HOUSE OUT OF TOWN Written by Simon Avery Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version) (Start in your office), EXAMINE DESK, EXAMINE DRAWER, OPEN DRAWER, EXAMINE DRAWER, GET BRIEFCASE, EXAMINE BRIEFCASE, GET KEYS, EXAMINE KEYS (to the office), EXAMINE ME, EXAMINE OFFICE, EXAMINE RACK (coat), GET COAT, EXAMINE COAT, WEAR COAT, EXAMINE DOOR (open), W (outside office), EXAMINE DOOR, LOCK DOOR (to prevent the office from being ransacked), N (steps), D (street - need raincoat), N, N (you need transport), S, S, S (station lobby), EXAMINE MAN (selling tickets), TALK MAN, WAIT (approximately seven times until the briefcase unlocks itself), EXAMINE BRIEFCASE, GET MONEY, EXAMINE MONEY (five pounds), BUY TICKET, E, E (the ticket collector stops you), SHOW TICKET (he punches it), E (platform), E (lost property office), GET DETECTOR (metal), EXAMINE DETECTOR, W (back to platform), WAIT (a train pulls in), EXAMINE TRAIN, GO TRAIN, SIT SEAT, WAIT (the train leaves... it pulls in at a lonely platform), STAND UP, N. E (you are at the entrance to a large hedge maze), E (maze), N, GET KNIFE, EXAMINE KNIFE, USE DETECTOR (it outlines an arrow on the floor pointing south), S, USE DETECTOR (points northeast), NE, GET MATCHES, EXAMINE MATCHES, USE DETECTOR (points southeast), SE, USE DETECTOR (points southeast), SE, USE DETECTOR (points northwest), NW (you are now south of a large house), DROP DETECTOR, N, E (garden), EXAMINE BRUSH, BURN BRUSH (using the match - it burns a path to the east), E (peaceful glade), GET WOOD, EXAMINE WOOD, EXAMINE TREE, CLIMB TREE, EXAMINE CLEFT (you see a small glass), GET GLASS, EXAMINE GLASS, D, W, W (front door), EXAMINE DOOR (locked and closed), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (hall - the door slams shut behind you). W (study), EXAMINE DESK, EXAMINE PAINTING, MOVE PAINTING (you can't reach), CLIMB DESK, MOVE PAINTING (something falls out from behind it and lands on the floor below), CLIMB DOWN, GET HACKSAW (blade), EXAMINE HACKSAW (rusty and blunt), E, E (dining room), EXAMINE TABLE (you find a bowl of fruit), EXAMINE BOWL (a lime catches your eye), GET LIME, EXAMINE LIME, N (kitchen), EXAMINE DIAGRAM (of a key), MAKE KEY (using the knife and wood you copy the diagram), W (hall), EXAMINE HEADS (you see a lion, tiger and warthog - note leave the lion and warthog heads alone or your will be ripped limb from limb), PULL TIGER (head - the western wall hinges in on itself revealing a secret passage), W (secret passage - note don't push the button or the roof collapses), W (cave), EXAMINE CHEST, CUT LIME (using the hacksaw blade), DROP HACKSAW (blade), SQUEEZE LIME (into the glass), POUR JUICE (it dissolves the lock and the chest opens), DROP GLASS, EXAMINE CHEST, GET CAMERA, EXAMINE CAMERA. E, E, N (foot of stairs), W (broom cupboard), GET ROPE, EXAMINE ROPE, E, U (top of stairs), W (store room), EXAMINE RUBBISH, GET FLASHLIGHT, EXAMINE FLASHLIGHT (has no batteries), E, N (main bedroom), E, EXAMINE WARDROBE, OPEN WARDROBE, GO WARDROBE, GET BATTERIES, EXAMINE BATTERIES, INSERT BATTERIES (in the flashlight), MOVE RAIL (hear a click and a sliding noise outside), OUT (see a secret stairway), U, U (attic), E, GET CAGE (gilded bird cage), EXAMINE CAGE, W, D, PUSH PANEL (exposing a low passage to the east), E (secret room), LIGHT FLASHLIGHT, D (foot of stairs), W (cellar), S, S (low chamber), EXAMINE MONSTER, USE CAMERA (the flash angers the monster who hides in the cage), DROP CAGE, DROP CAMERA, EXAMINE SAFE, UNLOCK SAFE (using the wooden key), DROP KEY, GET WILL, EXAMINE WILL. W, N, N, E, U, W, U (attic), E, E (balcony), TIE ROPE, CLIMB ROPE (garden), W, S, S (maze), E, W, W (platform), GO TRAIN, SIT SEAT, WAIT (the train leaves... it pulls into a platform), STAND UP, N (platform), W, W, N, N, U, S, UNLOCK DOOR, E (office). CONGRATULATIONS With your aid Parker has completed his task and can now call a meeting of all of Mr. Dickens' family to read the will and collect his fee. Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/ ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com