RIPPER WALKTHROUGH
This is pretty much a step by step walkthrough of the game.
However, part
of the fun of this game is figuring out where to go or who to talk to next
as you gather more clues and information. You may enjoy Ripper more if you
refer to this only when you're really stuck or need a hint for a puzzle.
Although this walkthrough is arranged in a fairly logical order, your game
may not follow this order exactly, depending on who you've talked to or
where you've been.
This will tell you everything you need to look at or take
in each act,
every place to go and who to talk to, and will give hints for all puzzles.
For the puzzles I've tried to give just a general hint
first under each
main heading. For progressively more complete answers, read down the
indented list under each heading. But be aware that reading these hint
lists will gradually give away the answers to the puzzles.
Try covering them and only reading as far as you need.
Often certain events, conversations or puzzles need to be
completed
before other possibilities will open up. If you're really stuck, there
is someone you haven't talked to, something you haven't seen, or a lead
you haven't followed through.
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**IMPORTANT NOTE**
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Puzzle solutions given here are with difficulty level set to MEDIUM.
Many puzzle solutions will be different with difficulty levels set
to EASY or HARD.
GENERAL NOTES:
Talk to everyone as much as you can at every
place you go.
Examine any item you scan into your database.
With a few exceptions, you will always enter
cyberspace from the
newsroom computer.
Combat - In shooting situations it's often (not
always) better to
keep your mouse button held down.
Save your games OFTEN, especially after
completing difficult puzzles.
Remember that you can change the difficulty
level of puzzles and
combat under "options" if
you're stuck.
PROLOGUE
After talking to Magnotta and Karl, look at the computer. Pick up the broken mug.
HOW DO I PUT THE
MUG TOGETHER?
Start with the largest piece.
Place the handle last.
ACT I
Police Station
Talk to Brannon and Magnotta.
Scan and read the 2 reports from Magnotta's
desk.
Talk to the clerk in the evidence room.
HOW DO I GET THE EVIDENCE FROM THE EVIDENCE ROOM?
From this guy?? Forget it.
Tribecca Center
Talk to the receptionist.
Talk to Dr. Burton and Dr. Cable.
Look at the holographic journal and the Ripper
image.
HOW DO I GET IN THE LOCKED DOOR ON THE 2ND FLOOR?
For now, you don't.
(Don't worry, things do get harder...)
Go to the morgue
and talk to Farley.
Look at the 3 bodies.
Newsroom
Talk to Ben.
Read Catherine's note to you.
Look through Catherine's Rolodex.
Cyberspace
Read the Virtual Herald.
Go to the library.
Take the list of call numbers.
Talk to the librarian.
HOW DO I DECODE THE CALL NUMBER?
It needs to resemble the other call numbers.
Start with the part inside the brackets.
Ignore everything but the letters (inside the brackets).
Substitute the first "i" with "eye"
What is the numerical equivalent of "no eye aid"?
The answer is 2020, +1.
The 18 at the end needs to be a letter.
The 18th letter is R.
No other call numbers begin with AB; they all
begin with H.
Try HC.
(AB...C; also, Stein was logged into the
Victorian collection).
The complete call number is HC2021R.
Catherine's Apartment
Look at the inscription on the laser cane, at
the
birthday card, and the star chart.
WHAT DO I DO WITH THE CRYSTALS?
You need to form a constellation.
Which one?
Seen any dates around?
When is Catherine's birthday? What sign is she?
Form the constellation Pisces.
Try to use the entire area. Using the star chart,
try plotting it on a grid first.
The answer:
Row
#
Column #
1
3
2
1
3
4, 8
4
6
5
2, 9
6
4
7
7, 9
8
5
Look at the
books the light shines towards.
Soap Beatty's
Talk to JJ... oops, I mean Soap.
Check out that magazine rack on the way out.
Scan the computer manual.
Don't worry. You won't need to deal with this
until Act II.
And yes, it is going to be as hard as it looks.
Wofford Cottage
Talk to Covington Wofford.
Find the three puzzles in the house.
ROLLING BALL PUZZLE
You must get the ball to the bottom right corner in 3 moves.
Try to determine which buttons must be on for the correct
paths to be open.
The answer: Buttons 1 and 4 must be on.
To do this in 2 moves:
Move 1: 1, 2, 5 on
Move 2: 2 & 5 off; 4 on
BANK PUZZLE
You must insert 4 coins in the correct order.
Did you look at the Patent plaque on the way upstairs?
Ignore the letters.
Do the math.
Multiply 2 x 255127.5
The answer is 510255.0
5-10-25-5 are the four coins.
CLOCKS PUZZLE
Set each of the clocks to the appropriate time, using the
Time Zone chart.
How do I know what time to set them for?
Did you see the clock in the bedroom upstairs?
Why these particular clocks? What (or where) do
you associate with each one?
Pyramid = Egypt
Cuckoo Clock = Germany
Army Clock = USA
Time in USA is 2:35. Germany is 6 hours later.
Egypt is 7 hours later.
It could be AM or PM.
The answer is: Egypt 9:35PM, Germany 8:35, USA 14:35.
Replace the 3
burnt out vacuum tubes on the table near Wofford with
the ones you received after completing
each puzzle.
Turn the power on.
At this point you can go to cyberspace from Wofford's computer.
Cyberspace
Go to Wofford Well and look at the models.
Go to Catherine's Well and get her journal.
WHAT IS PASSWORD FOR WOFFORD WELL?
It appeared on the screen above the vacuum tubes.
Password: vulcan
Look at the models.
WHAT IS PASSWORD FOR CATHERINE'S WELL?
What clues has she left for you?
The crystal puzzle solution gave you the answer.
Look at the books in her apartment again.
Password: horoscope
COMBAT - CATHERINE'S WELL
Aim at the lights around the bottom.
Keep your finger down on the mouse button.
Use your shield if it gets too close to you.
I HATE SHOOTING GAMES AND I'M SO BAD AT THEM AND
MY FINGER HURTS AND THAT THING JUST WON'T DIE I'M
RETURNING THE GAME TOMORROW.
type the word "arcade" on your keyboard at the
beginning of the combat sequence.
HOW DO I DECRYPT CATHERINE'S JOURNAL?
You can not do this until later in Act II.
Cafe Duchamps
Talk to Gambit Nelson.
Talk to the bartender.
Have a beer. Have as many as you want.
Falcon Eddie's
Talk to Twig.
Newsroom
Talk to Ben.
Cyberspace
Go to Falcon Eddie's Well.
WHAT IS PASSWORD FOR FALCONETTI'S WELL?
What is the name of his well?
Have you heard this anywhere before?
If not you should go back and see Twig at Falcon Eddie's.
You don't need to talk to him. Just listen.
Password: circus maximus
COMBAT - FALCONETTI
How do I tell the good guys fom the bad guys?
It's tricky. They will always appear in the same places
so you may have to go through a couple of times.
You can hit a few good guys and still win.
In general bad guys are greenish, skeletal and have weapons.
In general good guys are brown and dark.
Falcon Eddie's
Talk to Eddie.
ACT TWO
Tribecca Center
Talk to the receptionist.
Talk to Dr. Burton and Eddie.
Deck into Catherine's brain.
HOW DO I GET
CATHERINE TO TALK?
You need more information about the Ripper to
tell her.
You can come back anytime you have some.
Go to the morgue
and talk to Bob.
Police Station
Talk to Brannon.
Go to the interrogation room and watch Magnotta
with two
different suspects.
Go to the files room and read Magnotta's
personnel file.
HOW DO I ACCESS
FILES IN THE FILE ROOM?
Where did Magnotta leave his stuff?
Get the scan card from the counter next to
Brannon.
Catherine's Apartment
WHAT IS THE CODE
TO DECRYPT CATHERINE'S JOURNAL?
NOTE: You can not do this until Act 2,
after you've been
to the file room in the
police station.
It's in Magnotta's personnel file.
Think of 'Catherine' words.
The code is: scorpio
HOW DO I
UNLOCK THE BOOK IN CATHERINE'S APARTMENT?
The answer is hidden in Catherine's journal.
Look at the third paragraph.
Find the numbers hidden within the text of the
third paragraph.
The answer is (starting from top and going
clockwise):
1-5-5-3-6-2
Use the disk in Catherine's computer.
WHAT DOES 46X2
ö 7INV=5 MEAN??
It is a mathmatical equation.
Find something to help you do some advanced
math.
Go to the newsroom and use the calculator.
Enter the equation exactly as it is on the
calculator.
Take the bugs.
Police Station
Plant the bug in Magnotta's office.
Tribecca Center
Talk to the receptionist
Plant the bug in Dr. Burton's office.
HOW DO I GET IN
DR. BURTON'S OFFICE?
You need another scan card. Who might have one?
Pick up the scan card from the receptionist's
desk.
Look at the
inscription in the book. Scan the items on her desk.
Gym
Talk to the receptionist.
Look through the records. Busy place, huh?
Talk to Dr. Burton.
University
Talk to Prof. Bech
Find the Web Runners secret address from the
bulletin board flyers.
HOW DO I ARRANGE
THE FLYERS? WHAT IS THE CORRECT ORDER?
Place five of the flyers in the correct order,
side by side
(not overlapping)along the bottom of the
board.
Arrange them to form a sentence (sort of) that
tells where the
Web Runners are meeting.
The sentence begins with "Webb
Runners".
Answer: Webb Runners the new address at a
former warehouse
converted to a loft apartment on
Grammercy Street all this month.
Note the numbers at the bottom of each flyer.
Web Runners Loft
Talk to Kashi.
Look at the photographs.
WHAT IS THE
ENTRANCE CODE TO WEB RUNNERS LOFT?
Remember those flyers?
Use the numbers from the bottom of the flyers,
in order.
Answer: 4-50-14-42-86
Newsroom
Talk to Ben.
Cyberspace
Solve the Web Runners slider puzzle.
Research the Web Runners by clicking on the
video screens.
WHAT IS PASSWORD
FOR WEB RUNNERS WELL?
Kashi told you. It was also written on one of
the photos in the loft.
Answer: anachrony station
HOW DO I SOLVE
THE SLIDER PUZZLE?
First take a good look at the completed
picture.
Try starting in the lower left corner and
working out from there.
The upper right corner will be the empty
square.
I STILL CAN'T DO IT AND I
HATE THESE SLIDER PUZZLES THEY'RE
IN EVERY GAME I PLAY I CAN'T
STAND IT ANY MORE.
type the word
"zztop" on your keyboard at the
beginning of the
puzzle.
Near this point in the game, a WAC transmission from
Stephanie Jordan will
interrupt you. Go to Web Runners loft. When Magnotta leaves, look around.
Gym
Talk to Dr. Burton
Falconetti's
Talk to Eddie
Police Station
Talk to Magnotta
Talk to Brannon.
Tribecca Center
Go to the morgue and talk to Bob.
Using the manual from Soap's, repair the
computer chips.
HOW DO I REPAIR
THE COMPUTER?
Have you tried kicking it a few times??
Alright, first assign a letter to each chip and
try replacing the
numbers in the instructions with
the letters.
These chips go in the inner circuit, the four
that are close together
forming a square:
XD773956PELT9RJ X9773959PEET9RJ
XDD73912PEET9RJ XDD37916PEET99J
Here is the answer, assuming your chips are
lettered
from the top down:
Row 1: K D
Row 2: E H M P F
Row 3: A J G O N
Row 4: I L
Row 5: B C
HOW DO I OPEN
THE DOOR WITH THE VOICE LOCK?
First you'll need to record Dr. Burton's voice.
Just go talk to her. Didn't know you had that
tape recorder, eh??
After you have the voice sample, who might have
some advice?
Talk to Soap Beatty.
Now you'll need more advice.
Check back to Catherine's notes. They have
continued decrypting.
Go to the library in cyberspace and get an
audio editor.
Listen to the tape and find the words that will
make
the correct sentence.
Quantitize the tape to break the words apart.
Select and copy the correct words in the
correct order.
Do not leave spaces in between words. Be very
precise.
The correct sentence is: "This is Dr.
Burton. Open up."
Go to the voice lock and play the edited tape
(Don't forget
to zoom in to the lock first).
HOW DO I MAKE
THE MONKEY TALK?
Give him the ripe banana from your inventory.
Oh haha, just kidding...
Look at the video from the flashlight-like
object.
Adjust the 3 sliders in the correct order.
You do not want to hurt the monkey. Well maybe
at this point
you do, but that won't help to
solve the puzzle.
If the monkey does anything other than scream,
you
are on the right track.
"Hunger, pain, etc" is NOT the
correct answer.
Move the first slider down about 1/4.
Move the second slider down about 3/4
Move the third slider down about 1/2
The correct sentence is:
"She can kill others like me without
touching them in cyberspace."
This is a good time to check back to Catherine's journal
again.
It will continue decrypting.
Cyberspace
Go to Falcon Eddie's secret well.
Solve the face puzzle.
Examine the letters and book.
WHAT IS FALCON
EDDIE WELL PASSWORD?
It's in Catherine's notes.
The password is: Leather Apron
HOW DO I SOLVE
THE FACE PUZZLE?
The pieces are divided into groups, each of
which has a different
movement pattern.
First find the different groups and how they
move.
It may be easier to get the outer pieces in
position and then do
the face last.
Gym
Talk to Dr. Burton
Police Station
Talk to Magnotta
Tribecca Center
Deck into Catherine's brain and talk to her.
Talk to Dr. Cable.
Look at the Ripper image.
Near this point in the game, you will receive a WAC
transmission
from Farley. Go to the Cafe Duchamps to meet him.
ACT III
***NOTE***
It is impossible to continue with a step-by-step walkthrough for Act 3.
There are slight variations in the game in Act 3, depending on which
of the four endings you will get.
However, here are all of the things you should look at or take, and
hints for all Act 3 puzzles. But remember that there is more to do in
Act 3 (places to go and people to talk to) than what is listed here.
Magnotta's Apartment
disarm the door lock
scan the WAC into your database.
HOW DO I DISARM
THE DOOR LOCK?
The lock has 8 buttons. The code will contain 6
digits.
Look at the circuit box to the left of the
door.
There are 6 circuits.
What do they all have in common?
Divide the number on each circuit by 4.
The answer will be the code to enter into the
door lock.
(NOTE: The code is different each time you play
the game, so the
actual answer can not be given here. It is also
possible that in your
game the numbers may all be divisible by a
number other than 4).
You now have more of Catherine's journal to read.
You can also now read the remainder of the first part of her journal.
It has completely decrypted.
Cyberspace
Look at the new book in Falconetti's Well
(there are several pages).
Solve the Book Puzzle and get the audio disc.
Go to the Wofford Well and talk to Hamilton
Wofford.
HOW DO I SOLVE
THE BOOK PUZZLE IN FALCONETTI'S WELL?
All you need to use are the letter from Jack
and the list of books.
Arrange 14 book titles to correspond/relate to
the 14 sentences
from Jack's letter.
For example:
"Red ink is fit enough" =
"Deficit Spending" (red ink - deficit)
Answers:
"I keep
hearing..." Home Repair
"I have
lauged..." Auto Racing
"That
joke..." Epileptic
"I am down
on..."
Neo New Age
"Grand
work..." Earn Thousands
"I gave the
lady..." Duchess
"How can
they..."
Fly Fishing
"I love my
work..." Phoenix
"You will soon hear..." Role Playing
"I saved
some..."
Hemorraghing
"Red
ink..." Deficit
"The next
job..."
VanGogh
"Keep this letter..."
Keeping Sharp
"Good
luck." Rabbits Foot
Listen to the audio file from Falconetti's Well when you
return to the newsroom.
Tribecca Center
Check Catherine's brain waves on the computer.
HOW DO I KNOW
WHAT DATES TO ENTER?
The Virtual Herald has the date on the front
page of each issue.
I enter the date but it's invalid.
Do not enter the year. Only the day and month.
Dates: 11/18 - 11/23
You must enter every date.
When you're finished, talk to Dr. Cable.
Pan Financial Bank
(You must talk to Catherine for this location to open up).
Open the safe deposit box and scan the
document.
WHAT IS THE
COMBINATION FOR THE SAFE DEPOSIT BOX?
Where have you seen George Rhodes' name before?
Look in Catherine's Rolodex.
The answer is in the Rolodex entry for George
Rhodes.
The combination is 18-56-21
Cyberspace
Go to Kane's well. He will send you to Isis'
well.
Go to Isis well. Answer the riddle by decoding
the glyphs
and spelling the answer.
Get the three weapons from their respective
wells.
Go to the Berman Well.
Solve the bar code puzzle and scan the
documents.
WHAT IS PASSWORD
FOR KANE'S WELL?
Soap told you.
password: digital eden
WHAT IS PASSWORD
FOR ISIS WELL?
Kane will tell you.
password: psy bard
WHAT ARE
PASSWORDS FOR WEAPON ONE, TWO AND THREE WELLS?
Hamilton Wofford told you.
They are also automatically written in your
notebook.
Weapon one: pegasus
Weapon two: orestes
Weapon three: odysseus
HOW DO I SOLVE
THE RIDDLE AT ISIS' WELL?
Listen to the clue you are given: "The
sign 'the vulture' is
the end. For you it may be the
beginning."
The beginning of what?
How many characters are there?
Note that there are 4 you can not select.
There are 26 characters. What else has 26
characters?
The vulture symbol is the letter "a".
The alphabet continues clockwise from the
vulture symbol, skipping
the four corners.
Using this code, decode the message on the
tablet.
The message says: shelter
noose mouth quail folded cloth
I HAVE THESE
WORDS. NOW WHAT??
The words describe the glyphs to use to solve
the riddle.
word
row
location
letter
shelter top 5th from
left H
noose
right 5th from top
O
mouth
bottom 2nd from right R
quail
bottom 3rd from left U
folded cloth bottom 3rd
from right S
The answer is:
Horus
HOW DO I GET
WEAPON ONE? HOW DO I WIN THE CHESS GAME?
This game has special rules.
You'll need to figure them out. It may take a
while.
It may take quite a while...
Here are some hints:
The object of the game is for you to get the
computer's
king before it gets yours.
This is NOT a chess game.
Your two knights (2 in gold) are unusable until
all of your
pawns (cute little guys) are gone.
It is virtually impossible to win without using
your knights.
Do the best you can with your pawns, but
basically - get rid of them.
When pawns attack or reach the opposite side of
the board they become
fat men. They still behave as
pawns, except they now can attack
computer's knights.
Having them on the board, however, still makes
your knights useless.
Pawns move: 1
square, any direction. Pawns can not attack computer's
knights. But they can attack
computer's pawns and dragons.
Knights move: 1 or 2 squares, any direction,
including diagonally.
Kings move: 1 square, not diagonally. Can not
go past grated row.
The computer's
pieces do not follow the same rules that yours do.
The computer's knights are active from the
beginning of the game.
The computer's strategy seems to be to go
directly for your knights
and king so watch out!
When the computer's knights transform to big
mean-looking guys,
they can bump each other off of a
square in order to occupy it.
In short(ha):
Try to keep both of your knights and get rid of all
your pawns so that your knights are useable.
Use your knights to get the computer's king.
Watch out for your king.
For your first move, move your king one square left.
This essentially forces the computer to move first.
(NOTE: This is
only a summary of the chess game that will enable you
to win it. If you are interested in a complete
set of rules, contact
Take 2 Software).
I DID ALL THIS I
STILL CAN'T WIN I HATE THIS PUZZLE AND I HATE CHESS
AND I CAN'T STAND IT ANY MORE THIS IS GIVING ME
SUCH A HEADACHE.
type the word "aspirin" on your keyboard at the
beginning of the chess game.
COMBAT: WEAPON
TWO
The blue eye is the target to hit.
Don't forget to use your shield when it gets
too close.
COMBAT: WEAPON
THREE
The red eye is the target to hit.
WHAT IS BERMAN
WELL PASSWORD?
It's in the electronic document from the bank.
password: Berman4
WHAT DO I DO
WITH THE BAR CODES IN THE BERMAN WELL?
Turn over three of the same number.
You have only three chances.
Divide the board into four quarters: top right,
bottom right,
top left, bottom left. Each quarter
will have a different
movement pattern.
Locate where the three matching numbers are and
how they move
within their quarters.
(NOTE - exact solution varies from game to
game).
Go back to
Kane's well and ask about the anti-viral software.
Go to the anti-viral well.
Get to the rotating creature to receive the
anti-viral software.
WHAT IS PASSWORD
FOR ANTI-VIRAL WELL?
Kane will tell you when you go back to see him.
password: exterminator
HOW DO I GET
ACROSS THE SQUARES IN THE ANTI-VIRAL WELL?
You can move only to any adjacent red or green
square,
but not diagonally.
You must cross to the square in front of the
rotating creature.
Move fairly quickly, squares gradually become
replaced by skulls.
You may have to backtrack at some point.
Try going to the left first.
solution:
L=LEFT
R=RIGHT
F=FORWARD B=BACK
L-F-L-F-F-L-F-R-R-R-F-B-F-R-L-R-F-F
Cyberspace (later)
Look at the game records and advertisement in
Warp Space Well.
WHAT IS WARP
SPACE PASSWORD?
You must talk to Gambit Nelson when you go to
see Hamam at
Cafe Duchamps to get it.
Detective Brannon will send you to Hamam.
password: Warp
Newsroom
Scan the audio-visual editor.
Analyze the Ripper picture. To do this, just
select the picture
and click "analyze."
Somewhere after this point in the game you will recieve a
WAC
transmission from Dr. Cable. Go to Catherine's room at Tribecca Center.
**SAVE YOUR GAME BEFORE YOU DECK INTO CYBERSPACE
FROM THE HOSPITAL!!**
Whitechapel
Arrange the fortune teller cards in the correct
order.
HOW DO I ARRANGE
THE FORTUNE CARDS?
Listen to the lyrics of the song.
Match the images on the cards to the lyrics, in
order.
Correct order of cards:
Seasons - Fear - Reaper - Wind - Sun - Rain
Kill the Ripper.
WHO DO I KILL?
Good luck!
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