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DN3D Abyss Shrink Ray: nasty but clever

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From: stra... Michael Straight
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 00:00
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When I got to the "crosshair" window in The Abyss, I saw the shrink ray 
and the tiny exit and figured "I need to be shrunk" and the red spot over 
the shrink ray was "obviously" a button I needed to shoot to get the 
shrink ray to fire.  

I must have spent ten minutes trying to hit the stupid thing with every
weapon but the pipe bombs and the foot.  I felt really stupid when I
finally got closer to the shrink ray and saw the "button" was just another
one of those red spots that were on the walls everywhere (and why did I 
think there would be a mechanical button in the side of a cliff?).

Very clever bit of misdirection.  And there were plenty of red spots 
around as "clues" that the spot was not a button.

Of course, if you've saved your jetpack from the secret level, you don't 
need to bother with the shrinkray.

Michael Straight prefers to save the jetpack for the boss, though.
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From: stra...@email.unc.edu (Michael Straight)
Subject: DN3D Abyss Shrink Ray: nasty but clever
Date: 1996/03/25
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