There's a fair amount of Japanese text in Robot Room, and at times it can be frustrating to find potentially-helpful notes written in a foreign language. However, despite the language barrier, Robot Room is solvable; more difficult, certainly, than if there was an English translation, but solvable nonetheless. It's a nice room escape with some interesting and quirky puzzles, and you definitely ought to give it a shot.
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I'm part of the way through. So far, I've "solved" the pink robot and the yellow robot.
To solve the pink robot:
Use the blue remote from the dresser on the TV, and watch the pattern of dancers. Mentally number them left-to-right, top-to-bottom, so that red is 1 and brown is 9. Then, pixelhunt for a hotspot with a color code.
At the feet of the pink robot, you'll find a card with four colors on it. Those colors correspond to the numbers you just derived from the dancers.
Punch those into the four-digit keypad to solve the pink robot. The code is
3194.
To solve the yellow robot:
Grab the pointer on top of the television, if you don't have it already.
Get the flashlight from under the coffee table and the battery from the pink robot. Combine, and look to the computer for the clue on where to look.
Illuminate under the dresser, then poke the shiny spot with the pointer to get the key.
Use the key to unlock the dresser, then use the red remote on the television. Follow the television's instructions.
Now I'm stuck--I think I'm supposed to solve the orange robot next, and I'm partially there, but I haven't figured it out yet. Anybody else in the same spot, or hopefully a little further?
Update: I just solved the orange robot.
First, use the screwdriver to take the panel off the wall by the orange robot.
This is a terrible spoiler because I don't know how or why it worked, or which part of it was correct, but: I held down the red button for several seconds, then, with my mouse still clicked, slid over to the blue button and clicked it. Held it down for several seconds, then slid my still-clicked mouse back to the red button. The robot's arms came down and I have no idea why.
Almost finished! (I hope!)
I never got the brown thing
After you get the orange robot things:
Connect the microphone to the laptop
Connect the flashlight to the blue guy
Place the blue guy in the vent thing above the sitting guy
Go to the laptop and click on the mic, and watch the cut scene thing
Go back to the blue guy, get the key.
Use key on door. :D
Sigh. Pixel hunting to find the hot-spot. Stuff that doesn't work until you've been shown a movie. Totally invisible items to retrieve. Tools that could do something obvious
like a nice long pointer to knock stuff off of high places or push a distant button
but do something else. And a two-pixel hot-spot
to plug the mic into the laptop
which I still haven't found, and won't bother with anymore. And the language barrier isn't really their fault because obviously English isn't their native language, but I guess prefer the elegance of puzzles that rely more on picture than written words anyway. Oh well. At least there are other escapes to play :).
anelson - To plug the mic in:
While you are zoomed out on the computer, click on the front left side of it. That should give you a close up of the computer from a front left angle. You'll see the place to plug the mic in on the right side.
That drove me wacky too and it turned out to be simplier than expected.
Walkthrough:
The Pink Robot
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From the first screen go right.
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Click on the TV screen to zoom in on it and grab the pointer on the top left. Go ahead and click the end of it to extend it. Zoom out and go right.
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Grab the blue button remote from the cabinet and go left back to the pink robot.
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Click down by the pink robots legs to see a piece of paper with some colors on it. Remember the order of these colors.
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Zoom back out and click on the TV screen again. Use the blue remote (drag and drop) on the screen to see 12 robots dancing. After a second you should see each robot has a different colored back. Note the robots in the bottom left and right corners has the * and # symbols on their backs. What does this remind you of?
A telephone! Match up the colors from the piece of paper with the corresponding robot and get the number that would be in its place. Need some help?
Try: 3194
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With number in hand, zoom out and click on the keypad next to the pink robot and enter in the number and hit ENTER. The pink robots arms will have dropped. Take the battery and the blue block with a hole.
The Yellow Robot
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Go right twice and click on the screen of the laptop. Click the power button, then the folder that is on the screen. Watch the movie and pay attention to the place that sparkles.
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Zoom out. You can grab the little green robot, but it doesn't have anything to do with escaping. Check underneath the back of the coffee table to find the flashlight. It doesn't seem to turn on, but fortunately you have a battery. Drag the battery to the head of the flashlight to turn it on. Zoom out and go left once.
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Zoom in under the cabinet and use the flashlight to brighten things up. Remember the shining spot? Use the pointer at this location to grab a brown key. Zoom out.
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Use the brown key on the locked cabinet to get the red button remote.
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Go left once, zoom in on the TV and use the red remote to see a new clip. This one seems kind of obvious.
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Zoom out, go right twice and push the yellow button down for a couple of seconds. Grab the screwdriver and the blue legs.
The Orange Robot
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Go left once and use the screwdriver on the black panel.
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This reveals a blue and red button. If you examine the black panel on the floor, behind it is a piece of paper which says blue is down, red is up. Having problems?
Try clicking the blue button, but while your mouse button is pressed down, move it over to the red button and let go. Easy!
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Grab the microphone and the blue arms.
The Escape
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Head left twice back to the starting screen. Examine the blue block with the hole in it. Drag the blue legs and arms to assemble them. Now add the flashlight as the head.
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Zoom in on the grate above the sitting green robot. Place the newly build blue robot inside the vent. Zoom out and go left once.
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Now zoom in on the keyboard of the laptop. Attach the microphone to the little gray port in the front. Click the microphone and watch the clip.
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Go right once, zoom in on the grate and grab the orange key. Zoom out, use the key on the door and open it. You've escaped!
@amylu: that is apparently how i needed to do it too. stupid thing.
at the end, you see a
white t-shirt and the rocker dude and whatnot. if you click and drag on parts of the t-shirt, you can select text. a quick translation using Google tells me that the t-shirt says either
"Love's telephone number" or possibly "Love's greeting"
this is of course a rough translation, so who knows? *shrug*
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Walkthrough Guide
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Walkthrough:
The Pink Robot
From the first screen go right.
Click on the TV screen to zoom in on it and grab the pointer on the top left. Go ahead and click the end of it to extend it. Zoom out and go right.
Grab the blue button remote from the cabinet and go left back to the pink robot.
Click down by the pink robots legs to see a piece of paper with some colors on it. Remember the order of these colors.
Zoom back out and click on the TV screen again. Use the blue remote (drag and drop) on the screen to see 12 robots dancing. After a second you should see each robot has a different colored back. Note the robots in the bottom left and right corners has the * and # symbols on their backs. What does this remind you of?
A telephone! Match up the colors from the piece of paper with the corresponding robot and get the number that would be in its place. Need some help?
Try: 3194
With number in hand, zoom out and click on the keypad next to the pink robot and enter in the number and hit ENTER. The pink robots arms will have dropped. Take the battery and the blue block with a hole.
The Yellow Robot
Go right twice and click on the screen of the laptop. Click the power button, then the folder that is on the screen. Watch the movie and pay attention to the place that sparkles.
Zoom out. You can grab the little green robot, but it doesn't have anything to do with escaping. Check underneath the back of the coffee table to find the flashlight. It doesn't seem to turn on, but fortunately you have a battery. Drag the battery to the head of the flashlight to turn it on. Zoom out and go left once.
Zoom in under the cabinet and use the flashlight to brighten things up. Remember the shining spot? Use the pointer at this location to grab a brown key. Zoom out.
Use the brown key on the locked cabinet to get the red button remote.
Go left once, zoom in on the TV and use the red remote to see a new clip. This one seems kind of obvious.
Zoom out, go right twice and push the yellow button down for a couple of seconds. Grab the screwdriver and the blue legs.
The Orange Robot
Go left once and use the screwdriver on the black panel.
This reveals a blue and red button. If you examine the black panel on the floor, behind it is a piece of paper which says blue is down, red is up. Having problems?
Try clicking the blue button, but while your mouse button is pressed down, move it over to the red button and let go. Easy!
Grab the microphone and the blue arms.
The Escape
Head left twice back to the starting screen. Examine the blue block with the hole in it. Drag the blue legs and arms to assemble them. Now add the flashlight as the head.
Zoom in on the grate above the sitting green robot. Place the newly build blue robot inside the vent. Zoom out and go left once.
Now zoom in on the keyboard of the laptop. Attach the microphone to the little gray port in the front. Click the microphone and watch the clip.
Go right once, zoom in on the grate and grab the orange key. Zoom out, use the key on the door and open it. You've escaped!
Posted by: Gaidin | July 24, 2008 10:47 AM