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             WELCOME!!! 

TO THE COMPLETE SOLUTION OF THAT EPIC
OF EPICS, "TIME ZONE" !

THANKS TO: SPLIT INFINITY BBS

MADE PRESENTABLE BY:  THE MERCENARY

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Wow, this is a big sucker!  Hats off to
Ken and Roberta Williams.  It seemed 
like it took forever just to write the 
tutorial for this massive adventure... 
It must have been an eternity writing  the code to program it.  One can believe that it took the year they 
claim.  But the effort put in
by those pioneers of the graphic  adventure certainly paid off, and
I doubt another adventure of this scope
and caliber will be seen for many years to come.

Well, enough of the editorializing...on
with the tutorial.

First of all, there are a number of  time 'zones' that are dead ends...
red herrings to frustrate your solving 
of the adventure.  They are as follows:

all time periods in Antarctica (you  freeze your buns off in all of them!)

Australia  1400 AD
Africa  1700 AD
Africa  2082 AD
South America  2082 AD
Alaska  50 BC
South America  1700 AD
South America  1400 AD
South America  50 BC
North America  1000 AD 

In each of these zones, you inevitably 
get killed or end up finding nothing
of value to aid in your final objective
on Neburon.

Also, I have not included a trip to  Australia 50 BC, where you find a
rhea egg which, with a shovel, you can 
dig up and take.  Using the hat
pin you find in Asia 1700 AD, you can  poke a hole in the egg and use
it to carry water (which is found in  numerous zones) to drink when you 
get thirsty.  This happens in only a  couple of time zones, most importantly
in Africa 1400 AD.  However, I have  found that by following the moves I
describe, you can get back to the  machine before dying of thirst and
therefore you do not need to go to get 
the egg and the water.

As usual, everything between commas  represents each seperate input and
everything in parentheses is a seperate
comment not to be inputted into the
game.  Also, I have preceded each zone 
with its title.  These titles
are enclosed in >brackets< and should  not be inputted into the game.
Also, most of the time when you input  'look', it is only there to pass some
time in order for something to happen.
Don't expect to find something new 
whenever you input 'look'.

This is a massive adventure, so I warn 
you to save the game often!!  I suggest
that you save it after each zone you  solve.  While I have taken pains to
assure that this tutorial is accurate, 
I have an early version of the game
and newer versions may have changed  things slightly.  I may have also missed a typo or two, so please let the sysop know if you have run into a discrepancy in the directions given... I will try to update any faults in this tutorial.

Of course, follow all instructions on  disk switching when going from zone
to zone....

Here goes!...

> HOME <

N, (you won't go anywhere, but there  will be a description of your 'dream'),
N, go machine, (again, you won't go in 
but there is a bunch of exposition),
go machine, get mask, exit machine, drop mask, go machine, sit, set orange,
400milbc, set blue, Europe (it doesn't 
matter what continent, as there is only
one place that far back), pull lever,  exit machine.

> 400 MILLION BC <

W, S, S, E, E, go cave, exit cave, S,  get stick, W, N, W, N, N, E, go 
machine, sit, 10000bc, pull lever, exit
machine.

> 10000 BC <

N, get rock, W, W, N, N, N, climb tree,
D, N, W, N, GET STICKS, S, E, N, throw
stick, N, E, S, S, W, throw rock, get  hare, E, N, N, go cave, make fire, give
hare, get hammer, S, W, S, S, S, S, S, 
S, E, D, S, go machine, sit, SA, 
1000ad, pull lever, exit machine.

> SOUTH AMERICA 1000 AD <

S, D, D, D, S, S, S, drop hammer, U,  open door, go door, D, S, get torch,
N, U, go door, throw torch, D, get  torch, get hammer, N, N, N, U, U, U,
N, go machine, sit, Asia, 50bc, pull  lever, exit machine.

> ASIA 50 BC <

E, E, E, N, N, get pole, S, S, S, S, go
boat, E, exit boat, N, N, N, N, E, 
N, W, get shovel, dig, get jade, dig,  get jade, drop shovel (unless you want
to use it to get the rhea egg...  See  the introduction), E, S, W, S, S, S, S,
S, E, E, buy rope, with jade, buy rice,
with jade, W, W, N, go boat, W, 
exit boat, N, N, W, W, W, go machine,  sit, Europe, 1400AD, pull lever, 
exit machine.

> EUROPE 1400 AD <

S, S, E, open door, go door, sign up,  on deck, S, W, S, W, show pass, N, W, 
W, U, look telescope, D, E, E, S, E, E,
S, E, S, open door, go door, get bar,
W, N, W, N, W, N, N, N, drop pass,    go machine, sit, Australia, 1700AD, pull lever, exit machine.

> AUSTRALIA 1700 AD <

N, N, N, N, W, break padlock, with bar,
open door, N, get saw, S, E, S, S, S, S, go machine, sit, NA, 1700AD
, pull lever, exit machine.

> NORTH AMERICA 1700 AD <

N, N, N, E, E, break window, go window,
N, use saw, look chest,get key, S, go window, W, W, S, S, S, go machine, sit, Asia, 2082Ad,pull lever, exit machine.

> ASIA 2082 AD <

N, D, go train, sit, west side, look,  leave train, U, E, S, S, use key, get
padlock, drop padlock, open door, E,  get yen, W, N, N, W, D, go train, sit,
look, leave train, go train, sit, north
side, look, leave train, U, W, W,
N, open door, N, look, read menu, look,
2, eat, N, wash dishes, open drawer,
look drawer, get matches, S, S, S, E, E
, D, go train, sit, look, leave train,
U, S, go machine, sit, push button,  exit machine.

> BACK AT HOME <

Light torch, drop matches, drop bar,  drop key, drop saw, go machine, sit,
Europe, 1700AD, pull lever, exit  machine.

> EUROPE 1700 AD <

N, N, N, N, E, N, E, climb fence,  inside, S, S, open door, E, E, U, E, open door, N, get perfume, get comb,
S, W, D, W, W, N, N, climb fence, outside, W, S, W, S, S, S, S, go
machine, sit, NA, 1400AD,
pull lever, exit machine.

> NORTH AMERICA 1400 AD <

W, W, S, go gulley (the buffalo will go
over you), N, E, N, N, N, N, N, go teepee, trade comb, S, S, S, S, S, S, E, go machine,sit, Europe, 1000AD, pull lever, exit machine.

> EUROPE 1000 AD <

E, E, talk robin, yes, S, S, E, use bow
, S, N, S, W (you've done it!), W, N, N, N, N, N, W, W, W, W, open door, N, get mirror, S, E, N, N, E, look window, tie rope, to arrow, shoot arrow, pull rope,drop bow, E, S, S, E, S, S, S, S, S, W, go machine, sit, Australia,
pull lever, exit machine.

> AUSTRALIA 1000 AD <

N, W, N, E, N, N, give mirror, S, S, W,
S, E, S, go machine, sit, Europe, pull lever, exit machine.

> EUROPE 1000 AD (AGAIN) <

E, E, give money, W, throw boomerang,  get lance, W, go machine, sit, Africa,
50BC, pull lever, exit machine.

> AFRICA 50 BC <

S, S, S, S, W, N, W, give perfume, E, S
, E, N, N, W, use money, yes, E, N, 
N, N, drink water, eat dates, W, N, N, 
W, N, N, U, open door, go door, D, D, 
D, move stone, go hole, E, get shield, 
W, go hole, U, U, U, go door, D, S, S, E, S, S, E, S, go machine, sit, Asia, 
1400AD, pull lever, exit machine.

> ASIA 1400 AD <

N, N, N, W, throw boomerang, get sword,
E, E, E, S, trade rice, W, W, S, S, go
machine, sit, Europe, 50bc, pull lever,
exit machine.

> EUROPE 50 BC <

E, N, N, E, N, N, N, N, W, N, D, W, S, 
S, S, E, S, get tweezers, N, N, W, N, 
E, U, E, look, use tweezers, open door,
W, drop tweezers, S, W, N, E, E, U, E, 
look, S, S, E, N, W, get ladder, E, S, W, S, S, S, W, S, S, W, go machine, sit, Africa, 1000AD, pull lever, exit machine.

> AFRICA 1000 AD <

N, N, W, get log, E, drop log, E, get  log, W, drop log, make raft, 
cross river, N, E, N, N, N, get tusks, 
with hammer, use ladder, S, S, W, cross river, S, get rope, S, S, go machine, sit, Africa, 1400AD,pull lever, exit machine.

> AFRICA 1400 AD <

N, N, N, N, trade tusks, N, S, trade  silk, S, S, S, S, go machine, 
sit, Asia, 1000AD, pull lever, exit  machine.

> ASIA 1000 AD <

E, N, N, E, trade rug, ride camel, W, S
, W, W, N, N, N, E, E, N, dismount
camel, open sesame, go cave, N, E, get 
gold, W, S, open sesame, S, ride
camel, S, W, W, S, S, S, S, E, dismount
camel, go machine, sit, Australia, 
2082AD, pull lever, exit machine.

> AUSTRALIA 2082 AD <

N, N, break window, go window, W, open 
closet, get coat, E, go window, S, S, 
go machine, sit, Asia, 1700AD, pull  lever, exit machine.

> ASIA 1700 AD <

Wear coat, S, S, S, S, S, E, E, kill  cossack, E, E, N, N, (keep typing 'look' until a royal carraige emerges from the gates, then once it does, type 'look' again until it leaves), get pin, S, S, W, W, W, W, N, N, N, N, N, go machine,sit, push button, exi
t machine.

> BACK AT HOME <

Drop sword, drop shield, drop pole,  drop coat, get key, get mask, get
bar, get saw, go machine, sit, NA, 2082
AD, pull lever, exit machine.

> NORTH AMERICA 2082 AD <

S, S, E, S, W, W, W, N, get mat, drop  mat, get key, S, unlock trunk,
open trunk, look trunk, get dynamite, E
, E, E, N, W, N, N, go machine,
sit, Europe, 2082AD, pull lever, exit  machine.

> EUROPE 2082 AD <

N, W, N, N, W, W, W, get dog, tie rope,
to dog, E, E, E, S, S, E, E, E, N, 
untie dog, get gun, S, W, W, S, go  machine, sit, 4082AD, IP, pull lever,
wear mask, exit machine.

> NEBURON !! <

N, N, N, E, E, D, E, S, use hammer,  drop hammer, open grate, W, W, W, N, 
use knife, drop knife, open cover, U,  get wallet, open wallet, get ID,
drop wallet, D, S, E, E, tie rope, to  rock, D, W, W, W, U, W, W, open grate,
n, remove mask, E, N, open grate, D, S,
E, close door, look peephole, look, 
open door, W, N, N, use gun, get  uniform, wear uniform, E, N, N (you 
will be thrown in jail), use saw, go  window, E, give gold, N, E, E, E,
get flower, W, W, W, W, N, use bar,  wear mask, D, N, E, use ladder, open 
grate, U, remove mask, U, open door, E,
N, W, open drawer, look drawer, get MC,
E, E, E, S, use pin, open safe, look  safe, get note, read note, N, N, open
door, E, close door, use gun, open  drawer, look drawer, get MC, look room,
drop gun, open door, W, N, W, insert MC
, N, W, open door, go shed, close
door, (now keep typing 'look' a number 
of times until you hear someone coming,
then you hear them go away.  Once the  voices of the guards go away, you...),
open door, E, E, N, use key, open gate,
N, N, look, allegiance, N, N, look,
show ID, show MC, W, W, S, S, give  flower, open door, W, close door.
Use lance, W, W, S, S, W, S, E, S, S, S
, S, W, W, W, N, W, S, S, W, S, 
insert MC, W, drop dynamite, light fuse
, E, N, E, N, N, E, S, E, E, E,
N, N, N, N, W, N, N, W, N, W, S, W, S, 
W, stand circle, push button, 
go machine, sit, push button, exit  machine, S.

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