Playing Tips
Theres only one way to beat this game: practice, practice, PRACTICE. Run through the lower levels until you know where everything is and can confidently finish them without losing more than a life or two. Did that? Great! Now its time to stock up for your attack on the freezer. There is a way to earn unlimited lives in this game, but its very tedious and time-consuming. If you want to have any chance at all in the freezer, though, its well worth it. Interested? Read on:
Despite what the game magazines say, dont finish the bathroom until its the only level left before the freezer. At that point, head for the bathroom and play as you normally like to until you reach the underwater level. Find a cat that spits out fish bones. Hover over its head and tromp each fish bone as it comes out. Soon youll net 1600 points per fish bone; 32 of these are worth a 1-Up. (You get one every 50,000 points.) Youll hear a sound every time a 1-Up is scored. Keep this up until you have *at least* 70 lives. This may sound extreme, but trust me - youll need em.
One very important caveat: do not, and I repeat do NOT, press Select
to check your 1-Up tally any time while in the bathroom! There is a bug in the game that sometimes causes it to reset when Select
is pressed in certain levels, notably the bathroom and the laboratory. This has happened to me and is *most* irksome. If youre that desperate to know how many reserves you have, just kill Pugsley and youll see your 1-Up total upon starting your new character.
The freezer will test all your skills to the limit. Good luck!
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