Steve's Hints 'n' Tips

                Sent in by Steve McLaren

@~This issue, Steve's hints cover Space Quest 1, Lords of Time,
@~Loom, Police Quest 1, Leisure Suit Larry III, Future Wars,
@~Midnight Thief, Spiro Legacy, Grue-knapped, King's Quest IV and
@~King's Quest V.

Space Quest 1

At the start of the adventure go west three times to find a dead
body, SEARCH MAN, GET KEYCARD, go east twice and wait around until
the professor arrives and read carefully what he says. You should
be able to work out the password to get the cartridge from the
data archive.

And to pass the units emitting a beam just input USE GLASS.


Lords of Time - a golden oldie

Can't get across the stream? Just tie the planks together to make
one long plank then drop plank and walk across plank.

Cannot pass Narcissus? Give glass to Narcissus and you will
receive a lodestone.

You cannot take the silver coin until you give the fairy a tooth.

When you meet up with T.Rex, go west four times and he will follow
you until he meets with the Allosaurus. They will fight and leave
you alone to get on with the adventure.

Loom - standard mode

After leaving Loom Island you see a waterspout. Click on
waterspout to learn the TWISTING DRAFT. Cast TWISTING DRAFT in
REVERSE on waterspout to get rid of the waterspout.

On the mainland, walk in the forest to find some invisible
shepherds and learn the INVISIBILITY DRAFT. Now go to the Guild of
Glassmakers and talk to Goodmold.

Outside the glass tower, click on the workers and cast INVISIBLE
DRAFT in REVERSE, go inside and click on the crystal across the
bridge to transport to the tower and become invisible to the
workers. Go to the other side of the workers, click on bell to be
transported to the sphere. Click on the sphere for the TERROR
DRAFT and learn how to deal with the shepherds.

Police Quest - Park, Map B1

F4, open door, F4, close door, walk into park, hide behind bushes.
CTRL D, wait until deal is done. CTRL D, freeze, F8, cuff man,
follow me, walk to car, read rights, search man, talk to man, open
door for prisoner to get in car, close door, open door, F4, close
door, F4, drive to County Jail (map D3).


Leisure Suit Larry III - As Patty

When you walk to the Bamboo Forest, look in the manual and follow
the song, first letter of every word will give you the correct
direction in the bamboo maze. Make sure you fill the bottle with
water before you enter the maze or you will be sorry.

Once through the maze, drink water from stream then walk north,
remove pantyhose, tie pantyhose to rock and watch what happens.

On the island, look around, pick the leaves and don't be a dope
and smoke the dope, make a rope. Throw rope, wait a few turns
before the rope gets hooked on the log then tie rope to tree, tear
dress, climb rope.

Future Wars

When you reach the swamp, examine the mosquitoes, use insecticide
on mosquitoes. Examine glint of light, walk west and you should be
by the lake. Examine foot of tree, find rope, use rope on tree
branch then wait around in tree. When you see a man take off his
clothes, wait until he goes into the lake and then quickly take
tunic and slacks.

Midnight Thief

In the Tavern, read parchment as this will tell you what you need
to get for your quest. Get tankard, drink ale, get stool.
In the blacksmiths, examine wall, steal dagger, burn stool.
In the stables, examine straw, open rucksack....

Spiro Legacy

At the cannon, examine cannon, feel down barrel, put bag on barrel
which should be filled with sand first. Cast Bonzo on me, push
barrel down. A box will fall out. Get box, open box, find the
Bisto spell, read Bisto spell.

In the boathouse, examine boat, look in boat, put bung in hole,
cast Bonzo on me, push boat, enter boat, row s, leave boat.

Grue-knapped

To make a fishing rod you should have the pin, the whip, the
nutcrackers and the worm. Bend pin, tie hook to whip, tie worm to
rod (weird, eh?).

To get the bat, throw tights, look behind cupboard to get the
wand.

Give cage to snake (with parrot inside, of course).

King's Quest IV

So old Jonah could not keep out of the whale's stomach - this is a
bit tricky (as Sue Medley knows too well).
To reach the whale's tonsils, you have to climb the whale's tongue
from the bottom left to the top centre and make sure you save when
you get so far up the whale's tongue. To get out of the whale,
make sure you have the feather.
@~Oh yes, I remember that bit! I was stuck there for ages. In the
@~end, I posted my save disk to Richard and he got Rosella up to
@~the top, resaved it and posted it back to me. If he hadn't I'd
@~still be there, I'm sure.

King's Quest V

The desert can be quite tricky since you only have 7 moves before
you die of thirst. From the beehive go west five times which will
bring you to an oasis. Drink water. From there go N, N, W, W, W.
Hide behind the rocks before the bandits see you. Watch what they
do. When they have gone, DRINK WATER from pool. From there go S,
S, S, E to find a skeleton. Take the boot and go south twice to
find another oasis. DRINK WATER and proceed S, W, W, W, W to
Bandits' Camp. Wait until the guard falls down into a stupor and
DRINK WATER then enter the tent to the right of the screen. Do not
waken the guard. GET STAFF then follow the route back to the
Temple.