Idol of the Incas
Coordinates: 13°09′49″S 72°32′42″W / 13.1635°S 72.5450°W
| Idol of the Incas | |
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| ◄Eamon adventure #239► | |
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| Author | Clyde Easterday |
| Released | March 1997 |
| Revised | 11 January 1997 |
| EAG number | 239 |
| EDX number | 18-02 |
| EDX set | Classic Eamon Adventures, Vol. 6 |
| Native format | Apple DOS 3.3 |
| File | Eamon 239 - Idol of the Incas.dsk |
Idol of the Incas is an Eamon adventure written by Clyde Easterday and released in March 1997.
Background
Tom Zuchowski noted in the club newsletter that Easterday spent two years working on this adventure, "and the effort shows in a painstaking attention to detail".
Premise
Legends say a priceless and beautiful artifact known as the "Idol of the Incas" lies somewhere in the mountains of Peru, accessible only at the end of a dangerous journey called the "Path of Adventure". You set out to follow the path and obtain the idol, and begin your quest just outside the ancient city of Machu Picchu.
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The Idol of the Incas adventure has a few artifacts that must be found, before you can complete this game. Carefully read the room and artifact descriptions and examine everything you can. Some of the artifacts may be hidden in the room or in the description of an artifact you have examined or found. "Look" will not find hidden artifacts or passages, you must "examine" it, or you will not find it. The Incan gods have heard that you are a famous explorer, and they want to help you, so they give you the knowledge that you can "put" some artifacts you find "in" other artifacts you may find, if you want to, without having to get the artifact first. If you put something in another artifact and want to get it back, just open the artifact you put it in and it will then be visible to you. The Incan gods sense you are good and if you are not strong and brave beyond belief, they will "help" you if you get in trouble. Use the command "help" and the Incan gods may help you if they feel you have "examined" and read everything carefully. But remember, the Incan gods know the story of the little boy that "cried wolf" all the time, and when, at last, it was for real, no one came to help. That could happen to you, if you cry "wolf" too often or when not really needed, the Incan gods may become angry with you and not help you even if it is for real. So think, before you ask the Incan gods for "help". --- In the Incan writings, of a time forgotten by all but a few adventurous explorers, there exists a priceless and beautiful idol, known as the "Idol of the Incas", which has never been found. Many explorers have tried to decipher the existing Incan tablets and writings to discover the legendary "Path of Adventure", to where the Incan idol was kept in the days of the Incas. There is a legend that all who have perhaps discovered and taken this "Path of Adventure" to recover this priceless and beautiful Incan idol have never returned. Some say the idol has a curse on it and that all adventurers that may have found the "Idol of the Incas" and tried to remove it from its resting place, have died. The legend also is that should anyone remove the "Incan idol" the earth will open and swallow them alive. Many well known and novice explorers have gone before you and have never returned. In times past you have traveled to the farthest corners of the earth, with some of the most famous adventurers, but taking this "Path of Adventure" may be the most dangerous and rewarding adventure you have ever taken. You believe you have deciphered the Incan writings and you believe you now know where the "Idol of the Incas" is located. Now the time has come for you to decide. Are you ready to embark on this, your most dangerous and rewarding "Path of Adventure"? You have come to far to turn back now. Pick up your gear and be on your way. Good luck on your adventure and may the Incan gods be with you. You have climbed high in the Peruvian mountains to get to the Incan city you have read about, called "Machu Picchu". Some of the mountains you have climbed to get here reached over 15,000 feet. The mountain trails were dangerous and narrow. The air is thin and it is hard to breathe. Before you in all its glory lies an Incan "kingdom in the clouds". As you stand there catching your breath, you look down the mountain and see the ancient "Nazca lines" on the desert floor that were made by a long ago lost and forgotten civilization. The lines make a huge spider, and other drawings on the desert floor, for all to look at and wonder how they were made and why? You think about it as you turn back around and remember that you have come here, high in the Peruvian mountains, to find the "Idol of the Incas". |
Walkthrough
EAG president Tom Zuchowski wrote a walkthrough for Idol of the Incas that was published in the September 1999 issue of the Eamon Adventurer's Guild Newsletter. Zuchowski notes that he skips a few areas of the temple that aren't necessary in order to complete the adventure, and also recommends that players examine items carefully since some artifacts are "multiply-embedded" ones, revealed only by examining something mentioned in a description.
Trivia
- In the leadin program Easterday invites players and Apple users to write to him in Missouri and offers to send players copies of a map he made of his adventure. (No copies of this map are known to exist.)
External links
- Eamon Adventurer's Guild Library Master List
- The Interactive Fiction Database: Idol of the Incas
- Interactive Fiction Reviews: Idol of the Incas