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Dreamcast | Strategy Guide

Strategy Guide: Ecco the Dolphin - Lair of Evil

Strategy Guide by E.COLI | 04/30/2003 | 15:16:35 PM PST

Objectives: Get branded as a Clan member.

This is a very confusing level and due to its awkward layout, a map is not available. But bear with us and you'll get through it.

At the start of this level you'll have a choice of two tunnels. The one with the help glyph is one large circle and the only reason to take it is to get the vitalit. After you're back in the starting chamber, take the tunnel on the right side. This tunnel has a few lasers you must dodge and will eventually lead you into a chamber with two enemy dolphins. This is a good place to replenish your air supply before going through the only other door. Another series of lasers await you before you reach a large chamber with a Clan member (we'll just call this dolphin "Chatty"). After he is done talking, move closer to the locked door (you need level 2 security to open this door) until your foe approaches you and accidentally opens the door for you. Quickly dash through the door.

Level 2 Clearance
As soon as you encounter the turbines, swim into them to quickly move through the tunnels until you reach the end. Your goal is to find the branding room (the one with the giant clamshell). To activate the machine, hit the switch with two wings to open the shell. Hit the switch with one wing (to drop a ball of dye into the shell). Quickly enter the shell and use your sonar to hit the tall switch facing the shell. If you do this in the right order, you'll be treated to a short movie.

After you've been branded, go back the way you came (by using the turbines to move quickly through the tunnels) until you're back in the chamber with the Chatty dolphin. Go out the other door in the room and use the turbines again until you are in a chamber with two locked doors. Since you are now branded with level 2 clearance, take the door with the glowing symbol in front of it and find your way to this level's central chamber. Talk to the Clan member to find out what you need to do next.

Repairing the Machine
The Clan member will eventually open a level 3 door for you and you'll be in a large chamber with a series of spinning machines. Use the switch to the left of the entrance to turn off the spinning machines. Grab the Sonar power-up and use it to free the blades from the seaweed. Once that's done, hit the switch to restart the machines and make your way back to the waiting Clan member.

Level 3 Clearance
Once you're reunited with the Clan member, go through the other open door in the chamber and follow the path to the end. You can find some power-ups in the rooms along the way. Now that you're back in the first room, go into the open door and find your way to the chamber with the Chatty dolphin. Go through the door with the floating symbol and use the turbines to go back to the branding room.

Use your sonar in the giant machine on the wall behind the giant clamshell to change the settings to level 3 clearance. Operate the machine as you did before and you'll receive your level 3 branding.

All you have to do now is go back to the room with the Chatty dolphin and take the path with the laser beams that leads back to the first room. Go through the door with the green floating symbol until you reach the large central chamber. There is only one door with a level 3 clearance (the one with the floating green symbol) and take the left tunnel to exit the level.