I give him a cassette tape after I record Razor's playing on it, and he's the most manic depressive tentacle on the face of the planet, I come to discover.
Also, it's really hard to make your demo tape go anywhere or to get a recording contract if you don't spread it around. You've got to fight for your band.
Well definitely not with that attitude. Good grief.
Let's grab the demo tape he left here on the bed and head off.
So the meteor has desires for arbitrarily random items and non sequiturs, or else he's just hell bent on pushing Ed's buttons because he's an easy mark.
The irony of Ed saying "nobody touches my hamster" while the hamster is already gone from his cage and in Razor's possession is delicious.
Tick-off? What is this, politically correct harsh-wording your son?
If I'm not mistaken, I believe this was another censorship moment where the meteor was going to be stated as going to be "pissed", as it were.
Bernard fixes the telephone with the tools from the trunk of the car, so now he can call Nurse Edna (for a good time 7537), just like the bathroom wall said.
Wow. He's dead in your shower, you tramp. Do you people NEVER bathe!?
Yet another possible explanation for why this whole family is tinted blue. Between radioactive pool water and never bathing... Blech.
Cousin Ted. Still dead in the bathroom.
Also, is the mirror broken? And is that what Dr. Fred actually looks like there on the wall? Like, "before the accident"?
Make sure to grab the small key as we sneak through her room, as it opens the coin boxes to the games. Since Edna is on the phone, she is oblivious to our presence (however, if you hang around too long, Edna will state that she thinks she hears prowlers, and hang up and chase after you).
Alright, we've made it into the attic. Let's hit the light switch here.
Hmmm... A wall safe, with some very tiny numbers next to it that I can't read that must be the combination.
If only I had a magnifying glass, or some other way of reading it... If only...
Remember the big telescope? Insert two dimes; turn twice to the right from the starting point.
Success. Albeit, a giant WTF.
That's ALL that is in the safe? A lousy envelope?
...Bullocks.
Have Bernard grab this here radio tube.
Did you know that the internet is really just a series of tubes?
Give the little militant his commando package; and you'll sort of befriend him.
Are you sure he made him a mad-man, or did he just bring out the inner whackjob already inside?
Your hamster hates you. It wanted me to tell you.
Also, if you don't have Michael on your team, don't even bother picking up the plans (the film roll appears by the bushes out front once you have gotten the package and delivered it to Ed). I'm not sure why such a straightforward assault needs a commando package and special plans, but I digress.
Put the envelope and a jar of NON-RADIOACTIVE water in the microwave (the non-radioactive part is critical, just turn on the sink in the kitchen and fill the jar up).
Awww crap, that means I'll have 5 minutes of waiting to do. Bummer.
Though raiding the lab at the end of the game with the power off is sort of fun.
Uh-oh. The callout.
Well, that certainly would make for an interesting love triangle.
That's just creepy. Equally as creepy as the mirror on the ceiling there.
Especially if you read into it that Dr. Fred had previously used an older version of the Zom-B-Matic to brainwash Edna and that she was once a beautiful cheerleader like Sandy that he stole away. And that maybe he plans to replace Edna with Sandy, or create Sandy as a bride for the meteor.
And yes, I am just making that last stuff up, but can you imagine though?
So we have just steamed open the envelope from Edna's safe and... Sweet man, a quarter!
So with our quarter, we can play the Meteor Mess game and find the top score (DFS with a score of 3301) which will be the secret door passcode to Dr. Fred's lab. Then using the small key from Edna's room, we can open the coin box and get our quarter back!
Also, did you know the original name of the Tuna Diver game was actually Muff Diver, before Nintendo forced the change? And I can't get over how small the air hockey table looks still. It reminds me of the Stonehenge set piece from This Is Spinal Tap.
Reminds me of the skeleton from Army of Darkness saying "bring on the wenches!". And there he goes with that laugh again.
Eek the Cat?
[Editor's note: Even though there are a great many ways to try and save Sandy, I am just going to attempt two of them -- one way as Bernard, and one way as Razor. Nothing for Dave, since he's pretty much worthless. So we'll start out with Razor's ending.]