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Thanks, flotsam !!
(And Draclvr.)

Awesome start. Keep them coming please.

Good evening Boomers.

Thank you for the updates on The Last Case of John Morley. I don't know why but once again I missed some posts made here. The ones by you and Uncle Reg on the 30th of April. I did see Mad's post on that same day.

The check point saves does not surprise me. I figured that would be the case.

I do hope you enjoy Mata Hari after the effort you put into getting it to run. I know I liked it. I don't remember a lot about it though except dancing and "bitta".

My updates: I am currently stuck in Jack Keane 2 (in Hamburg) but will give it another go before looking at the walkthrough. See if I can figure out what I missed. The game did crash on me once so far in Win 7 but was fine when I went back in. I am not quite 1/2 way through the game yet by the look of the wt.

I mentioned Cats and the Other Lives has cat type mini games. Well some birds were throwing stones at me and I tried to climb a tree to get to them up on the roof. I kept falling even after looking at the walkthrough. I got frustrated and got out of the game thinking I would have to replay some part but I didn't. It started me right back in the tree. I had mentioned this in a different thread and Marian found the solution for me, bringing to my attention that I was still having stones dropped on me. I had actually seen the white spots in the video wt but didn't realize what they were. Armed with that information I eventually made it to the roof. I am about 1/2 way through that game.

Billy Budd and 1984 tick the right boxes!

...and to you, Sue!

Meet Riki, a would be truthmeister whose main strength is huggability. Not at all hard-boiled, nonetheless she is dispatched by the counic of rulers to investigate what occurred in the Kingdom of Knotgud. A creature called a Booglo has destroyed the castle, and the newly coronated king lies within. Other things are afoot, but the question about the Booglo remains - who summoned it?

Armed with a Scroll of Truth, on which only the truth can be written, Riki is dispatched to seek answers.

The game uses a 2D cartoonish animation style and is entirely point and click. You talk to other characters to learn information, which will put conversation topics in your index as well as build your vocabulary of relevant words. You use the conversation topics to learn more, and the vocabulary to complete fragmented statements on your Scroll. You will also accumulate lesser mysteries as you go. You read everything (there is no spoken word) and it is very wordy. A soundtrack accompanies things, and there are no manual saves.

Based on the 35 minutes I have played so far, completing the statements on the Scroll seems to be a key component. Click a mystery and then drag to words that complete the statement. Presumably if you haven't investigated or interrogated sufficiently, the relevant word/s won't be available. It's a bit like an interactive comprehension test.

According to the Steam page I will acquire a crystal ball that will enable me to see the past, get into tiny spaces with all-purpose-rats, and use an enchanted cat to smell the different colours of magic. All of that adds to the fairytale feel of things.

It isn't really my thing, but it might be yours.

You are most welcome! That is so nice to hear.

Good evening manXman ... most excellent finish

Have a wonderful evening!

Ana

Thanks Marian!

Thank you both !! 😑

(I haven’t done it yet as I’ve been using my iPad.)