CAN I CHEAT DEATH? Written by Simon Avery (Adult Adventure) Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Amstrad Version) Scenario During a visit to the fortune-teller Madame X, you are told that you do not have much longer in this world. Even now, the sands of time are running out and Death sits in his house sharpening his scythe ready to collect your soul. But, you do have one chance, which is to substitute your life glass with something with more sand in it and travel through the strange land to confront Death. Walk Through (Start in a homely pub). INVENTORY (have a pound coin), EXAMINE BARMAID, TALK TO BARMAID, N (toilets), EXAMINE MAN, TALK TO MAN, EXAMINE CISTERN (you find something), LOOK, GET RING, EXAMINE URINAL (you find something), LOOK (it was a toilet freshening block), GET BLOCK, EXAMINE MACHINE, BUY CONDOM, GET CONDOM (with the pound coin), S (back to bar), BUY DRINK (Barmaid gives it to you for free). E (carpark), EXAMINE CAR (you find something), LOOK, GET WHEELBRACE, S (main road), E (see drain cover), LIFT COVER (using the wheelbrace), DROP WHEELBRACE, EXAMINE COVER (a dark opening leads down), D (you swallow your fear and go down into the sewer), E, S (tunnel ends where you see a rat), EXAMINE RAT, TALK TO RAT (wants something to mask the odour), GIVE BLOCK (he gives you a shotgun in return), INVENTORY, N, E, E (you're out in the open), N (beach), GET BIKINI, EXAMINE BIKINI (poker dot yellow), W (park where you see a grey squirrel), EXAMINE SQUIRREL, SHOOT SQUIRREL, E, S, S (seafront), E, S (seedy club), READ SIGN ("Stripper Wanted"), STRIP (a pretty young lady invites you for a drink). FOLLOW GIRL (to large bedroom), EXAMINE LADY (she is attracted to you), WEAR CONDOM (practice safe sex), FUCK LADY, LOOK, EXAMINE CABINET, LOOK, GET KEY, S, OPEN DOOR, E, S, D, N (lobby), E, E (off-licence), BUY CHAMPAGNE, W, W, S (express lift), U, U, N, OPEN DOOR, E (into apartment), E (rooftop where you see an attractive model sunbathing), GIVE BIKINI, KISS MODEL (she gives you a peck on the cheek), GIVE CHAMPAGNE, KISS MODEL (another peck on the cheek), GIVE RING, KISS MODEL (she returns your kiss fully this time and drops some gifts for you on the floor), LOOK (see a flower and a pair of trunks), GET FLOWER, GET TRUNKS, W, W, S (express lift), D, D, N (lobby). E, N, N, N, E, E, E (moorland path), E (remote house where you meet a widow), GIVE FLOWER (she gives you her egg timer in return), W, W, S (ruined temple), PRAY (you are overcome by a strange feeling and find yourself on a mystical plane), E (very pleasant place), READ SIGN ("Welcome to Paradise"), E (splendid glade with a sheer drop to the east), JUMP FOR TREE (you are hanging to the topmost branches of the tree), D (edge of forest), E, S, E (park where the dead squirrel is), S, W (swimming pool), WEAR TRUNKS, SWIM (you reach the western side and climb out), W, N (strange garden), N, (you enter the house of death who says you must think fast if you are going to survive) GIVE EGG TIMER (he permits you to live but as you leave you are struck by lightening!)