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Gameplay:    This is a third person point and click game. CD2 is needed to be in the drive to play. The main menu has play (new game), load game, options, credits and exit. The options menu has the music, volume, effects volume, brightness, text captions, 3D shadows, animated effects, fog-haze-clouds effects, particle effects and antialiasing.

Move the cursor to the top of the screen to access the taskbar. The taskbar has access to in game menu at right and the inventory on the left side of the taskbar. A map of the train is seen in the middle of the taskbar. Click on a lit section of the train will transport you to that place.

The in game menu is accessed also by ESC key or right of the taskbar. It has resume game, save game, load game, options and main menu.

To save game, you can use the time-date that is the default or name the saved game yourself before clicking the OK button. The saves can also be overwritten.

The inventory menu is accessed by right mouse click or click on the inventory icon at top left part of the screen. There are scroll arrows at top corners to see all the items. There are 7 buttons on the side of the frame.

The inventory button shows the items taken.

Click-drag an item and place it over the magnifying glass icon: a description of the item is given. This gives additional clues to the gameplay. Also, when book, letters and newspaper clippings are examined this way, the information is stored in the scrapbook.

The gears button is used to combine objects together or separate items. To combine items together, click-drop an item to one of the assembly slots found at left side of the frame. Place the next item on another empty slot. When all items needed are on their individual slots at left side, click on the gear button to combine them. The new item is seen on the right side. Click on the new item to place it in inventory. To separate an item, place the item on the first assembly slot and then click on the gears button.

The scrapbook button accesses the document information gathered.

The passport button accesses the passport information of different characters gathered during gameplay.

The fingerprint button is where the fingerprints collected during gameplay are stored.

Exit button closes the inventory menu.

The intro and cutscenes can be skipped using the ESC key. The dialogues can be hastened by left mouse click. Double click on the footprints at end of frames hastens transition to next screen.

New Paltz, NY 1924:     See cops surround a house. After the gunfire spray, 2 men surrender.

Istanbul, Turkey 1934:    Antoinette Marceau was given the order by Marcel Bouc, the Director of Train Company to take in charge, secure compartment and do what ever the wishes of Hercule Poirot the great detective.