The Pyramid - Author: Roland Goulsbra
       SynTax disk PD 224 (PC), 891 (Amiga), 223 (ST)

                Solution by Bev Truter on PC

Bear in mind this game is won by doing the right things, rather
than by collecting many items. Starting off in Rameses Square with
only a 100 dollar bill for company and no luggage, go W to the
Bazaar where you see a carved box. Open box, you see a corkscrew,
get corkscrew and an old man appears and tells you the price.
Haggle and he gives you the corkscrew after hearing your
heart-rending tale of woe. E-N-N-W to the Crafts Room in the
Egyptian National Museum. X stand, get lamp and coin, X them. E,
examine counter (you see a closed window), open window, look, get
matches. Go E to the Shrine Room. X the reredos and remember the
scene it depicts, which is the basic story behind the game - the
Pharao(h) must be resurrected. X case (you see a slot), insert
coin, and the lid opens to reveal an ancient papyrus scroll. Get
scroll, X scroll, read scroll - luckily you are able to read
hieroglyphs.

W-S-S-E to the Taxi Stand. Whistle, and a taxi picks you up and
deposits you at the Pyramid. Give bill to driver, and he returns
your change - a motley collection of coins and buttons - and
pushes you out the taxi. N to the Souvenir shop where you see a
clerk and some antiques. Talk to the clerk and he shows you a
small amulet. Buy amulet, and the clerk is only too happy to take
your buttons and coins as payment, and gives you a 100 dollar bill
as change, and the amulet.  X amulet - it's a sacred amulet used
in ancient ritual- and wear the amulet. E-N-N-N-N to the Pharao's
Burial Chamber. N, read the sign about the death trap, which
explains that only the Pharao could pass the trap without being
killed. N to the Treasure Chamber, which is empty now.
S-S-S-S-S-S-W to outside the Souvenir shop. Whistle, and a taxi
returns you to the Taxi stand, the driver refusing your money.

W-N-N-N to the Exhibition Hall. X sarcophagus, open sarcophagus,
get mummy and put it in the sarcophagus. Enter sarcophagus. The
papyrus scroll starts to glow and you are transported back to the
Pharao's Burial Chamber in the Pyramid about 2000 years ago. Light
lamp, get mummy and go N-N to the Treasure Chamber. Get the vial
and the urn, but leave the chest for later. S-S, put mummy in
sarcophagus. Go W to the Guard Room and X the remains there to
find some bronze keys on a keyring. Get keys, E-S-S-S-S to South
of the Pyramid. X the urn - it contains the Pharao's innards -
open urn. X vial - it contains an oily embalming fluid. Open vial
(with corkscrew).

E-E, and you are dragged into the Slave Quarters and imprisoned.
Unlock door with keys, and you cunningly escape to East of the
jail. E-E-N-N to the ocean's edge, where you discover an elderly
sailor tossing stones into the sea. Examine the sailor and ask him
about the Pharao.  On hearing the Pharao's name he becomes quite
chatty, and presents you with a flag, which he says he would like
to trade for something nice.  You can trade anything for the flag,
so trade corkscrew, get flag and examine it - it's heavily
embroidered and might have once waved from the Pharao's barque. By
now your lamp has probably flickered out completely, so fill lamp
(with oil) and return to the Pyramid by going S-S-W-W-S to an

Oasis, then NW-SW-NE-N to the Pyramid entrance. Light lamp and go
N-N-N to the Burial Chamber.

Pour oil in urn, spill urn (on mummy), and the Pharao wakes up.
Examine the Pharao and talk to him - he offers you his treasure
chest as a reward for your services, and will accompany you
wherever you go in the Pyramid. Drop all, get vial, lamp, matches
and flag, and go N-N to the Treasure Chamber where you see the
Pharao's chest. Open chest, look, and you find a collection of the
Pharao's valuables in the chest. Get jewels, S-S-E to the Barque
Room. By now the lamp will be flickering wildly, so fill the lamp
with oil, go Up to the Royal Barque, and hoist flag. You are
transported back to your own time. D-W-S-S-S-S to outside the
Pyramid. Whistle, and the taxi arrives to take you back to the
Taxi stand.

W-S to the bus stop and the ticket vending machine. Examine the
machine, turn crank, open machine, look. You see a bus ticket, so
get ticket and a bus pulls up. Show ticket, and you are pushed
inside the bus where you see plenty of free seats. Sit. After
twenty minutes you arrive at the Airport. At the Airport you can
see the meaning of liff!  Get liff and examine liff - it's a fake!
You have found Life instead!
















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