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How do I make it through the stamping room?
1 of 9: One room has three parallel conveyors leading through a series of two stamping pistons each.
2 of 9: Whatever is on the conveyor gets crushed by these pistons.
3 of 9: Some of the conveyors are going towards you, some away. You want them all to go away from you. The middle conveyor is by default the only one moving towards you.
4 of 9: You need to find the switches for conveyors.
5 of 9: A room off to the right side of the conveyors has three switches. The middle one is down, the other two are up.
6 of 9: Push the middle switch up to get the middle conveyor moving away from you.
7 of 9: You now can ride the conveyors out of this room, but how do you avoid the stamping machines?
8 of 9: There is a button in the main control room overlooking the pistons. It temporarily halts the pistons' activities.
9 of 9: You need to press the button when both pistons, of whatever conveyor you choose to take, are up. Run out of the room, jump onto the conveyor, and run under the pistons.
