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The Martian Chronicles Hints
How do I open the lock?
1 of 11: What good is a jail cell without a lock?
2 of 11: Have you tried clicking on the green switches?
3 of 11: They can toggle back and forth a bit.
4 of 11: There is a hint in the Generator building.
5 of 11: There is another hint in the Stendahl Mansion.
6 of 11: Did you notice that the left most switch always works?
7 of 11: A form of binary code is being used in the lock.
8 of 11: You need to lower all the switches.
9 of 11: Try to work from left to right.
10 of 11: There is a rule that governs when a switch can be moved.
11 of 11: To move a switch, the next switch to the left must be down, and all the other switches to the left must be up.