MURDER OFF MIAMI
Written by Jason Somervilla & Fergus McNeill (CRL)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (C64 Version)
Note
The game is fussy about the way you interrogate people. Sometimes it requires a person's
surname and other times their title as in Mrs Jocelyn or Lady Welter, or even their christian name
etc. The way to talk to characters in the game is given below:
TALK ROCKSAVAGE
TALK BISHOP
TALK COUNT
TALK SILAS
TALK CAPTAIN
TALK MRS JOCELYN
TALK LADY WELTER
TALK HAYASI
TALK FERRI
TALK REGINALD (Mr. Jocelyn)
TALK SYD
TALK STODART
Walk Through
PART 1
(Start as Kettering sitting at his desk), INVENTORY (you have a packet of cigarettes, a lighter and
a police ID), EXAMINE DESK, GET MAGNIFYING GLASS, EXAMINE ASH TRAY, EXAMINE PHONE, STAND UP (an
officer enters and hands you a radiogram and a memo), READ RADIOGRAM (tells you Bolitho Blane has
committed suicide), READ MEMO (Blane is a financier... you are to meet the Golden Gull yacht),
EXAMINE HATSTAND, GET COAT, WEAR COAT, OUT (a squad car is waiting to take you to the dock... then a
police launch to take you to the Golden Gull), TALK GURDON, ASK ABOUT BLANE (both Rocksavage and
Blane own big soap companies), WAIT (until you arrive at the Golden Gull).
(You are in the captain's cabin and are handed a sketchplan of the Golden Gull), GET KEYS, TALK
CAPTAIN, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, TALK ROCKSAVAGE, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, (he hands you the note and a
slip of paper), READ NOTE (Stodart and Ringbottom will now give their statements), WAIT (until
Stodart gives his statement), WAIT (until Ringbottom gives his statement), OUT, W, D, D, W, S
(outside Blain's suite), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, IN (drawing room), WAIT (until Southwold takes
some photos of the suite), OUT, CLOSE DOOR, N, E, U, U, E, IN (captain's cabin - when Neame
leaves you are shown to your room), WAIT (until you are told to save your position).
PART 2
(Start in the spare room), OPEN DOOR, OUT, S, S (outside Hayashi's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN
DOOR, S, S (outside Ferri's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, S (outside Rocksavage's room),
UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, S, W, W, N (outside Lady Welher's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N
(outside Jocelyn's suite), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (outside Posodini's room), UNLOCK
DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N, N (outside Stodart's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (outside Blane's
suite - note don't open this one), N, E, E, S (outside Bishop's room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN
DOOR, S, IN (spare room), SLEEP.
WAIT (until Neams arrives with the photos), EXAMINE PHOTOS (one shows faint marks on the carpet),
OUT, N, N, W, W, S, UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, IN (Blane's drawing room), EXAMINE CARPET (you see
some drag marks and a damp patch under the curtains), EXAMINE CURTAINS (has a small bloodstain),
OUT, CLOSE DOOR, N, E, E, S, S, IN (spare room), WAIT (until the bugle sounds for breakfast), OUT,
S, S, S, S, S, S, W, U, N (lounge where everyone is assembled for breakfast).
WAIT (until breakfast is over and Neams says you should return to your room where the guests will be
sent in for questioning, N, D, D, E, S, S, IN (spare room where you see Rocksavage), TALK
ROCKSAVAGE, ASK ABOUT TRIP, ASK ABOUT LADY WELTER, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Ringbottom enters),
TALK RINGBOTTOM, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, WAIT (until Syd Jenks arrives), TALK SYD, ASK
ABOUT SILAS, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Ferri enters), TALK FERRI (Rocksavage), ASK ABOUT TRIP,
ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Reginald Jocelyn arrives), TALK REGINALD, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT
COUNT, WAIT (until his wife Pamela enters), TALK MRS JOCELYN, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until Lady
Welter comes in), TALK LADY WELTER, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until the Bishop of Bude enters), TALK
BISHOP, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK ABOUT BLANE, WAIT (until Stodart enters fingering a shaving cut... the
Bishop faints and leaves, aided by Stodart), WAIT (until Inosuke Hayashi enters), TALK HAYASHI, ASK
ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until the count enters), TALK COUNT, ASK ABOUT TRIP, ASK ABOUT ALIBI.
WAIT (until Neame hands you a postcard and suggests you search the cabins), OUT, S, S, S, S, IN
(Ferri's room), N (bedroom), SEARCH ROOM, EXAMINE BRUSH (you find some hair), EXAMINE HAIR
(mostly long blonde and a couple of short dark hairs), TAKE BRUSH, TAKE HAIR, S, OUT, S, S, W, W, N,
N, N, IN (Posodini's bedroom), SEARCH ROOM (you find cards, dice, a gun and cigarette ends),
GET CARDS, EXAMINE CARDS (specially arranged), GET DICE, EXAMINE DICE (loaded), TAKE GUN, EXAMINE
GUN, TAKE CIGARETTE ENDS, EXAMINE CIGARETTE ENDS (players and you see traces of lipstick), OUT, N,
N, IN (Stodart's room), SEARCH ROOM, GET RAZOR (cut throat), OUT, N, OPEN DOOR, IN
(Blane's drawing room), N, N (bathroom), SEARCH ROOM, TAKE RAZOR (safty), S, S, OUT, N, E, E,
S, IN (Bishop's room), SEARCH ROOM (you find a crumpled letter and a match), GET LETTER, READ
LETTER (from Blane to Bishop), GET MATCH, EXAMINE MATCH (a book match), OUT, S, IN (spare room where
some lunch is waiting for you), EAT LUNCH.
OUT, N, N, W, U, U (wheelhouse), S (lounge - Stodart should be here), TALK STODART, ASK ABOUT ALIBI,
S, D, E, N, N, N, N, N, N, IN (spare room), WAIT (a very long time until the bugle sounds for
dinner), OUT, N, N, W, U, U, S (lounge), WAIT (until Neame says he is going to check up on the
Count), N, D, D, E, S, S, IN (spare room), EAT DINNER, WAIT (until you are asked to save your
position).
PART 3
(Start in the spare room), SLEEP (this passes some time), WAIT (until Naeme returns with information
on the passengers... Posodini has a criminal record and is a con man - not his real name... Lady
Welter's principal income is derived from Rocksavage's companies... The Bishop of Bude was
sent home from South Africa after a scandal... Bolitho Blane's companies are shaky and a crash
is imminent).
WAIT (until Naeme says to question the passengers after breakfast), WAIT (until the breakfast bugle
sounds), LOOK (you see your breakfast), EAT BREAKFAST, OUT, N, N, W, U, U, S (Lounge, TALK BISHOP,
ASK ABOUT MATCH, ASK ABOUT LETTER, TALK STODART, ASK ABOUT STATEMENT, TALK COUNT, ASK ABOUT BLANE,
ASK ABOUT GUN, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, TALK MRS JOCELYN, ASK ABOUT CIGARETTES, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, WAIT (until
passengers return to their cabins), S, D, E, N, N, IN (Ferri's room), TALK FERRI (Rocksavage),
ASK ABOUT HAIR, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, OUT, S, IN (Rocksavage's room), TALK ROCKSAVAGE, ASK ABOUT
ALIBI, ASK ABOUT BLANE, OUT, N, N, N, IN (Hayashi's room), TALK HAYASHI, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, ASK
ABOUT BLANE, OUT, S, S, S, S, W, W, N, N, IN (Jocelyn's room), N (bedroom), TALK REGINALD, ASK
ABOUT ROCKSAVAGE, S, OUT, S, IN (Lady Welter's room), TALK LADY WELTER, ASK ABOUT ALIBI, OUT,
N, N, N, N, N, N, E, E, S, S, IN (spare room), WAIT (until the lunch bell sounds), WAIT (until lunch
arrives), EAT LUNCH.
WAIT (until Lieutenant Schwab arrives and asks if it was suicide), SAY NO (he asks who did it), SAY
BLANE (who was killed then), SAY STODART (Blane killed his secretary and made it look as though he
himself had committed suicide - he is now posing as Stodart. Blane was arrested and gave a full
confession. Kettering was later promoted and even given that elusive pay rise he had been waiting
for).
CONGRATULATIONS
You have successfully completed "Murder off Miami"
You have solved 100% of this case.
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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