HOUSE OF THE O'S
 A Text Adventure on disk 71 (ST), 456 (PC) & 491 (Amiga).
                  Authors: Wally O. & Pete

                 Help & Hints by Bev Truter

Mrs.O won't allow you further into her house?
Remove your shoes in the Foyer.

Can't find something to eat to prevent starvation?
There's something in the cabinet in the Kitchen.

Can't reach the cabinet?
First drop the crate, then put the tray on the crate, then put the
phone book on the tray. Finally, "stand on book" to reach the
cabinet.

Mrs. O throws you out when you read the note on the mirror.
Get note, then go NW to the bathroom. Mrs.O won't follow you here,
so read the note then flush it down the toilet.

Clues contained in the note:
The combination of the safe is 3 numbers, then 2 numbers, then 4
numbers. The field glasses should be hung on the hook in the
foyer. Four purple birds have moved into the backyard.

How to go down the chute to the Laundry.
Get the bowling ball and put it in the chute.

Sally-Ann, the teenage daughter.
Find the cottonballs in the bathroom cabinet, and "stuff
cottonballs in mouth". Make sure you look under the bed before you
do this, as she throws you out of her bedroom, and won't let you
in again.

Felix, the white cat in the bedroom.
Get the jug of cold water from the refrigerator in the Kitchen,
then "pour water on cat".


Ginger, the brown dog in the Laundry.
Get the large pill from the upstairs bathroom cabinet, and enter
the Laundry via the laundry chute in the Linen Closet upstairs.
Put pill in bowl. Examine the pipe here - it has a hole and must
be fixed before you can use the washer and dryer.

Nicky, the black dog in the Kitchen Nook.
Open basket, get biscuit, and give biscuit to WOMAN, not the dog.

How to open the door in the Kitchen Nook.
Pry door with machete.

How to light the ornate candle.
Go N-E from Kitchen Nook to the East End of the Deck, and look
under the furniture.

Where to find the safe.
In the Livingroom, move picture.


Where to find the numbers for the safe.
In the Kitchen Nook, examine table, examine papers, read papers.
The numbers you need are the O's Social Security number -
987-12-6543.

How to remove the rusty nail holding the fence.
First get the pliers and can of spray paint from the Garage maze.
Pull nail with pliers. Get the carrot from the Vegetable Garden,
and the lumber from the Flower Garden.

The Bee.
Spray bee with can of spraypaint from the Garage maze.

Mrs. O won't allow you to go upstairs from the Lower Hallway?
After digging around in her garden, your jumpsuit is filthy, so
you'll have to wash and dry it in the Laundry.

Washing your clothes.
Put carrot in hole to fix the pipe - you hear water flowing to the
appliances, and you can now "turn on washer", etc.


Cutting the lumber.
Examine radial saw, press button, cut lumber. It falls to the
ground in two pieces.  "Clean sawdust" with vacuum cleaner to
exit.

Drilling holes in wood (with the drill press).
Remember the note you read, then flushed down the toilet?

How to reach the Eastern Lawn
Tie rope to furniture, throw rope, down. Make sure you're not
carrying too much weight, or the rope will fray and you'll plummet
to your death.

The Squirrel.
Get the staple gun and staples (examine shelf in the closet in the
garage for the staples), then shoot squirrel with gun, twice.


Can't find Mr.O?
He only appears at the top of the oak if you've hung the glasses
on the hook in the Foyer.

Can't figure out what Mr. O wants?
He needs the small piece of wood with 4 holes drilled in it.  Then
he asks for something weighing exactly 31 lbs to act as a
counter-balance for his birdhouse door. Use the scale in the
bathroom to find out what equals this weight.

WHAT weighs exactly 31 lbs??
The vacuum cleaner.

Mr.O won't follow you back to the house.
Give him the bottle from the safe, then go back to the Eastern end
of the Deck to collect your reward from Mrs.O



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