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The Alpine Encounter
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Solution by mdmdmdm
This walkthrough covers almost every part of the game and gives you the full story. If you have
trouble with the skiing portion, you can bypass the arcade sequence by typing "PICTURES"
to turn off the graphics before skiing.
-- CHECK IN AND FIND AGENT 487 (OR AT LEAST HIS STUFF) --
1. Get to the registration desk and check in at the hotel.
2. Meet Franz Franz Cloutier at the registration desk. (Say "Hello")
3. Ask the manager about the exchange student you were supposed to meet ("Ask manager about
student"). Learn that he is missing and that his stuff is in the manager's office.
3. Go to the manager's office (behind the registration desk) to find Agent 487's
notebook.
-- GET SETTLED IN, MEET RENEE, AND FIND THE CLEVER FRENCHMAN'S NOTE --
1. Get to room 56 and discover the adjoining room 55.
2. Arrive in room 55 before 9:30 to meet Renee Faucher.
3. Read the note in Renee's handbag to learn that something is going down at 8:30 tonight.
-- FIND AGENT 487 --
1. Search the crate at the bottom of the stairs to locate your contact's corpse (not
time-dependent).
2. Grab the floppy disk off of the corpse — you'll need it later to use the manager's
computer.
3. Call Inspector Scott to clean up the mess.
-- OH NO, YOUR CONTACT IS DEAD! GOOD THING THEY WROTE UP THE DETAILS OF YOUR SECRET MISSION IN THE
LOCAL PAPER --
1. Read the paper at the newsstand for background info.
2. Buy a concert ticket at either the newsstand or the registration desk.
-- LEARN ABOUT FRANZ AND RENEE'S LUNCH PLANS --
1. Be at the restaurant between 10 and 10:05 to hear Franz and Renee discuss their lunch plans.
-- MEET ANGELO AND LEARN ABOUT RENEE'S LUCKY DAY --
1. Be in the bar between 10:05 and 10:30 to eavesdrop on Renee and Angelo's breakfast
conversation.
-- HAVE SOME BREAKFAST AND EQUIP UP --
1. Be at the pool between 11 and 11:05 to hear Klaus talk to Natasha. (don't swim if you just
ate)
2. Use the remaining time to get some skis — you can buy or rent.
3. Don't forget to buy a tram pass.
-- FRANZ AND KLAUS MAKE A PLAN --
1. Be at the pool between 11:15 and 12 to hear Franz and Klaus make a deal.
-- WHAT'S RENEE UP TO --
1. (Optional) Engage in the skiing game. You can see Renee stash the vase in the Halfway Haus closet
(12:30) and read an incriminating message from VODAC in the radio room.
-- SNOOP AROUND AND GET SOME BACKGROUND INFO --
1. Head to the Manager's private office upstairs.
2. Gather background info on all characters by reading their dossiers.
3. "Run the computer" to decode the notes from your predecessor.
4. Try the messages "A foul troll insulted an eggplant" and "Gargle with marbles and
you will get gas"
-- JOIN RENEE AND FRANZ ON THEIR LUNCH DATE --
1. Get to the restaurant between 2 and 3 to eavesdrop on Franz and Renee's lunch date.
-- AND WHAT IS UP WITH THESE TWO --
1. Be in the bar between 2:30 and 3 to hear Natasha and Angelo make secretive plans.
-- KILL SOME TIME BEFORE THE FINALE BY SKIING AND SWIMMING ON THE GOVERNMENT'S DIME --
1. Wander around and ensure you get to the ballroom before 8 PM.
2. (optional) Spend time skiing and swimming until the concert.
3. (optional) Follow Renee down the ski slopes (3:30), watch her pick up the vase at the Halfway
Haus(4:30), and stash it in the supply closet in the ballroom (5:45).
-- ENOUGH MESSING AROUND, GET TO THE BALLROOM BY 8 PM --
1. Arrive at the ballroom before 8 to hear Angelo propose to Natasha and watch them run off
together.
-- HERE WE GO --
1. Around 8:20, Franz tells Renee to get ready to go.
-- WAIT AROUND FOR THE HANDOFF --
1. Franz checks the vase in the supply closet and returns to the ballroom by 8:30 to meet Klaus.
2. Listen to Franz and Klaus complete the transaction.
3. Franz runs for the front door and Klaus heads for the supply closet.
-- WANDER AROUND TO KILL SOME TIME. IF YOU STICK TOO CLOSE, KLAUS WON'T PICK UP THE PACKAGE --
1. Do not follow Klaus into the closet -- he won't pick up the vase and the game will break.
2. Kill time until Klaus grabs the vase.
-- IT'S GONE, NOW CHASE DOWN KLAUS AS HE MAKES HIS GETAWAY --
1. Check the backpack in the supply closet to ensure it is empty.
2. Chase Klaus up the service elevator to the tram entrance.
3. You can catch up with him as he waits for his helicopter at the tram entrance.
4. "Search" Klaus and then "call Inspector Scott" immediately to save you.
FINAL NOTES:
This walkthrough hits every narrative strand of the game. You don't need any of them to win the
game. For a quick victory ending:
1. Register, then go straight to the tram entrance.
2. "Wait" at the tram entrance (use the nearby snack bar and eat when necessary)
3. Klaus shows up with the vase around 9 PM.
4. Search him and call Inspector Scott.