The Dark Half - WALKTHROUGH *** Day 1, Night *** Your evil twin, George Stark, somehow managed to escape from his grave: LOOK AT OPEN GRAVE Walk east and ask to Digger to open the tool shed: TALK TO DIGGER ANSWER 1, 2, 3 Enter the tool shed and take all useful items: OPEN SHED DOOR PICK UP ROPE PICK UP FLASHLIGHT Leave the cemetery to the left. Find and search the murdered reporter Homer: LOOK AT BODY SEARCH BODY Take the film out of Homer's camera: OPEN CAMERA Go to town, then enter the tavern next to the restaurant: OPEN TAVERN DOOR Chat with the bartender to find out about Homer's car: TALK TO BARTENDER ANSWER 1, 2, 3 Before you go, take the Beerstein on the counter with you: PICK UP STEIN Find and search Homer's truck in front of the car dealer in the east: SEARCH TRUCK CAB In the car, remove all evidence that might incriminate you: LOOK AT REAR-VIEW MIRROR PICK UP CIGARETTE BUTTS PICK UP PENCIL PICK UP WHISKEY BOTTLE Note that you stained your shirt with blood. It's time to go back to your house: TRAVEL TO HOME In the living room, take the autographed copy of your latest book 'Mean Machine' from the cabinet: PICK UP BOOK LOOK AT BOOK Go to your secret study: PUSH BOOKCASE In the study, find a blank piece of paper in the wastepaper basket behind the bookshelf: PUSH BOOKCASE PICK UP PAPER In case the police questions you, they better not find anything suspicious. Hide the incriminating bloody bottle in the bedroom closet: OPEN CLOSET USE BLOODY WHISKEY BOTTLE IN CLOSET CLOSE CLOSET Exchange your blood-stained shirt for a fresh one: OPEN DRAWER PICK UP SHIRT USE CLEAN SHIRT That's it for today. Go to sleep: USE LAMP *** Day 2, Morning *** When you enter the living room, the police will arrive for questioning. ANSWER 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1 Go to town to have the Homer's film developed: TRAVEL TO TOWN OPEN PHOTO SHOP DOOR TALK TO SALESMAN (left) GIVE FILM TO SALESMAN Find a few lost items in the restaurant: OPEN RESTAURANT DOOR PULL SEAT CUSHION PICK UP QUARTERS PICK UP CIGARETTE LIGHTER Take away the glass of the customer to the left: PICK UP GLASS Thad can enter a hypnotic trance each day. Let's try that here: USE BOOTH USE CIGARETTE LIGHTER ON CIGARETTE BUTTS USE PENCIL ON BLANK PAPER Read the message. In a cutscene, a clack Tornado parks outside an apartment block. Ask the barber about Fred's address: OPEN BARBER SHOP DOOR TALK TO BARBER ANSWER 3 Fred's apartment is across the street from the barber's: WALK TO FRED'S APARTMENT Examine the scene in front of the building: LOOK AT CAR TALK TO OLD LADY PICK UP PAPER Read the directory at the door to find out in which story Fred is living: LOOK AT DIRECTORY OPEN FRONT DOOR Before you enter Fred's room, pick up the bottle of tear gas from the floor: PICK UP CANISTER OPEN DOOR Fred has been murdered. Take your time to examine the room: LOOK AT FRED LOOK AT WRITING OPEN CLOSET An angry dog jumps out of the closet. Spray it with tear gas to hold it off: USE CANISTER ON DOG Examine the dark closet with the flashlight: USE FLASHLIGHT ON CLOSET LOOK AT STRONGBOX The strongbox is securely locked. Get advice from a professional in town: OPEN HARDWARE SHOP DOOR TALK TO HARDWARE GUY ANSWER 3 A gun may be the solution. Luckily, Thad keeps one at home: TRAVEL TO HOME LOOK AT CABINET Find the key to the cabinet under the potted plant in the living room: PICK UP PLANT PICK UP KEY Take the pistol out of the cabinet: USE KEY IN CABINET OPEN CABINET PICK UP PISTOL CLOSE CABINET Back in Fred's apartment, shoot the strongbox open. Use the pillow to reduce the noice: PICK UP PILLOW USE FLASHLIGHT ON CLOSET USE PILLOW WITH PISTOL Major loot! Take six dollars out of the strongbox: PICK UP MONEY The money suffices to buy a new film at the photo shop: OPEN PHOTO SHOP DOOR TALK TO SALESMAN (right) ANSWER 1 GIVE MONEY TO SALESMAN PICK UP FILM Your beeper informs you that your wife Liz wants you to call her. Do that from the telephone booth across the street from the photo shop: OPEN TELEPHONE BOOTH USE QUARTERS IN PHONE The police is at your house. Go there: TRAVEL TO HOME Before you enter the house, better hide the pistol: OPEN MAILBOX USE PISTOL IN MAILBOX CLOSE MAILBOX Inside, get questioned by the police officers: ANSWER 3, 1, 3, 1 *** Day 2, Night *** Your colleague Reggie from the university has called. Phone her: USE PHONE No one there. Time for another hypnotic trance in your study. PUSH BOOKSHELF USE CHAIR USE CIGARETTE LIGHTER ON CIGARETTE BUTTS USE PENCIL ON BLANK PIECE OF PAPER Day two ends in the bedroom: USE LAMP *** Day 3, Morning *** After awaking, answer the phone in the living room to hear a desperate call from Miriam Cowley: USE PHONE Back in the bedroom, read Liz' note by the mirror: PICK UP NOTE LOOK AT NOTE Take nine dollars out of Liz' jacket in the closet: SEARCH JACKET Now quickly to Miriam Cowley: TRAVEL TO MIRIAM COWLEY'S APARTMENT Go inside the building and find a sheet of paper on the floor: OPEN DOOR PICK UP PAPER Enter Miriam's apartment. She's been killed: OPEN DOOR LOOK AT BODY Examine the wad of tissue on the floor next to the couch: PICK UP TISSUE LOOK AT WAD OF TISSUE OPEN WAD OF TISSUE Inside's a human eye. There's something in the vase by the chimney: LOOK AT VASE Fill the vase with water from the fishtank until the bird whistle floats to the top: USE STEIN IN FISHTANK USE WATER IN STEIN IN VASE USE STEIN IN FISHTANK USE WATER IN STEIN IN VASE PICK UP BIRD WHISTLE When you try to leave the apartment, your evil twin George Stark suddenly appears: OPEN DOOR TALK TO GEORGE This is the perfect occasion to shoot a photo of him as evidence: USE NEW FILM IN CAMERA USE CAMERA ON GEORGE Chase off George with the fireplace poker: PICK UP FIREPLACE POKER USE FIREPLACE POKER ON GEORGE Leave the building and go to town: OPEN DOOR PUSH BUTTON TRAVEL TO TOWN Homer's photos should be developed by now: OPEN PHOTO SHOP DOOR TALK TO SALESMAN (left) GIVE MONEY TO SALESMAN PICK UP PHOTOS One photo shows George attacking Homer with his own wooden leg: LOOK AT PICTURE OF KILLER As you need more money, offer the autographed copy of your novel to the left salesman: GIVE BOOK TO SALESMAN He will refund the price of the photos. You should have nine dollars again. Visit Reggie at the university: WALK TO UNIVERSITY OPEN DOOR Thad doesn't dare to go inside because of police presence. Take the alternative route via the tree: USE ROPE ON TREE Discuss your problem with Reggie: ANSWER 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 Leave the same way you came in: USE WINDOW A new weapon couldn't hurt. Naturally, the barber has a few sharp things. OPEN BARBER SHOP DOOR TALK TO BARBER Threaten the man to frighten him away, then take the razor: ANSWER 3 PICK UP RAZOR LOOK AT RAZOR Fine weapon. All dull. Visit the hardware store for a surprise. George was there and left a note: OPEN HARDWARE SHOP DOOR TALK TO HARDWARE GUY PICK UP NOTE LOOK AT NOTE FROM GEORGE If you forgot something in the apartments of Fred or Miriam, which are sealed by now, you need a crowbar to pry the doors open. Buy one from the hardware shop: TALK TO HARDWARE GUY ANSWER 1 GIVE MONEY TO HARDWARE GUY PICK UP CROWBAR Take the single crowbar at the top left of the rack. At home, the police is there for questioning once again. Show them some evidence: TRAVEL TO HOME ANSWER 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3 A cutscene shows Rick Cowley under police protection. Enter another hypnotic trance in your study: PUSH BOOKSHELF USE CHAIR USE CIGARETTE LIGHTER ON CIGARETTE BUTTS USE PENCIL ON BLANK PIECE OF PAPER After that, you deserve some sleep: USE LAMP *** Day 3, Night *** Thad awakes at four A from the phone ringing: USE PHONE It's George. He claims to have killed Rick Cowley. Go outside. Unfortunately, the police is observing Thad. Pull a dead branch from the tree: LOOK AT TREE BRANCHES PULL TREE BRANCHES Back in the living room, burn the branch in the bowl to ring a fire alarm: USE TREE BRANCH IN BOWL USE CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN BRANCH IN BOWL The police officers will enter the house to see what's going on. Stand in the left corner of the room, behind the cabinet, to hide from them. When the go to the bedroom, quickly leave the house. Go to Rick Cowley: TRAVEL TO RICK COWLEY'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK OPEN DOOR All people in the room are dead. Answer the phone and be mocked by George: USE PHONE Take the notes next to the right policeman's feet and read them: PICK UP NOTES LOOK AT NOTES Also, read in the book on the stand: LOOK AT BOOK Leave Rick's office for the hospital: WALK TO DOOR USE TAXI TRAVEL TO DR. PRITCHARD AT THE HOSPITAL *** Day 4, Morning *** Visit Dr. Pritchard: WALK TO ENTRANCE TALK TO DR. PRITCHARD ANSWER 1, 2, 3 When the doctor leaves, plunder the medical cart: LOOK AT CART OPEN DRAWER SEARCH DRAWER PICK UP SCALPEL PICK UP FIRST AID KIT George kills Dr. Pritchard, then drives towards your house. Phone your wife to warn: USE PHONE Reggie at the university has new information: TRAVEL TO TOWN WALK TO UNIVERSITY USE ROPE ON TREE ANSWER 3, 2, 1 The phone rings. It's George: He holds Liz hostage at your house. Reggie gives you a disguise to leave the university safely: USE DISGUISE USE WINDOW TRAVEL TO HOME Liz is tied to a chair in the living room. Cut the rope with the scalpel: USE SCALPEL ON ROPES George is in your study, writing his book: PUSH BOOKSHELF The entrance is stuck. Blast the door open with a do-it-yourself molotov cocktail. You'll find the whiskey bottle in the closet, where you put it in the beginning of the game, and some gauze in the first aid kit from the hospital: PICK UP BLOODY WHISKEY BOTTLE OPEN FIRST AID KIT USE GAUZE IN BLOODY WHISKEY BOTTLE USE CIGARETTE LIGHTER ON BOTTLE WITH WICK USE MOLOTOV COCKTAIL ON BOOKCASE In the study, engage in the verbal showdown between Thad and George: ANSWER 3 Send George for a fresh pencil. This give you time to exchange his razor for the dull one from the barbershop: ANSWER 1 USE VERY DULL RAZOR WITH TABLE Now George's attacks won't do you much harm. Simply suggest the worse of the two alternatives for George's horror novel in each of following dialogues (usually the less violent one): ANSWER 2, 3, 3, 2 When the sparrows finally arrive, they will take George with them instead of you.