@~This issue's "Solution so far" is ...

      Stoneville Manor - part of SynTax disk PD 283
                Author - Randy Jensen

             Played by Bev Truter on PC

N.B.  This game is written in Basic, so first load GWBASIC, then
push the Caps Lock down while playing.  The GWBASIC programme
provided on this disk wouldn't operate on my machine, so you might
have to load your own GWBASIC. The "Save" facility is also a tad
problematic, so this is definitely not a game for the impatient!

Opening location is Main Street.  You see the General Store, State
Hospital and Stoneville Manor.  Enter Store, buy shoes, buy axe,
go out.  S to Wooded area with pine trees, chop trees, you see a
pile of rotten slimy logs. Drop axe. E to Courtyard, get stove,
S, W to Meadow and get balloon. N, N drop balloon and stove here.
Enter Manor (In the Foyer), get basket, S, S to Atrium, open vent,
get twine.  E to the Gallery, examine the picture to reveal a
safe, which can only be opened when you have the correct 3 numbers
for the combination.  The door here cannot be opened as it's
locked from the other side.

Go N to the Study, and open the credenza to reveal a mask and a
book.  Get mask and book, E to the Oriel, get matches, W.  Read
the book, and collect the 6 items mentioned in 2 trips as you
won't be able to manage the whole lot at once.  Open vent, but you
won't be able to enter any of the vents yet - you are too fat and
need some exercise first!

(In Study) W, N, go out, N, E, E to edge of the Gorge.  Read the
aged sign, which tells you this is an appropriate place to build
the Hot Air Balloon (For this you need the weather balloon, stove,
basket, twine, matches and logs).  Build balloon, enter balloon,
fly balloon, go out.  On the Top of Plateau you see an abandoned
shack, enter shack, examine table to find a note with the #18
written on it.  Go out, enter balloon, fly balloon, go out (Edge
of Gorge).  W to Rocky Trail and the fish net, get net, W, S to
Main Street. "Go jogging" to lose weight, drop shoes.

S, S, E to Courtyard, get raft, S, E to Bank of Lake. Inflate
raft, enter lake, S to Southern Bay, get Trout. N, go out, drop
raft and mask.  W, N, enter Manor (Atrium).  Enter vent (at
outlet), D to inlet where you see a closed vent. Open vent, go out
to West wing of the Wine Cellar.  Examine the burlap bag to find a
snorkel, get snorkel. Examine the case of chablis and you find one
bottle is missing.  The serval prevents you from going E, so feed
serval and it disappears. E to East Wing of Cellar where you find
a Crystal Goblet. Get Goblet, examine goblet to find a note with
the #39 on it. U to Top of Stairway, open door, enter door to
Gallery.  W to Atrium, go out to Courtyard.

S,E to Bank of Lake. Get raft and mask, enter lake. Go swimming
(in Southern Bay).  Dive (to get underwater and whatever's there).
Unfortunately this is where the solution ends, as my poor old
monochrome monitor couldn't detect anything on the screen in the
underwater locations - no problems if you have a colour monitor.
@~Can anyone complete this solution?
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