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* How to solve \"The Institute\" *
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* Solved by *
* Ctrl-Reset & The Intern *
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* Written and compiled by *
* Ctrl-Reset *
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* Several fixes made by *
* Ville Nurmi / www.C64hq.com *
* on 2004-09-16 *
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OK, to start off with, \'The Institute\' is the type of adventure where you
do a lot of dashing from point \'A\', to point \'C\', maybe a quick stop-off
at point \'B\', then back again. This means, that there are a lot of moves
required to solve this adventure (around 325). So since you can only save
one game per disk, I suggest that you take the files \"VENSAV\" and \"VENLOD\",
and place them on a few other disks so that you will be able to save more
then one game.
Next, I\'d like to point out that there are also a lot of moves that you
would not need to do if you wanted to go a bit more faster through the
solve. So, I have included an asterisk (one of these \"*\") in front of these
moves. When you see one of these, you can either ignore it, or follow, but,
if there are more then one them in a row, don\'t start in the middle or
you\'ll find something won\'t work.
You should follow everything in brackets, and in parenthesis are comments
or extra directions I might make.
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[Look](5 times), [Talk](4 times), [Look under bed], [Get mug], [E], [Break
mirror], [Get mirror], [S], [S], *[W], *[Look wall], *[Listen], *[E],
[Open], *[Talk], *[Fine], [Attack], [Listen], [Drop mug], [Look](6 times),
[E], [S], [Open] [Look shelve](twice), [Get scalpel], [Open], [S], [Open],
[Attack], [Cut pads] [Get rope], [Get water], [Look](6 times), [E], [S],
[Open], [Get bottle], [S], [Eat powder]....OK, done with first part...might
want to save...
Now you should be in a dream...there are 4 seperate dreams you have to go
throgh. This is dream #1. From here on, never drop either the bottle, or
the water, until I tell you to at the end. Onwards:::>
[E], [Throw rope], [Climb], *[Look telescope], *[Focus telescope], *[Look
telescope], *[Look Earth], *[Look continent], *[Look metropolis], *[Look
building], *[Look billboard], *[Look numbers](finally!),
[Climb], [W](dear-old Dad is dead),
[Talk], [The Institute], [Climb], *[Talk](3 times), [Pull trigger](made my
day), [Open], [S], [Look base], [Get glue], [E], *[Talk], [Peace],
[Kick midget], [Climb], [Put glue on shoe], [Drop glue], [Climb],
*[Look log], [Go hole], [Look], [Get shovel] [Get bronze key], [Climb],
[Climb],[W], [W], [W](at statue door), [Shafla], [Unlock door], [Drop
bronze key], [N], [N]. Ok, now you must continue to [Drink stream] until
you turn >Bright green<, not just green...this could take about 10 times.
After turning bright green, [S], [E], [Climb], [Climb], [N], *[Talk],
[Open], [Look natives], [Get umbrella], [N], [Cut strips], [N], [Talk],
[Show mirror], [Go crack], [Look](doesn\'t that always happen to you when
you wake up from a dream, I mean the sounds and all???), [Eat powder].
[Open umbrella], [Look](5 times), [Look deck](Gulp!), [Drop scalpel], [Drop
mirror], [Get preserver], [S], [Look](3 times), [Jump], [Jump], [Dive],
[Get crowbar], [Dive], [Eat powder].
[Water plant], [Climb].
[Eat powder](obviously addicted by now), [S], [Look stream], [Move rock],
[Drop preserver], [Get lizard], [Wake up], [Eat powder].
[Climb], [Open], [Drop shovel], [S], [W], [Drop crowbar], [N], [E],
[Climb], [Climb], [N], [Open], [N], [N], [Go crack], [Look], [Eat powder].
[Open umbrella], [Look](5 times), [Get scalpel],
[Get mirror], [S](before you go on, make sure you have the mirror, the
lizard, and the scalpel!), [Look](7 times), [Eat powder].
[Open], [Sacrifice lizard](someone call the SPCA!), [Drop scalpel],
[Climb], [Hold breath], [Climb], [W],[Show mirror] [Listen], [Listen],
[Get steak] (for a, hah, laugh, [Look throne], [Pull handle]...I told you
it was a scream) [E], [Climb], [Eat powder].
[Throw steak], [E], [Open chest], [Get screwdriver], [Wake up], [Eat
powder].
[Climb], [Open], [S], [E], [Climb], [Climb], [N], [Open], [N], [N], [Go
crack], [Look], [Eat powder].
[Open umbrella], [Look](5 times), [Open], [Unscrew painting],
[Get small key], [Wake up], [Eat Powder].
[Climb], [Open], [Drop mirror], [Get shovel], [Dig plant], [Drop shovel],
[Get shrub], [S], [E], [Climb], [Climb], [N] [Open], [N], [Open], [Unlock
box], [Open box], [Drop screwdriver], [Get wrench], [W], [S], [Open], [S],
[Climb], [W], [W], [W], [Drop umbrella], [Get crowbar], [Open], [Look up],
[Climb], [Push 56621](2 times)(# on billboard...remember?), [Open], [Pry
cover], [Turn bolt](yeah...sure...),[Drop bottle], [Get gold key], [Wake
up] (what a trip!).
[N], [Open], [S], [Open],[Unlock door] [Open](hmm...), [Talk!!!](2 times)