Made for the Commodore 64 by Melbourne House, Merry Christmas is a very small
interactive fiction game that was released around Christmas in 1984. The aim is
to help Santa load all of the presents into the sack before flying away on the
sleigh, but the key to the workshop has gone missing and needs to be found
first. The snowman also needs some help too as he has lost his nose. Melbourne
House has made some very complex adventures but this is not one of them. This
is a simple, enjoyable quest that should take less than an hour to solve.
The game starts outside Santa's workshop. Move SOUTH and EAST to become lost in
the snow. DIG in the snow to find the snowman's nose. GET NOSE. Move NORTH to
the workshop entrance. GIVE NOSE TO SNOWMAN. DIG in the snow to find a small
key. GET KEY. OPEN DOOR of the workshop using the small key. Move EAST twice to
the sleigh room. GET JACKET. EXAMINE POCKET of the jacket to see a whistle. GET
WHISTLE. Move WEST and SOUTH to the pile of toys.
READ BOOK to see some other games from Melbourne House. GET SACK. GET BALL. PUT
BALL IN SACK. GET BAT. PUT BAT IN SACK. GET CAT. PUT CAT IN SACK. GET DOLL. PUT
DOLL IN SACK. GET DOLLHOUSE. PUT DOLLHOUSE IN SACK. GET TEDDY. PUT TEDDY IN
SACK. Move NORTH and WEST to the workshop entrance. BLOW WHISTLE and the sleigh
will land. PUT SACK IN SLEIGH. GET IN SLEIGH. FLY to complete the game.
CAT
Found on the pile of toys in the workshop. It is put in the large sack.
CRICKET BALL
Found on the pile of toys in the workshop. It is put in the large sack.
CRICKET BAT
Found on the pile of toys in the workshop. It is put in the large sack.
DOLL
Found on the pile of toys in the workshop. It is put in the large sack.
DOLLHOUSE
Found on the pile of toys in the workshop. It is put in the large sack.
LARGE SACK
Found by the pile of finished toys in the workshop. It is used to hold the
cat, cricket ball, cricket bat, doll, dollhouse and the teddy. After the
whistle has been blown outside the workshop, the sack is put on the sleigh.
NOSE
Found by digging in the snow one screen south and one screen east from the
workshop. It is given to the snowman outside the workshop.
RED JACKET
Found in the sleigh room in the workshop. The jacket pocket is examined to
find the silver whistle, which can then be taken from the pocket.
SILVER WHISTLE
Found by taking the whistle after examining the pocket of the red jacket. It
is blown outside the workshop to call the reindeer.
SMALL KEY
Found by digging in the snow outside the workshop. It is used to unlock the
door to the workshop.
TEDDY
Found on the pile of toys in the workshop. It is put in the large sack.
10 10 Get the snowman's nose after digging in the snow.
20 10 Give the nose to the snowman outside the workshop.
22 2 Get the small key after digging in the snow outside the workshop.
27 5 Get the red jacket from the sleigh room.
32 5 Get the whistle after examining the pocket of the jacket.
42 10 Read the book near the pile of toys in the workshop.
47 5 Get the large sack.
52 5 Get the cricket ball.
57 5 Get the cricket bat.
62 5 Get the toy cat.
67 5 Get the doll.
72 5 Get the dollhouse.
77 5 Get the teddy bear.
87 10 Put the sack in the sleigh outside the workshop.
100 13 Fly in the sleigh.
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