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Dreamcast | Strategy Guide

Strategy Guide: Ecco the Dolphin - Atlantis

Strategy Guide by E.COLI | 04/30/2003 | 15:14:43 PM PST

= Sonar power-up
= Vigor power-up

Vitalits

  1. This one is right above the entrance.
  2. Near the ceiling inside the dome.
  3. This one is hidden in the grass.
  4. It is inside one of the basket-like plants near the Sonar power-up.
  5. Underneath the display in this temple.

Objectives: Collect the five gems to heal the Guardian.

This is a pretty straightforward level. You must find the five gems and take them to the Guardian. Four of the gems are relatively easy to find (see map for locations). Collecting the fifth and last gem, however, will require a lot of patience. After you collect each gem and take it to the guardian, a hoop will appear above the temple corresponding to that gem. Ecco must jump through the hoop, which will disappear after Ecco goes through it, and the door of that temple will open. Ecco must now go inside the temple and use his sonar on the display to activate the orb in the main temple. After collecting all four, go inside the main temple and use Ecco's sonar on each one of the glowing orbs to activate the rings inside the crevasse on the ocean floor.

Through the Rings
Here, Ecco must swim through the rings to gather enough speed to be propelled high enough to collect the gem floating above the main temple's roof. Swim to the bottom of the crevasse and position Ecco so that he is facing the rings and can see through all four. Swim into the first one and hold the A button down through all four rings to make Ecco glide. It may take several tries before the process works. If Ecco keeps to the lower part of the first three rings and the upper part of the last ring (using some quick angle adjustment) he will be propelled high enough to reach the last gem.

After you grab the last gem, pat yourself on the back. You have just managed to complete one of the most difficult, and frustrating, tasks in the game.