Three Clues - Who Am I?

[Tawmis]

I am in neither.

My previous clue....

What is your command,
Please tell me
Perhaps you can help me understand
Why I am near a forest, but here there's only one tree?


And just for fun...

To find me you must look to the past, but hold! Don't look to the distant past
And you will see
I never want these to last
There's a pattern when it comes to me.

[notbobsmith]

Are you in The Dagger of Amon Ra? (past, but not too distant)

[Tawmis]

Are you in The Dagger of Amon Ra? (past, but not too distant)

I am not in the Dagger of Amon Ra.

Though I'd say you're closer than you are further away. (Which will make sense later)

[notbobsmith]

Are you in Freddy Pharkas ("there's a pattern when it comes to me")?

[Tawmis]

Are you in Freddy Pharkas ("there's a pattern when it comes to me")?

I am not.

And I will say you've moved further away from your previous guess.

[Rath Darkblade]

Aha! Are you in The Colonel's Bequest?

[notbobsmith]

Are you in a Hi-Res Adventure game?

[Tawmis]

Aha! Are you in The Colonel's Bequest?

I am not, but it's very, very close... because...

Are you in a Hi-Res Adventure game?

... this is a yes.

[Rath Darkblade]

In that case, I give up. I'm simply too young to have played those!

I can try to make a guess, but whatever guess I make is bound to be wrong, because I don't know any of those things.

Are you in Misery House, sorry, Mystery House?

[Tawmis]

Are you in Misery House, sorry, Mystery House?

Yes I am.

[notbobsmith]

That's right. You just did a playthrough ("there's a pattern...").

I actually have this from one of the King's Quest Compilation CDs, but I've never played it.

What is your command,
Please tell me
Perhaps you can help me understand
Why I am near a forest, but here there's only one tree?

Going through the screenshots, there's one of a tree and I guess there is a telescope at the top. So are you the telescope?

[Tawmis]

That's right. You just did a playthrough ("there's a pattern...").

I actually have this from one of the King's Quest Compilation CDs, but I've never played it.

What is your command,
Please tell me
Perhaps you can help me understand
Why I am near a forest, but here there's only one tree?

Going through the screenshots, there's one of a tree and I guess there is a telescope at the top. So are you the telescope?

That is an excellent guess, but I am not the tree with the telescope. (That tree is actually in the middle of a forest)

You can play the .DSK image through ScummVM (that's how I did it). I plan to (eventually) play the other Hi-Res.

And yes, that's what the "pattern" was in reference to. Since Rath said YOU had a pattern, I thought it was amusing, because I definitely have a pattern when these things are my turn.

To find me you must look to the past, but hold! Don't look to the distant past
And you will see
I never want these to last
There's a pattern when it comes to me.

The look to the past (MYSTERY HOUSE), but not the distant past (I JUST PLAYED IT)
I never want these to last (I always say that when it's my turn)
And there's a pattern when it comes to me (as I just said, was a reference to myself since those 4 lines were all a reference to me)

[notbobsmith]

Yeah, I've been meaning to play it through ScummVM, but haven't gotten the chance.

Are you the house itself?

There's only one tree in the yard.

[Tawmis]

Are you the house itself?
There's only one tree in the yard.

I am, indeed, the house itself.

So when you mentioned Dagger of Amon Ra, and I said that I am not, but you're closer than you are further.

Is because Colonel's Bequest is very similar to Mystery House (stuck in a property with people dying all around you).

And I was so tempted to answer this -

Are you in Misery House, sorry, Mystery House?

and say, "I wouldn't say I am in Mystery House."

As in not IN the house itself, but rather the house itself.

Even though most probably haven't played it - it is the thumbnail to my video: viewtopic.php?p=100427#p100427
Which is why the "for fun clue" about myself - if one sees the thumbnail, even without playing it, will see the house and the one tree next to it.

Your turn NBS.

[notbobsmith]

Okay.

Then end of the line
No train comes to this station
Who are these people?