From: tarjan@athena.mit.edu (Edward K Walters)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: More SNES Stuff (SmTV, SG&G, etc.)
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:56:19 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

I see there have been some questions raised as to how to defeat certain
sections of games on the SNES, so I'd like to put in my two cents about it:

Super Ghouls and Ghosts:

Once again, you MUST go through the game twice to defeat it.  The seventh
level is by far the most difficult, IMHO, but if you have the guided-missle
crossbow, it becomes a great deal easier.  According to my last post, I said
that there were five chests on level 7.  Oops!  The other day I found another
located in the area with the two birds heads.  Anyone who wants to know where it
is, just e-mail me, because it is a bit complex to describe how to obtain it, and
it also doesn't usually appear with crossbow magic.

As for the goblins at the end of level 7, they must be handled differently each
time you go through.  The first time through, it is easiest to kill the goblins
with the crossbow, even if it is not magic.  I have found that if you do have the
magic crossbow, it is easier to hit the goblins by firing in the opposite
direction and having the shots curve around and hit it!  Another alternative, if
you are good and have the dagger and the golden armor, it to use dagger magic on
them.  If you hit each goblin directly, the first one (the green one) will die in
two shots, and the second one (the blue one) will die in three.  Nice, huh?

The second time through, unfortunately, you must complete using the Goddess'
Bracelet, which you can obtain anywhere the second time the through the game if
you have the gold armor and sun shield.  I have yet to beat both goblins using
it, as it really does bite as a weapon.  As for Sardius (the end guy), I know how
to activate the option mode  and get to him, but I haven't felt that it was worth 
killing him, yet...


Super Smash TV:

HOW TO KILL SCARFACE (Theory and Applications):
Scarface consists of two elements: his outer shields and his inner section (his
face).  In order to take him out you must destroy both sections.  The outer
shield can be hit by any weapon, including regular guns.  You know that you have
destroyed that section of his outside shield when it no longer flashes when you
hit it with a shot.  The inner section can be hit by either of two ways: you can
use Seekers (what we call the yellow balls that whine when you fire them) to hit
his face, or you can get a shield and try to run inside him.  The second method
is much riskier, though, because your shield drops quickly and you usually get
turned to chunky salsa, so I recommend the first method.  You know that
Scarface's face is destroyed when his mouth is covered with blood and both of his
eyes are shut.   When both of the above criteria are met, Scarface will turn into
his skull form.  If he doesn't, (sometimes we think that we have beat him but
we missed his eye or something), keep plugging and pray.

Scarface's skull form (we prefer lich form - too much AD&D) operates much like
his normal form, except that it is harder to hit his face with Seekers because he
always seems to be chasing that particular person, and Seekers are only effective
at a  distance, although we have been known to bounce them off of the walls to
great effect.

Whew!  So, does anyone know of a similar method for Die Cobros (or Cobra Head)?


Lemmings:

Nice game with a nice PC feel.  I rented it on a three-day weekend, but only
managed to get a little more than halfway through the 125 levels, so it has
definite BUY possibilities.  Heck, the price is worth it just to see the little
shits go "Oh no!" and explode!  Good example of how one can make a game that has
cute elements (Awwwwww!  Isn't he cute?  He looks like a green-haired Smurf!)
and, well, nice sadistic elements for people like me (Okay, so I might let all of
my Lemmings fall into the lava or get smooshed under the 10-ton weights).


Thanks for the info on Contra III  release dates.  I'm getting the Visa ready!


Until Later,
Ed Walters



	"Never use sarcasm on children or the primitive."
			-Some MIT History Professor