Written by Ilmari
Happened in the previous episode: While Doralice had thought that ice cubes were a great hiding place for an inhibition lowering drug, he hadn’t foreseen that his fling, Robaire de la Cafetiere, would consume the ice cubes, together with the dangerous substance, becoming then a mindless rapist. And although she had been clever enough not to hand out the other two vials of the same drug to a suspicious inspector in a wheelchair, she had been careless enough to contact Lou Dale, an erotic photographer, who had just took some photos of Kenneth Miller, son of Jeffrey Miller, the inventor of the dangerous drug. Gangsters hired by a crooked plastic surgeon, Peter “Doc” Hillgate”, had planted a bug on Lou’s phone and had at once captured Lou after Doralice made her phone call. And although Doralice was able to knock out Lou’s guard with a homemade gas bomb, she still hadn’t figured out that Doc had used Lou’s photos to switch Kenneth with a completely different guy
Searching trash cans is always a wise course of action in an adventure game and I managed to find a fifth newspaper in it. The paper contained yet another story about poor Robaire.
The bouncer of the club wouldn’t let me in, because I wasn’t a member, and even if I showed the club pin to him, he wasn’t convinced. Luckily, my good old friend Andrew Jackson was able to help me.
Dialogue with the faux Kenneth Miller was quite similar to an earlier dialogue with the inspector in a wheelchair - one false sentence and I was dead. After a couple of tries, he invited me to his home, Villa Moliére at Coconut Grove.
I couldn’t really let Doralice do anything with the man, since she was already filled by the two vials, hidden in a love egg (if you haven’t been paying attention to the plot, don’t ask). Doralice survived for a while by saying that he wanted to show something to the man. If I tried to give him the signet ring owned by Kenneth Miller, he instantly killed me. But I could also give him one of the spiked chocolates, which had an expected effect.
Searching the guy quickly convinced Doralice that he wasn’t Kenneth Miller: a tattoo on his nether regions named him Archie, and he had a radio transmitter called “Eve”, which instantly connected him with the mysterious inspector. I also found on Archie’s hand a signet ring with a picture of a skull. Archie talked in his sleep and mentioned something about a secret passage, which I might find elsewhere in Miller’s house. I moved on to a fish-themed room, hoping to find that passage.
The aquarium room was full of gadgets that the Miller family appeared to love. By clicking the parrot, it picked up a cigar, which I could take and put in the mouth of the pirate statue. On the floor below the swordfish I found a landing net. Turning on the light in the aquarium, I could take a closer look of it. It contained a shellfish, but I couldn’t directly take it
On top of the aquarium was a jar containing fish food. Dropping some of that in the fish tank opened the shellfish, which revealed a pearl. I couldn’t take it directly, because of the piranhas, but I could use the net to retrieve the pearl. The pearl fit perfectly into the eye of the pirate statue, which then sent a laser beam towards a statuette on the right side of the screen.
The statuette had now a panel I could interact with. The panel was shaped like a skull, and I had just found a ring shaped like a skull. Seconds later I had opened up a secret passage.
When I woke up, I found myself face to face with the inspector in the wheelchair, who had apparently rescued me from Doc. The inspector asked if I knew about the stolen vials, and Doralice told him she had them with her (or IN her), but to get them out, she just had to freshen up in a bathroom first. Of course, this supposed inspector was all along in cahoots with the criminals, so giving the vials to him would have been a bad option leading to a game over. So, I just had to use the few minutes available to me in the bathroom and find something to help Doralice.
I found a bottle of shaving cream, which was of no use against the inspector. I also found an empty syringe, which I could fill with formalin from the tank with eyes. So, then I just sprayed inspector with my formalin syringe and it was all over, right?
Back to the bathroom then. This time I managed to find a secret mechanism that opened up a hideout in the wall.
Looking through the lingerie, I found an empty perfume spray, which I could fill with the formalin in the syringe. Now I had something, with which to fight the inspector!
When Doralice saw the inspector moving with his legs instead of the wheel chair, she instantly deduced that he was actually the notorious Doc Hillgate. With him out of the way, I could move to another room.
The place was again full of things to look and to collect and to interact with:
I was a bit stumped with this section for a while, until I started clicking things on things. I discovered two things I could do with the microscope. Firstly, by using signet ring of Kenneth Miller with it, I found out the date 28-11-68. As 28th of November is a time of Sagittarius, I tried that with the wheel.
Secondly, when I used the flashlight of inspector/Doc with the microscope, I found an interesting inscription: B A+ D G E. Now, I know next to nothing about the theory of music, but I did recognise these as notes - and the + with the A probably referred to a sharp note. After a quick googling, I found myself a simple piano key chart, pressed the code on the organ and…
...nothing happened.
Now, I could probably try all kinds of variations of BADGE, but I am dreading the thought I am about to face a puzzle similar to the jewel box in Maupiti Island. So, just to get this game quickly finished, this is an official request for assistance: what do I need to do with the Zodiac wheel and the organ? Even if no one hasn’t played the game, there must be some walkthrough out there in the internet, where you can check the correct solution. And remember, use ROT13, first light hints only and complete spoiler only as the final choice.
Session time: 3 hours
Total time: 9 hours
Happened in the previous episode: While Doralice had thought that ice cubes were a great hiding place for an inhibition lowering drug, he hadn’t foreseen that his fling, Robaire de la Cafetiere, would consume the ice cubes, together with the dangerous substance, becoming then a mindless rapist. And although she had been clever enough not to hand out the other two vials of the same drug to a suspicious inspector in a wheelchair, she had been careless enough to contact Lou Dale, an erotic photographer, who had just took some photos of Kenneth Miller, son of Jeffrey Miller, the inventor of the dangerous drug. Gangsters hired by a crooked plastic surgeon, Peter “Doc” Hillgate”, had planted a bug on Lou’s phone and had at once captured Lou after Doralice made her phone call. And although Doralice was able to knock out Lou’s guard with a homemade gas bomb, she still hadn’t figured out that Doc had used Lou’s photos to switch Kenneth with a completely different guy
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| ...and now she’s about to meet Kenneth Miller |
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| Does he have some sort of radar for single women? And why would she attack accompanied women? |
The bouncer of the club wouldn’t let me in, because I wasn’t a member, and even if I showed the club pin to him, he wasn’t convinced. Luckily, my good old friend Andrew Jackson was able to help me.
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| Bribing myself in |
Dialogue with the faux Kenneth Miller was quite similar to an earlier dialogue with the inspector in a wheelchair - one false sentence and I was dead. After a couple of tries, he invited me to his home, Villa Moliére at Coconut Grove.
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| I got him eating right out of my hand... |
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| ...except I still had to get out of this situation |
I couldn’t really let Doralice do anything with the man, since she was already filled by the two vials, hidden in a love egg (if you haven’t been paying attention to the plot, don’t ask). Doralice survived for a while by saying that he wanted to show something to the man. If I tried to give him the signet ring owned by Kenneth Miller, he instantly killed me. But I could also give him one of the spiked chocolates, which had an expected effect.
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| I bet you didn’t expect this when you saw the title of the post |
Searching the guy quickly convinced Doralice that he wasn’t Kenneth Miller: a tattoo on his nether regions named him Archie, and he had a radio transmitter called “Eve”, which instantly connected him with the mysterious inspector. I also found on Archie’s hand a signet ring with a picture of a skull. Archie talked in his sleep and mentioned something about a secret passage, which I might find elsewhere in Miller’s house. I moved on to a fish-themed room, hoping to find that passage.
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| It really is fish-themed |
The aquarium room was full of gadgets that the Miller family appeared to love. By clicking the parrot, it picked up a cigar, which I could take and put in the mouth of the pirate statue. On the floor below the swordfish I found a landing net. Turning on the light in the aquarium, I could take a closer look of it. It contained a shellfish, but I couldn’t directly take it
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| ...because of biting piranhas! |
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| Amusingly, my finger has now a bandage |
On top of the aquarium was a jar containing fish food. Dropping some of that in the fish tank opened the shellfish, which revealed a pearl. I couldn’t take it directly, because of the piranhas, but I could use the net to retrieve the pearl. The pearl fit perfectly into the eye of the pirate statue, which then sent a laser beam towards a statuette on the right side of the screen.
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| This is getting high-tech |
The statuette had now a panel I could interact with. The panel was shaped like a skull, and I had just found a ring shaped like a skull. Seconds later I had opened up a secret passage.
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| I’ve been here before! It’s Doc’s hideout |
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| This is not nice |
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| And where am I now? |
When I woke up, I found myself face to face with the inspector in the wheelchair, who had apparently rescued me from Doc. The inspector asked if I knew about the stolen vials, and Doralice told him she had them with her (or IN her), but to get them out, she just had to freshen up in a bathroom first. Of course, this supposed inspector was all along in cahoots with the criminals, so giving the vials to him would have been a bad option leading to a game over. So, I just had to use the few minutes available to me in the bathroom and find something to help Doralice.
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| I feel like someone is watching me… |
I found a bottle of shaving cream, which was of no use against the inspector. I also found an empty syringe, which I could fill with formalin from the tank with eyes. So, then I just sprayed inspector with my formalin syringe and it was all over, right?
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| Wrong |
Back to the bathroom then. This time I managed to find a secret mechanism that opened up a hideout in the wall.
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| I think these days it’s perfectly acceptable to have a closet full of women’s underwear |
Looking through the lingerie, I found an empty perfume spray, which I could fill with the formalin in the syringe. Now I had something, with which to fight the inspector!
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| “Eyes: Formalin solutions splashed in the eyes can cause transient discomfort to severe, permanent corneal clouding and loss of vision. Exposure to vapors may cause irritation. Symptoms of exposure may include: eye irritation, burning sensation, pain, watering and/or change of vision.” |
When Doralice saw the inspector moving with his legs instead of the wheel chair, she instantly deduced that he was actually the notorious Doc Hillgate. With him out of the way, I could move to another room.
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| A private museum? |
The place was again full of things to look and to collect and to interact with:
- Another newspaper, which continued the story of the unwilling rapist, Robaire de la Cafetiere
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| This plot line has ceased to be amusing a long time ago |
- Lot of paintings with names like “The sheperdess and seven hands”. Could they be jokes on some famous paintings?
- A microscope
- Organ that didn’t work
- Three cats with letters G, E and F on them
I was a bit stumped with this section for a while, until I started clicking things on things. I discovered two things I could do with the microscope. Firstly, by using signet ring of Kenneth Miller with it, I found out the date 28-11-68. As 28th of November is a time of Sagittarius, I tried that with the wheel.
Secondly, when I used the flashlight of inspector/Doc with the microscope, I found an interesting inscription: B A+ D G E. Now, I know next to nothing about the theory of music, but I did recognise these as notes - and the + with the A probably referred to a sharp note. After a quick googling, I found myself a simple piano key chart, pressed the code on the organ and…
...nothing happened.
Now, I could probably try all kinds of variations of BADGE, but I am dreading the thought I am about to face a puzzle similar to the jewel box in Maupiti Island. So, just to get this game quickly finished, this is an official request for assistance: what do I need to do with the Zodiac wheel and the organ? Even if no one hasn’t played the game, there must be some walkthrough out there in the internet, where you can check the correct solution. And remember, use ROT13, first light hints only and complete spoiler only as the final choice.
Session time: 3 hours
Total time: 9 hours
I've looked at a walkthrough and am preparing ROT13 hints. Before we get there though, could you post your full inventory?
ReplyDeleteNever mind my question about inventory - I answered my own question by rereading your past posts.
ReplyDeleteAs to the organ puzzle - first, a preliminary issue (which I'm not ROT13'ing as you've already solved this piece, and I don't have the specific answer anyway): the two walkthroughs I found disagree on whether the "+" after the "A" denotes a sharp or a flat. It *should* be a sharp, as that's a half-step up (while a flat is a half-step down); and the walkthrough that says it's a "flat" seems less reliable than the one that says it's a sharp. I'm flagging this just in case solving the rest of the puzzle STILL isn't getting you through - in which case, maybe try using the "+" as a "flat" instead and see if that works.
But that's not the primary issue. For the primary issue, ROT13:
1. Lbh ner evtug gung lbh arrq gb frg gur mbqvnp jurry gb gur pbeerpg fvta naq gura cynl gur pbeerpg frdhrapr bs abgrf.
2. Lbh ner nyfb evtug gung lbh arrq gb cynl gur frdhrapr O N+ Q T R (fhowrpg gb gur "funec be syng" vffhr nobir).
3. Gur vffhr vf gung lbh unir gur mbqvnp jurry ba gur vapbeerpg fvta.
4. Lrf, Fntvggnevhf vf Xraargu Zvyyre'f fvta...
5. ...ohg jul fubhyq Xraargu Zvyyre'f fvta or gur nafjre?
6. Guvax nobhg jubfr fvta vf zber yvxryl gb or gur nafjre.
7. Jubfr uvqrbhg ner lbh vasvygengvat?
8. Lbh arrq gb frg gur mbqvnp gb Qbp'f fvta.
9. Unir lbh pbzr npebff nal vasbezngvba eryngvat gb Qbp'f fvta?
10. Be, ol rkgrafvba, jura ur jnf obea?
11. Lbh znl abg unir na rknpg oveguqngr...
12. ...ohg lbh fubhyq or noyr gb aneebj uvf fvta qbja gb bar bs n pbhcyr bs cbffvovyvgvrf.
13. Gvzr gb pbafhyg fbzrguvat lbh'ir orra tngurevat guebhtubhg gur tnzr.
14. Erernq gur arjfcncref (be lbhe cnfg cbfgf).
15. Jura lbh cvpxrq hc gur arjfcncre sebz gur yvatrevr fubc, lbh yrnearq gung Qbp pryroengrq uvf oveguqnl "n pbhcyr bs zbaguf ntb."
16. Jura jnf gung arjfcncre choyvfurq?
17. Pbhag gjb zbaguf onpx sebz gur choyvpngvba zbagu.
18. Gura gel obgu mbqvnp fvtaf nffbpvngrq jvgu gung zbagu. Lrf, lbh arrq gb hfr gevny naq reebe.
19. Va snpg, lbh pbhyq gevny-naq-reebe gur jubyr chmmyr, nggrzcgvat nyy 12 mbqvnp fvtaf jvgu ab va-tnzr cranygl.
20. Sha snpg: gur pyrnerfg jnyxguebhtu V sbhaq pnyyf guvf "n irel bofpher chmmyr."
Thanks! I eventually just did what you suggest in 19. I got it in my fourth try. Now I am not sure whether to blame myself for not trying all possible choices or the game for making it so difficult.
DeleteAnd A+ WAS a sharp note.
This may be old news, but a new Tex Murphy game, The Poisoned Pawn, is in the works:
ReplyDeletehttps://adventuregamers.com/news/view/32808
From what I understand, it began as a fan remake of Overseer (which in itself was a re-imagining of Mean Streets) but became an official sequel/expansion?
When I first started reading I thought, "Yes, it is old news about this remastering of Overseer" but then you mentioned it's become an official sequel to Tesla Effect.
DeleteWow!