MURDER – HE SAID
by Jack Lockerby
Zenobi Software
Spectrum 128
You are Inspector Vance. You find out that Philip Stowe has been found
apparently murdered at Dundee Manor after his engagement to Emily
Dundee.
INVENTORY (you are wearing a suit and carrying a casebook), EXAMINE
SUIT (has pockets), EXAMINE CASEBOOK, FILE ON PHILIP STOWE (The body
was found in the music room. He used drugs), EXAMINE DESK, TAKE ALL,
EXAMINE KEYS (car, office, home), EXAMINE BLEEPER (make sure it's
turned on), DROP TELEPHONE, OUT, S, S, S, DOWN, IN, START CAR, (you are
at the main gates), N, W, NW, N, W, W, OPEN DOORS, IN, EXAMINE ROVER
(Philip's car), TAKE BRIEFCASE, EXAMINE BRIEFCASE, OPEN BRIEFCASE,
EXAMINE BRIEFCASE (full of banknotes), TURN ON BLEEPER, CALL PC, GIVE
BRIEFCASE (he returns it to the office), OUT, E, E, E, EXAMINE ALCOVE,
EXAMINE DUSTBIN, EXAMINE RUBBISH, EMPTY DUSTBIN (you get gloves),
EXAMINE GLOVES (made of blue wool), E, E (you see Alfred), FILE ON
ALFRED (is friendly with the cook), QUESTION ALFRED, CALL PC, GIVE
GLOVES.
Go W, S, W, W, UP, EXAMINE DOOR, RING DOORBELL (Alfred lets you in. You
see the major who tells you the medical examiner will send his report,
and goes to see his wife), FILE ON MAJOR (does not get along well with
Oliver, his son), OUT, W, IN (you see Peter), FILE ON PETER (a chum of
Oliver's), QUESTION PETER (he heard someone playing the piano after
midnight), OUT, E, E, S, TAKE GLOVE REPORT, READ GLOVE REPORT (knitted
by hand), TAKE MEDICAL REPORT, READ MEDICAL REPORT (Philip was killed
approximately 1:00 a.m. by a bullet. He was a drug addict), N, E, IN,
EXAMINE CARPET (bloodstains), TAKE CARPET, CALL PC, GIVE CARPET, TAKE
HAIRS, OUT, W, W, W, FOLLOW PETER (he enters the fourth door on his
right), E, E, E, FOLLOW OLIVER, IN, FILE ON OLIVER, QUESTION OLIVER (he
heard somebody come down the servants' stairs about half past
midnight), OUT, CALL PC, GIVE HAIRS, UP, OPEN DOOR, S, W, S, FILE ON
EMMA (she dotes on Emily), QUESTION EMMA.
Go N, OUT, E, EXAMINE MACHINE, OUT, S, FOLLOW EMMA, IN (you see her
rummaging for a shirt and she rushes out carrying a bundle), FOLLOW
EMMA (you hear the washing machine running), S, E, FILE ON GEORGE (in
financial difficulties), QUESTION GEORGE (Philip always had money but
no job), OUT, S, S, TAKE CARPET REPORT, READ CARPET REPORT, TAKE HAIR
REPORT, READ HAIR REPORT (the hair may not be human), N, E, E, UP, W,
FOLLOW GERALDINE, IN, FILE ON GERALDINE, QUESTION GERALDINE (Philip's
affair with Emily was a charade; he wanted the major's money), OUT, E,
E, N, N, E (you may need to wait a few turns for the machine to stop),
EXAMINE MACHINE, OPEN DOOR, EXAMINE MACHINE, TAKE SHIRT, EXAMINE SHIRT
(still bloodstained), CALL PC, GIVE SHIRT, CLOSE DOOR, OUT, S, S, E, E,
UP, W, IN, LOOK UNDER BED, EXAMINE WALLET, TAKE CERTIFICATE, EXAMINE
CERTIFICATE (Emily is Emma's daughter), drop wallet, OUT, W, W, N, E,
FILE ON EMILY, QUESTION EMILY (she heard Geraldine and Philip arguing
in the music room), SHOW CERTIFICATE, OUT.
Go W, EXAMINE PAINTING (you see 54726), MOVE PAINTING (you see a safe),
EXAMINE SAFE, OPEN SAFE, TURN DIAL 54726, OPEN SAFE, EXAMINE SAFE, TAKE
STATEMENT, TAKE LETTER, EXAMINE STATEMENT (major made a cash
withdrawal), EXAMINE LETTER (Philip was blackmailing the Major), CLOSE
SAFE, RESET SAFE, HANG PAINTING, N, N, FILE ON ELIZABETH (she sides
with her son), QUESTION ELIZABETH, SHOW LETTER TO MAJOR, SHOW STATEMENT
TO MAJOR, SHOW CERTIFICATE TO MAJOR, QUESTION MAJOR (Emma was upset
that Philip was dead), OUT, E, TAKE TUMBLER, EXAMINE TUMBLER, SHOW
LETTER, CALL PC, GIVE BANK STATEMENT, OUT, N, DOWN, S, S, S, S, TAKE
SHIRT REPORT, READ SHIRT REPORT (same blood as deceased), N, N, N, N,
UP, S, E, EXAMINE BED, LIFT MATTRESS, TAKE DIARY, READ DIARY (Oliver
was planning to stop Emily's marriage to Philip), REPLACE DIARY, CALL
PC, GIVE LETTER, OUT, N, UP.
Go S (you hear voices), HOLD TUMBLER TO DOOR, LISTEN (You hear Alfred
and Emma talking. Alfred says the wig and the other item are in a safe
place), DROP TUMBLER, IN (Alfred and Emma leave), EXAMINE ROOM, TAKE
WOOL, EXAMINE WOOL, READ LABEL, OUT, N, DOWN, DOWN, S, W, SHOW WOOL
(it's Emma's), SHOW CERTIFICATE, OUT, S, S, W, W, IN, SEARCH SETTEE,
EXAMINE NOTE (a note from Philip to Geraldine), OUT, UP, E, IN, SHOW
NOTE (Geraldine says that Philip showed her a gun), CALL PC, GIVE NOTE,
ARREST GERALDINE (you are back in the office), OUT, S, S, DOWN, IN,
START CAR, N, E, N, E, N, E (you see a rose bush), N, IN, EXAMINE
GRAVEL (you find a key), TAKE KEY, EXAMINE KEY (for the potting shed),
OUT, S, S, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEY, IN, TAKE SPADE, TAKE LADDER, OUT, N,
DIG (you see a wig).
DROP SPADE, TAKE WIG, EXAMINE WIG (reddish-brown stains), DROP
CERTIFICATE, W, S, W, W, UP, RING BELL, N, N, N, W, SHOW WIG, SHOW WOOL
(both belong to Emma), OUT, CALL PC, GIVE WIG, N, UP, UP, S, IN, DROP
LADDER, CLIMB LADDER, TAKE GUN (there is a slight glitch here because
when you LOOK ON TOP WARDROBE – you are told you see nothing, yet the
gun is there. You can also find the gun on told of other wardrobes),
DOWN,EXAMINE GUN, N, CALL PC, GIVE GUN, DOWN, DOWN, S, S, S, S, TAKE
WIG REPORT, READ WIG REPORT (blood stains match the victim's; grey
hairs found inside the wig), WAIT (several times until the gun report
arrives), TAKE GUN REPORT, READ GUN REPORT (Geraldine's and the
deceased's fingerprints on it; blue wool found on butt), CALL PC, GIVE
WOOL, N, N, N, W, ARREST EMMA (she confesses), OUT, S, S, DOWN, IN,
START CAR, N, W, ARREST ALFRED (he confesses to being an accomplice).
You are finished. Score: 250 points.
Terri Sheehan
2005-08-10
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