I found a copy of Lighthouse, Version 2 in a bargain bin the other day, and snapped it up, because I have only played Version 1 before. This is the one with the helpful lights that tell you when the grappling arm in the mini-sub and the arm in the volcano hot-car are in the correct position. Boy, that makes these tasks almost a snap compared to doing them without that help.
Anyway, I have been down in the lava-pit and retrieved the piece, and I am sure I returned all the valves to their original position, but when I attempt to return, the gate is lowered and I am stuck in the steam-generating area.
O Ye Moderators with the perfect memory (remember we were informed of that the other day
) - what in the dickens have I done to close that gate?
Incidentally, I was inspired to play this game following the path that Peter Smith is using, not the "traditional" walkthrough path, and I believe it makes more sense. That is, following the Dark Being through the portal he creates in Amanda's room, rather than (I'll stop here, so as not to spoil it for him if he reads this)
Everybody knows what I mean by the more traditional choice; and the flow of the game is more logical this way. I'm sure it's the original intent of the authors, even though whoever wrote the original hints has steered the world the other way.
But I digress - I'm still quite stuck.