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Found the temple! However, the guard posted outside
won't let me in. I scroll through the game's commands,
looking for the "Beat the guard to death with my walking
stick" option. Nope, gotta offer him some kind of tribute.
Maybe more gold coins? I spent all I had getting to this
point.
Wander back into the jungle, looking for something,
anything, to appease him.
Got killed by a cobra. Twice.

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I have two hours to get into the temple and find a means of rescue before
the show ends. I pour over my map and discover an area I hadn't yet explored.
Trudging there, I found a stash of coins I had previously missed! I ran back across
the island, taking damage from cobras, lava, and pit traps opening up in front of
me, and chugging down rations to keep my strength up while I fight back to the
temple entrance. (On the TV, the survivors walk across a bed of coals. Fitting that I
just bumped into a lava pit, taking a few more points of damage.)
I'm allowed into the temple and am stunned when the screen goes to a
first-person-perspective dungeon crawl. I bump around a bit, determining that the
screen would probably be black if I hadn't picked up the lantern earlier. I bump into
a force field that won't let me go any further. Looking around a bit, I find a bar of
gold. Holding it, I walk into the force field and it and the gold disappears! I deter-
mine that the temple's hidden treasures act as keys.
(On the TV, the three remaining survivors huddle around a large tiki idol.
I rub my neck, remembering my own tiki experience.)
My amulet flashes in warning. I ignore it, walk forward, and plunge into a
pit trap, taking a few more points of damage. Amulet of "Spider-Sense." Got
it.
(On TV, the Final Council is judging the two remaining castaways. They're
gonna end this any second now.)
I turned a few random corners and stopped. There on the ground was a box
labeled "Rocket Launcher," and I was treated to an end-screen of myself
being launched off the island via jetpack. I glanced at the TV and was
satisfied to see the credits for "Survivor" just starting up. I
had beaten the show by mere minutes.

Can't wait until next year when "Survivor II: The
Australian Outback" airs.
I already have a copy of "Kangaroo" cued up and
ready to go.

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