RETURN TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
Level by davep83
We're blessed with two walkthroughs for this level,
the first by manarch2, the second by the builder himself.
Walkthrough by manarch2:
You start on a high ledge in front of a lava lake. Turn around go around the
right ledge, you can see SECRET 1 on a slope, make a banana jump over the slope to hear the sound.
It doesn’t register though. Now get to the opposite ledge of the lake and do
the same jump to hear the sound of SECRET 2
(also not registered). Jump down the slope on this ledge and jump to the lava
platform, then jump across the platforms and find a Little Medikit
in the corner with the skeleton head and also a Cross for SECRET 3 with a far jump in the middle.
Now make your way to the end of the platforms and jump into a pit in the middle
of the wall, shoot the wall and crawl though the long passage. In the next area
jump to the rear left part of the slope structure, jump and grab a crawlspace
at the last moment. [Comment by Gerty: “If you go to the right and stand on the corner,
look down and see that opening? Just run off and use CTRL, this saves you a lot
of shimmying”]. Shimmy left, around the corner, further
left, around another corner and eventually climb up. Turn around, jump
to the opposite alcove and drop on the slope in the center.
Slide down and jump to a wall alcove. Drop down the ledge and shimmy left,
around the corner, drop to the floor at the end. Turn right and shoot the wall,
slide down the slope and over the hole (the boulder that chases you falls in
it), in the next room kill four bats and shoot all walls (while ducking, standing
and jumping) you can see. Run on the collapsible tile, jump to the next one and
then on the safe ledge to your left, jump to the next breakable tile in the
right corner and to the next safe ledge, shoot two bats. Also shoot the wall
behind you, climb up the block, shoot the left wall and get through the
crawlspace. Shoot another wall at the end and drop in the sewers.
Swim and follow the current to a waterfall room, pick up a Little Medikit and climb out. Pull the switch to open the door and
in the next outside area kill two ahmets and ten
snakes (some of them in the water). Run to the right of the two huts and jump
in the sea, find a hole in the floor and in the next room you can pick up the
first Key Stone. Get back out again. Jump on the top of the slope near the hut,
shoot the right and left wall and jump to the crevice. Shimmy
left and climb up, follow the passage to a room with some big mushrooms.
Kill a spider , drop on the floor level and find a
timed button under a high door to open it. Now return and jump to the vertical
pole, backflip onto the mushroom and jump to the next
mushroom, the next pole and on the last mushroom. Now you can jump to the open
door before it closes. Shoot the rear middle nest (all others have flying
insects in them) to get Thor’s Hammer. Jump up to the ledge above the closed
door, push the button and drop on the last mushroom. A wraith chases you -
return all the way to the hut and jump in the water to extinguish it. Jump back
in the passage, kill a pterodactyl.
Follow the passage and find a ceiling trapdoor, open it and climb up. Don’t go
to the bumpers yet but in the other direction, drop on the ledge and shimmy
around the corner until you can stand up, turn around and jump across some
platforms to eventually get the next Key Stone. Return to the trapdoor junction
and now head to the bumpers. Get through the first one, push the button, get
through the second and pick up the next Key Stone, return to the junction and
drop, then head through the left passage to reach some rails. Go left and pull
out the boxes to reveal a passage. Jump on the broken rail part, on the next,
shimmy left on the ledge to get around the wagon and jump to the next ledge,
avoid the blades and jump to the ledge with the button. Push it to see a cutscene of a dinosaur. Return to the block puzzle, turn
and find a ladder to climb back up in the junction passage.
Head out to the hut and through the open doors at the hut’s end, there is
another open door behind now, pick up 4x Normal Shotgun Ammo and the Shotgun.
Get in the next room and shoot a T-Rex. Get further and shoot another T-Rex and
four raptors. Push two buttons in the corners and head to the other side of the
room. Pick up a Little Medikit in front of the slope.
Return all the way to the rails now and see that the room with the lava is
flooded, but the water is poisoned so swim quickly to the other side and climb
out. Place the three Key Stones and climb in the passage opposite the
receptacles. Stay on the left side and slide in a room, this is a lift through
a blade room so watch out till you reach the top. Avoid some more blades and
jump in the water. Swim up to the top and reach an outside area again. Head
through the valley and kill the man who shoots at you from the right at the
helicopter. Jump up the slope and you can see the start area. Pick up the Green
Key the man leaves to finish this level.
THE END
Walkthrough by davep83:
At the start, keep moving forward to the northern most edge of the volcano.
Turn left and move forward a few spaces. If you look down into the volcano, you
should be directly inline with a granite block which
you may stand on without being harmed. Dropdown and slide onto this granite
block. Run and jump to the next set of blocks, then two more sets of blocks. You
can jump to the block which contains a small medi
pack then jump back where you came from. Continue jumping onto the next 3 sets
of blocks, then jump into the large hole in the lava. If you see crosses
floating in the volcano area, leave for now.
In the large hole, shoot the wall straight in front of you. Crawl down the
crawlspace, then slide into the area with a big rock formation in the middle,
jump to the ledge on the left, jump forward to the next ledge, then jump forward-right so you are at the opposite side to
where you came into this area. Align yourself exactly with the rock formmation so it's sloping side is
behind you. Backwards jump onto the slope. At the last second, grap the gap in the
wall. Shimmy around the wall until you reach a gap,
climb into this gap. Jump into the gap in the rock formation opposite.
Hang off the ledge inside the rock formation and drop down. Jump to the gap in
the outside wall in front of you, hang off the ledge, drop down and quickly
grab the gap below. Shimmy around until you can't shimmy anymore and drop down.
Turn right, and shoot the wall in front of you. Slide down with rolling balls
in pursuit, jump over the hole, keep sliding, then
dispatch the bats at the bottom. Shoot all the shootable
walls you can in this area, then jump from the collapsing floor, to another
collapsing floor, then quickly move left to more secure footing. Dispatch more
bats. Jump forward-right to another collapsable, move
forward to firm ground and climb up.
Shoot wall, then move to end of tunnel, crawl through remainder of tunnel,
shoot wall, hang off ledge, and drop into water. Swim forward and right and let
the current carry you. swim under and out of
waterfall, and climb out of water. Press switch on wall to your right. Go
through the door behind the switch and dispatch all the creatures in this area.
Drop Into the underground sea in front of you, to your left in front of a large
hut and collapsed pier, there should be a block of a different colour, collect
the small medipack. Follow the coastline to your
right until you reach a hole in the sea floor. Swim into this hole and collect
the first keystone at the end. Swim out and forward. Climb out of the water. On
the stone wall behind the other large hut, you will see a couple of shootable walls, shoot both, and dispatch the flying
creature. Jump from a large pile of sand into the right hand tunnel,
keep going until you reach a pull down trapdoor. Pull this trapdoor down, climb
up into the left tunnel, you will be in front of 3
hammers which control a disused mining operation. Wait until the first hammer
is at the top and just about the come down and jump into the righthand alcove. Pull switch to allow full access to rail
area below. The middle hammer is now turned off. Move under 3rd hammer, and
collect 2nd keystone. Return through 3 hammers, go through tunnel, and this
time next to the trapdoor, Go down the right tunnel (ie
in front of you). Shoot wall at end. Hang off ledge, sna
shimmy round until you get to a gap Climb into gap, jump onto rock to your
left, then jump to another rock, and jump foward and
pull up into an alcove. Collect 3rd keystone.
Slide down onto sand and dispatch bats. Go back to the 2nd large hut on your
left (one with 2 tunnels on the wall behind it), and jump and climb into the
same tunnel you did before. This time follow tunnel round until you drop into a
disused mine railway line. Behind you, pull one of the blocks twice so you can
see a lava pit below. Follow railline over lava pit,
jump over, or shimmy past, old mine cart. Jump to left railline
with rock cutting saws over it. Wait until the saws are fully over the railline and jump to it and then jump to the right railline again. Pull the switch to let dinosaurs loose in
area next door. Follow railline back from where you
came from. Go past pullable blocks and align yourself
up with the climbable wall from where you dropped into this area. Go back
through tunnel and at the end hang off ledge, shimmy to your left and climb
into 2nd, sloping tunnel - if a shootable wall is in
the way, you'll need to drop to sandy area and shoot it first.
Go to end of tunnel and jump to long root in front of you, climb up and back
flip to large mushroom. Jump to 2nd large mushroom, and dispatch spider. Jump
down to ground and go to your left (opposite wall to where you entered this
area). Near the 3rd mushroom area, pull the switch on the wall - this will open
a timed door above you. Quickly get into where you entered this area, jump onto
1st large root, climb up, backflip onto 1st mushroom,
jump to 2nd mushroom, jump to 2nd large root, climb up
backflip onto 3rd mushroom. Run and jump through open
door before it closes. Climb up and crawl to a fine slope just before the
beehive at the end (there should be a hammer picture above it), shoot this
beehive, collect thors hammer, and crawl out. Jump up
into the alcove above and pull switch, pull up again into short tunnel. A ghost
will start chasing you. Drop down onto 3rd mushroom. Drop down onto 4th
mushroom and collect small medipack. Drop down and
exit this area, go through tunnel, drop out onto sandy area, and jump into the
sea to dispatch the ghost.
Climb back onto sandy area, and go through the 2 large doors which are now
open. Go through gate, collect shotgun and ammo. Drop down into dinosaur area.
Dispatch dinosaur by getting underneath it and shooting with shotgun just once.
Lava has now moved to rail area next door after earthquake. Once done, do same
with 2nd dino and take care of smaller dinos. Right at the end of this area, there is a small
patch of grass, collect small medipack next to this.
Go back to just before entrance to this area. Pull 2 switches - one to your
left and one to your right. Exit area by climbing through newly opened gate and
out through large doors.
Back in the sandy area, jump into first large hole in the wall again, go down
tunnel, drop down back into railline,
past pullable blocks. This area is now flooded and railline has completely collapsed. Swim quickly from one
end to the other as water is quite hot with lava under it. Climb out at the
end. Go forward and half way down, turn left. Place 3
keystones into slots. Climb into newly opened door behind you. Slide
onto platform. This will begin to rise. There are many rock
cutting saw's here so keep to the left wall at all times. When
you get near the top jump back to avoid rock transporting mechanism. Go
forward and jump into water. Swim up water tunnel to the top.
Jump out of water, go forward, turn left, and dispatch enemy who is also after
your artifact. There is a helicopter key where he
once stood. Before you collect this, slide down back to volcano, which is now
full of water. The 3 secrets are now collectable. The first one is on the righthand slope, 2nd one is on lefthand
slope, and 3rd one is on a granite block which was inaccessable
before.
Exit volcano and climb back onto area with helicopter. Collect key on the
ground. Level complete.
THE END