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Product: FLINT STRIKES BACK
Supplier: POTTER PROGRAMS
Available on Tape, 3.5"/5.25" Disk (ADFS, CDFS, DFS)
Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG 56
IN this no-graphic text adventure from Potter, you return for the third
time as the "SUPER AGENT" of its clever title. You have been captured by
minions of your old adversary, T.E.R.D. Rather than kill you outright
though, they strand you on their space station, aim it at a ball of fire
and lock it on course. It will burn up in thirty minutes of real time
and only by gaining access to the computer and aborting the program will
you be able to turn it around and avoid a fiery end.
Although Potter could probably just have about escaped with such a
silly plot on the stereotypical "bad guys always engineer a spectacular
death for the James Bond-type" line, the scenario rather boggles belief
when Flint has been neither tied up nor incapacitated in any way. The
first location of the adventure is a corridor and a cursory inspection
of its environs reveals a very handy identity 'kard' and a space suit.
It appears T.E.R.D. are not only so stupid as to have left you enough
time to escape 'inevitable doom' (sacrificing their own space station
into the bargain!), they have also allowed you free run of the station
itself and given you infinite inventory space to carry these incredibly
convenient items!
The next surprise you find is that there are several guards onboard
the Titanician vessel with you! But are they running around, comprehend-
ing their imminent destruction, desperately jabbing at computer consoles
and screaming "Betrayed by those T.E.R.D.s who were supposed to be our
friends!"? No, not a bit of it. They are standing to attention at cer-
tain locations demanding passwords - which are just as conveniently
scrawled uncoded across walls in other locations!
The plot becomes rather laughable now. Of course this is true in
numerous adventures but even filling in such holes with assumptions like
"Perhaps the guards really ARE unaware of the situation!" is rendered
ridiculous by the fact that, without the fake id card, they immediately
blast you to death (Why didn't they just do this beforehand?!) but, with
the same appearance and simply carrying it, you are assumed to be a
legitimate fellow T.E.R.D!
Progress is frighteningly easy and the only real obstacle you're
likely to encounter during your expedition is time running out. There
are no cryptic clues, mazes or illogical problems and, in fact, the few
objects you discover only have one purpose - to open doors to allow
further access to the station. So, for example, the torch is not to see
in a dark location, but to operate a light-sensitive door!
The standard directional commands NORTH, SOUTH, EAST and WEST are
understood (with their abbreviations) but little else and FSB may be the
most limited professional adventure to grace the BBC/Electron series. To
use an object, the word USE is required. Sounds obvious, but generally
adventurers will try UNLOCK DOOR or OPEN DOOR and not USE BRONZE KEY as
the game demands. INVENTORY, GET and DROP work as expected and, in
appropriate locations, if the word PASS is contained in your input, you
will be asked to enter the password in an unnecessary inverse video
prompt (which makes the screen look messy) but ALL other input brings up
the unfeeling message "I don't understand."
Were this not the case, Potter could at least have produced a
"beginners'" adventure. But coupled with the crazy plot, their decision
not to note the PASS and USE commands in instructions would simply
infuriate the amateur. Which brings us to the LOAD and SAVE commands...
There are bugs in the procedures dealing with both in the original
code with the result that the saved position file is left open when re-
trieved. Attempting to re-load it after being killed, or re-saving at a
later position results in an error which locks up the game! The commands
CLOSE #2 need to be replaced with CLOSE #0 (to close all files)!
The Mode 6 screen is laid out not unlike several other Potter adven-
tures. The location description is laid out at the top of the screen
while commands are entered in a smaller window (surrounded by *s) at the
bottom. Once again though, there are errors with text formatting. Whilst
words are not cut over lines in the location descriptions, they are sub-
ject to strange and varying degrees of justification. In the input box,
typing INVENTORY gives a list with no formatting whatsoever! On one
occasion, text meant for the input box appeared in the location descrip-
tion too!
The rest of the errors - yes, there are more! - are unfortunate Eng-
lish grammatical fluffs: "You were not wearing a space suit and was
instantly sucked out of the ship" is but one example. Many location des-
criptions are pathetic: "A room with red lights" is south of one "with
orange lights" and east of "green lights". Those of the spaceship have
an unintentional depressing atmosphere...
Slating over, finally we move onto the 'quest'. The good news is that
the quite large number of locations does encourage its adventurer to
make a map and locating the two keys and three crystals required to hack
into the mainframe is very much assisted by doing so. By using this
method I was able to progress to the very last location in only an hour
or so. Unfortunately, much hair-pulling is involved in figuring out how
to insert them into it! Neither USE CRYSTAL nor USE KEY will work and
HELP just brings up the cold "You're on your own."
This is a thoroughly awful adventure. Devoid of atmosphere, humour,
plausible script, friendly parser, unique puzzles and entertainment, it
must qualify as the worst professional release on the market.
ELECTRON USER's "Adventures" column once wrote that the second of the
Flint trilogy (RETURN OF FLINT) was so bad that it should never have
been released and presumably would've thought the same of these further
meanderings! [The real 'super' agent trilogy is that of Robico's RICK
HANSON where all this review's negatives become positives - Ed] The ver-
dict on FSB has to be a resounding raspberry fit only to be relegated to
the back of your games' collection in record time.
Dave Edwards, EUG #56
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Av| 00000070 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 6f 6e 20 54 61 70 65 2c |ailable on Tape,| 00000080 20 33 2e 35 22 2f 35 2e 32 35 22 20 44 69 73 6b | 3.5"/5.25" Disk| 00000090 20 28 41 44 46 53 2c 20 43 44 46 53 2c 20 44 46 | (ADFS, CDFS, DF| 000000a0 53 29 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |S). | 000000b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 65 76 69 65 77 65 64 20 62 | Reviewed b| 000000c0 79 20 28 74 68 65 29 20 44 61 76 65 20 69 6e 20 |y (the) Dave in | 000000d0 45 55 47 20 35 36 0d 0d 49 4e 20 74 68 69 73 20 |EUG 56..IN this | 000000e0 6e 6f 2d 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 20 74 65 78 74 20 |no-graphic text | 000000f0 61 64 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 50 |adventure from P| 00000100 6f 74 74 65 72 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 72 65 74 75 72 |otter, you retur| 00000110 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 72 64 0d |n for the third.| 00000120 74 69 6d 65 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 22 53 55 50 |time as the "SUP| 00000130 45 52 20 41 47 45 4e 54 22 20 6f 66 20 69 74 73 |ER AGENT" of its| 00000140 20 63 6c 65 76 65 72 20 74 69 74 6c 65 2e 20 59 | clever title. Y| 00000150 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 61 70 |ou have been cap| 00000160 74 75 72 65 64 20 62 79 0d 6d 69 6e 69 6f 6e 73 |tured by.minions| 00000170 20 6f 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 6c 64 20 61 64 76 | of your old adv| 00000180 65 72 73 61 72 79 2c 20 54 2e 45 2e 52 2e 44 2e |ersary, T.E.R.D.| 00000190 20 52 61 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6b 69 6c | Rather than kil| 000001a0 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 75 74 72 69 67 68 74 0d 74 |l you outright.t| 000001b0 68 6f 75 67 68 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 73 74 72 61 |hough, they stra| 000001c0 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 |nd you on their | 000001d0 73 70 61 63 65 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 61 |space station, a| 000001e0 69 6d 20 69 74 20 61 74 20 61 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 |im it at a ball | 000001f0 6f 66 20 66 69 72 65 0d 61 6e 64 20 6c 6f 63 6b |of fire.and lock| 00000200 20 69 74 20 6f 6e 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 2e 20 49 | it on course. I| 00000210 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 75 72 6e 20 75 70 20 69 |t will burn up i| 00000220 6e 20 74 68 69 72 74 79 20 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 |n thirty minutes| 00000230 20 6f 66 20 72 65 61 6c 20 74 69 6d 65 0d 61 6e | of real time.an| 00000240 64 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 62 79 20 67 61 69 6e 69 6e |d only by gainin| 00000250 67 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |g access to the | 00000260 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 61 62 6f |computer and abo| 00000270 72 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 |rting the progra| 00000280 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 0d 79 6f 75 20 62 65 20 61 62 |m will.you be ab| 00000290 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 74 75 72 6e 20 69 74 20 61 72 |le to turn it ar| 000002a0 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 6e 64 20 61 76 6f 69 64 20 61 |ound and avoid a| 000002b0 20 66 69 65 72 79 20 65 6e 64 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 | fiery end.. A| 000002c0 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 50 6f 74 74 65 72 20 63 |lthough Potter c| 000002d0 6f 75 6c 64 20 70 72 6f 62 61 62 6c 79 20 6a 75 |ould probably ju| 000002e0 73 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 65 73 |st have about es| 000002f0 63 61 70 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 73 75 63 68 20 |caped with such | 00000300 61 0d 73 69 6c 6c 79 20 70 6c 6f 74 20 6f 6e 20 |a.silly plot on | 00000310 74 68 65 20 73 74 65 72 65 6f 74 79 70 69 63 61 |the stereotypica| 00000320 6c 20 22 62 61 64 20 67 75 79 73 20 61 6c 77 61 |l "bad guys alwa| 00000330 79 73 20 65 6e 67 69 6e 65 65 72 20 61 20 73 70 |ys engineer a sp| 00000340 65 63 74 61 63 75 6c 61 72 0d 64 65 61 74 68 20 |ectacular.death | 00000350 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 4a 61 6d 65 73 20 42 6f |for the James Bo| 00000360 6e 64 2d 74 79 70 65 22 20 6c 69 6e 65 2c 20 74 |nd-type" line, t| 00000370 68 65 20 73 63 65 6e 61 72 69 6f 20 72 61 74 68 |he scenario rath| 00000380 65 72 20 62 6f 67 67 6c 65 73 20 62 65 6c 69 65 |er boggles belie| 00000390 66 0d 77 68 65 6e 20 46 6c 69 6e 74 20 68 61 73 |f.when Flint has| 000003a0 20 62 65 65 6e 20 6e 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 74 69 | been neither ti| 000003b0 65 64 20 75 70 20 6e 6f 72 20 69 6e 63 61 70 61 |ed up nor incapa| 000003c0 63 69 74 61 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 77 |citated in any w| 000003d0 61 79 2e 20 54 68 65 0d 66 69 72 73 74 20 6c 6f |ay. The.first lo| 000003e0 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 61 64 |cation of the ad| 000003f0 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 63 6f 72 |venture is a cor| 00000400 72 69 64 6f 72 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 63 75 72 73 |ridor and a curs| 00000410 6f 72 79 20 69 6e 73 70 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 0d 6f |ory inspection.o| 00000420 66 20 69 74 73 20 65 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 73 20 72 |f its environs r| 00000430 65 76 65 61 6c 73 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 68 61 |eveals a very ha| 00000440 6e 64 79 20 69 64 65 6e 74 69 74 79 20 27 6b 61 |ndy identity 'ka| 00000450 72 64 27 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 |rd' and a space | 00000460 73 75 69 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 74 20 61 70 70 65 |suit.. It appe| 00000470 61 72 73 20 54 2e 45 2e 52 2e 44 2e 20 61 72 65 |ars T.E.R.D. are| 00000480 20 6e 6f 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 73 6f 20 73 74 75 | not only so stu| 00000490 70 69 64 20 61 73 20 74 6f 20 68 61 76 65 20 6c |pid as to have l| 000004a0 65 66 74 20 79 6f 75 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 0d 74 |eft you enough.t| 000004b0 69 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 65 73 63 61 70 65 20 27 69 |ime to escape 'i| 000004c0 6e 65 76 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 64 6f 6f 6d 27 20 |nevitable doom' | 000004d0 28 73 61 63 72 69 66 69 63 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |(sacrificing the| 000004e0 69 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 73 74 61 |ir own space sta| 000004f0 74 69 6f 6e 20 0d 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 62 |tion .into the b| 00000500 61 72 67 61 69 6e 21 29 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 68 |argain!), they h| 00000510 61 76 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 |ave also allowed| 00000520 20 79 6f 75 20 66 72 65 65 20 72 75 6e 20 6f 66 | you free run of| 00000530 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 0d 69 74 73 | the station.its| 00000540 65 6c 66 20 61 6e 64 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 79 6f |elf and given yo| 00000550 75 20 69 6e 66 69 6e 69 74 65 20 69 6e 76 65 6e |u infinite inven| 00000560 74 6f 72 79 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 74 6f 20 63 61 |tory space to ca| 00000570 72 72 79 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 69 6e 63 72 65 64 |rry these incred| 00000580 69 62 6c 79 0d 63 6f 6e 76 65 6e 69 65 6e 74 20 |ibly.convenient | 00000590 69 74 65 6d 73 21 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 6e 65 |items!. The ne| 000005a0 78 74 20 73 75 72 70 72 69 73 65 20 79 6f 75 20 |xt surprise you | 000005b0 66 69 6e 64 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |find is that the| 000005c0 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 67 |re are several g| 000005d0 75 61 72 64 73 20 6f 6e 62 6f 61 72 64 0d 74 68 |uards onboard.th| 000005e0 65 20 54 69 74 61 6e 69 63 69 61 6e 20 76 65 73 |e Titanician ves| 000005f0 73 65 6c 20 77 69 74 68 20 79 6f 75 21 20 42 75 |sel with you! Bu| 00000600 74 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 |t are they runni| 00000610 6e 67 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 2c 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 |ng around, compr| 00000620 65 68 65 6e 64 2d 0d 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 69 72 |ehend-.ing their| 00000630 20 69 6d 6d 69 6e 65 6e 74 20 64 65 73 74 72 75 | imminent destru| 00000640 63 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 64 65 73 70 65 72 61 74 65 |ction, desperate| 00000650 6c 79 20 6a 61 62 62 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 63 6f |ly jabbing at co| 00000660 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 63 6f 6e 73 6f 6c 65 73 0d |mputer consoles.| 00000670 61 6e 64 20 73 63 72 65 61 6d 69 6e 67 20 22 42 |and screaming "B| 00000680 65 74 72 61 79 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 6f 73 65 |etrayed by those| 00000690 20 54 2e 45 2e 52 2e 44 2e 73 20 77 68 6f 20 77 | T.E.R.D.s who w| 000006a0 65 72 65 20 73 75 70 70 6f 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |ere supposed to | 000006b0 62 65 20 6f 75 72 0d 66 72 69 65 6e 64 73 21 22 |be our.friends!"| 000006c0 3f 20 4e 6f 2c 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 |? No, not a bit | 000006d0 6f 66 20 69 74 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 |of it. They are | 000006e0 73 74 61 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 61 74 74 65 |standing to atte| 000006f0 6e 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 74 20 63 65 72 2d 0d 74 61 |ntion at cer-.ta| 00000700 69 6e 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 64 65 6d |in locations dem| 00000710 61 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 70 61 73 73 77 6f 72 64 73 |anding passwords| 00000720 20 2d 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 72 65 20 6a 75 73 | - which are jus| 00000730 74 20 61 73 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 6e 69 65 6e 74 6c |t as convenientl| 00000740 79 20 0d 73 63 72 61 77 6c 65 64 20 75 6e 63 6f |y .scrawled unco| 00000750 64 65 64 20 61 63 72 6f 73 73 20 77 61 6c 6c 73 |ded across walls| 00000760 20 69 6e 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 | in other locati| 00000770 6f 6e 73 21 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 70 6c 6f 74 |ons!. The plot| 00000780 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 73 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 | becomes rather | 00000790 6c 61 75 67 68 61 62 6c 65 20 6e 6f 77 2e 20 4f |laughable now. O| 000007a0 66 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 |f course this is| 000007b0 20 74 72 75 65 20 69 6e 20 0d 6e 75 6d 65 72 6f | true in .numero| 000007c0 75 73 20 61 64 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 73 20 62 75 |us adventures bu| 000007d0 74 20 65 76 65 6e 20 66 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 69 |t even filling i| 000007e0 6e 20 73 75 63 68 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 20 77 69 74 |n such holes wit| 000007f0 68 20 61 73 73 75 6d 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 6c 69 |h assumptions li| 00000800 6b 65 0d 22 50 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 74 68 65 20 |ke."Perhaps the | 00000810 67 75 61 72 64 73 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 41 52 |guards really AR| 00000820 45 20 75 6e 61 77 61 72 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |E unaware of the| 00000830 20 73 69 74 75 61 74 69 6f 6e 21 22 20 69 73 20 | situation!" is | 00000840 72 65 6e 64 65 72 65 64 0d 72 69 64 69 63 75 6c |rendered.ridicul| 00000850 6f 75 73 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 63 74 20 |ous by the fact | 00000860 74 68 61 74 2c 20 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 74 68 |that, without th| 00000870 65 20 66 61 6b 65 20 69 64 20 63 61 72 64 2c 20 |e fake id card, | 00000880 74 68 65 79 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c 79 |they immediately| 00000890 0d 62 6c 61 73 74 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 64 65 |.blast you to de| 000008a0 61 74 68 20 28 57 68 79 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 |ath (Why didn't | 000008b0 74 68 65 79 20 6a 75 73 74 20 64 6f 20 74 68 69 |they just do thi| 000008c0 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 68 61 6e 64 3f 21 29 20 |s beforehand?!) | 000008d0 62 75 74 2c 20 77 69 74 68 0d 74 68 65 20 73 61 |but, with.the sa| 000008e0 6d 65 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 61 6e 63 65 20 61 6e |me appearance an| 000008f0 64 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 63 61 72 72 79 69 6e |d simply carryin| 00000900 67 20 69 74 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 61 73 |g it, you are as| 00000910 73 75 6d 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 61 20 0d 6c |sumed to be a .l| 00000920 65 67 69 74 69 6d 61 74 65 20 66 65 6c 6c 6f 77 |egitimate fellow| 00000930 20 54 2e 45 2e 52 2e 44 21 20 0d 20 20 20 50 72 | T.E.R.D! . Pr| 00000940 6f 67 72 65 73 73 20 69 73 20 66 72 69 67 68 74 |ogress is fright| 00000950 65 6e 69 6e 67 6c 79 20 65 61 73 79 20 61 6e 64 |eningly easy and| 00000960 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 72 65 61 6c 20 6f | the only real o| 00000970 62 73 74 61 63 6c 65 20 79 6f 75 27 72 65 20 0d |bstacle you're .| 00000980 6c 69 6b 65 6c 79 20 74 6f 20 65 6e 63 6f 75 6e |likely to encoun| 00000990 74 65 72 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 72 20 |ter during your | 000009a0 65 78 70 65 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 74 69 |expedition is ti| 000009b0 6d 65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 75 74 2e 20 |me running out. | 000009c0 54 68 65 72 65 20 0d 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 20 63 72 |There .are no cr| 000009d0 79 70 74 69 63 20 63 6c 75 65 73 2c 20 6d 61 7a |yptic clues, maz| 000009e0 65 73 20 6f 72 20 69 6c 6c 6f 67 69 63 61 6c 20 |es or illogical | 000009f0 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d 73 20 61 6e 64 2c 20 69 6e |problems and, in| 00000a00 20 66 61 63 74 2c 20 74 68 65 20 66 65 77 0d 6f | fact, the few.o| 00000a10 62 6a 65 63 74 73 20 79 6f 75 20 64 69 73 63 6f |bjects you disco| 00000a20 76 65 72 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e |ver only have on| 00000a30 65 20 70 75 72 70 6f 73 65 20 2d 20 74 6f 20 6f |e purpose - to o| 00000a40 70 65 6e 20 64 6f 6f 72 73 20 74 6f 20 61 6c 6c |pen doors to all| 00000a50 6f 77 0d 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 61 63 63 65 73 |ow.further acces| 00000a60 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 69 6f 6e |s to the station| 00000a70 2e 20 53 6f 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c |. So, for exampl| 00000a80 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 72 63 68 20 69 73 20 |e, the torch is | 00000a90 6e 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 73 65 65 0d 69 6e 20 61 20 |not to see.in a | 00000aa0 64 61 72 6b 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 62 |dark location, b| 00000ab0 75 74 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 65 20 61 20 |ut to operate a | 00000ac0 6c 69 67 68 74 2d 73 65 6e 73 69 74 69 76 65 20 |light-sensitive | 00000ad0 64 6f 6f 72 21 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 74 61 |door!. 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