Login
Mountain Valley Adventure
Castle Of Mydor +4 | Dark Planet +4 | Himalayan Odyssey +4 | King Solomon's Mines +4 | Lost City +4 | Mystery Island +4 | Oasis Of Shalimar +4 | [ Scroll Of Akhban ] | Smugglers' Inn +4 | Volcano Of Raka-Tua +4 | Escape From Raka-Tua +4


Scroll Of Akhban
Title:Scroll Of Akhban
Category:Game/Adventure
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:64K
Machine:PAL Only
Code Type:AustroSpeed
Distribution:Freeware
Game ending type:Has an end, game ends
 Play Online!
Released by:Fine Young Cannibals (FYC)
Converted by:Ratt
Notes:AKA Scroll of Akbar Khan. Mountain Valley Adventure #8. Buggy colors (see below for fix). Release date unknown; based on the mentioned FYC release and an announcement from SCN News 4 (February 1992), it's late 1991/early 1992.
  External links:
    C64 release

User Rating: 4.0/10 (3 votes)
Scroll Of Akhban Title Screenshot

Scroll Of Akhban Screenshot


Effects
PartEffect nameParametersNotes
Shadeplots 


Program List
URIDIUM PLUS (1991-00-00)
SENSITIVE (1991-00-00)
SKIDZ/RATT (1991-00-00)
WET DREAMS /RATT (1991-00-00)
FYC MEGA 2. (THE LEGACY) (1991-10-10)
3M DEMO 2./SJP (1991-00-00)
DEBUTATION/ATX (1991-03-29)
STONEPUZZLE/SJP (1991-04-04)
GAMERS GUIDE#01 (1991-00-00)


Bugfix
Unfortunately the game has buggy colors, because the compressor's code overwrites the color codes on $0113 with "random" bytes. Any number >$80 causes the colors to flash. To fix this, enter the following in MONITOR:
>113 00 71 32 53 34 4F 2E 67
>11B 38 29 42 31 41 6F 46 51
Move in any direction to force the screen to refresh.


Description
The image on the title screen has been converted from the C=64 game UN Squadron.

Scroll of Akhban Title
Intro screen
Scroll of Akhban Original
C=64 original (UN Squadron)



Solutions - Complete
Here is the complete solution by MCG:

(You start by a gate. Note that, you can carry maximum 6 objects simultaneously and the game counts your steps.)
MOVE ROCKS (Found a knife.)
GET KNIFE
W (In the desert. A cactus and a water of pool are here.)
CUT CACTUS (Found a small key.)
GET KEY
LOOK POOL (Found a shovel.)
GET SHOVEL
E (Outside a high city wall.)
DIG (Found a corkscrew.)
GET CORKSCREW
GO GATE (In a courtyard. The gate slams shut behind you!)
U (At the top of the column. A wrench is here.)
GET WRENCH
D (In a courtyard.)
N (In the hall of a large building. A large carved chest is here.)
OPEN CHEST
DROP WRENCH
GO CHEST (Inside the large carved chest.)
GET ROPE
W (In the hall of a large building.)
S (In a courtyard.)
W (In an overgrown garden. A hedge and a well are here.)
TIE ROPE (The rope is leading down the well.)
D (At the bottom of the well. A small door is here.)
UNLOCK DOOR (with the small key.)
GO DOOR (In a tiny cellar. A large urn is here.)
MOVE URN (Found a large key.)
GET KEY
S (At the bottom of the well.)
DIG (Found a spray tin.)
GET TIN
U (In an overgrown garden.)
E (In a courtyard.)
N (In the hall of a large building.)
OPEN DOOR (With the large key.)
DROP KEY (Which one (S/L)?)
L (Large key)
SPRAY TIN (at the spiders)
DROP TIN
S (In a courtyard.)
E (Inside a small building. Shelves, a rug and a fireplace are here.)
MOVE RUG (Found a paper.)
GET PAPER
READ PAPER (It says "486")
DROP PAPER
LOOK FIREPLACE (Found a red wire.)
GET WIRE
LOOK SHELVES (Found an unlit candle.)
GET CANDLE
W (In a courtyard.)
N (In the hall of a large building.)
N (In a large dusty room. A table and a large painting are here.)
CUT PAINTING (The canvas comes away from the frame revealing a dark opening.)
DROP KNIFE
MOVE TABLE (Found matches.)
GET MATCHES
S (In the hall of a large building.)
GO CHEST (Inside the large carved chest.)
LIGHT CANDLE
D (In a vast cave. Glass panel and dam full of water are here.)
N (In a cave full of huge spiders. A boulder is here. The spray protects you.)
N (In a small damp cave. A strange machinery is here.)
CONNECT TERMINALS (With the wire.)
S (In a cave full of huge spiders.)
MOVE BOULDER (Found a flute.)
GET FLUTE
S (In a vast cave.)
U (Inside the large carved chest.)
UNLIGHT CANDLE
W (In the hall of a large building.)
S (In a courtyard.)
W (In an overgrown garden.)
D (At the bottom of the well.)
GO DOOR (In a tiny cellar.)
PLAY FLUTE (A cobra crawls out of the urn and disappears into a crack in the wall.)
DROP FLUTE
LOOK URN (Found a dry rag.)
GET RAG
S (At the bottom of the well.)
U (In an overgrown garden.)
E (In a courtyard.)
N (In the hall of a large building.)
GO CHEST (Inside the large carved chest.)
LIGHT CANDLE
D (In a vast cave.)
WET RAG
U (Inside the large carved chest.)
UNLIGHT CANDLE
W (In the hall of a large building.)
N (In a large dusty room.)
GO OPENING (In a secret room. A mirror and a locked safe are here.)
CLEAN MIRROR (With the wet rag.)
DROP RAG
LOOK MIRROR (The magic mirror says: "Double it!" - Do the opposite! Take a half of 486.)
OPEN SAFE
2 (First number)
4 (Second number)
3 (Third number. The safe opens.)
LOOK SAFE (Found a brass key.)
GET KEY
MOVE SAFE (Found a hammer.)
LOOK MIRROR (The magic word is "black".)
LIGHT CANDLE
DROP MATCHES
GET HAMMER
S (In a large dusty room.)
S (In the hall of a large building.)
GO CHEST (Inside the large carved chest.)
D (In a vast cave.)
BREAK PANEL (The glass shatters, revealing two buttons - one yellow, one blue.)
DROP HAMMER
PUSH YELLOW (You hear the hum of machinery. The dam empties. Note: This time the chest closes in the hall as well.)
GO DAM (At the bottom of the dry dam. A sand and a tunnel are here.)
DIG (Found a leaflet.)
GET LEAFLET
READ LEAFLET (It says: "Say the magic word in the sacred cave.".)
DROP LEAFLET
GO TUNNEL (In a long narrow tunnel. A skeleton and a metal grill are here.)
LOOK SKELETON (Found a diary.)
GET DIARY
READ DIARY (It says: "The mirror tells the opposite".)
DROP DIARY
OPEN GRILL (With the brass key.)
S (At the bottom of the dry dam.)
U (In a vast cave.)
PUSH BLUE (Click! The grill - instead of the statue - is now electrified.)
GO DAM (At the bottom of the dry dam.)
GO TUNNEL (In a long narrow tunnel.)
N (In the sacred cave of Akbar Khan. A golden idol is here.)
SAY WHITE (The idol moves aside revealing a dark opening.)
GO OPENING (In a tiny cell behind the idol. A locked cupboard is here.)
OPEN CUPBOARD (Using the small key.)
DROP KEY (Which one (S/B)?)
S (Small key)
LOOK CUPBOARD (Found a bottle.)
GET BOTTLE
OPEN BOTTLE (With the corkscrew. Found an iron key.)
DROP BOTTLE
GET KEY (Which one (S/I)?)
I (Iron key)
S (In the sacred cave of Akbar Khan.)
DROP SHOVEL
LOOK IDOL (Found the scroll.)
GET SCROLL
S (In a long narrow tunnel.)
S (At the bottom of the dry dam.)
U (In a vast cave.)
PUSH YELLOW (The dam fills with water and chest opens in the hall.)
U (Inside the large carved chest.)
W (In the hall of a large building.)
S (In a courtyard.)
U (At the top of the column.)
PUSH PLATE (I hear a click, but nothing appears to happen.)
D (In a courtyard.)
OPEN GATE (With the iron key.)
GO GATE (Outside a high city wall.)

Congratulations!
You've escaped with the scroll.

The game is done successfully.

Copyright © Plus/4 World Team, 2001-2025. Support Plus/4 World on Patreon