Halothane, An Interactive Restoration ------------------------------------- Interactive fiction by Quentin.D.Thompson (Ravi.P.Rajkumar), 1999 philip@giasmda.vsnl.net.in stupid_q@my-deja.com ============================================================================= Two ways of solving the game, comments, and miscellaneous items of interest.. ============================================================================= NOTE: I completely realise that most of this information could just as easily be put into the game file, halo.z5 (I still get a kick out of that file name :-D), but I didn't want it to become halo.z8 and tempt fate at the hands of the two-hour rule - The Author. ============================================================================= TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. A short walkthrough of Halothane (very few spoilers) 2. A detailed walkthrough of Halothane (PARENTAL ADVISORY: explicit spoilers) 3. Halothane: who, what, why, where, and how? 4. Future releases ============================================================================= SHORT WALKTHROUGH (in the style of Paul.J.Godfrey) ----------------- This is the absolute, no-fun, no-Easter Egg walkthrough for Halothane. (If you want a detailed one, see below.) (you begin playing this game as Harold Banks, an author) (you start in your bedroom) north (Or south, or any other direction...) (Now you know you need to get to bed) examine bed look under bed look under desk get fan put fan on chair switch on fan lie on bed sleep Chapter 1 --------- (In the operating theatre) west turn valve (This is the shortest solution.) Chapter 2 --------- (In your study) get manuscript throw manuscript in dustbin (depressing, but there it is..) Chapter 3 --------- (In the kidnappers' car) z.z.z.z.z.z.z.z (In the open field) north north Chapter 4 --------- (Outside the house) open window enter window east x woman say hello to Simone (you can ask Simone about many things here; this is a sample) ask Simone about Mr. Author ask Simone about herself ask Simone about Rosenberg ask Simone about Edward/Laura/Franklin (all give the same reply) ask Simone about future ask Simone about halothane ask Simone about plan ask Simone about successors ask Simone about novel (you can also ask Simone about other things, including the parallel dimension, the solution, the house she's staying in, and so on.) z (keep on waiting until Simone hands you a pen) Chapter 5 --------- (Red Lake) open trapdoor down (Floating on Clouds) north east east east up east get bottle x it read it west down west west west open bottle throw acid at gate (as per the inscription) ("Dissolve gate" and "Pour acid on gate" also work.) Chapter 6 --------- (in the Saloon) ask receptionist about saloon ask receptionist about legend (Strange, isn't it?) east look under table get device up north get manual read it south south get black disc north west put disc in computer switch on computer read screen (Note the two dates, and remember the manual inscription.) east north table, the code is 2187 search table get chip put chip in machine south east search bed get letter read it yes (You need to know what the letter says.) west down show letter to receptionist (the receptionist will now take out a key) examine key get key ask receptionist about key up up north x vase put pen in vase (As suggested by the doggerel verse.) (You play the rest of the game as Cassandra Anderson, one of Harold's characters) Chapter 7 --------- (outside Cassandra's house) north knock on door open door north north east east north look x bed search bed search sheet search mattress look x knife open wardrobe x corpse search it get cash card (you have to leave the house now) south west west south south east put cash card in machine (an earlier version of the game accepted 'put ID in machine' as well, but that's a bug.) Chapter 8 --------- (by the railway tracks) east east (entering Charlestown) x statue south examine black door (you need to know the name here. Remember it from Chapter Three?) down east east south smash bulb get key north west west up north east south east x woman ask woman about Sweeney (search woman. get knife, if you want to kill Sweeney that way.) west north west south east x sweeney x coffin put love-letter in coffin ('throw knife at sweeney', 'microphone, any' and just waiting for 17 turns or so also work, but this is the "optimal" solution). Chapter 9 --------- (in the hospital) north north east get gown wear it west north east get key west south south east up north unlock locker with platinum key get mask wear mask south up north east get cap wear cap west x student (no points for guessing who this is) (If you're not wearing the scrub suit by this time, the student will tell you what to do.) north north Chapter 10 ---------- (in the hut) west kill troll with pen ("Attack troll" and "Throw pen at troll" also work.) (At some point in the game, type "help" to call up online help.) Obviously, if you've used this walkthrough to breeze through the game, you mightn't have got the entire story pat. (Not to mention that you missed out on a lot of silly humour scattered in a few of the zones.) But this is the shortest complete way of finishing Halothane. [Actually, it's not _the_ shortest method. It's the shortest continuous method. A stripped-down walkthrough would omit the conversational commands.]