"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~""" -####- ;#### #######= ### ## ######################. ### ###########; #### ### ### #### ### +###########; ### ######## ### -##x-###############x. .##### ### ########## ### #####+- ### #### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### +##x ### ## ### ######## ,## ### ### x## ### ########## ## ### ### ########### ### ## -##- ##- ################### ### ##- #### ##+ ##.= ### ### ## ### ## ### ### ##;;######## ### ### ### ###############+. -# ### ### ### #### ### ### ## ### ### ### ####- -### ### ############################## ### ###,=+=; #### ### ## #### ##- ## ## China FAQ/Walkthrough PS 1999 Version: 1.0 released on the 6th of Apri 2010 Author: odino http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/47976.html This guide is EXCLUSIVELY available at GameFAQs. .============================================================================. | .========================================================================. | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | '========================================================================' | |============================================================================| | 01.) Introduction | G0100 | | 02.) Basics | G0200 | |----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------| | 03.) Walkthrough | G0300 | |----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------| | XX.) FAQ | GXX00 | | YY.) Version History | GYY00 | | ZZ.) Credits & Thanks | GZZ00 | '=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-' =============================================================================== 01.) INTRODUCTION G0100 =============================================================================== Welcome to 'China' for the Playstation, an adventure game released by Cyro Interactive in 1999. It was also released on the PC and is sometimes known as 'China: The Forbidden City' or just 'The Forbidden City' depending on the country it is published in or perhaps a re-release title. This game is only available in Europe. Suggestions, comments or errors - email me about it. Enjoy! =============================================================================== 02.) BASICS G0200 =============================================================================== Controls: ````````` These are descriptions of the Playstation controls: Use X to select, O to see the inventory screen which also has a link to the map (COMPASS) and the documentation (SCROLL). There is also an EYE button which means you can pick up an item and drop it on here for a closer look. The SWIRL always returns to the game. Direction buttons move the cursor. The other buttons on the controller are not used. This game has mouse support! When plugged in you can control your cursor with the mouse and left click to interact, well, like on the PC. Right click shows the inventory screen as if pressing O. The PC controls are just the mouse but I have not tested it. The game is very old and was designed for Windows 98 and getting it to run now is a little tricky. Do not ask me for technical support. There are surely some sites on the web that can give you better support. Main Menu: `````````` * Start the game * Load a game * Resume the game * Save the game * Visit the site * Consult the documentation * Options * Credits These are mainly obvious; "Visit the site" means the Forbidden City site. You can freely walk around without any interaction. Consulting the documentation is important for solving riddles if you do not use the walkthrough. Resuming a game is if you come to this menu while you still play, else you have to load a game from the memory card. Options contains settings for the language, music, sound effect & voice levels, subtitles on/off and the Omni3D speed. The latter is for looking around in a location. It may appear too fast for your cursor. Do not forget to save the setup if you want to make changes, and load when you switch the machine back on. Map: ```` This is a rough map of the important areas in the game. The Forbidden City is large but only very few locations are actually used in the game. You can try to find this yourself and my pointers below are only for the rough area of the map where you should find a little hand icon which enables you traverse there. This section of the map is the central area below the Imperial Gardens. Most of the southern and edges of the map are useless for this game. ()()()()()()()()()() ()()()()()()()()()()D .================. || || G || ------------ || || ------------ || || --- || || | H | || || --- || || ------------ || || ------------ || || || || || || || A ||B || === || || === === '================' === || F C || ||E || || || \./ \./ I A Chief Eunuch's Office (Room of Spiritual Nourishment) B Office of the Internal Petitions C Upper Study of the Imperial Princes D Imperial Gardens (Entrance) E Imperial House F Gate of Celestial Purity G Palace of Concubines H Halls of Great Fertility I Room of Supreme Harmony (far south in the center) Characters: ``````````` An (Anjing) This is you, appointed as Superintendent of the Imperial House, and asked to investigate the murder of Chief Eunuch Wang. Master Wei Your master and guidance for most puzzles in the game. You can ask him for advice and he will almost give you a clue. It is often required to find him to advance. Chief Eunuch Wang A murdered chief who left clues and messages around the palace of a secret plot. You are asked to investigate this. Chief Eunuch Wen Another chief, hangs around the Halls of Great Fertility. Chief Eunuch Ma The newly appointed chief in sight of the murder of the previous chief. Eunuch Chou A servent who was directly working under former Chief Eunuch Wang. Director Li Your supervisor in the investigation and direct link to the Emperor. He will upgrade your Imperial Mandate as necessary and grant you other permissions if you are ready. Dowager Empress Douairiere The emperor's mother and thinks she is the boss around here. She asks you to see her in the Imperial Garden where she tends to hang out all day. Prince Yong Song Currently studying under Master Wei and really no relationship to the story but for a small part. You do not need to talk to him. Great Councilor Yu One of your supervisors somewhere far up. Appears once in a while to inquire about the investigation. Superintendent Da Same level as you but for different departments, he can give you comments on the investigation but he is not too helpful in most cases. Chief Eunuch Lu Chief of Lady Fu. Director Yang Takes over from Director Li at some point in the game and does the same job - talking to the emperor for you. Chief Eunuch Jin Chief of Lady Shouxiu. Hua Bao Housekeeper of sorts for Lady Shouxiu. Lady Fu First Concubine. Lady Shouxiu Fourth Concubine. Items: `````` Imperial Mandate 1/2/3/4 Gained from the Directors when needing to access certain areas of the Forbidden Palace. Upgraded as the game progresses. Posthumous letter from Wang Given to the Empress Dowanger and leading you to the first confession Wang's Key Opens Wang's cabinet in his office Hammer Tool found in Wang's office cabinet. Used with Chisel for solving puzzles. Chisel Tool found in Wang's office cabinet. Used with Hammer for solving puzzles. Screwdriver. Tool found in Wang's office cabinet. Used for solving puzzles. x-Confession of Wang Where x is the number. Found throughout the game after solving puzzles. Clue for the x-Confession Where x is the number. Found alongside a confession to give a clue for the next one. List of Imperial Gifts Found in your office to know where to look for identifying the gifts. Original Works Inside a box of the imperial gifts. Stamps of the Imperial Seals Found with a dead body...upgraded to "2" when you find more and later renamed to "Seals". Wax found on the Seals Found on the seals. Blank Paper A blank piece of paper given to you by Hua Bao, but is it really blank? Rebus Clue End result when doing something with the blank paper. Required to progress. Key found in a jar Key to a panel outside the concubine houses. False Proclamation of Succession The final document you want to find. Plan of an Infernal Mechanism Some kind of chart for a machine. Used for a puzzle. False Edict of Regency Further proof of the conspiracy. =============================================================================== 03.) WALKTHROUGH G0300 =============================================================================== After the introduction you start out near the Room of Spiritual Nourishment. Turn right, go forward and enter the first door to the right. This is Chief Eunuch Ma's office and you will come back here many times. Talk to the Chief Ma and then turn around and talk to Eunuch Chou. Click on the map icon in the inventory to see the Forbidden City outline. This map is hard to navigate and made worse by so many useless locations. Use the map in this guide to find the Office of the Internal Petitions. Go inside and turn slightly left where you can continue further into the room. Turn to your right to find Director Li. You always have to report to him after you find some clues and this is the only desk in this office you report to. Talking to him gives you the Imperial Mandate 2 for further investigation. This enables you entry to the Imperial Gardens which is where you are heading next. Find it on the map and talk to the eunuch at the gate. Show him the mandate for entry. Walk towards the crowd and talk to the Dowager Empress. You receive two items here. Read the letter and then talk to the Dowager Empress again. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, report to Director Li about this find. Your investigation continues. Talk to Master Wei at the Upper Study of the Imperial Princes and then proceed to he Chief Eunuch's office. Talk to Chief Ma twice and then access Wang's furniture on the right. Open the cabinets for a hammer, chisel and screwdriver. Using they key you got from the Empress you can open the bottom drawer and get a statue. This puzzle, and like most puzzles, is solved by the clues left by Wang. Since this is a solve I will already give you the solution: Click the center-most jewels in the statue's base which consists of three red ones and two blue ones. Grab the letters which is the first confession and a clue to the second. When you leave the room you will run into Councilor Yu. Just follow the story for now. (You can show the letter to Director Li at the Office of the Internal Petitions but I think this is optional.) Go to see Master Wei at the Upper Study of the Imperial Princes and show him the 2nd clue. Turn left, walk forward and look at the Go board. From the second clue you know that the Chinese character "center" should be on the board. The character is in the top right corner. Basically click on the Go nodes in the middle column and then add a square near the top like this: . . * . . . * * * . . * * * . . . * . . . . * . . Take the two letters as usual. Show the letter to Director Li at the Office of the Internal Petitions. At Chief's Eunuch's Office you can talk to Ma and show him the 2nd confession. He will hint you where to go next. Talk to Master Wei at the Upper Study of the Imperial Princes and he will give you an even better hint. Go to your office at the Imperial House (go inside, turn left and enter the office) and walk to the back to find the ledgers. The four ledgers are the list which you want to take. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, report to Director Li about the list for an upgrade in the Imperial Mandate. Your next location is a little harder to find since the entrance is not where you expect. Go to where the gate to the Imperial Garden is north but instead you want to go east. Talk to the eunuch in front of the gate and show him the mandate. Enter this palace and walk around that partition so that you face north again (in other words: right, left, forward). Talk to Chief Eunuch Lu and give him the list. When he brings out the gifts you only care about the left one. Use the screwdriver on the box to reveal a secret bottom. Take the original works and leave. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, show the 2nd confession to Director Li about the works and then talk to Master Wei at the Upper Study of the Imperial Princes. You may now use the equipment. Use the original works on the table. Take the brush in the bottom right corner and use it on the purple bowl, then on the original works. Use the map to find the Gate of Celestial Purity and walk forward to the large door. Inspect it to find the left door will give you the icon to interact with it at one of the large knobs (fifth from the right, bottom row). Use the chisel on the knob and then use the hammer on the chisel. Interact with the cylinder and change all of them to the character for "Affix the seal". Take the letters. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, show the 3rd confession to Director Li. Show the 3rd confession to Master Wei at the Upper Study of the Imperial Princes to find out where the seals are kept. Go see Chief Eunuch Ma only to find he is missing. Talk to Chou behind you to find he just left. You have to follow this sequence or else you cannot find Ma in the end. Go outside and turn left to the guards. Talk to them to find where Ma went. Turn right, go forward thrice, left, forward, right and enter the door. Turn around and talk to the guard. Turn left, forward, right and talk to the guard. Into the gate, turn around and talk to the guard here as well. Turn around and go forward twice to be in the center of the large yard. Turn left and walk towards the golden vases. You should now be able to go there for a scene. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, show the seals to Director Li. This nets you Imperial Mandate 4. Your next destination is the Halls of Greater Fertility. This is accessible on the map directly but you can go to the area south of the Imperial Gardens and walk through the gates. Check the map in this guide for help. Once at the gate, show the mandate to the guard to be allowed through. Inside, go up the stairs and depending on from where you entered this place you need to go towards the middle where you can enter the hall. Talk to Chief Eunuch Wen on the right and give the stamps to the left guy. This next puzzle is really easy but the controls are not clear at first. Pick up a stamp (chop) to see its base. Use it on the ink pad (in red), then pick up the stamp and make an imprint at the matching spot. When you have all three done you get some wax. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, show the wax to Director Yang (where Li used to be). Return to the Halls of Greater Fertility (there is a shortcut now) and talk the eunuch. Exit the hall, turn left, forward, left, forward, right, go down the stairs, turn around and enter the right small building. Click on the chest in Wen's room twice to reveal a panel. Use the chisel on the floor panel to remove it. Select the coins to return everything back to normal. Try to leave for a scene. Leave the room, go through the gate in front of you and then turn slightly left, continue forward and enter the gate here. Go forward again for another scene. Turn right and look at the bars on the window. Use the screwdriver on all four sides to remove the edges. You will hear a sound when this has been done. Use the screwdriver on the box for a puzzle. Your aim is to match up East, Dragon and Green, the click the following colors in this order: Yellow, Gray, Purple, Blue. Pick up the letters. Optionally you can go outside and talk to the concubines. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, talk to Director Yang. Go to the Palace of Concubines in the northeast as before. You still have to talk to the guard outside. Once you get through, turn right and go forward to find another eunuch. Talk to him to find out where to go next. That was, to go to the Imperial House. You will see a scene once you enter. Return to the Palace of Concubines and go left this time. Forward and right you will see a large kettle. Push the rectangle in the base and use the chisel to remove the panel. Take the key. Go to the opposite house and talk to the eunuch as you did just a few minute ago. Once inside the house, talk to Hua Bao. Use her blank paper on the candle on your right. This clue is needed to solve the next puzzle. Back outside you will find this tree as seen in the clue just now and you can now interact with the base to remove the panel. Use the key to open it up. Take the seals and use them on the ink stamp as before. In the end you will only have seals left in your inventory. At the Office of the Internal Petitions, talk to Director Yang. Return to the Concubine quarters and talk to the eunuch again to enter. Inside, turn left to find Lady Shouxiu. Talk to her of course. Turn around and find a bamboo tree. It has four stumps with zodiac animals. You can cycle through the animals on each bit. Your aim is to only want real zodiac animals. The stumps should have: Serpent Tiger Hare Rat Cockerel Dog Ox Dragon Horse Monkey Goat Wild Boar Pick up the document inside. After some scenes, return to Imperial House and enter it. Turn right to Superintendent Da's office for another scene. Use the hammer on him. Check out the clock and solve the puzzle. This is kind of hard to see (especially on the Playstation, maybe slightly better on the PC) but you want to set the large dial at the top to have the large dial point to five and the small pointer to eight. The bottom left dial needs to point to three and the bottom right to nine. (Actually this does not fit to the hint given on the director's desk and maybe this is bugged but it worked for me.) Take the letters. For your last destination you want to go very far south to the Room of Supreme Harmony. Enter and go forward towards the throne. Touch it and open the panel. Touch the machine again to begin the last puzzle. Follow these steps to disarm the device: 1. Remove the four bars outside the machine, then touch the machine again 2. Remove the gear just left of the turquoise vial in the middle 3. Remove the gear at the top 4. Use the screwdriver on the tubes attached to the turquoise vials (two) 5. Use the screwdriver on the tubes below the middle gear 6. Use the screwdriver on the metal bar at the right tube 7. Remove the right tube 8. Use the screwdriver on the right tube 9. Remove the left tube X. Click anywhere to close up this game. The End =============================================================================== XX.) FAQ GXX00 =============================================================================== Q) Is this better on the PC or Playstation? A) Honestly I bet 98% of people will say PC but seeing that this is kind of tricky to get running on the PC these days (it was released for Windows 98) I find it easier to just play on the Playstation. Sure the graphics look poor but they are poor on the PC as well. Only for the puzzles it is quite annoying having low quality images. Q) Does the game support the mouse? A) As described in the control section, mention in the game's manual AND pointed out on the box, yes! Q) Are there similar games like this? A) Quite a few, as if Cyro went through the world's cultures for some adventure games. Try Egypt, Egypt II, Inca or maybe Atlantis. =============================================================================== YY.) 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