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Re: Black Dahlia crash!

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From: Edson Long Lo
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure: 1-Mar-98 Black
Dahlia crash! by Sh...@burpleson.afb.gov 
> I'm in Louie's loft, I've found the <mumble> hidden in the <mumble>, and
> next to the stove is something on the floor that looks like a whisk broom
> or a bottle.  The cursor becomes the "actionable" cursor on this item -
> when I click on it, the game dumps me back to the Win95 desktop.
>  
> I reported this to Take2 tech support, but it's Sunday morning, and I
> really don't expect any news until tomorrow.  Which means a whole day
> planned for Black Dahlia playing is most likely shot.
>  
> Has anyone else progressed past this point or know if this bug is going to
> prevent me from playing onward?
>  
> For the record, my system: p100, 40mb RAM, 4x CD, AWE32, 1mb video, all
> DX5 drivers running.
!POSSIBLE SPOILERS!





Hmm.. I didn't have this problem at all.  I was able to pick up the
broom and sweep away some ash to reveal some stuff.  And so far I've had
absolutely no problems.  But now I'm stuck.  I got the key to the
dresser in Louie's Loft but can't figure out the lock mechanism.
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From: Edson Long Lo <el...@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Black Dahlia crash!
Date: 1998/03/01
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