Scrimmy Bingus: The Price of a Soul

Scrimmy Bingus: The Price of a Soul is the ninth installment in the Scrimmy Bingus franchise. The game is an adventure/questing RPG, released on June 26, 1996 for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo64, and PC.

## Plot Overview

The game takes place a month after the events of Scrimmy Bingus 64, in which Scrimmy and his adventuring party have arrived at the Rutgers-Newark University Campus in Newark, New Jersey. They go to look for TimothyPlus, hoping to utilize his super intelligence and advanced technology. However, upon arriving, they find TimothyPlus' dorm room empty and a kidnapping note inside. Bingo is able to identify the note as having been written by Crongus, the second of the dangerous Crodon. The party decides to follow a code written in the note to attempt to recover TimothyPlus, whom they see as essential to the defeat of the Crodon. Hurgus reasons that if he were not essential, the Crodon wouldn't have kidnapped him. He pulls Scrimmy aside for a private conversation that the player cannot hear, and then promptly leaves the party. It is later revealed in Scrimmy Bingus TEN that he is preparing to disguise himself as Broogus, the third member of the Crodon.

After the note is decoded, Bingo transports the characters to the Danger Newark Dimension in search for clues as to TimothyPlus' whereabouts. Here, the party encounters the Bingus, who informs the players as to his past rivalry with TimothyPlus, but also states his hatred for the Crodon. He agrees to assist the party in finding TimothyPlus, and gifts them with a special Bingfinder attuned to TimothyPlus. The player then must follow the Bingfinder and battle many enemies and traverse many dimensions, finally leading them to the Crodon Castle.

Upon arriving at the castle, it is revealed that TimothyPlus is not there, and instead the special Bingfinder was attuned to Bongus. Bongus is revealed to be an alternate counterpart to the Bingus, who used his equal power to the Bingus in order to change the setting of the Bingfinder. While the player and the party battle Crongus, Bingus and Bongus are seen battling in the background of the fight, marking one of their only physical conflicts.

After winning the battle against Crongus, he flees, and Bongus yields to Bingus. Bongus reveals that he took control of the Bingfinder because he thought it was unfair of the Bingus to assist the party in such a direct way, and instead thought he should continue a more indirect approach to the conflicts of the world. Bingus agrees, and the two vanish, leaving the player and the adventuring party stranded in the Crodon Castle.

However, upon some investigation of the castle's rooms, the player comes across a secret note left by TimothyPlus, hinting at his location. He also left a secret teleporter, whom he hints was left there by an "ally who may seem like an enemy" (this is later revealed to be Hurgus disguised as Broogus). The player and their party then use the teleporter to leave the castle, ending the game in a flash of white light.

## Trivia

* This game acts as part two of the finale trilogy of games, back when Crogus Interactive planned Scrimmy Bingus TEN to be the final installment of the franchise.