sunyat@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) (03/14/91)
Hi, I know.."he's stuck on Level 5..he must really be stupid"...well, anyway
this is the level directly after the burning house one. There are three
pillars, a giant gap, and a broken staircase. I can get through the three
pillars (utilizing up all two of my borers and 3 ramp builders & 1
pick-axe digger)..however, I don't have enough builders in the rest of the
level to safely cross the gap and broken staircase...They don't give you
enough things on this level to do it...I use only one lemming for a stopper
and that's it... HELP!
Eric
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In article <R*%=HH$@rpi.edu> sunyat@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes:
=-Hi, I know.."he's stuck on Level 5..he must really be stupid"...well, anyway
=-this is the level directly after the burning house one. There are three
=-pillars, a giant gap, and a broken staircase. I can get through the three
=-pillars (utilizing up all two of my borers and 3 ramp builders & 1
=-pick-axe digger)..however, I don't have enough builders in the rest of the
=-level to safely cross the gap and broken staircase...They don't give you
=-enough things on this level to do it...I use only one lemming for a stopper
=-and that's it... HELP!
=- Eric
=-
Ahahahahahaha! What a mor---oh, you said *don't* laugh. Sorry. :-)
Spoiler follows:
There are at least two ways to complete this level, at least
theoretically. The one I'm not going to describe is extremely timing-critical,
but should allow 100% of the lemmings to be saved. I haven't been able to
actually do it yet, only to plan it. The easy way requires 1 lemming to be
sacrificed, and is (as usual) surprisingly simple:
0. Daa di da da da, da da di di da da da...
1. Bash through first two pillars
2. Create 1 athlete. He'll climb the last pillar and float down the other side.
3. Meanwhile, have a miner dig through the last pillar from the top of the
stairs immediately to the left of the pillar. Make sure he doesn't start
digging too far back, or he'll dig into the stairs and fall through. In that
case it's escape-key time. When the tunnel is complete, all the lemmings will
pour through and become trapped behind the far stairs.
4. When the athlete reaches the chasm, turn him into a builder. Keep building
until he's crossed the chasm. When he reaches the gap in the broken stairs,
build again.
5. As soon as the builder has started on his last set of bricks, turn one of the
trapped lemmings into a blocker immediately adjacent to the stairs, then turn
him into a bomber. When he pops, he'll blow away the bottom of the stairs, and
you're done.twells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Tabor Wells) (03/15/91)
sunyat@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes: >Hi, I know.."he's stuck on Level 5..he must really be stupid"...well, anyway >this is the level directly after the burning house one. There are three >pillars, a giant gap, and a broken staircase. I can get through the three >pillars (utilizing up all two of my borers and 3 ramp builders & 1 >pick-axe digger)..however, I don't have enough builders in the rest of the >level to safely cross the gap and broken staircase...They don't give you >enough things on this level to do it...I use only one lemming for a stopper >and that's it... HELP! > Eric Well this isn't too hard. It requires a little bit of timing that's all. First you block the second lemming out so he holds up the rest. Second you let the first lemming walk as far to the right as he can before climbing the first bridge. Have him dig diagonally down and then to the left (so he tunnels under the pillars). Now the only tricky part is to make him start building bridges before he falls into the hole on the right. Once he's built all of the bridges to get across both gaps, blow the blocker and wait until they all walk in... Tabor Wells twells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu >-- >| Internet: Eric_Hsiao@MTS.RPI.EDU > Read GIF News - a freely copied news < | >| sunyat@rpi.edu > magazine in .GIF file format. Color < | >| Bitnet: userGJ8L@rpitsmts.bitnet > articles on reviews of programs, < | >| FTP to wuarchive "gn91-03.zip" > games, industry news, IBM, Amiga, etc.< | |------------------------------------| "Life. You're born. You live. You | | Tabor Wells | go on some diets. You die. | | twells@eecs.cs.pdx.edu | | |------------------------------------| -Bloom County | |
billsey@agora.rain.com (Bill Seymour) (03/15/91)
In article <289@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> bryan@cs.utexas.edu writes: :In article <R*%=HH$@rpi.edu> sunyat@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Eric Hsiao) writes: :=-Hi, I know.."he's stuck on Level 5..he must really be stupid"...well, anyway :=-this is the level directly after the burning house one. There are three :=-pillars, a giant gap, and a broken staircase. I can get through the three :=-pillars (utilizing up all two of my borers and 3 ramp builders & 1 :=-pick-axe digger)..however, I don't have enough builders in the rest of the :=-level to safely cross the gap and broken staircase...They don't give you :=-enough things on this level to do it...I use only one lemming for a stopper :=-and that's it... HELP! :=- Eric :=- : Ahahahahahaha! What a mor---oh, you said *don't* laugh. Sorry. :-) : :Spoiler follows: : [followed by a spoiler] Well, I have a different solution. :-) Spoiler follows: 1. Turn your first guy into an athlete, he'll climb over, and float down from, the first two pillers. 2. While he's getting started, take the second guy and have him dig down a bit. When he's down enough, turn him into a basher and start across the screen. 3. Up the drop speed to 99. 4. Back to the first guy, have him bash through the third column at the top of the stairs. He'll be considerably ahead of the group who're bashing their way through the ground. 5. Have the first guy start building his bridge across the big gap a bit down from the edge. Enough down to allow the group working their way through the ground to pick that bridge up. 6. From here on, it's simple. There's enough time for that first guy to build enough of that last bridge over the second gap to allow the main body out. You'll have enough time to rescue 100%. -- -Bill Seymour billsey@agora.uucp or billsey@agora.rain.com ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. NAG BBS NES BBX BBS Home Sometimes (503)281-8153 (503)246-9311 (503)656-7393 (503)640-9337 (503) 640-0842