Re: Solution for the Apple ][ adventure game called Sherwood Forest

[rubywand@swbell.net]

Kenneth Kin Lum wrote:
> 
> Does any one have the solution for the Apple ][ adventure game called
> Sherwood Forest?  Can you mail it to me please?
>

     Some hints; sure.

     Other csa2 readers may be playing Sherwood Forest, too. SF is 
among the first really 'slick' Apple ][ picture-text adventures. It will 
help to know that SF is winnable without a walkthrough or 'lucking out' 
or special end-of-game tricks.

     Several adventures are not nearly so well designed. Sorcerer of 
Claymorgh Castle kills you every time you slip up (and requires a 
bothersome restart); Questmaster (Dondra) supplies cute pics but is 
another learn-by-dying quest; some King's Quest's are very weak in 
supplying necessary information; Infocom's Spell Breaker messes up in one 
critical place-- you can waste a Time Freeze scroll and never know it; 
etc. ... .

     As for SF: The awning at the Kissing Booth is useful. Tailors 
make suits. ...  The stage is for performing. One place it's easy to get 
stuck is the haystack. After the fire, there are _two_ things to get. ... 



Rubywand