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Repton Infinity (1988)

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The fourth level of Robbo. One thing I like about this game is that on most of the levels, there is nothing that can kill you (except walking under a lawnmower, but that is easily avoided). This gives Robbo a more sedate puzzle-solving feel that suits the slower Repton Infinity gameplay quite well. There is, however, one thing that does kill you: an object being knocked into you by a pipe. This level makes this a main feature. The outer rim of the level consists of a ring of pipes in which seven Superior Software logos whirl around; after the seventh is a gap large enough to sneak through.

After clearing the central part of the level (including pushing one lightbulb through the pipeline, the only way to get it to a power plant) I sneak through this gap to collect an orb and attain the minimum score, and press TAB to end it there. There are a further thirteen orbs that can be obtained by waiting until the right moment when Robbo can cross through the pipes safely, but since this would be very tedious to watch I will not bother with attempting to get the maximum possible score for this level.

An interesting feature of Repton Infinity is that after completing Level 4 of a set, the player keeps their score and can load another set and continue playing, and it does not matter whether it is the next set in sequence, or a set belonging to one of the other games or to a self-created game.

The music is Beethoven's "Six Bagatelles", no. 4.

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