The Basilisk and the Banana
By Jasper & Darren
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Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make
sense.
Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once you
know what to do.
(S) (you should get dressed, as much as you can, before leaving the bedroom)
X BED (you find some fluff, some rat droppings and a sandal)
GET SANDAL
(X IT) (it's your left sandal)
WEAR IT
X WARDROBE (you find a toga)
GET TOGA
(X IT) (it has some pockets)
WEAR IT
S (a rat goes into its hole, pulling your sandal with it)
(X HOLE) (there's a rat inside the hole, nibbling on your sandal)
W
GET CHEESE
E
TEMPT RAT (rat pushes sandal out, grabs cheese and runs back into its hole)
GET SANDAL
WEAR IT (you're now ready to fly)
X TABLE (there's an important-looking letter on it)
GET LETTER
(X IT) (it's an important-looking letter to Zeus)
S
(X LAWN) (it's looking green and lush, perhaps you should pick some)
GET GRASS
U (Mt Olympus is to west)
W
W
W
W
W
W (lightning bolt misses you, but destroys your sandals)
D (you're falling)
MAKE PARACHUTE (it slows you down, but you're still falling)
D (you land on a pebble beach, but the letter is gone)
(X BEACH) (there are thousands of pebbles here, you find a small white pebble)
(GET PEBBLE)
(W) (you should put your toga back on)
WEAR TOGA
W
N
(X POND) (there's junk and rubbish in it)
(X RUBBISH) (there's a metal basket thing)
(GET IT) (it's a trolley)
(X TROLLEY) (it's a large metal trolley on wheels)
X JUNK (you find a lantern)
GET LANTERN
(X IT) (it's like a glass box with a metal lid, candle is long gone)
N
X BUSH (you find a key)
GET KEY
S
S
S
W
X SNOW (you find a strange fruit)
GET FRUIT
W
GIVE GRASS (to minotaur)
W
(W) (your path is blocked by a door)
(OPEN DOOR) (it's locked)
UNLOCK DOOR (with the key, it also opens)
W
(X WINDOWS) (they show scenes of horrible monsters, one of them is snake)
(X SNAKE) (it has shiny red glass eyes)
W
S
(E)
(X SCROLLS) (you find one written in Greek)
(X OLD SCROLL) (defeat slithering creature by upgrading sword with banana)
(W)
W
X EQUIPMENT (you find a rusty knife)
GET KNIFE
X CUPBOARDS (you find a pot of jam)
GET JAM
PUT JAM IN LANTERN (maybe this will tempt the gadfly into your trap)
E
N
N
CATCH GADFLY (with lantern and jam, gadfly flies in and you slam lid shut)
E
(X GOLD) (it's a big pile of coins and treasure)
GET COIN
W
W
GET SWORD
UPGRADE IT (with banana, you now have a powerful sword)
E
S
W
(X TABLE) (you find a trapdoor underneath it)
OPEN TRAPDOOR (with rusty knife, you ease it open, but knife breaks)
D (if the basilisk catches your eye, you're a goner)
CLOSE EYES (you can stab or slash left, right or forwards)
STAB LEFT, RIGHT or FORWARD accoringly (repeat until you hear thump and gurgle)
OPEN EYES
X BONES (you find a letter)
GET LETTER
W
X BEACH (you find some driftwood)
X MINOTAUR (it gives you a big hug, then gives you a tinderbox)
BURN WOOD (you start a smokey fire and an enormous eagle lands on beach)
(X EAGLE) (it's Aetos)
(BOARD AETOS) (he clicks his beak at you angrily)
GIVE COIN (to Aetos, he nods for you to climb aboard)
BOARD AETOS (he soars up into the air)
W (Aetos dumps you at the foot of Mount Olympus)
U (Athena asks you a riddle)
SAY LANTERN (Athena nods and opens the golden gate)
U
GIVE LETTER (Happy Birthday to you, Zeus gives you a new pair of flying sandals)
***THE END***
