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The Sewers of Dross
The Forlorn Hollow
The 7 Planes of Hehenna
Warp Zones
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Warp Zones are apparently the "Super Secret" levels that Chronic Logic
promised us. They appear to be accessible by touching special
portkey type objects
in difficult-to-find secret passages. Death in one of these levels appears
to teleport you immediately back into the "real world," sometimes making it
difficult to finish the levels.
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Chronic Logic cited various old school Nintendo games as sources of
inspiration for Gish, and this is where it shows. This warp zone
is pretty much an exact replica of the first dungeon level of Super
Mario Bros, from the music all the way down to reduced graphical
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Indeed, even the phrase "Warp Zone" was (to my knowledge) first used
in Super Mario Bros, when describing the secret area at the end of this
level. If you touch the pipe opening in this screenshot, you'll be
transported back to the Sewers of Dross. However, if you crawl up
over the top of the screen you will find ... |
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... three additional pipes that will warp you to (left to right):
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Jon Richardson pointed out where the extra life is on this level.
Break the block where Gish is hanging in this picture. The extra
life and all amber pieces are exactly where they (extra lives and coins,
respectively) were on the Mario Bros game. Sometimes you won't be
able to see the item before you get it, but if you watch your point and
life meters you'll see them increase. |
Isle of the Dead
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I'm not certain as to why they named the first warp level with a number
and this one with a name. This level is very difficult to beat,
and made even more so by the fact that you only get one shot before
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Jon Richardson sent the following email and screenshots. He later told
me when he says "roadblock" he is talking about the spots where skulls
completely block your path. The "first" roadblock he mentions is actually
the second, and so on. I'll try to clean this up later.
Beating the isle of the dead:
1)practice lots in the gish level editor -the level is called death.lvl
-type it into the level name, press enter -press f7 -press f1 -if you die,
resist the urge to do the normal thing.
Instead, push f5, and it will reset
2)take it slow
-don't go heavy at the beginning. Fall normally and stick to the right wall
last moment to aim you squarely at the head of the monster beneath, so you
don't get to the left of it. The ghost will hit you once during the fall.
-wait for the ghost to get close, then proceed slowly (I was surprised at
how slow you can go) as long as you make steady progress, the ghost won't
hit you -get the gish drops that are on the floor, except for the one before
the first fairly big climb... that one is prone to get you stuck. The rest,
you can fall just to the left of the pit where the drop lies, so that a
little bit of gish goes into the hole. This can actually give you a speed
boost if you need it.
3) Use sticky sparingly. Use slippery to help you fall through certain
spots.
4) The first total roadblock: use the gish drop pit to fling you quickly
near the top of the wall. As described before, make gish land just to the
left of the pit, with a bit of him going into it, then jump.
Push heavy and sticky when you hit the wall to push it as far as possible. A
few more jerks with heavy while hanging on the wall should send it toppling.
Ride it down while staying heavy. You'll probably get hit about two times.
5) The next decent challenge is the part where gish must ascend up through a
fairly narrow place while an enemy is prone to drop through it. This is the
first part where I would recommend haste. Approach fast enough that the
creature doesn't start before you arrive. Jump from the ground and don't use
sticky.
6) The next total roadblock: This one's nasty, it is created by a creature
and a loose skull near the top of a wall. Use what you can as a ramp to get
you barreling at the monster, then push heavy. This should pop him right
out. This should put you just above the loose skull. Do whatever necessary
to stay above this skull, don't try to pull it out from underneath. Instead,
try to wriggle from above a little into the hole left by the monster, using
soft a little, then push hard. This should push the skull out as well.
You'll probably get hit about 3 times.
beating the isle of the dead:
If you push CTL-ALT-Delete and end the gish task while playing the isle of
the dead, the game will make the mistake of thinking you beat it the next
time you resume your game.
 If you beat
the isle of the dead either legitimately or by the above cheat, you will
meet satan in his lair....
[Note from the editor: I just can't bring myself to spoil this one any more.
If you want to find out what happens next, buy the game and play it yourself!]
In either case, you begin playing again in 3-5.
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