Doctor Hauzer: the controls, by Walter Horat

Introduction:

Note by me (Michel Buffa): as the game is all in Japanese, Walter Horat <walter_horat@rasterops.com> posted a translation of the main control commands. Thanks a lot Walter!

Walter:

I've gotten and played quite a few (6) Japanese titles so far, but my limited time resources have only allowed me to spend about an hour or two with each title (currently trying to solve alone in the dark; it may be a while before I get back to the japanese imports)

The controls go something like this:

The d-pad controls the movements:
- d-left: rotate left.
- d-right: rotate right.
- d-up: walk forward.
- d-down: walk backward.
A: action - search, take, use, whatever.
B:
C: run - a little faster than walk.
L-SHIFT: change views. Toggle between three viewing modes:
1. 3rd person cinema view; author has selected camera angle.
2. 1st person out-the-eyeball view (ala Doom).
3. Overhead map view.
R-SHIFT is the "rotate" mode: While the r-shift button is depressed, you can turn your head, look up/down without changing your position/facing. In the 3rd person view, you watch the characters head move around. In the 1st person "eyeball" view, you can use this feature to look up/down.
Play/Pause: Brings up inventory/menu. Unfortunately, all of the text is in Japanese, but you can still get the basic idea.
- Up/down to move through inventory items.
- left/right to look at a textual (katakana) description of the selected item.
- A: use pictured item. Hint: the book that you start out with is where you can save/restore games.
- d-left and d-right: Switch between inventory / text description of items.
- d-up and d-down: Scroll through inventory items.

BTW, the view switching is IMO one of the best features of the game.

Certain camera angles that are selected for you can be somewhat limiting; changing views allows you to see as much of each room as possible.

Spoiler Follows:

Hint: in the second (living?) room, there is a key located inside of the grandfather clock. When you take the key out, the room shakes a bit and there is some strange animation that shows the camera zooming away from the room. I have no idea what the hell this means, but the key is necessary to go on.

I have not solved this one yet, so don't go asking for more hints because I probably will not know the answer.

Good luck, and happy adventuring!

Walt