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Where is the crystal ball for the fortuned teller in Chapter 3?
Power up
Killing Octo
Rod of Sight tips
False exit in Ghost Tunnel
Finding the same heart over and over
Finding a heart
Fighting the giant octopus in Chapter 2
Fighting the Chapter 3 boss
Entrance to the Ghost Tunnel
Code at the end of Chapter 4
Accessing Captain Bell's cave in Chapter 5
Beating the bosses at the end of Chapter 6
Beating the green robot near the end of Chapter 7
Fighting the first Zoda in Chapter 8
Fighting the Computer Core
Fighting Zoda


Where is the crystal ball for the fortuned teller in Chapter 3?

After talking with the fortune teller in Shecola, you'll need to retrieve 
her lost crystal ball in order to exchange it for her services in eventually
waking the Miracola chief's daughter. After you've talked to the 
fortuneteller, head through the mountain pass nearby and enter the
underground passage for another heart container. Then you will have to 
head out on the northern finger of the lagoon and into the abandoned
cemetery/town. Head for the patch of graves far to the left and step on 
the grave that is painted blue . You'll enter a series of tunnels that you'll 
have to use your yo-yo and special weapons to get through. If you need 
red hearts at the beginning of this cave, you can take a northern path 
along a series of green jumping blocks lined with bouncing skulls. Take 
the door through the northern wall, pick up the double heart, and take the 
only way out back to the graveyard surface. You can repeat this until 
your hearts are full. When you're ready to advance, go through the 
southern door of this same room where the two skelepuppies are. In 
the upcoming maze you'll be faced with about two or three forks in the 
road before you reach a point where you don't have to worry about getting 
shut out. You'll know you've gone the right way when you find the room 
with not a double heart or anything but a small purplish slug. Don't be 
hasty -- kill the slug and take an immediate east turn through the hole 
in the wall. In this room you can get yourself another double set of hearts 
by going around the wall to a hole in the break off of the southern wall.
There's a ghost in the little compartment in the lower left hand of the 
room, so using a wand might be a good idea. Get the double hearts if you 
need them. If you don't, just go out the door in the eastern wall because 
you'll either have to take half a hit or spend a wand to get through the 
double heart room and you'll also have to re-enter from the slug room. At 
the end of the maze there is a large carving of a skull in the wall. Jump 
three times on the northern panel and it will pour water into the hole 
before you. You'll be allowed to leave and you'll find yourself back at 
the surface of the graveyard, and the pond in the town will be dried up. 
The crystal ball will be lying there on the ground net to a hole that 
evidently allows the lake to be drained out into the dungeon through the 
skull carving's mouth. Pretty ingenious architecture for people who 
live in thatch-roofed houses.


Power up
Sent in by Rick LaPlante at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

After you beat the first Zoda, drop down one of the hatches where the 
aliens come out. Wait until it opens and fall in. You will be in a room 
where you can power up.


Killing Octo
Sent in by Andrew Simmons

You can kill Octo almost without getting hit! First, find a Snowman Doll 
in the dungeon of water. Now, go through the door beside the chest with 
the doll. wait until Octo rushes down to you, use the doll to freeze him 
and use the island Yo-Yo to wail on him. Do this 2 times and you should 
kill him.


Rod of Sight tips
Sent in by Filip Dewulf

In Chapter 3, in the Ghost Tunnel, there are several rooms where you 
should use the Rod of Sight (the thing that looks like a magic wand), to 
make invisible enemies visible and destroy them. There are some areas 
where that's the only way to get past a room other times this will lead 
to extra hearts and potions. Use the Rod of Sight to make the big ghost at 
the end of the tunnel visible, too. 


False exit in Ghost Tunnel
Sent in by Filip Dewulf

In the Ghost Tunnel, there is a room that has a slime in front of 
a staircase that is a false exit. Destroy the slug, and there will be a 
dark spot on the floor that indicates a tunnel. Stand there and move 
right to advance.


Finding the same heart over and over
Sent in by Bobby Rasmussen

On Chapter 6, in the second part, get the Heart Container by going through 
the maze, then, enter the stage, leave, and get the heart again. You can do 
this as many times as you want, but after you pass the stage, your hearts 
go back to the way they were, but it helps a lot to have all those hearts for 
that stage!


Finding a heart
Sent in by Tyler

In Chapter #2 talk to the person in the lighthouse, then go into Sub-C and 
go to the bottom right of that patch of water and press right. Now go to 
bottom right-push right. Talk to person in hut. Go to beach & go all the 
way right then all the way up & press left-follow tunnel. Get bottle and
go back to Sub-C. Press B on wavy spots until you get to dock. Go to the 
right of Heart-press right-follow tunnel. Get heart. 


Fighting the giant octopus in Chapter 2
Sent in by Mushgloom at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

When you face the giant octopus in Chapter 2, dodge all his shots by jumping 
back and forth on the blocks at the bottom of the screen. When he charges 
forward, immediately pause the game and activate the Snowman to freeze 
him (push down to find that item when the game is paused it doesn't show 
up with the regular weapons). While he's frozen, just hammer away with 
whatever you've got as fast as you can. If you're really quick, you should 
take him doing this twice. 


Fighting the Chapter 3 boss
Sent in by Mushgloom

In Chapter 3, the boss made of fire won't be hurt by your weapons. You have 
to activate the switch blocks that reveal two red buttons. The switches and 
are at the top left corner and at the bottom right side of the boss' platform. 
Jump on the buttons, and he'll go down. 


Entrance to the Ghost Tunnel
Sent in by Mushgloom

In the village with the tombstones in Chapter 3, the entrance to the Ghost 
Tunnel is under the tombstone that is a bit darker than the others. It's in 
the top left part of the screen, where there are a lot of tombstones. If you 
can't see it, it's the second one from the left on the third row from the top. 


Code at the end of Chapter 4
Sent in by Mushgloom

At the end of Chapter 4, you are required to enter a code to move on. The 
code is 747. That piece of information is located in a piece of paper in 
the instructions, so if you bought the game without the manual, that's 
where that came from. 


Accessing Captain Bell's cave in Chapter 5
Sent in by Mushgloom at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

In order to access Captain Bell's cave in Chapter 5, you have to play six 
notes in sequence on the giant piano at the memorial. The sequence is 
revealed by the parrot, after you give him a worm. He says "Do me so far. 
Do me." That translates on the musical scale (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si) as 
"do mi sol fa do mi." In other words, play keys 1, 3, 5, 4, 1, 3 on the piano. 


Beating the bosses at the end of Chapter 6
Sent in by Mushgloom

To beat the bosses at the end of Chapter 6, use the weapon that splits in 
two parts. Fire it up and hit fire again when it gets between them. It will 
split off and hit them both, saving you a shot. Be sure to jump out of the 
way of their shots, too. 


Beating the green robot near the end of Chapter 7
Sent in by Mushgloom

To beat the green robot near the end of Chapter 7, force it back on the 
bridge with your guns. Hit the block, which will make a button appear. 
Then jump on the button and some of the bridge will disappear. Fire at 
the robot some more until he backs off the bridge and falls to his doom. 


Fighting the first Zoda in Chapter 8
Sent in by Mushgloom at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

To defeat the first Zoda in Chapter 8, get the gun and fire at the head 
whenever it appears. Before anything appears, though, stand in the middle 
of the screen and wait to see whether the head or the hand comes up. This 
will give you time and room to run away from the hand if it comes don't 
try to fight it. 


Fighting the Computer Core
Sent in by Mushgloom

You have to stand on the middle trap door to be able to shoot at the 
Computer Core when it is exposed. Fire like a madman (or madwoman, 
sheesh), so that it can't completely regenerate when its cover comes 
up. Be sure to watch the lower trap doors to see when they open. That's 
your cue to get off the middle one, or else you'll fall down and have 
to start all over. 


Fighting Zoda
Sent in by Mushgloom at The Unofficial World of Nintendo!!!

When you get to the end of the game, the bigger, badder Zoda will appear. 
Whatever you do, keep your distance from him and fire with the gun. There's 
not much subtlety here. Just keep firing from a distance, and keep running. 
If Zoda gets caught in a corner, you can take him out quickly. Watch out for 
those little critters, too.

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