PYRAMID OF PERIL
  A Text Adventure on SynTax Disk PD 853 Author: J. Whatty

                Solution by Bev Truter on PC

You begin this adventure standing in searing heat in the centre of
a desert. Above you towers an ancient pyramid, its sides
apparently bare of any entrance to the tombs which lie within its
hidden depths. Beside the pyramid you see a statue of a sphinx,
and half-buried in the sand is an old rucksack. Get rucksack and
open it, get lamp and shovel. Pull statue and you find yourself
inside the pyramid in a passageway. The entrance slams shut behind
you, and the only obvious exit is South. Get hanky, X hanky and
you see embroidery on it. Read hanky to discover what your task
is, and why you came here in the first place.

X walls - they are damp and cold, and haven't been touched by
human hand for thousands of years. Touch walls, and you are
transported to a Secret Chamber with a cold pool, a small Snake,
and a large clay storage jar against the wall. Shoot Snake with
revolver, open jar with shovel, Look, then get the gold coin and
the parchment. Read parchment - to overcome the Mummy you must
have the sacred object of Shamra. Swim; you walk into the pool and
find a tentacle wraps itself around your leg <uugghhh!>. Kill
tentacle with shovel, get shovel, drop rucksack. Get the silver
ankh and X it - it's a sacred amulet, and has been blessed by the
god Ras Shamra, to ward off evil spirits. U-W-S to a Large
Antechamber. Kill Mummy with ankh, get ankh, open sarcophagus,
Look. Get dagger and X it - it's sharp and stained with dry blood.

E-U-W to a Junction where a fat Spider blocks your way. Kill
Spider with revolver. W-N to another Junction and a poisonous
Scorpion, kill Scorpion with dagger. S, drop shovel, N, get
dagger. West to a Low Passageway with a blazing torch on the wall,
get torch. E-S to the Well, with a bucket hanging in it. Open
bucket and X the mug - it doesn't look old, so you know someone
has been down here recently..... Drop coin, torch, dagger and get
the shovel. S-E to a Passageway with a large rock almost blocking
it, but it looks like you might just be able to squeeze through.
E-E to a Small Cavern where the sand is so soft your feet start
disappearing into it.  After not understanding "dig" for the
entire game so far, the parser suddenly appears to have a
miraculous return of memory, and even if you're not actually
carrying the shovel/spade, you can now "dig".

Dig, and you find yourself standing in a shallow pit with a
skeleton at your feet, and a gold key in the skull's mouth. Get
key, X key.  U-W-W, drop shovel, W-N to the Well. Get dagger, coin
and torch, then S-E back to that rock. Drop lamp and parchment
(you won't need the lamp for the next bit, but it's a bit tricky
deciding which item to dump, as you can't carry everything and you
don't yet know which items are valuable, as your score only
appears at the end in the final location). Get shovel then push
rock - your lamp goes out (lucky you brought that torch along),
and you step through a gap into an E/W Passage where you are
confronted by a large Cockroach.  Shoot Cockroach with revolver,
then drop the revolver as you have no more bullets left. W-S-E to
a small Low Room with a locked door. X lock, put key in lock - the
door opens and you descend into a gloomy Passageway.  South to a
Storage Room containing a Rat, crate, marble rock and short sword.
Kill Rat with shovel. (You've certainly got your money's worth
from this shovel!) Open crate with dagger, then look, and get the
rock, sword and book. Read book - it's mostly hieroglyphics, but
one page shows a plan of the pyramid. N-E-N to a small Prison
Cell, where unfortunately you can't help the poor prisoner. S-E-E
to a Torture Chamber containing a large marble statue, a black
Panther, and a fat man pointing a gun at you. Kill Panther with
sword (Shame, Hiss, Boo), get sword, X man, X statue.  Climb
statue.

You squeeze through a small crack in the wall near the top, and
enter a Secret Chamber. Helena is here, but also an unfriendly
Guard. Kill Guard with dagger, get dagger, X Helena - she's
obviously thrilled to see you. Go East, and you follow the Passage
to a dead end! Horrors! But the resourceful Helena pushes past you
and starts digging. You help her, and soon sunlight bursts
through.  Freedom at last! Congratulations, you have won the game
with a total Score of 1000/1000

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