8-bit Software Disc Magazine (c) Duncan Webster September 1991
Issue 15 September 1991
PALACE OF MAGIC SOLUTION. By Peter Smith.
All the following location numbers are the x,y locations of the rooms.
If a number is minus, then the number on the location meter is red
(dark).
Head upwards to the rooftop (0:2). Travel right to the rooftop (1:2).
Pick up the purple/white key. Go back down to the main palace (0:0)
then go right to the east palace (1:0). Go down the rope to the
passages (1:-1). Go to the pillar at the bottom of the screen. Go
left, then down the ladder to (0:-2) and open the door. Go down and
left to the next room and head left along the coridors at the bottom
of the screen to (-3:-2). Climb the ladder, then walk left to
(-4:-1). Pick up the cyan/blue key. Retrace your steps to the east
palace (1:0). Head left and up to (0:1), then go right to (1:1) and
open the door. Go down and right to the east palace (2:0) and go up
the rope.
Head right and climb down the ladder. Go right to (3:0) and climb the
ladder. Go to (3:1) and climb through the hole in the ceiling. You
should now be in the tower base (3:2). Climb up the rope, go left
then climb down the next rope. Pick up the hole (!) and climb back up
the rope. From here walk left off the edge and drop straight down.
Pick up the white/green key and walk left to (0:2). Climb down the
ladder and then the rope to get to (0:0). Head left to (-3:0). Take
the bottom passage to the tower base (-4:0) and open the door. Go
right to (-3:0) and pick up the crucifix and drop the hole. Head
right to (-1:0) and pick up the green/white key. Go back to (0:0),
then head left to the east palace (2:0).
Climb down the far right rope to the east exit (2:-1). Keep going
right to the east wood (4:-1). Head right until you reach the balcony
(8:-1) and give the crucifix to the vicar. Walk right to (A:-1). Go
down to the cellar through the hole in the floor. Go to the door at
the bottom of the screen, open it and return to (A:-1). Go right to
(B:-1). Climb up either of the ropes and the ladder to (B:0). Head
left to (9:0). Climb up the ropes and jump across the pit. Head right
to (B:0) and pick up the halo. Retrace your steps to (9:0), climb
down the ropes and go right to (A:0). Climb down the ladder to
(A:-1). Go left and pick up the yellow/red key. Return to the main
palace (0:0), head left along the bottom passage to (-2:0) and open
the door.
Go back to the main palace, climb up the moving rope and head left to
where you dropped the hole (-3:0). Pick it up and head for the east
palace (1:0). Climb down the rope, and head down and left to (-3:-2).
Climb the ladder and go left to (-4:-1). Drop the hole on the pad and
a hole should appear in the wall. Go back to (-3:-1) and pick the
rope up from the middle chamber. Return via the passages, to (0:0).
Climb up the rope and head left to (-3:0). Go left to the tower base.
Climb up the ropes to (-4:1). Climb onto the moving rope, and when it
is about 3/4 extended jump left onto the large rope. When you have
managed to get onto this rope, climb up to (-4:2).
Cross this room using the ropes and climb up to the guardhouse. Jump
up to the guard and give him the halo. He will disappear. Climb up
the ropes and the ladder to (-4:5). Drop the rope and pick up the
key. Climb back down to (-4:0) Go right to the main palace (0:0),
drop down and go left to (-2:0). Drop down to (-2:-1) and pick up the
candle. Head right to (1:-1). Climb up the rope and go east across
the east wood to the church. Head right to (B:1) and open the door.
Go back to the main palace. Climb the rope in the middle of the
screen, and go left to (-3:0). Climb up the ropes to (-3:1), climb up
the ladders (-3:2). Climb up the ropes to (-3:3) and collect the
statue.
Go back down and right to The church (A:1) and go to the cellar, and
then to the dungeons, (A:-3). Walk left onto the small slope. Walk
right and as soon as you begin to fall, press the left key. Jump
left, NOT RIGHT!! and fall down to (A:-4). Climb to the rope to
(A:-5). Jump across the pit and climb dowm the ladder to (A:-6).
Climb down the next ladder to (A:-7). Head left and up until you get
to (7:-6). Drop the statue on the pad and the monsters should
disappear. Go right and down until you get back to (A:-7) and pick up
the helmet. Return to (7:-6). Fall down to the next level, and go
right, using the ropes. Fall down to the bottom and head left to
(6:-6). Jump left using the ropes to (5:-6). Go left to (4:-6),
climb up the rope and the ladder to (4:-5), take the bottom passage to
(3:-5).
Climb the ladder to (3:-3). Climb up the next ladder to (3:-2).
Climb up these next ladders to (3:-1), the East Exit. Go to The Main
Palace (0,0), climb up the first rope and go west to the West Tower
(-4:0). Climb up the tower to the guardhouse. Climb up as far as you
can go, and drop the helmet under the raindrop. It will be filled
with water. Pick it up again and go down and back to the main palace
(0:0). Go east to the church, and go east through the church, through
The Forest, to the firepit (H:1). Walk into the firepit, and the
helmet full of water will extinguish the firepit. Return to the east
exit (2:-1) via the forest, church and east wood, and pick up the
blue/cyan key from the little room. Return to the church via the east
wood, go down into the cellar.
Walk left onto the slope, walk right and as soon as you begin to fall,
walk left. Walk left and fall down to (A:-4). Go down to (A:-7).
Head left to (8:-7) and open the door. Jump across the chamber to
(6:-7). ALL THE FOLLOWING MEASUREMENTS ARE IN SINGLE BRICKS. Start
in the fourth brick from the bottom on (6:-8). Go 4 left, 2 down, 10
left, 4 down, 2 right, 2 down, 8 right, 2 down, 4 right, 4 down and 4
left. You should now be in the frog chamber. Get the frog, climb
through the passages, into (6:-8). Return to the Palace via the
passages as getting back to the church from the dungeons is
impossible.
Go through the East Wood, The Church and The Forest, over the now
extinguished firepit to The Royal House (I:-1) and give the frog to
the princess. Go right to (J,-1) and pick up the white/purple key.
Return to the Palace (2:0) and climb down the rope. Make your way
across (2:-2) to the door. Go through the door to (1:-2) and make
your way to the ladder. Go up to (1:-1) and pick up the gold. Go
right to (2:-1), then climb up the rope to (2:0). Go to (1:0) and
climb down the rope.Make your way through the passages to (-4:-1), go
through the hole in the wall, go left and give the gold brick to the
imp. The imp will give you a sword. You have now got 1.5 minutes to
find the boot (2:1). The sword allows you to kill the moving objects
that look like eyeballs on springs.
You get to the boot by going back through the passages to the Main
Palace (0:1). Go to the top floor, not the roof and go right to
(2:1). You will see the boot on the far right of the screen. Pick up
the boot. Go back again to The Royal House via the East Wood, The
Church and The forest. Jump upstairs in the royal house, go right,
pick up the chest from the little niche and drop the candle. Go west
to the Palace, go to (1:0), climb down the rope and go through the
passages to (-4:-1), go through the hole and go west. Jump to the top
floor in the building and give the chest to the guard. He will
disappear. Walk onto the pad in (-7:-1), and press the spacebar.
I hope these instructions will help anyone who has been experiencing
problems in completing "Palace of Magic".