THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN EGGCUP PUBLISHER Network Adventure Games (1986) Mastertronic (1988) AUTHOR Harvey Lodder YEAR 1986 and 1988 CATALOGUE NUMBER ISA 0260 (Mastertronic) CATEGORY Graphic Adventure CONTROLS Keyboard INSTRUCTIONS/ORIGINAL INLAY CARD TEXT When a friend loses his eggcup you may laugh. When a king loses his eggcup you may fake some sympathy. But when God loses his Golden Eggcup there is nothing to do but go and find it. With stunning graphics of every location, a fully intelligent parser and a plot closer to Edward Lear then King Lear there is nothing more you could want. HINTS/CHEATS Collect every object from the temple and drop it through the hole in the beanstalk room to ensure that you can complete the game. Ensure that you have means of payment before crossing the lake with the ferryman. SEQUELS AND PREQUELS A sequel is promised at the end called "Egg Of The Phoenix" but this never happened. This will be available in the up and coming pc version. GENERAL FACTS NOTES This game will be coming out on the PC. All comments about the orginal are welcome. The PC version will be a text only affair like the orignal Network Adventure version and is being written in the Inform adventure language. It will be freeware. THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY EGGCUP - SOLUTION - TYPED BY VAXALON - 1994 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In God's temple, open the cabinet, examine the bath, look under the bed, get all available objects and drop all through the hole in the fountain. Give beans to guard, get everything he drops and enter hut. Crossing maze from foot of steps: N, w, w, e, LOOK IN BAG, GET KEY, w, s, n, n. Sit on seat with fluffy cover, examine straw, ring bell and jump onto raft. Give bottle to Wongo, get cage and go back to maze to catch bird. Climb tree and enter tree to find burrow. Put 15 useless objects in burrow to get 3rd egg (the others are at the start and in the white tower). (Short, short version of the solution by the looks of it.)