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Desrat posted 08-21- 05:21 PM CT (US)
Hi :-)
I just discovered Dink and downloaded the free original, that is, now version 1.06. I love it! <jump jump>
But I've gotten stuck early in the game. I can't figure out how to get let into the castle only a short ways west of the bridge by Dink's hometown. All I've been doing is rekilling the regenerated monsters, including down the "Abandoned Mine" (where a guy gave me a scroll; does that scroll get me into the castle somehow?).
I've checked all over the net for hints/tips/cheats for the original game, found tons for D-Mods but not a thing for the original.
Can anyone help me figure out how to get let into the castle, plus give me a url for hints/tips/cheats for the original Dink?
Desrat :-)
Desrat posted 08-23- 02:30 AM CT (US)
Updating my question above. I've gotten farther but am stuck again. Here's what I've done so far:
1. I realized that the scroll got me through the magic gate behind the Castle, where I saved the little girl Mary.
2. I also discovered the Fireball spell burns some of the conifers. So while massive- burning, I burned an access to the area to the far east, where I got the Speed Boots. Couldn't find any secret accesses there, so I went back west to the Castle area & SW of it.
3. Something I did unblocked the road to the town with the parade about to be attacked by Cast members, & I saved the town.
4. I found a south beach crossing across the water to Duck Island & did all that seemed possible there (just killing & a "duck game"; no apparent secret entrances to elsewhere), then went back across to the mainland I had come from.
So I'm at the point where the public notices on the wall mention Bink's childhood friend Milder going to the Badlands. (And I still can't get to see the King in the Castle.) Supposedly I have to find a way to follow him? Or more likely find a way to somewhere else first.
I've run out of ideas to try, so I still need some help. Plus it would still be nice to find some URL with hints/tips/cheats for this original Dink Smallwood game.
Tyrsis posted 08-23- 03:09 AM CT (US)
You must save one more town from famine.
Then go to the castle.
You may find a lot of useful things at The Dink Network
http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~dink/index.shtml
Desrat posted 08-23- 10:18 PM CT (US)
Thanks, Tyrsis. I hadn't found that site til you mentioned it. After a few hours reading all kinds of stuff there, I came across a url to Dethlord's site, where I found (FINALLY) a walkthrough for the original Dink.
Reading it, I realized that I had missed investigating the stairs in the Mayor's home. I probably would've found it anyway because my next step was to go back and talk to every freakin person again. I appreciate it saving me that hassle.
I finished the game and I'm looking forward to some of the D-mods now. :-)
Desrat posted 08-23- 10:26 PM CT (US)
Oh, I left something out, so my last message may sound a bit odd.
In the previous message where I list the four numbered things that I had accomplished up to that point, I forgot to mention that I had also already saved the duck worshippers from famine. My problem was not checking the stairs in the mayor's house there after saving the town.

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Author	Topic: Hints for the original Dink?
Desrat	posted 08-21- 05:21 PM CT (US) Hi :-) I just discovered Dink and downloaded the free original, that is, now version 1.06. I love it! <jump jump> But I've gotten stuck early in the game. I can't figure out how to get let into the castle only a short ways west of the bridge by Dink's hometown. All I've been doing is rekilling the regenerated monsters, including down the "Abandoned Mine" (where a guy gave me a scroll; does that scroll get me into the castle somehow?). I've checked all over the net for hints/tips/cheats for the original game, found tons for D-Mods but not a thing for the original. Can anyone help me figure out how to get let into the castle, plus give me a url for hints/tips/cheats for the original Dink? Desrat :-)
Desrat	posted 08-23- 02:30 AM CT (US) Updating my question above. I've gotten farther but am stuck again. Here's what I've done so far: 1. I realized that the scroll got me through the magic gate behind the Castle, where I saved the little girl Mary. 2. I also discovered the Fireball spell burns some of the conifers. So while massive- burning, I burned an access to the area to the far east, where I got the Speed Boots. Couldn't find any secret accesses there, so I went back west to the Castle area & SW of it. 3. Something I did unblocked the road to the town with the parade about to be attacked by Cast members, & I saved the town. 4. I found a south beach crossing across the water to Duck Island & did all that seemed possible there (just killing & a "duck game"; no apparent secret entrances to elsewhere), then went back across to the mainland I had come from. So I'm at the point where the public notices on the wall mention Bink's childhood friend Milder going to the Badlands. (And I still can't get to see the King in the Castle.) Supposedly I have to find a way to follow him? Or more likely find a way to somewhere else first. I've run out of ideas to try, so I still need some help. Plus it would still be nice to find some URL with hints/tips/cheats for this original Dink Smallwood game.
Tyrsis	posted 08-23- 03:09 AM CT (US) You must save one more town from famine. Then go to the castle. You may find a lot of useful things at The Dink Network http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~dink/index.shtml
Desrat	posted 08-23- 10:18 PM CT (US) Thanks, Tyrsis. I hadn't found that site til you mentioned it. After a few hours reading all kinds of stuff there, I came across a url to Dethlord's site, where I found (FINALLY) a walkthrough for the original Dink. Reading it, I realized that I had missed investigating the stairs in the Mayor's home. I probably would've found it anyway because my next step was to go back and talk to every freakin person again. I appreciate it saving me that hassle. I finished the game and I'm looking forward to some of the D-mods now. :-)
Desrat	posted 08-23- 10:26 PM CT (US) Oh, I left something out, so my last message may sound a bit odd. In the previous message where I list the four numbered things that I had accomplished up to that point, I forgot to mention that I had also already saved the duck worshippers from famine. My problem was not checking the stairs in the mayor's house there after saving the town.