Game:

Repton Infinity (1988)

Duration: 4:28

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The sixth level of Robbo, and I apologise in advance if the red coloration combined with the high number of light bulbs on this level makes it difficult to see what's going on at times. This level has kettles in abundance, as though to make up for their absence on the previous level; in particular, there are two separating the upper and lower areas that cannot be pushed up without trapping an orb, and cannot be pushed down without getting in the way of cutting the grass. The solution is to transport to the top area and go around these kettles, clearing the passage with the orb first.

When pushing the mower, the second transporter is a little red herring: it does lead to some more grass to cut, but it's better to bring the mower down to free the Machine, getting two more orbs and another light bulb. Then I take the remaining transporter on the far left, as this lets me reach an orb that will otherwise become trapped: I didn't notice this myself, but got the idea from Jonathan's FAQ.

This is a level brimming with unrealised possibility. There is no way to free the three orbs remaining in the Thing-and-kettle puzzles, nor the one in the bottom-right corner. There are five spanners, but it is impossible to bring any one of them to the computers in the top-right; and even if you could, there is no way to get a disk from this area to the toilet. Nor is it possible, if I bothered to take the cans from the cola machines, to get them to a fridge. The light bulb on the far left wall is similary useless; it could be scored if you could push it through the first transporter, but this is impossible because if you cut the grass blocking the transporter, you then have no choice but to transport the lawnmower.

The music is the slow movement of Beethoven's Eighth Piano Sonata. The finale of the same sonata can be heard in my video of Finale Level 3.

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