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Ico Hints
How do I start that machine?
1 of 15: You're going to have to do some "repairs" to get it working.
2 of 15: See if you can find another way to access it besides at water level.
3 of 15: Notice that chain hanging over part of the water?
4 of 15: That will let you access the machine.
5 of 15: You first need to lower the chain to bring it closer to you.
6 of 15: A switch will do that for you.
7 of 15: The switch that you first saw when you entered this section, to the right of the gate, raises and lowers the chain. Use it if you hadn't already lowered the chain.
8 of 15: Even with the chain lowered, the chain's just a bit too high.
9 of 15: Kind of like the ladder that was outside the gate.
10 of 15: Go get the box that you used to reach the ladder and put it under the chain.
11 of 15: Now, you can climb onto the box and jump up to reach the chain.
12 of 15: Once you're up here, notice how the stopped machine's connected to the others.
13 of 15: Well, actually, it isn't. You need to fix that problem.
14 of 15: There's some sort of connecting part on the tracks up on this platform.
15 of 15: Push it all the way to the end of the tracks, and the machine will start running again.
