Banana Republic

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Banana Republic
Eamon adventure #257
Author Sam Ruby
Released 1994
Revised 29 April 2000
EAG number SD152
EDX number 09-17
EDX set The Sam Ruby Adventures
Native format Apple ProDOS
File Eamon 257 - Banana Republic.dsk

Banana Republic, also sometimes identified as Redemption II, is an Eamon adventure written by Sam Ruby and published by Softdisk. It is a sequel to Ruby's earlier Redemption.

Premise

Desperate to escape a dangerous fight while exploring a dungeon, you activate a mysterious talisman which throws you through a rift in space and time and deposits you on another world where magical bananas grow. The Banana Republic of Centraland where you landed is at war with its neighbors and uses its stores of magical bananas to defend itself; however, the enemy recently stole some of the seeds and plans to grow their own magic bananas in order to conquer the republic. The president asks you to help recovering the seeds, and in exchange will use a rare Time/Space Displacement Banana to send you home.

Full introduction

You regretted it the moment you did it.

Searching for the treasure of King Wrichdood in a vast cave system, you were surprised by an evil conjuror and his warriors who were similarly engaged. Well, neither party being disposed towards sharing, a battle ensued, in which you managed to break both of your swords and lose your shield to a conjured Fire Giant. Faced with your imminent demise, you pulled out a little talisman that you picked up years ago but never needed (and certainly never wanted) to use. But now it was your only hope. You held it out in front of you and spoke the magic word...

The talisman exploded in a burst of magical energy, ripping a momentary hole in the space/time continuum. And into this rift you went...

Suddenly you were falling. You prepared for the inevitable thud but all you got was a squish! You landed in... what? Bananas? Bananas! Recovering your wits, you looked around, finding yourself in a field of very strange looking banana trees. You tried to cast a Heal spell but your magic seems to fail here.

The next thing you heard was an alarm being raised. The next thing you saw were the soldiers...


Author's Notes

Banana Republic is a sequel to Redemption which appeared on Softdisk number 137. Those familiar with the first game will understand the command system already and will perhaps be amused by structural similarities and themes, but it is not necessary to have completed the first adventure to succeed in this one, since the plot is completely different.

Some notes on commands:

Most commands involve a verb and an object or subject (TALK DRAGON). You can abbreviate most commands down to one or two letters, the same for subjects and objects (TA DR).

GIVE has two meanings in this game. It normally implies giving something away to someone. But it can also be used to show someone something, to have him examine, identify, or comment on it. The object will be returned to you.

SEARCHing finds hidden treasure and objects not readily seen. But don't waste your time searching everywhere — only where objects might be intentionally hidden or hidden because of darkness, clutter, etc.

Enjoy the adventure!


You've been in a prison cell for several days now. The only thing anyone will tell you is that you are under arrest for Trespassing — and "Destroying Magic Bananas." They've got to be kidding! But apparently they think you are some sort of spy or saboteur. They don't believe your story any more than you believe this stuff about magic bananas.

You keep saying "Take me to your leader," and eventually they do.

"You are in the Banana Republic of Centraland. I am President Dole. I have decided to take the risk of believing that you may be telling the truth about yourself. If indeed you are, you are probably concerned with returning to your own time and place. We can provide you with the means to do so. But our resources are most precious and you will have to earn our help.

"The Banana Republic is facing its darkest hour. Once we were the most powerful and important nation on this continent, and we enjoyed mutually beneficial relationships with our neighbors. However, in the last five years these nations have been swept by ethnic nationalism and have turned into military dictatorships. Now they wish to conquer our Republic and divide it amongst themselves.

"Our stores of magic bananas have, until now, kept the balance of power in our favor. But our enemies have started their own biological weapons programs. We have developed a new crop of extremely powerful bananas that could turn the tide and save the Republic. Unfortunately, the four sets of genetic prototypes (which look like seeds) have been stolen by the four powers that oppose us."

You can see what President Dole is leading up to. He wants you to try to recover the seeds. And you realize that you don't have much choice.

"If I make your world safe for democracy and banana splits, how will you get me back to my own world?" you ask.

"In our orchards there is an ancient tree that bears but a single ripened Time/Space Displacement Banana every decade. This banana we will give to you if you accomplish your mission. Once consumed, it will correct your spacio-temporal displacement."

"Right," you say, "I'm on the job. For starters, I'll need some string, a Holocaust Cloak, a wheelbarrow, and—"

"I have not completely dismissed the possibility that you are an agent of our enemies. You shall have to find, or earn, such things. Yet I shall provide you with a little help."

HOLD readies weapons and ammunition for use.
All objects with writing on them can be READ. Some can also be USED.
LOOK recalls the long description of an area.
EXAMINE recalls the long description of objects and subjects. In one instance it will reveal new information about an object previously not in full view.

Walkthrough

⚠️ A walkthrough is needed for this adventure.
Adventure map by Frank Black


Trivia

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