Hallowe'en: Night of the Misty Manor, version 0.1.0
By Dee Cooke
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Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution to a very large game. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this
solution to make sense. A few optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These
can be omitted once you know what to do.
The game can be divided into three parts: preparations for the party, entertaining the old folk and
after the car breaks down. You cannot return to the previous parts, so I'd suggest saving the
game at the points indicated in the solution in case you've forgotten something.
There are five different paths through the game, depending on which mask you choose at the sitting
room in part 1 (none, troll, masquerade, axeman or voodoo). You can only carry one mask at a time.
Once you use the mask at the well-lit room, this affects your path through the area past the
well-lit room, the characters you meet, the objects you need to get past these characters and the
type of poem you need at the end of the game. I have noted the differences in the solution. Pick one
and stick with it. You can't mix and match. You can play the game five times to try all the
solutions.
There is no SCORE command, there is no score in the status bar, there is no sign of the score being
updated during the game, yet you get a score at the end of the game and have no idea how the points
were allocated. You might get a score like 148/200 and not know why. The author sent me a
walkthrough, which included a breakdown of how the score is worked out, but it is so complicated
that I thought it was better to ignore it. The solution does not attempt to get the full score. In
fact, I think it may be impossible to get the full score because of some very obscure actions and at
least one random factor.
[Part 1: Preparations for the party]
(E) (you've no reason to go out back)
READ NOTE (your parents have gone to the Reid's and your mum has a job for you)
(OPEN CABINET) (it's locked, so try again later)
E
N
W
(N) (you'd better see what your mum wants first)
TALK MUM (you need to drive kids to see Mrs McCall & deliver a gift to her)
GET KNIFE
N
X PLATTERS (you find toffee, shortbread, fudge, cake & cheese)
(X SHORTBREAD) (it's your favourite)
(GET IT) (you'll have to distract Mr Campbell)
DISTRACT CAMPBELL
GET SHORTBREAD
S
S
OPEN CUPBOARD (you find book of matches & tealight candle)
GET MATCHES
GET CANDLE
N
W
U
X BOOKSHELF (gift has been moved to dining room)
D
SE
X DRESSER (gift has been moved to sitting room)
GET TURNIP (you carve it with sharp knife)
(Note: If you carve it with blunt knife, you'll have insufficient light at end)
(I) (you now have a well-carved turnip lantern)
NW
N
TALK FLORA (gift has been moved, see Archie in living room)
X BOX (you find troll, masquerade, axeman & voodoo masks)
[if axeman mask option]
GET AXEMAN MASK
[end if]
[if masquerade mask option]
GET MASQUERADE MASK
[end if]
[if troll mask option]
GET TROLL MASK
[end if]
[if voodoo mask option]
GET VOODOO MASK
[end if]
S
S
TALK ARCHIE (give him his favourite food & he'll tell you where the gift is)
GIVE SHORTBREAD (he gives you key to his room & asks you to get his credit card)
N
U
UNLOCK DOOR (with old metal key, adds exit S)
S
GET CARD
N
D
S
GIVE CARD (his dad is in study, you need to push bookshelf to unlock the door)
N
U
PUSH BOOKSHELF (adds exit N)
N
TALK REID (he gives you the gift)
S
D
E
[if no mask option]
N
DISTRACT CAMPBELL
GET FUDGE
S
[end if]
E
TALK DAD (map is in cabinet, but he's lost the key, maybe in garden)
S
MOVE ROCK (you find a small silver key)
GET KEY
W
UNLOCK CABINET (with small silver key & you find a road map)
GET MAP
E
N
W
W
SAVE (use slot 1)
OPEN DOOR (with gift & map, are you ready to leave?)
YES (you drive children to South Queensferry)
[Part 2: Entertaining the old folk]
N
[if no mask option]
N
GET SUGAR
S
[end if]
[if troll mask option]
TALK NURSE (she gives you a novel)
[end if]
TALK KIRSTY (are you ready?)
YES (you wear mask you chose earlier, put lantern on table & children perform)
(S) (you need give gift to Mrs McCall first)
GIVE GIFT (she gives you bag of treats for children & green rock for yourself)
S
SAVE (use slot 2)
DRIVE CAR (car breaks down & you get woollen blanket out of boot)
[Part 3: After the car breaks down]
(SEARCH TREATS) (you find a ground-penetrating radar)
(GET RADAR) (this will show you which grave to dig, but you don't need it)
(GET ROCK) (it creeps you out, so you decide to leave it in car)
TALK KIRSTY (she gives you a poem)
(READ POEM) (it's one of her worst)
(TALK ALEC) (he gives you his old joke book)
N (you find a chest)
OPEN CHEST (you find an axe)
GET AXE
N
(N) (gate is locked)
CHOP TREE (with axe to expose vines)
SAVE (use slot 3)
CLIMB VINES (you climb over the wall and land on other side)
W (you find shovel & diary)
GET SHOVEL
(READ DIARY) (tells you of William Curtice's plan to dig up his wife's grave)
E
E
E (here lies Elizabeth Curtice, whose death date matches that implied by diary)
DIG (with shovel or USE RADAR & you find a secret passage)
D (you find a fearsome skeleton)
(GET KEY) (skeleton won't let you until you pass its test)
(TALK SKELETON) (it wants to hear gruesome story)
GIVE POEM (skeleton reads Kirsty's horrible poem & disintegrates)
GET KEY
D (you actually go up)
W
W
N
(N) (front door is locked)
UNLOCK DOOR (with skeleton's silver key)
N
E (you find some cushions)
GET CUSHIONS
W
W
(GET APPLE) (you can't get one by hand)
BITE APPLE (you catch it between your teeth)
CUT STRING (with sharp knife)
GET IT
TIE IT (you now have some makeshift slippers)
E
(U) (staircase shakes you off due to your footsteps' sound on bottom step)
WEAR SLIPPERS
U
(N) (can't pass until you give creepy little girl an apple)
(GIVE APPLE) (she only likes them peeled)
PEEL APPLE (with sharp knife)
GIVE IT (creepy little girl lets you pass)
N (approach mirror to see if you're terrifying enough)
[if axeman, troll, masquerade or voodoo mask option]
WEAR MASK
[end if]
APPROACH MIRROR (are you terrifying enough?)
YES (response varies depending on mask, mirror slides aside, adds exit N)
[if voodoo mask option]
REMOVE MASK (to avoid later death)
[end if]
N
[if no mask option]
W (vampire want sugar)
GIVE SUGAR (he wants more)
GIVE FUDGE (vampire flies away, leaving capes on hook)
SE
[end if]
[if axeman mask option]
NE
READ LETTER (it's axeman's resignation, you also find key & unlock NW door)
NW
[end if]
[if masquerade mask option]
N (demon entrances you, you shake his hand and get sick)
(RED BOOK) (antidote is rosemary & cough syrup)
X SINK (you find a bottle)
GET BOTTLE
X RACK (you find jars of basil, oregano, coriander, rosemary & chives)
GET ROSEMARY
INSERT IT
OPEN CABINET (you find vials of mouthwash, cough syrup & bleach)
GET SYRUP
INSERT IT (you've made an antidote)
DRINK ANTIDOTE
N
[end if]
[if troll mask option]
NW (witch is bored and has run out of reading material)
GIVE NOVEL (she's satisfied with that)
NE
[end if]
[if voodoo mask option]
E
COVER WINDOW (with blanket & werewolf becomes normal man)
SW
[end if]
N (you must return the green rock to the ghost master...or else)
GET MUSIC
S
[if no mask option]
NW
E
[end if]
[if axeman mask option]
SE
SW
[end if]
[if masquerade mask option]
S
S
[end if]
[if troll mask option]
SW
SE
[end if]
[if voodoo mask option]
NE
W
[end if]
S
S
W
PLAY PIANO (with sheet music, hidden door opens, adds exit D)
D (you're back in the forest)
S
S
E
S
GET ROCK
N
N
CLIMB VINES
N
N
U (still wearing slippers)
N
N
[if no mask option]
W
SE
[end if]
[if axeman mask option]
NE
NW
[end if]
[if masquerade mask option]
N
N
[end if]
[if troll mask option]
NW
NE
[end if]
[if voodoo mask option]
E
SW
[end if]
N
(X DESK) (there's an indent for the rock)
INSERT ROCK (stairs appear, removes exit S, adds exit U)
U
(X PEDESTAL) (it has round slot for lantern)
LIGHT LANTERN (with tealight candle or old candle & book of matches)
INSERT LANTERN
E (it's not dark, due to lantern)
NW (ditto)
NE (ditto)
X BOOKSHELF (you find five poems)
GET VERSE (others are insufficiently painful)
U
(X MACHINE) (it has a thin slot)
INSERT VERSE (vampire bat carries you to car & you drive home, score = ???)
***THE END***
