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WELCOME!!!
TO THE COMPLETE SOLUTION OF THAT EPIC
OF EPICS, "TIME ZONE" !
THANKS TO: SPLIT INFINITY BBS
MADE PRESENTABLE BY: THE MERCENARY
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Wow, this is a big sucker! Hats off to
Ken and Roberta Williams. It seemed
like it took forever just to write the
tutorial for this massive adventure...
It must have been an eternity writing the code to program it. One can believe that it took the year they
claim. But the effort put in
by those pioneers of the graphic adventure certainly paid off, and
I doubt another adventure of this scope
and caliber will be seen for many years to come.
Well, enough of the editorializing...on
with the tutorial.
First of all, there are a number of time 'zones' that are dead ends...
red herrings to frustrate your solving
of the adventure. They are as follows:
all time periods in Antarctica (you freeze your buns off in all of them!)
Australia 1400 AD
Africa 1700 AD
Africa 2082 AD
South America 2082 AD
Alaska 50 BC
South America 1700 AD
South America 1400 AD
South America 50 BC
North America 1000 AD
In each of these zones, you inevitably
get killed or end up finding nothing
of value to aid in your final objective
on Neburon.
Also, I have not included a trip to Australia 50 BC, where you find a
rhea egg which, with a shovel, you can
dig up and take. Using the hat
pin you find in Asia 1700 AD, you can poke a hole in the egg and use
it to carry water (which is found in numerous zones) to drink when you
get thirsty. This happens in only a couple of time zones, most importantly
in Africa 1400 AD. However, I have found that by following the moves I
describe, you can get back to the machine before dying of thirst and
therefore you do not need to go to get
the egg and the water.
As usual, everything between commas represents each seperate input and
everything in parentheses is a seperate
comment not to be inputted into the
game. Also, I have preceded each zone
with its title. These titles
are enclosed in >brackets< and should not be inputted into the game.
Also, most of the time when you input 'look', it is only there to pass some
time in order for something to happen.
Don't expect to find something new
whenever you input 'look'.
This is a massive adventure, so I warn
you to save the game often!! I suggest
that you save it after each zone you solve. While I have taken pains to
assure that this tutorial is accurate,
I have an early version of the game
and newer versions may have changed things slightly. I may have also missed a typo or two, so please let the sysop know if you have run into a discrepancy in the directions given... I will try to update any faults in this tutorial.
Of course, follow all instructions on disk switching when going from zone
to zone....
Here goes!...
> HOME <
N, (you won't go anywhere, but there will be a description of your 'dream'),
N, go machine, (again, you won't go in
but there is a bunch of exposition),
go machine, get mask, exit machine, drop mask, go machine, sit, set orange,
400milbc, set blue, Europe (it doesn't
matter what continent, as there is only
one place that far back), pull lever, exit machine.
> 400 MILLION BC <
W, S, S, E, E, go cave, exit cave, S, get stick, W, N, W, N, N, E, go
machine, sit, 10000bc, pull lever, exit
machine.
> 10000 BC <
N, get rock, W, W, N, N, N, climb tree,
D, N, W, N, GET STICKS, S, E, N, throw
stick, N, E, S, S, W, throw rock, get hare, E, N, N, go cave, make fire, give
hare, get hammer, S, W, S, S, S, S, S,
S, E, D, S, go machine, sit, SA,
1000ad, pull lever, exit machine.
> SOUTH AMERICA 1000 AD <
S, D, D, D, S, S, S, drop hammer, U, open door, go door, D, S, get torch,
N, U, go door, throw torch, D, get torch, get hammer, N, N, N, U, U, U,
N, go machine, sit, Asia, 50bc, pull lever, exit machine.
> ASIA 50 BC <
E, E, E, N, N, get pole, S, S, S, S, go
boat, E, exit boat, N, N, N, N, E,
N, W, get shovel, dig, get jade, dig, get jade, drop shovel (unless you want
to use it to get the rhea egg... See the introduction), E, S, W, S, S, S, S,
S, E, E, buy rope, with jade, buy rice,
with jade, W, W, N, go boat, W,
exit boat, N, N, W, W, W, go machine, sit, Europe, 1400AD, pull lever,
exit machine.
> EUROPE 1400 AD <
S, S, E, open door, go door, sign up, on deck, S, W, S, W, show pass, N, W,
W, U, look telescope, D, E, E, S, E, E,
S, E, S, open door, go door, get bar,
W, N, W, N, W, N, N, N, drop pass, go machine, sit, Australia, 1700AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> AUSTRALIA 1700 AD <
N, N, N, N, W, break padlock, with bar,
open door, N, get saw, S, E, S, S, S, S, go machine, sit, NA, 1700AD
, pull lever, exit machine.
> NORTH AMERICA 1700 AD <
N, N, N, E, E, break window, go window,
N, use saw, look chest,get key, S, go window, W, W, S, S, S, go machine, sit, Asia, 2082Ad,pull lever, exit machine.
> ASIA 2082 AD <
N, D, go train, sit, west side, look, leave train, U, E, S, S, use key, get
padlock, drop padlock, open door, E, get yen, W, N, N, W, D, go train, sit,
look, leave train, go train, sit, north
side, look, leave train, U, W, W,
N, open door, N, look, read menu, look,
2, eat, N, wash dishes, open drawer,
look drawer, get matches, S, S, S, E, E
, D, go train, sit, look, leave train,
U, S, go machine, sit, push button, exit machine.
> BACK AT HOME <
Light torch, drop matches, drop bar, drop key, drop saw, go machine, sit,
Europe, 1700AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> EUROPE 1700 AD <
N, N, N, N, E, N, E, climb fence, inside, S, S, open door, E, E, U, E, open door, N, get perfume, get comb,
S, W, D, W, W, N, N, climb fence, outside, W, S, W, S, S, S, S, go
machine, sit, NA, 1400AD,
pull lever, exit machine.
> NORTH AMERICA 1400 AD <
W, W, S, go gulley (the buffalo will go
over you), N, E, N, N, N, N, N, go teepee, trade comb, S, S, S, S, S, S, E, go machine,sit, Europe, 1000AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> EUROPE 1000 AD <
E, E, talk robin, yes, S, S, E, use bow
, S, N, S, W (you've done it!), W, N, N, N, N, N, W, W, W, W, open door, N, get mirror, S, E, N, N, E, look window, tie rope, to arrow, shoot arrow, pull rope,drop bow, E, S, S, E, S, S, S, S, S, W, go machine, sit, Australia,
pull lever, exit machine.
> AUSTRALIA 1000 AD <
N, W, N, E, N, N, give mirror, S, S, W,
S, E, S, go machine, sit, Europe, pull lever, exit machine.
> EUROPE 1000 AD (AGAIN) <
E, E, give money, W, throw boomerang, get lance, W, go machine, sit, Africa,
50BC, pull lever, exit machine.
> AFRICA 50 BC <
S, S, S, S, W, N, W, give perfume, E, S
, E, N, N, W, use money, yes, E, N,
N, N, drink water, eat dates, W, N, N,
W, N, N, U, open door, go door, D, D,
D, move stone, go hole, E, get shield,
W, go hole, U, U, U, go door, D, S, S, E, S, S, E, S, go machine, sit, Asia,
1400AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> ASIA 1400 AD <
N, N, N, W, throw boomerang, get sword,
E, E, E, S, trade rice, W, W, S, S, go
machine, sit, Europe, 50bc, pull lever,
exit machine.
> EUROPE 50 BC <
E, N, N, E, N, N, N, N, W, N, D, W, S,
S, S, E, S, get tweezers, N, N, W, N,
E, U, E, look, use tweezers, open door,
W, drop tweezers, S, W, N, E, E, U, E,
look, S, S, E, N, W, get ladder, E, S, W, S, S, S, W, S, S, W, go machine, sit, Africa, 1000AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> AFRICA 1000 AD <
N, N, W, get log, E, drop log, E, get log, W, drop log, make raft,
cross river, N, E, N, N, N, get tusks,
with hammer, use ladder, S, S, W, cross river, S, get rope, S, S, go machine, sit, Africa, 1400AD,pull lever, exit machine.
> AFRICA 1400 AD <
N, N, N, N, trade tusks, N, S, trade silk, S, S, S, S, go machine,
sit, Asia, 1000AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> ASIA 1000 AD <
E, N, N, E, trade rug, ride camel, W, S
, W, W, N, N, N, E, E, N, dismount
camel, open sesame, go cave, N, E, get
gold, W, S, open sesame, S, ride
camel, S, W, W, S, S, S, S, E, dismount
camel, go machine, sit, Australia,
2082AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> AUSTRALIA 2082 AD <
N, N, break window, go window, W, open
closet, get coat, E, go window, S, S,
go machine, sit, Asia, 1700AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> ASIA 1700 AD <
Wear coat, S, S, S, S, S, E, E, kill cossack, E, E, N, N, (keep typing 'look' until a royal carraige emerges from the gates, then once it does, type 'look' again until it leaves), get pin, S, S, W, W, W, W, N, N, N, N, N, go machine,sit, push button, exi
t machine.
> BACK AT HOME <
Drop sword, drop shield, drop pole, drop coat, get key, get mask, get
bar, get saw, go machine, sit, NA, 2082
AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> NORTH AMERICA 2082 AD <
S, S, E, S, W, W, W, N, get mat, drop mat, get key, S, unlock trunk,
open trunk, look trunk, get dynamite, E
, E, E, N, W, N, N, go machine,
sit, Europe, 2082AD, pull lever, exit machine.
> EUROPE 2082 AD <
N, W, N, N, W, W, W, get dog, tie rope,
to dog, E, E, E, S, S, E, E, E, N,
untie dog, get gun, S, W, W, S, go machine, sit, 4082AD, IP, pull lever,
wear mask, exit machine.
> NEBURON !! <
N, N, N, E, E, D, E, S, use hammer, drop hammer, open grate, W, W, W, N,
use knife, drop knife, open cover, U, get wallet, open wallet, get ID,
drop wallet, D, S, E, E, tie rope, to rock, D, W, W, W, U, W, W, open grate,
n, remove mask, E, N, open grate, D, S,
E, close door, look peephole, look,
open door, W, N, N, use gun, get uniform, wear uniform, E, N, N (you
will be thrown in jail), use saw, go window, E, give gold, N, E, E, E,
get flower, W, W, W, W, N, use bar, wear mask, D, N, E, use ladder, open
grate, U, remove mask, U, open door, E,
N, W, open drawer, look drawer, get MC,
E, E, E, S, use pin, open safe, look safe, get note, read note, N, N, open
door, E, close door, use gun, open drawer, look drawer, get MC, look room,
drop gun, open door, W, N, W, insert MC
, N, W, open door, go shed, close
door, (now keep typing 'look' a number
of times until you hear someone coming,
then you hear them go away. Once the voices of the guards go away, you...),
open door, E, E, N, use key, open gate,
N, N, look, allegiance, N, N, look,
show ID, show MC, W, W, S, S, give flower, open door, W, close door.
Use lance, W, W, S, S, W, S, E, S, S, S
, S, W, W, W, N, W, S, S, W, S,
insert MC, W, drop dynamite, light fuse
, E, N, E, N, N, E, S, E, E, E,
N, N, N, N, W, N, N, W, N, W, S, W, S,
W, stand circle, push button,
go machine, sit, push button, exit machine, S.
******* AND THAT DOES IT !!!*******
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