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I was playing Dino Riki tonight and discovered something I'd never seen before and never read about in any of the online literature either. By the skin of my teeth I managed to beat the game twice in a row without using a continue. That's the super-secret up+start to continue at the game over screen for anyone not familiar. First time two-in-a-row, and when I got back to the title screen after finally running out of lives a few levels into the 3rd play-through I noticed that the icon of Riki had changed into an old man with glasses and facial hair. This was a game for which I had kind of been looking forward to a cool victory screen at the end only to get the instant repeat, but it seems there is a good ending after all - Riki gets to live long enough to experience old age, which I'm guessing is pretty rare for a cave man in a world of man-eating beasts.. It could also come down to a matter of points, alternatively. Once, previously, after looping the game a single time and proceeding a few more levels I managed a score of 1,016,390 and Riki did not change, so topping a Million is not the key, but I suppose it could be a matter of topping 1.1 or 1.25 million, for example. Not sure. Anyway, I just wanted to share this unexpected surprise...

Not sure if there is a more suitable spot to post something like this or not. I was playing Dino Riki tonight and discovered something I'd never seen before and never read about in any of the online literature either. By the skin of my teeth I managed to beat the game twice in a row without using a continue. That's the super-secret up+start to continue at the game over screen for anyone not familiar. First time two-in-a-row, and when I got back to the title screen after finally running out of lives a few levels into the 3rd play-through I noticed that the icon of Riki had changed into an old man with glasses and facial hair. This was another game for which I had kind of been looking forward to a cool victory screen at the end only to get the instant repeat, but it seems there is a good ending after all - Riki gets to live long enough to experience old age, which I'm guessing is pretty rare for a cave man in a world of man-eating beasts..

Would be nice if it was just the power pack, but more likely to be a faulty chip in the computer needing replacement. Wish I could tell you more... There are usually diagnostic test cartridges available on Ebay for pretty reasonable prices...

There's a port on the back of the computer/keyboard for cartridges. Load cart and turn on power pack, comp./key. and monitor and you should have a title screen. To load a disk game put a disk in w/label facing up and push the latch down on the disk drive. To load an official game - type: LOAD "*",8,1 Sometimes it is LOAD "*",8 Also, don't be at all surprised if your disk drive powers on but won't load a disk for any number of reasons. In my experience, ripped game disks often have more than one game on them and a list can be accessed by typing: LOAD "LIST",8 And then the same for each game with the title in quotes instead of LIST or an asterisk.

The first thing to do is probably to locate your power pack if you have one. Since I don't see it out in the pic. I'm guessing it's in that beige box under the disk drive. It should have a hard wired cord coming out of it that needs to be attached to the port on the right side of your computer/keyboard. The port is to the right of the power button. On the back of the computer/keyboard there are two identical ports in the middle. You need a cable running from the one on the right (if you are facing them) to the left of two identical ports (again, if you are facing them) on the back of your disk drive. The left-middle port on the back of your computer/keyboard is for the monitor. The cable for that should have 3 male RCA ports at the other end that are color coded to match the female RCA ports on the back of your monitor. One, (white) for Audio and two, (yellow & red) For Video, or Luma and Chroma as they should be labeled on the back of the monitor. Plug in your power pack, monitor and disk drive. (probably want to make sure everything is turned off before plugging everything in) The disk drive power cord is not hardwired so you'll have to port it in at the bottom left on the back. Turn it all on in the following order: Power pack first (switch on back.) Computer/keyboard 2nd (switch on right side.) Finally, turn on your monitor and disk drive. Computer/keyboard has an l.e.d. light on top. Disk drive has one on the front. Power pack does not have one, and you'll know your monitor is working if you see that gorgeous blue color. They are turned off in the reverse order: Disk Drive, Monitor Computer/keyboard, Power pack.

That is an Awesome Lot for 20 beans. C64 is my Fav. along with NES and ColecoVision so I'm just a trifle jealous. P.s. Next time the wife orders you to get rid of something video game related, I recommend this line: ALL OF YOUR SHOES, CLOTHES, MAKE-UP AND HAIR-CARE PRODUCTS HAVE TO GO!

I actually beat C last night as well, but didn't realize it as crazy as that sounds. The final piece completed the loop on level 50, however I had to 2 long bars that were not attached to anything at all. I was wondering why that message had flashed on the screen. At the time I thought maybe it had something to do with points, but I guess as long as your last piece makes the loop and you did not complete any loopz beforehand it still counts. Anyway, today I got the full loop on 50 which was actually a little easier than the one on level 49.

Whew! Loopz Is Done. Game C Cleared. I'm not planning to bother posting pics of "high" scores for games A and B as that can easily be achieved by a monkey and I've done as much this year on probably hundreds of occasions. I barely managed to snap this congratulatory pic. in time. It was present for only a few seconds - really thought I'd get a better ending, but oh wells. The journey is its own reward...

Ah, I was afraid that might be the case (w/o missing a shot.) lol. I played through the game several times but eventually lost my patience with that level. Oh well, thanks for the word. Well done to you on the comp!et¡on!

I was trying to beat shooting range about a week ago and no matter how well I did at the bonus level (shooting every bottle), it would never award me the 10,000 bonus. I'd always clock in around 36,000 or so..

...Once again the swamp is safe. He's no longer Alec Holland and I will no longer be nursing gamer thumbs in a bowl of ice water at the end of the night... at least until the next challenge. Holy Andouille!!, that game is no joke. Mostly, it reminds me of Bart Meets Radioactive Man, only much more difficult. Also, level 3 is very reminiscent of the graveyard stage in Bart Vs. The World. I actually made it to Arcane with all six of Swamp Things life bars, beat him, but managed to take two hits after the fact, killing Swamp Thing and naturally the game did not give it to me. Somehow, I managed to keep my wits about me and beat him on the next go. When I was starting out with it I kept trying to jump pits of doom only to have Swamp thing stop half way and plummet to his death. I tried two different controllers and same thing. Finally I realized that I'd need to always be pushing up and right any time I jumped because just pushing right was resulting in down/right and stopping his jump. Yeeesh! I guess it's nice to know that I'm not crazy for buying so many old games over the years to play on original hardware.

I had some really irritating controller issues initially, playing Swamp Thing on an emulator, but I've got it figured out and can now make it to the last level. I'll keep plugging away until I get it...

I decided I needed a night of respite from my recent forays into "Beat The NES Library", so here's Taz-Mania Cleared.

I read somewhere or other that Swamp Thing uses the same engine as all the Bart Simpson Games, hence Its been one of my top NES games to acquire, as I played the crap out of those Bart games as a kid. Maybe I'll try and emulate it... Also, there's a hack out there in which Swamp Thing has been replaced by Bart Simpson. I also like a lot of games with very bad reputations.

Correction: @NESfiend Thanx! I love a "real tube." It's great for giving Duck Hunt some additional replay value.

Dracula is defeated. Thinkin' I'll probably give Jungle Book a go now, but also have a look-see at 8 Eyes and Cobra Triangle. All three of those would be new for me, so we'll see. And I'll keep working on Loopz game C. I've managed to get as far as level 34, but its getting pretty tricky at this point so I'm not expecting any rapid progress from here on out. @crabmaster2000 Thanx! I love a "real tube." It's great for giving Duck Hunt some additional replay value.

@ nerdynebraskan Thanx, I've never really buckled down on B.S.D., just pick it up and give it a go once in a while, so I'm kind of overdue for it. Regarding Loopz, I just checked the conditions for victory listed and yeah, A and B are pretty easy that way. I typically spend most of my time on A and every once in a while give C a go. I guess this'll be a good opportunity to buckle down on that one too. Who knows maybe I'll actually get there by the end of the year, lol.

@nerdynebraskan Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up, I really wasn't certain. I think I'll try Dracula next. I played it on easy recently and was dismayed when the game came to an end prematurely after a few levels, so I'm not sure, but I think its like double dragon II where you have to play it on hard to get the full game. Wish I could be the one to knock Loopz off the pedestal, as it's one of my favorites. Currently I can rock it pretty hard at level 7, but level 8 is rough and level 9 still kicks my butt. I usually consider a level beaten when I've hit a few hundred loopz and my fingers start to go numb...

Gettin' to the table a little late, but here's my recent wins that I photographed: Cool World - Did this one tonight -managed to take out Holly as quickly as possible w/3 balloons at a time between jumps. Dino Riki - Beat this one legit for the first time a few weeks ago w/o the super secret 'push up and start' at the game over screen for continues. Actually did 3 play throughs in a row. The later two involved continues, but before it came to that, I managed to top a Million points for the first time as well. Started the 4th play through and noticed that the enemies seemed to still be getting a bit faster... Simpsons Bartman Meets Radioactive Man - Nothin' special to say here. And somehow, I found the time to get a game of Jaws in ;9

Here's as much as I know, based on my cart: It has flathead screws and a back label with "07" for an assembly line number (A quick perusal of available 5-screw copies on Ebay indicated "12" as the most common number. The only other I saw was "09") The coding on the circuit board chips is nearly identical to a 5-screw copy I compared it to except for one chain of figures on one of the two main chips - 6BL31 for the 3screw & 6CB31 for the 5screw. Also, no REV-A on the back label.

Back on NA There were 2 Users who had a 3-Screw Stinger, one of whom was in possession of 2 copies. There was also some talk, I think, about someone having found a non-hangtab Stinger Box. I acquired mine in late November last year, personally, as part of a larger lot.

I don't own the Guide you mentioned, but off hand, I know that Side Pocket and Karate Kid (not Karate Champ) were the only NES games released before 1988 that did not have a 5-screw Variant. They may exist, but either no one has found one yet, or no one who has, has gone public with it. I'm curious to know if Karate Kid was mentioned in the guide or not, because the fact that Side Pocket was not mentioned is at least suggestive of it being a 3-screw only game. Zelda 2 did not come out in North America until late 1988 and has no 5-screw Variant.

I've always been sore we didn't get "Wipeout HD" here in NA. It's PAL Only. It made use of the same tracks in Wipeout Pure and Wipeout Pulse which we did receive on the PSP. One of the best series in my opinion, and the most intense racing experience out there.

Chrono Trigger is indeed the best game ever made (;9) and the best reason I can give for why is: A truly intriguing Story. I kind of feel like this thread should be titled "What's your favorite SNES game that's not Chrono Trigger." My answer: Push-Over. It's an especially unique and engaging puzzle adventure, a real thinker.

Here's my copy of SMW w/Reversed Seal. The close up pic is a bit rough but discernible.