The City of Doom
By Brian Brown
Published by Satellite Software
For Sega SC-3000
Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a very cruel game. You will get killed a lot.
Only one-word commands can be used. All commands must be entered in lower case, even though I show
them in UPPER CASE in the solution. Directions must be entered as full words, i.e. NORTH, SOUTH,
EAST and WEST, although you can use the arrow keys as a shortcut. The following abbreviations can
also be used:
1 for LOOK
2 for GET
3 for ENTER
4 for JUMP
5 for TALK
6 for CLIMB
7 for DRINK
Not all exits are listed, so try them all. However, some lead to instant death. Not all objects are
listed, so try look in every room. However, this may also cause instant death. The game is quite
buggy. For example, you can't take an inventory in every room. If you get killed and restart,
it doesn't reset all the strings, so your inventory appears to stay intact.
Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once you
know what to do.
WEST
(LOOK) (you see a stick in the sand)
GET
EAST
(I) (the stick you took was actually a spade)
EAST
JUMP
(LOOK) (you see a lot of gold coins)
GET (you take one of the coins)
CLIMB
WEST
NORTH
(TALK) ("Give me a coin and I will take you across.")
GIVE ("Thank you. Jump onto the raft.")
JUMP (he paddles you across the lake)
DRINK (you turn red, green or blue, repeat until you're green)
NORTH
WEST
(LOOK) (you see a small hole in the wall)
DIG (with the spade)
(LOOK) (it's bigger now, but not yet big enough)
DIG
ENTER (you go through the hole)
NORTH (the guard has green skin)
ENTER (he lets you pass, as you are green like him after drinking at the lake)
(LOOK) (you find a large rope and a packet marked 'Fuel')
GET (you take the rope)
GET (you take the fuel)
SOUTH
SOUTH (you can only do this if you're green)
WEST (you can only do this if you've got the fuel)
THROW (the rope catches)
CLIMB (you're over the wall)
***THE END***
