Riven Marble Puzzle Not Working

I ve been replaying riven after 21 years and having lots of fun with the nostalgia.

Riven marble puzzle not working.

I have set the five number code on the sliders correctly and the linking books rise up and they open when i click on them. After solving the marble puzzle the machine came down and various mechanical sounds ensued and the marbles were all back in their original places i have gone as directed by walkthroughs to two or three of the spinning domes. Some things may not work as they should or don t work at all. So it must be the colour of the broken light and thus the colour corresponding to boiler house island.

Open any of the marble domes and enter the 5 d ni numbers you have obtained from gehn s book these are always different therefore if you have not obtained these you will need to go back to his lab on crater island and. Visit gehn an do not capture him and do not free catherine but go directly back and open the star fissure. It still looks pretty good all things considered though the resolution is low on modern machines. If you have solved the puzzle you should hear the system powering up the linking books and see the marbles ending back on the right.

Open the star fissure before visiting gehn or catherine. My almost working solution to the marble puzzle in riven what i want to discuss here is an alternative clue to the marble puzzle that i have not seen mentioned in guides that only helped me solve 80 or 4 of 5 marbles of the puzzle. Every marble is correctly colored and in the correct position. Version 1 1 november 1997.

Visit gehn and capture him in the trap book and go back and open the star fissure without freeing catherine. The solution to this puzzle concerns placing the coloured marbles on the grid so they occupy the exact positions of the spinning domes on the 5 islands. Thanks to andrew becker for helping with the image maps julie pickhardt for help with the html and erik gos tom mueller and ron opperman for extra tips and corrections. I have patiently worked through it all and figured out the famously maddening fire marble puzzle.

Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven. Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven. After solving the fire marble puzzle there are other ways to end the game. We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like.

Open any of the marble domes and enter the 5 d ni numbers you have obtained from gehn s book these are always different therefore if you have not obtained these you need to go back to his lab on crater island and get them. With 5 marbles in place close the press by pulling the handle down and press the white button. If not the marbles stay where they are and you need to try again. Solution by mike marcelais.