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From: Pete Holland Jr.
e-mail: petehollandjr@yahoo.com
Category: General
Date: 01 Apr 2000
Time: 16:58:03
Remote Name: 204.248.58.79
Boy, I'm busy today....
I actually beat Raiders a long time ago and didn't play it since. If you're expecting a big ending, pop that bubble before you do this. Herewith, my solution:
Okay, one of the posts mentioned that thingy in the key basket. This is actually the whole trick. Get yourself the ankh (sic?) with the grapling hook, a parachute, the key, and the thingy in the key basket. It's actually the medallion from the Staff Of Ra in the movie. Cross the mesa field, on the bottom mesa, go down. This should take you into an area where you are walking down a thin stripe. On the right will be a series of boxes. They are actually rooms.
Next, highlight the key. Walk down SLOWLY (about a step at a time). I believe the second box from the bottom will open up, and the box above it will look like a miniature version of the mesa field. (NOTE: I've been told to highlight the key, but I think I just entered the room without doing that). Don't walk anywhere else--you'll fall. Once in the room, move dead center in there and highlight the medallion. Then wait. If you have the timepiece, highlight it quick to check the time. When it hits twelve, the sun start to rise in the top box. If the medallion is highlighted, a flashing dot will appear on a mesa on the mesa map. That's where you need to go.
Highlight the key again (the ark's location will not change unless you stop the game) and leave. Go down, and run through the den of theives. You will be partially obscured, so look closely and watch out. The lower right corner, I believe, is the exit. Run there a couple of seconds and you will find yourself in the black market. Grab a shovel. I think (if my memory serves me right) the right wall has the exit back to the regular market. Go grab the ankh again, and cross the mesa field to the mesa you saw highlighted in the map room. Drop the ankh, highlight the parachute, and step off. The end of the branch will catch the chute, but the branch itself will help you move in a little faster. Ride into the gap just below the tree. You are inside the mesa. Dodge the thieves while going down to the pile of dirt. Highlight the shovel, stand in the pile, and press the action button. The dirt will lower a bit. Step outside of the pile, then back in and press the button again. Keep doing this until the dirt is gone. If you are wrong, you will fall down the mesa side again (you can save yourself with another parachute, but move quick to avoid the thief and tse-tse flies). If you are right, you will be lowered on a platform beneath the ark like in the game opening, with the hieght of the platform representing your score.
Hope this helps.