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holiday - e.j.spicer

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:01 pm
by terri
I am stuck quite early in this three-part Amstrad game (available at NVG).

I can't use the shower. You can turn the dial for the water, but how to get in?

Also at the swan - what to do - the apple doesn't work.

Help would be nice to have.

HOLIDAY

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:42 pm
by Doreen B
Try 'looking under the bed' and also 'looking behind wardrobe'...

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:05 pm
by terri
Thanks for the hints Doreen, but I am no further ahead.

I have been dim-witted all week. None of the objects work at the bridge, or at the swan, or at the grassy area. Though I may not have the right verb. I haven't tried then at the shower. What good would they be at a shower? Maybe being logical is no help.

I think I'll go read - I think I can manage that...

holiday

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:20 pm
by Doreen B
Holiday 1 - throw the egg into the water (at the swan)


I have also finished Holiday 2

But stuck in Holiday 3...

Have also finished Minette. :thumb:

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:37 am
by terri
So the shower is a red herring?

holiday

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:52 pm
by Doreen B
You can turn the dial and get wet but I didn't use the shower.

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:44 pm
by terri
Re: Part 2:

I've mapped it and found the available objects. I found the cold man, but don't know what to buy in the shop (if at all).
A little nudge would be nice.

Mistakes in this game - the available exits and the descriptions don't match. Not a big deal, since the number of locations is small.

holiday

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:04 am
by Doreen B
Just 'give money to man' (shop).

I think we are trying to 'look between the lines too deeply in these games, for puzzles that are just not there!'

Still stuck in part 3.

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:54 pm
by terri
I'm trying to KISS (keep it simple, stupid), but I'm not further ahead than you. What does one do with a senile guard? Giving the phonebook doesn't help. St. Alban's should be a clue of some sort. I thought maybe there would be a key at the bottom of the pool, but there isn't. Not to mention John at the sales office.

holiday

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:42 pm
by Doreen B
Right your just about where I am in part 3.

If you 'examine pool table' in the games room you should find a coin...

as to what to buy in the shop....???

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:26 pm
by terri
Thanks for the hint about the coin.

I've tried buying each of the items, and using as simple a verb as possible, and having collected all the items at John's, I am no further ahead.

Sometimes simple is very complicated.