Debug Mode#
The game does have a debug mode, but only in the CD-ROM version. Extract 10.scr, 10.hep, and 10.tex from this version. The scripts will work with either the floppy or CD-ROM versions. Booting the game will show a "where to" dialog and the following controls are enabled...we think. Many of the controls programmed don't work and will crash the game if one attempts to use them. The list below only shows the controls which have their coding intact.
Keys |
Action |
|---|---|
Alt + G |
Set global variable. |
Alt + H |
Show global variable. |
Alt + K |
Show palette. |
Alt + L |
Set flag. |
Alt + M |
Clear flag. |
Alt + N |
Show flag. |
Alt + T |
Teleport. |
Alt + X, |
Quits. |
Alt + V, |
Show layers of a room (Visual, Priority and Control respectively). |
Shift + / |
Help. |
(Source: HWM, ScummVM Wiki)
Unused Graphics#
Laura choking up and vomiting.
(Source: KyougiRyu)
A cut-in of Laura with a rather shocked expression, similar to the ones used upon discovering new corpses.
(Source: OneShortEye)
A cut-in of Wolf Heimlich in the style of those used for the eavesdropping scenes in Act 2, complete with talking and blinking frames. In the final game, none of the conversations in that segment feature Wolf.
(Source: OneShortEye)
Unused Dialogue#
The game's dialogue system lets Laura ask any character in the game about the various people, places, and items she encounters via her notebook, but some characters have unique responses programmed for topics that can only be unlocked after the last chance to question them (or, in the case of the press pass, are lost before the first chance).
Character |
Topic |
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Pippin Carter |
Ernie Leach |
Mr. Leach is a good chap. Very helpful. Keeps the place spotless and organized. If you ask me, he's the one who ought to be Chief of Security instead of that Prussian Heimlich fellow. |
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Press Pass |
No, thanks. I already have one of Lo Fat's business cards. |
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Watney Little |
I don't believe I'm familiar with that name. Sounds English, though. |
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Dr. "Tut" Smith |
Press Pass |
I already know you're a journalist. |
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Smelling Salts |
They have a strong smell. |
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Countess W-C |
Press Pass |
Well, isn't that CHAHMING! A little reporter! |
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Yvette Delacroix |
Press Pass |
Eet ees very nice. |
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Dr. Archibald Carrington |
Press Pass |
How charming. |
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Meat |
Good beef should be hung for at least a fortnight. |
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Pocketwatch |
Carrington: I... I... Where did that come from, Miss Bow? |
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Laura: Oh, it was a gift. |
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Carrington: Now, you listen 'ere you cheap... |
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Carrington: ...Miss Bow, I'm, uh, sure there's something I should be doing right now. I've enjoyed our chat, but...please excuse me. |
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Snake Lasso |
What a bizarre implement, Miss Bow. |
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Snake Oil |
Phagh! That odor is beastly! |
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Wire |
Miss Bow, charming as you are, I'm sure I don't have time to discuss the properties of wire with you. |
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Wire Cutters |
I don't own a pair. Are you always this verbose, Miss Bow? |
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Steve Dorian |
Press Pass |
I've never met a woman with a press pass before, Miss Bow. I'm imPRESSed. Ha ha. Sorry about that; it's what I get for spending so much time at the docks. Affects your brain after a while. |
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Det. Ryan O'Riley |
Grapes |
I love grapes, lass. They're good for your constitution, and your circulation too. I wouldn't be without them. There's some who would tell you one kind of grape is better than another, but I don't care; I eat every kind, seeds and all. |
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Press Pass |
I hate those things. I can't believe those wee cards allow you nosy reporters to interfere in our investigations all the time. It's ridiculous. |
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Smelling Salts |
They're not so popular now, but lots of ladies used to carry that nasty stuff around with them. I think they fainted just so some fella would catch them, ha ha! |
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Wolf Heimlich |
Grapes |
I sink ze man eats zo many grapes to cover up a drinking problem. Drinking iz a veakness. I hate veakness. |
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Press Pass |
Zat may impress zome people, Miss Bow, but it does not impress me. It got you into ze party, but I vill not let you znoop all over MY MUSEEUM! |
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Smelling Salts |
I do not use zmelling salts. I never faint. Not even ven I'm standing in a POOL OF MY OWN BLOOD, WHICH I HAF DONE MANY TIMES, MISS BOW! |
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Ziggy |
Charcoal |
Laura: What's the lowdown on charcoal? |
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Ziggy: Glad you asked. He's gonna beat Sea Biscuit in the 3rd at Hialeah. He's a mudder. |
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Cheese |
I don't know about no stinkin' cheese. |
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Dagger of Amon Ra |
Why would I know anyting about dat? You must have me confused wid sumbuddy else. |
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Sterling W-C Diary |
Dat could be very valuable in da right hands, know what I means? Poisonal diaries can be real incriminalating evidence. I'd hang onto it if I was youse, but dat's all I'm gonna say about dat. |
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Garter |
Laura: Know anything about a garter? |
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Ziggy: Hey, if I knewed who DAT belongs to, would I be here jawin' witcha? No sir, not me! |
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Lantern |
Sorry, lanterns is out of my field of expertises. |
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Lightbulb |
They seem to work good for lightin' porpoises. |
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Meat |
Laura: Now why do you think I would've found this meat downstairs? |
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Ziggy: 'Cuz there ain't no icebox upstairs? Look, lady, these appeteasers are the bunk, and there's some pretty hungry joes around here. I wouldn't be waving no steaks around, if I was you. |
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Pocketwatch |
Ziggy: I could gets you one realll cheap, if yer interested. |
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Laura: No thanks, I was just asking. I'm not interested in purchasing any of your filthy, stolen goods. |
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Ziggy: Fine! Geez! Can't blame a guy for askin', ya don't hafta bite my head off. |
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Press Pass |
Reportering is sumpthin' I ain't never had no interest in, though I coulda been a journalist had I been wantin' to be. |
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Skeleton Key |
I like 'em. |
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Smelling Salts |
I got the constitutional of an ox. Never needed 'em. Wouldn't work on me anyways, my schnoz been broke a few times. |
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Snake Lasso |
Yeah, sure! Snake lassoes! Yippie-ki-yay, little boa constrictor! |
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Snake Oil |
I got an uncle, used to sell da stuff. Me, I always figgered it was bunk. |
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Watney Little |
I dunno nuttin' about it. Don't ask me. |
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Rameses Najeer |
Grapes |
Yeth, I have notithed that Mithter O'Riley doeth eat many grapeth. Perhapth he hath thome Greek anthethry. I do not care for grapeth, mythelf. I much prefer a nithe, thweet date. |
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Press Pass |
How nithe, you have a preth path. It mutht take a lot of energy to be a reporter, Mith Bow. I fear I am jutht not thociable enough for the job. I'll thtick with accounting. |
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Smelling Salts |
My beloved wife Ithith carrieth thmelling thalth. She ith very delicate, and hath a weak conthtitution. She fainth every time she theeth a mouthe, and our neighborhood hath many rodenth. Tho, every time she hearth thqueaking, she utheth her thmelling thalths, jutht in cathe. |
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Dr. Olympia Myklos |
Press Pass |
How charming, you brought your press pass. I imagine it has allowed you to see many wonderful things, like murder scenes and accidents! |
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Ernie Leach |
Bifocals |
My dear old Grandma wears those. She says they help her read better, but I think she wears 'em to keep a sharper eye on Grandpa! |
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Press Pass |
I imagine that press pass lets you go all sorts of interesting places, Miss Bow. |
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Red Hair |
Red hairs, huh? They might have come from our new stuffed baboon family. |
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Animal Hair |
Those look like some kind of animal hairs to me. Maybe some kind of a pig. My Grandma lives upstate, in Glens Falls, and she has pigs. |
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Woman's Shoe |
It looks like one of Miss Delacroix's shoes. You might ask her about it. |
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Daisy |
Grapes |
Squeak squeak squeak YES! Chuckle chuckle. |
Similarly, attempting to use inventory items on characters directly can provoke various responses, some of which go unused for the same reason.
Character |
Item |
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
Yvette Delacroix |
Red Hair |
Your hair, eet ees falling out, at so young an age? You should be taking more care of yourself, Miss Bow, then you will be attracting more of ze men, and zey will be doing many things for you then, no? |
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Dr. Archibald Carrington |
Snake Lasso |
I really have no need for that bizarre tool, Miss Bow. |
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Snake Oil |
Please, Miss Bow, I have a delicate stomach. |
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Meat |
Really, Miss Bow, I don't find decomposition nearly as interesting as Dr. Myklos does. |
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Wire |
No, thank you. I really have no need of it. |
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Wire Cutters |
I really have nothing I wish to sever, Miss Bow. |
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Det. Ryan O'Riley |
Grapes |
Thanks, lass, but those don't look too fresh. |
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Smelling Salts |
Phew! Take that away, lassie, it's makin' me queasy! |
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Wolf Heimlich |
Grapes |
No sank you. Grapes are for veak, pitiful Irishmen and little ferrets. |
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Smelling Salts |
Ze zmell of zat is most exhilirating, Fraulein Bow, but I don't vant it. |
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Ziggy |
Carbon Paper |
Ziggy: It ain't mine, but I'll letcha in on a trade secret: dere's a way to read what's typed on dese things. |
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Laura: How? |
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Ziggy: Well, I ain't gonna tell you exactly, or they'll throw me outta da Stoolie's Union. But it CAN be done! |
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Charcoal |
Hey, yer not spozed to be walkin' around with that thing, yer gonna spoil the barbecue. |
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Cheese |
No tanks, it sticks to da roofuh my mouth. |
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Dagger of Amon Ra |
Wussat, onea dem fake pigstickers? Don't point dat thing at me. |
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Lantern |
Whaddaya, lookin' for one wise guy? Har har! |
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Lightbulb |
So it's a light bulb. Whoop-dee-doo. |
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Meat |
If ya wanna come back to my place and cook it for me first, I'd be happy to oblige. |
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Snake Lasso |
Looks like one o' dem things the jockeys use. |
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Snake Oil |
What's dis, some kinda Eau de Snake? Don't get any of it on me, it stinks. |
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Police File |
No tanks, I never look at nobody else's rap sheet. Professional courtesy, dontcha know. |
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Wire Cutters |
Hey, hang onto those, they could come in handy! I use my snips alla time! |
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Rameses Najeer |
Grapes |
That ith very grathiouth of you, Mith Bow, but I am not hungry at the moment. |
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Smelling Salts |
My wife utheth thmelling thalth, but I do not. Thank you anyway. |
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Dr. Olympia Myklos |
Smelling Salts |
Ah! That was refreshing! |
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Ernie Leach |
Bifocals |
Oh, no thanks, Miss Bow. My eyes are fine. |
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Grapes |
No, thanks. I'm not too hungry right now. |
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Red Hair |
Did those come out when you combed your hair, Miss Bow? You seem kind of young to be losing your hair. |
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Smelling Salts |
Phew! That woke me right up! |
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Woman's Shoe |
Why, that looks like one of Miss Delacroix's shoes! |
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Daisy |
Grapes |
SQUEAK squeak squeak chuckle squeak! |
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Smelling Salts |
Squeak! Wuuuuuuuhhhhh! |
One special case is that showing the pocketwatch to the Countess during her meeting at the armor room at 1:00 gives a unique dialogue chain, but the door to the mammalogy lab where the watch is found only unlocks after said meeting, so this interaction can't be seen in normal gameplay.
Speaker |
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|---|
Laura Bow |
Does this look familiar? |
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Countess W-C |
It LOOKS like a pocketwatch. |
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Laura Bow |
You'd never guess where I found it. |
|
Countess W-C |
In your PURSE? |
|
Laura Bow |
In a trunk with a human skeleton. The engraving on the inside of the watch says it belongs to Dr. Archibald Carrington III. |
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Countess W-C |
Dr. Carri...uh, what, uh... |
|
Laura Bow |
Having trouble talking? |
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Countess W-C |
I didn't KILL him! WATNEY did it! |
|
Laura Bow |
Tell me about it. |
|
Countess W-C |
I HIRED Watney to impersonate Carrington! Then Watney KILLED Carrington on the boat during their trip here from England! |
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Laura Bow |
You hired him to kill Dr. Carrington? |
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Countess W-C |
No! That was HIS idea! |
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Laura Bow |
Okay, if Carrington's skeleton is in the trunk, then who's the corpse on the desk in Carrington's office? |
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Countess W-C |
He...oh, God...it's Watney Little! Someone killed WATNEY! |
|
Laura Bow |
Someone who thought he was the real Carrington? |
|
Countess W-C |
How would I know? I wasn't THERE! |
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Laura Bow |
Who else besides you would have a reason to kill him? |
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Countess W-C |
I don't know! Maybe someone else knew his true identity? Maybe he made someone ANGRY! Maybe he killed HIMSELF! |
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Laura Bow |
I seriously doubt that the man would commit suicide by impaling himself on a porcupine... |
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Countess W-C |
I don't know what to tell you! I don't know who did it! I just know I didn't do it! You must BELIEVE me! |
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Laura Bow |
Hmmmm... |
Unused Voice Lines for Unvoiced Text#
Some of the used text lines that are unvoiced in-game have voice files associated with them in the files that are never played.
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
Baseball |
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Bifocals |
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Carbon Paper |
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Charcoal |
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Cheese |
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Claim Ticket |
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Coupon |
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The Dagger of Amon Ra |
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Desk Key |
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Dinosaur Bone |
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Evening Gown |
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Garter |
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Grapes |
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Lantern |
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Light Bulb |
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Magnifying Glass |
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Meat |
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Ankh Medallion |
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Mummy |
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Notebook |
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Pippin's Notepad |
|
Pippin's Notepad |
|
Pippin's Notepad |
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Pocket Watch |
|
Press Pass |
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Red Hair |
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Sandwich |
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Skeleton Key |
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Smelling Salts |
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Snake Lasso |
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Snake Oil |
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Animal Hairs |
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Water Glass |
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Watney's File |
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Wire Cutters |
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Wire |
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Work Boot |
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Yvette's Shoe |
Item names (stored in message 15).
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
Hieroglyphs |
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1926 |
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Burglary |
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Egyptology |
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Charleston |
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Sterling W-C Diary |
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Sam Augustini |
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Dr. Pippin Carter |
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Dr. Archibald Carrington |
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Det. Ryan O'Riley |
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Crodfoller T. Rhubarb |
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Lo Fat |
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Steve Dorian |
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Ziggy |
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Wolf Heimlich |
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Yvette Delacroix |
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Ernie Leach |
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Rameses Najeer |
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Countess W-C |
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Dr. Olympia Myklos |
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Dr. "Tut" Smith |
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Watney Little |
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John Bow (Dad) |
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The Tribune -- NYDRNT |
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Police Station |
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Lo Fat's Laundry |
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12th Street Docks |
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Leyendecker Museum |
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Flower Shop |
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New York |
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Speakeasy |
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Free Sandwich Coupon |
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Laundry Claim Ticket |
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Your notebook |
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Corned Beef Sandwich |
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Baseball |
|
Desk Key |
|
Press Pass |
|
Pocketwatch |
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Skeleton Key |
|
Meat |
|
Wire Cutters |
|
Dagger of Amon Ra |
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Work Boot |
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Smelling Salts |
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Snake Oil |
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Lantern |
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Cheese |
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Garter |
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Dinosaur Bone |
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Snake Lasso |
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Ankh Medallion |
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Pippin's Notepad |
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Magnifying Glass |
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Lightbulb |
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Police File |
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Animal Hair |
|
Bifocals |
|
Red Hair |
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Water Glass |
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Carbon Paper |
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Woman's Shoe |
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Grapes |
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Evening Gown |
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Charcoal |
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Wire |
Journal topics (in message 20).
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
INTRODUCTION |
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PLAY GAME |
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QUIT |
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CONTINUE SAVED GAME |
Title screen menu options (in message 100).
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
You respond to Bob's remark: |
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No, sir. I LOVE sitting in filth. Will you take me for a ride? |
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Yes, I have a problem with that! This taxi is a pig sty! |
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No, sir. I LOVE sitting in filth. Will you take me for a ride? |
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Yes, I have a problem with that! This taxi is a pig sty! |
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You respond to the man's remark. |
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Sorry. My mistake. |
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Let me in, or I'll scream. |
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Wait! I know the secret word! |
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Sorry. My mistake. |
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Let me in, or I'll scream. |
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Wait! I know the secret word! |
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You respond to the woman's remark. |
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Not right now, but thank you for asking. |
Popups for choosing a dialogue response used in Act 1 (in messages 250, 300, and 320). Oddly enough, some of the lines have both a take with the Narrator voice and a take with the Laura voice.
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
I PAY HOMAGE TO THEE YE LORDS OF ETERNITY RA STRONG IS THY SAIL IN THE WIND AS THE LAKE OF FIRE IN THE UNDERWORLD BEHOLD SHU THE MOTHER CREATING THE GODS |
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IN SILENCE FROM HER WOMB QUICKER THAN GREYHOUNDS AND FLEETER THAN LIGHT LET ME NOT BE BURNT LET ME NOT BE CONSUMED LET ME NOT PERISH AS MY MUMMY LIES PROSTRATE IN MY TOMB |
Writing on the blackboard in Dr. Olympia Myklos's office (in message 520); in-game, it's written in hieroglyphics and meant to be translated manually.
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
Self defense |
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Fear |
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Jealousy |
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Mercy |
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Thrill |
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Revenge |
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Mental deficiency |
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Professional killer |
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Financial gain |
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Cover another crime |
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To protect a loved one |
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Accident |
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Had a bad day |
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Dr. Archibald Carrington III |
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Yvette Delacroix |
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Steve Dorian |
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Wolf Heimlich |
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Ernie Leach |
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Watney Little |
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Dr. Olympia Myklos |
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Rameses Najeer |
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Detective Ryan Hanrahan O'Riley |
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Dr. Ptahsheptut Smith |
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Countess Waldorf-Carlton |
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Lawrence 'Ziggy' Ziegfeld |
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Pick a Person |
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Match a Motive |
Act 6 questioning menu options and labels (in message 750).
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
In the darkness of the secret passage, you're blind as a bat. You have a brave, but brief, battle, during which you endure the battering of the berserk and bellicose black bats without batting an eye. Then your body, bothered by bloody bites, becomes bereft of life. |
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You came in thinking like a journalist, and you left with a skull full of mush. |
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Mmm, there's nothing the bugs like better than a little fresh meat. |
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If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the furnace! |
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Going down? |
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You're in a heck of a pickle now! |
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Nice swan dive off the stairway. |
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Death from traumatic lead poisoning claims many lives every year. |
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That about wraps it up for this mystery. |
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You have a gnawing feeling you've made a horrible mistake. Rats! |
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If you don't look both ways, you'll be dead in no time flat! |
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You'll get nowhere with that holier-than-thou attitude. |
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Your dying thought is, "Venom I ever going to learn?" |
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In big cities, a person gets mugged every few minutes. Don't let that person be YOU. |
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Take another stab at it. |
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Restore |
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Restart |
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Quit |
Death messages, as well as the option prompts on the game over screen (in message 99).
(Source: OneShortEye, original TCRF research)
Floppy-Only Dialogue#
The CD release removed the copy protection sequences from the original floppy version, but still added voice acting for (all but one of) the associated dialogue lines.
Context |
Speaker |
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
Possible questions asked for the copy protection itself |
Narrator |
Which Egyptian god made crops grow? |
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Narrator |
Who was the most popular Egyptian goddess? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian goddess was considered the "Queen of all gods"? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god invented mummification? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was the spirit of light? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian goddess represented darkness, decay, and death? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian goddess was one of the oldest known goddesses of Egypt? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian goddess was the mistress of merriment? |
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Narrator |
Who was the Egyptian goddess of love? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was the Lord of Upper Egypt? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god symbolized evil? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god represented darkness? |
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Narrator |
Who was the Egyptian god of wisdom? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was the patron of the arts and sciences? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god created hieroglyphics? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god wrote the "Book of the Dead"? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was the patron of craftsmen? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god protected artists? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god built the cities? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was worshipped in cities that depended on water? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was worshipped in Crocodilopolis? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was the bringer of rain? |
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Narrator |
Who was the Egyptian god of fertility? |
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Narrator |
Who was the Egyptian god of roads and travelers? |
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Narrator |
Which Egyptian god was the Great Cackler who laid the Cosmic Egg? |
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Game-over text for failing the copy protection |
Narrator |
The first three rules of journalism: research, research, research. |
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Succeeding at the Act 1 copy protection |
Crodfoller T. Rhubarb |
Okay, you win. It looks like you're prepared for this assignment after all. I'll help you any way I can. |
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Failing the Act 1 copy protection |
Crodfoller T. Rhubarb |
Ha! I KNEW you weren't prepared for this assignment! YOU'RE FIRED! In fact, I enjoyed saying that so much, I'll say it again: YOU'RE FIRED! |
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Failing the Act 3 copy protection |
Det. Ryan O'Riley |
Sure and begorrah, you can't be playing the game without studying about the Egyptian gods! Why, I've half a mind to arrest you right now! |
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Wolf Heimlich |
Ja! Ze detective vill arrest you, und I vill INTERROGATE you! |
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Laura Bow |
I'm shocked. You should be ashamed of yourself. |
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Failing the Act 5 copy protection |
Laura Bow |
You've failed the copy protection! I'm so ashamed by this turn of events that I refuse to go any further. |
(Source: OneShortEye (video)
The CD release also removed these lines for specific stars in the night sky visible from Carrington's office, due to a bug with the control areas used in the room, but voice lines were still recorded for them.
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|
Since it's an unusually clear sky tonight, you can see the star, Azmidiske, in the constellation, Puppis. What a treat! |
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It's the characteristic twinkler known as Fomalhaut in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus! Obviously! |
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It's Arcturus in the constellation Bootes. Perhaps there's something out there, on a planet circling Arcturus, looking back at you at this very moment.... |
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It's the magnificent Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion. |
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It's the startling Aldebaran in the constellation known as Taurus the Bull. |
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Ed's Star. Some guy named Ed found it while he was lying drunk in a field one night, staring at the sky. Ed said the aliens told him he could name the star after himself, so he did. |
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A careful search brings you to the constellation known as Cetus, and the star known as Deneb Kaitos Ecoquestus. |
(Source: OneShortEye (video)
Other Unused Text#
Unused Rating Dialogue#
Instead of having a visible score like a typical Sierra title, the game rates your performance so far at the end of each Act using a hidden score value and plays a line of dialogue from the narrator accordingly. Due to the particulars of how this rating is calculated, however, nearly half of the possible lines can never actually be picked in the final game! Additionally, each line can only be heard in sequence by rating.
Condition |
Text |
Audio |
|---|---|---|
Second 41-60 score |
Maybe you're a little preoccupied today?! |
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Third 41-60 score |
Though still wet behind the ears, you're not without potential. |
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Fourth 41-60 score |
You could be doing worse, but not much. |
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Fifth 41-60 score |
Whatever you're doing, try to do a lot more of it in the next act. |
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Fourth 21-40 score |
You have the capability to be a good detective, but you need to work harder to show it. |
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Fifth 21-40 score |
Strive to excel. At the moment, you seem to be striving to be satisfactory. |
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First 0-20 score |
Consider another line of work, Laura. |
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Second 0-20 score |
Perhaps you should investigate a job in the mail room. |
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Third 0-20 score |
At this rate, you'll never work in this town again! |
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Fourth 0-20 score |
Have you thought about a less demanding occupation? |
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Fifth 0-20 score |
There's a name for detectives like you: 'Unemployed'! |
(Source: OneShortEye (video)
Placeholder Questioning Messages#
Message file 1880 contains what appears to be a placeholder version of a set of character questioning/item-showing dialogue, with the speaker ID set to that of Dr. "Tut" Smith (though the set of topics that are given lines doesn't quite match what Smith has in the final game). Note that blank lines consisting of nothing but "***" or "****" have been omitted for the below transcript.
Text |
Audio |
Notes |
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***You already asked me that. |
(none) |
A line for, of course, asking the character about a repeat topic. |
***MEAT MESSAGE |
Start of questioning lines for various items, listed in their internal order but with the IDs offset by 2 compared to the final game's list (for instance, this line is set to be for topic 34, but the meat is actually topic 36). |
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***WIRE CUTTER MESSAGE |
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****STEVE'S BOOT |
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***ABOUT THOSE STINKING SALTS. |
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****ABOUT SNAKY MASSAGE OIL |
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****ABOUT THAT NEATO LAVA LAMP. |
Based on its order in the list, this line is actually referring to the lantern. |
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***ALL ABOUT CHEESE |
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***THE INFAMOUS GARTER |
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***ABOUT DINO BONE |
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***SNAKE LASSO |
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***ALL ABOUT ANKHS |
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***PIPPIN NOTEPAD |
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***ABOUT NEATO MAGNIFIER |
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***ABOUT LIGHTBULB |
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***ABOUT WATNEY POLICE FILE |
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***ABOUT WARTHOG HAIRS |
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***ABOUT BIFOCALS |
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***ABOUT THOSE RED HAIRS |
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***ABOUT THAT CARBON PAPER |
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***ABOUT YVETTE SHOE |
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****ABOUT ORILEY GRAPES |
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***ABOUT EVENING GOWN |
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***ABOUT CHARCOAL |
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***ABOUT PTERO WIRE |
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***WHAT ARE THESE THINGS? |
The item that would go in this slot is the mummy picked up briefly during the final sequence of the game, but given the context of this line it's unclear whether that's what it was originally meant to refer to. |
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***ABOUT DIARY |
Slot doesn't correspond to any existing inventory item. In the final game, the diary is grouped with the miscellaneous questioning topics instead. |
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***WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? |
A line for using the Look icon on the character (with the correct ID this time, and from here on out). |
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***NO, THANKS. I'VE ALREADY EATEN. |
Start of lines for using various items on the character. Out of the several food items available in the game, this line's ID specifies it as being for the meat. |
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***CAREFUL. YOU COULD PUT YOUR EYE OUT WITH THAT THING. |
Referring to the wire cutters. |
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***SOME TAKE THIS, SOME SAY DON'T POINT THAT THING AT ME! |
Referring to the Dagger of Amon Ra. |
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***NO, THANKS. IT'S NOT MY SIZE. |
Referring to Steve's boot. |
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Phew! Get that away from me! |
Referring to the smelling salts. The speaker of the voice line is unconfirmed, but sounds like it could indeed be the VA of Dr. "Tut" Smith like the internal speaker assignment would indicate. |
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Watch what you're doing! That stuff stinks! |
Referring to the snake oil, again with what sounds like Dr. Smith's voice. Notably, Smith doesn't have any unique responses to using items on him directly in the final game. |
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***A RUHMKORF LANTERN. YOU CERTAINLY COME PREPARED. |
(none) |
Referring to the lantern, minus the silly nickname this time. |
***I PREFER CAMEMBERT. |
Referring to the cheese. |
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Try to control your violent impulses, Laura. |
Referring to the dinosaur bone, as spoken by the narrator. The text of this line matches the used one for trying to use the dinosaur bone on various characters, but the voice line is of a slightly different read than the used versions. |