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Himalayan Odyssey box artwork

Himalayan Odyssey

Commodore 64CassetteDisk

“There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu . . .” So runs the old poem. The Green Eye of the yellow idol is, in fact, a valuable emerald, stolen from its rightful owner centuries before. It is your task to find the Green Eye and return it to the last remaining survivor of the original owner's family — a Tibetan Lama. But beware — in the vast and mysterious Himalayas many dangers await. And there are rumours of Yeti, the Abominable Snowman . . .

Transcribed from the cassette inlay.

1984 · Copyright 1984 on the loading screen; new release in the October 1984 advert

Play it

The disk image is under “From the archive” below. It runs in VICE, which is free for Windows, macOS and Linux, or on a THEC64. Two-word commands: HELP, GET KNIFE, GO NORTH, DROP PAPER. The hint sheet below has the solutions.

How it plays

Commands the manual gives as examples: HELP, GET KNIFE, GO NORTH, DROP PAPER.

Screens

In game
In game
In game (2)
In game (2)
Loading screen — cassette
Loading screen — cassette
Loading screen — disk
Loading screen — disk

From the archive