The Deadly Game - SoftSide Adventure #17 -- Author Unknown -- SoftSide Publications, October 1982 Solution by Dale Dobson, www.gamingafter40.com This is a fairly traditional whodunit mystery, set in rich Uncle Henry's mansion where the player and five of his or her greedy cousins are gathered for the reading of his will. All who survive the night will share the late Henry Vanderbilt's fortune. Death lurks at every turn, along with some nonsensical puzzles! WALKTHROUGH: TAKE BLANKET STUFF BLANKET (In what?) IN CRACK (poison gas stops seeping in) LOOK UNDER (Under what?) UNDER BED (find a bronze key) UNDER CHAIR (find gum) TAKE GUM TAKE PORTRAIT (reveals wall safe) TAKE BRONZE (With what?) WITH PORTRAIT OPEN TOP LOOK TOP (a bobby pin and a zinc key) DROP BRONZE TAKE PIN TAKE ZINC PICK LOCK DROP PIN GO DOOR S GO DOOR (cousin Fred is dead) GO DOOR N, N GO STAIRS E, E GO DOOR TAKE BROOM UNDER BED (looks like a good hiding place) GO DOOR W GO ELEVATOR PUSH BUTTON (elevator plummets at 90 mph) JUMP (arrive in western part of living room) S OPEN DOOR DROP ZINC GO DOOR GO STAIRS E LOOK BOX STICK GUM (on what?) ON WIRES (the fuse is fixed -- somehow) E LOOK BENCH TAKE JAR POUR TURPENTINE (on what?) ON PORTRAIT TAKE ACID S TAKE HOSE N, W, W GO STAIRS N, N, N, N, N, E TAKE LID (LOOK several times until thrown rock is deflected) DROP LID TAKE ROCK LOOK ROCK READ ROCK (part of combination) S, S, W, W THROW HOSE (rattlesnake falls in love and takes it away) GO STAIRS S, S, S, W GO DOOR THROW BROOM (walls stop closing in) TAKE GOLD GO DOOR W, W, N, N, N GO DOOR OPEN MIDDLE LOOK MIDDLE (brass key) DROP GOLD TAKE BRASS SMASH PILLOW (yes, you read that right; with what?) WITH ROCK (killed tarantula) DROP ROCK TAKE PILLOW WIPE PORTRAIT DROP PILLOW READ PORTRAIT (part of combination) DROP PORTRAIT POUR ACID (on what?) ON WINDOW (window dissolves) LOOK WINDOW (gypsy woman below) GO DOOR S, S, S, E OPEN DOOR GO DOOR TAKE NOTE READ NOTE (part of combination) DROP NOTE DROP BRASS GO DOOR E, E, N, N, N GO STAIRS E, N, N, E LOOK CABINET TAKE AXE TAKE NAILS S, S, W, W GO STAIRS S SMASH DOOR DROP AXE GO DOOR GET SAW GO DOOR SAW WOOD (a wooden step is produced) DROP SAW TAKE STEP S, S, W, W, W, N, N, N GO DOOR DIAL 31R76L33R (the complete combination) LOOK SAFE TAKE DIAMOND THROW DIAMOND (gypsy tosses back silver key) OPEN BOTTOM LOOK BOTTOM DROP SILVER TAKE GLOVES WEAR GLOVES GO DOOR S, S, S, E, E, E, N GO DOOR TURN SWITCH TAKE HAMMER GO DOOR S, W, W, W, N, N, N, N FIX STAIRS DROP HAMMER GO STAIRS E, E GO DOOR UNDER BED (a gun) TAKE GUN LOOK GUN (one bullet) TAKE BULLET DROP GUN GO DOOR W, W GO STAIRS S, S, S, S, E, E, E, N, N, N GO STAIRS E (it's THE KILLER! With an empty gun! We grab her!) N CALL POLICE S, E, E, S OPEN DOOR (apparent end, some kind of coda missing)