I've literally been stuck on that bloody microscope puzzle *for years*.

I am curious if the difficulty has been adjusted/fixed/patched in this release. Anyone who has bought the remaster and passed the puzzle, please let me know.

Thanks!

In the new Anniversary Edition, the microscope puzzle should be hard as in the original gameplay (but not too hard). If you experience issues with it on the new 25th Anniversary Edition - please let us know via email.

Also, on the new edition, it's not mandatory to solve it (actually "win it", since it's a mini-game) in order to complete the game. But you do need to solve all the rest :)

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MojoTouch Support
contact@mojo-touch.com

Thanks for letting me know...

I know the original game used the system CPU to drive the microscope game's AI, and the faster that was the harder the puzzle was... can you tell me what CPU is emulated in the 25th anniversary edition? I'm just curious.

I've also just bought the AE so I will find out shortly if the puzzle is still so wickedly tough. :)

Thanks again!

I think it's indeed been made a little easier, I tried following the solver and then a pretty simple and slightly aggressive strategy I found on Steam (one which on the original game would have gotten me completely mauled and left for the crows to pick and I was able to beat Stauf twice (I reloaded my save to check).

So now I got the achievement in the bag, one which I was pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to get since the hintbook does not unlock it and were it at the level of the original game on modern hardwares would have been total torture.

I just wish the solver could be downloaded and used offline, just for kicks.