HYSULA - SynTax P.D. Disk No. 462
                THE FULL SOLUTION FOR AN ATARI ST
                        BY JAMES JILLIANS

The Plot:

You get no instructions with this game so it is unclear as to what
you have to do.  I only discovered what my mission was after I had
completed it! For those of you who don't like adventuring without a
purpose I have included this little story to tell you what happened
before the game started.  It is a product of part deduction and part
guess work but it should give you a good idea of what is happening
when you play the game.

You take on the part of an intrepid explorer of time and space.
Unfortunately, during an expedition into the 45th dimension you lose
control of your time-mobile and are sent flying off down a nearby
warp-lane.  You manage to force a crash landing on a strange,
unknown planet and you assess the damage.  You soon discover that
the cause of the problem is your time data disk - a magnetic field
from a nearby black hole has completely erased all the information
on it!  The disk is vital for controlling your ship, without it you
can't access the hyperwave projection computers.  The only solution
to your problem is to find another one on the strange planet's
surface.  Easier said than done, you think? Vice versa with the
Jillians' solution!

How to control your character:

At first it is quite difficult to work out how to move your
character around Hysula's 3D landscape.  The control box has no
arrows on it and no clue is given elsewhere on the disk telling you
how to control your character.  Here is the Jillians' guide to
bodily control:

Click on these parts of the control box with the left or right mouse
buttons to do the following things:

(Equivalent keyboard controls in brackets).

CENTRAL RECTANGLE :  LEFT BUTTON  - Move Forward ('Up' Cursor)
                     RIGHT BUTTON - Move Back ('Down' Cursor)
TOP RECTANGLE     -  Move View Up (Numeric Keypad No. '8')
BOTTOM RECTANGLE  -  Move View Down (Numeric Keypad No. '2')
LEFT RECTANGLE    :  LEFT BUTTON  - Turn Left (Insert)
                     RIGHT BUTTON - Step Left ('Left' Cursor)
RIGHT RECTANGLE   :  LEFT BUTTON  - Turn Right (Clr Home)
                     RIGHT BUTTON - Step Right ('Right' Cursor)

LEFT MOUSE BUTTON ON SCREEN  : Look at thing pointed at.
RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON ON SCREEN : Take object / operate object.


The Solution:

NOTE - You are advised to save the game every so often in case
something happens which kills your character (click on the 'Save'
icon with the 'Hysula' disk in the disk drive).


Your first task in the game is to find the correct ingredients to
brew a potion to make some gold. The ingredients are:
WATER
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
LEAD
DRAGON EGG

Here is how to find and brew them:

You start the game standing outside your time-mobile, on a grassy
plain.  A tower is opposite and a path runs from left to right.
Follow the path right.  The path leads straight into a barn.  You
will see another path leading off to the left just in front of the
barn.  Follow it until you reach a well.  Turn the handle of the
well by clicking on it with the right mouse button when you are
near.  A bucket will appear attached to the well's rope. Untie the
bucket by clicking on the rope and make sure the word 'bucket'
appears in your inventory. Follow the path back to the tower. Open
the tower's door by clicking on the yellow handle. Enter the tower
and climb the stairs to the top.  You will see a cauldron.  Empty
the bucket's contents into the cauldron by clicking on the black
part and exit the tower.

Follow the path back to the barn and go in.  You will see a cow, a
stool and a milk churn. Click on the cow's udders to milk the cow,
using the empty bucket.  Click on the churn to empty the bucket
again.  Now take the stool - it's your reward from the farmer for
milking his cow for him.  Go out of the barn and follow the path
that branches right.  Turn left at the well and continue walking
past another path to your right.  You will reach a hut with an
elderly man sitting on a rock outside.  Give the old man the stool
(click on him with the right mouse button) and he'll give you his
rock. Take the rock back to the tower and put it in the cauldron.

Follow the path back past the well and this time take the right
branch that you avoided earlier.  You will enter what looks like a
cave.  Standing nearby you will see a prince, and not far away is
another entrance.  If you talk to the prince he will tell you he
needs an invisibility potion which is guarded by a red dragon,
further on in the cave.  Save the game now, the next part is
dangerous!  Go through the other entrance.  You will find yourself
in a huge cave. Don't dally because there's a nasty looking dragon
standing near you.  Use the keyboard controls (they move you
quicker) and run past the dragon into the back of a cave. You will
see a niche with a bottle in it.  Take the bottle (it contains the
invisibility potion) and run back out of the cave. The prince will
swap the potion for a lead charm.  Take the lead charm back to the
tower and put it in the cauldron.  You'll need some more lead as the
charm isn't enough. On the table near the cauldron is a set of
weights. Take them and put them in the cauldron.

To get the Dragon Egg you'll need to visit the cave again. Use the
same method as before to get past the dragon.  You'll see the egg on
the ground underneath the dragon's left wing. Creep up on the dragon
from behind and take the egg and then run like hell for the exit.
Don't worry if the dragon's fire has depleted your energy - if you
are careful you will not have to lose any more.  Take the egg back
to the tower and pop it in the cauldron. After a few seconds a big
chunk of gold will appear in the cauldron.  Get it and leave.

Outside the tower follow the path in the opposite direction from
before and you will reach a bridge.  The bridge is guarded by a
troll.  Approach him carefully or he'll zap you and click the right
mouse button to give him the gold.  He will agree to let you past.

Cross over the bridge and you'll find a path leading off in two
directions, left and straight ahead.  Follow the path left until you
reach a ruined castle. Cross over the drawbridge and enter the
courtyard.  You'll see the keep straight ahead. If you look at the
ground to the left of the keep you should find a yellow patch.  This
is, in fact, a lost and discarded gold coin, so take it and go back
to the bridge.  Follow the path that went straight ahead and you
will come to a T-Junction.  A sign-post tells you that the docks are
to the left and the castle is to the right.  Go to the docks.
You'll see a tavern.  A boat without a sail is moored at a wharf.
Enter the tavern and give the owner a gold coin. He'll tell you to
choose a barrel to take a drink from.  Click on any of the barrels
and then click on the mug that appears in the Barman's hands. He
will then give you permission to use his boat.

Go all the way back to the tower. In the same room as the cauldron
there is a cupboard with a set of scales on.  Get the scales and
take them back to the T-Junction.  You should see a shop at the
other side of the road.  Enter the shop and give the owner the
scales.  He will give you a tablecloth. This can be used as a sail
on the boat for the boat at the docks.  Put the sail on the boat
(click on the mast while standing on the deck).

Go past the shop and take the previously unexplored branch of the
T-Junction.  You will reach a castle.  In the courtyard there is a
sword. Take it and go to the ruins. Enter the ruin's keep and take
the steps down.  You will enter a chamber with a door on the far
wall.  An orc guard is guarding it.  Click on the orc guard and he
will cower away from you because you have the sword.  Go back to the
tower.  There is a door at the top which leads out onto a balcony.
On the balcony is a key. Take it and use it to unlock the door in
the ruins which the orc was guarding.  Open the door and you will
let the beautiful princess out. She will walk off to find her way
home.

Go to the docks and get on the boat.  Click on the boat's rudder and
the boat will start moving. Wait for the boat to dock on a new
island and then disembark.  You will see in the distance another
castle.  Go towards it and enter.  The king will be standing in
front of you.  He will congratulate you for rescuing his beloved
daughter, the princess, and will tell you to go through a doorway.
Do as he says and you will come into a room with a large plinth at
the side.  On the plinth is a data disk!  Take it and leave the
castle.  Get on the boat, click on the rudder and the boat will sail
back to the other docks.  Get off the boat and go all the way back
to your time-mobile, which is parked opposite the tower.  Go in and
shut the door using a button on the control console.  A message will
appear telling you that you have completed the game.