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They will be coded as the first 2 letters of the world followed by the first letter of the section (race, percentage, task, combo = R, P, T, C) and then the number of the level for the boss level use BS and for the bonus level use BN and for the Orbit bonus levels use BN plus the number. Examples: neon task 2: [NET2] quartz combo 1: [QUC1] helios boss: [HEBS] nano bonus: [NABN] orbit bonus 1: [ORBN1] ================================================================================ Table of Contents ================================================================================ 1. Revision History 2. Controls 3. My First Places 4. Walkthrough Part 1, Hints (you should read this part first) 5. Walkthrough Part 2, the Levels ================================================================================ Revision History ================================================================================ 4/22/05 guide first started, skeleton made. 4/23/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for Neon, + QUR1 4/26/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for Quartz 4/29/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for Xero tasks + boss Btw sorry for the long time to update this, I have finals and other college stuff I have to do. I was also playing Rengoku :P 5/01/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for xero percentages. Finals are over in 2 weeks. I only have a few more levels to get first place in before I completely beat the game. Once finals are over FAQs will be on here much faster than before. 5/02/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for Xero (except bonus) can someone please help me on the Xero bonus? I can't get first 5/14/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for 6 Aqua levels whoops forgot to update things here. ummm: 5/29/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for Aqua 6/01/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for 9 Helios levels. 7/21/05 added regular walkthroughs + first place walkthroughs for Helios ================================================================================ Controls ================================================================================ Very simple: the 2 configurations can be seen in the options mode. Config 1+2: . <-- --> . . ^ . . . triangle button: | change . switch . analog stick: tilt tray . tilt camera up camera . target . select: help screen . | mode . blob . start: pause game . X Button: v . . . tilt camera down . . . Config 1 only (default, I use this) . Config 2 only . . square button: rotate camera . square button: zoom out circle button: rotate camera . circle button: zoom in L button: zoom out . L button: rotate camera R button: zoom in . R button: rotate camera ================================================================================ My First Places So Far ================================================================================ So far these are the first places that I've gotten, which are the ones where I'll write my first place FAQs for. If anyone has any other first places gimme an email and try to explain to me how to do it (my email's on top). X: i have first place |Level/World| Neon | Quartz | Xero | Aqua | Helios | Nano | | Orbit | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---|-------| | Race 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Race 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | B1 X | | Race 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | B2 X | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---| B3 X | | Percent 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | B4 X | | Percent 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | B5 X | | Percent 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---| | | Task 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 5/5 | | Task 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Task 3 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---| | | Combo 1 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Combo 2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---| | | Boss | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---| | | Bonus | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---|-------| |World Total| 13/13| 13/13 | 13/13| 13/13| 13/13 | 13/13| 13| | 83/83 | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6/6 | |-----------|------|--------|------|------|--------|------|---|-------| ================================================================================ Walkthrough Part 1, Hints (you should read this part first) ================================================================================ PLEASE READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH BEFORE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL WALKTHROUGH---. | | | | V V V V I am making each level FAQ into a few different parts. The first part shows the allotted time, minimum percentage needed at the end, and the amount of beacons needed to light up. The 2nd part is how to just get through the level to unlock the next level. The 3rd part shows the minimum requirements to get first place and how many points are given for each section. The 4th and final part gives an explanation on how to beat out the first place score and get your own first place to start unlocking everything in the game. Basically the scheme will look like this: Level's name and number Level's given time and minimum % Walkthrough on how to beat the level Level's minimum requirements to getting first place Walkthrough on how to get first place in the level These are little things in the game you'll find out eventually but I’m putting it here anyway: There are a few different types of platforms. The first type is a square, checkered platform where you just touch it with the designated color and it lights up the beacon. The 2nd type is a circle switch where you touch it with the designated color and it activates the switch and/or lights up the beacon. The 3rd type is a weight platform; you must touch the platform with the designated color AND with a designated amount of weight. Setting up the camera at "Snap 90" helps a lot, believe me. There are 7 different colors of mercury blue, cyan, green, purple, red, silver, yellow red + blue = purple red + green = yellow blue + green = cyan blue + red + green = silver any color + silver = silver combination colors: blue + yellow = red + cyan = silver green + purple = Paint shops will change the color of your mercury if you pass through them. The points system: Every second is 100 points, so 10 seconds is 1,000 points, and half a second is 50 points. Each percent of mercury is 25 points, thus when you finish with 100% mercury you receive 2,500 points. Every beacon lit is 500 points. There will be some doors called filtered doors which you can only go through if you are the same color as them. Jacob's ladder is the tesla coil. The trick to it is that it will ONLY zap you if you go near it when the electricity hits the top, otherwise you can pass by without it zapping you. Stan is a cube that rolls around. Whenever he hits something, whether if it's a wall or if it's you, he'll stop and turn to the right. Beware of the mercoids. they literally eat your mercury bit by bit, 6-8% at a time to be exact, where every 4 bites takes 25% and 16 bites can make your 100% of mercury become nothing. You'll also notice that they're smaller than your blob of mercury but can still eat the entire thing. A stomach that compresses its food... I need this when I go to chinese buffets. ================================================================================ Walkthrough Part 2, the Levels ================================================================================ 1. Neon: Race 1 [NER1] Time: 50s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Very easy. Just hold right when you start till you hit the right wall, then follow the walls around the right and bottom till you get to the left wall and touch the square platform lighting the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 48.50 = 4,850 X1 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 7,850 Basically, when you start just hold directional up-left till you hit the top part of the platform, then immediately hold directional down-left and you'll hit the square platform. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 2 [NER2] Time: 45s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: A big tip in this level right off the bat is to rotate the camera 180 degrees so you can see all of the balls of mercury when they land on the ground. First let all three blobs hit the ground, then push all of them to one side so that they all merge with one another to make a silver ball of mercury. After you've combined them wait for the moving platform underneath you to come out so you can drop down it and the other platform and hit the square platform lighting the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 41.60 = 4,160 X1 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 7,160 Rotate the camera 180 degrees so you can see the balls of mercury. A split second before the blobs hit the ground, immediately shift them to one side. Then, right after two of the blobs mix, immediately shift to the other side while tilting forward a bit towards the end platform. This mixes the blobs into silver a bit faster and gets you closer to the platform. Then just tilt towards the square platform and let it drop right on it. At first you might find yourself overshooting the platform and falling over the edge past the beacon so just tilt back a bit right before you drop down the final ledge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 3 [NER3] Time: 40s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Just follow the moving conveyor belts around till you go through the yellow paintshop. Then follow the belts around once more and go through the yellow gate and hit the square platform to activate the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 33.00 = 3,300 X1 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 6,300 Follow around the conveyor belts 3/4 of the way till you're in the top-left corner. Then as you're going right towards the paintshop make sure that the mercury hits the corner on the top wall making it expand, then once it's expanded hold down to try to get the blob to hit the gate and the paintshop at the same time. Remember, don't worry about getting the entire blob in at once; you only need a dot of mercury to touch the square platform to activate it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 1 [NEP1] Time: 40s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First off put the camera in an eagle eye view; it makes the level much easier. Hold left at the start till you get to the edge, then hold down till you get to the weighted switch, very, very simple. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 35.00 = 3,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X1 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 6,500 (copied from before): First off put the camera at an eagle's eye view; it makes the level much easier. Hold left at the start till you get to the edge, then hold down till you get to the weight switch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 2 [NEP2] Time: 60s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First off rotate the camera 90 degrees to the right, then move the blob of mercury right in front of the bridge. Move a bit onto the lower part of the bridge so that it falls down and becomes completely horizontal, letting you cross it and hit the weighted switch (which you need 50% to activate) on the other side. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 54.50 = 5,450 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X1 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 8,450 Follow the steps above, just when you start dropping the blob onto the bridge, hold left as soon as you have a little bit of mercury on the bridge, then hold right again right before the bridge falls so that you get the most speed towards the weighted switch and get a fast enough time to get first place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 3 [NEP3] Time: 50s Percentage: 25% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First off put the camera in an eagle's eye view and zoom the camera out a bit. Then follow the circular path around till you get to the blue paintshop and then follow the path back to the top where you'll hit the weighted switch. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 38.90 = 3,890 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X1 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 6,890 Same steps as above, just make sure you cut close every turn you make and each time you're changing direction make long curves so that you don't slow down one bit and keep top speed all the time. Just go around the circle one way only, either clockwise or counter-clockwise and when you get back to the top where the weighted switch is, remember to cut the corners and make the straightest line you can without falling over the sides. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 [NET1] Time: 40s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Quite possibly the easiest level in this game. Just hold up! Getting first place: Minimum Time: 37.40 = 3,740 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 X1 Minimum Total: 6,740 Getting first will seem very hard if you're just holding up the entire time. The trick to getting first is to hold left when you start to get the green blob a bit into the gap before you hold directional up-right to get the red in. This gives you plenty of time to beat the 37.4 second limit. I beat this with 38.06 seconds left easily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2 [NET2] Time: 40s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 2 Getting through: Use the eagle's eye and view yet again. Hold up till you hit the silver switch, then head into the gate that you just opened up. Head for the red paintshop so you can go through the red gate and hit the red switch on the other side. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 32.60 = 3,260 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 2 = 1,000 X1 Minimum Total: 6,760 Same as above, for cutting off time: hold up as soon as you start, right before you hit the silver switch hold down to just tap the switch, then head straight for the gate with a little curve so you can accelerate faster towards the paintshop, then right before you hit the paintshop hold down and a little right to slow down and start accelerating towards the red gate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 3 [NET3] Time: 50s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 3 Getting through: Eagle's eye view. Move right till you are right above the triangle, then use it to split the silver mercury into two blobs and have each one hit the paintshop on each side. Then bring the blobs to the other side to mix them into the color that's on the switch, hit the switch, then go through the gate to the next section and where you repeat the steps again, and again for the section after that. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 27.45 = 2,745 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 X1 Minimum Total: 6,745 When you first enter the section head straight towards the tip of the triangle so that you won't lose any speed but you'll still split up the silver mercury. The blobs should be on the bottom right corners of the section, you just have to hold left to get them into the paintshops and then hold up and left to mix them together. Repeat for the next section and the section after that. You should specifically use this level to get used to finding small little shortcuts to mixing two blobs of mercury together faster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 1 [NEC1] Time: 85s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First rotate the camera 180 degrees. Wait for the platform to reach you then board it and wait for it to reach the other side. When it does head towards the cyan paintshop and wait for next platform to reach you, board it, then hit the weighted platform on the other side. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 64.00 = 6,400 X1 65.75 = 6,575 X1 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X1 93% = 2,325 X1 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 9,400 9,400 If you're trying to complete this level the regular way you'll notice it's impossible to get 9,400 points and beat it with 64 seconds remaining. What you need to do is when you get on the first platform wait for the other platform to touch the left side, then when both are in the gap you have to jump from one platform to the other, then quickly touch the cyan paintshop and get back onto the second platform without dropping mercury unless it's a VERY scarce amount, otherwise you won't have enough time to beat the level. A few tips are when you jump the platforms, make sure they're right on top of each other so you can hold up and get the most amount of speed possible so that you don't lose any mercury. Then when you reach for the cyan paintshop just let a little bit touch it so you can quickly get back onto the platform without losing any mercury. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 2 [NEC2] Time: 65s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Use the eagle's eye view and zoom out a little. Hold up till the silver mercury splits into two for the green and red paintshops and hits the corners. Then hold down till the green hits the wall and the red hits the conveyor belt, then hold down again to hit the red switch to open up the gate, all the while the green blob won't move at all. Then while the red blob is wedged in the bottom right corner hold right to bring the green blob over the conveyor belt and to the green switch. After you hit the switch put the blob into the 3-sided corner so you can move the red blob across the conveyor belt and merge it with the green blob making it a yellow blob. Then all you have to do is move it through the yellow gate and onto the weighted platform. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 51.00 = 5,100 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X1 Beacons: 1 = 500 X1 Minimum Total: 8,100 Same steps as above, just for the first step, make sure that the 2 newly painted blobs are snug in their corners before you press down, otherwise they'll fall off the platform killing any chance you have of getting first. Another tip is that when you bring the red blob across the conveyor belt, right before the end bring out the green blob so that they mix faster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss [NEBS] Time: 95s Percentage: 30% Beacons: 1 Getting through: This is the first level in which mercoids are introduced. First off, use the eagle's eye view and zoom out a little. Hold right to hit the switch and go into the teleporter. When you come out follow the arrows around to the switch and then go through the gate where you'll follow the arrows around this circle to go through the cyan paintshop and then go through the cyan gate. Now you have two options, look here for the first option, which is the easiest way to just get through the level, and look at the first place option for getting first. OPTION 1: tap the switch and then head straight left through the cyan gate and into the teleporter, then when you exit on the other side hold down and hit the weighted cyan switch to light the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 65.00 = 6,500 X1 68.00 = 6,800 X1 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X1 88% = 2,200 X1 Beacons: 1 = 500 X1 1 = 500 X1 Minimum Total: 9,500 9,500 Look above through the walkthrough to see why there's an "option 2" here. OPTION 2: tap the switch and then immediately hold up and right to go through the mercoid without losing any mercury over the edge from when it takes a bite out of you and possibly splits you up. Actually, with this technique, when the mercoid bites you, one piece will go towards the weighted beacon and the other piece will go back through the cyan gate, making sure that the mercoid won't eat any more mercury and that no blob falls off the edge. Once past the mercoid, just hit the weighted switch to light up the beacon. Remember, you move faster when you don't hit any walls, so when you're going around the straight parts of the circles don't rub up against any walls. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus [NEBN] Time: 60s Percentage: 40% Beacons: 6 Getting through: You start off at x. There's a mercoid in this level, but if you're going semi-fast (but you'll probably be going full speed in this level) you don't have to worry about it at all. You'll be hitting the green switches in order as I’m showing in my crude 5-bit picture just below. From the start head to G1, then down and around the barrier to G2, then turn the camera around 180 degrees to see where you're going. Use the conveyor belt next to you to shoot across the level to G3, the green switch placed on the wall. Once that's hit go down and around the barrier to hit G4. Once again turn the camera around 180 degrees. Head for the blue paintshop and then head back towards where you started to hit the blue switch, which will turn the green paintshop into a purple paintshop, where you will be heading next. After that go down and drop down to the bottom of the conveyor belt where you started. Use that to hit the purple switch on the wall across the level to light the 6th and final beacon. Getting first place: [] = conveyor belt Minimum Time: 08.00 = 800 [] G2 | G1 | P G = green Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 | | B = blue Beacons: 6 = 3,000 Bps Gps P = purple Minimum Total: 6,300 | | x x = start G3 | G4 | B [] ps = paintshop To get first, follow the steps above, just go fast, that's all. You'll get first place after trying a few times. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Quartz: Race 1 [QUR1] Time: 12s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Just follow the board through the top right to get to the end. There are no tricks or gimmicks, just get to the end without dying. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 6.35 = 635 X2 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 4,270 When you start off hold diagonal up-right going parallel with the long part of the wall in front of you, then right before the end of that wall cut straight right so that you're parallel with the top side of the bit square hole. Then right before the end of the chasm cut in almost completely straight up, a little to the right, so that from where you leave the hole there's a straight line heading directly towards the square pad. This trick will cut down enough time for you to get to the end and take first place. I've gotten 4,334 points this way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 2 [QUR2] Time: 77s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting through is very simple; just follow the path to the square platform at the end. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 41.50 = 4,150 X2 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 11,300 The fastest way to move around is to use the smallest amount of mercury. With that in mind, to get first, hold right when you start, then when you first have to make a u-turn to go through the first windy section, split off a dot of mercury to go through the level, and then use the D-pad to focus in on it. Doing the split here will ensure that you don't lose the mercury you left behind and you can go fast. On the straightaways don't hit the walls, and on the u-turn curves use the insides of the curves to slingshot you around. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 3 [QUR3] Time: 49s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 3 Getting through: This is the first level in where Stan is introduced. Start by going right and up through the gate, then go straight towards the upper-right corner of the board. There, you'll go left to hit the first green switch, then diagonal down-left into the next part. Here though, you have to wait for Stan to hit the top wall and then enter the 3x1 crevice, and then wait for Stan to go three squares down so you can pass him and go up and around the barrier where you will then hit the green switch. Go through the gate to your right, go down the left side, then go through that gate and head for the square platform to light the final beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 25.00 = 2,500 X2 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 Minimum Total: 9,000 Follow the steps above, just go fast. There are no secrets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 1 [QUP1] Time: 20s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Very, very simple. Just go down the ramp to go through the grey paintshop, then go through the teleporter, and once you come out the other side you'll be on top of the weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 15.00 = 1,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X2 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 7,000 Basically, head towards the grey paintshop, then immediately hold left to go back up the ramp where you came from and land on the weighted switch. To get the best time of course, hold left before you hit the paintshop so just a bit touches it and you waste less time going back towards the switch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 2 [QUP2] Time: 48s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Hold up to bring your mercury to the top wall, then wait for the pile drivers to hit before going past it. A good idea is to wait for the second pile driver to hit and not to try to get past both in one try, you're just trying to finish the level here. Once past the pile drivers, head onto the moving platform once it touches where you are, then follow the 4 moving platforms all the way up (and take your time, you have it) to the weighted switch to light the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 28.00 = 2,800 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X2 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 8,300 The trick to this level is to not bring all of the mercury with you through the level. What you need to do is when you first start, split the mercury into two parts on the corner in front of you on the left. Make sure that you have at least, but close to half of the mercury going through the level with you so you have enough to activate the weighted switch at the end. With the bottom blob stuck in the corner, you can move the main blob to the top wall and through the level without it falling off the edge letting you maintain 100% mercury and still have enough time to get first. But anyway, after you move the main blob to the top wall, send it past the first pile driver, wait for the next one to lift up, then go past that one as well. Then when the bottom platform touches move onto it. Now all you have to do is do a curved zigzag to go up all 4 platforms to make it to the beacon without losing any mercury. A big tip for this level is to use the D-pad to focus on the main blob once it's separated as you don't need to worry about the other blob at that point. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 3 [QUP3] Time: 110s Percentage: 75% (the stage select says 4% but that's wrong) Beacons: 1 Getting through: Start by hitting the red switch to your left, then go through the red gate you just opened. Just follow the level counter-clockwise around till you hit the red switch at the top right (beware of the pushers knocking your mercury off the stage) and then follow the level back to near the beginning, then go through up through the red gate you just opened up to hit the weighted switch and light the beacon. You must keep 75% to win, so take your time if you're not going for first place. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 55.00 = 5,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X2 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 11,000 Now if you ARE going for first place, this level is basically a race, but you NEED to keep 100% to have a chance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 [QUT1] Time: 40s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Move 1 square to the left, then up one to trap the blue mercury in the yellow gate, then you can move the red blob up and through the red gate without having to worry about the two mixing and becoming purple. Once in the gate go into the vacuum pipe, and on the other end go through the yellow paintshop. Go back into the vacuum pipe, and on the other end go through the yellow gate, mix with the blue blob to become silver and then go through the silver gate and hit the silver switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 25.00 = 2,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 X2 Minimum Total: 6,000 This is fun: What you have to do is hold up and a little to the right so that the blue blob of mercury will stay in the elevated corner while part of the red blob can pass through the gate before it turns purple. Then once there, since it's a smaller piece it will not only move faster, but it will be extremely faster to pick up through the vacuum pipe. Then once through and back the pipe, mix the colors together to make silver and finish up the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2 [QUT2] Time: 46s Percentage: 10% Beacons: 3 Getting through: Do this very slowly just to get the hang of it, then you can speed it up to finish the level: down 1 left 3 up 6 right 3 up 1 right 2 up 5 left 2 up 3 right 3 up 1 and finally go straight towards the switch. basically, you're moving the blue and green down and out and up first, then moving the blue into the gap while bringing out the red, then moving up the blue so it stays where it is as you further bring out the red, then moving the green and red closer, then pushing the blue and red into the beacon area, and then finally moving in the green and into the beacon area. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 29.00 = 2,900 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 X2 Minimum Total: 8,400 For first place follow the steps above, just do it faster, it's not hard... :P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 3 [QUT3] Time: 90s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First go into an eagle's eye view. For this level, first bring down the blue blob of mercury, and just before it goes through the spinner hold left so that the blue piece will finish going through the spinner AND the red blob will go off to the side so that it doesn't mix into purple. Then bring the blue blob over and tilt the red blob into the spinner to put it with it's corresponding switch. Then hold right to make both blobs hit their switches, which will open up the gates in the middle. Then just lead both blobs through the spinner into the middle to mix into purple where you'll hit the purple switch to light the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 69.00 = 6,900 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 X2 Minimum Total: 10,400 The easiest way that I’ve tried to get first is to first bring the blue blob through the spinner, but when it's halfway through the spinner let a bit get cut off in the middle so that there's a little blue blob sitting there. Then when the blue blob is in the bottom, bring it towards the blue switch, and at this point the blue blob should be right next to the red blob so be careful. Then bring the blob(s) back towards the spinner where you will bring the red blob through it, and do the same thing with the red blob at the top of the spinner; cut off a piece so one goes towards the red switch and the other goes towards the middle to mix with the blue blob you left behind earlier to make purple. Then all you have to do is hit the red switch and the gates will open up and let your already purple blob hit the switch to light the beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 1 [QUC1] Time: 56s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 2 Getting through: Switch into an eagle's eye view. Start by bringing the red blob out without letting out the silver blob, and then hold left until you hit the red switch. Now you can hold up to let out the silver blob and bring it to the red blob to combine it (the red blob should be frozen near the red switch) into one big silver blob. Once combined, bring it down and towards the path under you and to the left. Then just follow the path and you'll end up at the silver weighted switch to light the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 33.00 = 3,300 X2 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X2 Beacons: 2 = 1,000 Minimum Total: 12,600 Switch into an eagle's eye view. First off, you need to bring out a little silver while you're bringing out the red blob. To do this just start off by holding up and slightly left, then as the silver blob goes through the gate bring it up to where the bottom level connects to the top one, but don't bring it up to the top level. Right before it touches the connecter, the red gate should be opening, so hold left to bring the red mercury through the gate and towards the switch while the silver mercury goes in the same direction. When the red blob hits the switch, hold directional down and right to bring the red mercury to the lower level. Now this will cut down time: see where the path is? See the opening to the path where there's 2 corners, one on top and one on bottom? Wedge the red blob into the one on top and then move the silver blob towards it to mix them together. The only thing left to do is follow the path down and hit the weighted switch to light the beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 2 [QUC2] Time: 108s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Zoom out a bit and use an eagle's eye view. TAKE YOUR TIME IN THIS LEVEL; you have a large amount of time to beat it. Follow the path to your right and wait for the pile driver to hit before passing it to touch the red paintshop before you return back to the start, where you'll go through the red gate and go around the windy path. Wait for the sliding gates to open before passing through the 3, then hit the red switch to your right to open up the gate, then go through it and hit the red switch at the end of the path. Return to the gate and go left, then go through the gate you just opened up and hold up to go past a very cool part, and then finally you'll hit the weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 55.00 = 5,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X2 Beacons: 1 500 X2 Minimum Total: 11,500 This is an annoying level, as you need, I repeat NEED to keep all 100% of your mercury. So do the level as I wrote it above, just do it faster. A tip for this level as well as any other level is to go slower around the parts where you're not yet comfortable with and go faster around parts that you are comfortable with. In time you'll get more used to the uncomfortable parts and be able to go faster and faster and cut down more time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss [QUBS] Time: 141s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 3 Getting through: This is the first level in which Jacob's ladder, which is a tesla coil, is introduced. Read the first part of the walkthrough for how to get past the coil without getting zapped. Switch into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Start by holding up and going through the red gate to the left of the tesla coil. The coil will take 13% of your mercury away if you rush into the middle. Once through the red gate go through the green paintshop and out the green gate, where you will then go up, around and into the teleporter directly above the green paintshop. When you come out the other side you'll hit the green weighted switch. Hold right to drop down to the lower level (you don't have to go back through the teleporter) where you'll hold down and go back into the middle through the green gate to the right of the coil. Go through the yellow paintshop, through the yellow gate, and up and around to the teleporter right above the yellow paintshop. Then hit the yellow switch and drop back to the lower level. Now go up and left and go through the blue paintshop, then go up and onto the gravity bender, which will literally flip gravity and also invert your controls. All you have to do is head down (which means you'll hold up) towards the blue weighted switch and land on it to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 90.50 = 9,050 X2 87.25 = 8,725 X2 Minimum %: 87% = 2,175 X2 100% = 2,500 X2 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 X2 3 = 1,500 X2 Minimum Total: 25,450 25,450 Follow the steps above, just do it pretty fast, it's not a hard level to get first. Once again read the walkthrough on how to get past the coils with 100%. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus [QUBN] Time: 120s Percentage: 40% Beacons: 4 Getting through: First go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. This level is pretty annoying, but once you figure out the gates it's simple. First just test out the gates. If you hold up, the gate on your left will go up and open. If you hold down, the gate on your right will go down and open. Hold left for the bottom right for the top. Now for actually beating this level, first head for the green paintshop up top, then go down past 2 gates so that you're back in the middle where you started, then go right one gate, down one, and the right one, and then hit the green weighted switch. Next, you'll be heading for the red paintshop the section over. You can either wait for the platform moving on the outside or you can go through the level if it's not there yet or if you're impatient. Once in the paintshop, go up 2 sections into the middle where you started and then go left one gate, up one, left one, and then hit the red weighted switch. Do you see the pattern yet? Next go to the purple paintshop right under you, then go 2 gates right to the middle, up one, right one, up one, and then hit the purple weighted switch. Next and last is the yellow paintshop. Once you go through it go left 2 gates, down one, left one, down one, and hit the yellow weighted switch to light the final beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 38.05 = 3,805 X2 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X2 in the section score total, it doesn't show Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X2 X2 for all 3 of the sections, but they are X2 Minimum Total: 16,610 Follow the steps above, you'll see how the level works. IN SUMMARY OF ABOVE: go to the green paintshop, down 2, right down right, hit the switch go to the red paintshop, up 2, left up left, hit the switch go to the purple paintshop, right 2, up right up, hit the switch go to the yellow paintshop, left 2, down left down, hit the switch for the best time try to make the straightest line to go through the strand of gates starting with the second up/down/left/right back into the middle and ending at the weighted switches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Xero: Race 1 [XER1] Time: 80s Percentage: 10% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Hold left so that you drop down to the level below you, then hold right till you drop to another level below you, then hold left and go over the conveyor belt and drop down onto the moving platform just below (you might have to wait a few seconds for it to go under you). Then hold right till you hit the wall, then hold left to go up the conveyor belt and then drop down to the spikes where you'll hold left (and up a little so you don't fall off) till you hit the left wall. The next part's a little bit tricky, but simple if you go slowly through it. Just go around the mini-walls sticking out while staying on the arrow belts and you'll be able to go around them. Next, go to the right and you'll come to a very, very cool part. When you go on the speeding conveyor belts you'll get shot up and onto a wall on the other side. You'll do this 4 times, and then you'll be back up top on the beginning level where you will just go around the barrier and hit the square platform to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 63.34 = 6,334 X3 69.42 = 6,942 X3 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 27% = 675 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 22,000 22,000 To get first place, don't pay any attention to the walkthrough above. First, go into options and pick "Snap 45" then rotate the camera 45 degrees to the left. Next, drop down one level and follow it till the end, but about 4 squares before you fall down to the level under you, hold right and a little up to go off the side of the platform so that you're in mid-air with nothing below you. Almost immediately after you drop off hold directional left-up to land on the conveyor belt, which will awkwardly launch you into a wall. After you land quickly change the camera angle back to normal (rotate the camera 45 degrees to the right) and then go on the conveyor belt next to you and race to the finish. If you wanna get advanced here, when you're on that last conveyor belt hold down for half a second then hold up so that you don't have to waste a few seconds going around the barrier and that you'll just simply land on the square platform. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 2 [XER2] Time: 95s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 1 Getting through: A very straightforward level: First, use an eagle's eye view. Focus on the red blob and go up and around the barrier till you hit the green paintshop, then return to where you started and hit the green switch to open up the gate where the blue blob is. Next just focus on the blue blob (btw you should already know by now, but if you hit the d-pad you can focus in on one blob at a time). Hold up to bring out the blue blob till you hit the top wall, then go left to hit the switch which will open up the gate you'll be going through. Next, go up right and around the barrier and then weave through the path filled with holes till you hit the bottom, then hold left and at the end hold up till you go just a little bit past the gate, then hold down and right so that the gate slides down and you're able to go through it. Hit the blue switch to open the gate near the green blob, then merge the 2 blobs together to make cyan mercury and make your way back around the level till you're at the top, then go left through the cyan gate and hit the square platform. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 25.00 = 2,500 X3 27.09 = 2,709 X3 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 75% = 1,875 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 10,500 10,500 This level is incredibly easy to get first place in. Just go fast, don't hit the walls on the straightaways, and if you wanna cut down time just let a little bit of the green blob (or cyan if you touched the paintshop before the blue got near) mix with the blue blob and bring that through the level for more speed. You shouldn't have too much trouble with this level, and don't worry about losing too much mercury in the holes, as you see above you can still beat it very easy even if you drop mercury. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 3 [XER3] Time: 41s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Go into a bird's eye view. Hold down till you hit the switch, then hold up till you're on the gravity bender. You'll be lifted onto the ceiling (remember controls are inverted at this point) and go around the maze then at the end you'll drop down onto the ground, then just hold up (and yes, up is up now) and you'll hit the square platform to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 30.00 = 3,000 X3 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 12,000 Hold down when you start, then when you go over the gravity bender, only stay on it for a half a second then hold up again to go over the miniwall in front of you and just keep holding up and you'll hit the square platform. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 1 [XEP1] Time: 45s Percentage: 40% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Warning, this is a very annoying level. First go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Hold up and a bit right to bypass the first anti-your-way conveyor belts and hold up till you're in between the next bunch of belts. Next, hold right till you're right outside of the belts, then SLOWLY go around the compilation of belts couter-clockwise till you hit the cyan paintshop. You have a lot of mercury to lose before you fail the level, so if a few drops fall off don't worry about them, but if a few drops get stuck in the conveyor belts, make sure that your cyan blob doesn't touch them, otherwise they'll turn silver and you'll have to go around yet again. But after you turn cyan, hold right and go through the path and down the up-conveyor belt. Then just go right avoiding the belts on the ground, go around the path, and land on the weighted cyan switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 10.00 = 1,000 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 9,000 Follow the walkthrough above, just do it faster. This one took me at least 30 tries to do, so if this isn't the last level you have to do to unlock the bonus level, take a break once in a while so you don't end up throwing your PSP into the computer monitor or anywhere else. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 2 [XEP2] Time: 68s Percentage: 25% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Let's talk centripetal force. Or lets just go on with beating this game. First go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. I'm going to call the center of this level the blue switch. First go once around the blue switch so that you can get to the red paintshop at the bottom. Then go back around the switch halfway till you get to the top, go through the red gate and hit the red switch, which will turn the red paintshop into a blue one. Then go around halfway and go through the blue paintshop, then go around and hit the blue switch, which will turn the yellow paintshop above you into a green paintshop. Next you must go around one revolution so that you get get to that paintshop and turn green, then once again go around halfway to the bottom with your green blob and hit the green weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 25.00 = 2,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 10,500 There aren't any shortcuts, just follow the steps above and cut some corners, just keep 100%. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 3 [XEP3] Time: 36s Percentage: 25% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Look at the first place walkthrough if you wanna try finishing this level fast. But if not, keep reading. First, go into an eagle's eye view. Hold left and hit the switch, then go back to where you started and go into the rotating T-spinner and then hold up once you get through past the tesla coils, then rotate the camera 90 degrees to the right while the mercury is freely falling down the slope. Then hold down to hit the switch and hold up again and through the T-spinner, then on the other side hold left till you get to the weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 25.00 = 2,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 10,500 ComPLETELY different than the walkthrough. Go into an eagle's eye view. Now see that ledge below you with the finishing switch? You'll be going directly to that ledge. First hold up, then when you hit the wall hold down so that you have enough speed to go over the ledge. Then with at least 25% of the mercury over the ledge, just hit the switch. This may take a few tries to do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 [XET1] Time: 130s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 5 Getting through: Eagle's eye view. Start by going right and through the 2 gates on the right side, then head for the blue paintshop. Go back down and hold left on the stretch on top of the horizontal barrier, not on the bottom where you came from and where the mercoid now is. Once you hit the wall on your left go down and through the gate and hit the blue switch B1, then go down through the next gate and to the bottom wall and go right till you hit the blue switch B2. Next, go up through the 2 gates and head straight for the red paintshop, then go the same route you did with the blue blob and hit the red switches as you go (hit R1 first then R2). Next, head straight for the green paintshop through the red gate, turn green, exit through the green gate, then go down through the 2 regular gates on the left side and head straight for the green switch at the bottom to beat the level. Don't be surprised if you got first place on your first time through without trying, it's an easy level. _____________ Getting first place: |Gps Rps Bps| | | Minimum Time: 31.00 = 3,100 |B1 R2| Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 |R1 B2| Beacons: 5 = 2,500 X3 |_____ G _____| Minimum Total: 13,100 |_| This is one of the easiest levels to get first place on. Just follow the walkthrough above; you don't even have to rush to get first on this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2 [XET2] Time: 48s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 3 Getting through: This level's just thinking things through before you act. Fortunately for you, I've done the thinking for you. First, go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out. Next, follow these instructions slowly the first time to see the path of where to go and how to do it, then do it faster: Hold left for 2 squares, up 2, left 2, up 2, right 2, down 1, right 5, up 3, left 3, up 2, right 4, down 1, right 2, up 3, hit the switch. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 34.00 = 3,400 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 X3 Minimum Total: 10,400 Follow the walkthrough above, just do it faster and don't lose any mercury. It will take a few tries to get the rhythm of the level down when you speed up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 3 [XET3] Time: 161s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 6 Getting through: Eagle's eye view, zoom out. Start by going left 2 squares, then going up and over the purple switch to lure the mercoid to you, then cut back and through the yellow paintshop and head back to where you started, then go down to the bottom wall and hit the yellow switch, then head straight for the blue paintshop. Hold up till you get to the second opening on your left, then go through that opening then go up 1, left 2, up 2, left 2, then from there go straight for the blue switch, then cut back and go straight up and through the opening to your left, then cut diagonally up-left till you're able to just hold up to get the blue switch. Next, head to the purple paintshop, go down till you hit the wall, go right till you hit the wall, then go through the opening to the middle and into the center of the level where you'll hit the purple switch. Head for the center opening on the bottom, then go straight for the bottom-left corner of the level where the teleporter is, but DON'T go into the teleporter yet. Once on the bottom-left corner go up and through the green paintshop, then go clockwise around that one barrier till you get back to the teleporter where NOW you'll go into it. Next, head straight for the green switch, then head straight for the red paintshop and then go back into the teleporter and on the other side just hold right till you hit the final red switch and take a breath from being glad you weren't consumed by the mercoids. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 103.00 = 10,300 104.75 = 10,475 106.25 = 10,625 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 93% = 2,325 87% = 2,175 Beacons: 6 = 3,000 X3 6 = 3,000 X3 6 = 3,000 X3 Minimum Total: 21,800 21,800 21,800 This level is a pure race, that's all. Go as fast as you can without getting eaten. Remember, if you don't hit the walls you'll get more speed. Some tips are that when you first start, head straight for the yellow paintshop then go around the right barrier from the top opening to get back to where you started with the most speed since you're just going straight. If you wanna get fancy, when you get to the part with the transporters, let a drop go through it while you're running around with the purple mercury so that by the time you get back to the transporter with your newly greened blob, the blob on the top right will be red and you'll be able to put it through the transporter while you're simultaneously putting through the green mercury so they basically just switch places. This cuts down a bunch of time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 1 [XEC1] Time: 94s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First off rotate the camera 180 degrees and zoom out a bit. Go around the path and drop down the ledge, and make sure you don't fall off the slant. Go left and up to drop down onto the conveyor belt, then you'll drop down at the end and go around the path till you go into the teleporter. In the middle of teleporting rotate the camera 180 degrees. On the other side you'll go through 3 spinners, then go up the conveyor belt, and while on it go into and eagle's eye view. At the top, turn red, then drop down to the bottom and go up the other conveyor belt, then just follow the path to the end. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 35.34 = 3,534 X3 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 18,600 Follow the walkthrough above, just don't lose any mercury. This is basically just a race to the finish, and with practice you'll get first. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 2 [XEC2] Time: 135s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 4 Getting through: You can do this two ways, the first place way is as easy as the regular way, just the splitting up part in the beginning of the first place way is a bit tricky; you're choice. Go through the red gate, turn blue, then go left and up and around the gap and hit the blue weighted switch. Next, go back out the gate and out the blue gate, then go counter-clockwise around the level till you get to the next blue gate, turn yellow, then exit through the yellow gate and go counter-clockwise around the level again till you get to the next yellow gate. Pass through it, turn purple, then go down and past the non-colored gate and into the spinner in the center of the level, then hit the purple weighted switch, go down and turn yellow, go back through the spinner and hit the yellow weighted switch. Next, go back out the gate, turn back into purple, then go out the purple gate and yet again go around the level counter-clockwise till you get to the next purple gate, where you'll turn green and hit the final green switch. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 45.00 = 4,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X3 Minimum Total: 18,000 You'll be doing this a different way than above. Start by holding right, but when you go through the red gate make sure only half of it goes through it, leaving a little behind. In essense, you're using the gate as a splitter. Next hold right till the top red blob touches the blue paintshop and the other red blob goes past that curved wall sticking out. Then hold left and up (if you brought over the small red blob to where I said you'll notice it's wedged into place and you don't have to worry about it) and bring the blue blob up into the area where the blue weighted switch is, then bring it back out the gate and into the top-left corner still inside the blue/red gate section. Bring the small red blob all the way left and into the bottom-left part of the level, then bring the blue blob through the blue gate and mix it with the red blob to make purple. Next, bring the purple blob up and through the purple gate, turn green, hit the green weighted switch, turn purple, then go back out the purple gate and around the level clockwise till you get to the next purple gate. Go through it and past the gate and into the gear, then hit the purple weighted switch, go down and touch the yellow paintshop, then go back through the spinner and hit the final yellow weighted switch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss [XEBS] Time: 187s Percentage: 65% Beacons: 4 Getting through: This level is very simple. First zoom out a bit so that you can see where the weighted platforms are so you don't have to search around for them later on. Also notice and remember that the teleporter is on the side of the blue switch, or if you're on the bottom level, is on the side of the blue and yellow paintshops. Now for doing the level: Spin the dial on top to open the four gates below, then head up towards the weighted red switch to activate it. Now if you turn the camera around 180 degrees, you'll see a red gate with a green paintshop. Go through that gate, turn green, exit through the green gate, and then head up towards the teleporter to repeat the steps over again, but this time with the green blob, then repeat with it again blue, then repeat with it yellow. Change the camera around a lot and keep it pretty horizontal so that it's easy to see where your next destination is. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 85.00 = 8,500 X3 X3 93.75 = 9,375 X3 me: 95.24 = 9,524 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 X3 65% = 1,625 X3 93% = 2,325 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X3 X3 4 = 2,000 X3 4 = 2,000 Minimum Total: 39,000 39,000 41,547 After you try out this course, you'll see that all you have to do is rotate the spinner around one and a half times for you to have enough time to drop down and go in and out of the gate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus [XEBN] Time: 150s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 4 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 81.67 = 8,167 X3 93.00 = 9,300 X3 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X3 55% = 1,375 X3 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X3 4 = 2,000 X3 Total: 38,000 38,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Aqua: Race 1 [AQR1] Time: 27s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 2 Getting through: This is a straightforward level. Go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit, then go down the ledge and counter-clockwise around to the cyan paintshop, or if you want to be speedy you can just hold up till you jump over the barrier and land on the paintshop. Then, go clockwise back around and go down the ledge to the left, then go down through the opening to hit the switch, then hold up to go through the cyan gate and follow the path around till you hit the square platform. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 13.25 = 1,325 X4 15.75 = 1,575 X4 16.38 = 1,638 X4 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 60% = 1,500 50% = 1,250 Beacons: 2 = 1,000 2 = 1,000 2 = 1,000 Minumum Total: 8,800 8,800 8,800 Go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Go up and over the barrier and land on the cyan paintshop, then go back around the path clockwist. Now here's where you can do this level 2 ways. The first way is easy, but you'll cut it close. The second way will be a little harder, but you have a lot more time. (1) Go down the white ledge and keep holding left till half of the blob is about halfway on the ledge. Then hold down and then right and down to make both blobs hit their corresponding object to light up each beacon. (2) When you get to where the white ledge is, don't go down it. What you need to do is jump from where you are down to the platform of the cyan switch and hit into the corner on that level so that some stays on that platform and some drop down to the level below to the left. After you do that, just hit each corresponding object to light up each beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 2 [AQR2] Time: 54s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 4 Getting through: A pretty straightforward level. Zoom to a medium distance, then hold directional up-right to head to the red switch. Then go into the green paintshop and go left and around the obstacles to hit the green switch. Go into the blue paintshop and go diagonal down-right and around the obstacles to hit the blue switch. Finally, go through the silver paintshop and go left around the obstacles to his the square platform and light the final beacon. Minimum Time: 26.25 = 2,625 X4 26.75 = 2,675 X4 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 92% = 2,300 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 4 = 2,000 Minimum Total: 15,000 15,000 Follow the walkthrough above. Remember that the white floor boards let you go faster. For the first beacon, hold diagonally up-right and you'll basically go directly to the next point, and if you break up into two pieces and don't get back into one by the time you get to the switch, then start over as you need 100% or very close to 100% to win. The only other thing is that when you turn into silver, go along the bottom of the level to get to the square platform. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 3 [AQR3] Time: 115s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Very simple, spiral in clockwise around the entire level till you get to the center and turn red, then spiral out counterclockwise till you're back at the beginning, then go through the red gate, turn blue, then follow the path up and around clockwise till you get to the blue gate, then go through it and hit the square platform to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 67.50 = 6,750 X4 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 30,000 This is a tricky one to do, as you need to use the pile driver to literally jump over the barrier. The easiest way to do this is to make the blob split into two pieces: one on the left side of the pile driver and one on the right. To do this let about a quarter of the mercury go past the pile driver as it slams down, then make the remaining blob go into the pile driver while it's down to make them split into two equal pieces of mercury. Then when the pile driver is raised, the two mercury pieces will be on each side waiting to get pummeled. If they merge, then give up a little bit of mercury to make the blob smaller, then repeat. Once the two blobs, that aren't touching each other, are under the driver, hold left a split second before it hits, and the blob of mercury on the right side will hop over the left barrier and onto the outside platform. A big, big warning though: this might take at least 30 tries to do it right, so don't get frustrated. Restarting the level a lot makes it easier to do. Now once you've hoped the barrier with what's probably a very small blob, manually focus on it, then turn it blue and bring it around the level to the end. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 1 [AQP1] Time: 70s Percentage: 80% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Eagle's eye view. First, go up and to the right to hit the silver switch, the double-back and go to where the platform is moving and go into the teleporter. On the other side, switch back to a normal-looking view. Next, see that little platform that's moving up and down? Use it to make the blob hit the yellow paintshop, then hit the silver switch to extend out a platform next to you and follow the path to the weighted yellow switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 50.00 = 5,000 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X4 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minumum Total: 15,500 Follow the walkthrough above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 2 [AQP2] Time: 27s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Pretty simple, just follow the conveyor belts around. Just watch out for the sideways belts, they can toss you off the level. But if you go carefully around the level this one should be a breeze. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 8.00 = 800 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X4 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minumum Total: 11,300 Go around the level almost as fast as you can, but make sure you don't lose ANY mercury otherwise you won't be able to complete it. My advice is to go at a medium pace around the level till you get used to the belts and don't fall off as much, then go faster till you complete the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 3 [AQP3] Time: 106s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 1 Getting through: This is a confusing one. Basically, first you have to merge all of the silver blobs together. First, go into an eagle's eye view. The easiest places to merge the blobs is in the horseshoe where the bottom blob is or on the left or right wall. Start by bringing out the top blob, then left and down once it's out. This will also bring out the left blob. What you want to do here is merge the top and left blob on the left wall. Next, bring that blob to the right and merge it with the right blob either on the right wall or on the outside of the right horseshoe or bottom horseshoe, whatever's easier. Lastly combine the big blob with the bottom blob that should still be in the same place. Most of this stuff is trial and error finding out the easiest way for you to do it. Next, go through the red paintshop, which should be close to where you are now. Once red go up to the top of the level and through the red gate, down the ledge, and go through the blue paintshop. Once there go up the conveyor belt and to the other side of the level, where you will hit the blue switch to open up the gate and then go through it to the end. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 46.00 = 4,600 40.00 = 4,000 33.00 = 3,300 Minimum %: 87% = 2,175 X4 93% = 2,325 X4 100% = 2,500 X4 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 13,800 13,800 13,800 Follow the walkthrough above. If you don't lose any mercury, or a very very small blob (93%) then you can beat this level in over 40 seconds and get first or if you want to shave some time then don't turn red and go down the conveyor belts the wrong way. This way you might lose mercury but if you don't lose it this way is faster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 [AQT1] Time: 145s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 4 Getting through: First go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Go right into the spinner, then down one spinner, right one, and exit through the bottom and turn red. Next, go back into the spinner, then to the middle spinner. The middle spinner only turns clockwise, so try not to overshoot any place that you're going. Once in the middle, go to the top spinner and through the red gate and hit the red switch, but watch out for the mercoid there. If you've hit the switch but the spinner's not in place you can go back through the gate and hold down towards the spinner and the mercoid won't be able to eat you. When the spinner comes back go in it and to the middle spinner, then to the right spinner and through the gate to hit the second red switch. Come back through the gate and through the blue paintshop. Next go into the right spinner, the middle spinner, the bottom spinner, and go down through the gate and hit the blue switch. Then double back to the bottom spinner, the middle spinner, the left spinner, and go left to hit the final blue switch. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 50.00 = 5,000 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X4 Minumum Total: 15,500 Follow the walkthrough above. Even if you miss a spinner once you can still beat the level with a teeny bit over 50 seconds left. If you are good at multitasking then you can split up the blobs of mercury to cut down a lot of time, but you don't need to do that unless you want a big score. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2 [AQT2] Time: 40s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 3 Getting through: First, go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Then move right one square and go up till you split the red mercury into two pieces and merge the left red piece with the green blob on the top wall. Next, just looking at the yellow blob, move it onto the yellow switch. Next, bring the blobs down about 6-7 squares till the red blob is adjacent with the "up" conveyor belt. Then when it reaches the top of the belt move it onto the red switch. The blue blob should be pinned against the left wall. Next, you have to merge the blue and red blobs against that small L-shaped wall on the middle right part of the level to make it purple, then hit the purple switch when you're done. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 25.00 = 2,500 26.75 = 2,675 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 93% = 2,325 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 X4 3 = 1,500 X4 Minimum Total: 11,000 11,000 Follow the walkthrough above. Start slow so you know how to do it, then slowly increase the speed till you get first place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 3 [AQT3] Time: 119s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 1 Getting through: This level's fairly simple. First, go into an eagle's eye view and manually focus on the bottom silver blob. Then go left and up till you go through the blue paintshop, then double back and go through the blue gate. Next, before you hit the blue switch, get the mercoid to follow you. Once it's past the opening, hit the switch and go through the blue gate. This will trap it in that section so that it won't eat the mecury you'll have to eventually release. Next, go around the board counter-clockwise and repeat those steps with the red mercury, then green, and finally yellow. When you hit the yellow switch the blob in the middle will be accessable. Merge your yellow (or blue blob if you touched the paintshop on your way there) then go back around the level clockwise till you get back to the green paintshop, touch it to turn green, then head back to the green weighted switch up top to finish. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 36.00 = 3,600 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 X4 Minimum Total: 8,100 Follow the walkthrough above. This level's basically just a race. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 1 [AQC1] Time: 72s Percentage: 25% Beacons: 1 Getting through: This level is very, very easy. Go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Start by going down and to the right, then you'll actually be hoping up the ledge on the the higher platform. If you don't want to lose any mercury this way then go up the ledge on the inward corner of the ledge. Once on top, go up the conveyor belt, turn purple, go up the next conveyor belt, (you'll notice these first two belts actually keep you on them easier than the the other types of belts) hit the purple switch to open up the gate next to you, go through it, turn yellow, then go right to the next two belts. Once past those belts, hit the yellow switch to open up the gate and go through it to hit the weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 35.50 = 3,500 X4 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X4 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minumum Total: 24,700 Follow the walkthrough above. It's very easy to get first place in this level. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 2 [AQC2] Time: 116s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: The easiest way to do this is to just rush down the pathway in front of you. Just skim the left side and you won't be sucked up at all. Once you get past the vacuums go straight into the teleporter. You should have 100% mercury if you did it right. Next, head to the top left and go around the mini barrier and you'll end up near the tesla coils. The easiest way to do this is to just rush from one switch to another as fast as you can. This way you have enough to survive the level (or get first place if you want). After that, head for the green paintshop and try not to lose any mercury over the edge. Once you've turned green double back and hit the green switch, then head around the wall and go onto the elevator, then wait for that to rise and then hit the weighted green switch up top to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 35.00 = 3,500 Minimum %: 62% = 2,500 X4 Beacons: 1 = 500 X4 Minumum Total: 15,500 Follow the walkthrough above. The tesla coils should zap away to 62% (which is the minimum ammount you need to have for first) if you get his 3 times. If it's more than that then you're probably hitting the first wall before you get hit by the first coil and it's zapping more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss [AQBS] [AQBS] Time: 160s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 5 Getting thgough: Read the walkthrough below. Minimum Time: 46.25 = 4,625 X4 49.75 = 4,975 X4 me: 59.62 = 5,962 X4 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X4 86% = 2,150 X4 86% = 2,150 X4 Beacons: 5 = 2,500 X4 5 = 2,500 X4 5 = 2,500 X4 Minimum Total: 38,500 38,500 42,448 Getting first place: Start off by going into an eagle's eye view. Then manually focus in on the blue/red blobs and zoom in a bit. Next, bring the 2 blobs around the path and stop them when they're horizontally adjecent with the red gate. Bring the red blob through the gate and hit the switch, then double back and stop the blobs as soon as the red blob exits the gate. Then hold down till the blue and red can move left under the barriers next to them and move them left till the blue blob is vertically adjecent with the blue gate, then move the blue blob through, and once again stop both blobs as soon as the blue extis the gate on the way back. Then merge the blue blob with the red blob on the bottom-left corner, or bottom-right corner if the red blob's lower than the blue blob, of the wall with the purple gate, then go through the gate to hit the switch, then double back through the gate and go left till you hit the next switch, which will open up the gate of the silver blob. Bring the silver blob out of the gate and go directly to through the silver gate to hit the switch, double back through the gate and THEN hit that switch. Then bring the purple blob through that gate and use the top right corner as a wedge to stop the silver blob as you do that. Next with the purple blob, hit the switch to open up the gate next to the silver blob, then hit the switch with the silver blob to open up the next part. Make sure that before you go onto the path you make both blobs adjacent to each other, and by this i mean push both blobs into the top-right corner to make them even, then go forward to the path. Press down on the d-pad to bring the view back to focusing on both blobs at once. Then go through the path SLOWLY so you're in control of both blobs and don't lose any mercury. Then after you go up, right and up, merge the two blobs on the left wall. Now if you tried to go fast, you'll probably have a very hard time doing this as the silver blob probably went to far up. But if you went slow enough you'll be fine. After you merge them go all the way up and around till you hit the cyan paintshop then go through the 2 cyan gates and all the way around the level clockwise till you get to the purple paintshop, then go through the purple gate, hit the switch, back through that purple gate, and into the gate you just opened up to hit the weighted switch to light up the beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus [AQBN] Time: 95s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 3 Getting through: The return of the tesla coils. Before you try out the level, just let the level play without you touching anything and watch what happens and how cool it looks. Now back to the walkthrough: restart the level. Go into an eagle's eye view. Hold up till all three blobs are wedged at the top of something. If you do it this way then only the blue blob will get hit by one coil only taking away 7%. Next, hold left and all three blobs will merge into one big silver blob. Also you'll hit the switch to open up the gate at the bottom. Wait about 2 seconds then hold down so that you can get past the coils without being zapped, then hold right and go through the opening. Rotate the camera 180 degrees and get ready for a fun part. You'll be using the gravity benders to go around the platforms. If you're in an eagle eye view then in my opinion this part's easier. Jump over to the middle first, then go to the left side to hit the weighted switch, back to the middle, to the right to hit the weighted switch, and back to the middle. Next go to the top through the purple paintshop, then double back all the way to where the tesla coils are, and go past them and through the purple gate. Then just follow the path to the final beacon to beat the level. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 8.15 = 815 X4 18.90 = 1,315 X4 me: 43.12 = 4,312 X4 Minimum %: 93% = 2,325 X4 50% = 1,250 X4 73% = 1,825 X4 Beacons: 3 = 1,500 X4 3 = 1,500 X4 3 = 1,500 X4 Minumum Total: 18,560 18,560 30,548 Follow the walkthrough above. If you wanna cut down on time then use the gravity benders to just go straight to where you need to go next, aka use the left gravity bender to land where the switch is on the right side. As for getting 30,000? Well that's my own secret that you can figure out on your own. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Helios: Race 1 [HER1] Time: 70s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: A pretty simple level. Go around the path till you get to the teleporter. Once through, follow the path around and past the tesla coils, then go up and to the right through the red paintshop, then back to the left through the red gate. Once again follow the path until you go through the gate leading to the drop bridge, then rotate the camera 90 degrees so you can see the dropoff ledge of the bridge. Sacrifice a bit of mercury to make the bridge drop down, then follow the rest of the path to the end of the level. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 42.65 = 4,265 X5 me: 43.17 = 4,317 X5 Minimum %: 7% = 175 71% = 1,775 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 22,000 23,860 Alright if you try following the walkthrough above you'll notice it's impossible to beat it with even 40 seconds left. What you need to do to get first place is to use the teleporter. Here's the best way to do it: go through the teleporter, and when you come out the other side hold right till you're on the wall just to the right of the teleporter, then once the teleporter re-activates hold left and you'll be lifted up over the left wall. What you need to do is be lifted up enough so you can go over the wall but not too much so that you get sucked into the teleporter. And remember, this is a race, so the ammount of mercury you have at the end really doesn't matter. Once you jump over the left wall then just follow the path to the end. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 2 [HER2] Time: 43s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Hold up and you'll split into two blobs. Next, hold left till the left blob hits the left wall, then when you hold right the gates will open and you can go through them. Hold up till you're adjacent with the sideways ledges, then hold left till the right blob falls down, and then hold right and the two blobs will merge once again. Next go up and into the left teleporter and on the other end just hold up and you'll fall down to the bottom where the beacon is. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 20.00 = 2,000 X5 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 13,000 In order for you to do this in the alotted time you have to make sure that there's only one blob of mercury throughout the entire level. First, you need to literally jump the ledge by holding directional up-left or up-right, but for the sake of this walkthrough go up-right. Also the gate opens up while you are going towards it. You should be on the right side of the level in one piece and 100% if you did it right. Next go through the level like you would normally and when you get to the end you'll have first place. Not that hard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 3 [HER3] Time: 85s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 1 Getting through: First rotate the camera 180 degrees and zoom out a teeny bit. Go down and right dropping down to the ledges, then go to the next batch of ledges and repeat. Once past the two inclines and on the flat part go right and up the conveyor belt, go through the red paintshop, and then to save some time just drop down to where you just were. Next, go right and through the red gate, then go down the incline with the 4 ledges sticking out, then follow the path to the end of the level. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 20.00 = 2,000 X5 me: 54.29 = 5,429 X5 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 6% = 150 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 25,000 27,795 Rotate the camera 180 degrees and zoom out a teeny bit. Go down and right dropping down to the ledges, then when you get to the flat part, don't go down the next incline, go right. What you're going to do is go behind the mini-wall and jump down to the incline where the red paintshop is. If you have more than about a quarter of mercury then lose it as you'll need speed to actually jump the ledges. Once you jumped and landed where the red paintshop is then drop down directly to the level below you and then go through the red gate and continue down the path and to the end of the level. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 1 [HEP1] Time: 240s Percentage: 80% Beacons: 5 Getting through: Here's the level that's been giving people problems. For all those people that are stuck on how to hit that silver switch, you need to hit it first, BEFORE you turn into any other color. To do that you must sacrifice a small amount of mercury down that curved ledge, not all of the mercury, just a small amount. This way the small blob will drop down and activate the switch to open up the gate on the main level. Go through that gate and straight into the vacuum, and once out go into the next vacuum, then rotate the camera 90 degrees left while you're in the 2nd vacuum and you'll be able to see everything easier. Once out of the vacuum, you can activate that fabled silver weighted switch. Next, go right past the pile driver and drop down towards the blue paintshop. Rotate the camera 90 degrees right. Once you go through the blue paintshop head to the teleporter, and on the other side drop down the curved ledge, go through the blue gate and hit the blue weighted switch, then double back and go through the vacuum. On the other side go throught the green paintshop and through the vacuum. While in that vacuum rotate the camera 90 degrees left, and then on the other side of the vacuum hit the green weighted switch and make sure that you DON'T get sucked up in the vacuum otherwise you're screwed. Go into the middle holding left, and continue holding left down the original curved ledge and through the red paintshop. Drop down to where the blue paintshop is but DON'T go through it. You need to sneak around the botom of it VERY slowly otherwise you're going to be very frustrated with this level. Once past the blue paintshop bring your RED blob into the teleporter, then on the other side go rigth to hit the red weighted switch, then into the 3 back-to-back vacuums, and at the last one hit the final red weighted switch to get this level out of the way. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 120.00 = 12,000 111.25 = 11,125 Minimum %: 80% = 2,000 X5 87% = 2,175 X5 Beacons: 5 = 2,500 5 = 2,500 Minimum Total: 24,500 24,500 Follow the walkthrough above. Once you get the hang of this level it's very easy to complete. You don't really need to rush this level either. I beat this level with 138 seconds left; that's 18 seconds to spare (and that's also if I have the minimum amount of mercury, if I didn't I'd have much more time to get first in this level as you see above). Just take your time going around the blue paintshop when you're red and get used to being sucked up through the vacuums in one easy swoop so that there's no little bits of mercury flying around everywhere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 2 [HEP2] Time: 68s Percentage: 80% Beacons: 1 Getting through: For this level make sure you do it exactly this way otherwise the blobs of mercury you're not looking at will fall off the level. Bring the blue blob left to hit the blue switch, then bring down the red blob down to where the square gap is, then bring it to the right of it, then merge it on the bottom right corner with the blue blob. Bring the newly-made purple blob left and all the way to the top, but make sure you bring it to the left of the square gap so the green blob is trapped on it's top wall. Bring the purple blob up and around to the conveyor belt to hit the purple switch, then bring the green blob into the middle and down and to the right of the square gap. In the same time that you bring the green blob to the bottom right corner the purple and yellow blobs should have merged on their own bottom-right corner. If they didn't merge and you lost some purple mercury then just tap right a little bit more once the purple blob drops down. Once the green blob is in the bottom-right corner, bring it left and up the conveyor belt to hit the green switch. Next bring it into the middle of the level, then bring the newly-made silver blob into the middle by holding left as the green blob is wedged in the top-left corner. Merge the two and then hit the silver weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 34.00 = 3,400 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X5 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 16,400 Follow the walkthrough above. To cut down time when you bring the green blob down, split it up on one of the edges in the middle so only a small amount of mercury goes down to hit the green switch. That way enough of the mercury stays in the middle for you to merge with the silver blob and have enough weight to light up the beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 3 [HEP3] Time: 56s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 1 Getting through: This level is very straightforward but annoying if you don't have good control of the mercury. Try to always keep the mercury in one piece so you don't have to worry about merging them later on or lose time if you're trying to get first place. For the beginning hold down till you're close to the bottom left corner then hold right and you'll be able to go through the first batch of bumps in one piece. For the next bunch go up till you hit the middle, then go around the middle in one piece. On the other side hit the red switch to open up the gate, and to make the next part easier rotate the camera 90 degrees to the right. Go up the conveyor belt and follow the path around to hit the red switch, then follow it around again till you're in the teleporter, and on the other side hit the red weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 21.00 = 2,100 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X5 Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 15,100 Follow the walkthrough above. This level's basically a race to the finish. As long as you keep the blob of mercury in one piece through the bumps and don't fall off the path on the top you should be able to make it in time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 [HET1] Time: 68s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 4 Getting through: Eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Go left and through the red paintshop, then go down into the vacuum. On the other side go down and left in-between the gaps to hit red switch, then double back to the vacuum. On the other side go right and through the red gate, and on the other end go down to hit the yellow paintshop, then go up through the vacuum. On the other side go left around the gaps and hit the yellow switch, then double back and go past the vacuum around the bottom of it so you don't get sucked up through it, then go around the wall and through the yellow gate, then go down into the yellow gate below you, and finally hit the last yellow switch. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 11.00 = 1,100 19.00 = 1,900 me: 21.67 = 2,167 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 68% = 1,700 81% = 2,025 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X5 4 = 2,000 X5 4 = 2,000 X5 Minimum Total: 13,600 13,600 14,192 If you're following the walkthrough above then you'll notice you'll probably miss the target time by a few seconds. What you need to do is after you turn red, only let teeny bit of mercury enter the vacuum, then while it's traveling to the other side bring the main blob of mercury close to where you started but close to the top edge. When the other small blob exits, navigate it down, and by making the main blob be close to the top edge this makes sure you can move the small blob down without losing the top blob's mercury. Bring the blobs left and when you bring up the small blob to hit the red switch wedge the main blob in-between the two walls. After you hit the red switch just use the main blob to finish up the level as you normally would. This way you're sacrificing a bit of mercury for a LOT of time, enough to grab first place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2 [HET2] Time: 80s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 4 Getting through: This is an awesome level to show people if you want them to see the full effect of the colors in this game. Remember this: the only teleporter that you will be using is the one between the purple and silver switches. You can also remember that it's the teleporter right next to the green paintshop. Go through the green paintshop and drop only a little bit down, then go through the blue paintshop and drop that down, then mix the two to create cyan and hit the cyan switch. Repeat with the red and blue for the purple switch, then repeat again with the red and green for the yellow switch, and repeat again with red green and blue for the silver switch. This level's awesome. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 39.00 = 3,900 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X5 Minimum Total: 16,400 Follow the walkthrough above. To cut down time do it this way: You'll first mix together the red and green blobs. First go through the red paintshop and drop a little bit down to the lower level, then bring the top blob through the green paintshop and drop a little bit down to the lower level, then as the top blob is pinned against the mini-circle wall bring the green blob up to the red blob and mix them together at the top where the yellow switch already is and hit it, then bring the blobs down and to the right so the top blob goes through the blue paintshop before you drop it down. Now on the bottom level there's the yellow blob and the blue blob. Mix them together to make silver, then use that to hit the silver switch at the bottom. Go into the teleporter in-between the purple and silver switch to go back up top, then finish up the level how you would before with mixing red and blue, and blue and green. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 3 [HET3] Time: 100s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 4 Getting through: Go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a bit. Start by going left so that the red blob goes into the teleporter. Once through, go right until you're adjacent with the blue switch (which is over by one square), then go onto it through the gate and come back out, then go right (which is over by another square) till you're adjacent with the red switch, then go onto it and keep holding down so that the blue and green blobs combine. Bring the red blob back out and then go right and combine the cyan and red blobs on the bottom right corner so that you're now a big silver blob. Make the camera a teeny bit more horizontal. Go right and up, and follow around the path (it doesn't matter if you hit the blue paintshop on the way) till you get to the gravity bender, and hold up till you land on the platform where the yellow paintshop is, then back fall down and go back onto the gravity bender and hold down so that you jump over the wall and land on the higher ground below you. Next, hold down and go around the gap, then on the other side rotate the camera 90 degrees to the right. Go on the gravity bender and land on the platform to your right and hit the yellow switch. Fall back down and go on the gravity bender and land on the ground in front of you where the green paintshop is. Go through it and drop down on the other side of the gravity bender. Rotate the camera 90 degrees left, then follow the same path around that you did to get to the yellow paintshop, and hit the green switch on the bottom to light up the final beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 40.00 = 4,000 50.00 = 5,000 me: 66.53 = 6,653 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 60% = 1,500 33% = 825 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 X5 4 = 2,000 X5 4 = 2,000 X5 Minimum Total: 16,500 16,500 17,478 Go into an eagle's eye view and zoom out a little bit. Go left so that the red blob goes into the teleporter, and while it's in there, bring the green and blue blobs left past the wall and bring them the same length away from the wall as when they were still on the other side. Once the red blob comes through the teleporter, bring all the blobs right and bring the red blob onto its switch, then just look at the other two blobs and bring the blue blob up onto its switch. Make the camera a bit more horizontal and manually focus on the green blob. Hold left till it drops off of the platform and falls on the other platform where the gravity bender is. Hit the green switch, then go on the gravity bender and land on the yellow paintshop's platform and go through it, then drop down and go onto the gravity bender to get back to the higher ground you were on before. Hold down and go past the gap, then rotate the camera 90 degrees to the right, and hold up till you go onto the gravity bender, and land on the yellow switch to light up the final beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 1 [HEC1] Time: 88s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 4 Getting through: First, rorate the camera 90 degrees to the right so that you see the yellow and red paintshops in front of you, and go into an eagle's eye view. You're going to worry about getting out just the right blob for now. Hold directional down-left to bring the blob to the edge, then down and through the gate when it opens and settle it on the bottom wall on the right side of the splitter. You'll notice that the left blob will be stuck where it is the entire time. Now for the left blob: hold directional up-right to bring the blob to the edge, and you'll hear the right blob touch the blue paintshop while you do this (if not just move the blue blob into it; the left blob shouldn't fall off since you'll probbaly be right of the paintshop) then move the silver blob up and through the gate then immediately go right a bit and then hold down so that it hits the red paintshop, and the blue blob should be stuck on the bottom-right curved wall so that it doesn't fall off. Next, bring the blue blob up and through the gate and merge it with the red blob on the top-right curved wall making purple. Now hit the purple weighted switch right next to you, then hold left till you're at the left edge of the level, then go down and through the gate to hit the next purple weighted switch. Now turn yourself green, and then go right above the splitter on the bottom wall and hold down till you split into two pieces. Next, hold up till both pieces are in the clear of the splitter and hold right till the left blob's directly under the blue paintshop. Then turn the left blob blue and merge it with the green blob on the bottom-right curved wall. Then hit the cyan weighted switch next to you, hold left till you're on the left edge of the level, then go up and through the gate to hit the final cyan weighted switch. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 26.00 = 2,600 X5 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X5 Beacons: 4 = 2,000 Minimum Total: 27,500 Follow the directions above; this one's just a race to the finish, pretty easy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 2 [HEC2] Time: 120s Percentage: 80% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Go into an eagle eye's view. Bring the left red blob up onto the moving platform and hit the switch on the other side which will open up the gate for the next blob to go through. Repeat for the other three blobs. Once you've hit all of the switches the next bunch of gates will open up. The best way to do the next part is to hold left so that the two red blobs are in the middle of the pathway, and then bring them up and onto their switches. Next bring the green blob down while simulteneously bringing the blue blob through the blue gate. Bring the green blob around the wall and up all the way to the top wall, then bring the blue blob down and towards the right red blob. When you go over the red switch with the blue blob bring the green blob left through the gate and mix it with the left red blob. After you've hit the yellow and purple switches bring the two blobs up and use the purple blob to go up and around the stronghold trying to get the mercoid to follow you. Once you've mixed the purple blob with the yellow blob on the top-left corner, go through the silver gate and hit the silver weighted switch now that the mercoid's gone, and light up the beacon to win. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 45.00 = 4,500 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X5 Beacons: 1 = 500 X5 Minimum Total: 19,500 Follow the walkthrough above. You'll get used to the pattern after playing the level through a few times. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss [HEBS] Time: 115s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Eagle's eye view. Start by pressing left to focus in on the left blob. Bring it down through the gate and through the zig-zagged walls to the red paintshop, then double back and go through the red gate. Hit the first red switch to get to the next switch, then go back through the red gate and into the spinners. Every spinner BUT the top-right one only turns clockwise. Now there's two ways to do this level, i'll write the regular way here and the other way in the getting first section. Keep in mind though that the first place way to beat the level is faster AND in my opinion easier. 1)When you go through the first spinner leave it spinning so you can get to it from the bottom later on in the level. Navagate through the other two spinners and when you get to the last one hit the red switch before you head up top. Hit the switch to open up silver's gate, then Bring it left to hit the switch and merge it with the red blob. Bring the blob all the way around the pathways and back to the bottom-right spinner where you'll use it to go back to the beginning of the level and hit the weighted switch to light up the beacon. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 52.00 = 5,200 X5 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X5 Beacons: 1 = 500 X5 Minimum Total: 41,000 2)Navagate through the first three spinners leaving the first one spinning. When you get to the top-right spinner and get to hitting the red switch, leave most of the mercury on the switch as the rest of the small amount of mercury goes out through the top. This way that gate will be left open and you won't have to go through the entire outside pathway. Once you're done with that, use the small red blob to hit the switch so let the silver blob loose, then merge the blobs and backtrack to where the red switch blob is, then just go back to the beginning of the level and hit the weighted switch to light up the beacon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus [HEBN] Time: 60s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Eagle's eye view, zoom out a bit, and rotate the camera 90 degrees left. Go right past the gate a little bit and go back left to open it up, then head through the level using the conveyor belts. Remember that the white floor makes you move much faster. After the 4 turns go left past the gate a bit and go back right to open it up, and on the other side hit the red switch. Double back through the entire level and go through the gate you just opened up. Make the camera more horizontal now as you'll have to see across the level for the next part. You're going to be using the conveyor belt to shoot across the entire level to hit the red switch that's on the wall to light up the beacon and beat the level. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = 1,200 X5 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X5 Beacons: 1 = 500 X5 Minimum Total: 21,000 Follow the walkthrough above; this level's basically a race. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Nano: Race 1 [NAR1] Time: 51s Percentage: 4% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 2 [NAR2] Time: 97s Percentage: 1% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Race 3 [NAR3] Time: 45s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 1 [NAP1] Time: 120s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 2 [NAP2] Time: 86s Percentage: 75% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage 3 [NAP3] Time: 132s Percentage: 80% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 [NAT1] Time: 86s Percentage: 85% Beacons: 5 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 28.75 = 2,750 me: 36.22 = 3,622 Minimum %: 85% = 2,125 86% = 2,150 Beacons: 5 = 2,500 X6 5 = 2,500 X6 Minimum Total: 20,000 20,772 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2 [NAT2] Time: 35s Percentage: 43% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 27.50 = 2,750 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 Beacons: 1 = 500 X6 Minimum Total: 8,250 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 3 [NAT3] Time: 115s Percentage: 85% Beacons: 4 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 1 [NAC1] Time: 102s Percentage: 60% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Right off the bat you have three choices: 1) take the straight path to the end and jump the gap to land on the left part of the conveyor belt ares. 2) take the straight path to the end, then go right till you hit the end and head straight for the conveyor belts. 3) follow the entire pathway to the end and fall off right into the conveyor belts. For these, the 1st one will cut off the most time but you'll lose a lot of mercury; the 2nd one will cut off a lot of time and if you do it cleanly you'll probably keep almost all of your mercury; the 3rd one will take the most time but if you're careful going around the path you'll keep all of your mercury. My choice for the best way to get first place? Go the 2nd way, aka straight, right, jump off. Now for the conveyor belt part. Move the camera around so that it's easiest to move around and not fall off. Take a few tries to get used to the easiest way to move. I like focusing the camera rotated 90 degrees left when I'm on the left part of the belts. Once you get to the top, then go up and right, and rotate the camera 180 degrees so you can see yourself on the other side of the wall. Once you fall down the first zig-zag ledges go right, and if you wanna cut down some more time you can fall off that ledge before you goto the next zig-zag ledges. Once on the ground, then go towards the gravity bender, and you have two choices: 1) go onto the gravity bender and weave your way through the ceiling path and you'll end by landing on the weighted red switch; 2) to cut down time, use the gravity bender to just jump over the gap and land on the weighted red switch. The first way will be the easiest, the second way will cut down a lot of time but it'll probably take a few tries to land and live. Getting first place: Minimum Time: 29.17 = 2,917 X6 39.17 = 3,917 X6 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X6 60% = 1,500 X6 Beacons: 1 = 500 1 = 500 Minimum Total: 33,000 33,000 Read the walkthrough above. You'll probably end up with a LOT of time left, but the easiest way to get first is to take the 2nd choice and then the 1st choice. I beat this with 41,000 with ease, don't worry about taking the very hard shortcuts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combo 2 [NAC2] Time: 116s Percentage: 80% Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss [NABS] Time: 82s Percentage: 50% Beacons: 4 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus [NABN] Time: 250s Percentage: 25% Beacons: 6 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit: Bonus 1 [ORBN1] Time: 120s Percentage: 50% unlocked Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus 2 [ORBN2] Time: 240s Percentage: 20% unlocked Beacons: 2 Minimum Time: 118.60 = 11,860 X7 144.54 = 14,454 X7 Minimum %: 100% = 2,500 X7 78% = 1,950 X7 Beacons: 2 = 1,000 X7 2 = 1,000 X7 Minimum Total: 107,520 121,828 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus 3 [ORBN3] Time: 40s Percentage: 75% unlocked Beacons: 1 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus 4 [ORBN4] Time: 90s Percentage: 75% unlocked Beacons: 5 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonus 5 [ORBN5] Time: 200s Percentage: 40% unlocked Beacons: 5 Getting through: Getting first place: Minimum Time: 12.00 = Minimum %: 100% = Beacons: 1 = 500 Minimum Total: this level is sick, the entire level you're on a moving platform ================================================================================ Closing Stuff ================================================================================ I hope you found this guide usefull. Please give me feedback at my email address teamobsessed@hotmail.com with any comments, suggestions, or if you want me to work on a specific level that i haven't put up yet. Thanks to my good friend Atreyu1984 for tips on getting through levels. Thanks to ForteEXE for help on how to get first place in Helios Race 1. Thanks to Pazapp for help on how to get first place in XeroC2, and tips on AQR3. Thanks to Archer Maclean and his team for making this amazing game, one of the best puzzle games I've ever seen so far. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ __ __ / ___// /_ ____ ____/ /_____ _______ \__ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / __ \ | /| / / ___/ ___/ / / / / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / |/ |/ /___ \ /____/_/ /_/\_____\____/\____/|__/|__/_____/ ___ _ / _ \(_)__ ______ ________ __ / // / / _ \ / __ \ | /| / / __ \ | / / / // / / __/ / /_/ / |/ |/ / /_/ / |/ / /____/_/\___/ \_____\__/|__/\_____\ / / / /__/ Copyright (c) 2005 by ShadowsDieAway. 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