The Lazst Resort, Part 1 by B.J. Best

You awaken in a bed, not having any idea who you are, where you are, or why you might be there...<br>No, wait a minute. You're pretty groggy when you first wake up in the morning. After thinking about it briefly, you know exactly who you are, where you are, and what you're doing. Your name is Pat Conroy, and you are staying in a hotel room at the Bayside Resort--although most people call it the Lazst Resort (either affectionately or disdainfully, and it can be hard to tell which) after its proprietor, Ray Lazst.

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Comment rider108

13 Jun 2018

Great game. Since I couldn't find it anywhere it the comments I will give a clue about the "string" puzzle. First untie string. Then use an item "on" string. It's something you found in the maid's closet.

Comment wordartist1223

03 Jun 2016

Images do not display properly, particularly for the child's crossword, making this extremely frustrating. This is a TEXT adventure game, not a picture game. Consider removing the images and using TEXT (aka WORDS) to describe what is seen. Players can create their own maps, their own charts, their own crossword images if they need them.

Comment MisterPibb316

04 May 2015

"> open door
Try opening or closing the door instead."

Comment danaburgerrr

25 Sep 2014

sorry, I meant Clue 1. whichever one is for the island shed.

Comment danaburgerrr

25 Sep 2014

can anyone assist me with the image for Clue 1? I've figured out what to do with the clue, I just am having trouble viewing the image for it when I find it. I'm not referring to the image of the written clue, I'm referring to the actual image needed to solve the clue. I've tried on multiple browsers. maybe someone can link me to it? thanks in advance for your help!

Comment danaburgerrr

24 Sep 2014

achaldy, try speaking to Jack first. there's a command there in the menu to buy a drink. then make sure you thank him somehow for serving you, as you might at an actual bar. then order another. while he prepares your drink, you might have better luck nabbing those quarters.

Comment danaburgerrr

24 Sep 2014

this game is brilliant so far! really enjoying it. Clue 3 seems to be written in another language. let the first letter (the capital letter) be your clue as to which language you should use, as the rest of the letters are lowercase. don't spend too much time translating...but do correspond the letters as they work in English. hope that helps!

Comment altreluser1

13 Jun 2014

help! i've tried 4 different browsers and NONE will display the childrens crossword. could someone tell me what the answer to that clue is? i played this game a while ago and simply can't remember the answer...

Comment achaldy

02 Oct 2013

Hey if there's anybody still checking this game, pleeaase tell me how to buy a drink and then get the quarters. I have tried every combination of buy - drink - order - booze - jack - beer - vodka - whiskey - ...

I really liked this game so far and would love to finish it.

Comment pfgtextadventures

29 Jun 2013

Sorry You're Session has Ended
Why does it do that?

Comment Megan5

02 Apr 2013

I am really enjoying this game and solving the puzzles. Unfortunately, I am completely stuck on the ladder/string part and cannot find any help online at all. I have untied the string, but I can't seem to pick it up no matter what I try, or "use" any of my objects with the window to try to hit the button (I did lose one item by doing this-presumably an unimportant one). I have the oars in the boat but have not been able to make the compass yet as I can't get the cork (presume you need this?) or the string. Any help appreciated.

Review stella1

14 Jun 2012

Really great puzzles, although I nearly gave up when I couldn't figure out the command for the ladder and string. Clue 2 and 3 were a piece of cake, although clue 1 had me confused; I wasn't sure what the "s" in S.B meant, but the bottom of the clue gave me a better idea of where to look after having thoroughly explored and examined everything.

One thing that bugged was when I saved and then came back later to resume the game, the hints reset all the way back to the beginning. So I was being hinted on talking to the receptionist when I was already way past that. After talking to the receptionist again, the next hint prompted me to figure out clue #2, which I had already figured out and took action (I had a can in my inventory).

Overall really good!

Review Jorrit Tyberghein

01 Jun 2012

I like this adventure a lot. However I seem to have hit a bug. At this moment I'm sitting in the rowboat. I already got the oars and used them on the oarlocks a bit earlier. Now I have a compass. And I get this message:

You feel the compass you made will allow you to navigate your rowboat without getting lost, so you are ready to row into the bay!
There are no oars in the oarlocks! How will you use the boat?

But there are no oarlocks anymore (they went away when I put the oars in them earlier in the game). And I also don't have the oars anymore (and they are not in the shed). So seems that I hit an impossible situation here?

Greetings,

Comment sarah4

10 Apr 2012

I wondered if somebody could help me please. I'm visually impaired and use a screen reader which usually manages well with Quest games as long as they contain no images, but, because it doesn't seem possible to solve this game without seeing images such as the dartboard and crossword puzzle I was wondering if someone would be willing to help me with these parts please as it seems a very good game and I would like to complete it.

Review tight lips

09 Apr 2012

I like it. It was ok. I didnt finish it though

Comment Patronaut

17 Sep 2011

Finally solved it. Scored 123 out of 125. What did I miss?

Review Patronaut

08 Sep 2011

I can't get the string either. It won't let me pick it up after I got it off the hook. Nor do I know how to get the magnet

Here is my inventory:
microphone
newspaper
clue 1
clue 2
the mystery instructions
clue 3
a can of Diet Pepsi
a map of Montana
the Chicago Manual of Style
a corncob
a sewing needle
a corkscrew
a glass of water
a roll of toilet paper
a box of tissue
a metal ladder.

Any hint would be appreciated.

Comment Patronaut

07 Sep 2011

I think I know how to get cork, but I'm having trouble. I think cork is in the barroom...?

Comment Ginger

09 May 2011

I'm stuck on the ladder/string bit! Help?

Comment Arjunaz78

16 Apr 2011

that a few thing make me stuck with this games..i've already decrypted the clue 1 clue..but how can i buy a pepsi?i dont know how to make a change of money i already have it..and still dont get the clue number 2 answer..currently i have a Newspaper, Clue 1 & 2, Instructions, Uniform, Map of Montana, Chicago Manual of Style, Corncob, Needle, Corkscrew, Glass of Ice, Roll & Tissue..

someone help me to solve this puzzle???

Review Arjunaz78

08 Apr 2011

This the best text adventure games i've been playing before...and double thumbs up to B.J. Best for this great games...

ahh....i've been stuck with the clue 1 & clue 2 puzzle..

Clue 1:
CVZ B EJFU QFQTJ
y=x+1

p/s: I don't get it that rehpic noitutitsbus letter...anyone can tell me what the hell is that letter means?

Clue 2:
S.B P.4
1D + 3D - 2A

p/s: Also I don't get the second clue,even i try thinking bout a thousand times!!

Still waiting for Part 2...

Comment LinaLyssic

10 Mar 2011

I stopped playing the game in the first room, because the phone was annoying me so much and I couldn't find the right comment to turn it off. You should really make two timers, so you start the first and switch to the second one which displays the message less often.

Review Athonas

24 Jan 2011

Hmm not perfect but surely a very good game...the ending was too faceless I think but gongratulations anyway :)

got 123/125 points... I guess I lost two points from not using the corncob?

Comment gary

01 Aug 2010

never mind, solved it

Review gary

01 Aug 2010

I can't figure out the string. I've got the ladder,three clues, instructions,map, manual, corncob, can, corkscrew, glass of water, roll and tissue,but can't seem to climb the ladder to the string. I know how to make a compass and the oars are in the boat. Any help would be gratefully received.

Comment lifeisapuzzel

04 Jul 2010

i figured out the string, that was rather anoying

Comment lifeisapuzzel

04 Jul 2010

does anyone know how to make a compass, is there any instructions in the game?

how the hell do you get the string with the ladder and the magnet from the microphone? ive used all the comands i could think of.

Review chilledeskimo

25 Jun 2010

hi i'm stuck on the keys - have attached the mike and the magnet but don't seem to be able to use it in the bay. Am i missing something?
thx

Review Tony

17 Apr 2010

That was pretty entertaining. I managed to get 120 out of 125 upon completion. I wonder what I missed? Wasn't sure about solving Clue 3. I ended up using an internet translator which got me close enough to realise what the message said. Was there an easier way in the game to solve this?

I was flummoxed by the ball room light switch as well. I found it by accident by "turning on light" even though I had no idea there was a switch. Is there a trick to finding the switch first?

Comment Mischa Jones

17 Mar 2010

I have the ladder. How do I reach the string? When I use the ladder I just climb up and then back down...

Comment Luke P

25 Feb 2010

The third clue is all greek to me ... ;)

Comment Luke P

24 Feb 2010

I have the oars, i have the water, the needle. I can't figure out the string... and I can't find a cork. I have the corkscrew but how can I make a compass without a cork?

Comment Luke P

24 Feb 2010

There is a small bathroom near the bar..........

Comment Mini

24 Feb 2010

This is probably very simple, but I just can't figure out how to melt the ice in the glass. Someone help!

Review Brian

06 Feb 2010

Loved the game, but left flat in the end... pretty anti-climactic, but who am I to judge?. The fun-ness, if that's a word, outrules the ending. 4 stars for you! No soup for you, one year! Only for 5 stars! ;-)

Comment max

23 Oct 2009

pofke, you need something from the ballroom.

Review Tim Hamilton

22 Oct 2009

Definately a fun game and challenging. I wish it would have been longer.
no sequel =(

Comment pofke

22 Sep 2009

Has anyone figured out how to get the key? I suppose the magnet could help but I havent figured it out yet...

Review pofke

22 Sep 2009

For clue 1 you need to elzzup eht evlos on the indicated section and page. This will get you into the shed.

Comment rvf4uk

03 Aug 2009

maybe you have figured it by now but tip jack you stingy so and so and then buy another drink with a bit of light fingeredness you should get the quarters. I am stuff making the thing to row the boat (have oars), have 2 items that I used together but must be another??

Comment max

30 Jun 2009

I still can't figure out how to get the quarters from Jack. A hint someone?

Comment Martin Greaves

18 Jun 2009

Bizarrely, my comments are being submitted three times for every submission. My apologies.

Comment Martin Greaves

18 Jun 2009

OK, havent figured out clue 3 yet but dont think it matters as ive rowed to the island and need to find the key that Bobbi lost. I think its probbaly in the shed but dont know what to type into the keyboard to open the door. HAs anyone done this part yet and can give me a clue?

Comment Martin Greaves

18 Jun 2009

Comment Martin Greaves

18 Jun 2009

Comment Martin Greaves

18 Jun 2009

Does anyone know the secret to clue 3? Got clue 1 and 2 fairly quickly and figured out how to get the quarters from Jack. Not sure what clue 3 means though. My first thought was that it was a mirror image or something but I tried using the clue in the mirror of the Bar toilet and nothing happened. Any hints anyone? Not a solution, just a subtle nudge in the right direction.

Thanks

MartinG

Comment Martin Greaves

18 Jun 2009

Comment Carrot

31 May 2009

OK, I have got clue 1 and 2 around the wrong way - I have therfore SOLVED clue 2.
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Clue 1 makes a little more sense now I have repapswen eht daer. Still haven't solved it though :(

Comment Carrot

31 May 2009

I will review this later, unfortunately I am stuck on getting the 2 quaters, and I have no idea what Clue 2 means.

Clue 1:
CVZ B EJFU QFQTJ
y=x+1

is EASY ;), for those that don't know, it is a rehpic noitutitsbus. Read that equation very carefully.

Clue 2:
S.B P.4
1D + 3D - 2A

I don't get :(

Oh, the combi-lock on the Housekeeping Closet was also easy, you just have to kcol laid and enter the right combination. Examining a certain object (that results in a picture) will give you the answer.

Now, all I have to do is figure out clue 2 and hen figure out how to get the 2 quarters.

Right now I am carrying Newspaper, Clue 1 & 2, Instructions, Uniform, Map of Montana, Chicago Manual of Style, Corncob, Needle, Corkscrew, Glass of Ice, Roll & Tissue

Comment Erica

10 Apr 2009

I'm completely stuck on getting those quarters... help?

Comment max

17 Nov 2008

Would someone consider writing a walkthrough or a UHS for this game?

Comment GAMER!

20 Mar 2008

I've finally completed the game. It was great! Good puzzles and an engaging story line. If this was a review I'd give it 5 out of 5 but I've already reviewed the game so I can't.

Review Kyle Taylor

18 Feb 2008

I actually completed this game a while ago, but only recently registered with the site to post reviews or comments. Of the games, I've played so far (half a dozen or so from this site) this was the best. You've obviously put a huge amount of work into it, and it suffers from no errors at all from what I can see.

The clues work very well, the details are enjoyable. It takes patience and creative thinking to get through it, which I like. Pitched at just the right level for me - not something you can complete in a day or two, but with enough options and entertaining details to stop me getting too bored or fustrated.

Would very much like to see part 2 whenever it's ready.

Review GAMER!

05 Jan 2008

I'm stuck. I type "hint" and it says that you have to do what clue 2 suggests, but it's is just a bunch of letters. Can the author of this game please write a walk through, or could someone help me.

Comment Yani

08 May 2007

How comes everytime I try to play any game on this site it always shows "Cannot find this site"?...

Review Angela

28 Sep 2005

I think this game is great, although I'm stuck. I don't know how to get the quarters. I've decoded Clue #2 but not Clue #1 and I don't know where to go or what to do next. Someone help me out please?

Comment v

21 Jul 2005

not sure what to do. im just walking around been to my car when I type hint it tells me to do clue 2 I read it. it dont tell me anything but abunch of letters. i know i need to get to the quarters and open the combo lock. but nothing is making sence. i have the dart #'s also but they dont help open the lock either. help please.

Comment jake

08 May 2005

i cant figure out clue number two! Please send assistence!its EVIL!

Comment jenn

07 May 2005

HELP!! after playing the game, i want to save and quit. I SAVE, but then cannot find the game i was playing. I have to start all over again. Any tips?

Review Brian Freyermuth

15 Nov 2004

Great game. Much better than I thought it was going to be. The only things that bugged me was the Pepsi puzzle and the string puzzle. (The string puzzle was incredably lame...) The rest were hard, but fun brain twisters.

Now waiting for Part 2, especially with the ending...

Review Steve Lingle

20 Oct 2004

I don't like giving 5's out unless it's definitely a great game. This game is, by far, the best game I've played on here. At first impression, I thought it was going to be another dumb hack but if you pay attention, it really turns out to be well done.
I had played originally for only the first few rooms and set it aside for a long time and then went back to play through it. Nice puzzle ideas. The strangest one was the string and the tube, though. It wasn't all that clear. Other than that, pretty good.
The amount of procedures and variables that are running through this is mind blowing. It must have taken a long time to write.
I wouldn't mind seeing a part 2 (even though it's been 2 years since the first one)

steve the gaming guy

Unfortunately, there are non-creative dull-minded people like Jim Jones who rate good games a 1 (December 2002)

5 out of 5

Review Bill Chelonis

20 Jun 2004

This was an amazing little text adventure. I liked the setting, room descriptions, and clever puzzles. The occasional sound clips enhanced the game world, though were not over done or out of place. On the "string" puzzle, I thought you might be able to use the cart optionally instead of the ladder in order to reach the string (i.e. stand on cart) but a ladder does make more sense. Would definately like to see the sequel when/if it's finished. On rating this, I would give it a 4 in comparison to larger text adventures, but for a small to medium sized game I think it's top notch and a definate 5. Just looking at the neatness of the code (puzzles and rooms and routines mostly in the order of solving the mystery), it's an amazing piece of work. Keep up the good work!

Review S

19 May 2004

I really enjoyed this game. It was very fun. And the commands were "user-friendly" compared to other games I've downloaded here. I enjoyed this. Can't wait for part 2 to come out!

Review Sam

01 Feb 2004

This game is great, but I can't be bothered reading everything so I haven't played much of it.

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Review diago666

29 Dec 2003

This game is brillllllliant
though i got stuck at the pepsi thing
please make part 2
:)

Review Madman

01 Dec 2003

The game is freakin' fantastic! However, I'm having problems. I'm stuck on the message you get after the whole Pepsi thing; what am I supposed to do? OH I'M SO CONFUSED!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!

Review Adam Ironside

13 Jan 2003

I like it also. Jim Jones, I disagree greatly, the commands have been thought out cleverly and the game is good, (although to hard for me, lol). I have failed miserably to complete it but what i have played of it i have enjoyed. Nice character description, good menus, and overall good game. The only thing i think would be better if you added a map of the hotel and it's grounds to make the game slightly easier. But other than that, good game.

Comment Jim Jones

03 Jan 2003

Please elmer, i can judge however i want... you cant just judge yourself and have it go for everyone... so i think ill give it a one... just to make you mad <i>Rating removed by Alex Warren - please do not rate games twice</i>

Review Eager Elmer

27 Dec 2002

Well personally Jim I think you're wrong because it is the best game I have ever played on this site... a lot better than a few of you're games (a hem cough cough).

Anyhoo, it is great gameplay and I agree that the music adds alot to it. There is great character development and the help file is tremendously useful. Just try it and you'll see.

Review Jim Jones

21 Dec 2002

sorry Bj but i dislike your game. I wouldnt say hate, because alot of work has been put into it. You cant just slap a bunch of commands onto a game and make it good. alot of my games sucked.. but still... the game isnt even that big if you take out all of the bays... i like big, non-mystery games. bye...

SeAn

Review Fox Mulder

21 Dec 2002

Congratulations to B.J Best for the best game of the archive.It was quite difficult.It has complete descriptions anda well thought plot,although the ending was more or less what I expected whould happen.I 'm not saying it was bad only that I had guessed what would happen from a point.Nonetheless,it was a great conclusion which leaves room for a sequel as B.J says.Maybe I 'll apply for Lazst Resort 2.
By the way,look forward to my own Thriller adventure, "Of Dancing Shadows" about 2 weeks from now.Script is 95% complete.

Review Mocha Man and Eager Elmer

16 Dec 2002

Well, the author of this game seems to be an active reviewer as well as a genius game author. I have found this game to be my favorite on this site, with humor, description, and even music. It is difficult but not impossible to solve, with a little thinking involved (now how do you make a compass?). It has an intriguing plot and a large map, with well-developed characters and interesting items (of which there are very, very many). I think it is worth the download time, which is larger due to picture and sound files.