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LOADS OF MIDNIGHT

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DESCRIPTION
Loads of Midnight is a spoof text adventure on the classic game
Lords of Midnight.

CONTROLS
This game is a text adventure, so all the usual commands can be
used.

INSTRUCTIONS
The game contains all the standard commands:
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST, NE, SE, SW, NW, UP, DOWN, ENTER or IN,
OUT, TAKE or GET, DROP, WEAR, REMOVE, LOOK, SAVE, LOAD

Other commands which are included are:
GRAPHICS ON, GRAPHICS OFF - Turns graphics on and off
RAM SAVE, RAM LOAD - Save current position in memory and reload
position.

To talk to other characters, the following process is used:
NAME then ACTION

eg, MORBID TELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS
    ROTHRORN GREETING


CHEATS

PART 1 SOLUTION
N, S, E, E, E, E, SE, take coat, examine pockets, examine bottle,
NW, W, W, W, W, N, NW, NE, N, NE, N, N, W, In, give bottle to
man, take clock, out, E, S, S, SW, S, E, E, E, E, E, NE, NE, N,
E, examine lake, Wait until Rorthron takes the staff, look, take
photo, NE, NE, E, In, Give photo to Rumour, take key, out, W, SW,
SW, W, S, SW, W, W, W, W, W, In, unlock door, take card, examine
machine, press button, D, out, E, E, E, E, NE, NE, E, E, examine
door, insert card, take pills, out, W, W, N, W, NW, N, Eat pills,
In, Press button. End of Part 1.

Part 2 Password - "LAST TIME"

PART 2 SOLUTION
S, SW, In, Take letter, examine letter, U, take heater, D, out,
S, S, S, SE, SE, E, N, NW, E, Take coins, W, N, N, NE, throw
coins at trolls, take batteries, insert batteries in heater, SW,
S, E, S, examine heater, press blue button, In, take spring, wear
spring, out, N, W, W, W, W, SE, S, insert card, examine bed, wear
crown, out, N, NW, E, E, E, E, E, N, take rope, S, E, S, jump
window, out, N, SE, NE, N, throw rope, wait until dragon comes. 

Part 3 password - "DEEP GULLY"


SEQUELS/PREQUELS
None

INLAY CARD TEXT
Another year waned upon the fair Land of Midnight, and in the
depths of the forest where many a free folk lived, a feast had
begun, the feast of the winter solstice!
     "Ludwig Ludwig! Come and pull this cracker with me!"
     "I shall!" and they both heaved with great vigour. BOOM! And
high above them, blasted from the force of the the bang, a crown
flew up to the tree tops.
     "Wh..what is it?" asked Gloompork, the most repulsive of all
the free folk.
     "A crown, or sorts. Ha, what will they think of next?", and
at that Ludwigcast it over his shoulder thinking it to be a piece
of rubbish. But, after all the commotion, the party continued. 
And thus, another feast had ended, and amid the star lit sky, all
the folk returned to their homes.
     Quiet and peace fell upon the land for many years, and as
they passed, so did the king of Midnight, Ludwig Moonprince. And,
along with his sad departure, there grew a new power. Unknown for
many years was the dark realm of Gloomport. He had diminished
into the North many years before, but none knew of his evil mind.
     But it came to pass that Ludo, son of Ludwig, walked the
paths of the forest of Long Shadows and there found the crown
that Ludwig himself threw away. In that crown were set many gems,
one of them was black, and unknown to Ludo, it held great power,
the power to manipulate the mins of people.  Meanwhile, Gloompork
sought news of the crown, knowing now that it had been found. The
computer age had now dawned upon the land, Gloompork knew this 
and greed befell him. He lived only to have the crown, and with
it he could control peoples minds and create a software industry
all of his own. This meant power and recognition. But many other
small companies still lived on, one of which was owned by Ludo,
who, being good in mind, never used the crown to his advantage.
But while it still existed, it was a threat both to him and the
land of Midnight, it had to be destroyed, that meant travelling
north to cast it away on the tower of doom.

SCORES RECEIVED
I can remember that SU weren't too impressed.

URL
This game is available as part of the second issue of Emulate.

GENERAL FACTS
This game is, of course, a spoof the game Lords of Midnight.

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