@~Now the second part of the second Amazon Queen solution, from
@~Roy.

Flight of the Amazon Queen - Part 2
A solution by Roy Sims
Played on the IBM PC (but also valid for the Amiga)

@~Continued from Issue 38

(3) Rumbles in the Jungle

Talk to Mary-Lou first. After various conversations, you should
have worked out that she has a dictionary that would allow you to
talk to the Pygmies. She seems to need a new nail file. Wasn't
Sparky filing down the engine block when you saw him last? Before
you go, talk to Jimmy Cook and you will learn a few fascinating
facts about Sloths and their eating habits. You might also notice
that one of the three monkeys here doesn't have a banana. Give him
yours and in return you will get the coconut.

Now's the time to investigate the hollow log the Gorilla was
trying to guard. If you follow the path you will come to a series
of small waterfalls. Also here is a rare orchid flower swarming
with wasps. Nothing you currently have will remove them, so nip
back to Trader Bob's and buy the vacuum cleaner with the money you
got for selling the Beef Jerky to Bob. Return to the orchid and
use the vacuum cleaner on the wasps. Now pick up the orchid.

You are very close to the Amazonian Women's Fortress, but leave
them alone for the moment. You might also meet the two explorers
in the jungle who are desperately trying to find the entrance! If
you do meet them, have a good talk. Bud has a nasty rash, and Skip
is reading a comic. If you talk to Skip, he will eventually give
you the very issue of "Commander Rocket" that Sparky is after
(Commander Rocket vs The Mob). You've now got another small
mission to complete - find a rash cure for Bud. You may also come
across the Sloth, but again you can't do anything with it for now.

Pop back to the crash site and try and get the file from Sparky.
Give him the comic book. He won't want it because it isn't in mint
condition, but he'll give you the file anyway. As you're here,
cross the rope bridge again and pick up another banana.  Now pay a
quick visit to the Missionaries to get the dictionary from
Mary-Lou. Once you've done this, return to Trader Bob's.  Give him
the Orchid and he will offer you one of his fishing nets.  Take
one. You are now a 'special' customer. The net will come in very
handy for fishing out that perfume don't you think? (And maybe it
will catch you that beetle in the jungle too!)

(4) The rash cure

Go back into the jungle and capture the beetle with the net. Now
visit the crash site and fish out the perfume bottle from the
water. Take the perfume back to Naomi at Trader Bob's and she will
give you her pair of scissors in return. Walk back outside. Now is
the time to use the dictionary to talk to the witch doctor. Ask
her if she can make rash cure. She will ask you for three
ingredients - the hair of a slow moving climber, milk from a
sacred site, and something to give it a little buzz. You already
have two of the ingredients you need. Use your knife to cut the
coconut in half, then give them to the witch doctor (milk from a
sacred site). Now give the vacuum cleaner to the witch doctor. He
will take the wasps from inside (something to give it a little
buzz). You are missing just one ingredient - the hair of a slow
moving climber.  It must be the sloth! You already have a pair of
scissors to cut the hair, but you will need something to entice
the sloth to one side of the log bridge so you can reach it.
Remember what the missionary man said? Sloths like nectar...

It's now time to visit the Floda lederhosen factory. You should
notice the flower bed out the front. Take one of the flowers and
look at it. It's full of sweet nectar! Return to the jungle and
find that sloth. Now use the flower on the sloth. Whilst it slowly
inches its way across, you will see another quick cut scene with a
few ironic (and humorous) remarks from Sparky. Anyway, the sloth
eventually reaches the flower, so use the scissors on it to get
some sloth hair. Now go back to the witch doctor and give her the
final ingredient for the rash cure. Take the rash cure lotion
(which is the same as a rash cure potion I assume!). Before you go
and find Bud, take some time to chat to the Pygmy Chief nearby.
He will tell you lots of interesting stuff about the tribe's
"gods" if you ask the right questions. Again, the information you
learn here might be useful later on.

Charge back into the jungle and find the two explorers. Give the
lotion to Bud and he will reward you with lots of money. Now it's
time to seek out the Amazon women. Cross the hollow log bridge
near the missionaries. You will meet up with Bud and Skip once
again.  Walk through the area with small waterfalls (where you got
the orchid) and continue to the right. You will walk into a new
area with a large rounded rock which has odd carvings on its
surface.

(5) Fortress of the Amazon Women

Take a closer look at the buttons on this rock. As you do so, you
will hear someone approaching. Hiding behind a nearby rock you
will witness a real live Amazon woman appear from the jungle,
press the buttons on the rock and be allowed access inside. Walk
up to the rock and try pressing the buttons yourself.
Unfortunately it turns out to be a trap, and you are easily
captured and thrown into an Amazonian dungeon with some fellow
male prisoners.

Talk to the prisoners. They will tell you exactly why they are
locked up (if you hadn't sussed it out already!). You will also go
through a prolonged conversation with one of the prisoners about
his hand puppet. Despite your rebuttals, you will need the puppet
later. After a while, Faye will appear. She stumbled upon the
Fortress and was looked after by the Amazon Women. Before she will
let you out of the dungeon, you have to apologise to her for all
the trouble you caused. It's easier just to apologise nicely than
argue with her at this stage. When she opens the dungeon gate,
follow her to the exit.

You are now taken to visit the Head of the Royal Amazon Guard. She
will ask you to help them rescue Princess Azura from Floda. You
explain that you are already on the case. After another slight
disagreement, you and Faye will patch up your differences. Now,
it's time to find the Princess!

(6) The Factory of Fear

Go to the Lederhosen factory via the Pinnacle rock. Enter the
building to the right. Now try and sneak past the receptionist.
She will ask you who you are. Ask if you can use the telephone.
She will tell you it's out of order, then she will ask if you are
the fumigator. Say you are. (The vacuum cleaner will help to
persuade her that you are telling the truth). She will mention
secret passages in the library, so go in there first.  (It's the
exit behind her desk). Inside this room you can see a Grandfather
Clock, a couch, some books, a rug and an old gramophone player.

You can move the rug but you will find nothing. You can open the
Grandfather clock but there's nothing of interest inside.  You can
pull a book on the shelf but again nothing significant happens.
You can try fiddling with the light switch but it won't do you any
good. What you need to do is open the couch to find some more
money hidden inside. The only thing you can't do anything with is
the Gramophone. Don't you remember seeing a record on the shelves
in Trader Bob's? If you haven't already bought it, slip back
outside and buy it then come back to the library. Now use the
record on the Gramophone and this will reveal a secret elevator!

Step on the elevator to be taken down underground. In the first
corridor, investigate the door to the left. Inside is a large
storage area full of boxes. Look at the large box with FLODA
stamped on it to discover a can opener. Come back outside and
continue to the next corridor. There are two doors here, but they
are guarded by John, a spectacled Guard. Leave them for now and
proceed into the next corridor, which has one door and is guarded
by Klunk. Again you will have to deal with Klunk later, so proceed
to the next corridor. Here you see a Fire Exit. Go this way and
you will enter the secret lab.

Look at the items on the shelf in the lab. Take the Super Wheenie
Serum. Doesn't that skull with the wriggling blue beard look
slightly familiar? (Isle bet it has something to do with a
Monkey!). Anyway, back to the plot. You can use the wall panel if
you like. This will reveal a mini-maze set into the floor. The
relevance of this will be revealed later. Go up the stairs. In
this next room is the Princess, locked up behind bars. Ask her as
many questions as you can about the Professor and his evil plans
for world domination. She will also mention that the Guard who
looks like a book worm has the key to her cell.

Now leave the room and the lab and return to the corridor. There
is one door here you can open, so do it. Inside you will find a
man (Henry) who will question why you are here. Just explain that
you are the fumigator. He will still ask you to leave.  Before you
do, have a good read of the notice board on the wall.  Again,
useful information might be gleaned from here (then again, it
might not!). Now walk back outside. There must be a way of getting
rid of Henry and both Guards so you can explore the doors in the
corridors. For now, you must go back up the elevator and explore
above ground for a while.

Go back to the reception area and go right into the Kitchen, (you
should have noticed that the woman at reception is not around.
Take the pencil off her desk whilst you are there). In the Kitchen
is a very angry looking chef. Try and talk to him.  Ask him what
he's doing and he will explain he is trying to make the Doctor's
lunch, but he's having difficulty as the Doc suffers from having
very sensitive teeth. Aha! Lucky for you that you've got that
banana, isn't it? Give it to the chef and he will rush off to give
it to the Doc, leaving you all alone in the Kitchen. Take this
opportunity to have a good look around. You should take the
following items - Cheese Bitz (TM), Dog Food. Now, you should
recognise the type of dog food from the notices you read earlier.
Anyway, go through the right hand door.

You are now in a room with a number of bunk beds, a mail bag and a
few lockers. Under normal circumstances you wouldn't dream of
going through someone else's mail, but hey...this is an emergency.
Open the mail bag and take the letter addressed to Private John.
Now open the foot locker and take the squeaky toy from inside,
then leave and head back out through the Kitchen and outside.

To get past the Guard Dog, give him the red squeaky toy. Now open
the door that says KEEP OUT and go inside. You will enter another
warehouse area. A large padlocked box sits in this room. You don't
have the key to open the box at the moment, so return back outside
and go back into the main building.

(7) Defeating the Guards

We have what we need to get past both Klunk and Private John.
Talk to Klunk and ask him why he's always eating. He will mention
the Super Soldier treatment (TM). This should give you an idea.
When you can, mix the Super Wheenie potion into the Dog Food (open
it with the tin opener first). Now give the 'Chef's Surprise' to
Klunk. He'll eat it all, then feel a little giddy. Now call him a
wheenie and he'll ask you to punch him as hard as you like. One
slug and you knock his lights out! Now open the door and enter the
Professor's private office.

Look at the writing pad on the desk. There's some indentations on
the paper. Use the pencil on the pad to reveal the combination for
a safe (36-24-36). Now to deal with Private John. Find him and
give him the letter you took from the mailbag earlier. It's a
letter from his girl friend and it isn't good news. She's ditching
him for someone else. This news leaves John in a bit of a state,
allowing you to explore the rooms off this corridor without any
trouble. Open the door opposite John first and enter. Now read the
Duty Roster. It mentions where John, Henry and Klunk should be
assigned for the day. According to this, Henry should be on
Kitchen Duty - not hanging around in his office.

Open the other door in the corridor. Inside this room is a desk
and another filing cabinet. Read the notes on the desk to glean
some information on the Valley of the Mists and other possibly
useful bits and pieces. Look at the filing cabinet, then move it
to one side to reveal a combination safe set into the wall. Now
use the combination on the safe and open it to reveal a padlock
key and some rocket plans which have been eaten by silver fish.
You will take both these items automatically. We already know what
the key can be used on, but first let's get rid of Henry.

Find Henry's office and talk to him again. Tell him he should be
in the Kitchen. When he asks who is in charge, say Colonel
Jackson. Henry will suddenly remember and dash off, leaving you
alone. Open the door to the left and go in. At this point, another
cut scene reveals Anderson's deal with the Professor and also
shows the Dino Rat and the maze in the secret lab you visited
earlier.

In this new office you will see DAS PLANS on the wall, outlining
the Professor's insane plan to use an army of dinopeople to help
him take over the world. Look at the book on the desk. It's "The
Great Escape" and some of the pages seem to be stuck together.
Pick up the book, then use your knife to open it. Inside is yet
another key. This must be the key that unlocks the cell that
contains the Princess!

(8) Escape from Floda

Before you let her out, pop back outside and unlock the box you
saw in the warehouse with the padlock key you got from the safe.
Use the padlock key on the padlock then open the box.  Look inside
to find the experimental rocket pack (shades of the Rocketeer
anyone?). Now go back inside and rescue the Princess from her
cell.  Use the key on the cell door and let her out. She will be
very grateful for saving her life (if you know what I mean).
(Another quick fire cut scene with Sparky back at the crash site
throws in a little humour again at this point).  Unfortunately,
the alarm has now gone off and you and the Princess must escape.
You are now at the reception area of the building, but the
security door has closed shut.  Thinking quickly, use the
mannequin dummies. This will fool Henry who will use the door code
combination to open the security door and search for you outside.
When he has gone, talk to Faye and ask her if she saw what the
door code was.  She will tell you red, blue, green, blue then red.
Use the panel to open the door. Once outside, the Princess will
rush off ahead. Go to the Pinnacle.

(9) Dealing with the Enemy

From the Pinnacle you can see the Amazon Fortress in the mountain
range to the right, so go there straight away.  Go back into the
Fortress and walk past the bathing women and through the entrance.
Inside Azura is back on her throne. She will give you a priceless
Tyranno horn as a reward. Just as you and Faye are about to return
to the Amazon Queen, Professor Ironstein walks in with an armed
escort and threatens to turn all the Amazon women into Dinopeople
starting with Azura! He wants you to rescue the fabled Crystal
Skull from Sloth Island (and thus give him access to the Valley of
the Mists). You have no choice but to agree to accept this new
quest.

Back outside, it's time to return to the Pinnacle once again. Now
head for the Jetty. Here you will find an ominous cloaked figure
(the ferryman) sitting by the water trying to catch some fish.
Talk to him. He reveals himself to be Charon (as in Ferryman
across the river Styx). Chat about fishing, and ask him what bait
he's using. You will discover he doesn't have any, which would
explain his lack of success. Strike a deal that if you get him
some suitable bait, he will take you across to Sloth Island on his
boat. Now, I wonder where you're going to find something that
would attract fish? Hmmm...how about that Beetle that was driving
the fish mad back in the jungle? Give him the Beetle and he will
now start to catch fish (sort of anyway).  You can now ask him
about Sloth Island and Floda. When you are ready (and if you've
followed the solution so far, you are ready), ask him to take you
across to the Island.

@~To be concluded next issue













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