Laura Bow 2: Dagger of Amon Ra
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You will start the game in the news room. Sit down, and use the eyeicon to look in the trash can. You will find a baseball, use thehand icon to put it in your purse. Now look at your desk. flip thelower right corner of the blotter to find the key to the drawer,and open the drawer. You will find a Press card. Now talk toCrodfoller (man to your right) about the burglary. (If you want youcan ask about the other things in the notebook!) Exit the newsroom,and place hand icon on the taxi sign. Show the taxi driver yourpress pass which you got from your desk drawer in the news room.Select The Police Station from your notepad, then select exit. Thecab driver will take you there. When you arrive at the PoliceStation, you will find a drunk outside. Try to wake the drunk, andhe will tell you to go away. Enter the police station, and exit,and the drunk will be gone. Pick up the newspaper, and a close-upview of a sandwich coupon will show. Clink the hand icon on it, andclick the hand icon on the taxi sign. Ride back to the newspaper,and give coupon to the street vendor (Luigi). (He will complain,but give you the sandwich). Ride back to the Police Station, andgive sandwich to the clerk inside. Ask about the speakeasy (andanything else you want to know). You will find out the password forthe speakeasy "Charleston". Enter the Detective office, and listento speel. Don't worry about Detective O'Riley. He's just not thatcooperative with the press. All you really need to do is visit himand examine the case file. There's not very much information on therobbery at this time. Just keep your eyes open and you can learnmore later. Get a taxi, and go to the 12th street docks. When youarrive at the docks, talk to Steve. Use your notepad to ask himabout Pippin Carter and Carrington. Ask him about everything inyour notepad. You never know what you might learn from Steve. Go toLo Fat's Laundry, and talk to the three boys outside. Ask themabout their hobbies are. One of the boys will tell you thatbaseball is one of his hobbies. When he does, select the baseballfrom your inventory and offer it to him. The kids will trade theirmagnifying glass for the baseball. Go to speakeasy and talk toZiggy. Important, somewhere in the taxi rides you will get into atrash filled cab. This taxi is full of garbage for a reason. Searchthrough the trash in the back seat using the Hand cursor.Underneath that mess, you'll discover a laundry claim ticket for LoFat's Laundry. After visiting the speakeasy, go to Lo Fat's laundryand present him with the laundry ticket you found in thetrash-filled taxi. He'll give you an evening gown to wear to themuseum fund-raiser at 7:00 p.m. Go to the speakeasy. Once you getinside, go to the restroom to change into your evening gown. To dothis, select the evening dress from your inventory and use it onthe dressing partition. While in restroom, ask the "lady?" abouteveryone in the book. Leave the building, and Act 2 will begin.
ACT TWO - Suspects on Parade
Go to the museum and present Heimlich with your press pass andhe'll let you into the party. Eaves-drop at the party and you'lloverhear 14 different conversations. Learn all the characters'names and pay attention to what they say. After all, you never knowwhat someone might accidentally reveal. Visit the buffet table topick up a water glass. You can use the water glass to eaves-dropbehind closed office doors throughout the museum during Acts 3 and4. You can also visit the gift shop and examine the fine selectionof gift items there. When you enter the gift shop examine each ofthe fake daggers on display. Use your magnifying glass to examineeach of the daggers carefully. One of these is the stolen Dagger ofAmon Ra. Unfortunately, as soon as you discover it, you're usheredout of the room by Wolf Heimlich. Perhaps you can get it later.Check this display case later in the game. Exit the party and re-enter and Steve should show up. Talk to him. Now that you havetalked to Steve you can go into the dinosaur room. Wander arounduntil you find the Egyptian exhibit room. Examine the ankhmedallion lying on the floor by the mummies. Use your magnifyingglass to get a closer look at it. You'll discover the medallion hasthe initials "PS" on it. This medallion belongs to none other thanPtahsheptut "Tut" Smith. Use the hand cursor to pick it up and keepas evidence. Also use your magnifying glass to examine the redpuddle beside the ankh medallion. Open the mummy case and you willfind Pippin's body. Examine Pippin's body for clues. You'lldiscover there's a notepad in his breast pocket. Take the notepad.Detective O'Riley will show up and talk to you. This should end Act2.
ACT THREE - On the Cutting Edge
Go to the Dinosaur room and visit with Rex the talking dinosaur.Use the eye icon on the bone display, and pickup the bone withthe hand icon when you get the close-up view. Use the Crystal glassto listen to the conversation between Yvette and Dr. Olympia. Go toDr. Olympia's office and remove the cloth over the stone. View thestone with the magnifying lens. (This will give you have of thehieroglyphics translation). Go to Yvette's office and take a lookin her trash can and discover the piece of carbon paper. You canhold this carbon paper up to the lamp in her office to read it.Also take a look at the lamp on her desk and remove the light bulb.To do this, first use the eye cursor on the lamp to get a close-upview of the lamp. Next, use the hand cursor to turn the lamp off.To let the bulb cool down, exit her office for a moment thenreturn. Use the eye cursor on her lamp twice to get a close-up viewof the bulb. Take the bulb using the hand cursor. Enter the door togo to Dr. Carrington's office. Use the crystal glass to listen tothe conversation between Yvette and Najeer. Look in the fireplaceand remove the piece of charcoal. This will help you with yourinvestigation. Look behind the painting above the fireplace, anduse the number associated with "B SAYFF" to get in. Use thecharcoal on Dr. Pippin's Notepad, and read the message. Go to theEgyptian exhibit room and talk to "Tut" Smith. Look around, and onone of the walls is the remainder of the rosette stone. View itwith the magnifying lens. Now go back to the pterodactyl room, andyou should discover a body. Once you discover the corpse in thepterodactyl room, take a look in the life mask room. This room isone screen west and one screen south from the pterodactyl room. Usemagnifying glass on the northeastern asian head. This is Ziggy'shead which has been mounted on the wall. Watch the animation. Go toRodin room. Use the crystal glass to listen to the conversationbetween Yvette and Detective O'Riley. Now go to the Rodin room.Closely examine the back of the Rodin sculpture's head using yourmagnifying glass. You'll discover a tiny hinge on the back of theneck of the statue. Use the hand cursor on the front of the head.Walk through the archway on the right-hand side of the screen andyou'll discover a secret spiral staircase leading downstairs. Becareful of that first step, though. You need to replace the lightbulb before walking down the stairs. Select the bulb frominventory. To change the bulb, use it on the light hanging abovethe staircase. Go down the stairs, and break the glass in themirror with dinosaur bone. This will give you a lantern. Go to WolfHeimlich's office. Take the cheese from the rat trap on the floorin front of his desk. Use either the dinosaur bone from theTyrannosaurs Rex room or the Snake Lasso from Ernie's office tosafely trigger the trap. Also examine the books on his shelf untilyou find a book of poetry. Thumb through the book and you'll findYvette's garter and a note. Use the magnifying lens to read thenote. Go to the Preservation Lab.There are two things to do in the Preservation lab. Second, aftervisiting Ernie's office and examining the "alcoholic index" on hisdesk, you should overhear a message on his intercom about the valvebeing plugged on Vat Number Thirteen. Find Vat Number Thirteen inthe lab and climb the ladder. This is the second vat on thelefthand wall. After skimming the contents of the vat, you shouldfind the Dagger of Amon Ra. In Ernie's office, there are threeimportant items to look for. Look at the "alcoholic index" notepadon Ernie's desk and note which vat contains the warthogs. (It's VatNumber Thirteen.) Next, use the hand icon to open the toolbox, anduse the eye icon to look in. You will get a close-up view of a pairof wire cutters in Ernie's toolbox. Pickup the tool. Finally, lookunder his desk and pickup the snake lasso. You may also want topress the button above the desk. While in the Old Masters Galleryexamine the works of Anonymous Bosch. One of his paintings depictsa skeleton holding a key. Actually, a real key has been glued overthe top of the painting. Use the magnifying glass on the paintinguntil the close-up shows the actually key, then use the Dagger ofAmon Ra or the wire cutters from Ernie's toolbox to remove the key.Wait behind the tapestry until the old lady walks in with thepaintings under her arm. Talk to her. Go to Dr. Carrington'soffice, and you will discover a dead body. Examine the two letters"CP" in blood on Carrington's desk. These letters stand for "Crimeand Punishment," one of the books on Carrington's shelves. Find thebook and open it. You will find a police file on Watney Little.Leave and Enter Dr. Carrington's office and you can overhear Yvette& "Tut" Smith's conversation. You can also listen to conversationsusing the intercom system on his desk. Go to the Mammalogy Lab.First, pick up the bottle of snake oil from the table in the frontof the room. Look in the icebox and get slab of meat. Use theskeleton key on the trunk under the table. Immediately after youopen the steamer trunk, throw the slab of meat into it. Now you cansafely examine the contents of the trunk without getting eaten bythe beetles. You will find a skeleton. Use the eye icon on theskeleton and you will find a watch. Pickup the watch. You will findErnie Leach's body in the Mastodon room. Examine Ernie's body. Youshould discover two important clues. You can detect a strong smellof preserving alcohol and you should notice some warthog hairs onhis shirt. Now go find Detective O'Riley and tell him of Ernie. Act3 should end. There are also several secret tunnels running throughout themuseum. One tunnel leads from Heimlich's office to Dr. Carrington'soffice. To access this tunnel, press the button hidden behind theframed medals on Wolf's wall. Another tunnel leads from Olympia'soffice to the alcohol preservation lab. To access this tunnel, usethe hand cursor on the horn of the Rhesus' skull on Olympia's desk.The third secret tunnel leads from the mammology lab to theEgyptian display room. To access this tunnel, enter Ernie's officeand press the button behind his desk.
ACT FOUR - Museum of the Dead
Enter Yvette's office and talk with her. When you exit, you willbump into Steve and Olympia. When Steve enters Yvette's office,use your water glass to listen. View the dead body in thepterodactyl room, and use wire cutters to clip a section of thewire from the fallen pterodactyl on Ziggy's corpse. This piece ofwire will come in handy later in the game. Go to Yvette's officeand the should be a mess in there. Look at Yvette's desk andexamine the evidence you find there with your magnifying glass.Look at Yvette's shoe, the piece of fabric, and the red hairs. Nowgo to the Old Masters Gallery and look for anything suspicious.You now see a statue that wasn't there before. Break the plaster onthe statue using the dinosaur bone you picked up in the "Talking"Rex room. Now examine the corpse you find inside. Pay attention tothe bifocals and red hairs in Yvette's hands. Go the armor room,and take a look at the dog armor. Beside the armor is an old workboot. That looks like Steve's boot, doesn't it? Better pick it up.It will be useful later in the game. Go to Olympia's office. Beforeyou get in you will talk to Olympia. Enter her office and use snakeoil three times on the cobra and you'll back him into a corner. Ofyou run out of snake oil you will need to go to the preservationlab and refill the bottle from the container on the table. Now usethe snake lasso to pick him up. Finally, to put him back in hiscage, use the hand cursor on the cobra's cage in the left rearcorner of the room. You will discover the Countess' body onOlympia's desk. Examine her body. Pick up the grapes from thefloor. Take the smelling salts from one of the countess' pockets.Examine the Countess' left ankle to learn her cause of death.Pickup the grapes. Act 4 should end.
ACT FIVE - Rex Takes a Bite out of Crime
You will start in the mastodon room, with the murderer chasing you.Exit through the Pterodactyl room. Once in this room, shut the doorby using the hand cursor on it. Wire the door shut by wrapping thesection of wire you clipped from the fallen pterodactyl around thedoorknob. Immediately head for the Medieval Armor Room, shut thedoor, and slide the board across the heavy wooden door. Now head tothe locked room. Move the nearby chair in front of the locked door.Stand on the chair and open the transom above the door. Now duckinto the Egyptian room and hide inside the mummy case on the farleft-hand side. The murderer will be fooled and will break down thedoor to the other room. Wait until the murderer goes into the LifeMask exhibit room. When he leaves, go into the crate storage roomthrough the door he just smashed to pieces. Once inside the crateroom use the swinging arm near the door to move the crate in frontof the door. Now cut the rope using the Dagger of Amon Ra or thewire cutters from Ernie's toolbox. After moving the right mostcrate out of the way of the small closet door, you'll discover asmall ancient one-person elevator. Throw the lever and the elevatorwill take you down and away from the murderer. When you get in themummy storage room, remove a mummy from one of the cases and propit against the door of the elevator to slow down the murderer. Usethe snake lasso on the snake figure on the locked mummy case on theleft wall. Exit through the mummy case into the Sun WorshipperCeremonial Room. You will be given a TEST while here. The answer tothe first riddle is "womb." The answer to the second riddle is"tomb." Spell these words using the hieroglyph from your notepad.Once both answer are given, the worshipper will send you behind thealtar into the furnace room, where you will find Steve Dorian in acoal ben. Use the hand icon to wipe away the coal from Steve'sface. Use the smelling salts to revive Steve. When you reviveSteve, immediately give Steve his boot. Hidden behind the sunsymbol on the wall is a secret tunnel entrance. Use the hand cursoron the stone. Steve will help you rotate the sun symbol out of theway. Now you can safely exit the room. As soon as you enter thesecret tunnel, select the lantern and turn it on. Now you can seeyour way. You will find a nest of cobras. Use the bottle of snakeoil from the preservation lab to repel the cobras. You then willencounter a pack of rats. Throw the cheese you picked up from therat trap in Heimlich's office through either of the openings at thetop of the tunnel. The rats will go after the cheese and you'll berid of them. Go through the second opening at the top of thetunnel. You will safely exit through the talking dinosaur's mouthin the Tyrannosaurs Room. As soon as you exit through Rex's mouth,quickly press the button to get him talking. Now he will capturethe murderer in his powerful jaws for you. This should end Act 5.
ACT SIX - The Coroner's Inquest
When you start Act 6 you will be at the coroner's inquest where youwill be asked several questions. They are:
Q: Who murdered Dr. Pippin Carter?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: What was the motive?A: Either "cover another crime" or "financial gain."Q: Who murdered Lawrence "Ziggy" Ziegfeld?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: What was the motive?A: Either "cover another crime" or "financial gain."Q: Who murdered Ernie Leach?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: What was the motive?A: Either "cover another crime" or "financial gain."Q: Who murdered Yvette Delecroix?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: What was the motive?A: Either "jealousy" or "revenge."Q: Who murdered Countess Lavinia Waldorf-Carlton?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: What was the motive?A: Either "cover another crime" or "financial gain."Q: Whose skeleton did I find in the steamer trunk?A: Dr. Archibald Carrington IIIQ: Who murdered Dr. Archibald Carrington IIIA: Watney LittleQ: Who impersonated Dr. Archibald Carrington?A: Watney LittleQ: Who murdered Watney Little?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: What was the motive?A: Either "cover another crime" or "financial gain."Q: Who stole the dagger of Amon Ra?A: Watney LittleQ: Who was behind the Dagger of Amon Ra theft?A: Detective Hanrahan O'RileyQ: Who was the woman involved in stealing paintings?A: The Countess Lavinia Waldorf-Carlton.Q: Who was the man involved in stealing paintings?A: Watney Little.Q: Who was the middleman that forged paintings for the Countess?A: Ziggy ZiegfeldQ: Who was the High Priest of the Amon Ra Cult (Sun Worshippers)?A: Rameses Najeer.Q: Which museum employee ran a "fencing" operation?A: Ernie Leach