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138 - Wire Cutter139 - Emergency Stop140 - The Next Attack!

Emergency Stop is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Last Specter. The puzzle must be solved in order to progress the story.

Puzzle

US Version

In order to stop the machine, you need to press these buttons to shut down power. The lights on top show which circuits are still receiving power. When you press a button, it will switch the state of the light it's connected to, as well as any adjacent lights, so lights that are on will go off and vice versa.

Quick! Work out which button controls each light, and turn them all off.

UK Version

In order to disable this leg, you need to press these buttons to shut down power. The lamps on top show which circuits are still receiving power. When you press a button, it will switch the state of the lamp it's connected to, as well as any adjacent lamps, so lamps that are on will go off and vice versa.

Quick! Work out which button controls each lamp and turn them all off.

Hints

Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.

US Version

The buttons don't necessarily connect to the light directly above them.

Try pressing different buttons until you can tell which one corresponds to which light.

UK Version

The buttons don't necessarily connect to the lamp directly above them.

Try pressing different buttons until you can tell which one corresponds to which lamp.

US Version

It looks as though button B is connected to the third light. What about the other buttons?

UK Version

It looks as though button B is connected to lamp 3. What about the other buttons?

Button D connects to lamp 5, and button E to lamp 1.

US Version

Did you work out all of the button connections?
A→2, B→3, C→4, D→5, and E→1.

Which buttons do you need to press to turn off all of the lamps?

UK Version

Did you work out all of the button connections?
A→2, B→3, C→4, D→5 and E→1.

Which buttons do you need to press to turn off all of the lights?


Solution

Correct

Correct!

As you can see from the diagram, each button corresponded to a lamp above it, but the order was off by one.

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