So now ....back to our topic: Helter Skullter

Yesterday I finally made it: I beat the mansion all the way thru....100% secrets !!

It's really a wonderful mansion, especially now that all the little problems of the earlier versions are ironed out !!

After I beat the "real" one, I played the easy version.....  Ohmygod, was that easy !!      (Should have played that first...!)

But:  I found one small error, I think.
In room 13897, somewhere in the upper right corner (but below that caveat with the shield and the key), Jack used to be able to walk through, coming from the right on the uppermost path....but now it's not possible anymore, as there is a brick blocking his head.

Fortunately, I managed to get through the room on a different path.... but only with a pretty dangerous leap.

So something must have happened there: in all earlier versions, and in the released hard version it IS possible to pass that spot.

A few other, final, notes on the released versions:

The save pedestal is of much help, although I feel it comes a little too early in the game. (But it's probably one of the only spots where there was enough space to put it up, I suppose).

I always found it irritating, and still do, that in order to get all secrets, you have to take ALL moving platforms thru the lava, even if it's not necessary for the completion of the game, as you can get to the lower spots with the levers on a much shorter amd more direct way!  So if you want all secrets, you have to keep going back up and take the platforms throu the lava / ceiling several times.  Here I feel, one secret (maybe for the first platform), would have been enough.

In all versions there is a "mistake" in room 14297, ca. center left, near the left grey door. Once this door has been opened, the skull spider walks to the left (and remains there). This is a bad space for it, as it often results in Jack having to sacrifice a life in order to get to (or back from) the leftmost lever. I'm sure the skullspider was meant to stay in the gap  right of the grey door, so the player could jump over it.

Apart from these last 3 points (sorry Joe) I think it's a wonderful, perfect mansion !!

Hi Lara,

You're on the right track. You're at the bottom of the room with the lantern, and you need to be careful in order to get it. But it is possible. Keep trying, and good luck.