- Lockpick - Used for opening 'Low Security' doors.
- Security Key Grade One - Used for opening 'Grade One' security doors.
- Security Key Grade Two - Used for opening 'Grade Two' security doors.
- Prisoner's uniform - Wear this to look like a prisoner.
- Guard's Uniform - Wear this to look like a Nazi guard.
- Pass - Hand this over to prove you are a guard.
- Shovel - Used for digging up from inside a tunnel.
- Pickaxe - Used to access tunnels from outside the castle.
- Saw - Used to access tunnels from inside the castle.
- Rifle - It's obvious what this SHOULD be for. It doesn't do much though...
- Stone - No idea what this is for. They can be used, but don't do much.
- Candle - Used to see when it a tunnel.
- Papers - Again, don't appear to have a use.
- Stethoscope - Another pointless item.
All items can only be 'used' once. After that they dissapear from your inventory.
Lockpicks and keys are the most common items, and can be found lying around more or less anywhere. The 'prisoner's uniform' can't actually be found anywhere in the game, (I don't think) but if using a memory editor, they are in there. If you switch from wearing a guards uniform to a prisoner's uniform, you lost the uniform you took off. Perhaps they couldn't get around this bug, and therefore decided not to allow the prisoner's uniform to be be part of normal gameplay. You'd think that when one was worn, the other would appear in your inventory. Not so.
I have never found out how to use the rifle to shoot people. One thought was that there was some ammo for the rifle which I hadn't yet discovered, but memory editing has all be proved this to not be the case. If anyone does know, or discovers how to fire the rifle, please drop me a line. I suspect it was never actually implemented, though they can be found around the castle in normal gameplay.
Never worked out what the stone is for either. I read somewhere it can distract guards attention, but I've never seen this work. Stone's can be found lying around the courtyard. When you press the use button while the stone is selected, it dissapears from your inventory. Again, if anyone discovers this items true use, drop me a line.
Papers - Loads of these lying around. I read somewhere that you need them to leave via the main gate, but I have never been asked for them. The only thing guards have ever asked me for is a pass.
Stethoscope - These can't be found in normal gameplay. You need to memory hack to obtain them. No use whatsoever. There are a few safe's around the castle, so it's possible that at one point in the game's creation, they thought you might be able to break into a safe by listening with a stethoscope. Might have made a nice subgame, but never mind.
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