Originally posted by: Mega Mario Man
I suck at virus cleaner as well. I was thinking I was pretty bad since I only make Frogger once and it was long enough to get 2 frogs home. I feel pretty decent now know that I was playing with 4:58.
I did find if you pause on one of the games that allow paus, for a significant amount of time (my baby has me pausing games constantly) you have infinite time. I played Frogger on infinite lives for a good 6 levels before resetting the game.
Other than that, it is fun to play these on the regular NES since I can't buy some of them. Got to the Homebrew scene too late. Ultimate Frogger is now on my "to buy" list.
Yeah Virus Cleaner sucks. I never seem to clear it. Even when I start the game on Virus Cleaner, it eats up the majorrity of my time. Here's some tips from an LE owner:
Official Competition time is 6:15 Dipswitches should be set to LLRL. Hit start on P1 controller to begin. P2 controller is not used unlike NWC.
The seagull pooping game is pretty basic and simple but to get the timing right you need to poop before you reach the target.
For Slappin' Bitches I highly recommend reccomend use of a turbo controller such as NES Max or Advantage. Set turbo to max and Hold A the entire time and spin the joypad/stick rapidly to fire in all 8 directions. You'll need to get 50 kills to advance but you can take infinite damage. Slappin' Bitches is the biggest time waste in the game, just like Rad Racer in NWC, you have to slog through.
Chunkout is straitforward elimiate chunks of two or more blocks. More blocks = more score. Pro tip: The more blocks you eliminate at once, the more points you get per block eliminated. Pick a color (different shapes are also treated as different colors) and eliminate everything else. At the end, you'll get a solid mass of one color which eliminated can easily net 600,000 or more. Since I never seem to finish the game, I typically get the bulk of my score from Chunkout using this strategy.
Virus Cleaner: objective is to collect the virus but I have no freakking idea what I'm doing. It's hard a heck to avoid the sparks and when you die you typically respan in some random location which may or may not be helpful. Clear 15 Virii to advance to Frogger. I can never seem to finish this one...
Frogger is self explanatory (don't touch cars or fall into the water) but the leftmost bay is the trickiest to land in. Get points by advancing to the Frog bays at the top. Also if you see a pink frog (female) collect it as she is worth tons of points. You can't affort to dalley around like in the main game because it is timed, however as you have infinite lives and you get points simply by advancing forward, it pays off to be fast and take risks.
Like NWC World Championships before it (Select+B on P2 controller to start on Rad Racer) there are skip-a-level codes: Press Dpad+Start to begin on any stage (each Dpad direction starts a different game). You can use this mode to play your favorite homebrew or as practice for the dreaded Virus Cleaner.
If you enjoyed any of the Homebrews, Frogger and Chunkout are available at RetroUSB. Slappin' Bitches and Virus Cleaner are available on the "Streemerz Action 53 part one" Homebrew Multicart by InfiniteNESLives. Lots of great stuff on that cart as well. It is loads better than Action 52, Catron/Miriad, or Maxi-15. Get the multicart here:
http://www.infiniteneslives.com/a...
Sadly it appears Action 53 is OOS, although a ROM download is available.
