=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for DEATH REPRIEVE =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: ZX Spectrum Updated: 29th March, 2011 Version: 1.1 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 3. Item List 4. Map 5. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.1: 29th March, 2011 (Submitted to solutionarchive) 1.0: 12th April, 2009 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== Death Reprieve is an interactive fiction adventure that was published in 1984 by 5D Software. You have been wrongly accused of murder, and the police have given you 24 hours in which to prove yourself innocent. The real murderer has hung himself but left three pieces of a confession letter which have been scattered around the city. The aim is to find all three pieces of the letter. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== The game starts in the police station. Move EAST twice and NORTH to the army + navy store. GET GRENADE. Move SOUTH, WEST twice, SOUTH and WEST to the bank vault. THROW GRENADE to open the safe. GET KEY. Move EAST, NORTH, EAST and SOUTH to the boxmaker's hideout. GET the CHEST. OPEN CHEST using the key to find a pair of gloves. DROP KEY. GET GLOVES. Move SOUTH and WEST to the joiner's shop. DROP CHEST. GET TICKET on the shelf. Move EAST, NORTH twice, WEST, NORTH three times and EAST to the pawn shop. GIVE TICKET to the old man. GET GLASSES. Move WEST, SOUTH and EAST to the smoke filled. WEAR GLASSES. GET COIN. Move WEST and NORTH to the crossroads. INSERT COIN in the turnstile to find the first part of the confession. Move NORTH and EAST to the flower garden. WEAR GLOVES. GET THORN. Move WEST, SOUTH four times, EAST and SOUTH twice to the unusual room. THROW THORN at the balloons to find the second part of the confession and also reveal an exit to the south. Move SOUTH to the lock up. GET RADIO. Move NORTH three times, EAST twice and SOUTH to the computer terminal. PLAY RADIO to reveal a way to the east. Move EAST to the garden shed. GET SPADE. Move WEST and SOUTH to the excavation site. DIG with the spade to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== CHEST Found in the boxmaker's hideout. It is opened to find the gloves. It is dropped in the joiner's shop so that the ticket can be reached on the shelf. COIN Found by wearing the glasses in the smoke filled room. It is inserted in the turnstile at the crossroads to reveal a part of the confession. GLASSES Found by giving the ticket to the man in the pawn shop. They are worn in the smoke filled room to find a coin. GLOVES Found by opening the chest. They should be worn before getting the thorn. GRENADE Found in the army + navy store. It is thrown at the bank vault to reveal the key. KEY Found by throwing the grenade at the bank vault. It is used to open the chest. RADIO Found in the lock up. It is played in the room with the computer terminal to reveal a way east to the garden shed. SPADE Found in the garden shed. It is used to dig at the excavation site to reveal a part of the confession. THORN Found in the flower garden by wearing the gloves. It is thrown at the balloons in the unusual room to reveal a part of the confession. TICKET Found on the shelf in the joiner's shop by dropping the chest. It is given to the man at the pawn shop to find the glasses. =============================================================================== 4. Map =============================================================================== _______ _______ |Electrc| |Flower | | Shop |--|Garden | |___ ___| |___ ___| | | _______ ___|___ ___|___ | Play | |Cross- | | Pawn | | Park |--| Roads |--| Shop | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___ _______ _______ | Smoky | | Smoky | | Car | | Area |--| Room | | Park | |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| | | ___|___ _______ ___|___ | N/S | | Army | | | | Lane | | Store |--|Arcade | |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| | | _______ _______ ___|___ _______ ___|___ _______ | Waste | | | |Police | | | |Sewage | | Wino | |Ground |--| Alley |--|Station|--|Ghetto |--| Plant |--|Corner | |_______| |_______| |___ ___| |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| | | | _______ ___|___ ___|___ _______ ___|___ _______ | Bank | |Cul-de | |Boxmkrs| |Footbll| |Computr| |Garden | | Vault |--| -sac | |Hideout| |Stadium|--|Trminal|--| Shed | |_______| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| |___ ___| |_______| | | _______ ___|___ ___|___ |Joiners| |Unusual| |Excvatn| | Shop |--| Room | | Site | |_______| |___ ___| |_______| | ___|___ | | |Lock Up| |_______| =============================================================================== 5. 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