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The Secret of Smugglers Inn

Commodore 64CassetteDisk

On a lonely moor by a rocky coast stands an old Inn, headquarters of a gang of vicious smugglers. Details of their operations are not known, so, as a Special Agent, you have arrived secretly on the moors; your mission — to recover the smugglers' secret code book and escape out to sea where a boat is waiting . . . But tread carefully — the gang is dangerous and will not hesitate to kill if they catch you. And other dangers lie in store in deep caves and cellars as you search for the secret of Smugglers Inn.

Transcribed from the cassette inlay.

1985 · Copyright 1985 on the disk loading screen; not in the 1984 adverts, listed in the 1986 catalogue

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 KEY, GO NORTH, MOVE BOX, DROP TORCH. The hint sheet below has the solutions.

How it plays

Commands the manual gives as examples: HELP, GET KEY, GO NORTH, MOVE BOX, DROP TORCH.

WAIT holds position to see what happens as time passes. Enter R to restart from the beginning.

Screens

In game
In game
Loading screen — cassette
Loading screen — cassette
Loading screen — disk
Loading screen — disk

From the archive