Whiplash & Wagonwheel (Softel)

Last modified on May 25th, 2005

Solution

Open the glove box in the truck. Examine it to find the lighter. Examine the seat, lift the catch and the seat to find the scissor jack. Leave the truck and examine the back of the truck to find the bar and the rope.

Go South until you get the message about the old ladies and where you'll see Old Joey. Old Joey refuses to converse with you until you stand on the cockroach. He'll give you some advice if you ask him something.

Go South into the Diner and ask Georgio about McTear. You can't go South or West at this time but Georgio will allow you to visit the Toilet! Try it and see. Don't drink the coffee as it is poisoned! Go North out of the Diner and Georgio leaves, locks up and goes away.

At this point you should follow him to glean vital information. He'll return to the Diner if you don't follow him. After following him you should return to the road and turn down the Alleyway. Go to the bottom where you should find Joey.

If you give him the medal, he'll allow you to enter the back door of the Diner. Move the bins to discover McTear's wallet. Examine the wallet to find the cash. Go North into the Diner, then west into the other room. Examine the fridge to find the meat and open the cupboard.

Examine the cupboard to find the two bottles. At this point you must put some of the drops into the cough bottle and leave the cough bottle in this room for Georgio to find. You'll be poisoned if you drink from the drops. Go East, then attempt to go South.

At this point Wagonwheel appears and rolls a flaming wheel at you! The flames'll get you unless you immediately do the correct thing. Catch the wheel, then immediately roll it back at Wagonwheel. When he vanishes, the flaming wheel turns into a tiny wheel.

Go South and East. If you then re-enter the back door of the Diner at a later time, you discover Georgio beating up on Old Joey. If you go away and do nothing or ever fight Old Joey, he will never help you again! You should stop Georgio and Joey will thank you. Also do not fight with Bert McKechnie.

You cannot re-enter the Diner after this. If you kill any character in the game, then the mob will lynch you! There's one exception to this rule.

Return to the road and go East. Lift the litter to find the brooch. You should return the brooch to the Sheriff who gives you an invitation to see The Carvelle Sisters. If you returned the brooch before meeting Wagonwheel, then the Sheriff DOESN'T give you the invitation but if you subsequently meet Wagonwheel then return to the Sheriff and talk to him. THEN he gives you the invitation!

Willy stops you if you enter the Library and attempt to go into the Museum. So go to the Old House. Examine the door to find the intercom and press the button. Reply "Yes" when the Butler asks if that is Mr. Masterson. He asks a different question if you don't have the invitation !

When he appears and asks for your invitation, you should show it to him. He then ushers you into the Drawing Room. The Carvelles give you a ticket for the Museum and advice about an old diary, if you show them the small wheel.

Return to the Library and go South into the Museum. Willy will not permit you to touch anything. Open the window and when he rushes to close it, you can open the desk to find the diary. Leave the Library and you see them come out and lock up. You can't get back in this way.

Enter the Alleyway and go South to the location with the window. If you examine the alley here, you'll find a ladder. The ladder breaks if you put the ladder against the wall and attempt to climb! If you attempt to go out onto the road carrying the ladder you are arrested on suspicion of burglary and thrown into a Cell. All your possessions are removed with the exception of the pencil and lighter. After a few moves, the Sheriff appears and asks if you want a burger. You should reply "No" and he tosses you a sandwich wrapped in paper.

At this point if you hang around too long, Georgio appears with some drugged coffee for the Sheriff and you've had it! Write on the wrapping paper with the pencil, put the lighter in the wrapping to weight it and throw it out of the window. You saw the Carvelle Sisters if you previously peered through the window. Had you been to see them before and arrested for a crime other than murder, they'll bail you out. If you're arrested a second time, you've had it!

Locate Joey and use direction commands to tell him to go to the Alleyway where the window is. He may or may not do as you wish. At the Alleyway you should climb onto Joey's shoulders to get in through the window. Go North to the Library and open the desk to find the combination code.

Return to the Museum and get the stave. Reading the diary would have given you the clue. Unlock the case and open it and both Whiplash and Wagonwheel appear. Whiplash cracks a whip, so you should immediately raise the stave. Then Wagonwheel charges at you. You should fight him with the stave to get rid of him. Get the whip and climb out of the window.

Go to the Barn and enter it. A shot is fired. You then get the message about Willy pointing his gun at you. He'll kill you if you're not quick enough. Use the whip to knock the gun out of his hand. Get the gun and kill him. Cover Willy with straw so that when you go out and move along the road, you're not caught.

Head for the Garage enter it. You can't get into the Office at this point, so examine the under side of the car to find the legs. Pull the legs and Bert McKechnie appears. Say "Follow me" and he follows you to the truck. Tell him to "Examine the truck" and he tells you how much it will cost to repair. If you've got the $90 cash, then give it to him.

If the truck is at the original location he tells you that it will cost an extra $10 to tow it to the garage. You don't have any more money so he goes away. If you ever fight with McKechnie, the truck will not be repaired. Find Joey and get him to the truck. Enter the truck and release the hand brake. Tell Joey to push the truck and it ends up at the Garage. Go into the Garage and into the Office and hang up the keys on the rack. At a later date, McKechnie takes the keys and goes off to repair the truck. When the keys re-appear on the rack, the truck has been repaired and you can get the keys. Any attempt to drive off results in you being falsely arrested for the murder of McTear.

Now head for the fence and gates. You'll be torn apart by the dogs if you make any attempt to climb over the fence or gates or to climb the tree. Enter the kiosk and put the wheel in the slot. You must then go West and North. You only have TWO MOVES before the gates slam shut. You can't move South again.

From the clue given when you followed Georgio, you should wait until the dogs lie down beside you and then go North to the Clearing. You'll find some scrub if you choose to go East to the back of the building. Push the scrub aside to reveal a barred window. You can use the jack to pry open the bars and pull McTear out. However, if you do this and then return to the Clearing, you are discovered by the "Gathering" and you both die. This is clearly not the correct way to get McTear out.

Return to the Clearing and go North into the Warehouse. The door slams shut behind you and after only a few moves, a whip lashes around your throat! The only means of escape is to climb up the whip but you must do this TWICE. Fail and you choke to death. Now if you haven't put the drops in the cough bottle or left the cough bottle where you found it, then Georgio gets you.

Examine the Warehouse to reveal the loose bricks and examine the brick to find the robe. Get it and move the wood across the EASTERN doorway. Go in, open the trapdoor and pull McTear out. You're captured if you go down into the Cellar. You must now wear the (Willy's) robe. Go out. If you are NOT wearing the robe then the "Gathering" see you and that's that! If you haven't killed Willy and covered his body, he confronts you because it is his robe.

Go to the Clearing where McTear is taken to the wheel, and Whiplash and Wagonwheel appear again. Throw the whip into the fire to get rid of them for good. Put the drops onto the meat and go South. If you wait to allow the dogs to lie down, then the "Gathering" catch up with you. So throw the meat and the dogs run off to the bushes where it drugs them for a short time.

If you haven't put the drops on the meat then you've had it. Go South all the way back to the truck and enter it. You should immediately lock the door or the "Gathering" will get you. If you then take too long to make good your escape, the "Gathering" smash the window and get you!

Put the keys into the ignition and start the engine. If the truck has been repaired, then you're O.K.

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