The whole story, start to finish

The walkthrough follows one complete game of the DOS original, recorded while verifying this remake: new game to ending, no lives lost, 97,280 steps (about 23 minutes of play, without the thinking). The pictures are taken from that recording at the moments that matter; the step number under each says where.

Each chapter starts with a short summary, so you can jump in where you are. Where a chapter solves a problem that has its own hint page, it links to it.

1. 01A star arrivesSeymour finds his shades in the car, and the doorman decides he looks like a film star after all.
2. 02A word in MgambeseA dictionary from the maze cheers Pippa up, and she teaches Seymour the word that gets him past Tarzan.
3. 03Up the trees, up the liftA spanner from a tree hut mends the lift; a jacket from another hut, a studio key from Special Effects and pom poms from the first floor.
4. 04GreaseThe first studio key opens Grease. The biker gets his jacket back and leaves a pump; Sindy gets her pom poms and hands over parrot food.
5. 05Polly wants a pirateParrot food leads the parrot, hop by hop, to the pirate's hut. The grateful pirate gives up a dagger and a studio key.
6. 06Up, up and awayThe big balloon from the props department, the pump, and three trips to the island for a key, flowers and rubber gloves.
7. 07Keys, and the road to OzA key from a spiky tree hut opens Oz; a key from the castle top, timed past a flying patrol, opens Sherlock Bones. Rick Bracy's door opens too.
8. 08The murder caseEvidence from the library (gloves on!), a warrant from Rick's office, a confession on the staircase. Rick pays in gunpowder; Sal's love letter sends him off and leaves a lollipop.
9. 09Lunch for KongA second dollar buys a banana buttie from Lil across the now-safe main road; a ball for Towser; a key from the operating theatre; the mallet, the banana and the dagger for King Kong's roof. The rescued woman gives Seymour a medal.
10. 10It's alive!Ten green body parts from all over the game go onto the operating table, three at a time; a coin in the slot, the gloves on the switch, and the monster walks.
11. 11A heart, a brain and some courageA brain from the secret lab, a clockwork heart from Flash Boredom and the war medal make Dorothy's friends happy; her towel goes through the machine to the space base, where a potion calms Ming and a detonator waits.
12. 12The movie scriptFlowers for Pippa get the office key; the big red door opens; gunpowder by the safe and the detonator blow it open. The script, at last. And a new problem.
13. 13Sixteen starsEveryone wants to be in the film, for an Oscar. Sixteen are hidden under scenery all over the lot; script in hand, Seymour hands them out, and the cameras roll.