NANCY DREW - TREASURE IN THE ROYAL TOWER

                 Solution by Peter Clark

Nancy is on a skiing holiday and is staying at Wickford Castle in
Wisconsin. Christi Lane, a friend of Nancy's father, owns the
castle. A blizzard has closed the mountain and ended her plans for
skiing. The game starts with you playing the part of Nancy,
writing a letter to George. This goes into your inventory and you
can post it as soon as you have found a stamp.

Pick up your room key card from the desk. You are in Room 205.
Look at your locker card in the desk. You have locker 310 with the
locker combination (5-1-7). Take the menu from the top drawer of
the dresser and then open the magazine on the table. It will tell
you how to take fingerprints. Check the phone for phone messages.
Nothing. Go to the radiator and note that something is hissing.
Open your suitcase and read the brochure inside. Check your
telephone. You have two people that you can call up for
assistance. They are Neil on 1-523- 555-4357 and George on
1-523-555-2583. The operator can be obtained by pressing the 0
button. Leave the room and go downstairs using the lift. Talk to
Dexter Egan at the Reception Desk. You can ask him about stamps
and he will take your letter to post later. Use all the
possibilities of conversation with him and offer to help him. You
will be given the task of getting some ski boots from the
basement.  The Ski Rental office is open from 9am - 12pm and 2pm -
5pm.

On the way towards the spiral staircase, you will meet Lisa.  Talk
to her about everything and take a look at the two books in the
bookcase. If it is still before noon you can go on down and talk
to Jacques twice. You will get the boots. Go and find your locker.
It is number 310 and the combination is 517. Turn the dial to the
left until it reaches the 5 then press the triangle above the
number. Turn the dial to the right until you get the 1, press the
triangle again then turn the dial to the left again until you get
the 7. Pressing the triangle this time should open the locker but
it doesn't. Go back and tell Jacques about it. He tells you that
you have been given the combination for locker 311 by mistake. Go
and use the combination to open locker 311 and you find that Lisa
has not been telling all the truth. You find fake ID and
Passports. You also find out that she speaks fluent Spanish. Now
go to Professor Hotchkiss's room. Number 214.  Use the boots on
the door and you are asked to put them down on the floor. Do this
and, as you walk away, you hear her pick up the boots and return
to her room. Now go to the lift and go to the first floor. The
lift gets stuck and you have to find a way out. Look up and you
will see a panel in the ceiling. When you are on top of the lift
do not try and jump to the ladder but look around until you find a
box to stand on. You can now reach the door above.

Go down to the Reception Desk and talk to Dexter. Tell him about
the lift. He will ask you to go to the Basement and check the
circuit breakers.  Go to the Basement and open the circuit breaker
box. Set the top three switches on the right hand side.  To the
left of the circuit breaker box is a red lever. This is the
lift-reset lever. Pull it once after setting the circuit breakers.
Go back up the stairs and you will notice that the upper stair
lights are now back on. Ask Dexter about your radiator again. He
will tell you that, as you fixed the circuit breakers, he will see
that it is fixed. However, he asks you to go to the Professor's
room and ask her what she wants for supper. Go back and knock on
her door. She asks for Couscous. Go back to Dexter and tell him.
He tells you that she must have something off the menu.  You
should have the menu from your room so go back and knock the door
again. Tell her to choose something from the menu and slip it
under the door. She chooses chicken drumsticks and you go back to
Dexter and tell him. You are now asked to go and tell Jacques to
defrost some chicken legs from the freezer. Go to the Basement and
tell him to do this. If you see Lisa on the way, ask her about the
things that you found in her locker and about the secret tower. As
soon as you tell Jacques about the chicken legs, your radiator
will be fixed so you can go back to your room and examine it. Pick
up the can of oil that has been left by the radiator. Now is the
time to do some snooping. Reset your alarm to 8.00pm and leave the
room.

Go to the lift and go to the Basement. When you are there, look at
the lift ceiling and open the panel. You can climb back out onto
the lift roof. You should hear the sound of sawing and Nancy will
say something about strange noises. When you are almost to the top
of the ladder you will see a ventilation shaft with the cover
hanging loose. Go into the shaft and follow it until you get the
grille that separates you from the Library. Go into the Library
and you will hear somebody coming. Go back into the ventilation
shaft as quickly as you can and watch Dexter. When he has gone you
can come out again. There are a number of things that you must do
whilst in the Library.  Firstly on a table to the right of the
stairs is a book called, "True Stories behind Famous Paintings".
Read this then go right again to a dusty table with broken bits on
it. Read the Atlas of the United States and you will see the
solution to the Globe Puzzle. (90degrees West) Use the brush on
the dust, then look at the alarm keypad next to the door and use
the dusty brush on it. You will see fingerprints on the keys that
Dexter used earlier. In order of darkness they are 3, *, 7, 2. Now
find the globe and solve the puzzle by setting the needle to 90
degrees. Lift the top half of the globe and look inside. You will
find the answer to the compass puzzle over the fireplace. This is
-15, 10, -5. Click over the fireplace to get the compass puzzle.
In order to solve it, click to the left or right of the puzzle to
move the pointer then click on the green button when you have the
right number. You will hear a door opening when the puzzle is
solved.

Leave the fireplace and go up the stairs. The door that you heard
opening was the door to the secret room that you can now see to
the left. Go inside and pick up the lighter from the desk. Use it
to light the candle. When the candle melts you will find a key.
Read the poem on the desk to the right of the candle the turn
around and read the Good and Bad books on the other desk. There is
nothing else that you can do here for now so leave the Library
through the double doors. Go down to the front desk and, if Dexter
is not here, look in the drawer behind the desk and take the
Library key. Go back to your room and set your alarm to 8.00pm. If
you weren't able to get the Library key before, get it now and
then go into the Library.  The alarm will go off so take two steps
forward and then turn towards the alarm and press the code,
3,*,7,2 to turn it off.  Now go back up through the ventilation
tunnel and down the ladder in the lift shaft to where you hear
noises from below.  You see a lever that will not move. You must
have the oilcan with you, as you now need to use it on the lever.
The grating can now be opened and you can go down and left until
you find a door with six sliding locks. All six bars must be
pulled back in the right order and this will change every time
that you use the door.

Go through the door and you will find Jacques. Talk to him about
everything and he will tell you about a blue medallion and give
you his locker combination, 2,6,6,5. Before you go, take the metal
spear tip from soldier in the armour. Leave him and go to the
locker room in the basement. Open the locker and look at the
letter from his fianc‚e, the diamond chart and the blue medallion.
As you look at the medallion, you are clubbed from behind and wake
up with a headache in your bedroom. Answer the telephone. Jacques
asks you what happened. You have to tell him that the medallion
has been stolen. Listen to your voice mail. It is Dexter wanting
to speak with you. Set your alarm to 8.00am then go and talk to
him.  Tell him the truth about the red dirt on your shoes and ask
him about the garden and the place that his father used to go to
think. He will tell you that there is a key in the shed. You will
have to leave the hotel through the door in the locker room in the
basement. If you meet Lisa on the way, don't tell her too much.
Once you are outside you will begin to get very cold so don't hang
about, as it could be fatal. Make your way to the shed; go inside
and down the steps. Turn to your left and go towards the
workbenches. The key is with the screwdrivers on the rack to the
right. You can also find a newspaper article about Dexter and the
instructions for starting the ski lift. Make a note of these, as
you will need them later. Now leave the shed and go back into the
hotel to get warm again. Go back into the garden and make your way
towards the shed until you are near the No Trespassing sign. Go to
the left of the sign and towards the creeper covered wall. Behind
the creepers you will find the gate to the garden. You can open
the gate by turning the design in the centre of the ironwork.

Once inside, go to the sundial and turn it so that the arrow is
facing the other way. This will turn the head of the statue that
is to the left so that it is facing the wall. You can now see a
lever on the back of the head. Pull the lever to open a
compartment and reveal a locked box. Use the ornate key to open it
and take out the Red Medallion. Now put the box back and return
from the garden to the hotel again. Go back to the Lounge and talk
to Lisa. She will tell you that she saw Dexter carrying a green
ornament out by the shed. If you can't get her to tell you about
Dexter, go up to your room and listen to your voice mail. Her
message will be the last one and it will tell you that she wants
to be friends and wanting to see you. Take it from there and all
should be well. Go outside again and look for him. He is not there
but, when you try to get back into the hotel, you find that you
are locked out. You must try to attract attention before you
freeze to death. Go into the shed and use the instructions for
starting the ski lift. Set the switches in the correct way and the
lift will start. Click on the middle lever once and the right
lever twice. Dexter comes out to see what has happened and takes
you back inside. When you are safely back inside go to Professor
Hotchkiss in Room 214 and talk to her she will ask you a question.
You may find the answer in the Lounge bookcase but, if you are
stuck, knock on her door again and she will ask you another one.
When you get the right answer, she will tell you to meet her in
the Lounge between 3.00am and 5.59am. Go back to your room and set
your alarm for 3.00am Go down to the Lounge and meet her. Talk to
her about Marie Antoinette. She will give you a spare key to her
room and allow you to look around while she is out. You have until
5.59am so go to her room now and look around. Read her notes by
the typewriter and look inside the briefcase.

Read the letter that you find. Now look under the cushion on the
settee and you will find a Blue Medallion. On the table is a video
camera. Look at her recording until the battery runs out.  Take
the battery pack and put it on the charger then leave the room. Go
back to your room and set the alarm for 8.00am. Go out to the shed
in the garden and look on the machine to the right of the ski lift
machine. Mind the rat and you will find a Green Medallion. Go back
into the hotel to your room and call your friends on the
telephone. Listen to your voice mail. Set your alarm to 3.00am so
that you can go back into the Professor's room again and watch the
rest of the video. Now leave the room and go to the right to where
you will find the circular room with the peephole. Look through
the peephole using all of the medallions and note the location of
the symbols. Red is to the left, blue is to the right and green is
below and centre. Now it is time to go to the Royal Tower.  Take
the lift to the First Floor. Enter the Library and deactivate the
alarm system. Go into the ventilation shaft and then down the lift
shaft. Use the lever and go down to the door with the six bars
lock. Solve this again and then use the skeleton key on the iron
gate. Make sure that you have the spear tip from the suit of
armour. You will come to a place where there are five chains
hanging on the wall. Look at the wall opposite them to see the
pattern that the chains must be arranged in to turn the
stepping-stones for you. Pulling one chain also alters one other
but it is not too difficult to solve. When this has been done the
stepping-stones will move so that you can cross them. On the other
side you will find what looks like a chessboard. You must place
the round pieces on top of the corresponding square ones. Complete
them in this order. Blue, Yellow, Pink then White. This will open
the stairway all the way to the top. Go to the top of the Tower
and through the door. On one wall you will see the Gold Leaf
Puzzle. The pieces can be moved around by clicking on them and
clicking on the top left hand corner of a piece will turn it. When
you have got all the pieces correctly placed, a secret compartment
will open and you will find Marie Antoinette's Journal.

Look at her portrait on the wall and then at the floor. You will
see a pattern with holes in it. The medallions will fit nicely in
the outside ones but there is still a gap in the middle. Go back
to your room and set the alarm to 3.00am so that you can go down
to the Lounge and talk to Professor Hotchkiss. Talk to her about
the translations that you saw through the peepholes and give her
the Journal to translate. Go back to your room and set the alarm
for 3.00am again then go to the Lounge and talk to the professor
again. She will tell you that she has done the translation and
that she has also discovered Marie Antoinette's Decoder. Go up to
her room and read the translation. It can be found to the right of
her typewriter. Now look at the decoder, which is on the table to
the left of the typewriter. Now it is time to get back to the
Tower again. You will unfortunately have to solve the six bar lock
and the chain puzzle again to get there. On arrival, place the
medallions on the floor pattern. Blue to the right, Red on the
left and Green at the bottom. Go and look at the portrait again.
You should get a highlighted cursor on the purple rose. If you
don't get this then you must have missed something. You must have
read Marie Antoinette's book near the staircase in the Library.
You must have given the diary to the Professor and asked her to
translate it. You must read the translation in her room and the
decoder page. You must have looked through the peephole using all
of the medallions.  Assuming everything is Ok, use the tip of the
spear to prise away the tiles of the purple rose and you will find
a key. Use the key on the centre of the floor design and a hole
appears, then a pillar rises up with the diamond on it. Just as
you are congratulating yourself on its find, the thief appears and
sprays pepper dust in your eyes.  When you have the chance, look
for the square protruding block just outside the door on the left
of the stairs and press it.  This will trap the diamond thief and
complete the game.




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