Random posts about retro stuff... Because life's to short not to live in the past!
Little Miss Dark manages to usurp Super Mario!
How can this be?
Possibly because of an unplanned side-project, the Perfect Dark N64 Blog which quietly debuted last year.
perfectdarkn64.blogspot.com
Much of the content is not to be taken seriously - But many of the cheat codes, unlockables, secrets and walkthru pages have been restored.
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Sportscards From The Dollar Store: "That's Italian for Adrienne Barbeau":
AKA Urbano Barberini - MST3Ked movie autograph! He was Cabot from episode #519 Outlaw. It's the movie where they spend the... Read More [external link]
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| Super Mario Bros. 3 |
With
Super Mario Bros. 3 maintaining the pole position, James Bond wrestles with the Planet
of the Apes.
The Force is also strong with young Skywalker. Keep trying
to warn everyone that the kid grows up to be Darth Vader, but no one seems to
listen...
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| GoldenEye 007 |
Dusted off some mail after a decades-long hiatus.
Some people claim to have read every single edition of the Mailbag. (They're obviously lying - No one could ever be that bored)
It seemed appropriate for this milestone. A hundred Posts going far beyond the basics of our favorite games, and exploring off the beaten path.
Just how many letters are floating around?
Comparable to the mailroom on the TITANIC (and some of it nearly as old).
Mailbag #54: Special GoldenEye Edition
http://goldeneye64.blogspot.com/
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| Super Mario Bros. 3 |
World 3-8 (44 coins to unlock the White Mushroom House)
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| World 3-8 |
Normally opt for Firepower against Boss Bass - But in this stage, the furious fish seems to "respawn" so quickly that disposing of him doesn't seem to matter.
Tried it with Frog Mario and was more than pleased with the results.
Excellent jumping to catch the coins, and anytime Mario fell in the water, he actually held a slight advantage over the voracious predator.
Especially as Frog Mario, the world itself isn't overly difficult - Just gottta pay attention to the constant rise and fall, mainly to avoid foolishly hopping somewhere where the big fish can make a meal
out of you - Kinda like being a real frog!
As the level rises and falls, I prefer to see the multi-coin block when I start hammering away at it. This way, I can keep track of my coin count, and try to bank 11.
Nothing crazy from hereon in...
A quick hop here, and a quick hop there...
Last coin is actually a hidden 1-Up for the effort.
Frog Mario gets it done.
The White Mushroom House contains a useful P-Wing.
Actually liked the Frog Suit so much that I
kept in on for the duration of World 3...
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| World 3-9 |
Relatively few enemies in the next level, World 3-9. But with the impeccable placement of Piranha Plants, Para Goombas, Bob-Ombs and Bullet Bills, most players will happily skip right past this area racing for the goal.
Raccoon Mario can break the bricks with his tail, gaining access to the tube that leads underwater.
By swimming counter-intuitively to the left, Mario can find a secret pipe that leads to a Frog Suit.
Gotta hold to the right as Mario falls from above so he can land near the big question block.
A few obstacles and Cheep Cheeps offer virtually no challenge with the Frog Suit.
Only really tricky part as Frog Mario is the
Koopaling Airship...
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| World 3 The Doomship! |
Gotta hop on a cannonball and get a boost by holding the jump button to get to the safer upper portion of the ship. Frog Mario can't easily hop through the
narrow space without losing his Frog Suit to cannon fire.
Wicked Wendy O. Koopa!
The Frog Prince...
Mario wears one of his best suits to meet the King.
Survive a Doomship and the Koopaling battle while wearing one of the special suits and a special message from His Royal Highness.
See Alternate Messages From The King.
World 4-2 (24 coins to unlock the White Mushroom House)
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| World 4-2 |
The "biggest" world actually has the lowest coin count requirement for the Secret Toad House.
Mario risking his life for a few coins...
There is a Starman available in the question block... But I find the timing of collecting the item slows me down just enough that I can't race all the way down the bridge to get the rest of the coins...
Grabbing the very last coin!
A bit of back-tracking to get the coins that were bricks just moments ago...
Finally, made it off the Cheep Cheep bridge and heading towards the exit pipe.
