In addition to the location descriptions and the item descriptions, there are other textual messages displayed to the screen in response to the player doing something. An example is when the player examines the nest, or examines stove, or the furnace. These messages start immediately after the item locations, at offset $010A:
00010A 16 01 14 50 4C 41 4E 54 53 20 42 41 52 20 4D 59 ...PLANTS BAR MY
00011A 20 57 41 59 2E 00 17 01 0F 53 4F 4D 45 20 48 41 WAY.....SOME HA
00012A 4E 44 48 4F 4C 44 53 20 4E 4F 57 2E 00 1F D9 4F NDHOLDS NOW....O
00013A 55 20 46 45 4C 4C 20 41 4E 44 20 42 52 4F 4B 45 U FELL AND BROKE
00014A 20 59 4F 55 52 20 4E 45 43 4B 2E 00 0F 01 16 41 YOUR NECK.....A
00015A 20 54 52 41 50 44 4F 4F 52 2E 00 27 D4 55 54 20 TRAPDOOR..'.UT
00016A 54 55 54 21 20 C9 27 4C 4C 20 54 45 41 43 48 20 TUT! .'LL TEACH
00017A 59 4F 55 20 53 4F 4D 45 20 4D 41 4E 4E 45 52 53 YOU SOME MANNERS
00018A 2E 00 1E C1 20 42 45 41 4D 20 4F 46 20 4C 49 47 .... BEAM OF LIG
00019A 48 54 20 DA C1 D0 D3 20 54 48 45 20 01 15 2E 00 HT .... THE ....
0001AA 0E 01 16 53 4F 4D 45 54 48 49 4E 47 2E 00 20 C9 ...SOMETHING.. .
0001BA 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 55 4E 44 45 52 53 54 41 4E DON'T UNDERSTAN
0001CA 44 20 54 48 45 20 47 4C 59 50 48 53 2E 00 2A 01 D THE GLYPHS..*.
0001DA 14 53 57 4F 52 44 20 53 45 45 4D 53 20 54 4F 20 .SWORD SEEMS TO
0001EA 48 41 56 45 20 41 20 4D 49 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 49 HAVE A MIND OF I
0001FA 54 53 20 4F 57 4E 2E 00 28 C8 45 20 53 41 59 53 TS OWN..(.E SAYS
00020A 20 54 48 41 4E 4B 53 2C 20 44 52 4F 50 53 20 53 THANKS, DROPS S
00021A 4F 4D 45 54 48 49 4E 47 20 41 4E 44 01 19 2E 00 OMETHING AND....
00022A 1A C8 45 01 19 20 49 4E 20 41 20 50 55 46 46 20 ..E.. IN A PUFF
00023A 4F 46 20 53 4D 4F 4B 45 2E 00 1B C9 54 20 51 55 OF SMOKE....T QU
00024A 41 43 4B 53 20 41 4E 44 20 44 52 4F 50 53 20 44 ACKS AND DROPS D
00025A 45 41 44 2E 00 1E 01 14 50 4C 41 4E 54 53 20 53 EAD.....PLANTS S
00026A 48 52 49 56 45 4C 20 55 50 20 41 4E 44 20 44 49 HRIVEL UP AND DI
00027A 45 2E 00 16 D9 4F 55 20 42 45 48 45 41 44 45 44 E....OU BEHEADED
00028A 20 54 48 45 20 01 13 2E 00 20 D9 4F 55 20 46 4C THE .... .OU FL
00029A 4F 41 54 20 47 45 4E 54 4C 59 20 54 4F 20 54 48 OAT GENTLY TO TH
0002AA 45 20 46 4C 4F 4F 52 2E 00 08 01 17 4F 50 45 4E E FLOOR.....OPEN
0002BA 00 1E C8 45 20 44 45 56 4F 55 52 53 20 54 48 45 ...E DEVOURS THE
0002CA 20 44 55 43 4B 20 52 41 50 49 44 4C 59 2E 00 1E DUCK RAPIDLY...
0002DA 01 14 43 48 41 49 4E 53 20 46 41 4C 4C 20 54 4F ..CHAINS FALL TO
0002EA 20 54 48 45 20 47 52 4F 55 4E 44 2E 00 1B C9 54 THE GROUND....T
0002FA 20 57 41 53 20 56 45 52 59 20 54 41 53 54 59 20 WAS VERY TASTY
00030A 54 48 41 4E 4B 53 2E 00 36 D3 C8 C1 DA C1 CD 20 THANKS..6......
00031A 21 21 20 C8 45 20 53 41 59 53 20 41 4E 44 01 19 !! .E SAYS AND..
00032A 2E 20 C1 20 48 4F 4C 45 20 41 50 50 45 41 52 53 . . HOLE APPEARS
00033A 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 57 41 4C 4C 2E 00 09 01 IN THE WALL....
00034A 17 53 48 55 54 2E 00 0B 01 17 4C 4F 43 4B 45 44 .SHUT.....LOCKED
00035A 2E 00 15 CE 4F 20 48 45 4C 50 20 41 54 20 50 52 ....O HELP AT PR
00036A 45 53 45 4E 54 2E 00 08 01 14 01 13 01 18 00 08 ESENT...........
00037A 01 14 01 15 01 18 00 16 C9 54 27 53 20 41 4C 52 .........T'S ALR
00038A 45 41 44 59 20 41 4C 49 47 48 54 2E 00 1A D4 48 EADY ALIGHT....H
00039A 45 20 42 4F 41 52 44 20 53 50 41 4E 53 20 54 48 E BOARD SPANS TH
0003AA 45 20 50 49 54 2E 00 37 D9 4F 55 27 56 45 20 4B E PIT..7.OU'VE K
0003BA 49 4C 4C 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 4D 41 47 45 20 41 ILLED THE MAGE A
0003CA 4E 44 20 45 4E 44 45 44 20 48 49 53 20 53 50 45 ND ENDED HIS SPE
0003DA 4C 4C 20 D7 45 4C 4C 20 C4 4F 4E 45 21 00 75 93 LL .ELL .ONE!.u.
0003EA D7 45 4C 43 4F 4D 45 20 54 4F 20 01 14 D3 57 4F .ELCOME TO ...WO
0003FA 52 44 20 4F 46 20 C8 52 41 4B 45 4C 2E 20 D9 4F RD OF .RAKEL. .O
00040A 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 41 52 52 49 56 45 44 20 48 U HAVE ARRIVED H
00041A 4F 4D 45 20 54 4F 20 46 49 4E 44 20 54 48 45 20 OME TO FIND THE
00042A 56 49 4C 4C 41 47 45 20 44 45 50 4F 50 55 4C 41 VILLAGE DEPOPULA
00043A 54 45 44 20 42 59 20 54 48 45 20 53 50 45 4C 4C TED BY THE SPELL
00044A 53 20 4F 46 20 41 4E 20 C5 56 49 4C 20 CD 41 47 S OF AN .VIL .AG
00045A 45 2E 00 1D D9 4F 55 27 56 45 20 4A 55 53 54 20 E....OU'VE JUST
00046A 57 41 53 54 45 44 20 41 20 4D 41 54 43 48 2E 00 WASTED A MATCH..
00047A 0D 1E D7 48 41 54 20 4E 4F 57 20 3F 00 12 CE 4F ...HAT NOW ?...O
00048A 54 48 49 4E 47 20 48 41 50 50 45 4E 53 2E 00 10 THING HAPPENS...
00049A D9 4F 55 27 52 45 20 4A 4F 4B 49 4E 47 2E 00 .OU'RE JOKING..
Having already decoded the location and item descriptions, the process is becoming quite familiar to us. For the first message we have the following:
16 The length of the data for this message.
01 14 A reference to common string $14, which is "The "
50 4C 41 4E 54 53 20 "plants "
42 41 52 20 "bar "
4D 59 20 "my "
57 41 59 2E "way."
00 The 00 byte is the end of the data for this message.
The rest of the messages following this same pattern. We can therefore decode the full list of messages as follows:
01 The plants bar my way.
02 I can see some handholds now.
03 You fell and broke your neck.
04 I've found a trapdoor.
05 Tut tut! I'll teach you some manners.
06 A beam of light ZAPS the gargoyles.
07 I've found something.
08 I don't understand the glyphs.
09 The sword seems to have a mind of its own.
0A He says thanks, drops something and vanishes.
0B He vanishes in a puff of smoke.
0C It quacks and drops dead.
0D The plants shrivel up and die.
0E You beheaded the wolf.
0F You float gently to the floor.
10 The door is open
11 He devours the duck rapidly.
12 The chains fall to the ground.
13 It was very tasty thanks.
14 SHAZAM!! He says and vanishes.
15 A hole appears in the wall.
16 The door is locked.
17 No help at present.
18 The wolf won't let me.
19 The gargoyles won't let me.
1A It's already alight.
1B The board spans the pit.
1C You've killed the mage and ended his spell Well done!
1D Welcome to the Sword of Hrakel. You have arrived home to find the village depopulated by the spell of an Evil Mage.
1E You've just wasted a match.
1F What now ?
20 Nothing happens.
21 You're joking.