Test Chamber 00

Location Information: Test Chamber 00

Oh, it's a puzzle. Critical thinking, Stanley. Your forte.

---

Accessible via: The Right Door

---

Leads to: Original HL2 mod's office

---

Place of ending(s): Games Ending

---

Points of Divergence: 0

---

Games: N/A

---

Official: Yes

Gallery Endings Access Dialogue Fanart

Test Chamber 00 is an area in the Games Ending, which leads to the remnants of the original Half-Life 2 mod office, but without lighting.

Information

Like its counterpart in Portal, the test chamber consists of a stasis tube (Relaxation Vault) where Stanley awakens (and where Chell began her adventure in Portal), a huge red button, a vent where cubes are dropped, a round door with the Aperture Science logo on it, which can be opened by placing a cube on the red button. There is an elevator at the end of the test chamber, however the Narrator decides not to let Stanley ride it, and leaves him there after sarcastically mocking Stanley for disobeying his narrations. Below the elevator is a round hole leading to the remnants of the office from the original Half-Life 2 mod.

This room was replaced in the Ultra Deluxe version.

Trivia

• A well-known "Easter Egg" is to pick up the radio from the glass room, then put it right next to the door, carefully placing the cube on top of it so that it leans onto the door. Then, when stepping on the button, if done correctly, the cube should fall between the doors and prevent it from shutting. After a while, the cube will shoot out from between the doors.
• It is possible for Stanley to get stuck inside the test chamber by getting the cube through the door, although this is very tricky to accomplish. Should he manage to get himself trapped, The Narrator will be surprised to see that Stanley broke even the simplest puzzle. The Narrator goes on by leaving Stanley in the chamber since he doesn't have the intention to open the door.
  • • Narrator: Now, how did you manage that? Are you really trapped in here? I'm actually quite impressed! I don't think there's a simpler puzzle out there, and you've still broken it! Well, since I don't intend to open that door, I guess you and this giant button just need to get cozy together. A dream for you, I'm sure. Enjoy.
  • Doing this glitch in Portal, however, doesn't make GLaDOS react.
• It is also possible to get the cube stuck between the door, then the cube bouncing inside the room. It is still possible to normally open the door after that, but the Narrator still says Stanley "broke the puzzle". Entering the door after that makes him act normally.
• The sounds of the big red button is inverted to how it is in Portal. In that game, the synth tone plays when the button is pressed and the buzzer plays when it's released. However, this is the opposite in The Stanley Parable.
  • If this is not a bug, it may indicate that the Narrator doesn't want Stanley to solve the test, and wants him to stay inside or that he [narrator] lacks information about the game (which is highly unlikely to be the cause).
• There is no security camera above the arrow, in contrast to the original Portal, due to the absence of GLaDOS. This could also be Valve's decision to prevent relation to Portal whatsoever.
• The assets of the world are from Portal 2, even though it tries to reference the original game Portal.
  • Since the game doesn't use the portals or the Portal Gun outside of cheats, instead of them generating to let Stanley out, the Narrator simply opens one of the sides of the Relaxation Vault for his exit.

The Stanley Parable Easter Egg Breaking The Portal Puzzle

View • Edit