Expert Tips - Game Killed Until Dead.

<b>Expert Tips</b> - Game Killed Until Dead.
(C) Andrew Shkolnikov, 1997

Game: Killed Until Dead
Manufacturer: US Gold
Year: 1986


    - One thing is clear: someone someone
 are killed ... And, incidentally, may
 and no ...

      L. Carroll. "Alice in Zazer
      Calle. "


   - How - Who killed him? You ubi whether sir.

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky. "Crime
      tion and punishment. "


   I have always believed that to seek out and pull up an ear 
for Sun "old but had been unfairly overlooked attention games -

a necessary and noble. Not for nothing Heinlein once said that
The most important profession - it is
librarian. Because so many
games, and even not so ancient
languish in obscurity, although
certainly deserve better
share.

   Of course, if someone says
You that all the brilliant games are written to the 90-th - 
spit him in the eyes and download "Space Crusade". But is far 
from the truth the assertion that many masterpieces

slightly dusty?

   Actually, this is nothing more tragic. Take,
"Laser Squad" or even (maestro
tush!) very great "Elite". Novelty in both cases
long ago kicked the bucket, though
and is reborn with the emergence of new versions. So what? Both
the game is still loved by the people,
in all the galaxies are flying armadas seekers Rakksly and poor 
Regniksa kill even more, Duncan Mac than Cloud. Yes and

it should be. Perhaps this is
is a sign of a good game - it
never get tired of permanently; to
It comes back again and again.

   Much worse, if good
game for whatever reason to stay behind the scenes. Reasons can
be as much as you like - the complexity of
management, bad hack, lots of
English ... Or just a rarity, when everyone knows or at least
would have heard about the program, but no
whom it is not - as was the case with "Swords
and Sorcery "and there is still
with the "Gates of Assenot" or "Little
Computer People ".

   And this time it's time to gently wipe away dust. The game, 
which will be discussed, written as much in 1986. It's called 
"Killed Until Dead "(the nearest Russian

analog, which comes to my
head - the name of the detective novel "Death Kill"). It is 
clear that the game itself with such a name should be unusual, 
interesting and, most importantly, fun. Nevertheless, although 
"Killed Until Dead" is not so too rare for many

sinkleristov it remains a "thing
in itself. "This lack of attention, in my opinion, absolutely 
nezasluzhen, it's time to end it. 

   What is the reason for this neglect? Man, play a couple of 
minutes, do not hesitate to answer - in language, and will long 
to complain about the preponderance of texts, often not even in 
English, but in the U.S. (however, they say, the two languages 
are descended from a common root). But you this man does not 
believe it. Of course, at the stage of familiarization pair 
just look in the dictionary, maybe and necessary. But when you 
chutchut familiar with the program, get used to the 
conventional wisdom expressions and even in general terms, will 
represent what is currently happening, then you can boldly 
throw your dictionary: Almost all will be clear and

so. Although it is better to leave him - he is still useful to 
you for translation in abundance scattered over a game of jokes 
and puns. 

   However, much to frighten so scary.
Language - not the only difficulty in "Killed". Although all of 
the menu in the game are simple and easy to understand, in the 
art of interrogation For example, without ... uh ... How easy 
to understand. Coupled with language problems, these little 
things form a psychological barrier

which, presumably, and prevented the lovely, really
classic game to win the masses.

   Overcome this barrier and
devoted to this description. I am
As the forces tried to help you
to master this great game.
A familiar with the rules of investigation in the "Killed" and 
vzhivshis in it, you can concentrate

in uncovering crimes -
the main goal "Killed". And let
thrill killers - the great detective is on the loose!


        ACTORS


   So, in "Killed" You find yourself in a small, probably 
English, otelchik with cheerful company ... Poprobuyteka 
formulate a company - Who? It's not that famous

detectives, although very close to
This, rather, they ... However,
better to introduce you to the entire company in order. And do 
not be surprised that I will turn this attention to suicidal 
tendencies venerable old lady, authoress

or a British lord. The game
You have to face it
with this aspect of their activities.
Now proceed to the ceremony
dating.

   First, let me introduce you to Miss Agatha Meypoul
(Agatha Maypole) - respectable
old maid, a cross between Miss Marple and her creator of Agatha 
Christie. Miss Agatha was clearly turbulent past: in her

dossier says that it is lame
because of an old shrapnel wound and was wearing a bullet-proof 
from the tweed. However, over the years (by the way, judging 
all the same dossier, Agatha was born in the age of 41 years) 
she settled down, choosing a career writer.

Miss Agatha - author of 1086 novel;
with one novel she absent-mindedly wrote twice. Y
Agatha is not a "criminal specialty - kills it on any
grounds. Of course, as a respectable
Victorian lady, she prefers to poison but actually possesses
such a set of different Massacre guns, which is not ashamed to 
be a ninja and mothers, in This set even includes a chainsaw!


   A second woman in the company
much more mysterious. It is so mysterious that she, alone of 
all five, I do not I know the literary prototype.

This is Claudia von Bulow (Claudia
von Bulow) - femme fatale,
honorary chairwoman of the American Society of widows, the 
author book "How to bury a millionaire and owner of the tattoo,

that she had never seen. Claudia spreads its namesakes - 
spiders "black widow". Her favorite movie - "The Bride Wore 
black. "And in one case, Claudia, is once again preparing to 
married, and she prepared a black wedding dress. Between way, 
Claudia is one of ten best-dressed for the 83rd year and the 
ten worst-dressed - for the 84-th year.


   Specialty Claudia in the game
- "Love killings" in which she is constantly embroiled.
Only occasionally Claudia rests
from his original profession,
fun blackmail.

   We now turn to the male
half (or rather, three fifth)
our company. Which of them
first catches your eye? Of course, this Ministry of 
Construction of Sydney (Sydney Meanstreet); its prototype - 
Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout. As for his name, in the same 
tales of Mickey Spillane a grinning villain "Like Sydney 
Greenstreet (Sydney Greenstreet) in movies with Humphrey

Bogart. "What kind of Greenstreet,
actor, he or character - the concepts
I do not have. If anyone knows about it (and
equal and Claudia) - beg
share.

   And our Sydney as Niro
Wolfe - foodie, he has the rare thick and voracity. The last 
time he saw his feet in the 49-year, and the year before

this, in the 48 th, Sydney won the world championship on eating 
shellfish, which rank and held up to 82-year. Sydney holds a 38 
Siamese cats spreads and eats rare orchids. He was constantly 
tormented by the fear not pass through the door, and he never

was in a phone booth. No stranger
Sydney and the arts: he
loves opera, ballet and the struggle in
dirt.

   The specialty of Sydney - "food" of the crime; for one of
them, he even earned the nickname
"Cereal killer", which means "ovsyanochny killer" but is 
pronounced almost like "serial" (Serial), it is simply a 
maniac. But still good food murder is rarely possible - not easy

find a motive. Sydney is therefore often have nothing to do, 
and then friends as much as entertain him, trying to kill him.


   Next on stage - an aristocrat - Lord Peter Flims (Peter 
Flimsey). His prototype, of course - it's Lord Peter Uimzi - 
the creation of Dorothy Sayers. Peter Uimzi investigate crimes

thirties and had already been
charmingly old-fashioned. But Flims ... In general, he calls 
the American "colonies". 97 percent surface of the body of his 
lordship never been open to sunlight. Nevertheless, Peter - the 
guy did not miss, somehow he even came on the twelfth

races in 1979, but his horse at the time had come only
twenty-first. Peter is
Swiss army knife, bought at the sale of military surplus, and 
he really prefers to kill with a knife, but not too trust this 
entry dossier (as, indeed, and everyone else).


   And finally, a tough guy -
Mike Stammer (Mike Stammer). His
prototype - Mike Hammer novel by Mickey Spillane. Stammer in
his time was kicked out of Boy Scouts is unknown, however, for
that. Mike goes in for sports -
Every morning he runs a mile,
to buy the "Camel". His hobbies - cleaning weapons, sleeps Mike
Although the light, as afraid of the dark, but in Hat. And yet, 
for such a courageous inclinations, Mike specializes in 
small-scale blackmail and flirting with the housemaids, for 
which he regularly kills jealous of Claudius. 

   Here with some colorful personalities you were in the same 
company. But do not be embarrassed - a celebrity you do not 
succumb to them, because in this game, you - very Sherlock 
Holmes! (However, Mike is sometimes drawn

to you "Hercule". But this course, he mocks.)


          HOME GAMES


   All in game four levels,
different (and very much!) on the complexity of contemplated 
crime. The first level, called "Elementary, my dear Watson" 
("Elementary, my dear Watson"), quite justifies its name. Of 
course, without one or two false ways it will not be, but

At least it is easy to operate
with witnesses. Here the rules
very clear: one thinks is always murder, the victim nor the
than this and have no idea
(Incidentally, this rule holds almost always at the highest 
levels - the victim of nothing knows about the hunt itself, 
although it may know about other upcoming murder, if any);

but all the others, including, of course, the killer, known by 
all, although not in a hurry to share with you their knowledge. 

   Own rules of interrogation
(Which are discussed below) are the same for
all levels. But at higher levels is much more complicated work 
with witnesses, as it can contemplate several crimes, and each 
of your interlocutor aware of all the news. Therefore, for 
simplicity I will describe all of investigation for the first 
level, and about differences between the higher levels will be 
discussed separately. 

   Starting the game, you see your
desk on which stands the
phone (or rather, a videophone -
handy thing) lie on the file
All five heroes (files) and
paper to record results
Your investigations (notes), and
left something still unclear
hiding under the label "Surveillance". Moving his hand on the 
table (Which moves with the right joystick Sinclair)

You choose what to use.

   Paper until, of course, are empty -
because the investigation is just beginning. But the record is 
worth reading - in case there is usually little which (although 
sometimes), but you can laugh. A othohotavshis, pay attention 
to the "Surveillance" - "Observation". Under this called shyly 
hiding "Special" methods of investigation -

secret searches of rooms (break-in),
monitoring (monitor) and recorded with hidden cameras (tape). 
Tip: each case to the extent possible, start with house 
searches. The monitor will allow you to determine just who 
where he was, and eavesdrop on conversations. But little 
evidence You do not make out - there must be present in person.


   Selecting the "surveillance", and
it - an option "break-in", you choose someone you want the door 
quietly hack. If the room is someone

is, it will not work: wait until the owner comes out. But if
the room is empty, feel free to start
to cracking.

   Himself hacking is this: you
propose the question of criminal or detective area and
four answer choices. Choose the right - and access is open! Of 
course, often the first times will not be able to guess, it is

means that you accidentally made a noise, and the hotel 
detective came to see what happens. You managed to safely

escape, however, disturbed
detective, though not noticed anything suspicious, just
the case for another ten minutes of downtime at the door before 
you leave. Wait - and boldly tries again, the good and the 
question and answers offer all the same.


   Approximately half of the cases
make the right choice is easy:
Well, who does not know that his older brother's name was 
Sherlock Holmes Mycroft; or Hercule Poirot

Born in Belgium, not in Greece, not in Brighton and not in a 
taxi? Responses to the other half of the questions you have to 
guess, though often one or two obviously wrong answers easily 
discarded: for example, it is clear that the "powder of the 
heirs - it's not talcum powder and is unlikely to cocaine can 
only choose between arsenic and curare. However, unwary 
intruders waiting trap: often turns out to be correct

the most incredible response.

   But here's one way or another you've been in all five rooms;
By the way, do not record all
discovered evidence - they are automatically recorded in your 
paper, as well as the results of interrogations, eavesdropping, 
etc. Briefly describe the purpose of sections in these records.



          Your records


   1) Phone notes - record "outgoing" telephone calls, then
there interrogation. Unwanted entries
You can erase (delete), and the right - sort (sort) the source 
of information, the alleged murderer, the victim and so on. In 
this case highlighted the rare good luck interrogations - the 
yeas statements. But on the technique of interrogation, we will 
talk a little later.


   2) Break-in notes - record
evidence discovered during the burglary.
These clues are needed to find out who, when, where and with 
whom Meet; to

"Split" under interrogation, Mr.
and, of course, to understand what,
actually, villainy brewing. However, here is more important 
than the next section. 

   3) Monitor notes - overheard conversations. The most 
important thing is to determine a motive. Eavesdrop on all 
equipment that is available in your disposal, it is easy: 
choose a "Surveillance" option "Monitor", listening room - And 
more! You can even include hidden video cameras to record,

so, to swing with the suspects, do not miss important
meeting. Although in general, these cameras - excess. All 
overheard gently inserted into your paper. 

   4) Call notes - "incoming"
calls, that is what your
friends deign to inform you
themselves. Sometimes, when they turned off the screen, then 
the call is recorded as anonymous. They can call to remind you

look at the files, share
some noticed strange or even (rare good luck!)
tell us about the planned meeting,
about which you do not know when
burglary. In this case, voluntary
Informants very persistent:
they do not put up, trying to
You call, half an hour. (Actually, in "Killed" half an hour - 
as if the unit of time: for example, lasts only as much

each meeting.) If you are busy analyzing records, wiretap, or 
just meditate while sitting at a table, you will hear quite a 
nasty phone call. But if you have all these half-hour talked on 
the phone, then Of course, no answer will not be. Therefore, 
the advice: make sure every game for half an hour, not whether 
they want to inform you that Peter now practicing at the 
shooting range. " 


             INTERROGATION


   However, until all the sections of your records, except for 
"break-in" and maybe one or two calls

a "call", are empty. Well, let us deal of coverage. Remember
time and location of all planned
meetings, which are learned - for
own experience I know how easy it is to
miss. And to brighten up
wait, have fun interrogations.

   I hasten to disappoint you - "vise, pliers, needles inside 
story, Boots iron furnaces, boots screwed wooden, bamboo tubes 
for water with copper funnels chrevonapolnitelnye and other 
necessary items to use during interrogations is not necessary. 
All your new friends (even Stammer) civilized people, wiretap, 
they still put up, but the interrogation will not be tolerated. 
Have to work as a Modem - pump useful information over the 
phone. 

   When you first (in this
case) just call someone from the five, you need to locate him 
or her to imagine, create confidence. And the best way to 
achieve this - hint that you know of anything should sort of 
interlocutor. That's when you and useful evidence, found at 
hacking: the choice you are offered four phrases. One and only 
one of them contains something that was noticed by you during 
the search, and three others - are false. Of course, it is 
difficult to refrain from ask, for example, Agathe, whether it 
reinforces their underwear or Is she in the bathroom

in the tube live piranha. But if
chosen the wrong phrase, then the other person responds, "It's 
just guesses, Holmes' and hangs up.

If you remember, Sherlock Holmes said: "I never guess. Habit - 
bad acting the ability to think logically. "Do not disregard 
advice great detective!


   But if you chose the right words, your companion,
changing color, naively asks: "Are you spying on me?"
and you are offered a choice of two
debut set the tone for the conversation. This "I have for you
a few questions "and" I blame you. "The second start until you
not need to - you use it only once, in the
end. So choose the first
and start questioning.

   At your disposal are four types of questions: "Who?" "Who?" 
"What?" and "Where?". Questions "Did you not a murderer?" and 
"Do not you going to kill? "are considered impolite;

everything else is acceptable. However,
most of the questions you will be issued only to the so-called 
negative conditional bundle. Simply put, the question "Can

Does Peter to be a murderer? "You may well yield valuable 
information," If Peter devised the murder, he would not use 
poison, and even accompanied by a condescending, "Well really, 
will prompt "(so says Sydney). Of course, and such responses may

help, but there are so many options ...

   But do not despair - in fact, find out the right information 
is easy. Try, for example, ask someone questions about all five 
possible murder weapon - the knife, revolver, poison, bombs and 
chain saw - at a time. For this purpose,

however, have to call twice because one conversation
You can specify only four (again, four!) Issue. So
Now, if your interviewee - not
victim (as you remember,
no criminal intent does not know), then after one
of the issues his face contorted;
Also, change, and to
same will be printed in a different color opening sentence 
answer. This is a sure sign - you're on the right track. The 
weapons of which you asked, and will

murder. Of course,
the same reaction will follow, if you ask the right question 
about the murderer, the victim or location crime. In the "Phone 
notes" in all the right questions are highlighted source of 
information (Source).


   However, the very answer again is no. To achieve positive 
information (Eg "If the murderer - Agatha, then

she uses the poison "), you must
set three consecutive right questions, and on third and will be 
given the desired response. In the "Phone notes" in positive 
responses highlighted color is not only a source (the so-

as they are, of course, correct), but everything else.

   All this is not used to, of course, sounds awfully 
complicated. But do not panic: ask the right questions is not 
difficult. Usually, especially on the first level, you'll learn 
something more all about the weapons of searches rooms. Well, 
for example, Sydney room is dog-eared book

"Handbook of the anarchist." It happens
so that someone will call and
says: "I saw Peter today practiced at a shooting range." A
overheard several conversations,
You will be able to figure out who can
to be a murderer and who is a victim.

   In my opinion, the most difficult
in this case - to calculate the location
crime, especially as potential locations for nine! I
usually have to ignore
Holmes and covenant to use
direct bust. Of course, sorting can be useful in other cases. 
And find out everything You probably will not refuse his

pleasure once again for all ring up and ask the right questions 
to four in a row, to see how changing the face of your 
interlocutor, and his exclamation. 


           ACCUSATION


   But anyway, as you vytryasli soul of all suspects and have 
extracted the necessary information. As long as we are on the 
first level, then all we know for sure: You do not have to 
painfully wonder which of the conceived killings must come to 
pass at midnight (I forgot to mention - the killings in 
"Killed" always planned to midnight - an hour ghosts!). You 
definitely know who and what started the mischief. Time to move 
on to a decisive phase - retention.


   And yet ... Yes, you have
much to learn, but the main question still is not sounded. Of 
course, you understand - it is a question "Why?".


   So before you say the sacramental "all that
You say, may be used against you, again carefully go over your 
records: the results of searches, informers and calls voluntary 
especially - in overheard conversations. Now that you know who 
the murderer and who is the victim, you need to understand the 
motive of the murder. And he almost never obvious - even on the 
first level! 

   And guessing about motives (or,
that personally I had often prepared three or four assumptions, 
each of which, unfortunately, can explain only one fact and 
completely ignores the rest) call a murderer, and choose a 
second home - "I accuse you." Your interlocutor, of course, 
asked not mistaken you are example, the number, after which you

have to say who, where and
What do you think he or
she's going to kill him.

   Suppose there was incredible and you were right.
It was then and pops the question
on the motive. Lights "cap":
"And it's all because" ("and all
This is because "), and under it -
four variants of motifs. As in
This detective frequently interchange will remain secret until 
the very end: it is likely that, recognizing the possible 
motives, or rather One of them, you slap yourself on the

the forehead and exclaim, "So that's why!". However, on the 
ground, and on the second level is usually possible

calculate the motif and in advance.

   Any error in the exposure leads to a very tragic
consequences: Your contact
prophetically remarked, "You are never going to survive, working
detective, "and the reality
immediately confirmed his words
most unpleasant way. After
that you are offered a choice:
"Replay" the same thing (all the information about him is 
already in memory, and disk drive will not buzz) or start a new 
one. 

   But if you have denounced someone
necessary and what it should, then get
much more interesting proposition, namely: "Would you like to 
know answer to the mystery?" Apparently, this question is 
provided in case you are too often the investigation operate at 
random, and now want to see it again and calmly to get a grasp 
of conversation, trying to logically evaluate the already known 
answer. But if you think that's nothing new this investigation 
is no longer promises - choose the answer "Yes"; you read a 
short history of the already evolved after an unusual crime. 


           CONCLUSION


   In conclusion, I want to mention
More about it: the higher the level,
so puzzling riddles. Already on
the second level very often ponder just two of the crime (the 
independent or "counter"), and some of the witnesses knows 
about both, some people - only at one and the other pathetic 
ignorant. So even when you straighten things out,

You have to understand what is
of the crimes still being implemented at midnight. I can 
advise: do not hurry! Often important message comes just a 
couple of hours before the "hour of ghosts." 

   And this is only the second level! Can you imagine what 
awaits you next? .. "Killed" will not pass

for an evening or even a week, she
for a long time will make you happy.


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