solutions
SpeedIF 4 (1999-09-10) [4c] [Baf's]
The solutions below are by David Welbourn and are based on the specified release or version of each game. See also the SpeedIF pages at FourCoffees and Baf’s Guide.
>nw. x images. x equipment. s. x city. d. n.
>x bench. x dustcloth. x rectangle. take cloth. s. u.
>take fruit. x it. x man.
>ask man about man. ask man about fruit. ask man about city.
>eat onion. ask man about wetness. d. n. take cloth. (note: you must be crying in order to successfully take the cloth. If your tears dried up, eat the onion again.)
Climb the long stairs to the top of the Eiffel Tower and defeat an evil alien's evil plan!*
>footnote 1. footnote 2. footnote 3. footnote 4. x tower. i. n.
>u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. n.
>footnote 5. footnote 6. x paper. take it.
>s. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u. u.
>footnote 7. x alien. x bomb. x onion. take bomb.
>hit alien. take onion. z. z. z. footnote 8. eat onion.
*Now with footnotes!
There might be a "last lousy point" in this game.
>climb. x pipe. take it. d. e.
>David (or whatever your name is)
>n. x Nostradamus. give pipe to Nostradamus. s. climb.
Serious guess the author's mind problems in this one. If you drop the onion, you can't pick him up again. If you hold onto the onion too long, you'll die from his fumes. Yes, the onion's a "he". No, I don't know why.
>x counter. x dispenser. push button. (This improves your sense of balance.)
>search counter. x onion. e. nw.
>look west. (Very hard to guess this action. It isn't hinted at in any way.)
>give onion to prophet. (Nostradamus can't be called "Nostradamus" or "man". Only "prophet". And nowhere in the game is he referred to as "prophet". Very unfair.)
heh. Joan of Arc told me to play this game or the world will end in a rain of fire. No, she did, really...
>i. x onion. x knife. x waiter. n.
>x guard. e. s. hit waiter. n. e. cut onion with knife.
Sorry, but I can't explain what's going on here. I don't understand what any of Nostradomus's statements are supposed to mean. I did understand the "You have won" message, though.
>x tower. d. w. ask man about tower. g. e. u. w.
>d. open trunk. x skeleton. x book.
>look in trunk. take all from trunk. x onion. x dagger.
>e. x urinal. x cake. take cake. w. u.
>cut onion with knife. x cookie.
>eat onion. eat cookie. eat cake.
The first speedIF with graphics (pix of Eiffel Tower and onions).
>i. x knife. n.
>x sign. x tub. x onions. take onions. s. up.
>hug Julianne. kiss Julianne. x Julianne. x tower.
>ask Julianne about me. ask Julianne about love.
>ask Julianne about Nostradamus. cut onion.