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Sample Question^
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Can Professor Wurble help me save Pittsburgh from the hideous Yogurt Slime
Monster?^
A. Have you read the diploma on the wall of his laboratory?^
B. I think we can safely assume that someone with a Doctorate in Yogurt Slime Monster Domestication would be able to help you in this area.^
C. Simply type PROFESSOR, TAME THE MONSTER.^
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MENU Leather Goddesses Invisiclues
LINK Joe's Bar
LINK The Prison Area (Phobos)
LINK Venus
LINK Mars
LINK Cleveland
LINK The Spaceship Scene, Near Saturn
LINK Among the Mountains of Neptune
LINK The Boudoir and Plaza (Phobos)
LINK General Questions
LINK The Parts List
LINK How All the Points Are Scored
LINK For Your Amusement
LINK Acknowledgements
MENU Joe's Bar
LINK How can I get out of the bar area?
LINK This section on Joe's Bar sure was a short section, huh?
HINT How can I get out of the bar area?
CLUE There's no way to leave the bar through the front door.
CLUE There's another way to leave, but you won't be able to until you've relieved your bladder.
CLUE Just enter the bathroom of your choice (NW or NE), relieve yourself, then wait for a few turns.
HINT This section on Joe's Bar sure was a short section, huh?
CLUE Yup.
MENU The Prison Area (Phobos)
LINK How can I get out of my cell?
LINK Is the hunk of brown food important?
LINK How can I prevent being killed by the Leckbandi guards?
LINK Is this Trent/Tiffany character important?
LINK Is there any way to light the Closet that is north of the Observation Room?
LINK How can I get the basket off the shelf?
LINK How can I leave the prison area?
LINK Is the basement important?
LINK Is the scrap of paper in the Other Cell meaningful?
HINT How can I get out of my cell?
CLUE You're gonna feel pretty silly when you get to the hint B.
CLUE Try OPEN THE DOOR.
HINT Is the hunk of brown food important?
CLUE Smell it.
CLUE You could try eating the chocolate to see what happens...
CLUE ...but since you're not hungry, it's probably best to hang onto it until you need it.
HINT How can I prevent being killed by the Leckbandi guards?
CLUE Just don't go east or west from End of Hallway.
HINT Is this Trent/Tiffany character important?
CLUE You'll never finish the story without him/her.
CLUE Once you've met in the Other Cell, he/she will follow you around. The places where he/she can help you will be revealed in the hints to other questions.
HINT Is there any way to light the Closet that is north of the Observation Room?
CLUE Sure. Turn on the flashlight.
HINT How can I get the basket off the shelf?
CLUE There are two ways. Both involve increasing your height.
CLUE If you brought the stool from the bathroom, you can get the basket by standing on it.
CLUE Otherwise, find Trent/Tiffany. When he/she follows you into the closet, climb on him/her.
HINT How can I leave the prison area?
CLUE The answer has something to do with the black circles on the Roof and in the Closet.
CLUE They're teleportation devices. Standing on them transports you elsewhere.
HINT Is the basement important?
CLUE No.
CLUE This space intentionally left blank.
HINT Is the scrap of paper in the Other Cell meaningful?
CLUE Yes, it's a word search.
CLUE It will become more meaningful once Trent/Tiffany gives you the matchbook with the parts list on it.
CLUE Search for the items on the parts list within the grid of letters on the scrap of paper. As you find each of the eight items, circle or cross off its letters.
CLUE When you've crossed off the letters of all the items, the remaining letters in the grid form a message.
CLUE Namely: HISSING FRIGHTENS FLYTRAPS.
CLUE This is one of two methods of getting past the Venus flytrap. Just HISS when you're in the same location as the flytrap.
MENU Venus
LINK How can I get past the Venus flytrap?
LINK Is the untangling cream important?
LINK How can I get out of the tree hole?
LINK What is the can of stain for?
LINK What can I give the salesman to get his machine?
LINK How does the odd machine work?
LINK Can I get into the house?
LINK How can I get the rubber hose out of the cage?
LINK Egad! I'm stuck in the cage in the body of a gorilla!
LINK Is the Vizicomm Booth important?
LINK How can I get off Venus?
HINT How can I get past the Venus flytrap?
CLUE There are two ways. The more straightforward way is to kill it. The knowledge of how to kill it comes from the scrap of paper in Trent/Tiffany's cell. See the previous question.
CLUE A second way to get past the flytrap is to trap it.
CLUE Don't go on unless you've been to Cleveland.
CLUE You can set a trap at the tree hole (Fork, Of Sorts) using stuff you've seen in Cleveland.
CLUE Put the trellis over the tree hole...
CLUE ...and the leaves over the trellis.
CLUE If the flytrap sees you setting the trap, it won't fall for it, and therefore won't fall into it. "Shake off" the flytrap by going to the Clearing. Then return to the tree hole, set the trap, go to the Jungle to attract the flytrap again, and finally return to the fork and wait a few turns.
HINT Is the untangling cream important?
CLUE Yes.
CLUE Don't go on unless you have the odd machine.
CLUE Don't go on unless you understand what the odd machine does.
CLUE Have you seen any use for unangling cream?
CLUE It's on Mars...
CLUE It's in the Ruined Castle area...
CLUE See the question about King Mitre.
HINT How can I get out of the tree hole?
CLUE There's no reason to ever get into the tree hole.
CLUE But if you do, you can climb out by standing on the stool or by standing on Trent/Tiffany. If you don't have the stool, or if you're alone, you're stuck.
HINT What is the can of stain for?
CLUE Have you read what it says on the can?
CLUE It's for staining those black circles black. Of course, it's possible that all the ones you've seen are already black.
CLUE See the question about the white circle at the Oasis in the Mars section.
HINT What can I give the salesman to get his machine?
CLUE There are no clues in the story about this. You'll have to try everything you can find.
CLUE OFFER THE FLASHLIGHT TO THE SALESMAN.
HINT How does the odd machine work?
CLUE Have you examined it?
CLUE You can put one item at a time in its compartment.
CLUE You can only turn it on while it's closed.
CLUE It's a TEE remover. Think about that for a while.
CLUE Try using the odd machine on a number of different items.
CLUE The odd machine removes any "T" from the name of the thing you use it on.
CLUE For example, open the odd machine. Put the basket in it. Close the machine. Turn it on. Open it. You'll find that the basket has been turned into a baske.
CLUE You'll also find that you can't carry things around in a baske the way you could in a basket.
CLUE The odd machine is a lot of fun, but it's also needed to solve one puzzle. You'll find out more when you get to that puzzle.
HINT Can I get into the house?
CLUE The doors are locked and you cannot unlock them.
CLUE How would you normally get into someone's house?
CLUE Knock on the door (either front or back).
HINT How can I get the rubber hose out of the cage?
CLUE Have you tried to bend the bars?
CLUE You'll go ape solving this puzzle.
CLUE WAIT a bit once you've gotten to the Laboratory.
CLUE You end up switching identities with the gorilla of your sex, and can now easily get the rubber hose. But, unfortunately, you're now trapped in the cage and in the body of a gorilla! See the next question.
HINT Egad! I'm stuck in the cage in the body of a gorilla!
CLUE Have you tried to bend the bars as a gorilla?
CLUE You need a little more energy...
CLUE ...like you might get from a sugar rush...
CLUE ...from eating the chocolate you were given in your cell!
CLUE Before the mad scientist straps you down to the slab, give the chocolate to one of the gorillas, or just put it in the cage.
CLUE Wait until the mad scientist transfers you to the body of the gorilla and leaves the room. (You can facilitate his leaving by getting erotic with your mate.) Now, eat the chocolate, bend the bars, and leave the cage with the rubber hose.
CLUE You still need to get back into your own body, of course. How did the mad scientist cause the transfer?
CLUE The red power switch, of course! Throw the switch and you'll be back in your own body.
CLUE But don't forget to untie yourself first, or you'll be trapped on the slab when you get back in your own body!
HINT Is the Vizicomm Booth important?
CLUE Yes.
CLUE It's broken and can't be repaired, so you can't make any calls. But there's something you can get in the booth.
CLUE Push the coin return knob...
CLUE ...then look in the coin return box.
CLUE This ten marsmid coin will come in very handy.
HINT How can I get off Venus?
CLUE Using the black circle at the Rocky Clifftop.
CLUE There's also a black circle beyond the flytrap.
MENU Mars
LINK The Ruined Castle Area
LINK Along the Grand Canal
LINK The Sultan's Palace
LINK The South Polar Region
MENU The Ruined Castle Area
LINK What should I do about the frog?
LINK How can I catch the mouse?
LINK >HINTBOOK, TELL ME ABOUT KING MITRE AND THE ANGLES.
HINT What should I do about the frog?
CLUE You won't be able to solve this puzzle until you've been around a bit. To other sections of the story, that is.
CLUE Examine the frog.
CLUE The frog is an enchanted prince or princess.
CLUE What's the usual way to break such an enchantment?
CLUE Kiss the frog.
CLUE Repelled by the sight of the frog, eh? Do something about it.
CLUE Type CLOSE MY EYES or COVER MY EYES WITH MY HANDS. Now try kissing the frog.
CLUE Now it's the smell of the frog that's causing the problem.
CLUE So, hold your nose. (If you're using your hands to cover your eyes, you can pin your nose with the clothes pin from the Laundry Room.) Kiss again.
CLUE Oh well. Now it's the sound of the frog.
CLUE Cover your ears with your hands. (If you're already using your hands, you could plug your ears with the cotton balls from the Orphanage Foyer.)
CLUE You say you still haven't scored with the frog? Can't stand the thought of the frog's lips against yours? Seen any dead aliens?
CLUE Put the lip balm on your lips. Now kiss the frog again.
HINT How can I catch the mouse?
CLUE Mice are terrified of cats.
CLUE There's a painting of a cat in your Cell.
CLUE Show the painting to the mouse. You will be able to take the mouse until its fright wears off several turns later.
HINT >HINTBOOK, TELL ME ABOUT KING MITRE AND THE ANGLES.
CLUE You can't use multiple indirect objects with "tell." Hey, King Mitre and the Angles -- sounds like a 50's rock and roll group, huh? But seriously, Mitre is obviously pretty dejected. Do you know why?
CLUE Because he's turned his daughter into a 45 degree angle. (She's the angle with the golden hair and satin robes.)
CLUE I bet that if you found a way to "cure" her, the King would be VERY grateful.
CLUE You won't be able to solve the Mitre puzzle until you've defeated the Venus flytrap.
CLUE It has something to do with the odd machine.
CLUE See the question about the untangling cream in the Venus section.
CLUE Put the unangling cream on the princess to "cure" her.
MENU Along the Grand Canal
LINK How can I control the royal barge?
LINK How can I decode the coded message from Among the Dunes?
LINK Just past the bend, how do I get to the other dock on the canal?
LINK How can I land if I'm in the canal on the raft?
LINK Is there anything to do at the Dunetop?
LINK Is there anything to do around Canalview Mall?
LINK How can I buy an exit?
LINK What does the buoy mean?
LINK How does the white circle at the Oasis work?
LINK Is the rabbit important?
LINK Is there any way to get past the ion beam without dying?
HINT How can I control the royal barge?
CLUE Examine the controls. Read the buttons. Try pushing them.
CLUE The orange button turns the magnetic mooring mechanism on or off. If you're docked, pushing the orange button will send you off into the canal. If you're in the canal near a dock, turn on the MagnetoMoor to dock. If you're in the canal but not near a dock, turning on the MagnetoMoor will have no immediate effect -- but if you subsequently pass a dock, you'll dock at it automatically.
CLUE The purple button turns the engines on or off. When the button reads "Full Speed Ahead" the engines are on, and the barge will move to a new canal location every turn. When the button reads "Go With The Flow" the engines are off, and the barge will move to a new canal location only every other turn.
HINT How can I decode the coded message from Among the Dunes?
CLUE Reread "The Adventures of Lane Mastodon #91."
CLUE Look at the center-left panel on Page 5 of the comic. This tells you how to decode Martian messages.
CLUE One additional catch: once you've decoded the message you also have to read it backwards! (Including the number.)
HINT Just past the bend, how do I get to the other dock on the canal?
CLUE You can get to either dock using the barge -- but not in the same play-through of the story. Once the barge has docked at one of the docks, there's no way to get the barge to the other dock.
CLUE You should use the barge to get to the dock on the east bank.
CLUE It has something to do with the barge controls and the river current.
CLUE Control the barge's speed with the purple button. When the engines are on, the barge will make a wider turn and end up near the east bank. With the engines off, you'll drift around the bend and end up near the west bank.
CLUE Later, to get to the dock on the west side of the canal, you'll need something from the palace area.
CLUE Use the raft from the Catacombs. (Teleport to the ruined castle region, put the raft in the water, get in the raft, and drift until you're at Donald Dock or the Abandoned Dock.)
HINT How can I land if I'm in the canal on the raft?
CLUE You can only land when you're near a dock. To do so, just GRAB THE DOCK.
HINT Is there anything to do at the Dunetop?
CLUE No. It's just a view of what's beyond the bend in the canal.
HINT Is there anything to do around Canalview Mall?
CLUE The only interesting thing is the Exit Shop.
HINT How can I buy an exit?
CLUE You won't have what it takes until you've been to several different parts of the story.
CLUE You need to have been to Venus...
CLUE ...and gotten the coin from the Vizicomm Booth.
CLUE However, the proprietor will only accept a one marsmid coin.
CLUE You also need to have been to the South Pole...
CLUE ...and "traded" coins with the penguins.
CLUE Now just give the one marsmid coin to the proprietor.
CLUE When he drops the tube into the dust, simply search the dust.
CLUE The exit is inside the tube! It's a portable black circle! It must be on the ground to function.
HINT What does the buoy mean?
CLUE There's danger further down the canal.
HINT How does the white circle at the Oasis work?
CLUE It's just like the black circles you've seen, only it's faded to white. Try stepping on it.
CLUE I guess they only work when they're black.
CLUE Have you been to Venus?
CLUE You'll need the can of stain from the Clearing.
CLUE Put the stain on the white circle. It will now function as a normal black circle.
HINT Is the rabbit important?
CLUE No.
CLUE Eh...What's up, Doc?
HINT Is there any way to get past the ion beam without dying?
CLUE Yes.
CLUE There's no way to turn off the beam, and no way to pass through that section of the canal without being affected.
CLUE There is, however, a way to "jump past" the beam.
CLUE Have you been in the room off the Catacombs called Well Bottom or climbed down the well in the Oriental Garden?
CLUE Where does this black circle take you?
CLUE If you said "My Kinda Dock," you're wrong!
CLUE The black circle at Well Bottom takes you to the royal barge, wherever it is!
CLUE Examine the barge while standing on a dock.
CLUE Have you realized that you can push the buttons on the barge while standing on the dock?
CLUE From My Kinda Dock, send the barge downstream by pressing the orange button while standing on the dock. Wait long enough to allow the barge to pass the beam. Now go to Well Bottom and step on the black circle, or climb down the well in the Oriental Garden.
MENU The Sultan's Palace
LINK Is there anything for me to do in the Laundry Room?
LINK Is the Oriental Garden important?
LINK What should I do at the Minaret?
LINK The Sultan/Sultaness keeps getting impatient and killing me.
LINK The Sultan/Sultaness keeps sneezing and then killing me.
LINK Omigosh! The Sultan/Sultaness killed Trent/Tiffany!
LINK What is the answer to the riddle?
LINK What number should I give to the harem guard?
LINK What should I do in the Inner Harem?
LINK It's too dark in the Catacombs to see!
LINK How can I find my way around in the Catacombs?
LINK Ack! I keep getting attacked in the Catacombs!
LINK How can I get out of the Catacombs?
LINK What do I need to do in the Catacombs?
HINT Is there anything for me to do in the Laundry Room?
CLUE Get the clothes pin.
HINT Is the Oriental Garden important?
CLUE The well is somewhat interesting. Look into it.
CLUE Try climbing down it.
HINT What should I do at the Minaret?
CLUE Nice view. There's also a black circle.
CLUE Hey, wait a minute! It takes me to a place with no exits.
CLUE Like I said, wait a minute! The floor will collapse, creating an exit from the Cramped Space, and revealing a new black circle, as well!
HINT The Sultan/Sultaness keeps getting impatient and killing me.
CLUE You didn't answer when he/she asked if you were ready for the riddle. Type ANSWER "YES."
HINT The Sultan/Sultaness keeps sneezing and then killing me.
CLUE You didn't give an answer to the riddle! You have only three turns to do so.
HINT Omigosh! The Sultan/Sultaness killed Trent/Tiffany!
CLUE Don't worry about it.
HINT What is the answer to the riddle?
CLUE The riddle is designed to mislead you into thinking that the answer is something like "SEX" or "LOVE."
CLUE However, it IS something intangible.
CLUE It's something you've encountered in the game.
CLUE In fact, it's something you encountered in the palace area.
CLUE In fact, it's something you've encountered in this very room (the Audience Chamber)!
CLUE The answer to the riddle is the riddle! Type ANSWER "RIDDLE."
HINT What number should I give to the harem guard?
CLUE I hope you've been to Among the Dunes.
CLUE Have you deciphered the message?
CLUE Ask for the husband/wife number mentioned in the message. Remember that the message is backwards, and so is the number. Type ANSWER "123" or ASK GUARD FOR 789 (for example).
HINT What should I do in the Inner Harem?
CLUE Do you really have to ask me?
CLUE If you've asked for the correct husband/wife (see the previous question), you should know what to do.
CLUE Ask him/her to do what the secret message tells you to ask.
HINT It's too dark in the Catacombs to see!
CLUE Take the torch that the husband/wife lays at your feet, you ninny! Or use the flashlight, if you still have it.
HINT How can I find my way around in the Catacombs?
CLUE Use the secret map, which the husband/wife gives you, which is also the map that comes in your package.
CLUE There's an arrow on the "Lower Level" side which shows you the point at which you enter the Catacombs.
CLUE The map is very old, however. Since it was made, many of the passages have collapsed into rubble, blocking your way. You have to figure out which ones are blocked and which are still open.
CLUE There are four interesting locations within the Catacombs; these are shown on the map as squares rather than circles.
HINT Ack! I keep getting attacked in the Catacombs!
CLUE Reread "The Adventures of Lane Mastodon #91."
CLUE Specifically, the lower left panel on page 7.
CLUE Do what Professor Ziggeraut suggests, as often as he suggests, if not more often. (You can assume that one turn equals one minute).
HINT How can I get out of the Catacombs?
CLUE Via the ladder in the Ladder Room, or the black circle in the Well Bottom.
HINT What do I need to do in the Catacombs?
CLUE You need to get the phone book (one of the items on the parts list) from the Forgotten Storehouse, and you need to get the raft (see the question, earlier in this section, about the two docks on opposite sides of the canal).
MENU The South Polar Region
LINK Omigosh! I lost Trent/Tiffany at the Icy Dock!
LINK How can I get past the penguins?
LINK How can I stop the gypsies from getting killed?
LINK What should I do with the baby?
LINK How can I get into the igloo?
LINK What's with the weird geography around the igloo?
HINT Omigosh! I lost Trent/Tiffany at the Icy Dock!
CLUE Don't worry about it.
HINT How can I get past the penguins?
CLUE Read the sign.
CLUE You'll need something from Venus.
CLUE Give the coin from the Vizicomm Booth to the penguins.
HINT How can I stop the gypsies from getting killed?
CLUE You can't.
HINT What should I do with the baby?
CLUE Its parents have been killed.
CLUE That makes it an orphan. Perhaps you can find an orphanage somewhere.
HINT How can I get into the igloo?
CLUE Read the sign.
CLUE Have you seen anything that might interest those running an orphanage?
CLUE The baby from the Tent in the Gypsy Camp.
CLUE The matron of the orphanage will never accept an abandoned baby if the abandoner is in sight. You'll have to figure out a way to abandon the baby and get away.
CLUE Certainly, getting the baby to stop crying is important.
CLUE There's a cliched method of abandoning a baby.
CLUE You'll need a couple of items from the prison area.
CLUE Wrap the baby in the blanket (from your Cell). Then put the baby in the basket (from the Closet).
CLUE Now put the basket on the front stoop of the igloo. Wait a few turns.
CLUE When the matron gets the baby, she forgets to lock the door. You can now open it. Once inside, you have a few turns to grab the cotton balls before the matron discovers you.
HINT What's with the weird geography around the igloo?
CLUE You're at the south pole of Mars. The only direction you can go from a south pole is north! To enter the igloo, type ENTER THE IGLOO.
MENU Cleveland
LINK Are the rake, the sack, or the leaves useful?
LINK Can I get the telephone directory without flooding the basement?
LINK Is there anything interesting about the bedroom?
LINK How can I get the headlight?
LINK Ack! Trent/Tiffany got killed by a truck!
LINK Is there a way to stop the Ford's brakes from failing?
LINK Is there anything to do in the Garden?
LINK HELP!!! How can I get out of Cleveland?
HINT Are the rake, the sack, or the leaves useful?
CLUE The rake is completely useless.
CLUE The sack is necessary only to carry the leaves around. It's also useful for carrying things once you reach the limit of individual items that you can hold at once.
CLUE The leaves are important for solving one puzzle.
CLUE You find out more when you come to the particular puzzle.
HINT Can I get the telephone directory without flooding the basement?
CLUE Don't go on until you've been in the Basement of House.
CLUE Have you opened the trunk labelled "Old Appliances"?
CLUE Surely you examined the boomerang!
CLUE Can we assume that you thoroughly interrogated Winston Churchill and Attila the Hun?
CLUE Have you realized that this is one of those fake questions designed to keep you from reading hints to puzzles you're not stumped on? There's no basement in Cleveland!
HINT Is there anything interesting about the bedroom?
CLUE Have you looked out the window?
HINT How can I get the headlight?
CLUE There's no way to access the Ford other than via the Bedroom window.
CLUE The sheet on the bed isn't long enough, and there's not a rope to be found.
CLUE Seen any good prison escape movies lately?
CLUE You can MAKE a rope from the sheet!
CLUE You'll have to tear the sheet first.
CLUE Tie the resulting strips together.
CLUE Tie the rope to the bed then throw it out the window.
CLUE If YOU climb down the rope, it breaks and you die. However, if Trent/Tiffany is with you, he/she seems willing to take the risk! Just wait a turn.
HINT Ack! Trent/Tiffany got killed by a truck!
CLUE Jolly bad show, but things are not always as they appear.
CLUE WAIT another turn after the "accident."
HINT Is there a way to stop the Ford's brakes from failing?
CLUE Get the brakes a good tutor.
CLUE But seriously, folks, when did your brakes fail? There's no way to get to the car, let alone get into it, let alone start it, let alone experience a brake failure. Remember the warning in the introduction? This is one of those fake questions.
HINT Is there anything to do in the Garden?
CLUE There are several interesting items in the Garden.
CLUE The flowers, however, are not one of them.
CLUE You might want to snatch the trellis, though.
CLUE Also, see the next question.
HINT HELP!!! How can I get out of Cleveland?
CLUE Millions ask this question daily.
CLUE There's an exit in the garden.
CLUE EXAMINE THE SOD.
CLUE LOOK UNDER IT.
CLUE ROLL IT UP! Voila, a black circle.
MENU The Spaceship Scene, Near Saturn
LINK Ack! When I get to the Hold, I'm blown up!
LINK Ack! Trent/Tiffany keeps getting blown up when we go to the Hold!
LINK Is the stallion useful?
LINK What is that rumbling noise?
LINK I keep dying from the cold In Space.
LINK How can I get past Thorbast/Thorbala?
LINK How can I save the young man/woman from the space monster?
LINK What should I do after saving the young man/woman?
LINK Is there any way to land on Titan without crashing?
LINK How do I get away from this spaceship section of the story?
HINT Ack! When I get to the Hold, I'm blown up!
CLUE Don't step on the black circle in the Spawning Ground unless Trent/Tiffany is with you.
HINT Ack! Trent/Tiffany keeps getting blown up when we go to the Hold!
CLUE Don't worry about it.
CLUE See the question in this section about what to do after saving the young man/woman.
HINT Is the stallion useful?
CLUE Yes.
CLUE You can ride him.
CLUE Mount the horse then type the direction you want to go.
CLUE Only by riding the horse can you reach the hatch at the other end of the Long Corridor before the other spaceship blasts away. (See the next question.)
HINT What is that rumbling noise?
CLUE Have you looked through the window in the Hold?
CLUE Try being in the Hold when the rumbling noise occurs.
CLUE It's the small passenger yacht leaving. You must get to it before it leaves.
CLUE But the only exit from this battleship is down at the other end of that Long Corridor.
CLUE You can't walk to the hatch in time to get to the other ship before it rumbles away.
CLUE But you can make it in time if you ride a horse!
HINT I keep dying from the cold In Space.
CLUE You missed something obvious.
CLUE You need to wear the therma-suit you'll find At Main Hatch.
HINT How can I get past Thorbast/Thorbala?
CLUE You'll never get past while he's/she's alive.
CLUE Try killing him/her with the sword from the Hold.
CLUE Thorbast/Thorbala is a tough opponent, but after several attempts to kill him/her with your sword you will succeed in knocking Thorbast's/Thorbala's sword out of his/her hands. Take it as it floats toward you, disarming Thorbast/Thorbala.
CLUE Trying to kill Thorbast/Thorbala at this point is the wrong move, however. Thorbast/Thorbala is just too quick for you, even disarmed. Have you ever noticed that you're dressed all in white, and Thorbast/Thorbala all in black?
CLUE What would the "good guy" in any sword fight do upon disarming his/her opponent?
CLUE Once you're holding Thorbast's/Thorbala's sword, give it to him/her.
CLUE You must get Thorbast/Thorbala to "give up" before the bug-eyed monster carries away the young man/woman.
HINT How can I save the young man/woman from the space monster?
CLUE You'll have to get past Thorbast/Thorbala first.
CLUE Once you've done that, it's easy!
CLUE Just kill the monster. Even your bare hands are sufficient.
CLUE Then, don't forget to untie the young man/woman.
HINT What should I do after saving the young man/woman?
CLUE He/she enters the small spaceship and beckons you to follow.
CLUE So follow!
CLUE Once you enter the Space Yacht, Elysia/Elysium will give you the photo you need. And when you return to the battleship, you may have an unexpected meeting!
HINT Is there any way to land on Titan without crashing?
CLUE A ship this size must have an auto-pilot.
CLUE It's probably behind the panel in the Control Room.
CLUE Did you turn the auto-pilot on?
CLUE Perhaps it can be repaired by the French robot.
CLUE See the question about gourmet cooking in the section called "The Planet of the Snobby Robot Chefs."
CLUE No section by that name? Perhaps, then, you should reread the Introduction. Especially the part about not looking at questions except those relating to puzzles you're stumped by.
HINT How do I get away from this spaceship section of the story?
CLUE There's a black circle aboard the battleship.
CLUE It's in the third Long Corridor location west of the Stable.
MENU Among the Mountains of Neptune
LINK Is there any way to get a light source into the cave?
LINK Is the love potion useful?
LINK How can I keep the baboons and the gibbons away from me?
LINK How can I leave Neptune without being blasted by the Throbber Rays?
HINT Is there any way to get a light source into the cave?
CLUE Probably.
CLUE But considering the "interests" of the creature who lives in the cave, would you really want to ruin things by bringing a light?
HINT Is the love potion useful?
CLUE Surely you've met someone who's not as interested in you as you are in him/her.
CLUE It's someone in the Mine Shaft City.
CLUE Natasha/Ivan seems pretty aloof, wouldn't you say?
CLUE Put the love potion in his/her vodka.
CLUE Don't put it in the orangutang's milk by accident.
HINT How can I keep the baboons and the gibbons away from me?
CLUE Let's face it, you just have animal magnetism.
CLUE Have you ever wondered what the extra machine on your spacesuit was?
CLUE It's an animal magnet! Switch it off.
CLUE The vaseline will help loosen the switch.
CLUE Once the monkeys have stopped bothering you, the bouncer will let you into the bordello.
HINT How can I leave Neptune without being blasted by the Throbber Rays?
CLUE You'll need the germanium shielding from Mercury.
CLUE You'll also need some fruit from the orchard on Callisto.
CLUE And you'll definitely need the makeup kit from the transvestites on Ceres.
CLUE But mostly, you'll need to reread the Introduction of this hint booklet, where it tells you not to look at the answers to questions you're not stuck on.
MENU The Boudoir and Plaza (Phobos)
LINK What is this Boudoir and what do I do here?
LINK Okay, now I'm in the Plaza. What do I do here?
HINT What is this Boudoir and what do I do here?
CLUE You find out more about the Boudoir a few turns after your arrival. Meanwhile, why not "enjoy" the company of your divan-mate?
CLUE At long last, you have come face to face with your archenemies, the Leather Goddesses of Phobos!
HINT Okay, now I'm in the Plaza. What do I do here?
CLUE If Trent/Tiffany isn't with you, not much.
CLUE It's time for Trent/Tiffany to build his/her Super-Duper Anti-Leather Goddesses of Phobos Attack Machine. Just give him/her whatever item from the parts list he/she asks for. You must do this immediately... you can't spare a single turn.
CLUE If you got to the Plaza without all eight items from the parts list, you're lost. You'll have to RESTART (or RESTORE) and collect them all before returning.
CLUE If you give the eight items to Trent/Tiffany at the right moments, you will WIN THE GAME! Yow!!!
MENU General Questions
LINK What's my goal in this story?
LINK How can I change the gender of my character in the story?
LINK The scoring seems pretty cockamamie. How does it work?
LINK Shucks! It won't let me into LEWD mode.
LINK I'm not really picking up the 3-D in the comic. Can you give me some tips?
LINK What exactly are the seven scratch 'n' sniff odors?
LINK Is a marsmid anything like a zorkmid?
LINK I have this friend who would like to know where all the sex scenes are.
HINT What's my goal in this story?
CLUE You'll get a better idea once you've met Trent/Tiffany.
CLUE A few dozen turns after meeting him/her, Trent/Tiffany will give you something.
CLUE This matchbook contains a parts list for the items that Trent/Tiffany needs to build a machine that will defeat the Leather Goddesses.
CLUE Therefore, your goal is to find these eight items, and then get to a location where Trent/Tiffany can build the machine.
HINT How can I change the gender of my character in the story?
CLUE You determine the sex of your character by entering either the Men's Room or the Ladies' Room in the bar. Once you've established your gender, you can't change it without restarting.
HINT The scoring seems pretty cockamamie. How does it work?
CLUE You always get points at given places in the story, but there are elements of randomness.
CLUE For one thing, you don't always get the same number of points each time you reach the same point in the story. For example, for reaching the prison cell on Phobos, you will get somewhere between 1 and 8 points.
CLUE Another element of randomness: when you use the STATUS command, you are told the total points that your score is "out of." This number starts at 9309, but decreases randomly each time you get points.
CLUE Your points increase and your "out of" number decreases, until they finally meet on the final turn of the story.
CLUE This is all designed to confuse you, of course.
HINT Shucks! It won't let me into LEWD mode.
CLUE You must be at least 18 years old.
CLUE If you are, just type 18 (or whatever) when prompted to input your age. If you're not, you simply can't play in LEWD mode!
HINT I'm not really picking up the 3-D in the comic. Can you give me some tips?
CLUE Sure. For one thing, make sure you have the blue "lens" over your right eye, and the red "lens" over your left eye.
CLUE It takes a few seconds for your eyes to adjust. The 3-D effect should improve noticeably within twenty seconds or so.
CLUE Hold the comic directly in front of you and move it slowly toward and away from your face until the 3-D effect is maximized.
CLUE Where else but here could you develop invisible ink to learn how to read 3-D? What a wild and crazy bunch we are, eh?
TEXT What exactly are the seven scratch 'n' sniff odors?
1. Pizza (in the bathroom after urinating)^
2. Chocolate (whenever the hunk of chocolate is present)^
3. Mothballs (in the Closet)^
4. Perfume (in the Harem)^
5. Garlic (In Space, when Thorbast/Thorbala speaks)^
6. Leather (in the Boudoir)^
7. Banana (on the last turn before winning)
Some other odors we were considering: Skunk, Peanut Butter, Grapefruit,
Bubble Gum, Whipped Cream, Mushroom, New Car, Anchovy, Martini, Fried
Chicken...^
ENDTEXT
HINT Is a marsmid anything like a zorkmid?
CLUE They're both coins...
HINT I have this friend who would like to know where all the sex scenes are.
CLUE Reading the next hint will give things away. Don't go any further until you finish the story.
CLUE There are five opportunities for some "foolin' around": 1. Solving the frog puzzle. 2. Your hour in the Inner Harem. 3. When you're a gorilla in the cage. 4. Following Elysia/Elysium into his/her private cabin after he/she gives you the photo. 5. On the divan in the Boudoir.
CLUE Don't forget to experience these "episodes" in all three naughtiness levels. (Unless you're underage, of course. Or unless you're a personal friend of Ed Meese. If you're a personal friend of Ed Meese, we're just joking and there really aren't any sex scenes at all.)
TEXT The Parts List
This section tells you where to find the eight items on the parts list. Use
it only as a last resort.
FIX
Item Location
1. common household blender from the frog prince
2. six feet of rubber hose in the cage in the Laboratory
3. pair of cotton balls in the igloo (Orphanage Foyer)
4. eighty-two degree angle from King Mitre
5. headlight from a 1933 Ford out the Bedroom window (Cleveland)
6. white mouse on Hickory Dickory Dock
7. photo of Jean Harlow/ from Elysia/Elysium, aboard the Space
Douglas Fairbanks Yacht near Saturn
8. Cleveland phone book in the Forgotten Storehouse off the
Catacombs
UNFIX
ENDTEXT
TEXT How All the Points Are Scored
This section should only be used as a last resort, or for your own interest
after you've completed the game. For more information about how scoring
works in _Leather Goddesses of Phobos_, see the scoring question in the
General Questions section.
FIX
Event Points
waking up in the prison cell from 1 to 8 points
getting the mouse * from 14 to 23 points
getting the odd machine from the salesman from 3 to 10 points
returning to your body in the Laboratory * from 19 to 43 points
getting the headlight * from 14 to 47 points
killing or trapping the flytrap from 2 to 17 points
answering the riddle from 8 to 19 points
getting the Cleveland telephone book * from 13 to 39 points
getting the raft from 8 to 11 points
arriving at the Icy Dock unradiated from 4 to 19 points
getting the cotton balls * from 16 to 45 points
killing Thorbast/Thorbala from 5 to 20 points
getting the photo * from 17 to 30 points
getting the blender * from 17 to 34 points
getting the 82 degree angle * from 16 to 26 points
getting the flexible black circle from 5 to 17 points
arriving at the Plaza from 9 to 22 points
TOTAL from 171 to 429 points^
UNFIX
* These events also increase your rank. Your rank is increased for a ninth
time on the final turn of the story.^
ENDTEXT
TEXT For Your Amusement
You shouldn't develop anything in this section until you've finished
_Leather Goddesses of Phobos_. Things in this section will invariably give
away the answers to puzzles in the game.
Have you ever tried to...
..play _Leather Goddesses of Phobos_ as a man if you're a woman, or vice versa?
..buy a beer in the bar before relieving yourself?
..enter the men's room after entering the ladies' room first (or vice versa)?
..flush the toilet?
..eat the pizza? And then typed VOMIT?
..urinate in something other than a toilet?
..not go to the bathroom?
..knock on the door of Trent's/Tiffany's cell before opening the door?
..lead Trent/Tiffany into your cell? (Try in all three naughtiness levels.)
..call Trent "Tiffany" (while playing as a man), or vice versa?
..walk west in the Observation Room?
..jump off the prison Roof on Phobos?
..touch, examine, or put something on one of the black circles?
..push Trent/Tiffany into the tree hole (Fork, Of Sorts)?
..jump into the tree hole while being chased by the flytrap?
..get into the tree hole after trapping the flytrap there?
..ask Trent/Tiffany about the odd machine?
..T-remove the tray and then examine it?
..use the odd machine on the rabbit?
..use the odd machine on the raft then put the raft in the canal?
..run the cotton balls through the odd machine then examine them?
..DIAGNOSE and examine yourself as a gorilla?
..examine your body on the slab while you're a gorilla?
..examine Trent's/Tiffany's body on the slab while you're a gorilla?
..leave the Laboratory while you're a gorilla?
..whip someone with the rubber hose (not in TAME mode)?
..give anything to King Mitre?
..shake King Mitre's hand?
..examine (the unangled) Princess Theta?
..marry Princess Theta (in both her angled and unangled forms)?
..put the unangling cream on the pile of angles? On King Mitre?
..touch the frog?
..ask Trent/Tiffany to kiss the frog?
..click the mouse?
..sink the royal barge?
..examine, awaken, or kiss the dead alien messenger?
..put the lip balm on the dead alien messenger?
..give the flexible black circle back to the proprietor?
..show the dead alien's coded message to the Sultan/Sultaness?
..ask the harem guard for a different number than the "correct" number? Several times?
..ask the harem guard for the same number twice in a row?
..wait instead of answering "yes" when the Sultan/Sultaness asks if you're ready for the riddle?
..wait instead of answering the riddle right away?
..SAVE your position in the Audience Chamber before answering the riddle?
..return from the Inner Harem to the Harem holding the secret map after the Sultan's wife/Sultaness' husband warns you that if you leave that way "the harem guards will..."
..thank the Sultan's wife/Sultaness' husband after getting the torch and secret map?
..measure the Sultan's wife?
..measure the Sultaness' husband (in all three naughtiness levels)?
..make love to the Sultan'swife/Sultaness' husband a second time (not in TAME mode)?
..speak to the Sultan's wife or Sultaness' husband by his or her wrong number? (e.g., SULTAN'S WIFE #123, HELLO, instead of SULTAN'S WIFE #789, HELLO)
..move around in the Catacombs without a light?
..read the Cleveland phone book?
..deflate the raft? While it's in the water? While it's in the water and you're in it?
..put the raft in the Oasis?
..take or open the buoy (if you've solved _Zork I_(R))?
..have sex with anyone while radiated from the ion beam?
..talk to the robot baby?
..kiss or rock the robot baby while it's crying?
..suckle the robot baby (playing as both a male and a female)?
..toss the robot baby into the canal?
..count the leaves? (That's also how many were in the pile of leaves in _Zork I_.)
..tie the strips of cloth (from the partially-made rope) to anything?
..screw the stallion?
..go into space from the battleship without putting on the white suit?
..tell Elysia/Elysium to shut up while he/she is screaming?
..read the photo that Elysia/Elysium gives you?
..ask various characters about the Leather Goddesses? (such as Trent/Tiffany, the salesman, the mad scientist, Thorbast/Thorbala, Elysia/Elysium, King Mitre, Princess Theta, the Sultan/Sultaness, the Sultan's wife/Sultaness' husband, the Exit Shop proprietor...)
..get fresh with the Leather Goddess in the Boudoir in TAME mode?
..kiss the Leather Goddess, not in TAME mode, while Trent/Tiffany is also in the Boudoir?
..get to the end of the Plaza scene without Trent/Tiffany present?
..get to the end of the Plaza scene without giving all of the eight parts to Trent/Tiffany?
..use "four letter words" in your inputs while in TAME mode?
..smell the barge or the flowers in the Garden?
..put the blanket, sheet, or sack on your head (if you've played _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_(tm))?
..open your mouth?
..give an age less than 5 while trying to enter LEWD mode?
..LOOK with your eyes closed? With your hands over your eyes?
..look through something that isn't transparent?
..look inside your overalls, loincloth, or bikini?
..typed control-B followed by a carriage return? (IBM version only!)^
ENDTEXT
MENU Acknowledgements
LINK What are the acknowledgements doing in the hint booklet?
HINT What are the acknowledgements doing in the hint booklet?
CLUE The manual is printed too early to include acknowledgements, and there simply wasn't room on the story disk. (In fact, the _Leather Goddesses of Phobos_ program is 99.991% of the maximum size of a "classic" "non-Plus" Infocom story. [sic]
CLUE Testing: The primary testers for _Leather Goddesses of Phobos_ were Tom Bok, Gary Brennan, Amy Briggs, Max Buxton, Liz Cyr-Jones, Suzanne Frank, and Matt Hillman. In addition, dozens of "outside testers" deserve praise for their help.
CLUE Packaging: The package (and its components) was designed by Carl Genatossio and Elizabeth Langosy. The artwork for the 3-D comic (including the cover) is the work of Richard Howell; the 3-D processing was done by Ray Zone. Angela Crews tirelessly learned the ins and outs of scratch-n-sniff while tracking down an affordable scratch-n-sniff printer.
CLUE The artwork for the _Leather Goddesses of Phobos_ poster was done by Ken Barr.
CLUE Thanks to Brian Moriarty for the idea of including a 3-D comic. Thanks to Ed Black for implementing the "boss key" feature in the IBM version. Thanks to Dave Lebling for some timely technical assistance. And thanks to Jon Palace for a host of things, but especially for his help in "sensualizing" the text, and for being a front-line defense against scheming marketeers.
