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o Re: Here is THE DIG walkthroughBenjamin Wilkie

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Subject: Re: Here is THE DIG walkthrough
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 by: Benjamin Wilkie - Sun, 4 Feb 2024 06:00 UTC

On Monday, November 27, 1995 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, Lowell Greunke wrote:
> Here it comes! At last!
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> The full walkthrough of
> THE ____ _
> | _ \(_) ____
> | | | | |/ _ \
> | |_| | | (_| |
> |____/|_|\___ |
> _ _/ /
> (____/
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> November 27, 1995 BY Paul Greunke
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> SPACE SHUTTLE:
> -------------
> use pen ultimate to talk to Miles about Flying pig
> Click on Flying pig
> Astroid:
> -------
> Click on pig to open it up
> Get Shovel
> Get Zero-G digger
> Get Explosive Unit Alpha
> Get Explosive Unit Beta
> Click on Space
> Go to quadrant 2
> use zero-G digger with target surface
> use explosive unit alpha with dirt
> use arming key with explosive unit alpha
> click on space
> go to quadrant 3
> use shovel with boulder
> use explosive unit beta with surface
> use arming key with explosive unit beta
> click on space
> go to shuttle
> SHUTTLE:
> -------
> use pen ultimate to talk to Ken Borden about explosives
> watch video clip
> Go back to astroide
> INSIDE THE ASTROIDE:
> -------------------
> click on metallic plate
> use zero-G digger on all 3 odd projections
> click on all 3 metallic plates
> click on dark tunnel
> watch video clip
> CENTER OF ASTROID:
> -----------------
> click on pedestal
> get all 4 plates
> click on square indentation
> use all 4 plates on square
> watch video clip
> PLANET:
> ------
> go to clearing
> go to the ? at the left (wreck)
> WRECK:
> -----
> click on wreck
> open chest
> get device
> pull on hanging wire
> watch video clip
> get wire
> get engraved rod
> leave wreck
> go to clearing
>
> GRAVE:
> -----
> go to ? at top of screen (grave)
> get tusk
> use shovel on grave
> get jaw bone
> leave grave
> go to clearing
> DIRT RAMP:
> ---------
> go to ? at right of screen (dirt ramp)
> use device
> use shovel with small mound
> get bracelet
> leave dirt ramp
> go to dias
>
> Dias:
> ----
> watch video clip
> use shovel with small hole
> watch video clip
> (Brink dies, but don't worry he won't stay that way...)
>
> NEXUS 1:
> -------
> get plate
> walk right until you find the purple rod
> get purple engraved rod
> click on all the panels near doors
> examine purple rod
> click on the buttons until they match the purple rod
> do this with all the panels(doors will not open yet)
> exit panels
> click on ramp(bottom of screen. near dark tunnel)
>
> RAMP:
> ----
> click on edge
> look at unattached lens
> click on edge to see yourself again
> click on control panel
> --------------------------------------
> NOTE:
> there are 7 buttons that program a robot
> top white is backspace
> bottom white is clear
> purple is left
> blue is up
> green is right
> yellow is down
> red is stop/pause
> ---------------------------------------
> to get the lens push:
> purple 4 times,yellow 2 times,and red 1 time
> then exit the control panel leaving the panel lit
> click the triangular button
> watch video clip
> click on control panel
> push bottom white to clear panel
> to restore power (to open doors) push:
> purple 5 times,blue 4 times, and red 1 time
> then exit the control panel leaving the panel lit
> click the triangular button
> go to nexus
> watch video clip
> NEXUS 2:
> -------
> enter open door
> click on ? (tram call)
> get on tram
> watch video clip
>
> MUSEUM SPIRE:
> ------------
> try to open weakened door (can't open it yet)
> don't even try to open the broken door it is never needed
> go outside
> go up
> start light bridge
> 1. click on strange device(light bridge control)
> 2. click an HOLD down switch
> 3. move on lens
> 4. repeat steps 1-3 until light bridge in formed
> (light bridge makes it easier to travel when all are lit)
> click on light bridge
> look at crystal
> go back to museum spire
> enter door(museum)
> get tablet
> get glowing crystals
> click on all displays and watch them(they give hints)
> get red engraved rod
> enter door to left (library0
> talk to Maggie Robbins about everything
> leave and go back to nexus
>
> NEXUS 3:
> -------
> use tusk on panel nearest sparks
> use wire on open panel
> use wire with sparks(fixes panel for later use)
> click on panel nearest acove (at right)
> examine red rod
> click buttons on panel until they match red rod
> enter open door
> click on tram call (tram won't come)
> leave and enter nexus
> use glowing crystals on Brink's body
> Watch video clip
> use museum tram
>
> MUSEUM SPIRE:
> ------------
> clisk on weakened door
> Watch video clip
> get cannister
> leave room
> go outside
> look at fossil(try and remember it)
> go to water
> Watch video clip(Brink will run off)
> click on loose bones(ex turtle)
> arrange bones to look like the fossil
> (legs all curve the same way. feet at back)
> use cannister with dead creature (bones)
> use glowing crystals with dead creature
> Watch video clip
> enter water
> Watch video clip
>
> UNDER WATER CAVE:
> ----------------
> enter chamber
> get plate
> get orange engraved rod
> leave chamber
> enter water
> go back to nexus
>
> NEXUS 4:
> -------
> open door using orange rod (same way as before)
> enter door
> use tram call
> enter tram
>
> PLANETARIUM SPIRE:
> -----------------
> go outside
> go up
> click on far side(water will carry you)
> use shovel with boulder
> get light bridge to work (same as before)
> click on plateau
> use shovel on closest cave to clearing
> get dowel
> get cover
> get rib cage
> use dowel with hole in wood frame circle
> get pole
> get pole again
> use pole with pin (dowel)
> use rib cage with hook
> get rod
> use rod with cage
> catch critter
> 1. click on holes (get critter to run right off screen)
> 2. stand between wood circles and wait
> (may have to repeat steps 1 and 2)
> 3. when critter shows up near wood circles click on trap
> (critter will run under trap and get caught)
> use bracelet with critter
> click on trap (setting critter free)
> get rod
> get rib cage
> enter cave
> stand near bowel
> use device
> use shovel with tracker spot
> get machine part
> leave cave
> go to clearing (we'll come back latter)
> go to crevice(far right)
> get blue rod
> (don't bother trying to get into crevice. not needed)
> go back to nexus
>
> NEXUS 5:
> -------
> enter dark tunnel
> Watch video clip
> walk left
> click on button
> enter air lock
> push button in air lock twice
> enter door
> click on glowing panel
> click on black crystal
> use blue rod with hole
> click on black crystal again
> click and drag sliding crystal until crystal is white
> (for each sliding crystal there is a spot that turns it really white)
> exit
> go back to nexus
>
> NEXUS 6:
> -------
> enter open door(the one with the broken tram)
> push tram call(it will work this time)
> enter tram
> Watch video clip
> enter spire
> go to plateau
> use shovel with stone plate
> enter hole(tomb)
> use blue crystal with hole
> walk to bottom of screen stoping on the 2 C markings
> use rod with loose stone
> leave tomb
> click on dirt
> click on path
> get light bridge to work (same as before)
> click on light bridge
> go to spire from the light bridge
>
> SPIRE (CRITTER AREA):
> -----
> go to plateau
> use machine part with panel
> use cover with panel
> click on panel
> enter door
> get green rod
> get plate
> get twin sceptors
> use gold scepter with faint light
> click gold scepter on planet at 2 o'clock position(light part)
> Watch video clip
> click siver scepter on large moon at 7 o'clock position
> Watch video clip
> push button
> go to nexus
>
> NEXUS 7:
> -------
> open closed door with green rod (same as before)
> enter door
> use tram call
> enter tram
>
> MAP SPIRE:
> ---------
> enter opening (top of screen)
> click on strange field
> exit
> enter cavern
> enter pit
> enter opening
> click on panel
> use all the rods on the buttons as you did the door lock
> (shows you hidden room)
> exit
> click on opening
> get light bridge to work (won't work just yet)
> open panel
> click on panel
> click on source 3 times (points to bottom prism)
> click on bottom prism 3 times
> click on top prism 1 time
> click on left prism 3 times
> use light bridge
> click on light bridge
> go to tomb
>
> TOMB:
> ----
> click on statue
> click on crypt twice
> go left
> click on door
> Watch video clip
> use glowing crystals on broken bones
> use yellow engraved rod with slot
> enter door
> click on pyramid
> use yellow engraved rod on panel
> use glowing crystals on dead alien
> try talking to alien
> Watch video clip
> Exit tomb
> click on path
> click on cave interior
> click on plataeu
> talk to Brink
> go to cavern
> use flash light on bat-like-creatures
> go to plataeu
> get Brinks crystals
> Watch video clip
> go to nest
> ------------------------
> NOTE: to get to nest
> go to map room
> go to pit
> go left door
> walk all the way left
> enter nest
> ------------------------
> walk right
> talk to Brink(he will distract the monster)
> go through right door
> go to top of water fall
> push rock
> go back to nest
> talk to Brink about grate
> talk to Maggie about grate
> Watch video clip
> go talk to dead alien with Maggie
> Watch video clip
> go to map spire
> go to beach near map spire tram (strange field)
> look at strange field
> use tablet with Maggie
> enter island opening
> get plate
> go to cavern
> Watch video clip(Brink is trapped)
> go to planetarium spire
> go to crevice
> Watch video clip
> use jaw bone on Brink
> Watch video clip
> use plates on acove
> enter door
> use tram call
> enter tram
> Watch video clip
> enter door
> look at console
> look at gap
> exit console view
> walk up ramp to top of screen
> look at controls
> look at alien device
> go outside(up)
> talk to Maggie
> go left
> click on nest
> get light bridge to work (same as before)
> go talk to dead alien again(for the last time)
> get creature's engraving
> go to map room
> use creator's engraving with panel (like the rods)
> go to beach near water fall (where you saved Maggie)
> get eye part
> go to cathedral spire
> go to machine room (the one with the console)
> Watch video clip
> go to tomb spire
> go to platform where Brink was/is
> use eye part on Brink
> Watch video clip
> use eye part with slot in relic
> Watch video clip
> get eye part
> Watch video clip
> use eye part with slot in relic
> get eye part and crystals
> go to cathedral spire
> click on the console
> use glowing crystals with empty slots
> use eye part with gap
> SAVE GAME HERE (there are 2 endings)
> talk to Maggie
> Watch video clip
> *this is where you can choose your ending
> *either use a glowing crystal on maggie or skip it
> go to light bridge
> click on light bridge
> Watch video clip
> turn off light bridge (push button)
> Watch video clip
> turn light bridge back on
> click on light bridge
> click on eye
> Watch video clip
> click on portal
> Watch end video clip
>
> THE END
> I hope this was of some help to you people who found
> parts of the game difficult.
> P.S. This game was really fun. Right?
>
> By Paul Greunke


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