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Yep, apparently looking at the bottle again talks about it and you're right, there is a sign behind him. Still really subtle but I did indeed miss it. I'm a lot farther now though so all in all the puzzles are all pretty well crafted, at least IMO.

They aren't the same kind of games at all. This is an old school adventure game, like Maniac Mansion. Really, take a look at Maniac Mansion 1 and 2 to get an idea of what this is like. The Cave had some adventure elements, but it was nothing like this.

Wow, thanks all. How was I supposed to find that? Does it indicate somewhere that he recycles bottles? I also don't remember him stating that at anytime. I actually tried throwing the bottle away and it let me so I assumed it wasn't needed, though I did see that it reappeared on the street.

So far, I'm enjoying the game, but unless I missed something, that is a pretty bad oversight on the puzzle designer's part.

I'm enjoying the hell out of this game so far but I already find myself stuck. Guess I'm not that smart. For the life of me I can't figure out where to find a nickel so that I can copy the map. Oh well, the game is great and if you like old school adventure games, I highly recommend it.

YES! That's it. Thanks so much! I have no idea why I couldn't find it when I searched through all the crime games. I'm sure I screwed something up but I just did not see it. That is definitely it though, thank you.

Hey everyone. I'm trying to figure out the name of this game I really loved playing back in either the late 90s or the very early 2000s but I cannot find anything on it. No matter how much I've searched I cannot turn up anything remotely resembling it, either through google, or Giant Bomb itself. I've been all over the games wiki and don't see it anywhere in there. Anyway, if someone can help me figure out what this game is called I would really appreciate it. Here's what I can remember:

The game was a PC game from the 90s or the 2000s. I specifically remember playing it around 2000 or 2001 I believe but it could have been old at that point. It was a 3d game, but old chunky graphics. You played as a male thief with the goal of robbing certain establishments in this town. The neat thing was that it was more of a strategy game than anything. You would walk through your plan for the robberies by committing them, but you would be recording your actions while you did this with a sort of VCR type control system. Then, if I remember right, you would play the theft for real and see if your plan worked when guards and other obstacles were added in.

That's about all I can remember. All my searching just turns up Thief and games like that on google and I've literally looked through every game categorized as Crime and a number of other genres here on GB and have not seen it either. Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks for the info. So apparently I did the right thing, since I did reload a game from before I had opened that infected email from Delphi thinking I would just avoid opening it this time. However when I then connected to that BBS the game started progressing and I thought perhaps it was some weird fluke or bug. Guess I did the right thing. Interesting. 
 
Alright, well thanks all.

So I d/l this game and was enjoying it mostly. I don't understand why the game is entirely one sided. How can I form any kind of connection to anything when I'm unable to read the emails my "character" sends and can only read replies. I just have to guess at what's being discussed? Not a fan of that at all.
 
Regardless, I did seem to get stuck. I managed to get a password to hack into the 212 BBS and read the email that talked about increasing the last digit. Got in and looked at one message and was disconnected. I then got an email from Delphi. Did this twice more and on the third time when I looked at the email my system went all screwy. What's the deal? Is there some way to avoid that? Should I not read that email and just keep connecting and downloading stuff from the website? I tried reloading an earlier save but for some reason this time it didn't happen. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks.

  @Durandir said:

" I don't even have an Android phone :( Wish they would make this on PC as well. It seems like the kind of thing I'd love to play. "