Your goal is to get as many artifacts into the tent. 20 points are awarded for each treasure.
There appear to be several red herrings – the satyr with the pendant, the clay pot, the cross, the camels. Some objects like the diamond are needed to leave a location.
Once you find some coins you can buy more batteries. If you wish to save the coins as a treasure, we suggest you explore each pyramid with the torch on, but then play the game without lighting the torch. The walkthrough below presumes the torch is on and you can see things.
There is a limited number of things you can carry, so you may have to go back and retrieve the objects you could not carry the first time. Try to collect what you need in two visits.
Periodically you will become thirsty. To conserve water, always DRINK WATER and FILL FLASK at the valley, but you don't need to drink the water on your travels until you get the message "you are nearly dehydrated".
Solution:
ENTER, TAKE BOOK, EXAMINE BOOK (about hieroglyphics), EXIT, S, E, TAKE FLASK, N, E, TAKE TORCH, W, W, W, S, TAKE SPADE, E (the Arab offers extra batteries in return for payment), S, DIG, DOWN, W, TAKE POLE, E, S, DROP POLE, DRINK WATER, FILL FLASK, S, READ HIEROGLYPHICS (the way is blocked to those who are not worthy), N, W, W (the door swings shut behind you), READ HEIROGLYPHICS (all hail the great god Acro-bat; pray at his shrines or pay the cost), W, N, TAKE SWORD, S, S, W, PUSH WALL, S, E, TAKE DAGGER, W, W, S, THROW SPADE (you see a pit), S, E, S, EXAMINE BASKET (something alive in it), MOVE BASKET, W, S, OPEN SARCOPHAGUS, TAKE GASMASK, W, W, N, N, N, DROP DAGGER, N, N, WEAR GASMASK, E, N, TAKE DIAMOND, S, TAKE EMERALDS, W, REMOVE GASMASK, DROP GASMASK, S, S, S, TAKE SHIELD, N, W, INSERT DIAMOND IN HOLE (you fall and see a picture of a figure swinging on a trapeze), PRAY (you are back at the secret valley). Now go back and retrieve the dagger. DROP SHIELD, DROP SWORD, W, W, W, S, W, PUSH WALL, S, W, S, S, E, S, W, S, W, W, N, N, N, TAKE DAGGER, W, DOWN, TAKE LAMP, PRAY, DROP BOOK, DROP LAMP, TAKE SWORD, TAKE SHIELD, N, UP, N, E, N, E, DROP SWORD, DROP SHIELD, DROP EMERALDS, DROP DAGGER, SCORE (80 points), W, W, S, S, DOWN, S.
TAKE POLE, S, S, E, S (ignore the helmet for now), S, JUMP (you leave the pole behind), S – The satyr is to the west if you want to visit him; the solution writers have tried numerous ways to take the pendant. However, you get chased and killed, or you run out of air if you go back a third time into the pyramid), S, S, TAKE FEATHER, E, TAKE COINS, W, N, N, E, E, E, S, E, TAKE STATUE, EXAMINE STATUE (Count Duckula), W, W, S, S, EXAMINE MUMMY (he needs a laugh), TICKLE MUMMY (it deposits you in another room), TAKE TABLET, W, W, RUN WEST, N, W (ignore the rope for now), PRAY (you are back at the valley), TAKE BOOK, READ TABLET (stories to make a dragon chuckle), DROP BOOK, N, UP, N, E, N, E, DROP COINS, DROP STATUE, W, W, S, S, DOWN, S, DRINK WATER, FILL FLASK, S, S, E, S, TAKE HELMET, S, TAKE POLE, JUMP, S, E, E, E, S, W, S, S, TICKLE MUMMY, W, W, RUN WEST, N, W, TAKE ROPE, PRAY, N, UP, N, E, N, E, DROP HELMET, SCORE (140), W, W, S, S, DOWN, S, DROP FEATHER, DROP LAMP.
TAKE ROPE, TAKE TABLET, E, CLIMB STATUE, ENTER, S, S, TAKE GOLD, N, W, W, N, N, E, TAKE SCROLL, READ SCROLL (a picture of a duck holding a mask and genie rising out of the lamp attempting to take the mask; to lose is to win and those who win shall lose), DROP SCROLL, W, S, S, S (you see a dragon), READ TABLET (the dragon carries you elsewhere), S, S (you see a hole), DOWN (you are carrying too many things), DROP TABLET, DROP GOLD, S, E, TIE ROPE TO ANKH, SWING ACROSS, E, DOWN, DROP FLASK, TAKE POLE, W, DROP POLE, DOWN, TAKE FLASK, W, TAKE POLE, TAKE GOLD, TAKE TABLET, S, W, N, W, N, N (the ceiling starts coming down on you), JAM POLE (the ceiling stops moving), N, N, N, EXAMINE SARCOPHAGUS, SLIDE PANEL, DROP GOLD, DROP TABLET, TAKE KEY, S, S, S, S, S, E, S, E, E, SWING ACROSS, E, N, N, E, S, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEY, N, W, S, S, DOWN, W, S, W, N, W, N, N, N, N, N, TAKE GOLD, TAKE TABLET, E, PRAY (back at the valley), N, UP, N, E, N, E, DROP GOLD, SCORE (160), W, W, S, S, DOWN, S, TAKE LAMP, DRINK WATER, FILL FLASK, E, CLIMB STATUE, ENTER HOLE, S, W, W, S, READ TABLET, S, S, DROP TABLET, DROP FLASK, DROP LAMP, DOWN, TAKE POLE, W, DROP POLE, TAKE LAMP, DOWN, E, DROP LAMP, DOWN, W, TAKE FLASK, DOWN, E, TAKE LAMP, N, N, E, S, S, S (you need to speak your reply), SAY COUNT DUCKULA, S (you see a mask), EXAMINE MASK (someone winking), RUB LAMP. You are finished with 500 points.
Terri Sheehan and Alastair
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