Walkthrough: CSI: NY Episode 5: Derailed

notes:

You can skip two mini-games in each scene. There are two lights next to a Skip button on each mini-game that shows the status of skipped games. Skipping games will get you lower ratings at the end.

Click on underlined text in conversations to pursue topics. Completed topics will change colour from pink to white.

Drag items from the inventory to a person to ask questions about them.

Your Credibility depends on which questions and objects (and sometimes which part of a particular object) you choose to ask the suspect about. Your credibility decreases if you ask irrelevant questions.

You can only save in one slot you when exit the game.

This game is lucid and reasonable enough to finish without any hints if you’re an experienced adventure / puzzle / HOG gamer.


walkthrough:


You play as Detective Mac Taylor. The game starts with the discovery of a frozen body aboard a NY subway train.

Scene 1: Subway Car Interior

Talk to Det. Don Flack:

1. 'morning': It's 3 am.
2. 'only in New York': The victim, posed as a passenger, was frozen.
3. 'in a fight': Mac says he was hit by a bike messenger.

Exit the conversation.

Relevant Items: Pocket Handwarmer, Victim's Shoe, Victim, Victim's Ring, Scarf, Money Clip

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Mini-game: Shoetime!

Solution: The bits of tape have to be placed so as to completely cover the residue under the shoe i.e. to cover all the green areas of the grid. Hint: This game is made complicated by the fact that there are 16 squares to be covered and 17 squares of tape, so there is overlap to 1 square each of two pieces of tape. This is completely trial and error.

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Click the victim to bring up a closeup.

Click the scarf over the left arm - his watch is missing.

Click the ring on the victim's right hand.

Mini-game: Bloody Ring

Solution: Take a swab of the blood on the ring. Click the swab and keep the mouse pressed to draw an outline around the bloodstain.

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The victim's name is Justin Davis.

Talk to Det. Don Flack:

1. 'no angel': The victim was involved in assaults.

Show Don the ring: It has murderers skin and blood on it.

Show Don the money clip: It wasn't stolen, so no robbery motive.

Exit the conversation.


Scene 2: Morgue

Mini-game: Cause Of Death

Solution: Find 7 differences between the victims's face (left) and his ID photo (right) to determine cause of death.

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Scene 3: Crime Lab

Click the top right monitor: DNA Analysis

Mini-game: Skin Cells

Solution: Click the tweezers to grab and drag the DNA / cells swirling in the centre to their boxes on the sides till one DNA is left.

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It's Mac's DNA!


Scene 4: Justin Davis' Apartment

Relevant Items: Tread Marks, Torn Papers, Fireplace Poker, Rope, Chair, Eyelash, Tissue Wad, Door Frame Splinter

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Mini-game: Photo Shoot

Solution: Use the camera on the tread marks to find 3 irregularities.

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Mini-game: Torn Papers

Solution: The paper pieces have to be rearranged to reconstruct the letter. Right click the pieces to rotate them. Hint: Start from the top and bottom segments which have the design on them.

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Mini-game: The Rope Trick

Solution: Use the tweezers to collect 4 fibres from the rope. Click a fibre and drag it to one of the empty blocks on the right.

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This was the rope to tie up Justin's legs.

Mini-game: Chair Evidence

Solution: Use the magnifying glass to find 6 abnormalities on the chair.

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Click the fireplace poker in the inventory.

Click the tissue wad in the bedroom at the back of the living room.

The poker may take a few tries before it hooks.


Scene 5: Doorway Of Doris' Apartment

Talk to Doris Brown:

1. 'more than I want to': Justin was quite the ladies' man.
2. 'usual routine': The moaning and the banging.
3. 'different': Justin's bed was bumping but there was no other noise, about a month ago. He's missing since then.

Show Doris the torn note: She admits to writing it.

Show Doris the skull ring, click the top of the ring: It's Justin's.

Show Doris the money clip, click Justin's face: She IDs him correctly.

Exit the conversation.


Scene 6: Subway Platform

Relevant Items: None

Click here for the screenshot showing the 8 cockroaches.

Talk to Jason Miller:

1. 'dragged a frozen body': It happened in one of the tunnels.
2. 'subway car': A 6th car was added to the usual 5 for the night trains.
3. 'one person': The murderer had to have help.

Show Jason the money clip: He agrees to show it around for an ID.

Show Jason the ring, click the bottom of the ring: He agrees to show it around for an ID.

Clicking the top of the ring results in credibility loss - go figure!

Exit the conversation.

Mini-game: Map It Out

Solution: click and drag the four pieces of the map to reconstruct the map. Hint: All four pieces greatly overlap. Use the stations on the main lines (the thicker tracks) to serve as overlap pointers.

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Mini-game: Tunnel Cam

Solution: click to find 9 differences between the tunnel cam captures of the previous week and the previous night.

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Scene 7: Subway Tracks, Side Tunnel

Use the flashlight to search around the tracks.

Relevant Items: None

Click here for the screenshot showing the assorted items.

Talk to JZ:

1. 'have time': He's wearing Justin's stolen watch.
2. 'visitors': He wants money for information.

Show JZ the money clip, click the photo: He says he's seen him.

Show JZ the ring, click the lower half: He recognises the ring as Justin's.

Exit the conversation.


Scene 8: Interrogation Of Jamaica Zambrano (JZ)

Talk to JZ:

1. 'woman': With red hair, overcoat and a scarf over her face.
2. 'wormies': The lady gave JZ and his boys 20 bucks each, and JZ the watch for pushing the train.
3. 'her partner': JZ doesn't know the 'partner' was Justin's dead body.

Show JZ the money clip, click the photo: He recognises Justin.

Show JZ the ring, click the lower half: The lady refused to give it up.

Exit the conversation.


Scene 9: Crime Lab

Click the top right monitor: DNA Analysis

Mini-game: Tissue Wad DNA

Solution: Click the tweezers to grab and drag the DNA swirling in the centre to their boxes on the sides till one DNA is left.

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It's Mac's DNA!

Click the top right monitor: Rope Hair Analysis

Mini-game: Hair It Is!

Solution: Drag the hair fragments from the right to reconstruct the hair on the left.

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It's Justin Davis' hair.

Click the bottom left monitor: Eyelash Analysis

Mini-game: In A Blink

Solution: Drag the eyelash hair fragments from the right to reconstruct the eyelash on the left.

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It's Mac's eyelash!

Click the rear middle monitor: Tread Analysis

Mini-game: Tyred!

Solution: Match the tread marks on the right to the tyre on the left.

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The victim was moved in a wheelchair.

Click the top left monitor: Blood Analysis

Mini-game: A Bloody Mess

Solution: Rotate the 5 knobs at the base of the microscope till the right side image matches the left side image. Click the yellow 'arm' of the knobs to rotate. Each circle clicks into place when correct. Start with the innermost or the outermost and work towards the opposite end.

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It's Mac's blood.

Click the top left monitor: Decay Analysis

Mini-game: Stuck In A Rot

Solution: Click to find 10 differences between the average rate of decay, and Justin's rate of decay.

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Justin has been dead for about a month.


Scene 10: Living Room, Amanda Ross' House

Relevant Items: 2 Passports, Adoption Book, Diploma, Suitcases, Key, Taped Box, Coffee, Oxygen Tank

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Click the key in the inventory. Click the suitcases on screen.

A passport is inside.

Mini-game: Taped Too Much

Solution: Remove the pieces of tape, one at a time, to unpack the box. A tape must be completely uncovered by other tapes to be removed.

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The box contains coffee.

Talk to Amanda Ross:

1. 'my Mom': Her Mom lives with Amanda and her husband.
2. 'so much anger': She says she's gotten over the negative feelings.
3. 'back here': She says she was unaware of his death.

Show Amanda the coffee: She says her mother runs a bistro, The Generous Pour.

Show Amanda the money clip: She recognises Justin.

Show Amanda the ring, click the lower half: She remembers the ring.

Exit the conversation.


Scene 11: Crime Lab

Click the top right monitor: Molecular Analysis

Mini-game: Coffee Run

Solution: Click the tweezers to grab and drag the molecules swirling in the centre to their boxes on the sides till one molecule is left.

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Click the top right monitor again: Graph Analysis

Mini-game: Coffee Match

Solution: Match the graph fragments on the right to the big graph.

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Organic coffee!


Scene 12: The Generous Pour

Relevant Items: Bag, Photo of Amanda's Dad, Musical Box, Key

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Mini-game: Face The Music

Solution: Click the lights of the musical box in the order they light up to open it. Repeat till all sequences are completed.

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Click the key.


Scene 13: The Generous Pour Back Alley

Relevant Items: Gloves, Van

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Click the key in the inventory. Click the rear door of the van.


Scene 14: Back Of Van

Relevant Items: 9 Wheelchair Parts, Green Patch, Subway Map, Screwdriver, Floor Plank, Red Wig, 2 Handcuffs,

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Mini-game: Patch Up!

Solution: The bits of tape have to be placed so as to completely cover the residue on the carpet i.e. to cover all the green areas of the grid. This time there are no overlapping pieces of tape, but of course, it's all completely trial and error.

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Mini-game: Assemble The Wheelchair

Solution: Click and drag the wheelchair pieces from the left to reconstruct the chair on the right.

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Mini-game: Bloody Handcuff 1

Solution: Take a swab of the blood on the cuff. Click the swab and keep the mouse pressed to draw an outline around the bloodstain.

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Mini-game: Bloody Handcuff 2

Solution: Take a swab of the blood on the cuff. Click the swab and keep the mouse pressed to draw an outline around the bloodstain.

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Scene 15: Crime Lab

Click the top right monitor: Blood Analysis

Mini-game: First Blood

Solution: Rotate the 5 knobs at the base of the microscope till the right side image matches the left side image. Click the yellow 'arm' of the knobs to rotate. Each circle clicks into place when correct. Use the white cells as pointers.

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It's Pamela's blood.

Click the bottom right monitor: Tread Analysis

Mini-game: Tread Mill

Solution: Rotate the 5 knobs at the base of the microscope till the right side image matches the left side image. Click the yellow 'arm' of the knobs to rotate. Each circle clicks into place when correct. Use the vertical tread lines as pointers.

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It matches the wheelchair treads.

Click the bottom left monitor: Dust Analysis

Mini-game: Coffee, Please!

Solution: Rotate the 5 knobs at the base of the microscope till the right side image matches the left side image. Click the yellow 'arm' of the knobs to rotate. Each circle clicks into place when correct. Use the white spaces along the outer rim and the yellower shades towards the middle as pointers.

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It's organic coffee.


Scene 16: Interrogation Of Pamela Ross

Talk to Pamela Ross:

1. 'revenge': Pamela's motive is to kill Justin for raping Amanda.
2. 'prime suspect': She says she's too old and not a redhead.
3. 'alibis': She says she was reading a book.

Show Pamela the coffee, click the dark roast logo: She says lot of roasting houses prefer organic coffee.

Show Pamela the wheelchair, click the seat (not the wheels, though): She uses it to move coffee bags around.

Show Pamela the handcuffs, click the bloodstain: She says that Mac may have put them there to frame her.

Show Pamela the ring, click the lower jaw: She recognises it.

Exit the conversation.

Another case closed!

Ciao for now!


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