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| Filename: | 01-01-89/U |
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| File size: | 084D bytes |
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File contents
THE MIDAS RUN
(C) DIANA AND JON LEIGHTON 1987
OUTLINE OF THE GAME
You are summoned to a Solicitor's office to learn of something in your
favour. An unknown distant relative has left to you, in his Will, 58
2oz solid gold sovereigns. But to claim rightful ownership to them you
have to fulfill the instructions given in the Will.
Unfortunately the Sovereigns are undeclared Treasure Trove and belong
to the government. Because of this, your relative, a devious old
fellow, has put one sovereign, in banks, in 58 separate towns spread
throughout the British Isles.
Your job is to collect them:-
(1) In the shortest possible time.
(2) Using the shortest possible route.
(3) Using the smallest amount of money
(4) Collecting the largest amount of gold possible.
You have been given 200 hours and `100 to achieve this task. The time
needed to complete the route is about 120 hours. The least amount of
mileage covered is 5000 miles and the least amount of money you need
to spend is `1,000. The maximum number of moves required to complete
the route is 79, for which clues are given. This game is a race
against the clock in real time, so for each move, time and money will
be deducted as necessary. There are 18 towns where you can change gold
for cash to pay for your journey.
There is one snag, the Police know about this gold and are just as
anxious to claim it. They will try to nab you in any one of 17 towns
if you are found to be carrying more than 6 ozs. of gold at any given
time. SO BE WARNED!
To help you, you will need to solve the clues given for which you may
need a map of the British Isles, a motoring organization book of
towns, a Biographical dictionary or something similar, and an English
dictionary/Encyclopaedia.
Towns should be entered exactly as on the list when prompted. If there
is any gold, you will be asked whether you wish to take it. You can
deposit gold in the safe at your starting position.
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An unk| 00000150 6e 6f 77 6e 20 64 69 73 74 61 6e 74 20 72 65 6c |nown distant rel| 00000160 61 74 69 76 65 20 68 61 73 20 6c 65 66 74 20 74 |ative has left t| 00000170 6f 20 79 6f 75 2c 20 69 6e 20 68 69 73 20 57 69 |o you, in his Wi| 00000180 6c 6c 2c 20 35 38 0d 32 6f 7a 20 73 6f 6c 69 64 |ll, 58.2oz solid| 00000190 20 67 6f 6c 64 20 73 6f 76 65 72 65 69 67 6e 73 | gold sovereigns| 000001a0 2e 20 42 75 74 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 61 69 6d 20 72 |. But to claim r| 000001b0 69 67 68 74 66 75 6c 20 6f 77 6e 65 72 73 68 69 |ightful ownershi| 000001c0 70 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 6d 20 79 6f 75 0d 68 61 |p to them you.ha| 000001d0 76 65 20 74 6f 20 66 75 6c 66 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 |ve to fulfill th| 000001e0 65 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 67 |e instructions g| 000001f0 69 76 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 57 69 6c 6c |iven in the Will| 00000200 2e 20 20 0d 0d 55 6e 66 6f 72 74 75 6e 61 74 65 |. ..Unfortunate| 00000210 6c 79 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f 76 65 72 65 69 67 6e |ly the Sovereign| 00000220 73 20 61 72 65 20 75 6e 64 65 63 6c 61 72 65 64 |s are undeclared| 00000230 20 54 72 65 61 73 75 72 65 20 54 72 6f 76 65 20 | Treasure Trove | 00000240 61 6e 64 20 62 65 6c 6f 6e 67 0d 74 6f 20 74 68 |and belong.to th| 00000250 65 20 67 6f 76 65 72 6e 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 42 65 |e government. Be| 00000260 63 61 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 2c 20 79 |cause of this, y| 00000270 6f 75 72 20 72 65 6c 61 74 69 76 65 2c 20 61 20 |our relative, a | 00000280 64 65 76 69 6f 75 73 20 6f 6c 64 0d 66 65 6c 6c |devious old.fell| 00000290 6f 77 2c 20 68 61 73 20 70 75 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 |ow, has put one | 000002a0 73 6f 76 65 72 65 69 67 6e 2c 20 69 6e 20 62 61 |sovereign, in ba| 000002b0 6e 6b 73 2c 20 69 6e 20 35 38 20 73 65 70 61 72 |nks, in 58 separ| 000002c0 61 74 65 20 74 6f 77 6e 73 20 73 70 72 65 61 64 |ate towns spread| 000002d0 0d 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 |.throughout the | 000002e0 42 72 69 74 69 73 68 20 49 73 6c 65 73 2e 0d 0d |British Isles...| 000002f0 59 6f 75 72 20 6a 6f 62 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 63 |Your job is to c| 00000300 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 6d 3a 2d 0d 0d 28 |ollect them:-..(| 00000310 31 29 20 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 6f 72 74 |1) In the short| 00000320 65 73 74 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 69 6d |est possible tim| 00000330 65 2e 0d 28 32 29 20 20 55 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |e..(2) Using th| 00000340 65 20 73 68 6f 72 74 65 73 74 20 70 6f 73 73 69 |e shortest possi| 00000350 62 6c 65 20 72 6f 75 74 65 2e 0d 28 33 29 20 20 |ble route..(3) | 00000360 55 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 65 |Using the smalle| 00000370 73 74 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 6e |st amount of mon| 00000380 65 79 0d 28 34 29 20 20 43 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 69 |ey.(4) Collecti| 00000390 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 72 67 65 73 74 20 61 |ng the largest a| 000003a0 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 67 6f 6c 64 20 70 6f |mount of gold po| 000003b0 73 73 69 62 6c 65 2e 0d 0d 0d 59 6f 75 20 68 61 |ssible....You ha| 000003c0 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 32 30 |ve been given 20| 000003d0 30 20 68 6f 75 72 73 20 61 6e 64 20 60 31 30 30 |0 hours and `100| 000003e0 20 74 6f 20 61 63 68 69 65 76 65 20 74 68 69 73 | to achieve this| 000003f0 20 74 61 73 6b 2e 20 54 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 0d | task. The time.| 00000400 6e 65 65 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 |needed to comple| 00000410 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 75 74 65 20 69 73 20 |te the route is | 00000420 61 62 6f 75 74 20 31 32 30 20 68 6f 75 72 73 2e |about 120 hours.| 00000430 20 20 54 68 65 20 6c 65 61 73 74 20 61 6d 6f 75 | The least amou| 00000440 6e 74 20 6f 66 0d 6d 69 6c 65 61 67 65 20 63 6f |nt of.mileage co| 00000450 76 65 72 65 64 20 69 73 20 35 30 30 30 20 6d 69 |vered is 5000 mi| 00000460 6c 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 61 73 |les and the leas| 00000470 74 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 6e 65 |t amount of mone| 00000480 79 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 0d 74 6f 20 73 70 |y you need.to sp| 00000490 65 6e 64 20 69 73 20 60 31 2c 30 30 30 2e 20 54 |end is `1,000. T| 000004a0 68 65 20 6d 61 78 69 6d 75 6d 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 |he maximum numbe| 000004b0 72 20 6f 66 20 6d 6f 76 65 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 |r of moves requi| 000004c0 72 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 0d |red to complete.| 000004d0 74 68 65 20 72 6f 75 74 65 20 69 73 20 37 39 2c |the route is 79,| 000004e0 20 66 6f 72 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 6c 75 65 73 | for which clues| 000004f0 20 61 72 65 20 67 69 76 65 6e 2e 20 54 68 69 73 | are given. This| 00000500 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 72 61 63 65 0d | game is a race.| 00000510 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6c 6f 63 |against the cloc| 00000520 6b 20 69 6e 20 72 65 61 6c 20 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 |k in real time, | 00000530 73 6f 20 66 6f 72 20 65 61 63 68 20 6d 6f 76 65 |so for each move| 00000540 2c 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 6f 6e 65 79 |, time and money| 00000550 20 77 69 6c 6c 0d 62 65 20 64 65 64 75 63 74 65 | will.be deducte| 00000560 64 20 61 73 20 6e 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 2e 20 |d as necessary. | 00000570 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 31 38 20 74 6f 77 |There are 18 tow| 00000580 6e 73 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e |ns where you can| 00000590 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 67 6f 6c 64 0d 66 6f 72 | change gold.for| 000005a0 20 63 61 73 68 20 74 6f 20 70 61 79 20 66 6f 72 | cash to pay for| 000005b0 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6a 6f 75 72 6e 65 79 2e 20 0d | your journey. .| 000005c0 0d 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 73 6e |.There is one sn| 000005d0 61 67 2c 20 74 68 65 20 50 6f 6c 69 63 65 20 6b |ag, the Police k| 000005e0 6e 6f 77 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 |now about this g| 000005f0 6f 6c 64 20 61 6e 64 20 61 72 65 20 6a 75 73 74 |old and are just| 00000600 20 61 73 0d 61 6e 78 69 6f 75 73 20 74 6f 20 63 | as.anxious to c| 00000610 6c 61 69 6d 20 69 74 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 77 69 |laim it. They wi| 00000620 6c 6c 20 74 72 79 20 74 6f 20 6e 61 62 20 79 6f |ll try to nab yo| 00000630 75 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 |u in any one of | 00000640 31 37 20 74 6f 77 6e 73 0d 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 |17 towns.if you | 00000650 61 72 65 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 |are found to be | 00000660 63 61 72 72 79 69 6e 67 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 74 68 |carrying more th| 00000670 61 6e 20 36 20 6f 7a 73 2e 20 6f 66 20 67 6f 6c |an 6 ozs. of gol| 00000680 64 20 61 74 20 61 6e 79 20 67 69 76 65 6e 0d 74 |d at any given.t| 00000690 69 6d 65 2e 20 53 4f 20 42 45 20 57 41 52 4e 45 |ime. SO BE WARNE| 000006a0 44 21 0d 0d 54 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 79 6f 75 2c |D!..To help you,| 000006b0 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 | you will need t| 000006c0 6f 20 73 6f 6c 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6c 75 65 |o solve the clue| 000006d0 73 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 77 68 69 63 |s given for whic| 000006e0 68 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 0d 6e 65 65 64 20 61 |h you may.need a| 000006f0 20 6d 61 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 42 72 69 74 | map of the Brit| 00000700 69 73 68 20 49 73 6c 65 73 2c 20 61 20 6d 6f 74 |ish Isles, a mot| 00000710 6f 72 69 6e 67 20 6f 72 67 61 6e 69 7a 61 74 69 |oring organizati| 00000720 6f 6e 20 62 6f 6f 6b 20 6f 66 0d 74 6f 77 6e 73 |on book of.towns| 00000730 2c 20 61 20 42 69 6f 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 61 6c |, a Biographical| 00000740 20 64 69 63 74 69 6f 6e 61 72 79 20 6f 72 20 73 | dictionary or s| 00000750 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 |omething similar| 00000760 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 20 45 6e 67 6c 69 73 68 |, and an English| 00000770 0d 64 69 63 74 69 6f 6e 61 72 79 2f 45 6e 63 79 |.dictionary/Ency| 00000780 63 6c 6f 70 61 65 64 69 61 2e 0d 0d 54 6f 77 6e |clopaedia...Town| 00000790 73 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 65 6e 74 65 |s should be ente| 000007a0 72 65 64 20 65 78 61 63 74 6c 79 20 61 73 20 6f |red exactly as o| 000007b0 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 73 74 20 77 68 65 6e 20 |n the list when | 000007c0 70 72 6f 6d 70 74 65 64 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 |prompted. If the| 000007d0 72 65 0d 69 73 20 61 6e 79 20 67 6f 6c 64 2c 20 |re.is any gold, | 000007e0 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 61 73 6b 65 |you will be aske| 000007f0 64 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 |d whether you wi| 00000800 73 68 20 74 6f 20 74 61 6b 65 20 69 74 2e 20 59 |sh to take it. Y| 00000810 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 0d 64 65 70 6f 73 69 74 20 67 |ou can.deposit g| 00000820 6f 6c 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 66 65 20 |old in the safe | 00000830 61 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 |at your starting| 00000840 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 0d 0d | position....| 0000084d
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