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The middle three levels of Ripton (for a fuller description of this game, see the commentary on my previous video). Screen E has several monsters, some of which are a little harder to kill than on previous levels, but other than that is fairly straightforward. Two of the keys are red herrings and cannot be safely taken. Screen F then develops this theme further, requiring the player to find the one correct key and also decide which rooms should be cleared before taking the key and which after. The level is also the first to require the Repton shuffle.

Screen G is a definite step up in difficulty. It is clearly inspired by Repton's Iguana, but because there is a safe inside the square maze, and because access to the bottom safe down the far right inevitably becomes blocked, time can be a real factor. The level also requires several Repton shuffles, including a double shuffle; one egg must be raced before it hatches, with the monster then following close behind you; and the bottom-left puzzle is quite tricky. Finally, there is the problem of the monster from the egg on a safe in the top-left area. This cannot be killed with the adjacent rock, since in Ripton a rock will not kill a monster if it can immediately fall from its square! The method shown in the video, leaving this monster until the end, is guaranteed to work, since the monster's movements are perfectly predictable.

The music for this video is "Fig Leaf" and "Something Doing" by Scott Joplin.