Copyright (c) 2001 by Rich Cummings. All Rights Reserved. Rich01Mar@aol.com, http://www.sgtfretsurfer.com/Multimedia/rcgames/index.htm Stranded - TADS Interactive Fiction ------------------------------------------------ Cheat Sheet ----------------- * Eat the food items found along the way. The yellow berries regenerate once you eat them. You can always return for more. Take and wear your backpack. Go to the Small Beach and inspect the sand. Reach in the burrow, then search it to find the dart gun. Go to the Hollow Trees and search them to find the mass of thick vines. Go to the Bog and tie the vines to the small logs to build a raft. Take the raft and drop it at the Swamp Shore. Go to the Barren Area with the tree frog. Grab the vine. Open the kit. Take the dart. Rinse/clean the gun in the ocean at the Small Beach and load the gun with the dart. Take the gun. Board the raft and travel to the Misty Swamp where you find the sea otter. Reach in the water. Take the glove. Wear the glove. Travel to the Large Pond with the alligator blocking your path. Shoot the alligator with the gun. Drop the gun. You can now travel east. Search the vehicle. *Search the front seat and take the blanket for 5 points. Open the toolbox. Take the crowbar. Read the journal. Head to the Shallow Pool. Reach into the briars to acquire the lantern. Head to the Secluded Shore. Pry the case with the crowbar. Look inside the case. Take the web netting. Travel to the Narrow Swamp and go west onto the Small Shore. Wear the netting and go west into the Mosquito Swarm. Go south to the Beach. Look behind the statues. Take the pods. Travel to the distant shore through the fog. Go Inside the Hut. Look at the cauldron. Read the message. Put the pods into the cauldron. Search the shelf. Take the kerosene fuel. Put the fuel into the lantern. Search the pots. Take the cooking pot. Travel to the Dead-End Path with the fawn. Pry the rocks with the crowbar. Search the surface. Take the cracked mirror. Travel to one of the Barren Areas near the beginning and take the coil of rope. Travel to the maze of Wooded Marsh. Go east 5 times and then south twice. Tie the rope the the tree root. Light the lantern. Climb down the rope. With the cracked mirror in your possession, search the pool. Take the antenna. Climb up the rope. Drop the mirror. Travel to the Clearing with the circle of rocks. Drop the antenna. Travel to the Small Beach. Fill the cooking pot with sea water. Travel to the distant shore and go back Inside the Hut. Pour the sea water into the cauldron. Drop the cooking pot. Stir the spoon/cauldron. Leave the hut. Upon returning, a hidden door will be revealed. Enter the hidden room and open the trapdoor. Light the lantern and go down to the Lab. Look under the table. Have the crowbar in hand and pry open the wooden chest. Look in the chest. Read the note. Drop the crowbar. Wear the netting and travel to the Mosquito Swarm. Search the bushes. Take the ladder. Travel to the Narrowing Swamp. Search the trees. Head to the Short Hill. Drop the netting. Search the rocks. Light the lantern and go down to the Cave. Move the skeleton. Go down. Travel to the Chasm. Search the stalagmites/rocks. Lean/put ladder on/against the rocks/stalagmites. Climb the ladder. Take the box. Climb down the ladder. Take the radio transceiever. Travel to the Hut. Search the dead troll. Realize he is gripping onto a white dinner jacket. Search the jacket. Take the golden key. Travel to the Laboratory. Unlock the gold box with the gold key. Open the gold box. Take the lion sculpture. Travel to the Clearing with the circle of rocks. Attach the antenna to the radio. Turn on the radio. Dial the radio. Drop all items. Fetch the raft and put into the circle of rocks. Ensure lion is in your possession. Throw lantern at raft or light the raft with the lantern. END For questions or problems with the game, please contact me! Rich01Mar@aol.com I hope you enjoy the game! Good luck! Rich