Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!know!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!alberti From: alberti@cs.umn.edu (Albatross) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Shadowgate: Help! Message-ID: <1991Jan21.222743.25717@cs.umn.edu> Date: 21 Jan 91 22:27:43 GMT References: <1991Jan21.155421.8874@astro.uucp> Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept. Lines: 45 In <1991Jan21.155421.8874@astro.uucp> dhines@astro.uucp (Dean Hines) writes: >We are near completion of Shadowgate and now we're stuck. This is not unusual! >We have found the platinum horn, and the gold pick-thing that's guarded >by the woman in the tower. We've gotten the talisman and the magic wand. >We've also gotten to the two gargoils that "gargoyles" >gaurd the cave below the thrown, and we've gotten to the three levers that "gargoils" I can handle, but it's "throne", not "thrown", silly. >presumably operate the chain that separates the cylinders. The only >problem is that we die no matter what we do. >1) I suspect that we have to get past the gargoils to find something that >will help us figure out the combination to the chains. We've tried many >permutations for the combination, but all have met with death by the guardian. >I figure the combination is probably hidden somewhere. It is, but you've already passed it. And I'm not lion. >2) There is an entrance just beneath the thron. It is guarded by a big stone Actually, that's sort of creative. If you can't decide between "throne" and "thrown", use neither. I like it. >that crushes you if you attempt to enter. Is there a way to get through >the entrance, or is this a blind alley? Blind alley. >3) We've found lots of vials and bottles full of liquid. Are any of these >needed. Most killed us. The most important seems to be the bottle of holy >water. Just the holy water. Forget the rest. >If anyone can give us a clue, we'd really appreciate it. Have we missed >something subtle early on? Please don't give it all away. If there's >just a single hint that will get us past this point, that'll be good enough. -- Bob Alberti Micro and Wkstn Networks Ctr, U of MN // aka: Albatross| Unitar- Internet: alberti@boombox.micro.UMN.EDU \\// The Mars Hotel| ian/ Disclaimer: My employer does not mean what I say. // (612) 690-4142| Univer- Ingredients: 30% header, 30% quote, 10% content, 30% cutesy signature.| salist!