The Visual Bomb Defusal Manual

by Haley Halcyon

Compatible with Manual Version 1
Verification Code: 241

Simple Wires

Cut one wire. Wires are numbered from top to bottom.
Red Blue Yellow White blacK

3 WIRES

  • 0 red: 2nd
  • >1 blue: 2nd blue
  • otherwise last

5 WIRES

  • last=black & serial=odd: 4th
  • 1 red & >1 yellow: 1st
  • 0 black: 2nd
  • otherwise 1st

4 WIRES

  • >1 red & serial=odd: last red
  • 0 red & last=yellow: 1st
  • 1 blue: 1st
  • >2 yellow: last
  • otherwise 2nd

6 WIRES

  • 0 yellow & serial=odd 3rd
  • 1 yellow & >1 white: 4th
  • 0 red: last
  • otherwise 4th

The Button

Keypads (table method)

1: Only one of these columns (A-F) has a value for all 4 symbols on the keypad. Find out which.

※Symbols on the left table appear in only one column.

2: Push from 1 to 7.

Sym A B C D E F
Ѧ 2
Ϟ 4
© 1
Ѽ 2
Ͼ 4
ѯ 6
7
҂ 3
æ 4
Ҋ 6
Ω 7
Sym A B C D E F
Ϙ 1 2
ƛ 3 6
Ѭ 5 4
ϗ 6 6
Ͽ 7 3
Ӭ 1 2
Ҩ 4 3
5 7
¿ 7 6
Җ 4 5
Ԇ 5
б 1 1
2 5
Ѣ 3 3
ټ 7 2
Ψ 1 5

Keypads

1: Only one of these columns has all 4 symbols on the keypad. Find out which.

2: Push from top to bottom of column.

Symbols in yellow boxes only appear in one column.

Simon Says

Columns: How many strikes?

Rows: Is there an A, E, I, O, or U in the serial number?

Colors are ↑ blue, ← red, → yellow, and ↓ green.

Who’s On First? Page 1

1: Word(s) on the display → position of button to read.

2: Text on said button → list of buttons to press.

3 rounds per module.

Suggestion: UR = “UR letter”, YOU ARE = “YOU ARE words”, YOUR = “YOUR possessive”, YOU’RE = “YOU’RE contraction”, etc.

Who’s On First? Page 2

Button says: Press the first button that you see:
BLANK WAIT, RIGHT, OKAY, MIDDLE, BLANK
DONE SURE, UH HUH, NEXT, WHAT?, YOUR, UR, YOU’RE, HOLD, LIKE
FIRST LEFT, OKAY, YES, MIDDLE, NO, RIGHT, NOTHING, UHHH, WAIT
HOLD YOU ARE, U, DONE, UH UH, YOU, UR, SURE, WHAT?, YOU’RE
LEFT RIGHT, LEFT
LIKE YOU’RE, NEXT, U, UR, HOLD, DONE, UH UH, WHAT?, UH HUH
MIDDLE BLANK, READY, OKAY, WHAT, NOTHING, PRESS, NO, WAIT, LEFT
NEXT WHAT?, UH HUH, UH UH, YOUR, HOLD, SURE, NEXT
NO BLANK, UHHH, WAIT, FIRST, WHAT, READY, RIGHT, YES, NOTHING
NOTHING UHHH, RIGHT, OKAY, MIDDLE, YES, BLANK, NO, PRESS, LEFT
OKAY MIDDLE, NO, FIRST, YES, UHHH, NOTHING, WAIT, OKAY
PRESS RIGHT, MIDDLE, YES, READY, PRESS
READY YES, OKAY, WHAT, MIDDLE, LEFT, PRESS, RIGHT, BLANK, READY
RIGHT YES, NOTHING, READY, PRESS, NO, WAIT, WHAT, RIGHT
SURE YOU ARE, DONE, LIKE, YOU’RE, YOU, HOLD, UH HUH, HR, SURE
U UH HUH, SURE, NEXT, WHAT?, YOU’RE, UR, UH HUH, DONE, U
UHHH READY, NOTHING, LEFT, WHAT, OKAY, YES, RIGHT, NO, PRESS
UH HUH UH HUH
UH UH UR, U, YOU ARE, YOU’RE, NEXT, UH UH
UR DONE, U, UR
WAIT UHHH, NO, BLANK, OKAY, YES, LEFT, FIRST, PRESS, WHAT
WHAT UHHH, WHAT
WHAT? YOU, HOLD, YOU’RE, YOUR, U, DONE, UH UH, LIKE, YOU ARE
YES OKAY, RIGHT, UHHH, MIDDLE, FIRST, WHAT, PRESS, READY, NOTHING
YOU SURE, YOU ARE, YOUR, YOU’RE, NEXT, UH HUH, UR, HOLD, WHAT?
YOU’RE YOU, YOU’RE
YOU ARE YOUR, NEXT, LIKE, UH HUH, WHAT?, DONE, UH UH, HOLD, YOU
YOUR UH UH, YOU ARE, UH HUH, YOUR
Simplified & Alphabetized Table by Io

Memory

Make sure to write down the label of each phase, and position of phase 1 and 2.
DISPLAY 1 2 3 4 note down
STAGE 1 2nd POS 2nd POS 3rd POS 4th POS Label & POS
STAGE 2 Labeled “4” Stage 1 POS 1st POS Stage 1 POS Label & POS
STAGE 3 Stage 2 LABEL Stage 1 LABEL 3rd POS Labeled “4” Label
STAGE 4 Stage 1 POS 1st POS Stage 2 POS Stage 2 POS Label
STAGE 5 Stage 1 LABEL Stage 2 LABEL Stage 4 LABEL Stage 3 LABEL N/A

Morse Code

The tran­scrip­tion of each word is pro­vided, and sor­ted in dit-dah order, spaces ig­nored.
(e.g. IT ·· - is sorted after V ···-, not before)
··· ···· · ·-·· ·-·· shell 3.505 MHz
···· ·- ·-·· ·-·· ··· halls 3.515 MHz
··· ·-·· ·· -·-· -·- slick 3.522 MHz
··· - ·· -· --· sting 3.592 MHz
··· - · ·- -·- steak 3.582 MHz
···- · -·-· - --- ·-· vector 3.595 MHz
··· - ·-· --- -··· · strobe 3.545 MHz
··-· ·-·· ·· -·-· -·- flick 3.555 MHz
·-·· · ·- -·- ··· leaks 3.542 MHz
-··· ·· ··· - ·-· --- bistro 3.552 MHz
-··· · ·- - ··· beats 3.600 MHz
-··· ·-· ·· -·-· -·- brick 3.575 MHz
-··· ·-· · ·- -·- break 3.572 MHz
-··· --- -- -··· ··· bombs 3.565 MHz
- ·-· ·· -·-· -·- trick 3.532 MHz
-··· --- -··- · ··· boxes 3.535 MHz

Complicated Wires

A parallel port is a wide, pink port with 2 rows of connection pins, 13 and 12 respectively.

Wire Sequences

Note down the number of cumulative occurrences of each color in that module.

Cut if connected to a listed letter.

# Red wires: # Blue wires: # blacK wires:
1 C 1 B 1 A B C
2 B 2 A C 2 A C
3 A 3 B 3 B
4 A C 4 A 4 A C
5 B 5 B 5 B
6 A C 6 B C 6 B C
7 A B C 7 C 7 A B
8 A B 8 A C 8 C
9 B 9 A 9 C

Maze

Passwords

TIP: Ask for the 1st, 3rd, and 4th letter. If the first letter contains a T, ask if the 2nd letter contains an H.

AGAIN
ABOUT
AFTER
BELOW
COULD
EVERY
FIRST
FOUND
GREAT
HOUSE
LEARN
LARGE
NEVER
OTHER
PLACE
PLANT
POINT
RIGHT
SMALL
SPELL
STILL
STUDY
SOUND
THEIR
THERE
THESE
THING
THINK
THREE
WHERE
WHICH
WRITE
WORLD
WATER
WOULD

Needy Dialog

The question can be “Vent gas?” or “Detonate?”

To be sure, press “No” first. When the question is “Vent gas?” the module will remind you that “Venting prevents explosions”. However, when you answer “Yes” to “Detonate?” The bomb will explode without warning.

Needy Capacitor (a.k.a. “Lever”)

Pull the lever to drain the electricity, which will otherwise accumulate in 45 seconds.

When you neglect it too long, you will hear the module make a sound in the background. When you hear it, abandon what you’re doing and hold down the lever immediately.

Needy Knob

Tips for Effective Communication

Use military communication terms and memorize the NATO Alphabet.

Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta
Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel
India Juliett Kilo Lima
Mike November Oscar Papa
Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango
Uniform Victor Whiskey X-ray
Yankee Zulu
“Yes”:
Affirmative.
“No”:
Negative.
“I understand”:
Roger (that).
“That’s all; you may speak now”:
Over.
“I’ll do that”:
Wilco.

Credit

Simplified Manual (Coding, Design) by Haley Halcyon

Original Manual and Game by Steel Crate Games

KTaNE Official Website

Some ideas and shortcuts from Io’s Simplified Manual (now unpublished)

by diodewaal (Reddit)