April Update

[montitech]

Originally Posted by Owly

The second mini-game brings back really fond memory of the Atari Mario Bros. game where the enemies were turtles, crabs and other bugs and it used to be my favorite game

Mario Brothers is actually Nintendo. (yes it was on the 2600) but it is one of the first Nintendo Arcard Games, it was common to see Mario Brothers in the late 80's doubled up with or near Duck Hunt.

Basic tips, if you hit an enemy from directly underneath and he lands there. hit him from a angle and he will arc to the side instead of going strait up. You can hit more than one at a time if they are close together. It is better to try to hit them on the top row. alternate sides frequently otherwise they slip down to your level. If you flip on over and do not collect it, when the other baddies bump into it they change directions. this can be used to keep them on the top platform.
Take your time, and practice. it takes about 20 levels to get the high score.

As for the ICe cream game, it is like vic said, get combos to get the best multipliers, I also got High score around level 15. Do not forget to rotate the pieces by using the z. to prevent running out of time (this happened to me on one level) use the Down arrow when you have a scoop aligned. I think this game is more similar to "Dr Mario" which was a varient off the game Collumbs(sp) this is different from tetris in many ways. so please no one compare it to tetris because it is not. try to line things up vertically. for example if you have a Strawbery comb next to a chocolate, and you get a chocolate,strawbery scoop, then make sure the flavor matches the column even if the combes are at different levels, it will help create combos. If you make a mistake with the virtical column. remember you can take away by forming a Horizontal row of the same flavors. the longest line of a single flavor without a combo is 8, I have not done this yet, but I did have a 7 and many 5,6.

Monty

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