The Research in the Catacombs
Level by Jens Allaert
Walkthrough by DJ Full
After the slide, pick up the Horseman's gem and kill a guy on the NW platform.
Hop into the pool and climb that platform to pull the switch opening the E
underwater door. Swim through the passage behind it to resurface in the patio.
Exit the water and enter the automatic E portal. Behind the ramp, after the
surrounding walls rise, kill the native and get normal shells he drops. If you
fall into the pool, you're stuck. Go E and grab the bars. Try to get across and
realize the monkey swing is broken. For those who tolerate dozying,
the game isn't over yet - dozy across the pool and press the S switch to open
the door behind you. Enter the revealed passage, reverse roll and hide on the
side part of the cornice to avoid the spikeball. Go
up the ramp. And up the next one. And
down the third. Kill another Abdul-like guy (someone told me the name of
this guide pal is Abdul), pick up a large medi he
drops and place the Horseman's Gem in the slot. Backtrack all the way to the
second pool area. From this side, the monkey swing is also broken, so you need
to dozy across one more time. Enter the N passage, drop into the pool behind
it, pull up on the W bank and kill a thug (drops a small medi).
Hop back into the water and swim into the S passage for SECRET#1 - a large medi, the grenade gun with 2 boxes of super, 1 box of flash
and 1 pack of normal ammo for it. Swim out, get on the bank once again and pass
the following corridor. Use the ladder to descend to the other dry side.
Falling into the pool dooms you, so watch out while platforming.
On the last platform, turn right and jump through the face texture to find
SECRET#2 (unmarked) - the revolver with 30 additional bullets for it. Hop back
on the last platform and into the next passage, leading to the pushable area. Down there, watch out for the spiiikes!! (I got impaled). To pass by them, go 3 tiles W,
then left to grab the climbable wall and shimmy right over the next square.
Fall on the safe ground and move the pushable on the
marked square. Get the crowbar from the tile you moved the pushable
off and use the item to get the Golden Star from the top of the ramp behind the
open door. Go back all the way to the 1st pool and get on the E platform to
shatter the vase and get some normal shells from it. Place the Star in the
slot, swan dive over the open door and drop to the first block of the accessed
chamber. Kill 2 natives from here. Watch out! The floor in front of you is
prevalently filled with sudden flames. Runjump E,
then jump over the next tile to land on the safe platform. Hop into the N pool
to end the game.