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=     TAMERLANE OF THE RING         =
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=           PRESENTS                =
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=      THE SERPENT'S STAR           =
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=         A WALK-THRU!              =
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AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, I SUGGEST YOU TYPE "QUICK TRAVEL" AND "SOUND OFF"
 TO SPEED UP MOVEMENT DURING TRAVEL.  THERE IS A SMALL BUG IN THE PROGRAM THAT C
AUSES THE SOUND TO TURN BACK ON FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO TYPE IN EXACTLY ARE GIVEN IN QUOTES AND 
DIRECTIONS FOR MOVEMENT ARE GIVEN IN SQUARE BRACKETS.  FOR EXAMPLE, "SIT BY EXPL
ORER" AND [NE,F,R,B,W] FOR NORTHEAST, FORWARD, RIGHT, BACK AND WEST.

THE FIRST SEVERAL MOVES OF THE GAME ARE AUTOMATIC AND TAKE YOU JUST BEYOND THE 
GATES OF THE CITY WHERE YOU WILL SEE A CARAVAN.  TYPE THE FOLLOWING TO GET ALL T
HE EQUIPMENT YOU'LL NEED:

"GO CARAVAN", "BUY HORSE", "BUY SADDLEBAGS", "PUT SADDLEBAGS ON HORSE", "BUY TE
NT", "PUT TENT IN SADDLEBAGS", "BUY BUTTER", "BUY TSAMPA", "BUY TEA".  NOW THAT 
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED, TYPE [E,NE] TO GET TO THE INN.

NOW YOU NEED TO GET A LAMP AND REST UP FOR THE NEXT DAY'S JOURNEY, SO TYPE:

"TETHER HORSE", "ENTER", "SIT BY EXPLORER", "BUY DRINK", "OFFER DRINK", "ASK HE
LP", "BUY DRINK", "OFFER DRINK", "ASK HELP" (YOU NOW HAVE THE LAMP AND FUEL).  C
ONTINUE WITH "LEAVE", "REST", "OUT", "MOUNT".

NOW, IT'S OFF TO THE FIRST MONESTARY.  YOU SHOULD SAVE THE GAME (TYPE "SAVE GAM
E") BEFORE MOVING ANY FURTHER, BECAUSE THE WOLF IS COMING UP AND YOU PROBABLY WO
N'T MAKE IT PAST HIM THE FIRST TIME YOU TRY!  GO [SE] AND <SURPRISE!> THERE'S TH
E WOLF!.  KILLING THE WOLF IS A MATTER OF TIMING.  WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TYPE "
SHOOT" AS FAST AS YOU CAN FOR AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES TO KILL HIM.  IT VARIES 
FROM 3 TO 6 TIMES.  ONCE THE WOLF IS DEAD, GO [S] TO THE BRIDGE.

TYPE "DISMOUNT", "CROSS" AND THEN HEAD [NE].  THE MONK HAS SOMETHING YOU NEED, 
SO TYPE "GREET MONK", "OFFER TSAMPA", "ASK ABOUT SCROLL", "GET MONK'S SCROLL".  
NOW TO CONTINUE ON TO THE FIRST MONESTARY, GO [S,W,N] THEN "KNOCK", "IN", "OFFER
 MONEY", "DISMOUNT", "DROP REINS", "IN" AND WE'RE THERE!

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY AND RELI
GION BEING HELPFUL IN SERPENT'S STAR.  HERE IS WHERE SOME OF IT COMES IN ...THER
E'S MORE LATER.  TYPE "GO BUDDHA", "PUT BUTTER ON ALTAR", "GO DOOR", THEN [F] AT
 THE INTERSECTION.  YOU WILL RUN INTO THE ABBOT, SO HERE YOU TYPE "ASK ABOUT LHA
SA SCROLL","LEAVE", GO [L], THEN "OUT", "OUT", "MOUNT" AND WE'RE READY TO FIND T
HE FABLED MONESTARY WHERE THE STAR IS KEPT.

FROM THE MONESTARY, GO [S,NE,NE] TO THE CAVE ENTRANCE.  NOW, YOU SHOULD SAVE TH
E GAME AGAIN BECAUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAVE IS THE INFAMOUS ROCK/SNOW SLI
DE AND YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BUNCH OF TRIES BEFORE YOU GET THRU IT!!

TYPE "PUT FUEL IN LAMP", "LIGHT MATCH THEN LIGHT LAMP", THEN PROCEED [F,F].  TH
ERE IS A CRYSTAL STATUETTE TO BE FOUND IN THE CAVE, BUT LEAVE IT ALONE!  GO [F] 
ONE MORE TIME AND YOU WILL BE AT THE SNOW/ROCK SLIDE WHICH IS THE MOST DIFFICULT
 PART OF THE GAME TO BOTH DESCRIBE AND TO GET THROUGH.  IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOS
E TRIAL-AND-ERROR THINGS WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING UNTIL YOU GET THRU IT
.  WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE ONE BOULDER THAT BOUNCES OFF THE MO
UNTAIN AND IS HIGHLIGHTED AGAINST THE SKY AS IT GOES DOWN THE TOWARD THE ROAD.  
IF YOU FOLLOW THIS BOULDER DOWN, YOU WILL SEE THAT AT ONE POINT IT HITS THE GROU
ND JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE ROAD.  AS SOON AS IT BOUNCES UP AGAIN, PRESS A KEY!  
DON'T WORRY IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT THRU THE FIRST TIME (YOU DID SAVE THE GAME, DID
N'T YOU??) BECAUSE NOBODY, I MEAN NOBODY HAS EVER MADE IT THRU THE FIRST TIME!!

AFTER YOU MAKE IT THRU THE AVALANCHE, THE REST OF THE ADVENTURE IS A PIECE OF C
AKE!  GO [F] AND A WHOLE SERIES OF SCREENS GO BY EXPLAINING ABOUT IT BEING NIGHT
 TIME AND THE AIR AROUND THE RUINS IS MYSTERIOUS, ETC.  ONCE THE FABLED MONESTAR
Y APPEARS, TYPE "KNOCK", "OFFER MONK'S SCROLL", "DISMOUNT", "DROP REINS", "IN".

NOW THAT YOU'RE INSIDE, GO [F,F,F] ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STATUE OF BUDDHA, THEN
 "LOOK BEHIND", "GO BEHIND", "GET ALL", "WEAR ROBE", THEN GO [B,F], "UNLOCK DOOR
", GO [L] AND "LOOK STAFF".  YOU SEE THE INSCRIPTION YOU WILL NEED TO KILL THE D
EMON GUARDS LATER ON.  TYPE "GET SCROLL", AND THEN GO [B] AND "OUT" BACK TO THE 
COURTYARD.

THIS TIME, GO [L], THEN "LOOK TAPESTRY", [F]. NOW TYPE "PUT OUT FLAME" THREE TI
MES TO GET ALL THE FLAMES OUT.  THEN "OPEN DOOR" AND GO [F] WHERE YOU FIND 3 OF 
THE 6 GEMS YOU WILL NEED.  TYPE "OPEN CHEST", "GET ALL" AND GO [F] AND "OPEN BOX
". THE BLACK CLOUD WILL CAUSE YOU TO STUMBLE AROUND IN THE DARK, SO TO MAKE THIN
GS EASY, JUST TYPE [N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N,N] AND YOU'LL BE IN THE LITTLE ARMORY.

TYPE "PUT STAFF IN PACK", "GET SHIELD" AND GO [D].  AND NOW FOR SOME FANCY JUGG
LING, TYPE "DROP SHIELD", "GET STAFF", "SAY TSKDG", "PUT STAFF IN PACK", "LOOK F
LOOR", "GET ALL" (INCLUDING GEM #4), AND "OPEN DOOR".  WHEW! ...GLAD THAT'S OVER
 WITH!
 
SINCE YOU WENT THRU ALL THAT TROUBLE OF GETTING THE DOOR OPEN, YOU MIGHT AS WEL
L GO IN, SO...GO [F]...AHA! ANOTHER ONE!..."GET ALL" (GEM #5), THEN [F,F] TO THE
 OLD SAGE.  HE WILL ASK YOU THREE QUESTIONS; YOUR THREE ANSWERS ARE "DRAGON", "Y
IN AND YANG" (DID YOU NOTICE THE DESIGN ON THE WALL?), AND "MAN", RESPECTIVELY. 
 NOW GO [R]...HE DID TELL YOU TO TAKE THE RIGHT DOOR, DIDN'T HE??

YOU ARE NOW AT THE MAZE...I FOUND AN INTERESTING THING HERE...IT SEEMS THE AUTH
ORS LEFT A BIT OF DEBUGGING CODE IN, SO IF YOU TYPE "STAT" WHILE IN THE MAZE, IT
 WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT DIRECTION YOU'RE FACING!  BUT TO SAVE YOU 
THE TROUBLE OF WENDING YOUR WAY AROUND, HERE IS THE SEQUENCE TO REACH THE DOOR O
F THE DRAGON'S LAIR:

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PART OF THE GAME IS REALLY TEDIOUS, BUT THERE IS NO CHOICE 
EXCEPT TO GRIN AND BEAR IT.  THE FOLLOWING PATH IS THE SHORTEST TO GET THRU THIS
 RIDICULOUS MAZE.  FIRST, GO [L,L], "GET ALL" (THE LAST OF THE 6 GEMS), THEN GO 
[B,F,L,F], "RING GONG", [B,F,L,L], "DROP MATCHES", "GET TSAMPA", [R,F,L,L] AND Y
OU'RE AT THE DOOR...NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE SIX GEMS ARE FOR!  THEY HAVE TO BE INS
ERTED INTO THE DOOR IN THE PROPER ORDER, SO TYPE:

"PUT BLACK GEM      IN DOOR"
  "  VIOLET CRYSTAL  "  "
  "  BLUE STONE      "  "
  "  GREEN GEM       "  "
  "  ORANGE GEM      "  "
  "  CLEAR CRYSTAL   "  "

THE DOOR WILL OPEN, SO GO [F].

AND, NOW FORTHE GRAND FINALE!!

TYPE "BLOW SHELL". THE DRAGON WILL APPEAR AND ASK TWO QUESTIONS.  YOU ONLY HAVE
 TO ANSWER ONE, AS THE SHIELD WILL PROTECT YOU IF YOU MISS ONE OF THEM...TO SAVE
 WEAR AND TEAR ON THE SHIELD, HOWEVER, YOUR TWO ANSWERS (IN ORDER) ARE: "RAINBOW
" AND "NIRVANA".  NOW AREN'T YOU SORRY YOU DIDN'T TAKE EASTERN PHILOSOPHY 101?

THE DRAGON WILL NOW DISAPPEAR AND YOU CAN THEN "DROP ALL", "GET SERPENT'S STAR"
, "LOOK NICHE", "PUT SERPENT'S STAR IN NICHE" AND YOU'RE DONE!!

AS IN MOST ADVENTURES, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO THE FINAL GOAL.  I PUT JUS
T ENOUGH EXTRA STUFF HERE TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR SOME OF THE FAIRLY INTERESTIN
G THINGS IN THE GAME THAT YOU WOULD MISS IF I GAVE YOU THE ABSOLUTE SHORTEST ROU
TE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GAME, JUST DROP A NOTE TO:

F: TAMERLANE
L: OF THE RING

ENJOY!
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