STONEVILLE MANOR by Randy Jensen
          A BASIC text adventure on disk PCPD 283
  (Revamped as TOMMY'S MANOR by Tommy's Toys on disk 1167)

                   Solution by Bev Truter

Unfortunately the BASIC.COM programme provided on disk 283 didn't
seem to work for me, so you'll probably need a more sophisticated
version of BASIC (eg, GWBASIC.EXE) to load and run Stoneville.

@~Fixed! ... Sue

The SAVE function also proved a tad problematic, or more
accurately non-existent, so this is definitely not a game for the
impatient!  Also, when an option for reading instructions appears,
type "Y", as this game has some pedantic quirks. Neither the SAVE
GAME, END GAME or CLEAR SCREEN commands work, and LOOK is not
understood in any shape or form. (Use CTRL/ALT/DELETE keys to quit
the game).  Tommy's Manor looks the same, but runs from an .EXE
file and has a pretty graphic and music at the start of play; and
a HELP file accessed by typing HELP during play. You can't SAVE a
game either, but QUIT saves your place automatically, and ABORT
quits without saving. The EXAMINE command is replaced with LOOK,
eg, LOOK TREE, LOOK BOOK.

To save time I've indicated direction of movement by N, S, etc.,
but in both versions of the game you have to enter GO S, GO W,
etc.  to move to another location.

You begin the game in Main Street, and the General Store, State
Hospital and Stoneville Manor are the 3 buildings accessible from
here. 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 a number
written on it (randomly-generated so it's different in each replay
of Stoneville). 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. (In Tommy's
Manor the return trip in the balloon deposits you at the edge of
the lake).

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 second
number 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. DIVE (in
Southern Bay) and D to reach an underwater location where you see
a tunnel. Enter tunnel, W to a cavern where you find the missing
bottle of chablis. Examine it to discover the third number for the
safe. E-out-U-N-out to the bank of the lake. W-N-E-E to the
Gallery; and total disappointment in both versions.


STONEVILLE MANOR: Whatever combination of the 3 numbers I tried,
using numerals and letters, nothing happened and the safe
obstinately remained locked ... AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! (I've been
reliably informed that this is an error in the programming). You
*should* be able to open it and find the old miser's will, which
leaves the manor and the contents of the safe to whoever can open
it.

TOMMY'S MANOR: Well, at least you can open the safe in this
version - "CLICK!......You see a will!" But that's as far as it
goes. You can't get, take, read, or otherwise acquire the will, so
you never find out what's written in it .... AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH
<again>!  (According to the HELP screens you can READ WILL, but in
reality you can't).





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