Rings for Bony Fingers - part of SynTax disk PD 743
                     Author: John Olsen

                Solution by Bev Truter on PC
        Written for: Tom Lorimer and his new toupee

You begin the game shut in a coffin underground. Push coffin
(twice) to fall through to the ground below, N-U to a Hilltop
overlooking a graveyard. Talk to the ghost here and he informs you
about a gift you will receive from him if you can "speak" his
name. E-S to Southwest corner of Graveyard. Get spike and X it. E
to Southeast corner where you see a vase and some dead flowers. X
vase, get Topaz ring and wear it. (Wear all the rings as you find
them, otherwise you won't be able to carry them all.) N-N-N to the
Crypt door. Pry door with spike, N- D to a burial vault where you
find a large stone coffin and footprints leading to the North
wall. X wall, push wall - you hear a grinding noise and a hole
appears in the wall. N to the hidden room, get Jade ring and wear
it. Get torch, S, drop spike, U-S-S-S-W-W-D-S to the small cave
where you fell from the coffin. Dig to find a Diamond ring, X it,
get it, wear it. (Note the description of the diamond ring when
you examine it).

Up to the coffin where you see some writing on the silk lining,
read writing to discover the ghost's name is ATOR. By now your
torch has set the lining on fire, so D then U again and you find a
bronze key. X bronze key, get key, D. Dig again to clear an
opening in the rockpile and S to the end of the cave. Get the
jewellery box and rope, and the fedora if you want to appear
dashing, then N-N-U to the ghost on the hilltop. "Say Ator" and he
drops a Sapphire ring on the ground and whispers that wearing it
will lead you down the Steps of Doom. Get sapphire ring and wear
it, then go E-E-N-N-N-D to the burial vault.  Get spike and pry
coffin - it opens and Zoltan's skeleton starts chasing you. N,
pull hook - the floor drops away beneath you as you dangle from
the hook, and the skeleton falls into the pit. Tie rope to hook,
D, X skeleton, get skull.  "Listen to skull" each time it appears
to be whispering something and it will give you a clue.  Up, put
torch in bracket to close the trapdoor, get torch, S, drop spike.
Enter coffin and the floor of the coffin slides back to reveal the
Steps of Doom. Get Garnet ring and wear it, D to the bottom of the
steps where you see a Pearl ring and a pack of rats, kept at bay
by your torch. Get ring and wear it. S to a low round room guarded
by snakes - wearing the diamond ring protects you from the snakes
for about three turns. Get Emerald ring, listen to skull (it tells
you to put the skull on the floor to open the marble door to the
South), put skull on floor. (The door opens and the skull starts
whispering again.) N, wear emerald ring, S. Get skull, listen to
skull (it warns you of a swinging blade), crawl South to the
catacombs where you find an Opal ring, a copper strongbox and a
hoard of spiders. (Each time a spider crawls on you go North, then
return by crawling South).

Get opal ring, unlock strongbox with bronze key, open strongbox
(you see a silver key and a Turquoise ring). N, wear opal ring,
drop skull, crawl South. Get silver key and Turquoise ring, N,
wear turquoise ring, get skull, drop bronze key. N-U-U to the
burial vault. Unlock the jewellery box with the silver key to find
a Ruby ring, drop box, get ruby ring and wear it. (You are now
wearing all ten rings). N, pull hook, D to the bottom of the pit.
The skull is whispering again, so listen to it and do what it
says. As you drop each ring it skitters across the floor and slips
on to one of the skeleton's fingers. When you drop the final ring
you hear the sound of thunder and you begin to wake up - you've
survived another Nightmare from the Crypt.














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