MURDER OFF MIAMI Written by Jason Somervilla & Fergus McNeill (CRL) Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version) Note The game is fussy about the way you interrogate people. Sometimes it requires a person's surname and other times their title as in Mrs Jocelyn or Lady Welter, or even their christian name etc. The way to talk to characters in the game is given below: TALK ROCKSAVAGE TALK BISHOP TALK COUNT TALK SILAS TALK CAPTAIN TALK MRS JOCELYN TALK LADY WELTER TALK HAYASI TALK FERRI TALK REGINALD (Mr. Jocelyn) TALK SYD TALK STODART Walk Through PART 1 (Start as Kettering sitting at his desk), INVENTORY (you have a packet of cigarettes, a lighter and a police ID), EXAMINE DESK, GET MAGNIFYING GLASS, EXAMINE ASH TRAY, EXAMINE PHONE, STAND UP (an officer enters and hands you a radiogram and a memo), READ RADIOGRAM (tells you Bolitho Blane has committed suicide), READ MEMO (Blane is a financier... you are to meet the Golden Gull yacht), EXAMINE HATSTAND, GET COAT, WEAR COAT, OUT (a squad car is waiting to take you to the dock... then a police launch to take you to the Golden Gull), TALK GURDON, ASK ABOUT BLANE (both Rocksavage and Blane own big soap companies), WAIT (until you arrive at the Golden Gull). (You are in the captain's cabin and are handed a sketchplan of the Golden Gull), GET KEYS, TALK CAPTAIN, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, TALK ROCKSAVAGE, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, (he hands you the note and a slip of paper), READ NOTE (Stodart and Ringbottom will now give their statements), WAIT (until Stodart gives his statement), WAIT (until Ringbottom gives his statement), OUT, W, D, D, W, S (outside Blain's suite), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, IN (drawing room), WAIT (until Southwold takes some photos of the suite), OUT, CLOSE DOOR, N, E, U, U, E, IN (captain's cabin - when Neame leaves you are shown to your room), WAIT (until you are told to save your position). PART 2 (Start in the spare room), OPEN DOOR, OUT, S, S (outside Hayashi's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, S, S (outside Ferri's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, S (outside Rocksavage's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, S, W, W, N (outside Lady Welher's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (outside Jocelyn's suite), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (outside Posodini's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N, N (outside Stodart's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (outside Blane's suite - note don't open this one), N, E, E, S (outside Bishop's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, S, IN (spare room), SLEEP. WAIT (until Neams arrives with the photos), EXAMINE PHOTOS (one shows faint marks on the carpet), OUT, N, N, W, W, S, UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, IN (Blane's drawing room), EXAMINE CARPET (you see some drag marks and a damp patch under the curtains), EXAMINE CURTAINS (has a small bloodstain), OUT, CLOSE DOOR, N, E, E, S, S, IN (spare room), WAIT (until the bugle sounds for breakfast), OUT, S, S, S, S, S, S, W, U, N (lounge where everyone is assembled for breakfast). WAIT (until breakfast is over and Neams says you should return to your room where the guests will be sent in for questioning, N, D, D, E, S, S, IN (spare room where you see Rocksavage), TALK ROCKSAVAGE, ASK ABOUT TRIP, ASK ABOUT LADY WELTER, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Ringbottom enters), TALK RINGBOTTOM, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, WAIT (until Syd Jenks arrives), TALK SYD, ASK ABOUT SILAS, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Ferri enters), TALK FERRI (Rocksavage), ASK ABOUT TRIP, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Reginald Jocelyn arrives), TALK REGINALD, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT COUNT, WAIT (until his wife Pamela enters), TALK MRS JOCELYN, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Lady Welter comes in), TALK LADY WELTER, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until the Bishop of Bude enters), TALK BISHOP, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT BLANE, WAIT (until Stodart enters fingering a shaving cut... the Bishop faints and leaves, aided by Stodart), WAIT (until Inosuke Hayashi enters), TALK HAYASHI, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until the count enters), TALK COUNT, ASK ABOUT TRIP, ASK ABOUT ALIBI. WAIT (until Neame hands you a postcard and suggests you search the cabins), OUT, S, S, S, S, IN (Ferri's room), N (bedroom), SEARCH ROOM, EXAMINE BRUSH (you find some hair), EXAMINE HAIR (mostly long blonde and a couple of short dark hairs), TAKE BRUSH, TAKE HAIR, S, OUT, S, S, W, W, N, N, N, IN (Posodini's bedroom), SEARCH ROOM (you find cards, dice, a gun and cigarette ends), GET CARDS, EXAMINE CARDS (specially arranged), GET DICE, EXAMINE DICE (loaded), TAKE GUN, EXAMINE GUN, TAKE CIGARETTE ENDS, EXAMINE CIGARETTE ENDS (players and you see traces of lipstick), OUT, N, N, IN (Stodart's room), SEARCH ROOM, GET RAZOR (cut throat), OUT, N, OPEN DOOR, IN (Blane's drawing room), N, N (bathroom), SEARCH ROOM, TAKE RAZOR (safty), S, S, OUT, N, E, E, S, IN (Bishop's room), SEARCH ROOM (you find a crumpled letter and a match), GET LETTER, READ LETTER (from Blane to Bishop), GET MATCH, EXAMINE MATCH (a book match), OUT, S, IN (spare room where some lunch is waiting for you), EAT LUNCH. OUT, N, N, W, U, U (wheelhouse), S (lounge - Stodart should be here), TALK STODART, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, S, D, E, N, N, N, N, N, N, IN (spare room), WAIT (a very long time until the bugle sounds for dinner), OUT, N, N, W, U, U, S (lounge), WAIT (until Neame says he is going to check up on the Count), N, D, D, E, S, S, IN (spare room), EAT DINNER, WAIT (until you are asked to save your position). PART 3 (Start in the spare room), SLEEP (this passes some time), WAIT (until Naeme returns with information on the passengers... Posodini has a criminal record and is a con man - not his real name... Lady Welter's principal income is derived from Rocksavage's companies... The Bishop of Bude was sent home from South Africa after a scandal... Bolitho Blane's companies are shaky and a crash is imminent). WAIT (until Naeme says to question the passengers after breakfast), WAIT (until the breakfast bugle sounds), LOOK (you see your breakfast), EAT BREAKFAST, OUT, N, N, W, U, U, S (Lounge, TALK BISHOP, ASK ABOUT MATCH, ASK ABOUT LETTER, TALK STODART, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, TALK COUNT, ASK ABOUT BLANE, ASK ABOUT GUN, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, TALK MRS JOCELYN, ASK ABOUT CIGARETTES, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until passengers return to their cabins), S, D, E, N, N, IN (Ferri's room), TALK FERRI (Rocksavage), ASK ABOUT HAIR, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, OUT, S, IN (Rocksavage's room), TALK ROCKSAVAGE, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT BLANE, OUT, N, N, N, IN (Hayashi's room), TALK HAYASHI, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT BLANE, OUT, S, S, S, S, W, W, N, N, IN (Jocelyn's room), N (bedroom), TALK REGINALD, ASK ABOUT ROCKSAVAGE, S, OUT, S, IN (Lady Welter's room), TALK LADY WELTER, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, OUT, N, N, N, N, N, N, E, E, S, S, IN (spare room), WAIT (until the lunch bell sounds), WAIT (until lunch arrives), EAT LUNCH. WAIT (until Lieutenant Schwab arrives and asks if it was suicide), SAY NO (he asks who did it), SAY BLANE (who was killed then), SAY STODART (Blane killed his secretary and made it look as though he himself had committed suicide - he is now posing as Stodart. Blane was arrested and gave a full confession. Kettering was later promoted and even given that elusive pay rise he had been waiting for). CONGRATULATIONS You have successfully completed "Murder off Miami" You have solved 100% of this case. Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/ ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com