Is there a hint file for the Buckaroo Banzai Text/Graphic Adventure game?

Yes. The hint file was provided by Scott Adams (http://www.msadams.com/downloads.htm)

This hint file goes from suggesting things to do all the way to giving you the flat out answer to the question. If you want to use this a hint at a time, I suggest you print this page out and then cover the answers you don't want to see with a piece of paper. You have been warned.

Can't go down the stairs?

To get around iin the dark requires a light source.
A flashlight is a tool.
The Flashlight is inside the toolbox in the house on Hickory.

Can't get gas at the station?

There is no power for the gasoline pumps.
The gas will have to be removed from the underground tanks.
You will have to use the hand pump to pump the gasoline.
The hose from the hand pump won't reach the gasoline?
Consider extending the pump hose by attaching another hose.
Examine the Jet Car.
Tape the fuel hose from the car to the hand pump.

Can't make the car go?

Look at the dashboard.
What does the fuel gauge say.
Open the glove compartment and read what you find.

Can't get the radio to work?

Try examining it.
The radio needs a battery and an antenna look in the radio shed.
Take radio to shed and connect it to antenna and battery .

Can't find a battery?

A service station is a good place to find car batteries.
Go inside the cashiers booth.
Examine the trashpile inside the cashiers booth and get battery.

Can't get radio to work even with the battery?

Look at the battery.
All car batteries have liquid inside.
Fill the battery in the lake.

Still having problems with the battery?

Use the hydrometer.
The battery must be charged before it can power the radio.
Use the jumper cables to connect the battery to the power terminals of the jetcar so you can recharge it

Can't find a container for the gasoline?

Examine the basement laboratory.
There are two items in the lab a mixing vat and a staircase.
Examine the staircase from the lab

Can't find the quartz?

Quartz is found in veins usually mined in mountains.
Examine the mountain see whats above the ledge.

Can't get above the ledge?

Find a rope.
If rope isn't available use something similiar.
Dig in the field get the underground phone line and use it as rope.

Can't get the phone line?

To get a section of the line requires it cut in two places.
Dig more than one hole.
Dig two seperate holes in the field then cut the cable in both holes and pull the cable out.

Found the quartz, but can't get it?

A climbers pick can be used to take mineral samples.
Figure out a way to get the pick up on the ledge.
Tie the line to the pick before climbing the line then pull the pick up behind.

Car explodes when you press the starter?

The car runs on jet fuel not gasoline.

Did you replace the fuel hose after using it to pump the gasoline?

The gasoline must be washed from the fuel hose in the lake

The car just idles when I start it!

A car designed to go 700 mph would be dangerous when the cockpit is open.
Close the cockpit.
The cockpit must be closed then the starter pressed if you want the car to move .

Can't seem to get the battery charged?

Batteries charge faster if the car they are attached to is running.
Get the jet car running.
The jet car will idle so you can charge the battery.

Can't seam to make the radio do anything except countdown?

To disarm the bomb requires transmitting a code thru the radio.
The bomb is generating a radio interference that is blocking your radio signals from reaching it.
Use the jet car to go inside the mountain so you can disarm the interference so the bomb will recieve your commands.

After driving into the mountain, everthing goes dark?

Sounds to me like the same problem as the laboratory.
You need a light source.
Bring the flashlight.

Can't figure out how to turn off the rfi shield?

Examine the bomb.
What do the lights indicate.
Flip the switch on the bomb and see what happens to the lights.

Can't find the catalyst?

You've already found it.
This catalyst emits light.
Its the jar of glowing fluid .

Can't find the safe?

Its inside the yoyodyne office.
Examine the table.
Move the table.

Can't open the safe?

It requires a key.
Not the key from the toolbox.
The key to this safe comes from inside the mountain.

Flashlight runs out?

Batteries only last so long.
These are not nicads.
Only use the flashlight when absolutely necessary.

Always get killed on the freeway?

Your mission takes place inside this town.
There is no reason to leave town.
Stay off the freeway.

Don't understand why I'm here?

To prevent a disaster.
To disarm a bomb.

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