ALCATRAZ: PRISON ESCAPE (PC) A FAQ/Walkthrough - version 1.1 by Dallas Scott (sdallas19@yahoo.com) Last updated on: August 31, 2002 Latest updates can always be found at: http://www.dallasmac.com - and - http://www.gamefaqs.com ============================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS: I. Introduction II. Default Controls III. Game Overview - Display Screen - Score Details - Hints and Tips IV. Frequently Asked Questions V. Walkthrough - Part 1: Work Release Camp - Part 2: Rockingham County Rotunda - Part 3: Alcatraz (Island) - Part 4: Alcatraz (Highrise) - Part 5: Alcatraz (Super Max) VI. Information ============================================================================== I. INTRODUCTION In Alcatraz: Prison Escape, you play the role of Nate Derek, a college professor who has been falsely convicted of murdering two of his students. Ironically, the same fate befell Nate's father and grandfather as well. Nate is on a quest to not only escape from prison but to prove his innocence once and for all. You'll be playing through five separate prison areas where you must collect many items, talk to many prisoners and even some corrupt guards, all in an attempt to escape. Despite the fact that this game is packed to the brim with bugs and glitches, I did find it to be pretty fun (albeit a bit short). I wrote a FAQ for it mainly because the request was high for one, so hopefully this will help out all those who have become stuck! FAQ VERSION HISTORY: V1.1 (08/31/2002): Added (to section IV) how to get the card readers in the second prison working again. V1.0 (04/29/2002): This is the initial release of the FAQ and everything is finished. The walkthrough is complete as are all of the other sections. ============================================================================== II. DEFAULT CONTROLS W key - Walk forward S key - Walk backward D key - Strafe right A key - Strafe left Right-click - Open/Check Left-click - Fire weapon X key - Crouch E key - Lean right Q key - Lean left F key - Turn flashlight on/off O key - Display objectives R key - Reload weapon ] key - Next inventory item [ key - Previous inventory item F11 - Quick save F12 - "Quick" load 1 key - Weapon 1 (fists) 2 key - Weapon 2 (nightstick) 3 key - Weapon 3 (pepperspray) 4 key - Weapon 4 (9mm pistol) 5 key - Weapon 5 (rifle) * You must set other controls, like the run ability, on your own in the controls menu (under options). ============================================================================== III. GAME OVERVIEW GAME DISPLAY: The game display is all of the icons on your screen. You'll most likely learn what all of them mean within the first few minutes of playing, but I'll describe them here anyway. Health status: The left (red) bar in the lower-left corner is your health meter. You start out with 100 and everytime you get hurt- be it by touching steam, falling from a high place, etc. -your meter will decrease. When it reaches 0, you have to start over. Stealth status: The right (blue) bar in the lower-left corner is your stealth meter. When it's full, it means you are in the light and guards can possibly see you. If you hide in the dark, this meter will be empty, meaning no guards or cameras can see you. Stamina status: Off to the side of the stealth status bar in the lower-left corner of the screen is another small bar that measures your stamina. Everytime you run (with run activated), this bar goes down and refills itself slowly. If it's empty, you stop running and it starts filling back up again. Radar: In the upper-left corner of the screen is your radar. This lets you see the location of guards, cameras and search lights around you. In Minimum Security Mode, you can switch to long range or short range radar. Long range lets you see further, but not the direction in which the guards are facing like you can in short range. Inventory: In the upper-right corner of the screen, you'll find your currently readied inventory item. You can use this item by right-clicking. Use the [ and ] keys (default) to cycle through your items. Game text: Whenever you talk to a guard or prisoner, or hover your mouse over an item, text will show up in the middle of the screen. Sometimes I've noticed that the box for the text will show up, but no text (this is another glitch). SCORE DETAILS: At the end of each prison you escape, you are given the details of how you scored. Your final score depends on a number of factors. Cameras/Spotlights That Saw You = -10 ea. Lasers & Metal Detectors Tripped = -5 ea. Guards That Saw You = -5 ea. Secret Items Found = +20 ea. Guards Knocked Out = -5 ea. Completion Bonus = +100 per level Total Score = Your final score Your Ranking = Depends on total score As you can see, knocking out guards costs you points, but since the score really has no effect on your game whatsoever, it's up to you whether you want to knock them out. So if you want a harder game, don't knock them out. HINTS AND TIPS: - Save your game often and try to make backups of your saves because they will often become corrupt and will cause you much frustration after getting far in the game and having your save file fail. - If you don't want to use my walkthrough to get through the game, make sure you talk to ALL prisoners and guards (the ones you can talk to anyway) for clues on how to escape. Many of them will provide you with items necessary for your escape. - If a guard/camera/etc. spots you and the alarm goes off, don't panic, just crouch down in a dark spot. If your Stealth meter is empty, they won't be able to catch you (even if they're right in front of where you're hiding). ============================================================================== IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q. I used my three key cards on the readers at the end of the 2nd prison, but they don't work. What's wrong? A. The power in the prison must be turned on for the readers to work. If you forgot to turn it back on, go back and do so. Q. How do I get out through the secret toilet passage when I first start? A. You have to crouch to get out and under the bunker. The default key for crouching is X, but you can set it to whatever you want under options. Q. After I get out from the first block in the bunkers, how do I get into the second with the fence electrified? A. You need to jump over the fence via the tower ramp because there is no way to turn the electricity off from the outside. Q. How come I can't open some of the doors in the game? A. Some doors are just for decoration, but if you mean doors that are meant to open but don't, it may be becaues an adjacent door is still open (mainly for the automatic ones). Close the adjacent door first then try opening the second one again. Q. My save file doesn't work anymore. What happened?? A. Save files often become corrupt (for some reason) and crash the game when you load them. There's no way to fix this, so just be hopeful that it doesn't happen while you're playing. Q. Are there any cheats or codes for this game? A. I haven't found any yet, but there is a trainer and a game fix for it. I haven't used the trainer, but it appears to give you infinite health. Q. I'm stuck in the sewer. Which way do I go? A. I have a mediocre ASCII map of the sewers in the walkthrough, so check that and see if it helps. If you get stuck anywhere else in the game, please refer to the walkthrough. Q. What's the difference in the difficulty levels? A. There is Minimum, Medium and Maximum Security difficulty modes. The differences are: how easy you're captured, how easy it is to knock out the guards and the length of time you can use your run ability. ============================================================================== V. WALKTHROUGH This walkthrough takes you through the entire game from beginning to end, and I've also pointed out locations to the Bonus Items you can collect in each prison. I've divided it into five parts: one for each prison of the game you have to escape from. There may be some minor plot spoilers within, but nothing you can't find by reading the newspaper articles at the beginning of each part. So without further ado... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART ONE: WORK RELEASE CAMP You start off in bunker A3. Talk to Bill, who is the guy standing up in between the two beds. He tells you that a guy in another block knows a route. You can talk to Chuck next, who's sitting on a bench on the right side of the room. He "knows a few things" but won't share unless you give him some smokes. Head up by the gate where the guard is and in the alcove next to the bed, you'll find some CIGARETTES. Take them back to Chuck who tells you about a loose toilet where you can get out. Before leaving, go ahead and talk to Hank (the only other guy in the room you can talk to) and he'll tell you that you'll need a pick for the locks on the gate. Talk to him again and he tells you that one can be found in the crawl space above. Time to leave the bunker. Head back where the toilets are and check the middle one. Stand over it and right-click on the button to open a hidden compartment. Crouch to go through and you'll be crawling underneath the bunker. Crawl out into the open and sneak up behind the guard here - punch him in the head to knock him out. There is one more guard roaming around this block, so be careful. When you see him, hide under a bunker and wait for him to turn his back to you, then take him down with a punch. Make your way over to the back of bunker A1 (the one on the opposite side from where you started the game) and climb up the ladder by looking up and moving forward. At the top, crouch down and open the grating with a right-click. Crawl into the space above the bunker and on the other side, pick up the LOCK PICK on the floor. Leave the same way you came in, but check your radar to make sure a guard isn't nearby when you drop back down to the ground. Crawl under this same bunker and on the other side will be a control panel for turning off the electricity on the fences. You'll need a wrench to open it. Crawl under bunker A2 next (the one in the middle) and go down the path where you see something white - this is an ENVELOPE, pick it up. *GLITCH* - At one point, after getting the envelope, I was just dumped into the A2 bunker. I've read of this happening to other people too, so if it happens and you don't have the Lock Pick to get out, you'll be stuck inside the bunker with no way to get out. If this happens, you'll have to restart. Next, get out from under the bunker and make your way to the front of it (if you haven't taken out that other guard in this block, do it now). Open the door and walk right inside bunker A2 (you'll be in the guard's area). Look in the desk drawer here for the SET OF KEYS then use your pick lock on the gate to get into the rest of the bunker where the prisoners are. Talk to Teddy (the one standing up) and in exchange for the guard's keys, he'll give you some info. Fork over the keys and he tells you that someone's working on an underground tunnel (what a rip). Before leaving, make your way to the back of the bunker and snag the WRENCH lying on the sink. Go back to the side of bunker A3 and use the Wrench to open the control panel. Flip the switch by right-clicking on it to turn off the electric fence. Open one of the gates to leave this block, but be careful because there are guards patrolling around outside the block (including the one up in the tower). You can knock them out if you want, but it's really not necessary. Just take out the ones directly in your way when it's safe to do so, then go up the ramp of the tower to the right (when leaving the A block). Since the fence to the B block is still electrified, you'll have to jump over it. Activate your run (I had to set it to a hotkey myself) and make a running leap from the top of the ramp over into the B block (try to time it so you land when the guards aren't facing you). If they see you, just run and crouch under one of the bunkers until the alarm stops. *GLITCH* - I've noticed up to this point that the guards sometimes just get stuck running in place and can't do anything to you. You can just avoid them when this happens or go behind them and knock 'em out - it's up to you. It will be like this throughout the rest of the game, unfortunately. Enter bunker B1 and knock out the guard inside. Use your Pick Lock on the gate to open it and talk to Frank back near the toilets (anyone else notice how his whisper totally doesn't match his voice?) He needs a book before telling you anything, so leave this bunker. B2 is blocked off, so open the door to B3 and you'll find a guard pacing around inside. If he spots, you quickly run and hide under a bunker until the alarm stops. Go back and knock him out when his back is turned then make your way to the back of the bunker where all the books are. Pick up the BOOK lying on the ground, then leave the bunker. If you want, you can go inside the little "safe" room (looks like an outhouse) where the second secret item, a BAR OF SOAP, can be found. You can also use the wrench to open the control panel in this block to turn off the electric fences, but it's pointless now that you're inside. Anyway, go back and give the Book to Frank, who in turn tells you to give the stove a little shove. Right-click on the stove to move it out of the way, revealing an underground tunnel (how unexpected!) Crouch and walk through the tunnel to leave this first prison. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART TWO: ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ROTUNDA Reading the newspaper article will give you a good briefing about what happens to our character after he escapes as well as info. about this new prison (which is very old). When you're left to play, go ahead and talk to everyone around you. You'll learn that there's a vent in Solitary Confinement that leads into the sewers. One prisoner, Buffy (don't ask), will give you the Tower Keys for some smokes (menthols, of course). You'll find them just a few feet away sitting on the bench (why he couldn't just walk over and get them himself, I don't know). With the TOWER KEY CARD, open the door just behind Buffy and climb up the ladder. The guards will catch you, clunk you over the head and toss you into Solitary. Crouch down and click on the shower grating which leads into a vent. Crawl through and open the grating at the end to enter the sewer. Now, the sewer can get confusing since it's just a connection of several passages, but you shouldn't have too much trouble. Here's my best representation of how the sewers look: __ __ | | | | SEWER MAP | | |L3| Legend: ______| |____| | ------------ |______! ____ | ST = Start | | | | L1 = Ladder 1 __ | | | | L2 = Ladder 2 | | | | | | L3 = Ladder 3 |NP| | | | | NP = Unpassable | | | | | | -- = Lasers _______________________|--|____________| |____| | ! = Steam |__________ _________ L1:____________:L2 _______| : = Lasers |ST| |--| |--| | | |NP| |NP| |__| |__| Make a right from the start (left just leads to a dead end) and climb up the ladder at this first intersection. In this room, you can find some LIGHT CIGARETTES. After getting them, crawl back down the ladder and crouch down then take the north path (north from where you entered the intersection). Stay crouched down to get underneath the lasers and go all the way to the other end of the passage where another intersection is, and also where Ladder 2 is. Don't bother climbing it since nothing's in the room above. Keep going straight, make a left and go all the way to the dead end where Ladder 3 is. Climb up and you'll be in the showers. Search around to find a BAR OF SOAP and pick it up (heh). Now find the door in this room and open it (pretty noisy door) to enter a broken down part of the prison. There is a pool of water over by some of the cells - avoid going here at all costs unless you want to die. Make your way up the first ramp to get to the middle level then go around to the stairs and take the right set up to the top level. As you approach the first bridge across the gap, it will collapse, so keep going to the wall and use the two rods to get across to the other side where Rocco is. As it turns out, Rocco too tried to escape through the sewers. Unfortunately, he was blocked by the steam and can't get out. So what does he do? Cries about it, of course. Go past Rocco and into the open cell to find a LOCK PICK then go back down to the bottom level of the block. Use the Lock Pick on the door here to open it and you'll see a small panel in the next room. Also in this room are two blue doors (one on each side); they're just for decoration, so ignore them and use your Lock Pick on the panel, crouch and go through. There's another grate in here, but it's electrified. Go down the stairs and through the door to see the electric chair (nifty, eh?) then go back up to the electrified grate. Crouch down, and *quickly* use your Lock Pick on the grate, then run through. As you open it, you will take damage, but if you go fast, you won't die. In this room is the control center. To the right of it is a blue door - go through it to enter another cell block. Looks like a riot's goin' on... upstairs there are two prisoners beating the snot out of a guard. Downstairs is Constantine and Ezekiel. Talk to them both then go behind the stairs straight ahead and talk to Mouse. He'll tell you a "secret" if you give him some chips. Go into the cell nearby to find the BAG OF CHIPS on a bed and give them to Mouse; the big "secret" is that you can escape through the sewer with three Key Cards. Go upstairs to the middle level and talk to Vinnie (next to the knocked out guard). He tells you to take the smokes on the ground if you want 'em and informs you that he knocked out a guard who dropped a Key Card on the top level. Grab the smokes then go up to the top level and over to the knocked out guard. Pick up the RED KEY CARD near his body then go back down to the bottom floor of the block and give the smokes to Ezekiel who in turn will give you the guard's BATON he stole. Press 3 to equip it (default) and leave the same way you came in. Now, go around to the side of the control center and hit the window a few times to break it and get inside. On the desk is the BLUE KEY CARD as well as a copy of Alcatraz: Prison Escape, which the guard appears to have been playing on his computer, heh. See the switch in here? Flip it to turn the power back on then get out of the control center and use the Blue Key Card on the other door in this room to open it. Be careful, because there's a guard just outside. Knock him out if you can, or you can lure him into the room, wait for the alarms to stop and close him in (whatever you choose). With him out of the way, make a left from the door of the control room and open the vent near the door. Crouch through and climb the ladder then open the next vent which leads into another cell block. Drop down into the shadows then carefully sneak up behind the guard in front of you, knock him out and snag the ORANGE KEY CARD on the ground. Approach the lasers just past the guard and use the Orange Key Card on the reader to turn them off. Make sure you crouch all the time in this block until all the guards are taken care of. Crouch to the other end of the block and go down the stairs, sneak up behind the guard there and knock him out. Now go over to the lit cell on the left, open it and talk to Odin. He'll give you a flashlight in exchange for some chips. You can also go over to the right side of the middle level and talk to Doc Rose in his cell (turn off the lasers to get to it), but he doesn't really have anything useful to say. Go back to where you knocked out the guard by the stairs and go up the second set of stairs on the right to reach the upper level of the block. Turn off the next set of lasers and continue crouching all the way to the lit cell with Kamui inside. He'll trade you the Utility Door keys for some smokes. Drop down to the middle floor and go over to where you see the guard below. Position yourself so he's not facing you and drop off the edge of the platform (you can also take the lift down, but it's easier to get caught that way). Sneak up behind him and knock him out - you now don't need to crouch anymore since he was the last guard patrolling the block. Open the door next to the lift and knock out the guard inside, then pick up the BAG OF CHIPS. A bit further down, there's an open cell with some CIGARETTES inside, so grab those too. Make your way back up and give the chips to Odin for the FLASHLIGHT and the cigarettes to Kamui for the UTILITY DOOR KEYS. Now, before leaving, you must go back and turn on ALL lasers you turned off. Once they're all back on, drop down to the bottom floor and turn off the lasers there, then turn them back on right after you get past. Use the Orange Key Card to open the door and you'll be back in the hallway outside the Control Room. Go back into the Control Room and over to the switch by the "High Voltage" sign. Flip the switch to turn off the electricity on the grating and go through. Go down the stairs to where the electric chair is again and you'll notice the lights are now flickering. The glass to the electric chair room is also smashed through. Jump through the hole in the window, but don't touch the chair, because as you can see, it's turned on. On the wall are two switches: push the left one down to turn the chair off and pick up the LIFER MAGAZINE, the second bonus item. After you get it, turn the chair back on and flip the other switch (they should both be in the down position). Go back up the stairs and through the *other* grating (not the one that leads into the Control Room, but the one that goes back into the broken down cell block). Remember the water in here that you couldn't go through before? It's no longer electrified, so wade on through over to the open cell. You'll find a WRENCH lying on the bench - pick it up. Make your way back to the Control Room and leave into the hallway. Make a right and go through one of the vents here, which leads you into a very narrow passageway. Follow it to the end and open this vent which goes out into the yard where the prisoners are on lockdown. Now, have the Utility Door keys equipped and turn on your run. Quickly run over to where the other prisoners are (where it's safe) then over to the Utility Door in the corner. Open it with the keys and you'll be in the Utility Room. Look familiar? It should - this is where you got the Light Cigarettes earlier. Open the grating and go back down into the sewer. Refer back to the map above and make your way from Ladder 1 (where you just climbed down) over to where the steam is. (Or if you don't feel like looking at the map, just crouch under the lasers and make a left). Use the wrench on each of the three valves to turn off the steam and when you come to the next intersection, follow the passage that has no lasers blocking it. At the end of this passage, there are three card readers: one for each of your Key Cards (red, blue, orange). Use each one on the card readers then go through the nearby gate, and... viola! You've made it out of the Rotunda. It's not over yet, though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART THREE: ALCATRAZ (ISLAND) Our character's been caught again, intentionally it seems. This time he's being locked up in Alcatraz... yep, it's been reopened for use (hence the title of the game). You start off in your cell with a lovely view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Open your cell door to get out (wow, that was tough) and make a left. You are currently in the Red cell block. In the main part of the block straight ahead, there are a few guards patrolling. Crouch and approach the first one to the right. When his back is to you, sneak up and punch him in the head. If you *do* get caught by a guard, just crouch in a dark spot in the hallway, and they won't get you even though it looks like they can. After taking out the guard on the side, go up the stairs to get on the upper level of cells in the middle of the block. One of the cells will have the window open - right-click to open it and talk with Sammy Q. who tells you that a guard likes to use the Rec. Room at night, which is prohibited, so he owes the prisoners favors for not ratting on him. Leave and go back downstairs then over to the door (not the one that leads out to the Recreation Yard, the other one). Open it and when the guard outside passes by, sneak up behind him and knock him out. There are also two more guards to the left that sort of walk along with each other. Take them down as well when it's safe to do so. When it's clear, go right and you'll come to the cafeteria. Inside is a guard that you may want to take care of; other than that, there's nothing else you can do in there. Continue going straight until you come to the Recreation Room on the left - go inside to find a Corrections Officer watching TV. This is the one Sammy Q. was talking about. He gives you an ORANGE KEY CARD and tells you to go. Leave the Rec. Room. If you continue going straight, you'll come to the Blue cell block, but there's nothing there but guards for now. Instead, go back past the Cafeteria and make a right. You can veer left into the showers here if you want where another bar of soap is (even though you can't collect it), otherwise just keep going straight and use your Orange Key Card on the door ahead. Go through the next two sliding doors then through the "Authorized Personnel" door, through the wooden door after that and finally through the door marked "Stairs." You'll notice that there's a gap in the stairs, so activate your run ability and do a running jump to get over it. Open the door at the top and knock out the guard at the vending machines. Enter the "Security Station A" room, go down the stairs, through the door and flip the switch on the wall to turn off the electric fences in the Recreation Yard. Leave this area and go back to the Red cell block (where you first started). Go into the Recreation Yard and make a left - when you come to the fence, look up to see where the barbed wire is cut and climb up and over (point mouse up while going forward). When you land on the other side, look to your left to find a door with a padlock on it. Since you can't do anything to it yet, go straight and make a left. You'll come to a small storage room with a guard inside. Knock him out and take the CLIPPERS from the ground, along with the WRENCH and FLASHLIGHT on the shelf. Leave the room and go back to the door with the padlock on it. Using your new Clippers, snip the lock off and go through the door. Go down the stairs and take down the guard standing there. Now, go straight then left, past the bookcase and just continue from there. You'll run into another guard along the way, but nothing you can't handle. When you come to the pipes with the steam coming out, quickly run by (along the right wall) and pick up the KEYS on the other side. Run back to where you knocked out the very first guard in this area and go straight this time instead of turning left. Crouch under the steam and climb the ladder when you get to it. Right-click on the panel to open it and go into the next room. In here, grab the BLUE KEY CARD from the counter and read the note if you want. Go back down the ladder and leave this room, going back into the Recreation Yard. From there, head back into the Red cell block and all the way back to the area where you turned off the electric fence. Walk over to Deputy Warden A. Dufresne's door and use the Blue Key Card to go in. On the desk is a large BAG OF CHIPS, take them and leave this area. Go back to the Blue cell block again (or for the first time if you didn't go earlier) and you'll be confronted with guards. Sneak past them or take them down, whatever you choose. You'll need to get up to the upper level of cells in the middle of the block and find the one with the open window. Open it and talk to Lenny the Squid. In exchange for the chips, he'll tell you about escaping through the drain pipe in the basement and also gives you the RED KEY CARD. Leave the Blue cell block and go back to where the vending machines are once again. This time, use the Red Key Card and the Warden S. Willhite's door to open it and grab the GREY KEY CARD from his desk. Leave this area, go back to the Red cell block, through the Recreation Yard and into the room where you broke the padlock. Go straight, make a left and this time make a right and follow this path (there may be a guard here if you didn't knock him out earlier). At the end, you'll find a large door which can be opened with the Grey Key Card, so open it. Inside is the entrance to the drain pipe. Crouch and enter the drain pipe and begin crawling through. Now would be a good time to use your Flashlight (F key default) to help you see. Go all the way through until you come to the vents on the ground. Quickly just run past both of them, because they release steam that will harm you. Once you reach the end of the pipe, save your game. Now, if you think you have enough energy (i.e. 60+), you might want to swim over to the lighthouse for the second bonus item (an envelope). Otherwise, you'll just need to swim over by the docks, let the alarm sound and wait until you're caught. Either way, drop into the icy water and stay above it by constantly jumping while you swim. You lose 1 energy every second, so be quick. If you go to the lighthouse, grab the ENVELOPE and start swimming back towards the docks. If you don't go to the lighthouse, just swim over by the docks. Either way, the alarm will go off once the guards spot you out in the water and shortly after you'll be captured and taken to the Highrise part of Alcatraz. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART FOUR: ALCATRAZ (HIGHRISE) As always, you'll want to read the newspaper article for a briefing on what's going on and what you'll need to do next. You're now locked up in Highrise. When left to play, talk to Homer nearby who tells you about the guy who tried to escape by dressing as a guard and walking out. Leave this room and you'll find some more prisoners outside (two are playing Battleship). Go over to Elvis and Nashville (who names these guys!?) who are sitting on the chairs to the right of where your cell is. Elvis wants some TP (toilet paper) for some unexplicable reason, so keep going straight and into the restroom where you'll find the TOILET PAPER (one-ply) on the floor. Take it back to Elvis who then tells you that you need a Green Key Card. Talk to him again to learn that there's a Shiv under a bunk mat in your cell. Go back into your cell and check the center bunk of the bed just to the right of the entrance. You'll find the LOCK PICK under the mat, as Elvis had said. Leave the cell and make a left. Go past the guys playing Battleship and when you get to the door, use the Lock Pick to open it. Knock out the guard inside then grab the CIGARETTES off of his desk. Go back into the main room and look to the right of where you cell is; you'll find two more cell doors. Open the one on the right and talk to Ramirez inside. He'll tell you where he hid a Green Key Card if you give him the smokes you found. Do so and he says the Key Card is hidden under a book in the main room. Go over to the right table with the books on it and move the one furthest right to find the GREEN KEY CARD. Now, there are three locked doors along the same wall your cell is on. Two on the sides, and one in the middle. Unlock the sides first with your Key Card and knock out the guards in front of both. Next, go through the middle one and knock out the third guard patrolling the hallway straight ahead. Go right and over to the cells: open the one on the left with your Lock Pick and talk to Pretty Boy inside. He warns you to stay away from the Red block prisoners, which are murderers who will kill you if they see you. Unlock the door to the right of where you see the guard inside the glass booth-like area and use your Lock Pick on the door just beyond that. Quickly back up and crouch and wait for the guard patrolling out here to start walking the other way. Now you can go in and knock him down, then continue crouching around to the other side of the room. When your character mentions in the unused laundry room, open it and take the bonus DEODORANT SOAP off the shelf. Don't go down the shoot - it leads to the guards' break room! Instead, leave this room and take the stairs down. When you open the door at the bottom, crouch and wait for the guard to go the other way. Knock him out as well as the one to the right. Now go through the next stairway door, but don't go down the stairs. Instead, go through the vent behind the door and you'll end up in the Blue cell block (where you aren't supposed to be, naturally). Pick up the MENTHOL CIGARETTES from the bed then leave this cell. There are three guards patrolling this block. The first is just around the corner to the right of where you are now, so take him down as his back is turned. Another is over by the restrooms. Talk to SpydR who tells you that Jaybird, the guy who tried escaping in a guard's uniform, is in Solitary on this block. Go into the main room after knocking out the third guard nearby and talk to Big Guy who, in exchange for the cigarettes you have, will give you the keys to the Laundry Chute in Red block and tells you to meet a guy named "Jimbo" there. [Reminder: this guide can always be found at game faqs (dot) com]. Go into the cell with the bunks to find a BAG OF CHIPS then go over to the cells on the right. Open the left one with your Lock Pick and give the chips to Jaybird, who in turn tells you why he failed to escape. Make sure you pick up the GUARD'S PANTS from the bed before leaving. In the next cell over, you'll find some two-ply TOILET PAPER which you can give to Mulanix who informs you of a cemented-over vent near the vending machines. If you talk to Face, he tells you which laundry chutes go where. Anyway, go over to the vent next to the vending machine, crouch down and punch it to remove the cement. Open the vent and go through then climb up the ladder to reach the Recreation Yard of Red block. Go through the door here and crouch along the floor. There are three guards in here: one of the I'm not sure is a guard but a prisoner wanting to kill you. Either way, just sneak up behind each of them (they're in the hallways) and knock 'em out. Go into the office on the right side of the room where you'll find the RED KEY CARD lying next to a knocked out guard. Go to the back part of the main room and open the left cell with your Lock Pick to find the GUARD'S BOOTS inside. Combine them with the pants in your inventory then go through the door behind the guard in the booth-like area. Now, use the keys Big Guy gave you on the Laundry Room door, open the shoot and drop down to land in the laundry room. Grab the GUARD'S SHIRT along with the LOBBY MAP from the table then talk to Jimbo and the Captain for some info. Go over to the ironing board and right- click on it to make it fall then open the vent and go through. Now in the stairwell, open the door and wait for the guard to turn his back. Knock him out as well as the one on the other side when it's safe then take the stairs which leads into the lobby area. You'll first be by the Transfer Area, but you'll need an ID. Go through the door to enter the main lobby, but don't go through the metal detectors or you'll get caught. Head over to the right side and use your Red Key Card on the reader to turn off the detector, walk behind the guard straight ahead and knock him down from behind. Now go through the wooden double doors which leads into the courtroom and then through the small door to the left which is the Clerk's office. Grab the TRANSFER PAPERS from the desk and take them back to the guard (Emerson) in the main lobby who will give you your TRANSFER ID. Take the ID back to the Transfer Area and give it to the guard there. Get in line and you're on your way to the Super Max! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PART 5: ALCATRAZ (SUPER MAX) Before leaving your cell, pick up the MAP your cellmate made you then go out into the Recreation Area. Head over the table straight ahead and pick up the MENTHOL CIGARETTES then go up the stairs, but make sure the guards don't see you. When you come to the occupied cell, open it and talk to Rusty inside who will give you a RED KEY CARD in exchange for his smokes. He also tells you that he overheard the guards talking about an exposed ventilation shaft. Staying upstairs, go around until you come to the alcove in the wall. You'll find a vent here - open it and drop down. Go right (left just drops down to the Rec. Area again) and follow the path. Make a left at the next opening then a right when you come to the next. Pick up the BOX OF SOAP as the first bonus item then continue going up the vent, all the way through to the end. Open the grating and drop down into the Control Center. Knock out the two guards here then hit the switches on each side of the Control Center to turn off the lasers. Use your Red Key Card to get through the door to the right and knock out the guard on the other side when his back is turned (if the alarm goes off, just wait it out inside the area in between doors). Once the area is clear of guards, go to the back of the room and snag the ORANGE KEY CARD from the desk. Use it to open one of the doors on the sides and talk to OIC Mark Alexander who's standing next to the copying machine. He believes you are innocent and says you can escape via a truck and that you might be able to reach it through laundry. Grab the IDENTIFICATION CARD from the copying machine, the bonus ENVELOPE from the shelf then hit the switch on the wall to turn off the lasers. Use the Orange Key Card to unlock the door straight ahead and take out the two guards beyond. Make a left in the next room and use your ID Card to open the door at the bottom of the ramp. Inside is the laundry room. Go over and talk to Steve who trades you the EMERGENCY DOOR KEYS for your Map. With the keys, go over to the Emergency Door on the other side of the laundry room and open it. Follow the path down until you spot a vent near the floor on the left wall (it's just before you come to the two computers on the wall). Go through (you'll get hit by the steam when in the entrance of the vent) and grab the GREEN KEY CARD then come back out. Continue going straight and knock out the guard in the next room when he's not looking your way. You can hit the switch on the control panel on the wall to turn off the steam, but it doesn't do much good now that you're past it. Go into the next room and knock out the guard walking around. Go over to the other side and use your Green Key Card on the door to the left. Follow the path and at the end, crouch down and go through the vent here. When you emerge in the next room, knock out the guard then climb the ladder near the back of the room (the one that goes up by the fan). When you get to the top, go through the vent straight ahead (the one to the left is just a dead end) and when you come out in the next room, walk up to the door with the broken glass and jump through it. Crouch down on the other side so the guard doesn't spot you and just around the corner you'll find the GREY KEY CARD. Pick it up then jump back through the broken window. Use your new Key Card on the nearby door and look out for the security camera above. When it's safe to do so, go over to the next door on the right. Use the Grey Key Card on it to get through but watch out for the guard inside. Knock him out, and watch out for another security camera in here. See those boxes in the corner. Jump up on top of them and open the vent on top. Crawl through, over the grating and drop down onto some stairs. Go down and jump into the back of the truck. That's it! You've just escaped Alcatraz Super Max and that's the end of the game. Read the final article that tells what happens next and you're done (too bad there was no ending cinema). ============================================================================== VI. INFORMATION This document is Copyright 2002 by Dallas Scott. It is intended for private and personal use ONLY. It may not be reproduced in any form (which includes posting on a web site) without prior consent from the author. This guide is unofficial and the author is in no way affiliated with the makers of the game. In short: don't steal my work and everything will be dandy. If you need to contact me about this FAQ or any of my others, I am always willing to hear from you. Though I do not reply to all of the e-mail I receive, I do read it all. So feel free to send questions, comments, suggestions, or anything else, and I'll try to get back to you ASAP. E-mail address: sdallas19@yahoo.com My web site: http://www.dallasmac.com If you are a webmaster who wants to post this guide on your web site, you may do so, but only if: you do not alter it in any way, you leave it in text format just as it appears here, no banners or advertisements will be placed on it, and it is kept up to date. Once you have posted it, you must send me a URL to it so I can keep track of where it's going. A note to readers: If you find this FAQ somewhere and it is altered in any way, please notify me as soon as you can. Also, thanks to danielf for pointing out how he got the card readers in the second prison working again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This document is Copyright 2002 by Dallas Scott. Thanks for reading! -EOF-