General Hints 'n' Tips Sent in by Steve McLaren @~This section contains hints for the following adventures: @~King's Quest IV, King's Quest V, Space Quest I, Space Quest III, @~Leisure Suit Larry 2, The Four Symbols, Monkey Island 1, Monkey @~Island 2, Plundered Hearts and Spiro Legacy. King's Quest IV --------------- Stay clear of the ogre's house and nasty trees. On your travels you will see a bird tugging at a worm. Get worm. Go to Lolotte's castle and get your orders there. To find the gold ball, look under bridge. Then go to pond where there is a frog on a lily pad, wearing a crown. Stand to the right of the pond and drop ball in pond. Get frog then - yuck - kiss frog and, of course, the frog will turn into a handsome prince and he will give you the crown. King's Quest V -------------- After reaching Mordack's castle, finding your way through the labyrinth and getting into the pantry, open cupboard, get bag of dried peas, N to kitchen, talk to woman. Watch the animated sequence. Give woman necklace, E, E to dining hall. One of Mordack's men will catch you and throw you in a cell. Be quick here and look in the mousehole, use hook on cheese ... Space Quest I ------------- Walk to the end corridor and search man to find a key card then go E, E to the Data Archive Room. Examine man to find a word. Examine screen, input the word that you found from the man. Watch what happens, then get cartridge ... Space Quest III --------------- Got beaten up by a rat because you stole his reactor? To get it back, go and re-steal the reactor. After you get the ship in shape click on flight mode, click on 1 engines then 3 take off, then click on defence, 7 for radar, then 8 weapons. Before you fire shot put on front shields then fire your cannon and rip a hole in the side of the freighter and watch what happens. After that, click on navigation system ... Leisure Suit Larry 2 -------------------- You will need a good disguise to get past the KGB men on the beach. You will find a bikini top at the bottom of the swimming pool on the ship, then you will find the bikini bottom on the beach. Also fill out the bikini top with some soap. Just before you leave the cliffs, change into your leisure suit. The Four Symbols ---------------- Here's a big tip - go and buy the Grue's adventure, The Four Symbols, an excellent adventure for œ5! The piece of wood is just out of reach of your hand. Find something heavy to throw in the pond to bring the wood to you. After getting in through the window of the shop, put the cheese safe, you need it later. To get into the copse, examine red stick, rub red stick, examine red stick. You will find a word. Throw red stick, then input brangemoo; an anagram for boomerang. When you have reached the nest, do not forget to exchange an item for the diamond symbol or you will be sorry. Secret of Monkey Island 1 ------------------------- To get past the poodles you must have the meat plus the yellow petal. Use these two items together, then give the poodles the meat which will knock them out. Before you can fight the sword master, practice your insults on the wandering pirates to gain experience, then go and insult the sword master. To free the prisoner with grog that melts the mug, change the grog with mugs before it melts the mug, then use mug on lock and you have set the prisoner free. Want to get the fish before the bird makes off with it? Just click on the loose plank to flip the bird. Eventually the bird will give up and you can get the fish. Look at the fish. Yes, it's a red herring but it does have a use ... Secret of Monkey Island 2 ------------------------- At the start, look at all the dosh you have, but not for long when you encounter Largo. In general, talk to everyone about Largo and you will get the gist of what you have to do to get rid of him. When Largo enters the bar and you see him spit, use the paper to get the spit. How about some rodent soup? That should go down well! The famous trick is when you have the bucket of mud. Put it on top of Largo's door and watch the fun but follow Largo and see what happens. Go back to Largo's room - if you close the door you will find something of importance. Plundered Hearts ---------------- To put the fire out in the hold, you have to wait until your shirt catches on something. Get rag, soak rag in the water, open hatch, D, throw rag on fire and you have saved the ship. To find the secret passage in the library, examine portrait, globe, St Sinstra, bookshelves. Get treatise of power. Push St Sinstra, press knob, push St Sinstra and you will have found the secret passage. To get out of the clutches of Lafond, drink wine, reflect moon in mirror, pour wine in blue goblet, squeeze bottle into blue goblet, z, yes, drink wine, get spices, throw spices at Lafond, z, remove gown, wear breeches and shirt. Spiro Legacy ------------- The spells. 1. Fido spell - shows invisible rays. 2. Vimto spell - walk on water. 3. Beano spell - invisibility in the person. 4. Bonzo spell - extra strength. 5. Bisto spell - unlock objects. 6. Ludo spell - increases potency of another spell. 7. Brasso spell - removes magic. 8. Bimbo spell - exorcising evil.