Game:

Repton 3 (1986)

Duration: 4:47

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In this video I tackle the next two levels of "Osmi". Experimentation with colour schemes continues, again with mixed results. I really like the colour scheme of Screen D (and this identical colour scheme is used in one level of my Repton Infinity game "Repton 5"). But Screen E is garish in an almost nightclub-ish way. Even though this is the only screen in the set that keeps green for Repton's head (and monsters), because the other colours used are dark, the green looks out of place, almost fluorescent.

Screen D is a mixed bag. It has an action-packed beginning, after which opening the other cages at the top seems tame. The lower-left puzzle, in which one cage must be blocked with the same rock used to kill the monster, is excellent; but the rest of the level seems a little lacking in comparison.

Screen E starts with a tricky rock puzzle that must be solved at once so Repton can get a rock in place and stop the fungus from trapping the timebomb. The parts of the level must be tackled in the correct order, as two of them include rock-on-safe traps; this means Repton must take the key in the outer part, so the inner part must first be set up so the spirit will be released when the key is taken.

In the bottom-left, after a very nice rock puzzle, a type of vertical spirit ferrying (with an egg!) is necessary to release one spirit. The six spirits in the next room should be released spaced out, so that Repton can open each cage without being hit by the next spirit; this would have been a lovely puzzle had the level not had a time capsule, so that the player had to work out how to clear this area as quickly as possible.

The music for this video is "Ain't No Cure for Love" by Leonard Cohen.

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