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Version 0.42
COPYRIGHT: This document was originally composed by J.T. If you want to use it
for some reason, mail me. No editing, making it seem like you wrote it, etc.
Questions, comments and concerns go to jt@flipmode.com
1. Intro
2. Story
3. Controls
4. Entrance
5. Mosaic
6. Mansion
7. Dungeon
1. Intro
A generally grim game (pun), this makes me wonder why people made this a highly
requested FAQ. Anyway, I feel like knocking off something, and I'm restless so
here it is. It's sort of a complicated control scheme, as you only use two
buttons throughout the game. The graphics are very detailed; you can almost see
facial expressions and the walls and landscapes are nice. The music is
repetitive at times but keeps with the scene. The color is mostly dreary to
match the theme of the game but a few times it turns vibrant and shines.
2. Story
The widely used, girl in distressed, you must rescue her applies here, except it
is your girlfriend (big difference). The vampire who took her is hungry, and he
needed a quickie so here you are. You must trek through gargantuan castles and
battle horrifying fiends. On the way there you get to punch out all kinds of
creatures. Are you ready? To the controls!
3. Controls
Up - Climb up on ledge/Open Chests
B - Attack
X - Jump
Jump then attack - Jump Kick
Hold B then back - Back Up
-> - Walk Forward
-> 2 times - Run
-> 2 times then attack - Shoulder Ram
-> 2 times then jump - Long Jump
-> 2 times then down + attack - Slide
-> 2 times then up + attack - Roundhouse Kick
*Note - This is not the definitive way to go, there are different ways to get
out, these are just the ways I have done it.
4. Dungeon
Push left on the crate to fall down. Thrash the goblins if you want, it's not
necessary. Press up on the chest just once then bounce up before the centipede
comes back out. Head in the first broken door and withdraw two items. Neglect
the staircase and into the next door. Combo the zombie then press up 3 times at
the chest. Now scale the staircase. Execute a slide to get under the giant
rock and see the giant knives. Run under them quick like and go into the chest
2 times. Stroll up the stairs. Smash both goblins so they don't bother you
then step on the coffin and lift up. Take the crystals and run to the end past
the falling cadavers. One goblin at the end gives up an item so take him out.
Spring across the spikes and dispatch the walking Frankenstein. Execute another
slide under a wall then hop up the steps. Inside the hole and push the stone
over for 3 items in a chest. Fare and open a chest. At the end go outside,
terminate both goblins for crystals. Move past the pack of wild wolves and face
the boss. See the boss section for details.
5. Mosaic
Punch up the goblin if you want then start running. Run past the eyeball head,
I know of no way to defend against it. Slide under the marble and leap over the
spikes. Drop down then slide under the left wall. Punch out the goblin and get
a crystal. Climb up the next rock then climb left. Under a rock then another
swiftly trash the Frankenstein for 3 crystals. Leap up the wall then activate
the switch to leave here. Stifle the mummy or not, then run on to the exit
here. Hit the zombie and evade the clawed door for another zombie with a
crystal. Leave out here and your time limit is refreshed. Make a running leap
and the window grabber won't grab you. Down is a Frankenstein, so make him a
stiff corpse. Slide under and take out the goblin and move right. Drop down
and ram the eyeball head. At the end obtain 2 crystals and an hourglass.
Upward bound on the platforms before they crumble. Move across, and then leap
again away from the grabbers. Push the wall to hit the switch, which opens the
door. Whew, that was a lot. Ruin the zombies and be sure to pick up any
crystals they leave. After the second slide under another wall then proceed to
the exit. Tear up the goblins for crystals, which increase your strength. Read
the boss section for details here.
6. Mansion
There are some heavy hitters here. For instance, the crowbar equipped zombie
takes off one heart a swipe. Dodge and rush then home in on him. Slide under
past the specter axe and move hastily since there is another ghost axe. Make
sure the ax is on the other side somewhere then jump on the brown platform.
Jump on the small crevice then down. Walk on the coffin to go in the black
opening. Skip the first and go only to the middle chest for 4 items. Press the
switch over for the clawed door and face a crowbar zombie + a demon dog. Climb
up then run past the 1st fat guy and stand on the rotting floor. Get an
hourglass and 4 more items out of the chest. On the bottom, evade the ceiling
spikes then go inside the chest and push the tile over. Past the spikes again
into the now open stairway. Stroll past more spikes for a chest then slide
under the space. Move under some spikes then on a coffin, duck since an arrow
flies at you. Shove the fake wall on the switch and leave. Spring over then
drop carefully and move another wall. Bound up to avoid a confrontation with
two zombies. If you want, puncture the fat balloon man then jump and drop down
the crevices onto a platform. Jump over and take two health refreshers.
Speedily run past the spikes and into the next part. Take the dead man's
crystal and leave before more come. Down then press on the tile to make the
door rise. At the end you receive an hourglass and 3-4 other items. Drop down
right away then keep moving downward. Bolt across the coffin so the spikes
don't come down and receive a lot of health. Press the tile over and move out.
Beat the second zombies brains out for a crystal then crack open the chest for
lots of health and press the switch. Look at a nice bookcase, except they flap
their pages at you. If you accidentally step on the knife switch, jump as soon
as it comes down. Swiftly move and press the tile to leave. Demolish the
goblins and increase your strength with the crystals. Face the boss, whose
strategy happens to be in the boss section.
7. Dungeon 2
Move right and disregard the goblins. Wait for the rotting platform to fall
then run away and climb away from the ghost ax. Drop then get on the run again
from an eyeball head. Slide under then down over the ground spikes. Head down
for some more spikes then move into the stairway. Slaughter both goblins then
another staircase. A real challenge, these guys can combo back on you. Show
them the real stuff then collect their crystals. Into the stairs then drop
right down and withdraw two crystals from the chest. Take a running leap onto
the grooves then go down carefully. Prepare to be double-teamed by the strong
guys again, attack them from a distance. Go inside the second staircase, step
on the coffin and see the giant knives from the Entrance. Scoot under them then
start jogging past the falling dead men, grabbing dead men and eyeball head.
Stop before you hit the retracting spikes. Walk right up the stairs to face the
boss; I couldn't possibly know where you could find how to beat him.
8. Mosaic 2
All these places pretty much look the same so . . . Fall down then fight the
crowbar zombie for a crystal then another zombie. Jog past the fire then make a
'leap of faith'. Try not to step on the coffin as it activates the wall spikes,
and then press the tile over. Scale the moved block then up past two window
grabbers. Press the tile over then climb up an opened section. Inside the
clawed door jump over the buzz saw coffin and grab two items. Now you have to
bounce over a buzz saw, then stand on the door switch and slide under the
spikes. Jog past a flamethrower and into the stairs. Move past the lethal
combo of knives and a flamethrower into some more stairs. Simple, push over the
fake wall and crest up to the staircase. Demolish the crowbar zombie for a
crystal. Step on the switch and enter. Before you push the fake wall over,
jump in front then go inside the opening. Open the second chest first if you
need health. I see no way to get inside without stepping on a switch. After
that's done, move up then right and break the zombie for a crystal. Slide past
the spikes and knives then drop down carefully. DON'T PUSH THE FIRST TILE or
you will get sliced open by a buzz saw. Leap up then press over that tile.
Time it so the knives are down and the fire is off then run. Drop down then
left and open the chest that's almost hidden for 4 items. Drop again then run
as a flying table comes after you. Slide under both flamethrowers then do away
with a zombie for a crystal and 3 items in the chest. Head inside the outlet
and slide under and dispatch a zombie. Slide under again and take a purple
crystal + two health, now you can do kick combos! Employ them against the two
following zombies, now you've reached the max of 9. Stand on the switch and
under the door to see a floating chair. Now this next zombie will give a health
crystal since you have the max. You should also have 6 1/2 hearts. These next
crystal-eating monsters need your attention. They leave crystals so it doesn't
really matter. Take the right path for a zombie in your way then a crystal dog
and another zombie. Open the chest for 3 items then step down on the switch to
open the door and leave. After this level's boss is through, advance to the
last level.
9. Final Stage
Be aware folks, this is the last place. Fight a henchman, but try to dodge his
combos. Take his crystal, and then slide under the marble. Run past the first
picture and jump over the next two. Dash away from the ax if you can, then
slide under then push the wall and slide under it. Evade the fake Mary statue
and speed past the fat man balloon. Instead of taking the hard route, drop down
until you see the fat man floating on the floor above you. Get away from the
knives then jump carefully across the rotting platforms. This is the hardest
part right here, make 4 running jumps on decomposing platforms above spikes
before they fall. I'm currently stuck here, so this will get updated whenever I
make all of them.
10. Strategies For Bosses
Dungeon - Werewolf*
After the pack of wolves he bursts onto the screen. Greet him with some combos.
The shoulder ram works pretty well here. Don't try to execute jump kicks or
he'll jump over them onto you. He will do either that and throw his curved bone
at you, which take health going and coming. When a couple of crystals are
diminished, he'll transform into his full werewolf form and try to pound you.
Get out of the way and keep punching or kicking and he'll disappear into the
ground.
*Note - the boss' health meter is always to the right
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Mosaic - Twin Orangutans
What they are doing here, I don't know. I do know, that they are bloodthirsty
and you are the only person around. These guys can flip in the air and
cannonball you. If you get too close, they swing their arms to thrash you. Try
not to let them double team you on both sides, as your health will go down
speedily. The roundhouse kick works beautifully, as it surprises them. They
have together, six hearts to your three, three for each orangutan. Once you
leave one in the ground the other is easy. Just don't rush in or you'll be
slapped back the other way.
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Mansion - Zombie Vampire
This guy is weird, after he takes a hit; he vomits up something (blood?). His
long arms can stretch and toss you around like a rag doll. He has only four
hearts, compared to your 5 1/2. Sometimes when you try to hit the roundhouse
kick he might dodge and toss you. He might even just throw his hands down,
which hurts you also. Be careful not to let up a combo, or stand motionless by
him or you'll get your neck punctured. His body decomposes when his health is
gone, now his head bounces around and into you. Catch it in mid-air then three
combos will finish the job.
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Dungeon 2 - Phantom
Right when the fog slides in, run over just barely on top of it, then when it
comes up, hastily punch it then leap over the ghost heads. In between those
pertinacious stretch heads that roar and knock you down, run up and shoulder ram
him. Crouch or jump over the ghost heads accordingly then repeat it again.
You're in for a long, stupid and unfair fight. An easy way is to slide right
after the lunging head. Unfortunately, this is a ineffectual and languid attack
so about 6 slides will take out half of one crystal. If you have enough life,
stand over him and take the floating heads then just clobber him. Either way
you choose to do it, take a break, he was pretty hard for me anyway.
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Mosaic 2 - Rock Titan
When this big guy lumbers on the screen, immediately be circumspect. This rock
monster has five hearts and as another minus is ugly. Every time you hit one of
your kick combos or ram him or roundhouse him, he falls apart then reappears on
the other side. Your combos are extra powerful (if you have 9 crystals); they
take off a heart so use them. Soon he'll go into a furor and throw himself down
out in the shape of a giant foot (stomp), so run swiftly. Sometimes he'll just
swing his arms in the middle of a combo and move forward. Try to stick and move
when he does this or just take the hits and shove them back in his face. Send
him back to the sediment piles.
