MURDER AT HAMILTON HALLS By Sharon Harwood Solution originally by Terri Sheehan Solution tweaked by Gareth Pitchford The game is loosely based on the exploits of the group of adventure gamers & authors who met every few months at the Hamilton Halls Pub next to Liverpool Street Station in London, during the 90s. You can get more information about the group and the ‘crime’ by ASKing each person ABOUT the others, and by QUESTIONing each person. I would recommend you do this, but many of these extra inputs have been omitted from the solution for the sake of brevity and clarity. INVENTORY (nothing), SEARCH CARPET (you get a broken fingernail), EXAMINE FINGERNAIL (red), UP (you run into a rope), TAKE ROPE, EXAMINE ROPE (there is a noose and the letters PD on it), UP, EXAMINE WALL (there is a ledge around it), EXAMINE LEDGE (too high), EXAMINE BALCONY (there is fudge on the squashed plant), QUESTION BOB, ASK BOB ABOUT VICKY, ASK BOB ABOUT LARRY, QUESTION VICKY, EXAMINE STAIRS (sickly cake), LOOK UNDER TABLES (you find a letter opener), GET LETTER OPENER (you’re hit on the head and the letter opener disappears), EXAMINE CHAIRS (phonecard trapped in it), DOWN, LOOK AROUND (you see a machine), EXAMINE MACHINE (empty), HIT MACHINE (drawer flies open and hits you back!) Go N, EXAMINE BARMAN (trace of lipstick on his mouth), ASK BARMAN ABOUT LARRY, ASK BARMAN ABOUT MARTIN (he seems very keen on him!), EXAMINE WAITRESS (fudge under her fingernails), ASK WAITRESS ABOUT LARRY (he never ate there), EXAMINE COUNTER, LOOK BEHIND BAR (you see books), SEARCH BAR (you get a bottle of Tia Maria), EXAMINE BOOKS (you get a disc), GET DISC, EXAMINE DISC (Bob’s virus!), MOVE BOOKS (you see a trapdoor), EXAMINE TRAPDOOR (locked), EXAMINE ICE BUCKET (something shiny there), PUT HAND IN ICE BUCKET (you get a key), OPEN TRAPDOOR, EXAMINE TRAPDOOR (you see a light switch), SWITCH ON LIGHT. DOWN, EXAMINE JENNY, ASK JENNY ABOUT LARRY (he played a joke on her), SEARCH BARRELS (you get a wheel-brace), EXAMINE WHEELBRACE (bloody), ASK JENNY ABOUT ANNE (she was short of books for the library), UP, S, E, EXAMINE SUE (she is washing her hands), EXAMINE HANDS (she has a broken fingernail), EXAMINE MIRROR (you see a message), READ MESSAGE (I love Martin), SEARCH TOILETS (you get a note), READ NOTE (written by Martin to meet him), W, NE, EXAMINE SCOTT, ASK SCOTT ABOUT LARRY (Larry had a holier-than-thou attitude), QUESTION SCOTT (Jenny brought one of her cakes), ASK SCOTT ABOUT SHARON (she wasn't very good about playtesting). SEARCH URINALS (you see a gun), TAKE GUN someone hits you over the head and the gun disappears), SW, HIT MACHINE (you get the gun), GET GUN, EXAMINE GUN, ASK DEBBIE ABOUT BOB (Larry deserted the Amstrad market), W, LOOK AROUND, EXAMINE MACHINE (out of order), LOOK BEHIND MACHINE (the power supply is tangled and one of the wires has red lipstick), ASK SHARON ABOUT LARRY (he sacked her), EXAMINE FIREPLACE, EXAMINE GRATE (you get a rubber-keyed Spectrum), LOOK UNDER TABLES (you get a rum log), EXAMINE LOG (squashed at one end), SEARCH LOUNGE (you get a can of Coca-Cola), EXAMINE CAN (dented). EXAMINE CHAIR (you get a Big-Mac), EXAMINE BIG MAC (there is a watch in it), EXAMINE BOOKCASES, SEARCH BOOKS (you get a book), E, UP, DROP SPECTRUM, JUMP (you get the letter opener), EXAMINE LETTER OPENER, EXAMINE CHAIRS, PRISE CHAIR (you get the phone card), DOWN, EXAMINE TELEPHONE, RING DOCTOR, INSERT CARD (the doctor tells you there were traces of red nail varnish on Larry), W, ARREST MARTIN, ARREST LYNNE, ARREST SHARON, E, ARREST ANNE, ARREST DEBBIE, E, ARREST SUE, W, NE, ARREST SCOTT, SW, N, ARREST BARMAN, ARREST WAITRESS, DOWN, ARREST JENNY, UP, S, UP, ARREST VICKY, ARREST BOB. You hear the entire story. You are finished.