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LOADS OF MIDNIGHT



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DESCRIPTION

Loads of Midnight is a spoof text adventure on the classic game

Lords of Midnight.



CONTROLS

This game is a text adventure, so all the usual commands can be

used.



INSTRUCTIONS

The game contains all the standard commands:

NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, NE, SE, SW, NW, UP, DOWN, ENTER or IN,

OUT, TAKE or GET, DROP, WEAR, REMOVE, LOOK, SAVE, LOAD



Other commands which are included are:

GRAPHICS ON, GRAPHICS OFF - Turns graphics on and off

RAM SAVE, RAM LOAD - Save current position in memory and reload

position.



To talk to other characters, the following process is used:

NAME then ACTION



eg, MORBID TELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS

    ROTHRORN GREETING





CHEATS



PART 1 SOLUTION

N, S, E, E, E, E, SE, take coat, examine pockets, examine bottle,

NW, W, W, W, W, N, NW, NE, N, NE, N, N, W, In, give bottle to

man, take clock, out, E, S, S, SW, S, E, E, E, E, E, NE, NE, N,

E, examine lake, Wait until Rorthron takes the staff, look, take

photo, NE, NE, E, In, Give photo to Rumour, take key, out, W, SW,

SW, W, S, SW, W, W, W, W, W, In, unlock door, take card, examine

machine, press button, D, out, E, E, E, E, NE, NE, E, E, examine

door, insert card, take pills, out, W, W, N, W, NW, N, Eat pills,

In, Press button. End of Part 1.



Part 2 Password - "LAST TIME"



PART 2 SOLUTION

S, SW, In, Take letter, examine letter, U, take heater, D, out,

S, S, S, SE, SE, E, N, NW, E, Take coins, W, N, N, NE, throw

coins at trolls, take batteries, insert batteries in heater, SW,

S, E, S, examine heater, press blue button, In, take spring, wear

spring, out, N, W, W, W, W, SE, S, insert card, examine bed, wear

crown, out, N, NW, E, E, E, E, E, N, take rope, S, E, S, jump

window, out, N, SE, NE, N, throw rope, wait until dragon comes. 



Part 3 password - "DEEP GULLY"





SEQUELS/PREQUELS

None



INLAY CARD TEXT

Another year waned upon the fair Land of Midnight, and in the

depths of the forest where many a free folk lived, a feast had

begun, the feast of the winter solstice!

     "Ludwig Ludwig! Come and pull this cracker with me!"

     "I shall!" and they both heaved with great vigour. BOOM! And

high above them, blasted from the force of the the bang, a crown

flew up to the tree tops.

     "Wh..what is it?" asked Gloompork, the most repulsive of all

the free folk.

     "A crown, or sorts. Ha, what will they think of next?", and

at that Ludwigcast it over his shoulder thinking it to be a piece

of rubbish. But, after all the commotion, the party continued. 

And thus, another feast had ended, and amid the star lit sky, all

the folk returned to their homes.

     Quiet and peace fell upon the land for many years, and as

they passed, so did the king of Midnight, Ludwig Moonprince. And,

along with his sad departure, there grew a new power. Unknown for

many years was the dark realm of Gloomport. He had diminished

into the North many years before, but none knew of his evil mind.

     But it came to pass that Ludo, son of Ludwig, walked the

paths of the forest of Long Shadows and there found the crown

that Ludwig himself threw away. In that crown were set many gems,

one of them was black, and unknown to Ludo, it held great power,

the power to manipulate the mins of people.  Meanwhile, Gloompork

sought news of the crown, knowing now that it had been found. The

computer age had now dawned upon the land, Gloompork knew this 

and greed befell him. He lived only to have the crown, and with

it he could control peoples minds and create a software industry

all of his own. This meant power and recognition. But many other

small companies still lived on, one of which was owned by Ludo,

who, being good in mind, never used the crown to his advantage.

But while it still existed, it was a threat both to him and the

land of Midnight, it had to be destroyed, that meant travelling

north to cast it away on the tower of doom.



SCORES RECEIVED

I can remember that SU weren't too impressed.



URL

This game is available as part of the second issue of Emulate.



GENERAL FACTS

This game is, of course, a spoof the game Lords of Midnight.



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