keeping track of the bits and pieces. Ralph Kelliher, the The Réal's illustrator, made this list of every single element to be included in the CD-ROM. The following is a snapshot of that database as it read in June of 1996, when there were only 30 or so "rooms" on the drawing board. The actual list of ingredients, the "shopping list," was about five times the size of this excerpt.
| 1 | bomb comic strip 4 frames, RAW style | Man Wins Bomb | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 2 | blue ragtime music | one of those days | audio | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 3 | pill bottle /2 tablets | Longest haul | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 spout fountain painting | Longest haul | print media | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 2 | ||
| 5 | palm slough/ dated manila folder | psychic | from scratch | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 6 | billy holiday tune | perfect maid | audio | R.K. | found | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 7 | bomb room | man wins bomb | from scratch | R.K. | done | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 8 | tokens | gui | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 12 | more slot reel icons (how many?) | gui deal movie | print media | N.P. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 10 | loading stripe | gui | from scratch | R.K. | done | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 11 | loading stripe animation | gui | from scratch | J.M. | done | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 9 | token animation | gui | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 13 | image of "gypsy" palm-reader | psychic | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 14 | old Vegas side-street (alley; with marquees | psychic | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 2 | ||
| 15 | window; Mack grill from truck parked outside | Longest haul | print media | N.P. | missing | 6/28/96 | 2 | ||
| 16 | pictures of the S&R brothers, faces transpose | S&R | print media | J.M. | done | 7/24/96 | ? | 1 | |
| 17 | picture of S&R with the Pope | S&R | print media | N.P. | found | 7/24/96 | ? | 1 | |
| 18 | tiger picture (- tiger + horse) | S&R | print media | N.P. | found | 7/24/96 | ? | 1 | |
| 19 | picture of alchemist,"White horse"handwritten | S&R | print media | R.K. | done | 7/24/96 | |||
| 20 | "Nothing's impossible, nothing's concealed, " | S&R | print media | N.P. | found | 7/24/96 | ? | ||
| 21 | Goodmans' "suicide note": I got duped | brutal slaying | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/24/96 | |||
| 22 | picture of Derrida in preacher mode | prodigal prophet | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 23 | three $5.5 tokens | prodigal prophet | from scratch | J.M. | missing | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 24 | spinning token animation | prodigal prophet | from scratch | J.M. | missing | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 25 | four cans of tuna, advertisement | Bored Billionaire | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 26 | J.R. (Larry Hagman) from Dallas as Stirling | Bored Billionaire | print media | N.P. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 27 | [Time/Life-like] sidebar:on electricity | Terrorist's agenda | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 28 | encyclopedia image: polarities and ion flows | Terrorist's agenda | print media | N.P. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 29 | text from Hegel's Philosophy of Nature, p. 229 | Terrorist's agenda | print media | N.P. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Batteries of Life, p. 167, see # 31 engraved on an oval gold plaque: animated | Terrorist's agenda | print media | R.K. | found | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Green Magnet School, "sliver" | Terrorist's agenda | audio | J.M. | done | 7/6/96 | 1 | ||
| 34 | Genet's face. | Speculator | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 35 | Thin man. Thin ties, black suit / cowboy boots | Speculator | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 36 | imperfect bleach job/ the roots show black etc | Speculator | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Click on his eyes/ mouth animation | Speculator | from scratch | J.M. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 38 | morgue-type shot man with an exposed mouth | Speculator | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 39 | gold- teeth gap is prominent color | Speculator | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 40 | Vegas landscape, from a distance, from above | Speculator | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 41 | image of a thunderstorm sky. several frames | Speculator | still frame | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 42 | 2 people talking. They are talking "weather" speculator had a rough, raspy voice | Speculator | audio | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 44 | nighstand | Speculator et al | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 45 | day-planner type tele-phone book | Speculator | other | J.M. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 46 | random names at intervals (see txt) etc | Speculator | from scratch | J.M. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 47 | time measuring devices of other, dead, civiliz | Speculator | print media | J.M. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 48 | Write out in the margins of these scraps see txt | Speculator | from scratch | J.M. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 49 | money clip | Speculator | print media | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 50 | 10's and 20's in it. Fold the bills "at a 45° etc | Speculator | print media | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 51 | diagram of a craps table. Draw arrows for trajectories and angles etc | Speculator | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 53 | Wall Street Journal: companies - biotech. Modify the date, burn" the older issues etc | Speculator | print media | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 55 | several motel room photos | Speculator | print media | R.K. | found | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
excerpted... | |||||||||
| 97 | chinese throne, each with the SOLD! sticker, diagonal top right | Auctioneer | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 99 | atm like machine | A Deal To Die For | print media | R.K. | in progress | 6/24/96 | |||
| 100 | reversed OTB sign; green with white outlines | A Deal To Die For | print media | R.K. | done | 7/20/96 | 1 | ||
| 101 | signs -- one neon | No to YESCO | print media | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 102 | other digital; diagrams of neon signs being built | No to YESCO | print media | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 103 | AUDIO for YESCO, hear the next line . 6 signs B, 5 for A. | No to YESCO | audio | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 104 | Graphic/advertisement: Uncle Sam Doesn't | recorded message | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 105 | telephone on nightstand | recorded message | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 106 | STARDUST SIGN | recorded message | print media | J.M. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 107 | collage of Polaroids | Vegas Cabbie | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 108 | .steering wheel knob, rearview mirror odometer see the cover of Crash by J.G. Ballard | Vegas Cabbie | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 109 | drag-strip" pen: animated by mousedown, speeding car to slide, naked woman who lies down, strip's skyline is the new background | Vegas Cabbie | from scratch | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 114 | long shot of a wall of glass and 100 monitors | Japanese Hotel | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 115 | 80 m.p.h./90 kmH" | Japanese Hotel | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 116 | $20,000 / ¥10,000 BENTO SLOTS WINNER | Japanese Hotel | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 117 | 100 monitors animation | Japanese Hotel | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 118 | Geishas, a Buddhist monk, samurai ,sumo | Japanese Hotel | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 119 | Pyramid at Giza (see item 96) | Sun God Angered | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 120 | Mayan Pyramid | Sun God Angered | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 121 | picture of the Luxor Luxor | Sun God Angered | still frame | R.K. | found | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 122 | window washers | Sun God Angered | still frame | R.K. | in progress | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 123 | inside the ball of light, an X. | Sun God Angered | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 124 | b/w picture of mummified man inside the article | Oldest Gambler | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 125 | dice on nightstand, wooden, pointy | Oldest Gambler | from scratch | R.K. | found | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 126 | Credit card of copper, braided coils3 ending in | Oldest Gambler | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 127 | pair of bifocals next to dice and card. | Oldest Gambler | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 128 | color photo on bed of "a white man late 60's | Bartender | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 129 | polished black formica bar LED display above | Bartender | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 130 | diagram peg leg w/ electric flows and mag fields | Bartender | from scratch | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 131 | pencil by the register and blankanagrams | Bartender | still frame | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 132 | uniform (from any formal wear catalogue) | Bartender | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 133 | dental x-ray of teeth, / mechanism of a lighter | Bartender | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 134 | b/w Sammy Davis Jr., glass i circled in waxy red | Bartender | print media | J.M. | found | 7/20/96 | 1 | ||
| 135 | tape player and a tape | Bartender | still frame | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 136 | hooks on a wall, each has a different sweater 7 | hooker | from scratch | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 137 | names of the 50 states read alphabby /woman. | hooker | audio | J.M. | found | 7/6/96 | 1 | ||
| 138 | two chips, a 1,000 dollar chip (one) 1966 | hooker | from scratch | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 139 | the other); or one chip that flips | hooker | from scratch | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 140 | a Mars bar, half-eaten | hooker | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 141 | pack of Salems and an aqua plastic lighter | hooker | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 142 | coupon: "corn on the cob, etc | hooker | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 143 | a mix-tape, Karen Carpenter/ Heart (flip) | hooker | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 144 | two small cubic zirconia earrings | hooker | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 145 | two packs of Kleenex | hooker | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 146 | a small purse with | hooker | print media | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
excerpted... | |||||||||
| 177 | cracks in the walls | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 178 | a photograph of a lynching | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 179 | a set of handcuffs | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 180 | a key with no teeth | One of Those Days | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 181 | shoes with their toes missing | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 182 | a shirt with no buttons | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 183 | a medicine label with no prescription | One of Those Days | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 184 | a deck full of spades | One of Those Days | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 185 | a morgue photograph | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | done | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 186 | a child's coffin | One of Those Days | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 187 | a book with all the pages torn out | One of Those Days | from scratch | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 188 | pale light, over all of the page | One of Those Days | from scratch | J.M. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 189 | Graceland arch /Vegas wedding chapel | Graceland Wedding | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 190 | clip-art (literally) Wedding graphics | Graceland Wedding | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 191 | three jelly beans | Graceland Wedding | from scratch | N.P. | found | 7/24/96 | 1 | ||
| 192 | Wedding Photo album punched-hole lace look | Graceland Wedding | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 193 | wedding dress and groom's suit on the floor | Graceland Wedding | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 194 | Mickey Mouse hugging a child | Kidnapping | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 195 | in place of his head, a betting chip | Kidnapping | from scratch | J.M. | in progress | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 196 | message written in cut-out letters (see txt) | Kidnapping | from scratch | N.P. | done | 7/24/96 | 1 | ||
excerpted... | |||||||||
| 227 | "He has a tattoo on his forearm of a bullrider ... | Security Guard | audio | J.M. | done | 7/6/96 | 1 | ||
| 228 | He works fulltime for the Prime Alert Se.... | Security Guard | audio | J.M. | done | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 229 | The familiar security guard is a redneck from | Security Guard | audio | J.M. | done | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 230 | his beeper | Security Guard | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 231 | "XXYYZZ" and proceeds to say: "He is a football | Security Guard | audio | J.M. | done | 7/21/96 | 1 | ||
| 232 | heavy bags, suitcases, and satchels (see txt) | Geriatric Bus | print media | N.P. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 233 | conveyor belt animation | Geriatric Bus | from scratch | J.M. | 7/3/96 | 1 | |||
| 234 | sighing, moan, coughing, laugh, death rattle | Geriatric Bus | audio | J.M. | done | 7/6/96 | 1 | ||
| 235 | rusty conveyor belt. | Geriatric Bus | audio | J.M. | done | 7/6/96 | 1 | ||
| 236 | postcard from Las Vegas (all of us need to get and or make like 30 of these, no joke) | Geriatric Bus | print media | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||||
| 237 | a distant elderly couple in front tour bus. | Geriatric Bus | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 238 | The tight slot machine (see txt) | tight slot machine | print media | R.K. | missing | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||
| 239 | kidney beans, liver spots, breast filets, vagi etc | tight slot machine | print media | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 240 | flat, female voice that pronounces its name. | tight slot machine | audio | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 241 | arm is made of carved ivory (see txt) | tight slot machine | from scratch | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 242 | western characters animation | tight slot machine | still frame | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 243 | machine is full of fingerprints and saliva marks | tight slot machine | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | ||||
| 244 | machine inards animation see text | tight slot machine | still frame | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 245 | ticking noise, like a watch being wound. | tight slot machine | audio | J.M. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 246 | "The innards of the tight slot machine are ... | tight slot machine | audio | R.K. | 6/28/96 | 1 | |||
| 247 | Security Memo to Dealers, Hosts, Bellhops | Tell-tale Signs | from scratch | J.M. | 6/28/96 | ||||