I don't have CustLemm, but I have access to Insane Steve's website, so here ya go!



Level 5: BLEEEEEGGGGGGH!

Save 97% of 70
Release rate 20
1 minute

10 climbers, 5 bombers, 5 blockers, 2 of everything else

Good: you only get one minute, so you won't waste hours on different possibilities
Bad: really awful title, and.... let's face it.... big cheapie.

Really bad: and wasn't it Insane Steve who didn't manage to work out Manclimber United?

It wouldn't be just one-third more. Nowhere near.

2^8 = 256
3^8 = 6561

2^16 = 65,536
3^16 = 43,046,721

2^24 = 16,777,216
3^24 = 282,429,536,481

2^32 = 4,294,967,296
3^32 = 1,853,020,188,851,841

I think we can stop there...... you see that if a bit could have three states instead of two, 32 bits could encode more than a quarter of a million times as much information as they currently do. A little bit more than a one-third increase!  

 Um...... on my copy I have 2 each of climbers, floaters, BASHERS and diggers. You still need a clever trick, but having bashers certainly helps!

Thank you, Shvegait! And thanks for the comment........

So, "Adam's lemmings again". I propose we skip the ones that are just remakes, as this is a long set. Thus, we start with:

Level 2: What the hell? [Screenshot forthcoming. Maybe.]

Save 100% of 60
Release rate 99
2 minutes

Skills: 20 of everything

Good: the fast release rate, the short time, and having to save 100% all make you think.
Bad: pretty easy and nothing especially original

That's ok    it is hard to understand when you're not used to it.........

But "infinite 9s plus one" is meaningless; if you add one to an infinite number the answer is the same infinite number. Your sum then becomes:

0.9 recurring = infinite 9s / infinite 9s + 1 = infinity / infinity = 1

You just don't understand the concept of a limit. Shall I put it differently?

1 - 0.9 = 0.1
1 - 0.99 = 0.01
1 - 0.999 = 0.001
1 - 0.9999 = 0.0001

In the limit, as the number of 9s goes to infinity, the difference between 1 and 0.999999 tends to zero. In every term of the sequence, the difference is increasingly small but still slightly more than zero; but the limit itself is zero.

I don't mind re-doing the missing Mayhem levels, if someone will help me out (there are just five unique ones after this).......



Mayhem 18: Two different worlds

Save 49 of 50
Release rate 1
7 minutes

1 bomber, 1 blocker, 10 builders, 3 bashers, 1 digger

Good: makes you think, and you need to use your builders efficiently
Bad: bashing the right way from a confined space is really frustrating

Well, I might just catch you up then. I've done _nearly_ all of Present and Sunsoft....... I'm leaving "Final Impediment" and "I am A.T." for a while while I tackle Mayhem.

Just beat "Just a minute" by guest's method...... many thanks! Of course I had been using the holding area but only by the more obvious means: dig down so that you can start your bash immediately (as opposed to Part Two) -- this gives you ample time to complete the level on all other versions I've played. Never thought of doing it like that!

(For some reason it seems to be much harder to find a new solution in the shock of your old one not working than to solve the same level from scratch....... as I found earlier with "Let's get together"!)