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The Colonel's Bequest

aka: Laura Bow 1, The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery

[ All ] [ Amiga ] [ Atari ST ] [ DOS ] [ Windows ]

Amiga screenshots

thumbnail — The copy protection screen.

thumbnail — The game gives you the option of skipping the intro if you've played the game before.

thumbnail — Intro: Colonel writes his will.

thumbnail — Intro: The cast of characters.

thumbnail — Intro: Laura's friend invites her to the Colonel's estate.

thumbnail — Intro: Going to the Colonel's estate.

thumbnail — Intro: Arriving at the dock.

thumbnail — Intro: The Colonel's estate.

thumbnail — Intro: Dinner.

thumbnail — Intro: The Colonel.

thumbnail — I have a notebook.

thumbnail — In Ethel's room.

thumbnail — Upstair's hallway.

thumbnail — The bathroom.

thumbnail — A secret passage.

thumbnail — Upstairs. Be careful around that railing, it's broken.

thumbnail — I fell and died.

thumbnail — Fifi and the Colonel.

thumbnail — Fifi's room.

thumbnail — Downstair's hall.

thumbnail — Suit of armor.

thumbnail — Trying to eavesdrop and it's not working!

thumbnail — Dr. Feels and the Jeeves the butler.

thumbnail — Oh... It's not like there's a MURDERER lurking about is there?

thumbnail — Playhouse.

thumbnail — Stablehouse.

thumbnail — An oilcan.

thumbnail — Outside a fancy garden.

thumbnail — A fancy garden.

thumbnail — Why is there always locked doors in adventure games?

thumbnail — A well.

thumbnail — Doghouse and doors.

thumbnail — The cook is busy.

thumbnail — Outside hedge garden.

thumbnail — Hedge garden.

thumbnail — Watch out for the alligator!

thumbnail — Broken bridge.

thumbnail — The moon reflecting on the water.

thumbnail — Gazebo.

thumbnail — Statue of the Colonel in front of the mansion.

Atari ST screenshots

thumbnail — The Colonel's Bequest

thumbnail — The cast of the game appears on stage.

thumbnail — A nice sunny peaceful day for our hero, but things are about to change...

thumbnail — Coming to the mansion in the intro.

thumbnail — "Ah! Another visitor! Stay awhile... Stay forever!"

thumbnail — Dinner begins.

thumbnail — The man himself.

thumbnail — Act 1 begins.

thumbnail — Larua talks to Ethel.

thumbnail — The bathroom.

thumbnail — The Colonel's room.

thumbnail — Dr. Feel's room.

thumbnail — A secret passageway.

thumbnail — Spying on the Colonel and Fifi.

thumbnail — Upstairs hall.

thumbnail — Fifi's room.

thumbnail — Suit of armor.

thumbnail — Billards room.

thumbnail — Lounge.

thumbnail — Downstairs hallway.

thumbnail — Kitchen.

thumbnail — The butler serves a guest.

thumbnail — Fifi dusting in the study.

thumbnail — Venturing outside.

thumbnail — Path.

thumbnail — A statue of the Colonel in his war years.

thumbnail — The well is nearby.

thumbnail — Looking down the well.

thumbnail — Exploring.

thumbnail — Laura tries to play the Crocodile Hunter and fails. Oh, Crikey!

thumbnail — Estate gates.

thumbnail — The barn.

thumbnail — In the barn.

thumbnail — The garden is nearby.

thumbnail — In the garden.

thumbnail — Chapel.

thumbnail — Inside the chapel.

thumbnail — Graveyard - spooky!

thumbnail — Outside the mansion.

thumbnail — Entrance to a hedge garden.

DOS screenshots

thumbnail — Title screen

thumbnail — Introducing the cast

thumbnail — What a cool copy protection - compare fingerprints of suspects in your manual and identify the one the game shows you!

thumbnail — The intro sequence continues

thumbnail — Jeeves, the creepy butler

thumbnail — Getting settled in...

thumbnail — A nice view of the house

thumbnail — Exploring the grounds

thumbnail — The upstairs hallway

thumbnail — This doesn't look good...

thumbnail — Who could this be?

thumbnail — Oh no!

thumbnail — Hint: Showers are dangerous! At least certain movies tell us so...

thumbnail — There are several secret passages in the game! You've discovered one of them. This shot also shows how the game reacts to words it doesn't understand...

thumbnail — Following a suspect

thumbnail — Every character has a detailed description. Yes, they are one-dimensional, but that's what Agatha Christie tribute is all about!

thumbnail — Uh-oh, looks like we've wandered off into some dangerous territory... The game can get quite scary

thumbnail — I wonder what could be down here?

thumbnail — The game proudly tells you about itself. Those were the days when games tried out unique concepts more often...

thumbnail — The clock advances when you trigger it by performing certain actions - as shown here. The game is not real time, but it creates a good illusion of that

thumbnail — A bell!Should you ring it?..

thumbnail — Spying on Henri and Fifi...

thumbnail — The play house. Hmm, looks like it's locked - how can I enter it?..

thumbnail — The carriage house

thumbnail — Inside the carriage house you find... a carriage. Right. What did you expect, then?..

thumbnail — The chapel

thumbnail — Inside the chapel. It looks sad...

thumbnail — Characters move around and do stuff on their own all the time. Here, you see a servant catering to an old rich guy in the library

thumbnail — Applying some oil to a rusty suit of armor

thumbnail — In the kitchen with Lillian and Celie

thumbnail — Even the dog gets first class treatment around here

thumbnail — Laura visits a seemingly abandoned room. Opening the actions menu - there are several convenient shortcuts

thumbnail — A beautiful view of the garden. I typed "look statue" and that's the description I got

thumbnail — There are quite a few ways to die in this game, of course. Here, Laura accidentally falls into the water...

thumbnail — The barn

thumbnail — A well

thumbnail — A good view of the mansion

thumbnail — Laura Bow - Tomb Raider!

thumbnail — The Colonel's bedroom (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Billiards Room (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Downstairs hallway (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Front porch (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Near the swamp (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Path (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Trophy and gun room (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Fifi's room (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — Outside hedge garden (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — The bathroom (EGA / TANDY)

thumbnail — The attic. Note the cool lightning effects

thumbnail — Outside of the house (CGA, higher resolution, but only two colors). The game will sometimes make such comments on its own

thumbnail — Title Screen (CGA)

thumbnail — Act 1 (CGA)

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