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| <p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Chapter 15 - Hint System</span></p><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0">Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short. Include Menus by Emily Short. Include Basic Help Menu by Emily Short. Include Punctuation Removal by Emily Short.</p><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Basic Help Options (Continued)</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">title</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">subtable</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">description</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">toggle</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hint System</span>"</td><td>Table of Labors</td><td>--</td><td>--</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Acknowledgements</span>"</td><td>--</td><td>"<span class="quote">The first full (very very very) rough incarnation of [</span><span class="substitution">Italic type</span><span class="quote">]Hercules![</span><span class="substitution">Roman type</span><span class="quote">] was written in 2016 or 2017 by me, Leo Weinreb, while attending the University of Chicago. It was the first game I ever designed.[</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]That proto-version involved only two playtesters: Anton Bures, my father, and John 'Chip' Lekberg, a friend from school. Since then the game has gotten smoother and kinder, exploded in scale and complexity, and been amended with crucial and thorough revisions.[</span><span class="substitution">paragraph break</span><span class="quote">]These indispensible improvements are all thanks to a small but dedicated group of people who took time out of their busy daily lives to help me make my game the best it could possibly be: my dear parents Anton Bures and Jenya Weinreb, my friends Chip Lekberg, Emily Watzl, and Rhiannon Hoffman, and some absolutely brilliant volunteers from the Interactive Fiction Community Forum: Mike Carletta, Christopher Merriner, and Garry Francis, whose suggestions and playthrough edits were essential in allowing me to put forth a more polished finished product. I am eternally grateful to all of you. <3</span>"</td><td>--</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Labors</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">title</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">subtable</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">description</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">toggle</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What do I do at the beginning?</span>"</td><td>Table of Whattodo</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I retrieve my inhaler?</span>"</td><td>Table of Inhaler</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">I keep getting anxiety attacks!</span>"</td><td>Table of Anxiety</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I slay the lion?</span>"</td><td>Table of Lion</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td><td></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I destroy the hydra?</span>"</td><td>Table of Hydra</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I capture the hind?</span>"</td><td>Table of Hind</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Help! I can't scale the mountain!</span>"</td><td>Table of Mountain</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I capture the boar?</span>"</td><td>Table of Boar</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I clean these disgusting stables?</span>"</td><td>Table of Stables</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I slay the Stymphalian birds?</span>"</td><td>Table of Birds</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I get the Cretan Bull?</span>"</td><td>Table of Bull</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Help! I'm trapped in a Labyrinth!</span>"</td><td>Table of Labyrinth Maze</td><td>--</td><td>--</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I steal the mares of Diomedes?</span>"</td><td>Table of Diomedes' Mares</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I get rid of the yellow-spotted lizards?</span>"</td><td>Table of Lizards</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I obtain Hippolyta's girdle?</span>"</td><td>Table of Girdle</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I steal cattle from the monster Geryon?</span>"</td><td>Table of Cattle</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">I'm stuck on one of the final puzzles!</span>"</td><td>Table of Final Tasks</td><td>--</td><td>--</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Anxiety</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Yes, that'll happen from time to time.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Your anxiety will prevent you from doing a number of things at various times. But there's an easy way to circumvent that.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Your inhaler was left at home, so that's out of the question.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you noticed what it says when you get an uptick or spike of anxiety?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hercules isn't sure you're going the right way. And it's always right before you enter certain rooms at certain times.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried... not entering those rooms at those times?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you checked your list?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you try to solve the Labors in order, anxiety will not hinder your progress through the game. If anxiety hinders you on a certain direction or puzzle, try again when you're further along with your list.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Inhaler</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Oh no! Looks like you've remembered your allergy medication, but not your inhaler. What are you going to do?</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried running back to your house to get it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Your house is west of the Main Road where you started.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">No, guess you can't go and fetch it. Have you tried praying?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Glad to see you back here again! Okay, maybe you can just make some Albuterol yourself?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hmm... you have to go step-by-step it seems... what are the ingredients to Albuterol?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">A doctor would know. Is there a doctor nearby?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">No, but your cousin's a king. Maybe he would know a good doctor?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">No, he wouldn't. And even if he did, he wouldn't tell you.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can't find a doctor. Too bad.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You're going to have to complete the game without your inhaler! A tall order, but I think you can do it. :)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Labyrinth Maze</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">title</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">subtable</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">description</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">toggle</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Get me out of here!</span>"</td><td>Table of Getting Out</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Is there anything else I can find in the Labyrinth?</span>"</td><td>Table of Bonus Puzzle</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Getting Out</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Whoops! Seems you’ve twisted yourself around and are a bit stuck in the Labyrinth.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">This Labyrinth is a maze, similar to old text-adventure mazes you'd find in games like Zork. Back in those days, people had no choice but to use the objects they'd accumulated, dropping them in each room of the maze before moving in order to map out how every room in the maze connected. (I call this the Hansel-and-Gretel method.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can do the same in this maze (that's what the magical lost-and-found box is for, to give you a bunch of new and old objects!) but there are easier ways to navigate it.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You might've found one other way already if you tried cleaning up the dead Stymphalian birds with the mop. Skip the next hint if you haven't cleaned up the birds.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you cleaned up the birds, the ground told you to 'Visit the island of Crete, to the west south and east.' Since you went west to enter the maze, if you go south and then east, you'll reach the Troll Room. Skip the next four hints to figure out what to do there.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The other way to navigate the maze involves using one of the new objects in the lost-and-found box.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Can you maybe do something with the red rolled-up string?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried unrolling it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The string gives you directions to the Troll Room. Just unroll it in each room of the maze and go in the direction it says.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Once you're in the Troll Room, the bull tries to lick off the bloodstains. You should try cleaning them as well, but not with your tongue.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you try mopping the bloodstains (or wiping them with your hands), the picture tells you you've won 'the key to our hearts, which as always lies up above the west south and east'</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Going west, then south, then east, and then UP from the Troll Room leads you to a room with a skeleton key. (You also could have gone east and then up while Hansel-and-Greteling and found the key that way.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you examined the key?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The capitalization of this message is the strangest part about it.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The capital letters form the nonsense string XYZZY!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">In the oldest text-based adventure game, Colossal Cave Adventure (which Zork is based on), the spell in the game is xyzzy. It's a teleportation spell, and is used as a cheat code in a lot of other places.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Typing xyzzy will take you back to Crete. (You could've typed this in any part of the maze earlier to skip the troll puzzle AND the key puzzle.) Getting back to Crete is all you need to do to finish the rest of the game! Congratulations!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Bonus Puzzle</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The short answer: yes. There is a bonus puzzle here!</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can use the Hansel-and-Gretel method to map out the rooms past the skeleton key room, but it will take a while. Patience is definitlely a virtue if you use this method.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">There is another method that involves the red rolled-up string. Have you tried unrolling it in the key room?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The string goes haywire! The vastness of the maze must be distorting its signals somehow. But there still might be method to the madness. Try to follow some of the directions it specifies.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Most directions lead in circles, but the last direction it gives every time takes you on a very specific route.</span>"</td><td></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Those who’ve played Zork will sense even more familiarity than before as they go through the maze. This maze is exactly the same layout as the first maze in Zork 1!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you go sw, then e, then s from the key room, your claws will start to glow blue. The sword in Zork also glowed blue in this room.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Go southeast. What was once the Cyclops Room is now the Minotaur’s Room.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What was the solution to the Cyclops puzzle again?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">'Odysseus', another Greek hero! But that won’t work here.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Odysseus was an old enemy of the Cyclops. Who’s an old enemy of the Minotaur?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Say 'Theseus'</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Going east will now take you to the Strange Hallway and then east again gets you back to Crete to continue your adventure! But you'll have to go all the way back through the maze to try a different direction. (Luckily there’s no thief to take your stuff if you have to go around again.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Going up will take you to the Treasure Room, just like in Zork! But there are no thieves, only the jeweled egg.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What did you have to do with the jeweled egg in Zork?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Open it and read the leaflet. Congrats!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you explore the rest of the maze, you can also get to the Grating Room, just like in Zork.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can follow the FIRST directions the string gives to get there. If you're using Hansel and Gretel, you just need to go up, then sw, u, d, ne from the start.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Examine the grate. Just like in Zork, you have to use the skeleton key.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Unlocking the grate gives you another way up to the Minotaur’s Room!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Lion</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The lion is right there in Nemea! But how do you slay it?</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The knife isn't working!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You'll never be able to defeat the lion with just brute force. You need to gain an edge somehow.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you examined your Benadryl?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Benadryl is great for allergies, but it’s also great at making you really sleepy, especially if you take more than you're supposed to.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try giving the Benadryl to the lion.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hmm, but the knife still isn't working. You can't stab into the beast, but maybe you can use the knife in a different way?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The lion needs a haircut. Try shaving it with the knife. (Or cutting its hair with the knife.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Okay, so you're allergic to the fur. Surprise, surprise. You need some sort of mask to prevent hair getting on you.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you found the gun?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try visiting your cousin if you haven't yet. (East of Tiryns.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried shooting the gun at something?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Cool, now you have this nifty flag!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Maybe it could be used as a mask?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Wear it. Then shave the lion.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Whattodo</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Explore a little bit maybe!</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You were given a hint about why you’re here in the intro.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you checked your inventory?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Examine the list.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You must complete the famous Twelve Labors of Hercules to win the game! First stop, the Nemean Lion. (Which, as expected, resides in Nemea.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Hydra</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The Lernean hydra is of course in Lake Lerna. But how do you kill it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you try to slash it with your claws, three heads grow back in place of the one you slashed.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Did you get the box of matches in Lerna?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can’t burn the hydra yourself, you’re afraid of fire.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What else is in Lake Lerna? Maybe there's something here that can help you?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Or someONE here that can help you?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You need help from your nephew Iolaus. Maybe try asking him about the hydra?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried examining Iolaus?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">In addition to blowing things up, Iolaus likes setting things on fire!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What does Iolaus think about the matches?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Give the matches to Iolaus.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">But you can't ask Iolaus to burn the hydra for you. You command no followers, it wouldn't be right.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">He may just do it of his own accord if give him a reason to leap into the fray.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Attack the hydra with the lion pelt now. Your pyromaniac nephew, now carrying the matches, will cauterize the stumps of the hydra heads as you slash them.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Hind</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The Ceryneian Hind is in Keryneia now. (Since Cs and Ks are the same in ancient Greek.) Go nw of Nemea to get to Stymphalia, then nw again.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can’t catch it though.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Or attack it. You’re too weak.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you try to take it you'll see it’s as 'uncatchable as a dream.'</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you hang out in Keryneia long enough, you'll start yawning. You're getting tired of this. (Maybe you took a little too much Benadryl this morning?)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Maybe it’s time for a nap?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Sleep. (Hercules will no longer be too anxious to sleep.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">It's the same place, but something's off. You must be dreaming!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ever have a dream where you do something you can’t possibly do in real life?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Take the hind.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Mountain</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Uh oh! Looks like you've gotten too asthmatic and are unable to scale the mountain anymore.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How did this happen?</span>"</td><td></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Well, leaving your inhaler behind can't have helped.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">But there's nothing to be done about that now.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The game keeps saying you're breathless and need a drink of water.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried to find some water?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">There's snow at the bottom of the mountain. But you can't drink it.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried digging at the bottom of the mountain?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Aha! An ice pick and an online instruction manual.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">In order to use the ice pick, it seems you have to watch the instruction manual located at https://bit.ly/3BPMyFY.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Did you watch the video?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You're being very silly reading all of this. Despite his asthma, Hercules never has a problem hiking up Mount Erymanthos and neither do you. Stop reading the hints and play the rest of the game!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Boar</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Mount Erymanthos is southwest of Keryneia. The boar is there now.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried just taking it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">No, that would be too easy, wouldn’t it. Have you tried examining it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Examining it shows us that it is indeed the Erymanthian Boar. It has weird horns though, sort of like a bull? That's odd.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Most bulls are attracted to red colors. But this isn’t a bull.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Wait and watch what it does for a while.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">This pig is attracted to white colors. But it knows to not head into the snow straight on.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Do you have something on you that’s white?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The flag is white. Maybe you can wield it like a toreador.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try waving the flag, or waving it at the pig. (Hercules will no longer be too anxious to wave the flag.)</span>" </td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Stables</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The Augean Stables are west of Elis, which is southwest of the mountain.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">God that’s disgusting. But at least there are a few new tools here.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How are you ever going to clean this up? A simple mop can't be the answer, can it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">No, it’s futile. The mop is a red herring.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The other tool in this room is a hammer. Hammers break things.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What do you have that’s breakable?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ice! Ice is breakable! AND it cleans things! (Well, water cleans things, and this water seems unusually clean.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try breaking the frozen ham with the hammer. (Specifically, while in the Augean Stables.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You need some fire to melt the frozen ham chunks and create water.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What do you have that makes fire?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What DID you have that makes fire?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The box of matches. Iolaus has them. You need to go back to Lake Lerna.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">He’ll give them back to you, you just need to ask.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ask Iolaus for the box of matches.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Now try attacking the frozen ham with the hammer in the Augean Stables.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Birds</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The birds are right there in Stymphalia, flying above you!</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Did you try just taking the birds? Or attacking them with something?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">That doesn't work, but it says you need to lure them down with something.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried giving the birds something? Or luring them with something?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you try to give them the strip of bacon it says you'll need some sort of makeshift snare.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried examining the trees?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What usually gets tied to trees? Maybe you can tie something to the trees to make a sort of container for your snare?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Tie the flag to the forest trees.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What happens if you try putting the strip of bacon into the hammock?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hercules won’t let you because they’d just swoop down, eat the strip of bacon, and leave.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The list tells you to SLAY the birds, not just capture them, or even flay them. You need to poison the bacon somehow.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Do you have the toxic-looking purple goo, the remains of your slain hydra?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">It’s so poisonous you can’t even touch it!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can’t put the goo on the bacon, it'd be really messy and might be dangerous. Best to just do the obvious.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Put the purple goo in the hammock. Then put the strip of bacon in the hammock.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Bull</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">a number</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Cretan Bull is somewhere in Crete, southeast of the Peloponnesian Shore. (Hercules will no longer get anxious when you try to take the ferry now.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The bull’s not here. Where could it be?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">I really hope you don't have to enter the dreaded Labyrinth…</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Oh there it is!</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Couldn’t you just take it? Is it really that simple?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Yep, it is! Congrats! :)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Diomedes' Mares</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Diomedes is in Thrace. Thrace is northeast of Stymphalia.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">He won’t let you do much here though. And he won't talk to you unless you show him or ask him about something that'll pique his interest.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The only thing you didn’t have before the last labor was the bull. Show Diomedes the bull and he mentions his own mechanical bulls.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ask him about his mechanical bulls, and he just leaves! Time to do some snooping.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Did you check the wastebasket? And the desk?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hilariously non-secure of Diomedes. But which number is correct? There are like a bajillion numbers written on these notes!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You could just spam them but that’s no fun, and will take tons of time. Did you examine the calendar?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Seems like a meaningless bit of flavor. But it’s not. Try reading the description with a different emphasis.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The Olympics winner from LAST month??</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Diomedes has forgotten that the month has changed. Or at least, he HAD forgotten that the month changed. In the folded note he mentions a code from last month. That’s the one that opens the safe.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">'Spin safe to NUMBER ON NOTE'</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Do you have anything that would allow you to take these mares without getting burned?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Check your inventory and examine the pendant you got from Artemis.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">But you can't put the pendant on yourself, it's not your style.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Put the pendant on a mare. Now you can pick it up!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Start repeating this process for the second mare, and Hercules will eventually pick them all up.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Girdle</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Hippolyta is queen of the Amazons. She's in Amazonia, east of the Peloponnesian Shore.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The warrior won’t let you see her without the mares of Diomedes. So show the mares to the warrior.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Now Hippolyta’s here! Great! Did you try just asking her for the girdle?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Oh, great. Thanks, Hera. Now you have to make some medicine. Have you tried to leave to go get some?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Unless you've dropped something crucial, you won't even be allowed to leave. Almost everything you need is right here in Amazonia.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The only things in Amazonia are the Amazon warrior (who’s already doing everything she can to help) and the ornate throne.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The description of the throne names several other objects. Try to take them all.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The dirt uncovers a bowl. You can probably use the bowl to mix up some medicine. But what are the ingredients for it?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can only put some objects in the bowl. The game won’t let you put just any old thing in there.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you examined the bowl? It’s cryptic, but it tells you exactly what ingredients you need.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">'…elements of earth and life…' is the dirt (which is from the earth) and the moss (which is plant life). '…trees strength tight…' is the vines.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You’d think 'powder of love' would be the roses, but the game won’t let you put that in the bowl. Have you examined the roses?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Attack the roses with your claws. Then put the powder in the bowl.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">'Sleep from above' is the last ingredient you need.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What makes things fall asleep?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Your trusty Benadryl. At least, it made the lion sleep, right?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Put the Benadryl in the bowl.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Cattle</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Geryon resides in Erytheia, northwest of Elis near the Augean Stables.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Geryon has a cow. Have you tried just taking it?</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ask the monster about its cow.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">That’s WAY too high a price!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try to leave. Clearly it wants to give away its cow, it just wants a good price for it.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ask it about the cow again.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Okay, now we’re getting somewhere. Time to spam the ask button.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Now you've haggled it down to just wanting something of value! Do you have anything of value?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If the game prevents you from leaving, it means you have everything you need to solve the puzzle right now. If you CAN leave, maybe you’ve left something somewhere.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Examine the girdle.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try giving the girdle to Geryon. (You may have tried this before. But it’ll only notice the price tag after you’ve talked it down a bit from the sticker price.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent1"></p><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Final Tasks</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">title</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">subtable</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">description</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">toggle</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">So... I'm done, right?</span>"</td><td>Table of Penultimate Questioning</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I steal an apple from the garden?</span>"</td><td>Table of The Apples</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">How do I capture Cerberus?</span>"</td><td>Table of Cerberus</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What do I do after I've captured the dog?</span>"</td><td>Table of Ultimate Puzzle</td><td>"<span class="quote"></span>"</td><td>hint toggle rule</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Ultimate Puzzle</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You have 12/12 points. You’ve basically won — come on now!</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What else is there to do?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Just give the list to Eurystheus!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Penultimate Questioning</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You’ve completed all your tasks! Right?</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Examine your list.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You need to go back to your cousin!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Give him the list.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of The Apples</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Great, two more tasks. Thanks, Eurystheus. The Garden of the Hesperides is west of the Western Shore. Since you have to go there now, Hercules will let you, albeit whilst shaking in your boots.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Yep, there’s the dragon! It’s pretty fearsome. And more problematically, it prevents you from getting the apple of course. Or from going anywhere except backwards. You'll need to remove it somehow.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You’re too weak to attack it of course. And there are no snares or nephews nearby to assist you this time. And it can’t be tricked with sleeping pills. Nor can you reason with it.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Wait, what’s that on the ground? A chewed bone? Gross.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">What happens if you show the bone to Ladon?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried examining the dragon?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Tail wagging…looking to chase after something… Ladon looks scary, but he’s basically a dog, in the same way that the Erymanthian Boar was basically a bull!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ladon wants to play fetch.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try throwing the chewed bone at Ladon</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">That’s no way to play fetch — you don’t throw your dog the bone directly!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Ladon is between you and the apple tree. And the cave is too near.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">But he’s not between you and the strange staircase, which seems to go down quite a ways.</span>" </td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Throw the chewed bone at the strange staircase.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Now just take the apple!</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Cerberus</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">You can't get to the Underworld by dying or going down the strange staircase. There’s another area you’ve yet to explore. The cave northeast of the Garden.</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried moving, taking, or touching the shrine?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Do you have something divine?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The red apple that you just stole comes from the heavenly garden. Put it on the shrine.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Okay, that's something divine. But you don’t really have anything that could be considered 'monstrous' per se…</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Unless there could be another meaning to the word 'monstrous'? Like 'absurdly large' perhaps? Or even 'made by a monster'?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Put the receipt on the shrine. (Make sure you've left nothing on the shrine except those two items.)</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Now a ticket stub in on the shrine. Make sure to take it before going back to the City Palace and going down.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried getting in the boat? Or talking to Charon?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Give him the ticket stub.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you examined the 'small' doggie cage?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The small doggie cage is actually large. That's a clue. You can fit anything inside the cage.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">If you put the bone in the cage, Cerberus enters but then leaves, finding no meat.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Try putting one of your animals in the cage.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">It still doesn't work. Maybe all he needs is another animal?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Putting both your animals in the cage gets you even closer to distracting him, but not quite good enough.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">The non-meaty items are distracting Cerberus. Remove everything except the two animals from the cage.</span>"</td></tr> | |
| </table><p class="indent0"><span class="heading">Table of Lizards</span></p><table><tr><td><span class="columnhead">hint</span></td><td><span class="columnhead">used</span></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Wait, where are all these yellow-spotted lizards coming from?</span>"</td><td>a number</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Clearly they’re not supposed to be here. And they’re preventing you from heading in the right direction!</span>"</td><td></td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Have you tried shaking them off?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">No, they just remain glued on. Hmm…</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Could the lizards be retribution for something?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Did you take something from Diomedes’s shop that you shouldn’t have?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">Maybe something red? And fish-shaped?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">A red herring perhaps?</span>"</td></tr> | |
| <tr><td>"<span class="quote">There are no yellow-spotted lizards. None have ever been present in any version of this game. Nothing is preventing you from moving on with your list. Quit reading the hints and continue your adventure!</span>"</td></tr> | |
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