THE MUTANT (River Software)
This is certainly one of Jack Lockerby's finer offerings with some
nice puzzles and atmosphere. A brief overview: your mission is to
track down and kill the mutant. To do this, you have to catch a fish
to lure the beast and to befriend the bird which will lead you to your
untimely demise!
(You begin outside your Landrover) DROP KEYS, N, N, N, X REEDS, GET
EGG (the crocodile is chasing you), W, W, W, THROW EGG (the crocodile
and alligator start fighting), CLIMB TREE, GET VINE, GET NEST
(actually a bees' nest), D, W, THROW NEST (this scares the boars
away), Ex6, X POOL, GET SNAIL, W, W, S, S, S, E, E, N, E, GET BOOK,
READ BOOK (you don't recognise any of them), W, N, N, CLIMB, N, N, TIE
VINE (to the tree stump), D, PULL VINE (the stump comes crashing
down), N, N, JUMP (exit NE), NE, JUMP, NW, E, Nx5 (at the cabin), X
CABIN (the roof is damaged), CLIMB ROOF, TIE VINE, CLIMB IN (don't
drop down or you'll die!), READ MESSAGE (on the table – looks
ominous!), GET SHOES, WEAR SHOES, GET BOOTS, OPEN DRAWER, GET CATGUT,
CLIMB OUT, CLIMB OFF, GET BATH, S, S, S, S, W, DROP BOOTS, S, W, W, W,
W (you must wear the snow shoes here!), GET SHOVEL, E, E, E, E, N, ROW
(using the shovel and the bath), X BIRD (you don't recognise it), READ
BOOK (ah! It's a snail-eater), GIVE SNAILS (the bird flies off), ROW,
DROP BOOK, REMOVE SHOES, DROP SHOES, GET BOOTS, WEAR BOOTS, W, N, N,
W, DIG (you make an opening in the pile), W, W, W, D, E, Sx5, ENTER
LANDROVER, GET JACK, OUT, Nx7 (don't go here if you're wet from
falling into water), GET BONE (a hook), S, S, E, E, DIG (you find a
big worm), DROP SHOVEL, GET WORM, TIE HOOK TO CATGUT, PUT WORM ON
HOOK, W, W, S, S, CATCH FISH (you catch a big one), GET FISH, N, N
(now walk around a bit until your clothes have dried), N, N, W, W, W
(you need the boots here), U, E, E, DROP FISH (the creature appears
from the cave), JACK BOULDER (…and is killed), W, W, D, E, E, E, ENTER
CAVE, GET DIARY, READ DIARY (this tells you how to end the game), OUT,
S, S, S, S, E, E (if you've fed the bird, it should show you the way
now), Wx6, N, NW, N, N, N, D (you end the game by being eaten!)
Note: the rag doesn't seem to have any use).
Jacob Gunness 1993
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