SCOOP Written by Steve Kendall Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version) (Start in the bedroom of your house... the alarm goes off), EXAMINE ALARM, EXAMINE CHAIR, EXAMINE BED (has two draws under it), OPEN BEDDRAWS (see blankets but leave them), EXAMINE DRESSING (table - has mirror), EXAMINE MIRROR, LEAVE ROOM (landing, EXAMINE DOORS (one leads to the bathroom, one to the spare room and one into your room), ENTER BATHROOM, GET SOAP, GET WASHED, DROP SOAP, GET RAZOR, GET SHAVED, DROP RAZOR, GET TOOTHBRUSH (and paste), CLEAN TEETH, DROP TOOTHBRUSH (and paste), LEAVE BATHROOM, ENTER BEDROOM, EXAMINE CUPBOARDS (bedside), PULL RING (you find a tin box), EXAMINE TIN (contains money), GET MONEY, COUNT MONEY (you have one pound fifty), EXAMINE CHEST, OPEN CHEST (find some clothes), EXAMINE CLOTHES (see shirt, tie, socks and underpants), WEAR CLOTHES (you get dressed but could do with something else on top), EXAMINE WARDROBE, OPEN WARDROBE, WEAR SUIT (you put on the shoes as well), LEAVE ROOM (landing, EXAMINE BASKET (dirty clothes - are you sure?), YES (a pair of trousers have a letter in the pocket), GET LETTER, READ LETTER (about your mortgage arrears), DROP LETTER. D (stairs), D (hall - the 'phone rings), ANSWER PHONE (you are told to get into work in a hurry), READ NEWSPAPER (you automatically pick it up but have no time to read it), DROP NEWSPAPER, GET KEY, EXAMINE RACK (see overcoat), WEAR OVERCOAT, ENTER LOUNGE, EXAMINE SUITE (three piece), EXAMINE TV (rented), EXAMINE SIDEBOARD (has two draws and a cupboard), OPEN DRAW, GET CLIPS (bicycle), OPEN CUPBOARD (can't), ENTER DINING (room), EXAMINE BRATS (six), GET TOAST, EXAMINE TOAST, EAT TOAST, ENTER KITCHEN, EXAMINE LADY, KISS WIFE (you give her a quick peck and rush off to the garage), GET SCREWDRIVER, ENTER CAR, START CAR (won't), LEAVE CAR, UNLOCK BOOT (you find a fold-up bicycle), CONSTRUCT BIKE, WEAR CLIPS (bicycle), OPEN DOOR (you open the garage doors), DROP KEY, RIDE BIKE (to drive). SCOOP NO.1 W, W (bus stop), EXAMINE PEOPLE (they are waiting for a bus - don't bother with the bus however as you only finish up at the bus station which is of no use), E, E, S, S, S, W, W (Prospect Road), D (underground carpark), LEAVE BIKE, REMOVE CLIPS, ENTER LIFT (you are in a noisy office), ENTER BOSS (office), SAY HI (he has some work for you), WHAT JOB ("A robbery took place at the jewellers in Highway Meadows, find out what you can"), LEAVE BOSS (office - and don't forget a penclip, pad and camera), ENTER TYPISTS (office), GET CAMERA, GET PAD, LEAVE TYPISTS (office), EXAMINE KEYS (three sets of car keys - one for the Cortina, one for the Morris and one for the TR7), GET MORRIS (keys - this is really your choice and doesn't matter witch set you choose). ENTER LIFT (to car park - leave the car for now), N (Prospect Road), E, E, N, N, N, E (dead end), EXAMINE SHOP (it's a grocers), ENTER SHOP (the shopkeeper asks "Can I help you?"), YES ("What would you like?"), SOME PENCILS (cost is one pound fifty), PAY GROCER, INVENTORY (you now have a box of pencils), LEAVE SHOP, W, S, S, W, W, W, W (Highway Meadows), ENTER JEWELLERS, INTERROGATE YOUNG (girl - she tells you about the robbery - note the man had a black beard), LEAVE JEWELLERS, E, E, S, E, E, ENTER PARK (gates to carpark), ENTER CAFE, INTERROGATE GIRL (What about?), THE NECKLACE (she tells you about a bearded man who asked the way to the woods), S (carpark), S (wooded area), S, E, S, S, S (to where the brook babbles), EXAMINE BROOK (see a necklace in the water), GET NECKLACE, N, N, N, N, E, E (wooded area), N (carpark), W, W, W, N, W, W (High Meadows), ENTER JEWELLERS (the girl takes the necklace and gives you a gold pen as a reward), LEAVE JEWELLERS, E, E, S, D (underground carpark), ENTER LIFT (office). SCOOP NO.2 ENTER BOSS (office), SAY HI, WHAT JOB ("The farmer at Sunnydale has bred a four legged chicken - could bring fame and fortune to the first person to take a photo of it"), LEAVE BOSS (office), ENTER LIFT (underground carpark - this time we will need the car), UNLOCK MORRIS, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, N (onto Prospect Road), E (High Street), S (must be in the car), S, S, W, S, S, W, N, N, W, S (lane), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER FARM (Sunnydale farmhouse), ENTER KITCHEN, OPEN OVEN (you see a cooked four legged chicken but this isn't the one you want), GO OUT (farmyard), ENTER BARN, OPEN CRATE (see a four legged chicken), TAKE PHOTO (of the chicken), LEAVE BARN, ENTER KITCHEN, ENTER LOUNGE, N (lane), ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, N, E, S, S, E, N, N, E, N, N, N, W, D (underground carpark), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER LIFT (office). SCOOP NO.3 ENTER BOSS (office), SAY HI, WHAT JOB ("Fingers Thompson has escaped from the local nick, find out all about it"), LEAVE BOSS (office), ENTER LIFT, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, N, N, W, W, LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER STATION (police), INTERROGATE SERGEANT (what about?), THE ESCAPE (we lost him somewhere south of High Street), LEAVE STATION, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, E, E, E, S, S, S, S, W, S, S, S (petrol station), LEAVE MORRIS, EXAMINE BINS (you find yourself in the dustbin enclosure), OPEN BINS (you find Fingers Thompson), ARREST FINGERS, W (back to forecourt), ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, N, N, N, E, N, N, N, W (Prospect Road), N, W, W, LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER STATION (the police sergeant says "Well done, you can now write your story"), LEAVE STATION, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, E, E, S, D (underground carpark), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER LIFT. SCOOP NO.4 ENTER BOSS (office), SAY HI, WHAT JOB ("a chap is planning to cross the Atlantic in a bucket, go and ask him why?"), LEAVE BOSS (office), ENTER LIFT, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, N, N, W, W (Highway Meadows), N (onto the motorway), N, N, N, N, N, W, N (seaside town), W (seafront), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER HOTEL (lobby), INTERROGATE RECEPTIONIST (what about?), SEA CROSSING (he's probably on the beach), LEAVE HOTEL, D (Beach), INTERROGATE THIN MAN (what about?), YOUR VOYAGE (he says you can have a photo), TAKE PHOTO, ENTER CAFE, ENTER BAR, ENTER DANCE (hall), DANCE (just for fun and a look around), ENTER BAR, LEAVE BAR, LEAVE CAFE (beach), U (seafront), ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, E, S, E, S, S, S, S, S, S (Highway Meadows), E, E, S, D (underground carpark), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER LIFT (office). SCOOP NO.5 ENTER BOSS (office), SAY HI, WHAT JOB ("The bank has been robbed, get all the details you can"), LEAVE BOSS (office), ENTER LIFT, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, N, N, W, LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER BANK, RING BELL ("Can I help you?"), YES PLEASE ("Come through" - you find yourself in the Manager's office), INTERROGATE MANAGER (the thief had a red beard and a blue car), LEAVE OFFICE, LEAVE BANK, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, W, N (onto motorway), N, N, N, N, E (outside flats), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER FLATS, U (passageway), EXAMINE DOORS (all three have bells), ENTER 8 (an old lady is here - leave her alone), LEAVE, RING BELL, NUMBER 10 (you are in the front room of number 10 which is done out like an Arabian tea room), INTERROGATE MAN (what about?) RED BEARD (he knows who you mean - he lives with his wife at number 6), SAY THANKS (you are back in the passageway). RING BELL, NUMBER 6 (a young lady asks you in for a cup of tea - you are in the lounge of number 10 which should read number 6!), INTERROGATE LADY (what about?), RED BEARD ("That's my husband, what's he been up to now?"), BANK ROBBERY ("He spends a lot of time in the basement"), LEAVE FLAT, D, D (dark basement), EXAMINE SACKS (leave them alone as a rat might bite you), EXAMINE GRILL (see a package behind it), UNSCREW GRILL (using the screwdriver - you've discovered the stolen money), DROP SCREWDRIVER, GET STOLEN (money), U, LEAVE FLATS, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, W, S, S, S, S, S, S (Highway Meadows), E, LEAVE MORRIS. ENTER BANK, RING BELL ("Can I help you?"), YES PLEASE (you are taken through to the Manager's office where you are given a reward for the stolen money and a new cheque book), LEAVE OFFICE, LEAVE BANK, ENTER MORRIS, START CAR, E, S, D (underground carpark), LEAVE MORRIS, ENTER LIFT (office), GET PENCIL (from the box), WRITE STORY, ENTER BOSS (office), SAY HI, WHAT JOB? ("Well done - get your stories typed up and then get them to the compositor operator - you've finished for the day"), LEAVE BOSS (office), TYPE STORY, ENTER PRINT (room). The next day's paper goes to press. You use the reward money to pay off the mortgage arrears. Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/ ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://solutionarchive.com