Subject: Re: Beyond Castle Wolfenstein >>> ControLs?
Message-ID: <37491263.1CCDEE74@swbell.net>
From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net

Astro writes ...
> 
> I hope posting a message about an Apple2 game here is okay with
> everyone...
> 
> This message for Beyond Castle Wolfenstein experts...
> 
> I am finding that "Beyond Castle Wolfenstien" is a great game. Pound
> for pound [140k disk image] it's gotta be up there with the best. I
> remember playing it on the Apple2+ back in the day. Now I have a IIGS
> which can run the game.
> 
> I have been playing the game and getting pretty far, but I don't think
> I have all the controls mastered. I know how to move, stop, aim,
> shoot, open unlocked closets, flash passes, put the gun away, search
> slain guards, drag slain guards, and call up my inventory list.
> 
> I even figured out how to patch myself up with a first aid kit I
> appropriated by blowing open a locked closet with the gun.
> 
> I understand the concepts of the passes, the elevators, and the alarm
> system.
> 
> What I don't know is about the following:
> [I have tried various experiments in keystrokes but can't figure these
> out...]
> 
> ***Keys: you find them in closets sometimes and you can get them, but
> what are they for/how do you use them?

CTRL-K  to use keys (I think they are for opening locked doors.)


> ***Money: Constantly picking up money. I believe it must get used to
> bribe guards???

M       to bribe guards

>>


> ***Locked Closets: I found out that if you can find enough bullets
> [sometimes it takes a lot], you can blow open locked closets with the
> gun. It's where the real goodies and even secret passages are found.
> [But some locked closets obviously contain some form of explosive
> which I have yet to get, as shooting at these closets causes a fatal
> explosion!!!] Because of the number of bullets you have to use to
> shoot open the locked closets and because some closets contain
> explosives, I reason that the HAS to be a gentler way of opening the
> locks...??? [ToolKit or keys somehow?]
>

To Unlock a closet aim gun at closet and use number keys (0-9) for 3-digit
combination. (You will usually need to experiment. A 'click' indicates you have
entered a correct number. No 'click' indicates a bad choice-- you must start
again, entering the first number of the combination, then, the second, ... .)

To Open a non-locked closet aim gun at closet and press SPACE


 
> ***Toolkit: ???

CTRL-T  to use tool kit  (I don't know what it is used for.)


 
> ***Dagger: This item looks useful, but how does it work? What
> keystroke[s]?
 ....

:       to switch weapons

(May be Ctrl-Shift-: in some versions-- Donald Lee)




     Here is some additional info:

B       to drop/pick up bomb
R       to reset bomb
U       to use contents of open closet
ESC     to end play and save (also to exit demo)



>>

From: mkelsey@eecs.wsu.edu

Good practice: if the alarm goes off, get to the nearest circuit breaker
                and turn the alarm off.  If it jams, shoot at it.

                Try to find secret passages the lead from 1st floor to
                3rd floor (downstairs).

                Don't switch weapons or reset the bomb timer amongst 
                guards.

                On "Elite Strike Force Spy" or "Top Secret Operative"
                guards sitting at their desk will happily get up from
                their desk and trigger the alarm.  If you've bribed them
                or they've taken one of your passes you can use hold them
                up at their desk, holster you gun, quickly draw it out
                and by that time they'll have stood up from their desk.
                Now you can get your stuff back.

To find bomb:   The bomb is always located (I think) one screen right
                and two or three screens up.

-/\/\ichael-

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Rubywand