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So if any part of this FAQ doesn't look correct, adjust your resolution accordingly _________________ Table of Contents _________________ 1. Disclaimers 2. Story 3. Controls 4. Items 5. Stages 6. Bosses 7. Ending 8. Contacting Me 9. Thanks 10. Revision History _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. D I S C L A I M E R S _______________________________________________________________________________ First off, I’m allowing anybody and everybody to use and/or host this guide. But ONLY on these conditions: 1. This guide is not to be altered in any way, shape, or form 2. I'm given proper credit for my work 3. This guide is NOT used to make any sort of profit, with out my hand written permission (And let me tell you, its going to be hard to get that) As long as those are met, anybody may use this. Second, and I hate having to say this again, but DONT ask me where to obtain the ROM! I'm a collector of old arcade boards. If you want the ROM, then please search google. Finally, All the names I've listed for the enemies are not their real names. I actually know almost nothing about this game, other than its based on an obscure comic book that I've never read. So if anyone wants to correct my errors, please email me, and I will change them, while giving you the credit _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. S T O R Y _______________________________________________________________________________ The diabolical clown TWISTO has transformed the good citizens of Centerville into KILLER ZOMBIE CLONES! NOTHING can stop him now! Today Centerville, tomorrow the World! Only one person can save Centerville now! NINJA CLOWNS! _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. C O N T R O L S _______________________________________________________________________________ BASIC CONTROLS: UP = Walk Up DOWN = Walk Down LEFT = Walk Left RIGHT = Walk Right KICK = Kick PUNCH = (unarmed) Punch, (armed) Use Weapon THROW = (unarmed) Nothing, (armed) Use Weapon ADVANCED CONTROLS: (ya, really advanced >_>) JUMP = UP + KICK DUCK = DOWN + KICK ROLL = DOWN/RIGHT OR DOWN/LEFT + KICK JUMP KICK = RIGHT (OR LEFT) + PUNCH + KICK TOP SPIN = PUNCH + KICK PULL OUT UMBRELLA = THROW + PUNCH (OR KICK) *I have no idea what this does* _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. I T E M S _______________________________________________________________________________ HEALTH ITEMS: Hot Dog = Restores 50% Health Pizza = Restores 100% Health WEAPONS: Weapon power/usefulness attack type Tomato * / * Small tomato flies all the way across the screen. can be thrown repeatedly Spray Paint * / **½ Stream of paint goes 3/4th the way across, hits continuously Pie ** / ** Just like the Tomato, only stronger Punch Glove *** / **½ Glove extends about 1 character length away Water Balloon ***** / *** Thrown at a 45 degree angle. hits at half screen away. can be thrown repeatedly. hard to aim with MISC: Cotton Candy = Perform Top Spin attack for 5 seconds _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. S T A G E S _______________________________________________________________________________ The stages are straight forward. You just continually move from left to right whooping on enemies. So instead of giving any type of strategy, I'll just list the enemies you'll encounter, Items you can obtain, and any other type of notes I feel are worth mentioning. ##################### #STAGE 1: THE STREET# ##################### Items: Tomato Spray paint Punch glove Hot dog Enemies: Name: Business Man Attack(s): hits with brief case Difficulty: easy Name: Construction Worker Attack(s): Hits with wrench Difficulty: easy Name: Hobo Attack(s): none Difficulty: Easy Name: Cop Attack(s): Throws Doughnuts, Smacks you, Difficulty: Moderate Name: Purple Zombie Attack(s): rips arm off and hits you, rips leg off and hits you Difficulty: easy As with any beginning stage in a game, this is basically meant to get you accustomed to the controls and game play with moderate challenge. Aside from the Cop and the stage boss, every enemy can be beaten with 2 hits or less. (the Cop takes 3). Also, the hobos will be very helpful to you. Every time you hit a hobo, he will drop a Hot dog. It appears random, but it seems you can get any where from 1 to 4 hot dogs off of any single hobo. (Does anybody else find it funny that the "heroes" of this game beat on the homeless and steal their food for their own gain? =b) Also in this stage, and any succeeding street stage, you can get 5 tomatoes from any lamp post by beating on it. You can also use the mail boxes as weapons. By hitting on them enough times, you can send them flying into the enemies. Over all, this stage is a cake walk. You have a good supply of hobos, and weapons are commonly found. The boss may give you a little trouble, but only if its your first time playing. As a final note, the fire hydrants, when hit, will produce an effect much like the spray paint weapon. ##################### #STAGE 2: Laboratory# ##################### Items: None Enemies: None This is the first of 2 bonus stages. You just walk through Twistos laboratory destroying the bottles of chemicals and machinery for extra points. ################# #STAGE 3: Midway# ################# Items: Water Balloon Punch Glove Cotton Candy Pizza Enemies: Name: Corn Dog Vendor Attack(s): Throws corn dogs Difficulty: Easy Name: Bearded Lady Attack(s): Vomits at you, Difficulty: Moderate Name: Mime Attack(s): None Difficulty: Easy Name: Teeth Attack(s): Bites you Difficulty: Hard Name: Ring Master Attack(s): Hits you with megaphone, hits you with cane Difficulty: Moderate Name: Accordion Elvis Attack(s): Uses Accordion like the punch glove. Difficulty: Slightly hard Name: Midget Clown Attack(s): walks into you, kicks you Difficulty: slightly hard This is where the game finally starts to get a little challenging. The enemies on this stage can be a pain. The worse of the bunch would the Teeth and the Midget Clowns. They are small and fast, so its hard to hit them. Its best to use the spin top move, since that affects the area around you. Also note that most weapons will miss them, no matter how good your aim. Other trouble comes from the Bearded Lady (My god is she FUGLY @_@) and the Accordion Elvis. The Bearded lady will mainly only give you trouble because she takes 5 hits to defeat, and usually appears in groups of 2 and/or with other enemies. Accordion Elvis is a pain because he’s fast, and his accordion attack can hurt. The Vendor and Ring master are not worth Mentioning. The Mime on the other hand, is great. Like the hobo, every time you hit him (video game catharsis =) he'll drop food. However, he drops pizza! Unfortunately, you can only get a maximum of two pizzas off of him. ################# #STAGE 4: Street# ################# Items: Tomato Spray Paint Pizza Enemies: Name: Thug Attack(s): Jumps on butt and kicks at you, spits at you Difficulty: moderate Name: Hooker Attack(s): Sticks hands down your pants and (judging by the sound) Squeezes your genitals until you either hit her or die. (I swear i'm not making this up!) btw, be sure to die to her at least once ;) Difficulty: Easy Name: Girl Scout Attack(s): Throws Cookies Difficulty: easy Business Man Bearded Lady Construction Worker Mime Over all, not that hard of a stage. However, Thugs enjoy attacking in groups. It can and will get tricky if you let 2 or 3 Thugs on the screen at the same time. They pose the only real challenge as all the other enemies can be quickly dealt with. No real tips here, Just use the fire hydrants and mail boxes when you can, and get tomatoes from the lamp posts if needed. Even the Boss of this stage is a joke. ##################### #STAGE 5: Laboratory# ##################### Items: None Enemies: None Just like the previous Laboratory bonus stage, except that its slightly longer and you get an extra 5 seconds. ################## #STAGE 6: Big Top# ################## Items: Punch Gloves Pizza Cotton Candy Enemies: Name: Midget Clowns (various colors) Attack(s): Kick, smack, cartwheel, Accordion Elvis Mime ARRRGGHHH! I HATE this stage! It wouldn't be so bad, but those damn Midget clowns infest this stage like crazy! There will be times where you'll have 4 - 5 on the screen at a time ON TOP OF other enemies! Use your Top Spin excessively! Try to get rid of them as soon as they come on the screen. Also, once you get your punch glove, try to save it for the boss. You shouldn't need it for any of the enemies anyways. ################# #STAGE 7: Street# ################# Items: Tomato Hot Dog Pizza Enemies: Name: Hippy Attack(s): Hits you with an anti war sign (how ironic) Difficulty: Moderate Bearded Lady Cop Business Man Hobo Mime This stage is also annoying, but not as bad as the previous. The hippies will be your main annoyance here as they take about 4 hits to kill and have a fast attack speed. Plus, like the Thugs, they gang up on you. On the good side, hobos and mimes are plenty in this stage. Also, horde all the tomatoes you get. You may need them for the boss. after beating him, you're treated to a story segment (well, not really. but what else can you call it?!) #################### #STAGE 8: Fun House# #################### Items: none Enemies: Name: Unicycle Clown 1 Attack(s): Razor throw Difficulty: Hard Name: Unicycle Clown 2 Attack(s): Double Bomb Throw, Punch Difficulty: Very Hard Name: Unicycle Clown 3 Attack(s): Skull Throw Difficulty: Easy Probably the hardest stage in the game. You will constantly be swarmed with enemies. And with the exception of the UC3's and the boss, they all take 5 hits to defeat. (UC3's require 3) That’s not so bad for the UC1's, however it really sucks for the UC2's. The UC2's (like all the other enemies) come up from the floor to attack. However, they come up quickly, throw 2 bombs then drop down just as quickly. They also regenerate their health if they can drop back into the floor. Another Tricky part is when the UC3's swarm you. Their Skull throw is hard to avoid, because if it doesn't hit you, they bounce around the floor a while before they explode. That don't seem to bad, but if you have 5 of these on the screen at the same time, you'll need some fancy foot work. The best way to take out any of these enemies, is as soon as you see them coming up from the floor, get near them and perform your top spin move. if your lucky, it will hit them enough times, so that they'll die by the time they fully rise up. ##################### #STAGE 9: Laboratory# ##################### Items: none Enemies: Twisto See boss section for info _______________________________________________________________________________ 6. B O S S E S _______________________________________________________________________________ --------------- -STAGE 1 BOSS:- --------------- Name: Ed the Bowler Attack(s): Throws Bowling balls and Pins at you. Punches you Strategy: No real strategy, as he is simple. If you want, you can start the fight by hitting him with the mail box. You can also make this fight easier on you by bringing a weapon into the battle. I personally prefer the Spray paint. The tomatoes are also effective. The punch glove works well, but with its short reach, you expose your self to his punch. Defeat Animation: Blows to pieces --------------- -STAGE 3 BOSS:- --------------- Name: Chicken Lady Attack(s): "poops" eggs at you. Hits you with wing Strategy: Grab the water balloons at the beginning of this stage and SAVE them! When you reach her, hit her with all 5 water balloons. After that, your next attack with finish her off. If you don't have the water balloons, or if you don't hit with all 5, then hit and run tactics work well. Wait until she shoots an egg at you, then attack. After you hit her, Move along the Y-axis (up or down) to avoid her next attacks. After she shoots her next egg, repeat the process. Defeat Animation: Gets cooked ^_~ --------------- -STAGE 4 BOSS:- --------------- Name: Helium Clown Attack(s): Inflates balloon doggies to attack you, smacks you Strategy: Get the spray paint earlier in the stage, and hold onto it. once you reach this boss stand away from him, and just spray till he's dead. If you have tomatoes instead, use the same strategy, but make sure you avoid the balloon dogs, as the tomatoes usually won't kill them. If you don't have any weapons then avoid the dogs and just wallop him. He don't take many hits to defeat, so he'll fall easily. Just be sure to watch for his smack attack. Defeat Animation: explodes --------------- -STAGE 6 BOSS:- --------------- Name: Magician Attacks: Sends rabbits after you, teleports behind you and zaps with magic Strategy: This guy can be annoying, His pattern is that he'll send a rabbit after you then disappear. Reappear then repeat. After he looses about half his health, he'll start teleporting behind you and try to zap you. He also disappears after each successful hit. The easiest way to beat him is to keep the punch glove you got earlier in the stage, then just hit him whenever you see the smoke signaling where he's going to appear. If you don't have the punch glove, then use the Jump kick instead. Either way when he's down to half health, use the top spin technique as he appears behind you to hit him first. On a final note, when he is defeated, he'll disappear and send out multiple rabbits. You must defeat these rabbits to officially end this stage. Defeat Animation: Rises into the air, dissapears in a cloud of smoke and releases a bunch of rabbits --------------- -STAGE 7 Boss:- --------------- Name: Bird Spider Attack(s): Hovers in the air and drops on you. while on the ground, Jumps on you Strategy: Possibly the hardest boss in the game. He is a pain to avoid. While he's in the air, watch his shadow, whenever it is over you, he'll drop on you. Keep rolling or jumping to stay out of his shadow. If you can avoid it long enough, he'll drop down and try to jump on you. Unfortunately, I have no real strategy to offer other than when he jumps toward you, try to roll under him, and attack before he goes back up into the air. You can try to stock pile the tomatoes you get in this level to use against him if he some how gets on the other side of screen, but that won't happen often. Defeat Animation: Curls up, and Popcorn explodes out of his head! -------------- -STAGE 8 Boss- -------------- Name: Fire Eater Attack(s): Spits fire, Scimitar swipe Strategy: First off, you'll need patience. With no weapons available in this stage, its going to take a lot of hits to bring this guy down. His fire attack is similar to that of the UC3's Skull attack. If it don't hit you, it will move around the floor until it either does hit you, or explodes on its own. I suggest mimicking the Chicken Lady strategy against him. Wait until he spits fire, hit him, then quickly retreat before he has time to counter. After he swings his sword, try to go in and hit him again. Be careful though, because he has a habit of trying to lead you toward the edge of the screen, where he'll then walk off and pelt you with attacks that you can't see. Defeat Animation: Disintegrates. leaving his skull and clothes behind -------------- -STAGE 9 BOSS- -------------- Name: Twisto Attack(s): Spits Fire balls, Throws missiles, Spits electricity, stomps on you, grabs you and wrings your neck. Strategy: Just like all the other unarmed battles. Wait until he shoots one of his projectiles, attack him, then retreat. (I prefer jump kicking him, then either rolling away or jump kicking away) Despite the fact that he requires a lot of hits to take him down, he isn't really all that hard if you keep moving. Just make sure he doesn't get his hands on you. If he wrings your neck and follows with a projectile, your all but dead. Defeat Animation: Heads explode, then body explodes revealing his true form. A humorous scene then follows ^_^. as well as the ending _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. E N D I N G _______________________________________________________________________________ This is the ending to the game. So DONT read this, if you want to experience it yourself - - - - - - With Twisto Behind bars (swearing), his spell over the citizens is now broken. People return to being themselves. The Girl Scouts sell cookies to the cops and everyone gathers to watch the Ninja Clown drive away in his clown car _______________________________________________________________________________ 8. C O N T A C T I N G M E _______________________________________________________________________________ If you have any comments, compliments or criticism, you may reach me in 1 of 2 ways. You may either email me at Shen_long36@hotmail.com or, if you have AOL IM, you can send me an IM at Aughiskies. _______________________________________________________________________________ 9. T H A N K S _______________________________________________________________________________ A BIG thanks to cardcaptor_syaoran@go.com for pointing out to me that the hooker in Stage 4 really does have an attack. And a quite an interesting one at that... I guess I should thank my ex-boss. If it wasn't for them being such a shitty company, I would of never of quit, and wouldn't of had so much free time to make all these FAQs I'm working on. I would also like to thank the State of Pennsylvania. If it wasn't for that state being in the middle of a recession, I would of found another job by now! @_@ and thus, not of been able to work on this, or my next, FAQ Oh ya! I'd also like to thank Gamefaqs for hosting this! Even though its nothing great. _______________________________________________________________________________ 10. R E V I S I O N H I S T O R Y _______________________________________________________________________________ 9/19/2004 - This is a simple game, so I was able to start and finish this guide with in the same day. 9/20/2004 - Fixed loads of spelling errors