SOLUTION FOR JAMES BOND 007 IN: GOLDFINGER
I: The Companies (Mindscape and Angelsoft)
II: Bare Solution/Walkthrough
III: Full Solution/Walkthrough
IV: Questions
V: Miscellaneous
VI: Farewell
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The Companies
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Angelsoft: "Angelsoft created a series of text-only games in 1985, right at
Infocom's height. These were published by Mindscape, under the label name
Alert, for Apple, IBM PC, and in some cases, Macintosh. Some titles were sold
"Apple on one side, PC on the other". I'm aware of their releases in two
distinct package types: Originally they were published in sturdy folders made
of hard cardboard. Toward the bottom are the words "Angelsoft Interactive
Fiction by Mindscape" -- Infocom wasn't the only company to use this term.
Inside, on the left side is a sleeve containing the disks and registration card
(the sleeves have a tendency to come unglued). On the right is an interactive
fiction manual describing the parser.
Thunder Mountain, a mass-producer of budget software, later released the
Angelsoft titles in small transparent plastic packages, the same kind used to
reissue the Scott Adams Adventures (Adventureland at least). A miniature square
version of the interactive fiction manual was included in the Angelsoft
repackagings.
Parser-wise? The general cliché would be "not as good as Infocom's". But more
specifically, it's full-sentence but doesn't allow for examining much of the
scenery, allows odd actions but has lots of generic responses. Also it does a
pre-parsing routine for certain commands -- GIVE/TRADE, naughty words (there
are some funny responses to swears) -- that ignores the rest of the command,
often with odd results. This artificially makes the parser seem more powerful
than it actually is, as commands like "HEY KING WANNA TRADE THE SWORD TO ME?"
are recognized.... The writing is consistently excellent, though." - Ye Olde
Infocom Shoppe
Mindscape: "Formerly known as Software Toolworks. They distribute games for
many (then) small developers, including Angelsoft, Inc, Eldritch Games Ltd,
ICOM Simulations, Inc and Melbourne House. After buying out SSI in 1997, the
company was in turn bought out by The Learning Company sometime in 1998, but
still exists as a brand and wholly-owned subsidiary." - Home of the Underdogs
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Bare Solution/Walkthrough
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Open armrest.
West.
Push white button.
North.
North.
Push grey button.
East.
Push black button.
Open door.
Get out.
North.
West.
South.
Look at guardrail carefully.
Pull cable.
Down.
Down.
E.
Look in window.
East.
U.
W.
Look in skylight.
East.
South.
Open trap door.
Look in trap door.
Down.
Take ingot.
Open desk.
Take plans.
Look at plans carefully.
Put plans in desk.
Close desk.
Look at plaque carefully.
Take ball.
Put ball in hole.
Take ball.
Put ball on plaque.
East.
Take lighter.
Light lighter.
Look.
Open bunker door.
Turn off lighter.
Put lighter in pocket.
East.
Close bunker door.
Look at picture frame carefully.
Type My Golden Girls
Take letter.
Read letter.
Put letter in safe.
Close safe.
Type open door.
North.
Close steel door.
Up.
Open manhole cover.
Up.
East.
South.
Get in.
South.
South.
South.
South.
Open door.
Get out.
Wear badge.
South.
Do you have an ingot?
North.
East.
Open door.
East.
Get in.
Get out.
Flip *****.
Block kick.
Flip *****.
Kiss *****.
*****, tell me about Goldfinger.
*****, tell me about Operation Grand Slam.
West.
West.
West.
Look in window.
Wait until Goldfinger leaves
East.
North.
North.
North.
Open door.
Duck.
Flip black switch.
Up.
Get in.
Kick Goldfinger.
Flip Goldfinger.
Open device.
Look at device carefully.
Take badge.
Put badge in device.
Congratulations, you've just finished James Bond 007 in: Goldfinger! Now try
James Bond 007 in: A View to a Kill!
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Solution/Walkthrough
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"Your brand new silver Aston Martin streaks down a dark Alphine road. A glance
in the rearview mirror reflects several sets of bright headlights closing in
fast. You step on the gas, determined to escape and continue your surveillance
of suspected gold smuggler Auric Goldfinger.
The aristocratic blonde beside you grips your arm as you spin through a turn.
Moonlight and fear race across her face. Tilly Masterson, out to avenge her
sister's death. Another naive beauty in over her head.
A treacherous hairpin turn lies dead ahead to the west. You brake, wrestling
the wheel for control. The lead Mercedes roars its approach. One of the Koreans
inside leans out and takes aim. Gunfire rakes the dirt road around you, but
your cool nerve cancels fear.
You're Bond, James Bond, 007, and licensed to kill. This is the game you know
best. It's time to even the odds and see what this car can do. Damn, you think
to yourself as you reach for the armrest, next time I take a car from Q branch
I really should listen to Q."
OPEN ARMREST
"You open the armrest. It contains the buttons."
"The lead car is gaining ground on you. It's now only 50 meters behind you."
WEST
"The road jackknifes here into a treacherous hairpin turn. Black skid marks
snake across the tarmac, following the road's edge as it twists back upon
itself. An S-curve flows to the east; to the west the road climbs toward the
south pass."
"The lead Mercedes remains 50 meters behind you."
PRESS WHITE BUTTON.
"There is a grinding sound from the back of the DB5. The boot springs open and
one hundred razor-shark spikes spill and spark like fireworks on the road
behind you. One of the Mercedes tears over the spikes. It's tires are chewed to
shreds and it skids wildly into and through a guardrail, bursting into a ball
of flame as it spirals down the mountainside."
"Tilly's grip seems to soften on the DB5's dash and the color begins to return
to her knuckles."
"You speed on towards the south pass."
"Channeled between two great mountains, the wind howls like a banshee through
this narrow southern pass. Great evergreen forests streach up on the
mountainsides to sheer rock. The road heads west to an intersection with a
major highway. From there, a pair of blinding headlights are moving straight
toward you at a high rate of speed. To the east the road contorts into a
hairpin turn, while a pass road leads north."
"The lead Mercedes now has lost ground. It's more than a hundred meters back."
NORTH.
"Connecting the south and north passes, the pass road clings to the wind-swept
mountainside like a garter on a courtesan's thigh. Boulders slick with moss
line it's shoulders. All around you the Alps tower in frozen grandeur."
"The lead car is gaining ground on you. It's only 50 meters behind you."
NORTH.
"This northern pass lies between two snow-clad peaks, one of which stands like
a sentinel at the head of the valley guarding the village of Trelex far below.
The road leads east toward a lookout clinging to the steep flank, while to the
south, it winds behind the other peak. To the north, the road enters a Swiss
army base protected by an electric fence. Ranks of soldiers patrol like
clockwork figures around the long grey buildings behind the fence."
"The lead Mercedes has caught up to you. One of the Koreans leans out and fires
a shot."
PUSH GRAY BUTTON.
"Clouds of smoke billow from the exhaust pipe, making pea soup of the air
behind you. YOu hear the satisfying sizzle of a Mercedes smashing into the
electric fence, followed by the even more pleasing sound of a second Mercedes
turning into scrap metal."
"Tilly relaxes slightly and a taut smile crosses across her face for a moment."
"You speed on toward lookout road."
"Hugging the mountainside, lookout road offers a Christmas card view of the
valley below where a white steeple towres over the neat shops and houses of
Trelex. To the west is the north pass and to the east lies a sharp curve. The
road's southern shoulder widens into a lookout. In the ground is a manhole
cover."
"The remaining car now has lost ground. It's more than a hundred meters back."
EAST.
"Here the road curves it's way around the mountainside like a giant sickle
angling steeply downhill to the south. Lookout road forms a straight handle to
the west."
"The remaining car has caught up to you. One of the Koreans leans out and fires
a shot."
PUSH BLACK BUTTON.
"A spraying sound comes from the back of the DB5. A glance in your rearview
mirror shows an oil slick glistening across the surface of the road. The final
Mercedes hits it, spins like a pinwheel, and smashes through a guardrail to the
valley below."
"Breathing a sigh of relief, you slow down and head toward the steep road.
Tilly sinks back into her seat."
"This steep section of the road climbs north to a sharp curve and descends
south into the valley."
OPEN DOOR.
"You open the DB5's door."
GET OUT.
"You step out of the DB5 at the steep road."
NORTH.
"You're back at the sharp curve."
"You see the oil slick."
WEST.
"You're back at lookout road."
SOUTH.
"Here the road shoulder widens into a scenic lookout from which to enjoy the
now moonlit spectacle of the Alp-rimmed valley. An intense red glow emanates
from beyond the guardrail at the lookout's edge. Below is the main factory
building of the Auric Enterprises complex. Hurrying figures move purposefully
about the shadowy passages around it. South of the factory rise the gold gothic
turrents of Goldfinger's chateau."
"The lookout exits north."
LOOK AT GUARDRAIL CAREFULLY.
"This waist-high guardrail is formed of finger-thick steel cable threaded
through stanchions set about ten feet apart. One end of the cable has worked
nearly free from it's mooring."
PULL CABLE.
"You tug on the cable and manage to free one end. The cable now hangs over the
edge of the lookout."
D.
"You lower yourself down the cable which proves disappointingly short."
"You are hanging about five meters above a dark alley within Auric Enterprises."
D.
"You land softly, spinning around into a crouch with your back to the cliff
face. A loading dock is backed onto the main factory building. A dark alley
runs east and west along the back of the building. Lights shine around the
western corner, while the east lies shrounded in shadow. The scent of bitter
tobacco hangs in the air."
EAST.
"You slip into a dark alley behind the factory building. A window on the wall
to the south is open. To the west stands a loading dock, while at the eastern
end of the alley, clumps of dead plant stalks wavter in the slight breeze."
LOOK IN WINDOW.
"At strategic points along the factory floor Korean guards keep watch, the
oiled barrels of their Bren guns gleaming. In the center of the room a group
feverishly dismantles Goldfinger's armored Silver Ghost - armor made of gold.
Sweat pours down their shoulders and backs as they carry the gold toward two
open furnaces."
EAST.
"Overgrown with weeds and stunted plants, this decaying garden gives ample
proof of Goldfinger's black thumb. A wrought iron fire escape leads up to the
factory roof while the alley runs west."
"You hear the footsteps of an approaching guard."
U.
"Pebbled tar covers the flat roof of the factory. A low, concrete barrier runs
along its edge. The roof extends to the west. In the south rises the arching
roof of Goldfinger's medieval chateau. An iron fire escape leads down from the
factory roof to the garden."
WEST.
"Your cat-burglar black shoes slap softly as you steal across the tar paper
until you reach the western end of the factory roof. The moonlight shines off a
skylight at your feet."
LOOK IN SKYLIGHT.
"A blinking red light catches your eye. It is set in a large silver-colored
casement. Goldfinger and an unusually tall Chinese man are hunched over the
object. With Goldfinger watching intently, the man inserts a small gold-colored
object into the device, and the light stops blinking and turns green.
Goldfinger smiles briefly, then the two men walk away."
EAST.
"You're back at the east roof."
SOUTH.
"Set at a dangerously steep angle, the roof of Goldfinger's small chateau
consists of overlapping blue and red slate tiles. They are slippery from a
brief late afternoon shower and provide no handholds. Your acrobatic balence
alone keeps you from plummeting to the courtyard below. An amber pennant
embroidered with the Auric Enterprises logo flaps in the wind atop the gold
turrents at each corner. A small closed trap door is set in the roof."
OPEN TRAP DOOR.
"You open the trap door."
LOOK IN TRAP DOOR.
"The sight below takes even your breath away."
"If armored tanks could breed, they'd give birth to Oddjob.
Three-hundred-and-fifty pounds of Korean muscle, he stands six-feet tall and a
yard wide. His hands are lethal weapons. So are his feet, his elbows, his
knees, and sometimes his head."
"The giant man is balancing a steel box filled to the brim with small gold
ingots. As he lumbers out of the room, closing the door behind him, one of the
ingots falls unnoticed to the carpet."
D.
"You pass through the trap door."
"The office is as opulently furnished as a museum wing. The mahogany wall
panels, recessed lighting, and butter-soft leather couches speak of a man
accustomed to the finest. Your feet sink into a thick crimson carpet. In one
corner is a rectangular patch of green carpet, a neat hole nestled in its
center. A cherry wood plaque is hanging on the wall above it. Beneath a huge
desk you see a glint of gold. A small trap door is set in the ceiling above.
The office door in the northern wall is closed."
"You see the desk and the plaque."
TAKE INGOT.
"You take the badge."
OPEN DESK.
"You open the desk. It contains the plans."
TAKE PLANS.
"You take the plans out of the desk."
LOOK AT PLANS CAREFULLY.
"These elaborate plans seem to be the blueprints for some type of advanced
helicopter. Neatly penned in one corner are the initials PG. In another
handwriting is the notation:
P - Operation Grand Slam should impress the generals - I look foward to the
maiden voyage."
PUT PLANS IN DESK.
"Done. The plans are in the desk."
CLOSE DESK.
"Done. The desk is closed."
LOOK AT PLAQUE CAREFULLY.
"This is a cherry wood plaque. Mounted on it are a golf club and ball. A small
brass plate at the bottom of the plaque reads: Most improved player, Royal St.
Marks, 1950."
TAKE BALL.
"You take the golf ball."
PUT BALL IN HOLE.
"The ball goes into the hole and the east wall opens revealing a dark corridor."
TAKE BALL.
"You take the golf ball out of the hole."
PUT BALL ON PLAQUE.
"Done. The golf ball is on the plaque."
EAST.
"You pass through the secret door."
"The secret door closes."
"This low narrow corridor is so dark that the shadows have shadows."
TAKE LIGHTER.
"You take the lighter."
LIGHT LIGHTER.
"You light the lighter and its flame burns steadily."
LOOK.
"This low, narrow corridor is so dark that the shadows have shadows. The
outline of a bunker door to the east wavers in the flickering light cast by
your lighter."
OPEN BUNKER DOOR.
"In the flickering light of your Dunhill lighter, you find the latch and open
the door."
TURN OFF LIGHTER.
"You turn the lighter off."
PUT LIGHTER IN POCKET.
"Done."
EAST.
"You pass through the bunker door."
"This is a claustrophobically small and windowless room. When knocked, it's
floor, ceiling, and walls of metal plate sound like they're backed by at least
a foot of concrete. Air vents ridge the ceiling. All but one of the walls are
bare. A large picture frame filled with photos hangs in the center of this
wall. Facing the photos is a huge table. An open bunker door is to the west,
and in the north wall is a closed steel door."
CLOSE BUNKER DOOR.
"You close the bunker door."
LOOK AT PICTURE FRAME CAREFULLY.
"The frame displays several rows of color photographs pinned to a cork board
like butterflies. Centered in the middle of the frame on a gold tablet are the
words: My Golden Girls."
"Chillingly you realize the most prominent picture shows the lovely face and
lissome body of Jill Masterson."
TYPE MY GOLDEN GIRLS.
"The safe opens. It contains the chart and the letter."
TAKE LETTER.
"You take the letter out of the safe."
READ LETTER.
"Auric Stud"
"Nelson County, Kentucky"
"My Esteemed Colleagues:
Our time for glory rapidly approaches. Your have all fulfilled your part of
Operation Bluegrass brilliantly. I invite each of you to join me here to
witness the grand event which will soon enter the annals of history.
To assure that only the invited attend, I ask you to wear the enclosed badge.
Be prepared to present the password: "Do you have an ingot?"
Most sincerely,
Auric Goldfinger"
PUT LETTER IN SAFE.
"Done. The letter is in the safe."
CLOSE SAFE.
"Done. The safe is closed."
TYPE OPEN DOOR.
"The steel door opens."
NORTH.
"You pass through the steel door."
"Crumbling stone stairs reeking with damp disappear up into the darkness. To
the south is an open steel door."
CLOSE STEEL DOOR.
"You close the steel door."
U.
"You walk up the steps."
"You've reached the top of the steps. In the ceiling above you is a manhole
cover."
OPEN MANHOLE COVER.
"You open the manhole cover."
U.
"You climb through the manhole cover, which closes behind you. You're bback at
lookout road."
EAST.
"You're back at the sharp curve."
"You see the oil slick."
SOUTH.
"You're back at the steep road."
"The DB5 is here."
GET IN.
"You step into the driver's seat and close the door."
"The cockpit of the DB5 smells of rich leather and polished walnut. A dazzling
array of switches and gauges gleams from the dashboard. The door is closed."
"You see the car key and the armrest."
"Tilly is here."
"With her willowy figure and Vogue cheekbones, Tilly Masterson makes you think
of storied mansions, dark limousines, and the Lord's cruel penchant for
creating elegant blondes with steel-trap souls."
SOUTH.
"The road forks here. One tine descends south to the villiage below, while the
second bends west toward Auric Enterprises. A straight line shoots steeply up
the mountainside."
SOUTH.
"Trelex is a sleepy village nestled at the foot of the mountains. A brick bank
with a giant clock onn its tower dominates the square of this orderly and quiet
town. The D42 leads south from town and a narrow road heads north toward the
mountains."
SOUTH.
"D42 runs through the valley between the airport to the south and the quaint
villiage of Trelex to the north. In the distance pale moonlight reflects off
the skeletal form of a ski lift, shut down for the night."
SOUTH.
"The airport is a checkerboard of interlocking runways dotted with SwissAir
707s, Constellations, and a scattering of smaller planes. The whine of a jet
slashes the air. To the south of the parking area is the low-slung glass
terminal. The D42 exits the airport to the north."
OPEN DOOR.
"You open the DB5's door."
GET OUT.
"You step out of the DB5 at the airport."
WEAR BADGE.
"Done."
SOUTH.
"Leaving Tilly behind, you enter the airport and catch a transatlantic flight
to New York - sleeping only fitfully en route. A connector gets you to
Louisviille, where you convince a reluctant cabby - only by paying in advance -
to drive you to Auric Stud. The entire hour he complains that the last time he
drove there, his fare went in for change and never came out. When teh cabby
tried to follow, several oriental thugs chased him off. As soon as you step out
of the cab, the crabby cabby roars back down the road."
"Auric Stud lies at the end of several miles of road winding through the lush
green hills of Kentucky. The road runs south from the arched gold gate leading
north into Auric Stud."
"A Korean guard growls: Give me the password."
DO YOU HAVE AN INGOT?
"The guard steps aside and says: Welcome to Auric Stud."
"This graveled drive sweeps north from the entrance of Auric Stud through rows
of great gnarly oaks to the front porch of the "Gone with the Wind" style
mansion. Beyond the oaks to the east lies a field. A paddock surrounded by a
fence painted sugar white stands off to the west. The deserted country road
lies south through the game. Several dark-suited figures, each wearing a gold
badge, lounge against the fence."
NORTH.
"This porticoed front porch seems tailor-made for sitting in a rocking chair
with a pitcher of lemonade at hand. But this porch is empty. The front porch
continues to the west, while to the east it leads out to a side yard. To the
north, the front door of the house is open. Directly to the south is the
graceful sweep of the driveway."
EAST.
"This small yard extends between the front porch in the west and a barn to the
east. The barn door is closed. Under a giant myrtle tree shading most of the
yard lies a small pond teeming with goldfish. South of the yard, bright in the
sunlight, is a field."
OPEN DOOR.
"You open the barn door."
EAST.
"You pass through the barn door."
"This large breeding barn has been stripped of all signs of its former
functions and the scent of machine oil and metal coats the air. Dim sunlight
filters through chinks in the clapboard siding of the barn, barely illuminating
an astonishing sight: A helicopter like none you've ever seen before. To the
west the barn door is open."
GET IN.
"You step into the cargo bay of the helicopter."
"Two moulded seats fill up most of the cockpit of the helicopter. A large cargo
area stretches behind them. A great tinted glass dome arcs overhead and on all
sides."
"You see the device."
GET OUT.
"You step out of the helicopter at the barn."
"A woman rushes out at you from a dark corner of the barn, demanding to know
what you're doing snooping around. With auburn hair spilling over her brown
goatskin flyer's jacket and with long tapered legs poured into brown leather
pants, ***** Galore is clad for combat and looks ready to rumble. As she leaps
into a judo fighting stance her violet eyes crackle with excitement."
FLIP *****
"You swing *****'s arm down and out and send her flying over your shoulder, but
she tucks and rolls back onto her feat. She leaps toward you, her leg stiffened
for a deadly kick."
BLOCK KICK.
"***** deftly blocks your kick, then lunges at you again."
FLIP *****.
"You grap *****'s foot and throw her on her back to the ground. Before she can
get back up you pin her down, pushing against her writhing shoulders. Her eyes
open wide, startled. Sweat glistens on her cheecks and runs over her lips which
look flushed, full and red. She bucks against you. You won't be able to hold
her for very long..."
KISS *****.
"***** struggles to push you away, but as you continue to kiss her the heat of
fighting turns into the fire of passion and she abandons herself to your
charms."
"Time passes..."
"*****: Oh, James. These years I've worked with Goldfinger I've known he was
greedy and maybe a cheat, but I never dreamed he was so cold-blooded. He helped
me you know, gave me money for my helicopter. I only hope we can stop him now."
*****, TELL ME ABOUT GOLDFINGER.
"*****: He's a persuasive man. I was convinced that he was interested in
helping me sell my design to the Pentagon. I never dreamed that he planned to
destroy Fort Knox - and me with it!"
*****, TELL ME ABOUT GRAND SLAM.
"*****: Goldfinger christened my helicopter and its maiden flight with that
name. I was supossed to fly it to Fort Knox, land on the roof, and take off
again before the guards could take a deep breath. I would have done it, too -
and he would have killed me - if you hadn't come along."
"She shudders."
WEST.
"You pass through the barn door. You're back at the side yard."
"***** is here."
WEST.
"You're back at the front porch."
"***** is here."
WEST.
"The porch turns the corner here, leading north along the western side of the
mansion, and east to the front porch. A tall and elegant french window looks
into the house here."
"***** is here."
LOOK IN WINDOW.
"The meeting room is filled with well-dressed men milling about."
"***** is here."
WAIT UNTIL GOLDFINGER FINISHES HIS SPEECH AND LEAVES.
"You wait a while."
WAIT UNTIL GOLDFINGER FINISHES HIS SPEECH AND LEAVES.
"You wait a while."
"From the corner porch you hear Goldfinger clear his throat and begin to speak:"
"Gentlemen. I owe each of you a million in gold bullion. You can have that
million today - or fifty million tomorrow, when my bank opens in the morning."
"The key to my bank is Fort Knox."
WAIT UNTIL GOLDFINGER FINISHES HIS SPEECH AND LEAVES.
"You wait a while."
"From the corner porch you hear Goldfinger continue his speech:"
"Man has climbed Mt. Everest, descended to the depths of the ocean, ascended to
the void of space and split the atom. He has achieved miracles in every field
of human endeavor, except crime."
"Now it is time for the miracle of crime."
WAIT UNTIL GOLDFINGER FINISHES HIS SPEECH AND LEAVES.
"You wait a whie."
"From the corner porch you hear Goldfinger finish his speech."
"My plan is foolproof, gentlemen. I call it Operation Bluegrass. I have devoted
fifteen years of my life to it. Every detail has been scrupulously prepared,
every eventuality considered. Shortly, the revolutionary helicopter of my
personal pilot, Miss ***** Galore, will make a deposit at this bank called Fort
Knox. This deposit will consist of a large nuclear device which, at my commant,
will effectively eliminate the United States' gold reserves. Thus with my own
sizeable holdings, I will have what you might call a "corner" on the market -
and the world at my feet."
EAST.
"You're back at the front porch."
"***** is here."
"From the front porch you hear Goldfinger say:"
"Now, gentlemen, I have an important matter to attend to. If you will make
yourselves comfortable, I will return shortly to have your answers."
NORTH.
"You pass through the front door."
"The wide staircase curves gracefully up to the second floor from the central
hall of Goldfinger's Kentucky home. A smaller baack hall is to the north and
the open front door is to the south. To the west is a large oak door. It is
open, revealing that the room beyond it is filled with dead men."
"***** is here."
NORTH.
"You slip into a long and narrow hall with low ceilings. To the south this hall
opens up into the grand central hall of the house. At the north end of the hall
a cramped staircase leads down."
"***** is here."
NORTH.
"You descend the stairs."
"Your footsteps echo flatly as you steal down this short, narrow tunnel. At one
end of the tunnel, to the west stairs lead up to the ground floor of the house
and at the other is a reinforced door."
OPEN DOOR.
"As you try to open the door, ***** motions you aside. Pressing her hand on an
indentation on the door frame she says:"
"Grand Slam."
"The door slides open as you and ***** burst into the control room."
"Walled with lead plate backed by two feet of concrete, this small control area
bristles with the latest gadgets. A gleaming panel dominates one entire wall.
On it, near you, are two switches - one red and one black. The flurescent
lights reveal Goldfinger's escape hatch above, and the reinforced door to the
west. For a man of his bulk, Goldfinger moves surprisingly quickly. In a blink,
he slips up through the escape hatch with ***** hard on his heels. Oddjob grins
at you menacingly, his hat poised to strike."
DUCK.
"You duck."
"Oddjob's bowler whizzes over your head and lodges with a thunk into the
control panel. Oddjob lumbers over to retrieve the deadly hat and finish you
off."
FLIP BLACK SWITCH.
"You turn the panel on."
"Sparks shower like burning rain as Oddjob grabs his bowler. He lights up like
a Christmas tree, thousandsof volts jolting through him, and falls dead to the
floor like a felled redwood."
U.
"You're back at the barn."
"The helicopter is here."
GET IN.
"As you step into the helicopter it rises through the opened barn roof.
Goldfinger is standing in front of a waist high steel box. He seems to be
trying to look into the device, while keeping a gun aimed at the back of
*****'s head."
"Two moulded seats fill up most of the cockpit of the helicopter. A large cargo
area stretches behind them. A great tinted glass dome arcs overhead and on all
sides."
"You see the device."
"Goldfinger and ***** are here."
"Goldfinger is a red-faced man with a head too large for his stocky body.
Carrot-colored hair curls sparsely on his scalp and like unstoppable lichen
everywhere else. When he looks at you, his blood-shot eyes glint like brass
scales weighing your worth."
KICK GOLDFINGER.
"Your attack has disarmed Goldfinger. He drops the gun, snarling in pain."
"The gun slithers out the cargo door behind you and falls toward the Kentucky
countryside steaking by far below. His face crimson with rage, Goldfinger
lunges at you, arms going for your throat."
FLIP GOLDFINGER.
"Your maneuver has succeeded brilliantly! Goldfinger, propelled by his own
lethal charge, flies past you through the cargo door and out into the open air.
He plungles through the air like a pat, spinning pincushion, shrieking into the
wind."
OPEN DEVICE.
"You open the device. It contains a maze of wires."
LOOK AT DEVICE CAREFULLY.
"This metal device looks like an airline serving cart with solid sides. The
interior of the device is mostly shielded by thick metal plate, but the part
explosed to your gaze bristles with a maze of wires that looks like the remains
from an explosion in a fettucini factory. There is a small clearing in the
middle of the maze of wires. A red light pulses above it."
TAKE BADGE.
"You take the badge."
PUT BADGE IN DEVICE.
"The ominious red light flashes to green as soon as you put the badge in place."
"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, 007! Congratulations on saving the free world once
again."
"You and ***** fly to Fort Knox, where you fulfill the nobler aim of Operation
Grand Slam by eluding all defenses and leaving the bomb as a calling card of
the speed and dexterity of *****'s helicopter. The troops rushing to the roof
top see you disappearing like a mirage on the distant horizon and find a note
attached to the nuclear device."
"M:
This has been defused - I think. I'll be in touch, but right now I've got some
lovely new equipment to check out.
James."
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Questions
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Question: How do I save?
Answer: Type "Save" into the game without the quotes and press enter. It will
ask you if you want to save the game. Press Y. You must now tell the program
which number you want to save it on. Select a number and then you are done.
Question: I screwed up. How do I restart the game?
Answer: Type "Restart" into the game without the quotes and press enter. It
will ask you if you want to restart the game. Press Y.
Question: How do I quit out of the game?
Answer: Type "Quit" into the game without the quotes and press enter. It will
ask you if you want to quit out of the game. Press Y.
Question: In the game Operation Grand Slam is renamed as Operation Bluegrass.
Why is this?
Answer: I have no idea. Although when you defuse the bomb the game refers to it
as Operation Grand Slam again.
Question: I have screwed up and Goldfinger is about to kill me with his laser.
What do I do?
Answer: You can't do anything. Kiss your ass goodbye.
Question: Why don't you have the manual on this file?
Answer: I don't have the manual because I cannot find it. If you have it and
are willing type it up and send the transcript to me I will add it to this FAQ
and give you credit.
Question: I am playing the Apple II version of this game and I cannot quit.
What do I do?
Answer: Back in the day when Apple II was king games loaded on floppies.
Basically, you had to do this: Insert floppy, flip switch in back, play, when
you're done, flip switch to turn it off, and then remove the floppy. So to put
it simply, you cannot use the Quit command in the Apple II version of the game.
In the IBM PC version which is the one I use for this walkthrough the game was
most likely started from MS-DOS.
Question: Are there any other James Bond games like this?
Answer: Yes, there is one more. It is called "James Bond 007 in: A View to a
Kill". It was released to the public in 1985 and it was made by the same
companies that made this game. (Angelsoft and Mindscape)
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Miscellaneous
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Made in 1986 by Angelsoft and Mindscape. Angelsoft no longer exists today.
Was released for the Apple II, IBM PC, and Macintosh.
The system requirments for the IBM PC were: IBM PC, 128K or PC Junior with 256K
minimum.
The back of the box said: "As Bond - James Bond, you are fanced with one of
your trickiest assignments: uncovering the fiendish plot of the brilliant but
treacherous international financier, Auric Goldfinger. You are the only one who
has a chance to foil his plans - plans which include the destruction of the
U.S. gold reserve, the state of Kentucky, and the economic security of the free
world. But you don't have much time, and Goldfinger has surrounded himself with
relentless henchmen, the deadly Oddjob, and his cunning and beautiful
associate, ***** Galore. Once again,007, you face incredible odds.
The hotter the danger, the cooler you take it, in this action-packed thriller.
Based on the film that made Bond a legend, this interactive fiction adventure
is a chance for you to face the challenge that made movie history. Goldfinger
wants you dead and Oddjob is waiting, only too willing to tip his steel-rimmed
hat in your honor.
Featuring:
- Advanced techniques that allow you to give commands in plain English.
- Fully developed characters that respond realistically.
- Detailed prose that places you right in the middle of the action.
- A fully rendered all-text adventure."
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Farewell
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If you need to contact me, contact me at any of these:
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Special thanks to:
Ye Old Infocome Shoppe for the Angelsoft description
Home of the Underdogs for the Mindscape description
The GFAQS member "Goldfinger" for helping with some of the game commands
CJayC for making a great site
Angelsoft and Mindscape for making the game
