Walkthrough
Noir A
Shadowy Thriller
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Opening
At the start of the game
you will be in Slayton's office. First thing to do is go to the desk.
The intercom will begin buzzing at random intervals. Turn to the intercom,
which is behind the desk, and switch it on. You will hear the secretary
give you instructions before she leaves the office. Jack Slayton is
missing and the answer to his disappearance may lie in the cases he
was working on. (Note: Once Secretary Premise is set to TRUE you can
leave the office through the office door or go to another location
via the map).
Open the right top desk
drawer and get the Rolodex key. Now use the key and open the Rolodex.
Flip the cards until the help telephone number comes up. Go to the
phone and pick up the receiver, you will hear the first message from
the Informant. After hearing the first Informant massage open the
center desk drawer and remove the coin purse. Now you will be able
to call the Informant from any pay phone.
Open the middle right drawer
and remove the flashlight. Open the desk return all the way (two pulls
are required) to get the combination to the wall safe (hidden behind
the picture): open the safe and get the gun. (Note: Now you are ready
to investigate the cases in any order you like [with some exceptions
- see case descriptions below]).
Winthrop
Case
Slayton's Office
Read Winthrop file (right lower drawer of desk) and you learn that
he hired Slayton to investigate the death of his prize racehorse Pegasus.
Leave the office and go to the racetrack.
Race Track
At the racetrack go to the stable doors. Look away from the stable
doors and down to find the muddy footprints. Now go find Pegasus stall
door and discover that it is locked. A video of Eddie the Jockey tells
you that Pegasus was too healthy to die of natural causes and he gives
you permission to look in his stall. Unlock Pegasus stall and enter.
Turn on the light and look at the close-up of Pegasus feed schedule.
Now look at the bulletin board and see the close up of Mannie's business
card, also look at the close-up of the newspaper article about Winthrop
Mansion. Find the saddle and look down to find the syringe hidden
in the hay. Hmmm? Go to Winthrop Mansion.
Winthrop Mansion
Look up immediately after entering through the gate and wait for the
upstairs light to turn off. Enter the mansion through the window.
Open the kitchen door to see a video of the staff discussing how Winthrop
can't think straight since Pegasus death and he is having financial
problems as a result. Now find Winthrop's desk and discover several
thank you letters from various charities. Look in the left desk drawer
to find an insurance policy on Pegasus. Find the prescription for
Pegasus medicine on the desk. In the right desk drawer you will find
Winthrop's contract with Pollock which states that if Winthrop defaults
everything goes to Pollock.
Go to the construction
shack and knock on the door - see a video of a guard telling you to
"Scram"!
Go back to Slayton's office,
open the closet and get the bourbon bottle. Go to Manorwood.
Manorwood
Enter the construction shack and find the guard sleeping. Look at
the second pair of boots from the left. Locate Pollock's desk and
read the survey letter saying that there are vast oil deposits here,
but money is needed to develop them. Find the bank letter on the desk
denying Pollock a loan. Read the note telling us that Winthrop is
backing out of the deal due to his being upset about Pegasus' death.
Find the medicine vile hidden in Pollock's desk. Receive Informant's
phone call that Pollock is coming ... (Note: there are three different
endings to this case depending on your actions here, they are listed
as A, B and C):
A. Enter the closet and
see video of Pollock discovering the missing vial of medicine and
running away. Back at Slayton's office you will see a newspaper headline
about Pegasus Killer Escaping to U.K.
B. If after you receive
the warning about Pollock coming you attempt to leave the shack without
the gun Pollock will see you and the guard will shoot you. Back at
Slayton's office you will see a newspaper headline saying Detective
found in Gutter. (Note: depending on the difficulty level setting
you will loose your memory of this case).
C. If after you receive
the warning about Pollock you attempt to leave the shack with the
gun Pollock will see you but you will win the shoot-out with the guard.
Back at Slayton's office you will see a newspaper-headline saying
the same as in option A.
Charlie
Case
Slayton's Office
Read Charlie file, which is in the briefcase under the wall map; learn
that he is one of Slayton's snitches. Get Charlie Kwan's wire recording
from Slayton's safe and listen to it to learn that the Tong is upset
over the loss of one of its shipments from Hong Kong. Go to Chinatown.
Chinatown
Open door to the opium den in the underground passages and look at
the opium in the lab. See video of Charlie saying that the missing
crate is in a warehouse. Discover the Warehouse address on the calendar.
(Note: If you knock on the opium den door without the gun the Chinese
thugs will shoot you. You will go to the newspaper headline that says
Chinese Tong Wage War. However you will not loose your memory of this
case). Go to Warehouse from map in Jack's briefcase.
Warehouse
Release the hand brake on the truck so that it rolls under the warehouse
window. Climb on to the truck bed and enter through warehouse window.
Inside turn on a Geiger counter found in the toolbox. Take the Geiger
counter. Examine the crate and discover that it is empty. Now look
at the crates shipping label, it shows that it was shipped aboard
a Chinese freighter. Go to the shipyards from map in Jack's briefcase.
Cargo Ship
Enter the hold of the cargo ship and discover the radioactive
crate. Lift the netting off of the radioactive crate and examine the
shipping label to discover that the uranium is being shipped to Germany.
Enter valve room. Turn large valve covered in cobwebs to sink ship.
(Note: if you attempt to go through the door of the cargo ships super
structure after hearing the Chinese shipmate approaching he will shoot
you. You will go to the newspaper headline, which reads Detective
Found In Gutter. Depending on the difficulty level setting you will
loose your memory of this case).
Slayton's Office
You will see the newspaper headline about a sunken Chinese ship.
Watkins
Case
Slayton's Office
Read Watkins file in the right lower drawer of the desk to learn that
Watkins hired Slayton to test his company's security by breaking into
his office. Get the Security badge and Watkins' wire recording from
the wall safe. Listen to the recording of Watkins requesting Slayton
to investigate a security breach in his office. Go to Bradbury.
Bradbury
Find Watkins office and enter it, this requires the right code on
the door for the current day and the pattern listed on the security
badge.
Day Security Badge
Sun (Day=1) ---*-
Mon (Day=2) ---
Tue (Day=3) -**--
Wed (Day=4) *-**-
Thur (Day=5) ---**
Fri (Day=6) -*--*
Sat (Day=7) *-*-*
Turn on the light in Watkins'
office. Look up and see the broken skylight. Go up to the roof and
look down through the lit skylight to see a dog's footprints on a
bookcase in Watkins' office. (Note: You can not proceed further until
after you get a confession from Watkins for the max case and Niles'
photo in the Agnes case). After you take care of the other two cases
(at least as much as you can) and return here the Informant calls
you in Watkins' office to tell you to hide because the Nazis are coming.
Turn off the office light and hide in the closet. You will then see
Wo-Tan (the dog from the Agnes Case) retrieve one of the codebooks.
Go to Mannie's bookstore. (It is around the corner from Slayton's
office).
Mannie's Bookstore
See video of Mannie showing you his two books. Examine the two books
to see the combination of the other two dials for Watkins' safe. Watch
the video of Mannie offering you cash for your book. Pick up the cash
and Mannie lets you explore the bookstore. Go into the back room and
throw the switch. Open the bookcase and the metal door behind it to
discover the map room. Examine the map room and find a printing press
for the phony charity organizations. Also look at the blue prints
for Watkins' office. Discover Wo-Tan's crate in the map room closet.
(Note: If you turn on the radio or attempt to release Wo-Tan while
in the bookstore map room the Nazis will hypnotize you. You will go
to the newspaper headline saying Detective found In Gutter. Depending
on the difficulty level setting you will loose your memory of this
case.) Go to Bradbury.
Bradbury
After discovering the secret combination from the three codebooks
you saw in the bookstore unlock the vault and enter. Open the drawer
in the vault desk and discover Joan's picture. Walk to the radio in
the back of the vault. The Informant calls you in the vault to say
that the Nazis are coming. Pick up the paper clip from the workbench.
Now you need to stop the Nazis from entering the vault, insert the
paper clip into the gears. (Note: If you fail to insert the paper
clip into the gear in Watkins' vault in time the Nazis will enter
the vault. You will then see the headline saying Nazis Gain Foothold
in U.S. and you will loose the game!)
Slayton's Office
See the newspaper headline about the Nazis being defeated. You then
get a call from the Mayor congratulating you.
Harrison
Case
Slayton's Office
Read the Harrison file from the right lower desk drawer. You learn
that Harrison's daughter, Alicia, has been missing for a year. Slayton
was going to ask Myer at Scheherezade what he knows. Take Alicia's
photo from Harrison's file. Get Harrison's wire recording from the
safe and listen to it. Also take the Film Reel from the safe. Put
the film reel on the projector found in the closet, turn on the motor
and light switches. Now remove the painting over the projector port
on the other side of the closet to see Alicia's movie. Notice the
brooch that Alicia's father gave to her. Go back to the desk and open
the center drawer and look at secret knock on Scheherezade matchbook.
Get Slayton's IOU's to Meyer Goolsby from the valuable papers booklet
in Slayton's briefcase. Go to Scheherezade.
Scheherezade
Use the secret knock to enter the nightclub. Show Alicia's photo to
the Bartender ... he won't recognize it. He suggests you talk to Meyer
instead. See a poster announcing that Joan's singing engagement at
the nightclub has been canceled until further notice. Go and enter
the hotel facility. Talk to Meyer at the reception desk and learn
that you are accountable for Slayton's IOU's. You can't come back
until you pay up. Go back to Slayton's office and get Joan's key from
the upper left drawer of the desk. Go to Joan's apartment.
Joan's Apartment
Use the elevator key to gain access to Joan's floor. Go look at Joan's
diary, it is in a drawer next to her bed. She writes that she took
something from Meyer and is heading to San Diego. Inside Joan's closet
is a brooch. You'll see a brief clip from the home movie showing that
Joan's and Alicia's brooch are identical. Go back to Slayton's Office
and see a newspaper headline announcing that Joan is Alicia. Get the
cash from the wall safe. Go to Scheherezade.
Scheherezade
Enter hotel side using the secret knock from the matchbook cover.
See a video of Myer taking your money and allowing you to look around.
Go upstairs. Watch a video of a thug as he walks into the room, sees
you and turns around. Go to the bedroom and notice a big mirror overlooking
the bed. Open the mirror. Now find the lion room and look behind the
curtain to discover a secret door, go through and enter the mirror
room. Turn on a speaker which allows you to listen in on a conversation
between the Mayor and a lady who is not his wife.... Meyer is angry
at your discovery of the mirror room and tosses you out. You can't
get into the private area of Scheherezade again, although you can
still go to the nightclub. Go back to Slayton's Office.
Slayton's Office
Hear a radio announcement about the scandals at Scheherezade and that
torch singer Joan is really heiress Alicia.
Max
Case
Slayton's Office
Read Max's file which is in the right lower drawer of the desk. You
learn that he has found a rare book that he wanted to get appraised
at Mannie's bookstore. Get Max's book from the wall safe. Look at
the design inside the front cover. Go to Mannie's bookstore.
Mannie's Bookstore
See a video of Mannie showing you his book. Examine the one book to
see the combination of the other two dials for Watkins' safe. You
know see a video of Mannie offering you cash for your book. Pick up
Max's book instead and Mannie kicks you out. Go to Max's apartment.
Max's Apartment
Enter Max's apartment through the fire escape and find Max on the
floor ... dead. Check his wallet and you verify that it is Max. Now
look at the note in his hand, it is from Phillip Watkins demanding
the return of his book. Check the apartment and in the bathroom wastebasket
you find a train ticket to San Diego. Go back to Slayton's Office
and get the baggage locker key from the upper left drawer of the desk.
Go to Union Station.
Union Station
Open one of the lockers with the baggage key. Inside is a note from
Joan saying that she bought a ticket for the Moonliner. Find the Conductor
and bring up Joan. The Conductor recalls Joan getting onto the train
after giving a book to Max for safekeeping. Go back to Slayton's Office
to see a newspaper headline about Max being found dead in his office.
Return to Union Station and ask the Conductor of Track #5 about the
Moonliner. He says that there are no more trains to San Diego tonight.
Go to Joan's apartment where you will find burned love letters from
Watkins in the bathtub. They reveal he gave her the book that got
Max killed. Go to Watkins house where he confesses to having an affair
with Joan after you confront him with the love letters.
Agnes
Case
Slayton's Office
Read Agnes Simon's file in the right lower drawer of the desk. You
learn that she is a former silent film star. Now her dog, Wo-Tan,
is a movie star and has been kidnapped. Get Agnes wire recording from
the safe and listen to hear the special call she used for Wo-Tan.
Go to Agnes Simon's house.
Agnes' House
The butler lets you in only after Agnes insists. When you glance at
the picture of Wo-Tan, Agnes appears and gives you a photo of Niles,
her valet who supposedly died in a swimming accident. The butler then
throws you out. Go to Scheherezade.
Scheherezade
Use the secret knock (found in the Harrison Case) to enter the nightclub.
Show the Bartender the photo of Niles, he tells you however that he
thinks it is a false lead. (Note: you can not continue with this case
until after Wo-tan steals the book in the Watkins' case and Myer kicks
you out of the mirror room in the Harrison case.) Go back to Slayton's
office where Agnes calls and tells you that a ransom note for Wo-Tan
has arrived. Go to Agnes' house.
Agnes' House
The butler again reluctantly lets you in. Agnes gives you the ransom
note but the butler then throws you out. Go back to Slayton's office.
Slayton's Office
Your informant calls to remind you to take the wire recorder. Open
the safe to get Agnes' wire and the wire recorder. Go to the Observatory.
Observatory
You discover that Wo-Tan is being held in a box up on the roof. The
thug that you saw in Scheherezade (Harrison Case) brings you an extension
cord so that you can work the wire recorder. Turning on the tape recorder
plays the recording of Agnes' voice and Wo-Tan runs out of the box.
(Note: If you attempt to open Wo-Tan's crate on the roof the Nazis
will hypnotize you. You will then get the newspaper headline stating
Detective found in Gutter. Depending on the difficulty level setting
you will loose your memory of this case) Go back to Slayton's office
and see a newspaper headline of Agnes re-united with her dog.
Conclusion
Slayton's Office
Once you have solved all six cases then go to the radio. Click the
radio on and see a video of Jack Slayton explaining his disappearance
and introducing Joan. End Game.
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