Dark Room

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Dark Room
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Stage Name	Shadows
Stage Number	st01b
Connecting Areas	Graveyard Windmill
Designer	Mikiko Takeda
Save Sofa	No

The Dark Room is a location in ICO.

Walkthrough

After going alone inside the Dark Room and dropping the box to the Graveyard in order to open the door to the area, enter with Yorda. Now climb the ladder again, jump to the chain, and go to the balcony outside the upper floor. From the balcony, go to the entrance on the left side of the screen. Once back in the room, grab the ladder from the edge of the wall, then jump from the ladder to the chain directly behind you. When the platform rises up, you need to hold on the chain in order to be able to swing back and forward, and jump to the top of the raised platform. When Ico jumps onto the platform, shadows will appear, so press to pull Yorda up immediately. If she touches the stone statues, the shadows will be quickly wiped out.

Shadows

• PAL
• NTSC-U
• June 26th 2001 Demo

PAL

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
UMIUSHI SET	Umiushi	Oni	Tori	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 0.9 Dodge Range: 350 Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
IMOMUSHI SET	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 100 NG+ HP: 150 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 700 Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	No
USHI SET	Ushi	Imomushi	Tori	NG HP: 300 NG+ HP: 450 Body Scale: 1.1 Dodge Range: 400 Type: Normal Behavior: Pushy	No
TYOU SET	Tyou	Tori	Umiushi	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 0.9 Dodge Range: 400 Type: Normal Behavior: Pushy	Yes (1 time)
ONI SET	Oni	Umiushi	Tori	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 400 Type: Normal Behavior: Pushy	No
SPIDER SET Group 1 Follows: Umiushi Set Group 2 Follows: Tyou Set Amount: 8 (5 follow Umiushi, 3 follow Tyou)	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 100 NG+ HP: 150 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 700 Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	No

NTSC-U

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
UMIUSHI SET	Umiushi	Oni	Tori	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 0.9 Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
IMOMUSHI SET	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	No
USHI SET	Ushi	Imomushi	Tori	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.1 Type: Normal Behavior: Pushy	No
TYOU SET	Tyou	Tori	Umiushi	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 0.9 Type: Normal Behavior: Pushy	Yes (1 time)
ONI SET	Oni	Umiushi	Tori	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Normal Behavior: Pushy	No
SPIDER SET Group 1 Follows: Umiushi Set Group 2 Follows: Tyou Set Amount: 8 (5 follow Umiushi, 3 follow Tyou) Behavior: Pushy	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	No

June 26th 2001 Demo

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
TYOU SET	Tyou	-		HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	No, even if returning to portal by itself
TORI SET 1	Tori	Imomushi	Umiushi	HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
TORI SET 2	Tori	Imomushi	Umiushi	HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
TOGE SET	Toge	Bighand	Hiyoko	HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Type: Flying Behavior: Shy	No
SPIDER SET Follows: Tyou Set Amount: 9 Behavior: Shy	Tori	Imomushi	Umiushi	HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Type: Normal Behavior: Shy	No

Development History

PS1 Era

Early layout from the PS1 Era showing the earlier design of st01b and its connections.

Early on in development during the PlayStation 1 Era, as seen in a diagram shared by Kazuhiro Numata, an earlier iteration of stage 01b used to connect to the second floor of the Chandelier, as well as to an unused location known as the "Dynamite Room". Chains were used to climb down to it.

E3 2000 (May 2000)

E3 2000 Demo version of the stage.

A temporary version of st01b was created for the E3 2000 Demo. This iteration of the stage had a lever next to its entrance, and it also had a bridge. The exit at the end of the stage, which used to lead to the top floor of Chandelier as seen in the PS1 diagram above, led to the ground floor entrance of Chandelier instead, through the big door (the place leading to Drawbridge in the retail game).

Ico fighting shadows next to the entrace to Chandelier (2000/05/17).

Concept art of the switch for st01b from the Japanese artbook.

PlayStation Underground (June 2000)

The stage in the PSU footage.

Footage from the PlayStation Underground 4.2, which was from June 2000, showed the same entrance but the bridge and lever were missing. In their place, a box and a chain were seen. The chain placement matches the PS1 diagram, with the player having to climb down to st11a to progress.

Trivia

• Its stage number (st01b) implies that another stage (st01a) connected to it at some point in development. In a very early stage layout it can be seen that Proto connected to st01a, which then connected to st01b.

Gallery

Shot of the Dark Room from the ICO Official Guidebook.

Exit to the Graveyard #1.

Exit #2.

Exit #3.

Idol gates.

The moving floor.

Chain that controls the moving floor.

The chain after being pulled.

Jars.

Exit to the Windmill.

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