARGE TREE NEAR THE SHED AND EXACTLY EAST
OF THE GARDEN GNOME CALLED EDEN - YOU GET DIRTY KEY (93)), USE
DIRTY KEY ON GARDEN SHED DOOR (95), ENTER GARDEN SHED, LOOK
BUCKET, GET BUCKET (100), GO TO BACK GARDEN, GO TO CONSERVATORY,
GO TO KITCHEN, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO END OF MAIN HALL, GO TO TAP
(FRONT LEFT), USE BUCKET (105), GO TO MANUAL LIFT (STAND ON IT),
USE FULL BUCKET (110), GO TO TAP, USE BUCKET (115), GO TO MANUAL
LIFT, USE FULL BUCKET (120), GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO KITCHEN, GO
TO CONSERVATORY, GO TO BACK GARDEN, LOOK NEIGBOUR, ASK HER TO
FILL YOUR BUCKET WITH WATER (130), GO TO CONSERVATORY, GO TO
KITCHEN, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO END OF MAIN HALL, GO TO MANUAL
LIFT, USE BUCKET (135), CELLAR, LOOK SECURITY LOCK, ENTER SIX-
DIGIT SHAREWARE CODE OBTAINED UPON SHAREWARE REGISTRATION (155),
W, ENTER SMALL DAMP ROOM, USE LIGHTER (160), N, N, N, E, E, E, E,
S, E, N, E, E, E, E, S, LOOK BARREL, GET TORCH ((165) AS SOON AS
THE LIGHTER GOES OUT, USE TORCH (170)), N, W, W, W, W, S, W, N,
W, W, W, W, S, S, S, S, E, E, S, E, E, S, E, E, LOOK BARREL, GET
HAND DRILL (175), W, W, N, W, W, N, W, S, S, W, S, S, E, E, S, E,
E, N, E, E, E, E, N, N, N, W, N, E, E, S, E, LOOK BARREL, GET
BATTERY (180), W, N, W, W, S, E, S, S, W, N, W, N, W, W, N, N, E,
N, N, E, E, S, S, E, E, E, S, LOOK BARREL, GET KNIFE (185), N, W,
W, N, E, E, E, S, S, S, S, W, W, S, S, S, W, W, W, LOOK BARREL,
GET PLIERS (190), E, E, E, N, N, N, E, E, N, N, N, N, W, W, W, S,
W, N, N, W, W, S, S, W, S, S, E, E, S, E, S, E, S, W, W, W, W, S,
W, W, N, W, W, N, W, N, N, N, N, W, ENTER CELLAR, GO TO BAGS OF
SAND, USE KNIFE (195), GO ON MANUAL LIFT, USE HAND DRILL (200),
ENTER END OF MAIN HALL, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO ENTRANCE HALL, USE
DUSTY KEY ON DOOR IN BACK (202), ENTER ELECTRICITY CUPBOARD, LOOK
BOX, GET SPARE FUSE (207), LOOK FUSE BANK (MIDDLE THING ON THE
BACK WALL), USE PLIERS (212), USE SPARE FUSE (217), GO TO
ENTRANCE HALL, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO END OF MAIN HALL, THE
ELECTRIC LIFT WORKS NOW SO USE IT WHENEVER YOU HAVE TO GO UP AND
DOWN, GO INTO IT, ENTER LANDING, LOOK LOOSE FLOORBOARD (FRONT
RIGHT), GET OLD KEY (222), GO TO MAIN HALL, USE OLD KEY ON FIRST
DOOR FROM THE LEFT (224), ENTER BEDROOM, LOOK BIN, GET CRUSTY
TISSUE (229), USE CRUSTY TISSUE, LOOK AT LEFT BACK OF BED, GET
XXX MAGAZINES (234), LOOK NOTE ON RIGHT BACK DOOR, LOOK PICTURE
ON CUPBOARD, USE PLIERS (YOU GET GREY KEY (239)), USE GREY KEY ON
BACK RIGHT DOOR (241), ENTER BEDROOM CUPBOARD, LOOK DRESSING
GOWN, GET GLASSES (246), LOOK CHEST, USE RUSTY KEY (251), USE
TWISTED WIRE (256), GET BLACK KEY (261), GO TO BEDROOM, GO TO
MAIN HALL, GO TO END OF MAIN HALL (WHICH IS AT THE EXTREME RIGHT
AND THEN TO THE BACK), USE BLACK KEY AT RIGHT DOOR (263), ENTER
SHOWER ROOM, LOOK SHOWER, GET SCREWDRIVER (268), LOOK SINK, GET
SOAP (273), LOOK TOWEL, GET FLUFFY TOWEL (278), BACK TO END OF
MAIN HALL, GO TO MAIN HALL, LOOK RIGHT DOOR, USE XXX MAGAZINES
(283), USE SCREWDRIVER (YOU GET YELLOW KEY (288)), USE YELLOW KEY
(290), ENTER SPARE BEDROOM, LOOK WIRE, USE GLASSES (295), LOOK
BOX, GET DULL KEY (300), BACK TO MAIN HALL, LOOK FIRST DOOR FROM
THE RIGHT, USE DULL KEY (302), ENTER BOG, LOOK BASKET, GET STICKY
TAPE (307), LOOK NURSE (YOU'LL GIVE HER THE GLASSES), TELL HER
YOU'RE SORRY (317), LOOK NURSE, ASK IF SHE HAS SEEN YOUR VEST
(YOU GET WHITE KEY (327)), BACK TO MAIN HALL, GO TO SPARE BEDROOM
(EXTREME RIGHT), USE WHITE KEY ON BACK DOOR (329), ENTER ANOTHER
CUPBOARD, LOOK SWITCH, USE STICKY TAPE (339), LOOK SHIRTS, GET
PLUG SPANNER (WHICH IS CONTAINED IN AN OVERALL AMONG THEM (344)),
BACK TO SPARE BEDROOM, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO END OF MAIN HALL,
LOOK HEXAGONAL HOLE (AT THE LEFT, IN THE OAK PANELS), USE SOAP
(354), USE PLUG SPANNER (370), ENTER SECRET ROOM, LOOK NOTE, BACK
TO END OF MAIN HALL, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO LANDING, DOWN
ELEVATOR, ENTER END OF MAIN HALL, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO LOUNGE,
GO TO LAST BOOK, USE PLIERS (380), BACK TO MAIN HALL, GO TO
KITCHEN, GO TO CONSERVATORY, LOOK MIDDLE BASKET (390), BACK TO
KITCHEN, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO ENTRANCE HALL, GARDEN, LOOK
RAINPIPE (400), BACK TO ENTRANCE HALL, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO
KITCHEN, GO TO CONSERVATORY, GO TO BACK GARDEN, LOOK DAFFODILS
(THE YELLOW THINGIES AT THE RIGHT IN THE BACK), USE TROWEL (410),
BACK TO CONSERVATORY, GO TO KITCHEN, GO TO MAIN HALL, GO TO END
OF MAIN HALL, ELEVATOR UP, ENTER LANDING, GO TO MAIN HALL, LOOK
LEFTMOST OF THREE NUDE PAINTINGS (WHICH IS CALLED "JUGS" (420)),
LOOK RUBBER PLANT (WHICH IS AROUND THE CORNER AT THE RIGHT, JUST
BEFORE THE 'END OF MAIN HALL' - YOU GET GOLD KEY (440)), GO TO
END OF MAIN HALL, GO TO SECRET ROOM, LOOK CHEST, USE GOLD KEY
(450), LOOK CHEST, GET HOLEY VEST (500).
And that, as they say, 's the end.
Please don't write to me if you run into any problems with
adventures, because I don't play the dratted games usually.
Contact Math instead (his address is mentioned in all other ST
NEWS adventure solutions). He's much better at this sort of
thing.
Thanks go to my utterly beloved girlfriend, Miranda, for
assisting in the solving of this adventure.
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