Game:

Repton 3 (1986)

Duration: 4:37

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The last two levels of "Osmi", and more experimentation with colour schemes. I think both of these last two work pretty well; for some reason the cyan diamonds of Screen G are not quite as garish as those of Screen A, whether it's because the cyan goes better with blue than it does with red, or just because Screen G has far fewer skulls. Screen H is also attractive, with the yellow diamonds ensuring it looks close to normal, while the magenta monsters are a nice touch.

Screen G is mainly a series of puzzles about directing spirits to the correct cages, with a complex rock puzzle in the bottom-left and a rather nice monster puzzle in the top-left: the monster could be very easily killed with the rock right next to it, except that this rock is needed to block a cage. An interesting feature of the level is the central location of the timebomb, accessible from all three parts of the level, thus avoiding leaving a clue about the order to tackle the parts.

The final Screen H contains a beautiful spirit puzzle in the bottom-left, in which it's clear that one cage must be blocked off, but not at all obvious how to do it. There is one excellent rock puzzle, one more that is (sadly) much easier than it looks, and, oddly enough, a section copied from Repton 1's Terrapin; finally, Repton returns to his starting location to deal with two very tricky monsters. This could have been a perfect closing level to the set, but just three things spoil it: the Terrapin section just mentioned, the unnecessary time capsule, and the transporter at the top. This goes to the other side of the timebomb, meaning that the rock puzzle does not have to be solved leaving the timebomb accessible at all, even though in the video I show that this is possible.

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