Adventure E - The Golden Apple
Artic Computing had an established series of text adventures for the ZX81and ZX Spectrum which I had enjoyed playing. Having been involved with them prior to this game - they were the publisher of my arcade style games - I asked if they would be interested in a further adventure title. If I remember correctly the previous games in their series had been written by Richard Turner and the other director, whose name escapes me. By that time they were too busy running the company to spend much time coding and seemed keen to take me up on the suggestion.
I had learnt a lot more about machine code programming and felt confident about writing an entire adventure in Z80. Two weeks later I had finished and this game was the result. It was well received despite being a little too inspired by the games of Scott Adams. One reviewer commented something along the lines of "Well, if an infinite number of programmers write and infinite number of adventures…" after having typed SCORE and being rewarded with "You have stored 1 *treasure*. On a scale of 0 to 100 that rates: 8."
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Emulator file in ZX Spectrum '.Z80' format: APPLE.Z80
To run the software I recommend Spectaculator by Jonathan Needle.
Walkthrough
| Road near a mansion | EAST |
| Mansion grounds | EAST |
| Flower garden | NORTH |
| Vegetable plot | EAST |
| Greenhouse | GET CAN GET SEEDS WEST |
| Vegetable plot | SOUTH |
| Flower garden | WEST |
| Mansion grounds | SOUTH |
| Road near a mansion | EAST |
| Small country road | EAST |
| In a wood | NORTH |
| In a wood | FILL CAN EAST |
| In a wood | CLIMB TREE |
| Up a tree | GET AXE DOWN |
| In a wood | SOUTH |
| In a wood | BREAK LOG DROP AXE GET PLANKS GET BAR WEST |
| In a wood | WEST |
| Small country road | WEST |
| Road near a mansion | NORTH |
| Mansion grounds | EAST |
| Flower garden | NORTH |
| Vegetable plot | PLANT SEEDS WATER SEEDS GET CARROTS SOUTH |
| Flower garden | SMELL FLOWERS GET KEY WEST |
| Mansion grounds | WEST |
| Gate-house | PULL LEVER GET MATCHES EAST |
| Mansion grounds | NORTH |
| Front porch | UNLOCK DOOR GO DOOR |
| Hallway | NORTH |
| Living room | EXAMINE PAINTING GET BROOCH EAST |
| Dining room | CLIMB TABLE |
| On top of the table | GET LAMP DOWN |
| Dining room | WEST |
| Living room | SOUTH |
| Hallway | CLIMB STAIRS |
| Landing | WEST |
| Bedroom | EXAMINE DUST GET RUG EAST |
| Landing | DOWN |
| Hallway | EAST |
| DROP BAR DROP BROOCH DROP RUG WEST |
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| Hallway | CLIMB STAIRS |
| Landing | WEST |
| Bedroom | MOVE BED GET WHISTLE BLOW WHISTLE |
| Hill top | NORTH |
| North of the hill | GO CAVE |
| It is too dark to see | ON |
| In a cave | EAST |
| Large cavern | CLIMB STALACTITE |
| High alcove | GET STONE DOWN |
| Large cavern | EAST |
| Round cave | THROW STONE PULL PLUG GET DIAMOND WEST |
| Large cavern | WEST |
| Cave | NORTH |
| Spooky room | OFF GO HOLE |
| It is too dark to see | ON |
| Down a hole | GET ROPE GET SHOVEL UP |
| Spooky room | SOUTH |
| Cave | SOUTH |
| North of the hill | OFF SOUTH |
| Hill top | SOUTH |
| South of the hill | REPAIR BRIDGE CROSS BRIDGE |
| Cliff top | GET SCULPTURE NORTH |
| South of the hill | NORTH |
| Hill top | WEST |
| West of the hill | SOUTH |
| Meadow | SOUTH |
| Beach | EAST |
| Beach | EAST |
| Harbour | GO SHIP |
| On a ship | GET NET DOWN |
| Harbour | WEST |
| Beach | WEST |
| Beach | NORTH |
| Meadow | NORTH |
| West of the hill | EAST |
| Hill top | EAST |
| East of the hill | CATCH FISH GET SALMON WEST |
| Hill top | WEST |
| West of the hill | NORTH |
| Wooded glade | GIVE SALMON SOUTH |
| West of the hill | EAST |
| Hill top | BLOW WHISTLE |
| Bedroom | EAST |
| Landing | DOWN |
| Hallway | EAST |
| Study | DROP SCULPTURE DROP COIN WEST |
| Hallway | CLIMB STAIRS |
| Landing | WEST |
| Bedroom | BLOW WHISTLE |
| Hill top | EAST |
| East of the hill | CATCH FISH GET SALMON DROP NET WEST |
| Hill top | WEST |
| West of the hill | SOUTH |
| Meadow | SOUTH |
| Beach | EAST |
| Beach | EAST |
| Harbour | GO SHIP |
| Ship | SAIL |
| Strange beach | GO WRECK |
| Inside the wreck | GET KNIFE EAST |
| Strange beach | EAST |
| Rock face | FEED CROCODILE GO CRACK |
| Metal corridor | EAST |
| Red room | SING GET EMERALDS WEST |
| Metal corridor | NORTH |
| Green room | EXAMINE GUARD GIVE CARROTS GO PASSAGE |
| Light green room | GET SPHERE WEST |
| Green room | SOUTH |
| Metal corridor | SOUTH |
| Blue room | SLIDE PANEL GO OPENING |
| Steep slope | ROLL SPHERE EAST |
| Dead end | GET RING GET GLASS WEST |
| Steep slope | NORTH |
| Blue room | NORTH |
| Metal corridor | NORTH |
| Green room | GO PASSAGE |
| Light green room | EAST |
| Hard corridor | SOUTH |
| Soft corridor | SOUTH |
| Black room | GET BOX UNLOCK BOX DROP BOX DROP KEY GET GLOVE NORTH |
| Soft corridor | DIG DROP SHOVEL GO PIT |
| Bottom of the pit | WEST |
| Edge of a drop | THROW KNIFE GO TAXI |
| Edge of a drop | WEST |
| Low room | CRAWL GO HALLWAY |
| Strange hall | GET RUBY EAST |
| Low room | EAST |
| Edge of a drop | GO TAXI |
| Edge of a drop | EAST |
| Bottom of the pit | SOUTH |
| Very small room | SOUTH |
| Level with sea bed | EXAMINE WINDOW EAST |
| Air lock | HOLD BREATH PUSH BUTTON GO HATCH |
| Sea bed | GET SAPPHIRE NORTH |
| Air lock | PUSH BUTTON NORTH |
| Small recess | GET TIN SPRAY GLASS DROP TIN SOUTH |
| Air lock | GO EXIT |
| Level with sea bed | WEST |
| Long corridor | WEST |
| Computer room | EXAMINE COMPUTER TYPE 2B GET JEWELLERY NORTH |
| Tiny room | GO LIGHT |
| Road near a mansion | NORTH |
| Mansion grounds | NORTH |
| Front porch | GO DOOR |
| Hallway | EAST |
| Study | DROP DIAMOND DROP RUBY DROP RING DROP GLOVE DROP SAPPHIRE DROP JEWELLERY DROP EMERALDS SCORE GO SAFE |
| Safe | READ NOTICE HOLD MIRROR GO CHAMBER |
| Dim chamber | GET APPLE WEST |
| Safe | WEST |
| Study | DROP APPLE SCORE |