SPARE TIRE SOLUTION
                          (June 1988 Antic Magazine)
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   "The Great Underground Text Adventure", also know as "Spare Tire" is a
 rather clever text adventure that has a lot of "red-herring" objects that are
 not used at all. There are two objects that are used twice: the Lighter, and
 the Diner's Club Card, so once you use an object, drop it. First we will give
 some hints and help, and the last part of this article is the complete
 solution for those who are completely stumped.
 
   You can SAVE and LOAD on as many as 9 data files, so you don't have to
 start over every time you get killed. Hit the Atari Logo key for monochrome
 display. The object is to go underground to find a spare tire, then find your
 way out again, an awful lot of trouble just for a spare tire.
 
   DOORS: There are only 2 locked doors, others you can just OPEN DOOR. One
 door requires that you INSERT KEY, the other INSERT PIN (purple pin). The key
 is in the smokey room, just open the window. The pin is in the bathroom, in
 the sink.
 
   STAIRWAYS: Do NOT go UP or DOWN stairways. You can SLIDE BANISTER to go
 down, and you get back by SWIM POOL. Don't attempt to swim until you find the
 bottle of aspirin, otherwise you will get sick and die.
 
   LOGS: Use the Lighter to burn them, then when you find the Kettle (in the
 Kitchen of the restaurant), you drop the Kettle on the fire. Then take it
 directly to the Ice room and pour the hot liquid over the ice.
 
   MASK: You can't get the mask past the Wizard, so if you read the writing on
 the wall where you find the mask, you will see that the Bare Room is where
 you can drop it and recover it later in the Queer Room, and WEAR it to get up
 through the dusty rooms.
 
   SHOVEL: Used obviously to dig, but only in the Basement, at the spot marked
 with an "X".
 
   RESTAURANT: No hippies, so you have to give yourself a haircut, and also
 find the Diner's Club Card. Look in the Jacket for the card. Use the knife to
 cut your hair.
 
   MAN: He won't let you pass until you give him something, but be sure you
 are done with the credit card before you give it away.
 
   VAMPIRE: You have to get past the man to get the cross, then chase down the
 vampire and he will bug out.
 
   BOULDER: You use the dynamite and lighter to blow it to bits. (Don't stick
 around after you light it!)
 
   RAT: Find the trap, and bait it with the cheese to catch the rat.
 
   ELEVATOR: You have to push the right button, but be sure you have the tire
 before you leave, that's the whole point. The wrong color will just transport
 you back into the underground and you have to find your way back to the
 elevator. The colors are a clue, take note of colors specifically mentioned
 in the rooms and objects you examine.
 
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 COMPLETE SOLUTION, DO NOT READ FURTHER UNLESS YOU WANT THE ADVENTURE SOLVED.
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   ENTER HOLE, D,E, GET KNIFE, W,W, OPEN WINDOW, GET KEY.  E,S,S,W, GET
 LIGHTER, INSERT KEY, OPEN DOOR, DROP KEY.
 
   S,E, SLIDE BANISTER, OPEN DOOR, GO DOOR, S, EXAMINE JACKET, GET CARD, S,D,
 GET LADDER, U,E, OPEN CABINET, GET BOTTLE, OPEN BOTTLE.
 
   W,N,N,W, LIGHT LOGS, W,W,S, SWIM POOL, GO DOOR. (Watch for developing
 illness and TAKE ASPIRIN to cure it). DROP LADDER, U, GET MASK, READ WRITING,
 W, DROP MASK. (Probably have to take aspirin at this point).
 
   E,D, GO DOOR, S,E, SLIDE BANISTER, GO DOOR, W,W, GET SHOVEL, DROP ASPIRIN,
 E,E,S,S,D, DIG HOLE, DROP SHOVEL, D, GET CHEESE.
 
   U,U,N,N,W,W,W,S,S, EXAMINE SINK, GET PIN, N,N,E,E,E,S,S,W, ENTER
 RESTAURANT. CUT HAIR, DROP KNIFE, ENTER RESTAURANT, S, INSERT PIN, OPEN DOOR,
 DROP PIN, GET KETTLE, GO DOOR, GET TRAP, INSERT CHEESE, GO DOOR.
 
   N,E,E,N,N,W, DROP KETTLE, GET KETTLE, E,S,E,E,D, POUR LIQUID, DROP KETTLE,
 D, GET TIRE, GET DYNAMITE.
 
   U,E,N, GIVE CARD, W, GET CROSS. E,S,W,U,W,N,N, DROP CROSS, E, DROP
 DYNAMITE, BURN DYNAMITE, E, DROP TRAP, DROP LIGHTER, N, GET MASK, S,W, WEAR
 MASK.
 
   U,U, PUSH BUTTON. Reply PURPLE. ENTER ELEVATOR, W. Congratulations, you can
 follow instructions!
 
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 Solution by Frank Walters
 Sysop - T.A.C.O. Bell BBS
 Panama City, FL
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