GOLD RUSH
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c2000 Philip M Reynolds



The game takes place in 1848, and begins in Brooklyn Heights, New
York. Your name is Jerrod Wilson, you work in a newspaper office,
and you're not very satisfied with life. The object of the game is
to travel from New York to California and strike it rich!

There are two time limits during the first part of the game, you
have 14 minutes from the time the game starts until the gold rush
begins. When this happens, your possessions drop in value and the
price of anything you buy goes up. Therefore, you must have
completed all your transactions before then. The second time limit
is the departure of the ship if you choose to go via either of the
sea routes the ship will depart 18 minutes from the time the game
starts. It is advisable just to walk around and learn the location
of everything, then restart the game.

There are three routes to California the sea route via Cape Horn,
the sea and land route via Panama and the overland route.
Depending on which route you take, you must accumulate different
items in Brooklyn.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
You start the game on a bridge facing east, Cross the bridge and
go south to the street corner, your house is number 10 on the
corner. UNLOCK the GATE then go up to the door and UNLOCK the
DOOR, go inside and into the room on the right. EXAMINE the BOOK
on the table and GET the family PHOTO that brings back all those
memories. Go over to the desk and CLOSE the DESK then EXAMINE the
DESK and GET the bank STATEMENT, READ the STATEMENT to find your
bank account number, this will be different each time you play the
game. Leave the house and since you are going to California, SELL
the HOUSE, a buyer will eventually come along and you can either
wait for him, or just leave and come back later. Don't worry if
you get a message that he left, he will return again, he will
offer you $850 for your house accept his offer. Walk west along
the street and go up to the steps of the gazebo. Do not walk on
the grass, or a cop will come and take a point away from you! PICK
some FLOWERS then enter the gazebo. Examine the FLOOR then EXAMINE
the CRACK in the floor,. Keep moving around and examining the
cracks until you see a gold coin, GET the COIN then move back onto
the street and go west.

Enter the Post Office on the corner and go over to the desk, RING
the BELL and when the man ask what you want GET MAIL. If he says
you have none, leave and try again a bit later on. When he says
that you have a letter, GET the LETTER then EXAMINE the LETTER.
EXAMINE the POSTMARK, it's from Fort Sutter, then EXAMINE the
STAMP, there is something under the stamp so LOOK UNDER the STAMP
to find a Gold Flake. OPEN the LETTER then READ the LETTER, your
brother has found gold and wants you to come join him. Leave the
post office then follow the street south, enter the large white
building (your Newspaper's Office) and go through the door at the
back of the room then go either left of right to come out on the
floor above. Go into your office, the last one on the right and
EXAMINE your DESK, EXAMINE the BLOTTER then READ the CLIPPINGS
under it. Go back downstairs and into your bosses office, the one
at the bottom left and as your leaving for the west, QUIT you JOB.

Leave the building then go south and east into the Cemetery, go
over to the two identical gravestones at the back right of the
screen and READ each of the GRAVESTONE's, PUT the FLOWERS ON the
GRAVE then leave the cemetery and return to the street outside the
post office. Go north and enter the bank, move over to the left
hand window and when the teller asks what you want, GET MONEY then
enter the account number from the bank statement, after you have
your money leave the bank and go north then west into the
warehouse. EXAMINE the POSTER on the pillar to find the address of
where you can get tickets for the boat.

Up to this point, everything you need to accomplish in Brooklyn is
the same, no matter which route you plan to take to get to
California. However from here the solution will differ dependant
on which route you take.

THE CAPE HORN ROUTE
Go back to your house then east and stand by the gate to number
12, when your neighbour appears, BUY TICKET and answer the
questions the man asks you, and tell him which ticket you want.
The price of the tickets will skyrocket after the Gold Rush
starts, make sure you buy them before then. Once you have the
ticket head west to the stage office then north and enter the
grocers shop, BUY FRUIT then leave the grocers then go east then
north and board the ship once on the ship you can either wait
until the ship sails or SHOW the TICKET to have the ship sail
immediately. Before you set sail make sure that you save the game
as during the voyage there are two completely random events and
should either of these occur you will have to restore the saved
position from here as any saved position after you have sailed
will make the same event happen, one random event will have you
dying of Cholera during the voyage the other will have the ship
sink during the rounding of the horn. Another event that can
befall you is dying of Scurvy during the voyage this will
definitely happen you have not bought the fruit, but if you have
bought it you are safe from this fate.

The voyage will be shown as two different views, on of the ship
where you can do actions and a map showing the ships progress with
messages about the voyage where you can do nothing other than
watch and read the messages. Do not pick up anything you find on
the ship until after the storm as you will loose it. During the
first scene on the ship, explore the ship EXAMINE the ENGINES and
note the metal scraps, note the shovel in the boiler room and note
the locations of the bunk room, chef and Captains Cabin. G to the
upper deck and to the bow of the ship, there is a man here
reading, TALK TO the MAN and he will give you a bible (this is the
only item you won't loose during the storm). Do not stand on the
deck during the storm, or you'll get swept overboard. Once the
message has come up that everything has been thrown overboard, go
to the bunk room and EXAMINE the FLOOR, GET the STRING then go to
the Engine room and GET the metal SCRAPS. Continue forward to the
Captains Cabin and EXAMINE the DESK, GET the PAPER CLIP from the
floor. At the next scene speed is of the essence, go down to the
boiler room and GET the STICK (remains of shovel), then go up to
the Chef and GET the HAM from the table and then go back up on
deck and to the stern of the ship and FISH, if you are not quick
enough you will be too week to fish and die of starvation. Just
restore and try again until you succeed and the game continues
until you arrive in Sacramento.

THE PANAMA ROUTE
Go back to your house then east and stand by the gate to number
12, when your neighbour appears, BUY TICKET and answer the
questions the man asks you, and tell him which ticket you want.
The price of the tickets will skyrocket after the Gold Rush
starts, make sure you buy them before then. Once you have the
ticket head west to the stage office then north and enter the
hardware shop, BUY a mosquito NET then leave the grocers then go
east then north and board the ship once on the ship you can either
wait until the ship sails or SHOW the TICKET to have the ship sail
immediately. There is nothing to do on the ship, but whilst on the
boat up river you will be stopped by natives, answer yes when
asked if you will give them all your valuables, you can also die
of malaria whilst on the boat but you are safe from the mosquito
bites if you bought the mosquito net. When you reach the jungle
you will have to follow the rest of the passengers.

TALK TO the MAN under the tree, and he will give you a Bible, then
continue along the path, at the bottom of the screen is a hanging
vine and just as you approach it, killer jungle ants will appear.
Quickly move over to the vine and JUMP ON the VINE, wait until the
ants leave then LET GO and continue east along the path onto the
next screen. There are four paths through this screen, but it is
difficult to see them, the two lower paths lead to untimely deaths
at the hands of a snake and a poisonous thorny bush. The two upper
paths will get you across to the other side but you need to take
the top path as it is only on this path that you will you hit
something with your foot, as you walk you go ouch!, LOOK DOWN and
GET the GOLD DISK you find in the undergrowth, then continue along
the path onto the next screen.

The next screen is totally trial and error so save the game before
continuing. Cross the river there is quicksand below the surface
so you will have to just move up and down the screen as you go
across to find a safe path, another random element is a crocodile
which will appear and eat you as you cross if this appears just
restore and try again. Once across the river continue east and the
game continues by itself until you reach Sacramento.

OVERLAND
Go back to the News Paper Office then west to the Stage office,
enter and BUY a TICKET then PAY FOR the TICKET and leave, go east
to the Livery Stable and SHOW the TICKET to the little guy in
white. He will escort you to the coach, GET ON the COACH and watch
the scenes until you reach Independence. Once you join up with the
mining company, go east to find a man sitting reading, TALK TO the
MAN and he will give you a bible. Return west and go over to the
group of three men at the right of the screen and, TALK TO the MAN
AND Captain tells you that they need a contribution, so GIVE him
your MONEY, he then asks you to buy animals for the trip. Go south
and TALK TO the MAN watching the corral, BUY ANIMALS and select
MATURE OXEN from what he offers, young oxen will not be able to
survive the heat of the desert, and Indians often attack
travellers to steal their mules. Go back to the camp and TALK TO
the CAPTAIN again, he wants you to tell him when it's time to
leave. Go up a screen, and keep LOOKing AT the GRASS, as soon as
you get a message saying that the ground is getting greener and
drying up, go back and TALK TO the CAPTAIN to tell him its time to
leave. Watch the scenes of the journey and if you have done
everything right up to now you will have no trouble until you
reach a steep hill. UNHITCH the TEAM to allow them to go down and
drink without dragging the wagon over the cliff. Then when they
come back LOCK the WHEELS of the wagon to stop it running out of
control down the hill. Continue watching the scenes until you get
thirsty, go over to the abandoned wagon and EXAMINE the WAGON,
OPEN the water BARREL and DRINK the WATER then LOOK IN the WAGON
and GET the MEAT then EAT the MEAT, you can now go west to
continue your journey until you reach Sutters Fort.

SACRAMENTO
Whichever way you arrive, you must immediately go to the
stagecoach office, it is in the building just to the right of the
street running north. Go in, and LOOK, EXAMINE the SCHEDULE, if
you have missed the stagecoach to Sutter's Fort, you will have to
restore; otherwise, GET ON the stagecoach to travel to Sutter's
Fort.

SUTTER'S FORT ONWARD
Go west from the entrance to the fort to the Blacksmiths, go in
and TALK TO the BLACKSMITH, tell the Blacksmith your name is
Jerrod Wilson, you are from Brooklyn, New York, and your brother's
name is Jake. He will then give you your brother's branding iron.
Leave the Blacksmith and go west then out to the graveyard, READ
the GRAVESTONEs until you find your father's. Note the cannon at
the top, then READ PSALM 23 in your Bible. The phrase "Green
Pastures" is in capital letters. USE the LETTER on the grave stone
then move it around until you are told it's in place. Note which
letters are still visible, they make up the words ROOM 12, or is
it ROOM 21? Go back into the fort and go south, go over to the
door beside the hitching post and go inside, LOOK around and BUY a
gold PAN, GIVE the GOLD COIN to the store keeper then leave the
store. It is now time to try your luck at finding gold, leave the
fort and go east to the stream, when the scene changes from the
map view walk into the stream and continue east in the stream
until you are over 10 miles from the fort. PAN FOR GOLD and keep
doing this until you have found gold 50 times. Do not pan if there
is anyone else in the scene, or you will be hung! Once you have
all your gold, save the game then go back to the fort, watch out
for the thieves: They'll take everything away from you.

Go back to the store where you got the pan, and BUY a SHOVEL and a
LANTERN, GIVE GOLD to the clerk for both. Go over to the man
standing at the mill and BUY a MULE from him, GIVE him GOLD for
the mule then lead the mule to the Blacksmiths, HEAT the IRON in
the Blacksmiths then BRAND the MULE with the iron. Now lead your
mule out of the gates of the fort and into the corral just to the
right of the gates, the corral man will inspect your mule then let
you in. LOOK AT the BRANDs of all the other mules in the corral
until you find the one with your brand on it. If it says it's a
stubborn mule, LEAVE your MULE and GET the stubborn MULE, then
leave the corral, the corral man will check the mule as you leave
but will think that it's the same one you brought in and let you
go. Travel east next to the stream where you panned for gold until
you are 16 miles east and zero miles south of the fort. Continue
east past a sawmill then at the edge of town south and east to the
Green Pastures Hotel. TIE up your MULE TO the POST outside then go
inside BOOK ROOM 12 and the man behind the desk tells you they
haven't got a room 12, try to BOOK ROOM 11 but he tells you that
room 11 is already occupied, but then asks if you will do him a
favour and deliver a message to room 11. Answer yes then go
upstairs and KNOCK ON the DOOR of room 11, when the man comes to
the door GIVE him the MESSAGE and he will rush off. Go into room
11 and note the cannon above the fireplace, remember the cannon on
your fathers gravestone, TURN the WHEEL of the cannon and the back
of the fireplace will open. ENTER the FIREPLACE and you are now in
room 12.

GET the STRING from the floor then GET the MAGNET and the NOTE
from the table. READ the NOTE then go over to the window and OPEN
the WINDOW, it is latched so UNLATCH the WINDOW and OPEN the
WINDOW. Wait until a bird flies in then LOOK at the BIRD, EXAMINE
the CAPSULE then PUT the PHOTOGRAPH IN the CAPSULE. Wait for the
bird to fly off and then return, EXAMINE the CAPSULE and GET the
AEROGRAM, READ the AEROGRAM then go back over to the window and
LOOK OUT OF the WINDOW. CLIMB THROUGH the WINDOW onto the ledge
outside the edge along the ledge towards the window to the left.
Stop by the window and wait until the man inside moves across to
the right then edge passed the widow to the balcony at the end of
the hotel, go through the door then downstairs and out of the
hotel.

The message from your brother said to follow a Stubborn friend,
who does both you and your brother know that's stubborn, what
about his mule? GET the MULE again and lead it out of town then
FOLLOW the MULE and it will lead you to Jakes home, it moves quite
quickly so make sure you don't lose it. When you reach Jake's
home, go inside and EXAMINE the TABLE, GET the MATCHES from the
table then go back outside and into the outhouse. ENTER the HOLE
of the TOILET to come out into a mine tunnel. LIGHT your LANTERN
and proceed down the cave, do this as quickly as you can; save
whenever you make progress because you only have a limited amount
of oil in the lantern. You reach a door that's locked, and you
have no key, but there's a hole in the door, and it's the same
shape as the branding iron! TIE the STRING TO the MAGNET and PUT
MAGNET IN the HOLE in the door, LOWER the MAGNET and it will pick
up something on the other side of the door, PULL the STRING to
retrieve a key then UNLOCK the DOOR with the key. Go through and
down the ladder then follow the tunnel to the left to another
ladder, go down this ladder and GET the PICK at the bottom.

USE the PICK on the walls of the cave until you find some gold,
GET the GOLD then go up the ladder and back into the passage you
came along, USE the PICK on the walls of the passage until you
find some gold, GET the GOLD explore the passage using the pick
until you have found gold three times, return to the ladder and go
up to the top, GET the GOLD next to the ladder then go back down
until you see a black rock lying over the ladder. Line your feet
up with the top of the black rock, and walk to your left. USE the
PICK on the walls of the passage until you find some gold, GET the
GOLD explore the passage using the pick until you have found gold
three times, also get any gold you see along the passage. Go down
the next ladder and again USE the PICK on the walls of the passage
until you find some gold, GET the GOLD explore the passage using
the pick until you have found gold again, also get any gold you
see along the passage. At the end of this passage id a large cave
where you find your brother, by now you should have found nine
lots of gold by digging for it and found six lots of gold lying on
the surface. After talking to your brother get the two pieces of
gold in the back wall of the cave then USE the PICK three times on
the back wall between where the two pieces were. Get the three
piece of gold you uncover then USE the PICK again in the same
place until you have a hole big enough the climb through. Enter
the hole and you have found the mother lode and you and your
brother now have as much gold as you could ever dream of! Game
completed.




SCORING WALK THROUGH
Note walking on Grass in Brooklyn will deduct a point each time
you do it.

Examining Book on table (2)(2/250), Getting Photograph from book
(4)(6/250), Getting statement from desk (2)(8/250), Reading bank
statement (2)(10/250), Accepting money for your house (9)(19/250),
Picking Flowers at Gazebo (2)(21/250), Getting Coin from crack in
Gazebo (4)(25/250), Getting Letter at Post Office (5)(30/250),
Examining Postmark on Letter (1)(31/250), Looking Under Stamp on
Letter (1)(32/250), Reading the Clippings in your office
(3)(35/250), Quitting your job (2)(37/250), Reading your mothers
gravestone (1)(38/250), Reading your fathers gravestone
(1)(39/250), Putting Flowers on grave (3)(42/250), Getting money
from bank (3)(45/250), Examining Poster in Warehouse (2)(47/250).

THE CAPE HORN ROUTE
Buying ticket for the Cape Voyage (9)(56/250), Buying fruit for
the voyage (4)(60/250), Talking to man to get bible (7)(67/250),
Getting the String from the Bunk room (3)(70/250), Getting the
Scraps from the Engine Room (3)(73/250), Getting the Paper Clip
from the Captains Cabin (3)(76/250), Getting Stick from Boiler
Room (3)(79/250), Getting ham from table (3)(82/250), Fishing for
food (13)(95/250).

THE PANAMA ROUTE
Buying ticket for the Panama Voyage (9)(56/250), Buying Mosquito
Net (4)(60/250), Giving all the valuables to natives (4)(64/250),
Talking to man to get bible (7)(71/250), Jumping on vine to avoid
ants (4)(75/250), Getting Gold Disk (10)(85/250), Getting across
the quicksand and avoiding the alligator (15)(100/255).

THE LAND ROUTE
Buying a Ticket at Stage Office (9)(56/250), Showing ticket to man
at Livery Stable (2)(58/250), Getting on stage (2)(60/250),
Talking to man to get bible (5)(65/250), Giving money to captain
(2)(67/250), Buying the mature oxen (5)(72/250), Telling Captain
that is time to leave (7)(79/250), Unhitching the team of oxen
(4)(83/250), Locking the wheels of the wagon (4)(87/250), Drinking
water at abandoned wagon (4)(91/250), Eating Meat at Abandoned
Wagon (4)(95/250).

CALIFORNIA
Getting on Stagecoach (1)(96/250), Getting Branding Iron
(2)(98/250), Reading Fathers gravestone (2)(100/250), Reading
Psalm 23 (5)(105/250), Using letter on gravestone (5)(110/250),
Giving gold coin for pan or shovel (1)(111/250), Finding gold 50
times (50)(161/250), Buying Shovel at store (1)(162/250), Buying
Lantern at store (1)(163/250), Buying mule in fort (3)(166),
Branding Mule (3)(169/250), Switching mules in corral
(7)(176/250), Giving message to man in room 11 (3)(179/250),
Turning cannon wheel (5)(184/250), Getting string from floor
(1)(185/250), Getting magnet from table (1)(186/250), getting note
from table (1)(187/250), Putting photograph in capsule
(3)(190/250), Getting Aerogram from capsule (1)(191/250),
Following Jakes mule to his house (7)(198/250), Getting matches
from cabin (1)(199/250), Going down toilet in outhouse
(3)(202/250), Tying string to magnet (2)(204/250), Putting magnet
in hole (2)(206/250), Lowering magnet behind door (2)(208/250),
Pulling string to get key (2)(210/250), Unlocking door
(1)(211/250), Getting Pick (1)(212/250), Digging in mine and
getting gold nine times (18)(230/250), Getting loose gold in mine
6 times (6)(236/250), Getting two pieces of gold in big cave
(2)(238), Digging three pieces of gold out of cave wall
(6)(244/250), Going through hole into gold cave (6)(250/250).

If you used the Panama route you get 7 points for entering the
gold cave at the end giving a score of 255/255