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I've just recently seen a playthrough of the game "Braindead 13" on YouTube and it gave me some ideas for game plots for that that kind of game.  Unfortunately, I don't know if it'd be possible to make something like that on this system.

Other games in this Genre are "Dragon's Lair 1 & 2" and "Space Ace."  Does anyone know if they can be made on AGS?

Tiffany: Go into the winsetup menu in the game's folder and change the default language to english.

Guest: Try using the HAND icon on him.

It was an intesting game to be sure, but a bit too easy.  I got the best ending on my first try since the choices that could be made really weren't all that difficult to figure out.  The way I saw this, it was more of an interactive story than an actual game.  To make it a game, there needed to be more puzzles and exploration.  Still, as an early work, this game was great compared to many others.

Okay, here's the answer to your question:

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You don't give the guy a "Shiny Pitcher" you give him a Signed Picture.  Try getting the Priest to sign your Hierophant card and give that to the corn guard.  Though you learn that you'll need another card, that's the only way to get the corn.

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Okay, I'm really sick of this question being put up.  I'm sorry, but I'm going to spoil it for everyone.  I'm just going to put up the message's full text.

Hint:

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The first part is "I swear..."

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Hint:

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Codes can usually be broken with these two points of knowledge: the letter "E" is the most common letter in the English language and if you find a four letter word with the same letter on the front and back of it, the word is most likely "That."

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Spoiler: (Be ABSOLUTELY sure you want to do this...)

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I swear by the graves 'neath the foam o'the waves,
Oh I am a pirate so true,
And I swear by me ships and the cat-o-nine whips,
I'll do what a pirate must do,
And I say by the sky and me only good eye,
I seek out me treasure so fair,
And I'll say to the breeze and the se'en high seas,
That I won't trim my bodily hair!

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My primary point is this: don't give up that easy.

Hate to nit pick but something about the ending of this game...

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It would have been easy to escape from that final death trap.  All the prisoner would have to do is remove the tounges from his shoes and use them as insulators for his hands.  Or he could have cut the soles off of the dummy's shoes (remember he does have a knife) and used those as insulators.  That way, the rubber or from the shoes would block the electricty as he climbed the fence to freedom.  In any case, it could have gone on from there.

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Well, seeing as the only available walkthrough is in spanish and only one person was content with just asking for a few hints, I have written a walkthrough for SAW II.

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Saw II Walkthrough

First Room

You wake up in a room with a man, Zepp, chained to a bed.  Start off by talking to him and exhausting every option you have.  Now the trouble is that you need to get out of the chair.  That's easy enough.  Just go to your options and USE ROPE.  You'll break free and take the rope pieces.  Okay, now that you're free go and take the tape recorder off of Zepp.  There's a piece of paper on the floor, it kind of looks like a drain but it's a piece of paper.  PICK UP PAPER and you'll get a clue that you'll use later.   Now go to the newspapers and PICK UP NEWSPAPER.  LOOK AT NEWSPAPER and you'll get some information about where you are and a few shots from the previous game.  Talk to Zepp but not much information comes from it.  You'll find a tape was hidden under the newspaper.  PICK UP CASSETTE 1 and USE CASSETTE 1 WITH TAPE RECORDER.  Okay, now we have a rough idea why Zepp is here and another clue.  Okay, so you don't have any of the keys and neither does Jigsaw but Zepp does.  LOOK AT ZEPP for a close-up and see that there's a red object in his pocket (note that you can only do this AFTER you hear the tape) PICK UP RED OBJECT.  Well, you found a key marked 1.  However, it doesn't fit any of the shackles and the box on the wall won't open either.  That's fine, keep the key for now and don't worry about the box till later.  Now you'll see there's a hole in the wall.  There's an object in it so PICK UP OBJECT.  It's a videotape, of course there's no video player in this room so it's time to leave.  The exit is on the bottom right corner of the room.  Just walk to the door.

Kitchen

Okay, now you find yourself in a kitchen.  There's another box that you can't use at this point so ignore it for now.  However, you may note that there's a small shovel in the corner so PICK UP SHOVEL.  Look at the three drawers.  LOOK AT DRAWER (the middle one) and you'll find that it's filled with knives so PICK UP DRAWER and you'll get a knife.  There's a note on the refrigerator so PICK UP NOTE.  You won't automatically read it so go into your inventory and LOOK AT NOTE.  You get yet another cryptic clue.  Well, we'll figure that out later.  In the bottom broken cabinet there's a small box (you may have to search a little) PICK UP SMALL BOX.  Yay, we got a box of matches.  Okay, now we've got the message to deal with.  Follow the heat.  That's simple enough; the oven is the hottest thing in the kitchen, so USE STOVE DOOR.  Well, it looks like you found a hidden tunnel so LOOK AT HOLLOW to enter.

Dungeon

You'll enter a room with a dead body chained to the wall.  There's not much you can do for the guy now so don't worry about him.  Right next to you, there's a large box and some tools next to it.  The only one you need is the saw so PICK UP SAW.  Now that you have the saw, LOOK AT BOX (THE ONE ON THE WALL).  Okay, I know you probably see only “look at door” but just fiddle around with the mouse and you'll eventually get the option you want.  This box has the number 1 on it.  So USE KEY 1 WITH LOCK.  Great, it's open!  You find a triangle and a key so PICK UP TRIANGLE and PICK UP KEY then LOOK AT RETURN.  You may notice a trail of some dark stuff.  There's a video player in the room so now it's time to learn about your fate.  USE TAPE 1 WITH VIDEO and you'll get a message.  Suddenly Zepp will call you but he's not going anywhere so keep looking around here.  LOOK AT SUBSTANCE and find it's gasoline.  You can't light it alone no matter what you try so USE ROPE ON SUBSTANCE then USE MATCHES ON ROPE.  After a cut scene you can now identify a marked brick (it's in the middle of a loop of the dark substance).  USE MARKED BRICK to pull it out.  There's a tape and a key in the hole.  PICK UP CASSETTE and PICK UP KEY (the key may be a little hard to find so keep moving the mouse around).   As always play the tape so USE CASSETTE 2 WITH TAPE RECORDER.  Huh, another clue in the video.  USE TAPE 1 WITH VIDEO again and you'll be prompted to type in the clue.  The clue is 1=0.  Okay, now let's look at Allen the dead guy.  He's got something in his hand.  He won't need it anymore so PICK UP ENVELOPE.  Also note that there's a single needle next to his free hand so PICK UP HYPODERMIC NEEDLE.  Go into your inventory and LOOK AT ENVELOPE.  You'll get another tape so USE ALLAN CASSETTE WITH TAPE RECORDER.  Okay, so that's how he died.  Well, you don't want Zepp to die since he's your key out of here so head back to him now (the exit is on the bottom left of the screen).

First Room II

Aw, Zepp is a big baby!  There's no danger in here, he just wanted to tell you about the timer (well that's what that panel was about).  Now that you know you're being timed it's that much more important to get out of here.  TALK TO ZEPP if you want but he still won't talk about Allen.  You can also USE KEY 1 WITH RIGHT LEG SHACKLE if you want but it's not necessary right now.

Kitchen II

Okay, now you're back in the kitchen in the bottom center area you'll find there's a door so WALK TO DOOR.  This is a locked door and you don't know what to do but LOOK AT BACKGROUND to find it's like paper.  Now that you know this, USE KNIFE ON BACKGROUND to note some interesting numbers.  The clue pretty much means you ignore all the ones and add up the rest of the numbers.  LOOK AT NUMERIC SEQUENCE and type in 56.  Okay, LOOK AT BOX (the one in the center of the room) and hit the buttons 0 5 6.  The right arrow will flash.   WALK TO DOOR, USE SMALL METAL DOOR, USE OLD KEY WITH LOCK and USE RIGHT ARROW.

Surveillance Room

You've made it into a room filled with monitors and other such junk.  You can look at the various objects if you want but most of it doesn't do anything for you.  LOOK AT MODEL BATHROOM and you'll get a mobile phone.  LOOK AT MOBILE PHONE and you'll get a close up of it.  No numbers work right now but if you push the button between the red and green buttons you'll get another clue.  LOOK AT BRIEFCASE to open it and you'll find it's filled with fake money.  PICK UP DOCUMENTS, PICK UP DOCUMENT and PICK UP TAPE before you leave the briefcase scene.  The pen and the money are useless so don't bother with them.  In your inventory LOOK AT DOCUMENTS and just look through all four pages.  Now there's another clue.  You can also look at the second document you have but this doesn't seem any bit useful.  It's time to leave here.

Kitchen 3

When you enter the kitchen you now find that you can interact with some of the tiles on the wall so LOOK AT WALL TILE then USE WALL TILE.  You'll see the number 468 on the wall so LOOK AT MOBILE PHONE and dial 4 6 8 and the green button.  Now the closed box in the room opens.  LOOK AT BOX and PICK UP KEY and PICK UP TRIANGLE.  There's nothing more to do in this room right now so LOOK AT HOLLOW.

Dungeon 2

Now that you've seen the map move the mouse over the bottom right corner and you'll find it says area (you may have seen it before but you can't interact with until you see the map).  USE SHOVEL WITH AREA to dig up a key.  PICK UP KEY and since you're here USE TAPE 2 WITH VIDEO.  You're done with this room.

First Room 3

Now you'll finally get to open that box in this room.  LOOK AT BOX and USE KEY 3 WITH LOCK.  By now you should know to PICK UP TRIANGLE and PICK UP KEY.  Okay, now you have all the triangles you need (one of them has been in your inventory from the start).  Leave this room for now.

Surveillance Room 2

Now that you have all the triangles, you can LOOK AT BOX and USE TRIANGLE WITH MECHANISM (do you really need me to tell you to do this with all four triangles?), then USE MECHANISM to open the door.  PICK UP HYPODERMIC NEEDLE and PICK UP KEY.   Leave the room

First Room 4

You finally have all four keys.  Obviously you need to free Zepp.  Just USE KEY WITH SHACKLE or CHAIN.  If you need to save time, KEY 1 OPENS RIGHT LEG SHACKLE, KEY 2 OPENS LEFT FOOT SHACKLE, KEY 3 OPENS LEFT HAND SHACKLE and KEY 4 OPENS RIGHT HAND SHACKLE.  Okay, now you've freed Zepp, he opens the door and you're free right?

Work Room

Wrong!  You still have more to do.  Zepp will start searching for a way out and is no help so you're still on your own.  It seems that James is here too.  This may be a little frustrating but if you look to the right middle area of the door you should find a chain.  Once again there may be some searching involved.  USE SAW WITH CHAIN to open the door.  Once you're inside, USE BLOOD.  Game Over.

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You can't win.  No matter what you do you die anyway.  This killer is not the original Jigsaw Murderer.  If you want to know more... watch SAW III.

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I've already beaten the game with 144 points but it still says that I'm missing the question of "why" I was selected.  The walkthrough doesn't help.  Please help me.

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You'll find it in the bar's kitchen.Ã,  To get in, go in the same way Guybrush did in Monkey Island 2

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Okay, I'm on the island and I've gotten the rod, but I don't know what to do next.  Please help me.

If you're trying to make the emerald then you need to put the stuff in the jar that's kept in the wizard's cave.  He's got everthing you need right there on the table.

Okay, I've sent you the walkthrough to the game.  And if anyone wants it on their site I'll give it to you.

Thanks!Ã,  That's pretty sick!  Although I think SAW couldn't keep them there too long if they had a little patience.

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Open the box.Ã,  It should be easy to figure out what to do from there.

Sorry, but I can't figure out how to make this into a hidden spoiler.Ã,  But to answer the sewer question:

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There's one more thing you need in the room before flooding it.Ã,  Cut the "T" pipe in the room and then you'll be able to cover the sewer.


BTW: Anyone know what SAW is saying if you kill your partner?