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  THIS TUTORIAL ON WILL BE DIVIDED 
 INTO TWO SEPERATE PARTS,THE FIRST 
BEING A GENERAL OUTLINE FOR SOLVING 
DEADLINE THE SECOND BEING, A DETAILED
DESCRIPTION ON HOW TO SOLVE IT.

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   SOME GENERAL HINTS ABOUT DEADLINE

[1]  ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU ARE
     NOT LIMITED TO TWO WORD COMMANDS,
     LET YOURSELF GO AND BE CREATIVE!

[2]  YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTERACT
     WITH PEOPLE AS WELL AS OBJECTS.

[3]  ALWAYS TRY TO GET A FEEL FOR THE
     VOCABULARY OF AN ADVENTURE BY 
     TYPING WORDS EXTEMPERANIOUSLY. IN
     THIS WAY YOU CAN SOMETIMES GET THE
     IDEA OF THE VOCABULARY NEEDED.

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        HOW TO SOLVE DEADLINE
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NOTE: THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE IS VERY
      VERY DESCRIPTIVE. I SUGGEST YOU
      KEEP YOUR HAND ON THE SPACEBAR
      SO NOT TO SPOIL THE ENTIRE GAME.

 ALL COMMANDS ARE IN "QUOTES" AND ALL 
 DIRECTIONAL MOVES ARE IN [BRACKETS].

  FROM THE FRONT PATH OF THE ROBNER'S
ESTATE PROCEDE [N]. NOW YOU SHOULD BE
AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE. TYPE
'OPEN DOOR' AND THEN PROCEDE [N] AGAIN.
THIS WILL PLACE YOU WITHIN THE ESTATE.
 THEN GO [N,N,E,] THEN 'CLIMB STAIRS'
THIS WILL PLACE YOU AT THE SECOND LEVEL
OF THE ESTATE. THEN GO [W,W,W,W,N]
THIS WILL PLACE YOU IN THE LIBRARY TO
DO YOUR DECTIVE WORK. FIRST "LOOK RUG"
YOU WILL SEE MUD SPOTS(CRUCIAL FOR THE
ARREST).THEN 'TAKE CUP AND PAD AND 
CALENDAR AND PENCIL'.NOW 'RUB PENCIL
 ON PAPER'. AFTER  HAVING DONE THIS
'TURN PAGE ON CALENDAR'AND 'READ CALE 
NDAR'. AFTER HAVING DONE THIS 'OPEN
BALCONY DOOR' AND GO [E]. THIS WILL
PLACE YOU ON THE BALCONY. 'LOOK RAIL
ING'(THIS WILL CONFIRM OUR MUD THEORY).
HAVING DONE ALL OF THE ABOVE-PROCEDE,
[S,E,E,E,E,D,D,W,S,S] THIS WILL PLACE
YOU AT THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN. NOW GO
[NW,S,S,E,S,E,SE] THIS WILL BRING YOU
TO THE SHED(MORE DECTIVE WORK).NOW,
'LOOK LADDER'(MORE MUD AGAIN-I THINK
IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THE MURDER
USED THE LADDER TO ENTER THROUGH THE
BALCONY AND THEN SOMEHOW(?) MURDERED
OUR DEAR FRIEND MR.ROBNER). NOW THIS
HAVING BEEN DONE RETURN TO THE FRONT
DOOR.[NW,W,N,W,N,N,SE]. NOW WE HAVE
TO TREK ALL THE WAY UPSTAIRS AGAIN!.
GO [N,N,E,U,U,N,N] YOU SHOULD NOW BE
IN DUNBAR'S BATHROOM.TYPE 'LOOK LOBO'

(INTERESTING,HEH?). NOW GO ALL THE WAY
DOWNSTAIRS AGAIN.[S,S,S,D,D,W,S,S] 
YOU WILL BE AT THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN.
 NOW YOU HAVE TIME TO TAKE A REST.
TYPE'WAIT TILL 11:30'. 
 IT SHOULD NOW BEE 11:31. NOW WE HAVE
TO HUNT DOWN MR.MCNABB,GO TO THE ORCH
ARD [E,NE,N].(NOTE:DUE TO THE NATURE
OF DEADLINE,MCNABB MIGHT NOT BE THERE
IF HE IS NOT HUNT HIM DOWN!-IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHERE YOU FIND HIM). ONCE MCNABB
HAS BEEN LOCATED SAY 'HEY MCNABB'/CR/
'WHAT IS WRONG'. AFTER THIS FOLLOW HIM.
HE WILL THEN POINT OUT TO YOU TWO
HOLES IN HIS ROSE GARDEN YOU THEN SAY
'LOOK HOLES'(MORE MUD THEORY) AND THEN
'DIG GROUND' THEN WITH YOUR NEW FOUND
TREASURE TYPE 'ANALYZE FRAGMENT FOR 
LOBLO'. NOW WE HAVE TO CATCH THE WILL
READING.GO [N,N,SE,S,SW,W,S] YOU WILL
BE AT THE FRONT DOOR ONCE AGAIN. NOW
GO [N,N,W] AND WAIT FOR THE WILL TO
BE READ. AFTER THAT SAY'HEY GEORGE'
THEN TYPE'SHOW GEORGE THE CALENDAR'.
HE WILL PANIC AND RUN UPSTAIRS.FOLLOW
HIM!! HE THEN WILL DUCK INTO HIS ROOM
AND YOU [W,W,N,N] THIS WILL PLACE YOU
IN THE LIBRARY'S BALCANY.NOW TYPE
'WAIT 10 MIN' ONCE GEORGE ENTERS THE
ROOM WAIT FOR ABOUT 2 MIN AND THEN
[S] ,'LOOK BOOKCASE','PRESS BUTTON',
'GET WILL','LOOK SAFE','GET PAPERS',
'READ PAPERS' THEN GO TO THE LIVING
ROOM [S,S,E,E,E,E,D,D,E,E] AND SAY
'HEY BAXTER' ,'WHAT ABOUT FOCUS','SHOW
FOCUS TO BAXTER','HEY DUNBAR','SHOW 
FOCUS PAPERS','WHAT ABOUT FOCUS'.THEN
FOLLOW DUNBAR CLOSELY..ONCE OUTSIDE
THE HOUSE SHE WILL DROP A PIECE OF 
PAPER'GET PAPER', 'READ PAPER' THEN
CONTINUE FOLLOWING HER. ONCE YOU CATCH
UP ASK HER 'HEY DUNBAR','SHOW PAPER TO
DUNBAR'.THEN MAKE TRACKS FOR THE SHED.
[E,E,SE] WAIT FOR BAXTER ONCE  DUNBAR
AND BAXTER ARE PRESENT TYPE'ARREST
BAXTER AND DUNBAR'

NOTE:THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS YOU
     CAN ARRIVE AT THAT VERDICT. THERE
     ARE ALSO MORE PUZZLES TO BE SOLVED
     BUT THAT IS ALL THAT IS NECCASARY
     TO A SUCCESFUL ARREST. EXAMPLE
     THE MAIL DELEVED AT 11:10 THE
     MORINING PAPER AT 11:30 THE PHONE
     ETC

  WRITTEN FOR THE MINES OF MORIA ONLY!

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