NOIR: A Shadowy Thriller - Walkthrough

Opening

At the start of the game you will be in Slayton's office. First thing to do is go to the desk. The intercom will
begin buzzing at random intervals. Turn to the intercom, which is behind the desk, and switch it on. You will
hear the secretary give you instructions before she leaves the office. Jack Slayton is missing and the answer to
his disappearance may lie in the cases he was working on.

(Note: Once Secretary Premise is set to TRUE you can leave the office through the office door or go to another
location via the map.)

Open the right top desk drawer and get the rolodex key. Now use the key and open the rolodex. Flip the cards until
the help telephone number comes up. Go to the phone and pick up the receiver, you will hear the first message from
the Informant.

After hearing the first Informant massage open the center desk drawer and remove the coin purse. Now you will be
able to call the Informant from any pay phone.

Open the middle right drawer and remove the flash light.

Open the desk return all the way (two pulls are required) to get the combination to the wall safe (hidden behind the
picture): open the safe and get the gun.

(Note: Now you are ready to investigate the cases in any order you like [with some exceptions - see case
descriptions below])

Winthrop Case

Slayton's Office

Read Winthrop file (right lower drawer of desk) and you learn that he hired Slayton to investigate the death of his
prize race horse Pegasus. Leave the office and go to the Race Track.

Race Track:

At the Race Track go to the stable doors. Look away from the stable doors and down to find the muddy footprints. Now
go find Pegasus stall door and discover that it is locked. A video of Eddie the Jockey tells you that Pegasus was too
healthy to die of natural causes and he gives you permission to look in his stall.

Unlock Pegasus stall and enter. Turn on the light and look at the close-up of Pegasus feed schedule. Now look at the
bulletin board and see the close up of Mannies business card, also look at the close-up of the newspaper article about
Winthrop Mansion. Find the saddle and look down to find the syringe hidden in the hay. Hmmm? Go to Winthrop
Mansion.

Winthrop Mansion:

Look up immediately after entering through the gate and wait for the upstairs light to turn off. Enter the mansion
through the window. Open the kitchen door to see a video of the staff discussing how Winthrop can't think straight
since Pegasus death and he is having financial problems as a result.

Now find Winthrop's desk and discover several thank you letters from various charities. Look in the left desk drawer
to find an insurance policy on Pegasus. Find the prescription for Pegasus medicine on the desk. In the right desk
drawer you will find Winthrop's contract with Pollock which states that if Winthrop defaults everything goes to Pollock.

Go to the construction shack and knock on the door - see a video of a guard telling you to "Scram"!

Go back to Slayton's office, open the closet and get the bourbon bottle. Go to Manorwood.

Manorwood

Enter the construction shack and find the guard sleeping. Look at the second pair of boots from the left.

Locate Pollock's desk and read the survey letter saying that there are vast oil deposits here, but money is needed to
develop them. Find the bank letter on the desk denying Pollock a loan. Read the note telling us that Winthrop is
backing out of the deal due to his being upset about Pegasus' death. Find the medicine vile hidden in Pollock's desk.
Receive Informant's phone call that Pollock is coming ...

(Note: there are three different endings to this case depending on your actions here, they are listed as A, B and C)

	A. Enter the closet and see video of Pollock discovering the missing vial of medicine and running away. Back at
	    Slayton's office you will see a newspaper headline about Pegasus Killer Escaping to U.K.

	B. If after you receive the warning about Pollock coming you attempt to leave the shack without the gun Pollock
	    will see you and the guard will shoot you. Back at Slayton's office you will see a newspaper headline saying
	    Detective found in Gutter.

	   (Note: depending on the difficulty level setting you will loose your memory of this case)

	C. If after you receive the warning about Pollock you attempt to leave the shack with the gun Pollock will see
	    you but you will win the shoot-out with the guard. Back at Slayton's office you will see a newspaper heading
	    saying the same as in option A.

Charlie Case

Slayton's Office:

Read Charlie file which is in the briefcase under the wall map, learn that he is one of Slayton's snitches. Get Charlie
Kwan's wire recording from Slayton's safe and listen to it to learn that the Tong is upset over the loss of one of its
shipments from Hong Kong. Go to Chinatown.

Chinatown

Open door to the opium den in the underground passages and look at the opium in the lab. See video of Charlie saying
that the missing crate is in a warehouse. Discover the Warehouse address on the calendar.

(Note: If you knock on the opium den door without the gun the Chinese thugs will shoot you. You will go to the
newspaper headline which says Chinese Tong Wage War. However you will not loose your memory of this case)

Go to Warehouse from map in Jack's briefcase.

Warehouse

Release the hand brake on the truck so that it rolls under the warehouse window. Climb on to the truck bed and enter
through warehouse window.

Inside turn on a Geiger counter found in the tool box. Take the Geiger counter. Examine the crate and discover that it
is empty. Now look at the crates shipping label, it shows that it was shipped aboard a Chinese freighter.

Go to the shipyards from map in Jack's briefcase.

Cargo Ship

Enter the hold of the cargo ship and discover the radioactive crate. Lift the netting off of the radioactive crate and
examine the shipping label to discover that the uranium is being shipped to Germany. Enter valve room. Turn large
valve covered in cobwebs to sink ship. 

(Note: if you attempt to go through the door of the cargo ships super structure after hearing the Chinese shipmate
approaching he will shoot you. You will go to the newspaper headline which reads Detective Found In Gutter.
Depending on the difficulty level setting you will loose your memory of this case.)

Slayton's Office

You will see the newspaper headline about a sunken Chinese ship.

Watkins Case

Slayton's Office

Read Watkins file in the right lower drawer of the desk to learn that Watkins hired Slayton to test his company's
security by breaking into his office. Get the Security badge and Watkins' wire recording from the wall safe. Listen to
the recording of Watkins requesting Slayton to investigate a security breach in his office. Go to Bradbury.

Bradbury

Find Watkins office and enter it, this requires the right code on the door for the current day and the pattern listed on
the security badge.

Day Security Badge

Sun (Day=1) ---*-
Mon (Day=2) *---*
Tue (Day=3) -**--
Wed (Day=4) *-**-
Thur (Day=5)---**
Fri (Day=6) -*--*
Sat (Day=7) *-*-*

Turn on the light in Watkins' office. Look up and see the broken skylight. Go up to the roof and look down through the
lit skylight to see a dog's footprints on a bookcase in Watkins' office.

(Note: You can not proceed further until after you get a confession from watkins for the max case and nile's photo in
the agnes case)

After you take care of the other two cases (at least as much as you can) and return here the Informant calls you in
Watkins' office to tell you to hide because the Nazis are coming. Turn off the office light and hide in the closet. You
will then see Wo-Tan (the dog from the Agnes Case) retrieve one of the code books. Go to Mannie's bookstore.
(It ís around the corner from Slayton's office)

Mannie's Bookstore

See video of Mannie showing you his two books. Examine the two books to see the combination of the other two dials
for Watkins' safe. Watch the video of Mannie offering you cash for your book. Pick up the cash and Mannie lets you
explore the book store.

Go into the back room and throw the switch. Open the book case and the metal door behind it to discover the map
room. Examine the map room and find a printing press for the phony charity organizations. Also look at the blue prints
for Watkins' office. Discover Wo-Tan's crate in the map room closet.

(Note: If you turn on the radio or attempt to release Wo-Tan while in the bookstore map room the Nazis will hypnotize
you. You will go to the newspaper headline saying Detective found In Gutter. Depending on the difficulty level setting
you will loose your memory of this case.) Go to Bradbury.

Bradbury

After discovering the secret combination from the three code books you saw in the bookstore unlock the vault and
enter. Open the drawer in the vault desk and discover Joan's picture. Walk to the radio in the back of the vault.

The Informant calls you in the vault to say that the Nazis are coming.

Pick up the paper clip from the work bench. Now you need to stop the Nazis from entering the vault, insert the paper
clip into the gears.

(Note: If you fail to insert the paper clip into the gear in Watkins' vault in time the Nazis will enter the vault. You will
then see the headline saying Nazis Gain Foothold in U.S. and you will loose the game!)

Slayton's Office

See the newspaper headline about the Nazis being defeated. You then get a call from the Mayor congratulating you.

Harrison Case

Slayton's Office

Read the Harrison file from the right lower desk drawer. You learn that Harrison's daughter, Alicia, has been missing
for a year. Slayton was going to ask Myer at Scheherezade what he knows. Take Alicia's photo from Harrison's file.

Get Harrison's wire recording from the safe and listen to it. Also take the Film Reel from the safe. Put the film reel on
the projector found in the closet, turn on the motor and light switches. Now remove the painting over the projector
port on the other side of the closet to see Alicia's movie. Notice the brooch that Alicia's father gave to her.

Go back to the desk and open the center drawer and look at secret knock on Scheherezade matchbook.

Get Slayton's IOU's to Meyer Goolsby from the valuable papers booklet in Slayton's briefcase. Go to Scheherezade.

Scheherezade

Use the secret knock to enter the night club. Show Alicia's photo to the Bartender ... he won't recognize it. He
suggests you talk to Meyer instead. See a poster announcing that Joan's singing engagement at the night club
has been canceled until further notice.

Go and enter the hotel facility. Talk to Meyer at the reception desk and learn that you are accountable for Slayton's
IOU's. You can't come back until you pay up.

Go back to Slayton's office and get Joan's key from the upper left drawer of the desk. Go to Joan's apartment.

Joan's Apartment

Use the elevator key to gain access to Joan's floor. Go look at Joan's diary, it is in a drawer next to her bed. She
writes that she took something from Meyer and is heading to San Diego. Inside Joan's closet is a brooch. You'll see
a brief clip from the home movie showing that Joan's and Alicia's brooch are identical.

Go back to Slayton's Office and see a newspaper headline announcing that Joan is Alicia. Get the cash from the
wall safe. Go to Scheherezade.

Scheherezade

Enter hotel side using the secret knock from the matchbook cover. See a video of Myer taking your money and
allowing you to look around. Go upstairs.

Watch a video of a thug as he walks into the room, sees you and turns around. Go to the bedroom and notice a big
mirror overlooking the bed. Open the mirror.

Now find the lion room and look behind the curtain to discover a secret door, go through and enter the mirror room.
Turn on a speaker which allows you to listen in on a conversation between the Mayor and a lady who is not his wife ....

Meyer is angry at your discovery of the mirror room and tosses you out. You can't get into the private area of
Scheherezade again, although you can still go to the night club. Go back to Slayton's Office.

Slayton's Office

Hear a radio announcement about the scandals at Scheherezade and that torch singer Joan is really heiress Alicia.

Max Case

Slayton's Office

Read Max's file which is in the right lower drawer of the desk. You learn that he has found a rare book that he wanted
to get appraised at Mannie's bookstore. Get Max's book from the wall safe. Look at the design inside the front cover. 
Go to Mannie's bookstore.

Mannie's Bookstore

See a video of Mannie showing you his book. Examine the one book to see the combination of the other two dials for
Watkins' safe. You know see a video of Mannie offering you cash for your book. Pick up Max's book instead and 
Mannie kicks you out. Go to Max's apartment.

Max's Apartment

Enter Max's apartment through the fire escape and find Max on the floor ... dead. Check his wallet and you verify
that it is Max. Now look at the note in his hand, it is from Phillip Watkins demanding the return of his book.

Check the apartment and in the bathroom waste basket you find a train ticket to San Diego.

Go back to Slayton's Office and get the baggage locker key from the upper left drawer of the desk. Go to Union Station.

Union Station

Open one of the lockers with the baggage key. Inside is a note from Joan saying that she bought a ticket for the
Moonliner. Find the Conductor and bring up Joan. The Conductor recalls Joan getting onto the train after giving a
book to Max for safekeeping.

Go back to Slayton's Office to see a newspaper headline about Max being found dead in his office.

Return to Union Station and ask the Conductor of Track #5 about the Moonliner. He says that there are no more trains
to San Diego tonight.

Go to Joan's apartment where you will find burned love letters from Watkins in the bathtub. They reveal he gave her
the book that got Max killed.

Go to Watkins house where he confesses to having an affair with Joan after you confront him with the love letters.

Agnes Case

Slayton's Office

Read Agnes Simon's file in the right lower drawer of the desk. You learn that she is a former silent film star. Now her
dog, Wo-Tan, is a movie star and has been kidnapped.

Get Agnes wire recording from the safe and listen to hear the special call she used for Wo-Tan. Go to Agnes Simon's house.

Agnes' House

The butler lets you in only after Agnes insists. When you glance at the picture of Wo-Tan, Agnes appears and gives
you a photo of Niles, her valet who supposedly died in a swimming accident. The butler then throws you out. 
Go to Scheherezade.

Scheherezade

Use the secret knock (found in the Harrison Case) to enter the night club. Show the Bartender the photo of Niles, he
tells you however that he thinks it is a false lead.

(Note: you can not continue with this case until after wo-tan steals the book in the watkins' case and myer kicks you
out of the mirror room in the Harrison case.)

Go back to Slayton's office where Agnes calls and tells you that a ransom note for Wo-Tan has arrived. Go to Agnes'
house.

Agnes' House

The butler again reluctantly lets you in. Agnes gives you the ransom note but the butler then throws you out. 
Go back to Slayton's office.

Slayton's Office

Your informant calls to remind you to take the wire recorder. Open the safe to get Agnes' wire and the wire recorder. 
Go to the Observatory.

Observatory

You discover that Wo-Tan is being held in a box up on the roof. The thug that you saw in Scheherezade (Harrison
Case) brings you an extension cord so that you can work the wire recorder. Turning on the tape recorder plays the
recording of Agnes' voice and Wo-Tan runs out of the box.

(Note: If you attempt to open Wo-Tan's crate on the roof the Nazis will hypnotize you. You will then get the
newspaper headline stating Detective found in Gutter. Depending on the difficulty level setting you will loose
your memory of this case)

Go back to Slayton's office and see a newspaper headline of Agnes re-united with her dog.

Conclusion

Slayton's Office

Once you have solved all six cases then go to the radio. Click the radio on and see a video of Jack Slayton explaining
his disappearance and introducing Joan. End Game.

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