Evil Genius FAQ

RESEARCH

  Thanks cypher for pointing out the files I could fish the research data
  from.  =)

Steal one of the Centrifuge, Laser or Impact Stress Analyzer.  Now you need
to make the other tools; Make sure you have a door, security camera and
power generator somewhere nearby the lab.  When the options come up to
research them, use them with the tool you have to make the next tool.
  A door -> Impact Stress Analyzer
  A security camera -> Giant Laser
  A power generator -> Centrifuge

Biotanks is the 4th tool, to get it you'll need the Mercury Mirror loot from
Australia.  Check the reference below to see how to get biotanks from there,
it's two combos.  The last 3 tools you'll get when you make it to the second
island; make sure you've collected all 9 doomsday data pieces before then, or
you'll be missing one or two tools.  The last three are the AI Computer, the
Environment Chamber and the Greenhouse.

Your scientists will wander through your base and find objects you can use
the research tools on.  When they do, the research icon will blink.  When
you select the item, you'll be able to select 1 or more of your research 
tools to use on it.  Most items can be used to make several things, depending
on the tool you research it with.

The more important things you can make are marked with a '*'.  To get the
chalkboard, kidnap and interrogate a scientist to get your own scientists.  The
board will become available, and it's great for research.

ISLAND 1 RESEARCH COMBOS:

This list is in alphabetical order by name of the object you'll be given to
research.  It tells you what tool you need to combine it with and what you'll
get.  In the case that making a new item leads to a new researchable item, 
that new item is indented below the first to show you that you should build one
after it's been unlocked.

Capacitor + Laser -> Laser Tripwire sensor
Chalkboard 
  + Impact Stress -> *Nuclear Power Plant
    Nuclear Plant + Laser + Centri + Impact -> ElectroShock Trap
  + Laser -> *Control Station
  + Centrifuge -> Satan's Chimney Trap
    Satan's Chimney + Laser + Centri + Impact -> Prometheus Trap
Chameleon Cloth 
  + Laser -> Disguised Rifle Rack
  + Biotanks -> Disguised holding cell
Door [Standard]
  + Impact Stress -> Heavy Door
  + Biotanks -> *Disguised door [For evil base entrance]
Freezer Rack + Biotanks + Centrifuge + Impact Stress -> FREAKS!
  Once enabled, create a freak by clicking on a body bag and dropping it into 
  the biotanks.  Freaks are huge monsters and will wander your island beating
  up agents.
Handgun Cabinet + Centrifuge -> Sentry Gun
  Sentry Gun + Impact Stress + Laser -> Disguised Sentry Gun

  This is really hard to get.  The regular version can only be built outside,
  and it's Target #1 for every agent.  You get no notice when they attack it,
  so you have to babysit it.  Build one sentry gun in a path that your minions
  take a lot.  Tag every enemy that approaches it for death or capture.  
  Eventually, a science minion will walk up to it and pull out their clipboard
  to take notes.  Then they'll walk to the databank in the lab.  After you say
  to research it, they'll have to come back to it once to get a sample.  After
  that you can destroy it.  You may even want to have a henchman guard it.
Heavy Shooting Range 
  + Laser -> Motion Tracker
  + Impact Stress -> Equipment Rack
Holding Cell + Centrifuge -> Death Cell
Ice Man 
  + Centrifuge -> X-Ray Machine
    X-Ray + Centrifuge + Laser -> Gas Trap (Endurance)
  + Biotanks -> Salad Bar
    Salad Bar + Biotanks + Laser -> Bees trap
Mercury Mirror 
  + Impact Stress -> *Field Barrier door
  + Laser -> Multimedia TV (for archives)
    Multimedia TV + Laser + Centri + Impact -> Biotanks [TOOL!]
    Multimedia TV + Biotanks + Centrifuge -> Egg Chair
      Egg Chair + Laser + Centrifuge + Impact Stress -> Dreadmill Trap
Pharmacy booth 
  + Biotanks + Laser -> Exam Table
  + Biotanks -> Hallucinogen gas trap (Loyalty)
    Loyalty Gas Trap + Impact + Biotanks -> Laughing gas trap (attention)
Power Generator + Centrifuge -> Disguised Generator
  Disguised Power Gen + Laser + Centrifuge -> High Density Capacitor
Reading table  
  + Impact Stress -> Bookcase (Torture device)
  + Biotanks  -> Brainiac machine
Roulette Table + Laser -> Pinball machine
  Pinball Machine + Impact Stress -> Pit Punisher trap
Sonic Generator 
  + Centrifuge -> Heavy Loudspeaker
  + Impact Stress -> Wide Screen TV
Security Camera + Laser -> Zoom-lens Camera
  Zoom-Lens Camera + Centrifuge + Biotank -> Disguised Outdoor Camera
Security Desk + Laser -> Arcade Cabinet
Table Tennis + Impact Stress -> Multigym
TV Studio 
  + Laser -> Big Screen (for Control Room)
  + Impact Stress -> Nerve Gas Trap (Smarts)
  + Biotanks -> Do Not Press trap

ISLAND 2 RESEARCH COMBOS:

Since you may not have gotten all 3 of the new tools, many of the combos on
island two can be made several different ways.

Aztec Amulet 
[WARNING: Building the watchdog triggers an optional objective; you may want
 to build a separate control room near the front of your base first]
  + Enviro Chamber + Laser + Impact -> Stock Market Watchdog
  + Greenhouse + Laser + Impact     -> Stock Market Watchdog
  + AI Computer                     -> Stock Market Watchdog
    Stock Watchdog + Laser + Enviro Chamber -> Money Madness Trap
Antique Cannon
  + Greenhouse + Laser + Biotank  -> Schematic Station
  + AI Computer + Laser + Biotank -> Schematic Station
  + Enviro Chamber                -> Schematic Station
Biochem Worktable
  + AI Computer + Centrifuge -> Venus Man-Trap
  + Greenhouse               -> Venus Man-Trap
  + Enviro Chamber + Biotank -> Venus Man-Trap
    Venus Man-Trap + Impact + Greenhouse -> Piranha Tank Trap
Chameleon Cloth + Laser + AI Computer -> Damned Damsel Trap
Codebreaker 
  + Enviro Chamber + Centri + Impact -> Communications Array
  + Greenhouse + Centri + Impact     -> Communications Array
  + AI Computer                      -> Communications Array
    Comm Array + Centri + AI Computer -> Misdirection Trap
[Grimaldi's] Crown Jewels 
  + Greenhouse + Biotank + Centri    -> Gold Enhancer
  + AI Computer + Biotank + Centri   -> Gold Enhancer
  + Enviro Chamber                   -> Gold Enhancer
Diamond [Giant]
  + AI Computer + Laser + Impact    -> Radio loudspeaker
  + Enviro Chamber + Laser + Impact -> Radio loudspeaker
  + Greenhouse                      -> Radio loudspeaker
Exam Table (Infirmary) + Biotank + Greenhouse -> Auto-Surgeon
Ice Man
  + Centrifuge + Greenhouse -> Cryo Chamber
  + Biotank + Enviro Chamber -> Automat (for mess hall)
Jet Pack
  + Enviro Chamber + Centri + Biotank -> Flamethrower Rack
  + AI Computer + Centri + Biotank    -> Flamethrower Rack
  + Greenhouse                        -> Flamethrower Rack
    Flamethrower Rack + Laser + Greenhouse -> Exploding palm tree trap
Mercury Mirror + Impact + Enviro Chamber -> Saw Blades trap
Nuclear Power Station 
  + Centrifuge + Environment Chamber -> Giant Magnet trap ('sucker')
Sonic Generator
  + Impact Stress + AI Computer -> Brainwasher