ZXTape! 0Created with Ramsoft MakeTZXDark Lore Hfނ 8TH DAY SOFTWARE 1983 "ED1" ):0:23658j\,8:"9950" H:T$(2,4):O(40():C(16):I="1"̰"39":O(I):I Y="1"̰"107":B$:Y AC(11 )=40(:V="0":H="0":C(10 )="6":"9951" "" dG$="":C$="":D$="":E$="":F$=""::(9000(#+C(10 )):X=1+(*40():X=15C(10 )=85U1700 etC(10 )=93]C(1)<-3C(16)>0C(10 )>568C(10 )<60<18400 f 1140t g"WHAT NEXT? ";A$ h(1060$:A$=T$(1):10808 i7C(10 )=535C(10 )=5461620T j$C(10 )=O(12 )500 k@C(3)=N:1000:C(8)=0N=0"110" l*C=C(4)+C(5)*"10":150 nB="7":"1100":"103" C=1200 fG=N:A$=T$(2):10808:N>9999'(N10015'N10217'N10117')110n 180+C*20 D=C(6)+C(7)*"10" C(10 )=69EC(10 )=79OC(10 )=O(1)C(10 )=O(2)C(10 )=33!C(10 )=O(9 )C(10 )=O(7)C(10 )=92\C(10 )=O(5)1298 K1120`:Y=B+1107k:B$:Y:A=0B=4:219 {A=29C(10 )=106jC(10 )=107kA=568A=92\A=41)A=91[A=95_1309 9C(10 )=A:C(1)=C(1)+1:100d 1100L:103g N="0"B="29":"235" "NȰ"40"N<"20"B="27":"235" *O(N)="111"O(N)="217"B="28":"235" O(N)C("10")B="29":"235" N<"11"B="26":"235" C("2")Ȱ"5"B="25":"235" 0N="27"O("26")="111"C("10")="47""430" N="27"C("10")="47""A PIRATE RUSHES DOWN THE STREET AND GRABS THE PARROT BACK OFF YOU.HE DISAPPEARS FROM WHERE HE CAME.":"103" N="34"C("6")="1""236" MN="26"O("2")="32""THE SPIDER FENDS YOU AWAY FROM THE MONEY.":"103" xO("4")="33"C("10")="33"N="25":"THE LIGHT RAYS FADE OUT-ONLY THE DEADLY SILENCE REMAINS..":O("4")="150" ,O(N)="111":B="30":C("2")=C("2")+"1" "1100":"103" WC("6")="1"N="34"O("36")ɰ"111":"YOU HAVE NOTHING TO COLLECT IT IN.":"103" N="34"C("6")="1""234" B="7":"235" N>"39"B="7":"258" N="0"B="24":"258" *O(N)ɰ"111"O(N)ɰ"217"B="24":"258" XO(N)=C("10"):B="30":C("2")=C("2")-"1":N="36"O("34")="111"N="34":"244" -N="34":"THE OIL SINKS INTO THE GROUND." 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THEY CRY!":O("11")="137":O("28")="56":"103" [uO("11")="34"C("10")="34"N="60":"A WRAITH APPEARS FROM THE WALL, DRIVING YOU AWAY FROM THE ELVES!":"103" \B="7":"235" ntN="28"O("28")="111"C("10")="83"C("11")="-66"::"A DIM RED HALO SEEMS TO SURROUNDTHE TALISMAN.":"103" pB="7":"235" N="25"C("10")=O("5")O("25")="111":"AT THE SIGHT OF THE LITTLE STONEMOUSE,THE GIANTS RUN OFF IN"'"TERROR.":O("5")="150":103g B="7":"235" MN="6"C("10")="79"O("13")=150:"THE DOORS ARE LOCKED.":"103" 4N="30"O("30")="111"""'"IT IS EMPTY.":"103" "110" 7C="0"C="20":C("2")=C("2")-"1":O("26")="32"  yO("23")="111"C("10")="79"O("13")="150"N="6":"THE HEAVY DOORS SWING SLOWLY"'"OPEN.":O("13")="79":"103" B="7":"235" $Z=48:C(Z)=0:Z 5B$=C(3):C(3)<0B$=B$(2) UZ="1"̱B$:C(4+(B$)-Z)=B$(Z):Z:C(3)<0C(9 )=-1: *C(3)>0C(9 )=1: $&I=1̱A$:A$(I)=" "1064( &%I:T$(2)="":T$(1)=A$: (:T$(2)=A$(I+1):T$(1)=A$(I-1): 8 6000p :B$,N:B$="X"B$=A$ < 1082: L(7000X+B): `K5000:B=C(10 ):Y=1B:B$:Y:2*D>B$A=0: b@A=B$(2*D-12*D):A<0A=100d-A: d t2B=139':C(10 )O(B)1144x v(8000@+B) xB: 'B="11"̰"39":C("10")O(B)"1206" C("10")="54"O(B)="150" O(B)="51+C(14)" B: %B="11"̰"39":O(B)ɰ"107""1224"  O(B)="62" B: xC("10")="69"D="1":"AS YOU STEP ON THE ICE IT"'"SHATTERS INTO FRAGMENTS.YOU FALLINTO THE PRECIPICE!":9995 ' *C("10")=O("6")D="2"B="23":"235" JC("10")="79"D="2"O("13")="150":"THE DOORS ARE LOCKED.":"103" C("10")=O("5"):"THE GIANTS HURL BOULDERS TO"'"BLOCK YOUR EVERY MOVE.YOU ARE TRAPPED!":C("13")=C("13")+"1":1850: *C("10")=O("1")D="2"B="23":"235" [C("10")="92"D="2"O("15")="150":"THE PLANK BREAKS-YOU FALL A LONGWAY..":"9995" *C("10")=O("2")D="1"B="23":"235" lC("10")=O("4"):"AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE RAYS A POWERFUL BURST OF ENERGY"'"INCINERATES YOU!":"9995" X="2+(*3)":C("10")=O("9")(D="1"D=XD=X+"1"):"THE EAGLE SWOOPS DOWN AND STOPS YOU GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.":"103" aC("10")=O("7")(D="5"D="1")""'"YOU CAN'T GO THAT WAY,THE RATS BLOCK YOUR PATH!":"103" "208" !A="29"O("34")ɰ"217""352" /C("10")="106"C("10")="107"A="C(14)+A" 5A="56"O("11")="34":"9056":"7033":"9995"  2A="29"O("34")="217"O("34")="111":"218" !A="92"O("30")ɰ"111":"A FEROCIOUS BLAST OF WIND BLOWS YOU OFF BALANCE,YOU LOSE YOUR FOOTHOLD AND FALL TO YOUR DEATH!":"9995" "A="41":"9041":"9995" #A="91":"9091":"9995" &%A="95":"9095":"400":"9995" -"218" ܜO("26")="111"C("11")>"79""A SCURRILOUS LOOKING PIRATE SITSON THE BOW OF ONE OF THE SHIPS, REPAIRING A TORN SAIL.A SIGN"'"HANGS FROM THE RIGGING.":  RG="0":"THE SHIP IS AT A DISTANCE OF"'"2000 FEET.":C="10":"1560":G="99" <"THE SHIP IS 1300 FEET AWAY.":C="60":"1560":G="99" "THE DISTANCE IS DOWN TO 900 FT. 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A ROCK CAUSEWAY RISES TO THE"'"NORTH,AND A LARGE DOORWAY IS"'"EAST.": #r"YOU ARE IN THE GIANTS LAIR.LARGEITEMS OF FURNITURE ARE STREWN ABOUT THE ROOM AND A LARGE SIGN ON THE FAR WALL PROCLAIMS"'"*BIG IS BEAUTIFUL*.": #sE"YOU ARE ON A GIANTS CAUSEWAY UP THE MOUNTAIN.THE PATH IS STUDDEDWITH GEMS OF ELVEN ORIGIN THAT GLIMMER IN THE RISING BANKS OF DAMP FOG ALL AROUND.AS YOU RISE FROM THE PLATEAU ALREADY FAR"'"BELOW YOU,THE SOARING SPIRES OF A GREAT FORTRESS RISE TO YOUR EAST;HIGHSTONE FORGE:-SEAT OF FAEIL-SUR,THE DARK LORD HIMSELF!": #ty"YOU ARE IN AN EMPTY GUARD ROOM. VAST ELVEN RUNES COVER THE WALLSAND A SMALL FIRE BURNS IN THE"'"CENTRE OF THE HOLD.": #u8"YOU ARE AT THE EDGE OF A VAST, BOTTOMLESS CHASM. ": #v+"YOU STAND BEFORE A HUGE KEEP"'"THAT RISES HIGH ABOVE YOU INTO AN IMPENETRABLE MIASMA OF THICK,CHILL FOG.GROTESQUE GARGOYLES HANG FROM THE STONE WALLS ABOVE A SET OF HUGE RUSTED DOORS.AS"'"YOU NEAR THE ENTRANCE,THE MIST SEEMS TO THICKEN ABOUT YOU,"'"OBSCURING YOUR VIEW IN ALL"'"DIRECTIONS.": #w&"YOU ARE DIRECTLY BELOW THE DOORS": #x["YOU ARE IN THE KEEPS MAIN HALL. FOGS SWIRLS IN FROM OUTSIDE.THE ONLY EXIT LIES SOUTH.": #y"YOU ARE IN A DARK CELLAR THAT"'"WAS OBVIOUSLY ONCE A STORE ROOM.DUST COVERS THE FLOOR AND ELVEN BATTLE TROPHIES HANG IN DISARRAYFROM THE CEILING.A DARK DOORWAY LIES TO THE SOUTH AND AN ARCHWAYLEADS EAST.": #z"A DEEP POOL OF STAGNANT WATER COVERS THE FLOOR HERE,IN THE"'"MIDST OF WHICH LIES A CRACKED WELL.A FURTHER DOOR LIES TO THE EAST,AND THE POOL DRAINS AWAY THROUGH A CRACK IN THE WALL TO THE SOUTH.": #{|"WATER CASCADES FROM ABOVE HERE, PLUNGING DOWN THROUGH A LARGE RENDED WALL.THE VIOLENT SURGE OFSPRAY DRIVES YOU BACK!": #|["THROUGH AN ARCHWAY TO THE NORTH,YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF A"'"LARGE SPIRAL STAIRCASE.": #}"YOU ARE OUTSIDE A SMALL ALCOVE THAT DISAPPEARS INTO THE GLOOM TO THE NORTH.A HIDEOUS STENCH SEEMS TO COME FROM WITHIN.A HUGECRUMBLING STAIRCASE RISES INTO THE DARKNESS ABOVE YOU.": #~~"YOU ARE ON A LANDING HALF WAY UPTHE STAIRS.TO THE NORTH IS AN ARCHWAY THROUGH WHICH YOU SEE ONLY AN EMPTY BLACKNESS.": #"YOU ARE NEARLY AT THE TOP OF THEWINDING STAIRS.LIGHT STREAMS IN FROM A SMALL DOORWAY A LITTLE HIGHER UP.STONES CRACK UNDERFOOTAND FALL AWAY INTO THE DARKNESS AS YOU TEST THEM..": #"YOU ARE AT THE TOP OF A MASSIVE CIRCULAR TOWER.FEROCIOUS WINDS BATTER AT YOU,THREATENING TO"'"PULL YOU FROM THE TOWER.SEVERAL MINERETS HOVER IN THE GLOOM"'"BELOW.A MINUTE GUTTER TRAILS OFFNORTH,AND STEPS LEAD SOUTH.": #W"YOU ARE CROSSING A LARGE TURRET THAT LEADS SOUTH.RUST STAINS THERAIN SODDEN ROOF.": #J"YOU ARE AT THE EDGE OF AN ERODEDGUTTER.RETURN FROM WHERE YOU"'"CAME.": #]"YOU ARE ON A CREAKING GUTTER."'"SUDDENLY THE GUTTER BREAKS-YOU PLUMMET TO A MESSY END!": #"HERE THE WINDS BECOME FIERCER, BUT THE HEAVY JEWEL BOX WEIGHS YOU DOWN.YOU ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE ROOF,A NARROW SPLINTERED PLANK LEADS EAST THROUGH A DARK DOORWAY FROM WHICH EXUDES A"'"STRONG SMELL OF ATTAR.": #"HESITANTLY YOU ENTER THE"'"DESECRATED THRONE ROOM.RED LIGHTSEARS THE AIR,AND AN AWESOME"'"PILLAR OF SMOKE FILLS THE ROOM.": #"YOU LEAP THROUGH THE TORN WALL ONTO A SHAKING BALCONEY.BOULDERSFALL AROUND YOU BUT THROUGH THE CHAOS YOU CAN JUST SEE A PATH TOTHE WEST.": #"AS YOU RUN THROUGH THE DEADLY SHALE OF FALLING ROCK A MIGHTY TREMOR SHAKES THE DIEING TOWER, FORCING YOU TO YOUR KNEES.STONE RAINS DOWN FROM ABOVE.AS DESPAIRTEARS AT YOUR HEART YOU WEAKEN. THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF THIS.....SUDDENLY A LOUD,TRIUMPHANT CRY RINGS OUT OVER THE LAND AND THE STRONG ARMS OF A LARGE BIRD MAN SWEEP YOU FROM THE TOWER!AS HE PLUCKS YOU TO SAFETY A WARM RAY OF SUN PIERCES THE CLOUDS AS THETOWER FALLS INTO RUBBLE...."'",CRYS THE BIRD-MAN, ": #"THE LAND TO THE NORTH IS A MASS OF SHATTERED STONE THAT GATHERS INTO A VAST RANGE OF MOUNTAINS FAR AWAY.THE GROUND BENEATH YOURFEET IS HARD STONE,BUT IT HAS"'"THE APPEARANCE OF SOMETHING"'"BROKEN,AS IF THE LIFE HAS BEEN TORN FROM THE TORTURED ROCKS.": #%"YOU ARE LOST IN A DENSE FOREST.": #o"YOU ARE STANDING ON THE CROWS"'"NEST.THE PLANKS BELOW YOU AREN'TTOO SECURE!A ROPE LEADS DOWN TO THE DECK.": #z"YOU STAND IN THE GRIMY,SMELLY HOLD.RATS SCAMPER ACROSS FILTHY PACKING CASES WHICH ARE STREWN ALL OVER THE FLOOR. 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