Walkthru for Old Jim's Convenience Store =========================================== (For a compact list of the commands needed for the shortest way through the game, scroll to the end of this file.) You can't use the door to get inside. You can't get in from the roof either. An obvious alternative is the window. It is not openable. So you'll have to break it. In this game, several puzzles have multiple solutions. For example, you can break the window with either of two readily attainable objects. One is the ladder. The other one is the sign. Inside the store, it helps to look under things. Especially under the cardboard sheets on the floor. To go down the opening, you have to have something to climb down with. You need to put the ladder in the opening. Down there, you cannot progress very far without a light source. There are some oil lamps up in the store. You can take one. But it needs some oil. There's none in the store. But nearby there is a device that needs oil. Walk to your car and open the trunk. Take the oil and put some in the lamp. You need to also light the lamp. You'll find the means for that in the store. Examine the counter carefully. You'll find a matchbox in the drawer. Holding the matchbox, light the lamp. Go down. Continue nw along the passage until you come to an underground river. Luckily, there is a dinghy there. But you need to paddle it to go somewhere. Even here, there are two solutions. You can paddle with the pizza peel you find on the shelves of the store. Or you can use the sign (from the porch) for paddling. Paddle to the west, and you will arrive at an underground lake. Go north, you will land automatically at the mouth of a low tunnel. Going north in the tunnel, you will notice you arrive at a chasm that is too wide to jump. You need something along which you can cross the chasm. Basically, that means something you can walk or crawl on to the other side. Again, there are two solutions here. You can put a plank across the chasm. You'll find that on the northwestern corner of the lake. (Go south, back to the lake and go northwest once you're on the lake." The other alternative is - yes, you guessed it - the sign. Once across, you'll find Uncle Jim's secret hideout. You can read the diary to get some background info about your uncle's doings underground. That bed looks comfy, so why not try it? You found an iron wire. Tie it to the fishing hook. Now you can fish out the silver key that has fallen into the crack ("TAKE KEY WITH HOOK"). Back south we go. Enter the dinghy and go south across the lake. There is a wide tunnel here. Go south to enter it. Behind some planks you spot a pickaxe that you cannot reach. Or can't you? If you took all you can take from the store, you might just be able to. Take the pickaxe with the help of the pizza peel. Head back to the underground lake and to its western shore. Hit the pebble with the pickaxe and you'll be able to pull the lever to open the sturdy door. Unlock the chest you find, with the silver key you got in the hideout. Ta-da! That's it! You have successfully completed the game. ------------- SHORT VERSION OF WALKTHROUGH NW TAKE LADDER SE S OPEN TRUNK TAKE OIL N TAKE SIGN BREAK WINDOW WITH LADDER (OR WITH SIGN) IN LOOK UNDER SHEETS TAKE OIL LAMP PUT OIL IN LAMP TAKE PEEL TAKE HOOK X COUNTER OPEN DRAWER TAKE MATCHBOX LIGHT LAMP PUT LADDER IN OPENING D NW ENTER DINGHY PADDLE WITH PEEL (OR WITH SIGN) W N N PUT SIGN ACROSS CHASM N N X SILVER KEY TAKE KEY LIE ON BED TIE WIRE TO HOOK TAKE SILVER KEY WITH HOOK S S S S S X PICKAXE TAKE PICKAXE TAKE PICKAXE WITH PEEL N N W X LEVER HIT PEBBLE WITH PICKAXE W UNLOCK CHEST WITH SILVER KEY