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What is this thing?

The game Nine Princes in Amber was published in 1985 (or 1987?), by the company Telarium, which no longer seems to exist. The game, based on Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon, is an old text-engine game, with graphics. This means, basically, that your interaction with the game is primarily through textual descriptions and commands, though different rooms/scenes have unique static images which are displayed above the text.

The game came out on the following platforms: 

Getting the Game

Here's a downloadable .zip which is cracked to allow you to run and save the game without needing a floppy drive. This version is courtesy of Underdogs which has a page of its own for the game.

There's also a copy available of the Commodore 64 version, which is supposed to have better graphics. To play this, you'll need to use an emulator such as VICE.

Running the Game

Unzip the game anywhere on your hard drive, and run the "crack.com" program. Then run "amb.exe" to begin the game.

Basic commands:

Playing the game is pretty simple...type english verb/noun combinations until stuff works.

The Manual

I've got two versions of the manual; one I scanned, and one in .txt form which was passed on to me by a visitor (thank you!).

Hints

If you're stuck, check Timothy Gutierrez's Amber Hints or his Amber Walkthrough, both of which are located at Lafe's Game Solutions. Note that you should start with the Hints, and only move to the Walkthrough if you're totally stumped.


Last updated November 13, 2002