Crazy Climber FAQ/Walkthrough

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Introduction

Welcome to another one of my FAQs. This particular FAQ covers my first NES game to write an FAQ for - Crazy Climber. Crazy Climber is a Japanese NES game based off a moderately popular arcade game with the same name and concept. Ever since it was ported and expanded to the NES in 1986, to this day, it has remained uncovered by GameFAQs.

Over twenty-five years have passed since its release. Like many hundreds of NES games, it was uncovered. However, the NES FAQ Completion Project was started several years ago to FAQ all of the games for the NES console, and, so far, all of the North American games are covered. Now it's mostly down to Japanese games like this.

And so, that is how I came upon this game. Thanks for listening to my ramblin'; hope you enjoy!

Basics of the Game

Game Controls

The control system in this game can be a little ... odd. It requires the use of two controllers and, preferably, the special "bridging" attachment. You will use two controllers at the same time, similarly to the arcade game. It has been suggested to, even without the attachment, to turn the controllers ninety-degrees clockwise. The game also primarily will just use the D-Pad, so don't really worry about the rest. Do the rotation with both controllers - trust me, this makes it much easier, attachment or not, to comprehend. And, finally, for the "edging" to work fully, you must use the command on both gamepads at the same time. For example, to move left, you use the button looking like Left on both gamepads at the same time.

The vertical lines between the ledges, or "squares", are the critical components in downward movement. First, you need to have the character with both palms resting on a ledge. If you use a dual-Down pull at this time, and your character shifts down, grabbing the ledge with his hands, you can go down. Then you need to maneuver your character's left or right hand into the "vertical lines" between the ledges. There, press Up for the corresponding hand and, as there's nothing to grab onto, the hand goes down. Repeat with the other hand, then you're back on your palms. Use another dual-Down to begin again.

Game Basics

This is one of your simpler video games. The main idea is to climb up to the top of the building. That's about it. There are a number of hazards along the way that can dislodge you from the building which, most often, ends in death in real-life, doesn't it?

There are a fair few hazards:

• Thrown Objects: Anything thrown out a window could hurt you. If these hit you, a hand on the ledge falls off. If that hand is the only one, or you are hit too quickly in succession (~4 seconds), you fall off. Splat.

• Ball-and-Chains: These are basically black rocks that fall from above to hurt you. The ball itself will kill you if you are hit; the chain behind it only drags you for a bit, though it can also kill you if you're dragged off of the building. You need to move aside to avoid this.

• Birds: Speaking of splat, there are birds that appear every now and then, slinging fiery ... droppings all over you. They work like thrown objects. You can bypass these easily by setting up a fast rhythm so that there's usually always a hand above you to block the crap.

• Windows: Those windows on the buildings open and shut. Generally, shut windows block you from moving. If a window shuts on your hands, you fall off. Obviously. These will open and close faster as you continue through the levels, although it's only slightly.

• Signs: A few signs seem to appear throughout the levels with electrical wiring coming from them. Try to avoid them, whether falling or just sitting there. The falling ones will kill you no matter what.

• Falling Explosives: These are the hardest to deal with out of every hazard, bar one. There is no regular pattern to their falling, and you are dead if one hits you - it's not like junk you can block, as it WILL explode. When near sequences of these, you need to primarily focus on living and keep your thumbs ready to dodge left or right at any time.

• The Monkey: Call him Donkey Kong, King Kong, whatever you wish - he's a large simian that's present at times. He can usually be avoided pretty easily. You don't exactly wanna be hit. There are a number of other similar looking enemies as you go.

• Storm Masters: These suckers will release lightning bolts at you from a cloud. That itself is not so bad, since the lightning sort of functions as trash. However, it also has a tendency to absolutely suck your time down to zero in an instant. In other words, instant kill. If you're on it for a brief - and I mean brief - moment, you won't die, but that's hard enough. You want to dodge this first before advancing forward whatsoever. Those lightning bolts fall randomly, and the game AI really loves to aim for you.

• The Timer: Your final threat is the timer that ticks down. It usually starts from around 400 seconds (5 minutes, 40 seconds) after starting a level or losing a life. If it hits zero, you lose a life. It is decreased as you get hit. There are clock pickups that will boost your time.

To avoid losing lives due to time loss, you want to set up a rhythm. Extend one arm, extend the other, pull with the first, pull with the second. Left, Right, Left, Right, on each gamepad in that order. Just keep that up. If you need to move to the side, press the buttons on both gamepads in the direction required to move that way. You can also use combinations of buttons to climb diagonally. This rhythm is not just critical for your speed, either - you can use it to readily block various attacks coming from enemies. Trust me, it actually works.

There are a number of power-ups within the levels. Most of them solely give you points. However, there are a fair few that help you in other ways. Extra lives come along in the form of faces/masks. Invincibility potions last for a short while and look like a bottle of milk. The small clocks you find will freeze everyone except you for a while. The larger clocks tend to boost the timer significantly. The final true power-up comes in the form of a balloon or a little "T" stick - both of these will carry you up a fair while. I will note that the balloons are much harder to grab than it seems. Always be careful of grabbing these, though - there are some purposely put in to kill you. If in doubt, check the Walkthrough - if I don't mention it, or do mention it in a negative way, you're better off leaving it be.

To win a level, you simply climb up to the top. There, you should see a helicopter or another type of aerial vehicle. Try to get under it before it leaves for some bonus points. Either way, you should be able to continue on to the next level.

At some points in levels, you'll come across a key. This key will open up a door nearby. Go into it and, there, you'll be able to get some pickups for items. It's your general platformer stage to get items while avoiding enemies. You'll need to jump across a few platforms and get all of the pickups that appear, one of which will be the medal for the level, then you can leave and continue on with the level. The stages are pretty simple to navigate - just avoid enemies and no walkthrough is earnestly necessary.

There are eight levels total in this game. You will go through them sequentially - level one, level two, and so on. After finishing the final level, you will return to the first level in which you did not collect a medal and will loop through them until you collect them all from the 2D platformer stages. The game ends upon the finishing of all levels, including special levels found by getting every medal, or the loss of all lives.

Medals and Secret Levels

Most, although not all, levels of the game will have keys in them. Stages 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 8 all have keys in them; 3 and 7, and the special levels, do not. These keys open doors that take you to easy-to-navigate platformer stages. There, you are to pick up all of the pickups to soon find medals. These medals help to unlock the special levels. There are eight medals in all, one designated for each level. (Levels 2 and 6 have two each to compensate for 3 and 7.)

You will loop through the main eight levels until the eight medals are obtained. At that point, you will go the four special stages. They must be done sequentially - unlike the main levels, if you have a game over here, you continue from Special Level 1. After finishing those absolutely brutal levels, you will have truly finished the game.

Walkthrough

Some Notes (READ!)

I will admit that this game is a bit tough to walk you through properly - most of your main hazards are pretty randomized, namely the windows and the trash the people within throw out. The main hazards are going to be noted in this guide that can be seen as nonrandom - the birds, falling swarms of explosives, etc.

When reading this guide, consider that a number sign (#) will be a ledge you can grab onto. Any spaces in the structure are places where there are no ledges whatsoever to climb onto; this includes various ledges that are part of the building, but you cannot grab onto. Any number in brackets ([1], [2], etc.) has a note next to it about that particular area. You will have to start at the bottom of the building diagram and work your way up, so it'll make sense. I included links in a blue box at the start of the level walkthrough for this, so no worries there, more or less.

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 #  # #       downward. However, during that time, near the end of the downward
 #  # #       movement, you will have trash tossed upon you. This will easily kill
 #  # #       you or prevent you from moving downward due to a constant need to block
 #  # #       the trash. So, how to progress?
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   ####       it, you'll be able to get a clock pickup that stops all enemy movement
   ####       temporarily. You need to be quick and near-perfect here when you go down
   ####       because this time period is barely long enough to make it to the
   ####       part of the area with the four horizontal ledges. But, once you make it
   ####       to those ledges, the hard part is over for this bit. Also note that you
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   ###        recommended, use the lowest row to sweep over to the right the
   # #        moment such is safe from the wrecking ball. Then wait for it to
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       [5] - At this point, you'll need to grab onto one of the clouds that is moving
 #####       up and down. Once you've done so, thereby reaching an actual cloud,
 #####       scoot to the left or right and get onto the next vertically-moving
 #####       cloud. That will bring you to the next segment of the level.
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 #   # [4] - As you approach here, yet another lightning bolt-tossing enemy will come,
 #   #       and now you're REALLY in a confined space. Quickly ascend to the top of
 #   #       of your column and get in the open so you can dodge more readily -
 #   #       starting the lone column with a quick rhythm will help immensely. Once
 #####       you're in the open space alive, you should begin to dodge all of the
 #####       bolts that come at you, then, when the enemy disappears, quickly go
 #####       further and repeat as needed. (As a side note, you will get an
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 #####       head left: you just made an extra life fall as well!
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Visual Key Hunting Guide

Purpose

To some of you, the basic Walkthrough above probably proved inefficient in finding the keys to the "Normal Pattern" levels. Such is rather understandable - ASCII can only go so far. Thusly, I have decided to implement some screenshots of the levels detailing where and how to get the keys more readily to you visual-oriented people. (I would've put them in the walkthrough, but GameFAQs is rather limited how you can place your images - it would break up the walkthrough.)

Level 1 Key

Level 2 Key

Level 4 Key

Level 5 Key

Level 6 Key

Level 8 Key

Credits

In no particular order...

• IceQueenZer0:
  • For helping to teach me the controls to this game, and the more comprehensible alternative method.

• ASchultz/odino:
  • The provision of a useful manual to this game on the otherwise vacant message board on GameFAQs.

• http://www25.atwiki.jp/famicomall/pages/340.html
  • The manual provided by ASchultz and odino. Note that it is in Japanese, so you need Google Translate unless you have a working knowledge of Japanese. (It also doesn't seem to be an official manual, but it is nevertheless quite helpful!)
  • It also provided the screenshots in the Visual Key Hunting Guide.

• War Doc:
  • His mapping format for the arcade variation helped to inspire me on how to do the NES game.

• GameFAQs, Neoseeker, and Supercheats:
  • For being the most amazing FAQ-hosting sites I know.

• CJayC, SBAllen, and Devin Morgan:
  • General sucking up to the GameFAQs admins. =P

• Me (KeyBlade999):
  • For making this FAQ. =P

• You, the reader:
  • For hopefully enjoying this FAQ.

Version History

• v0.70:
  • 8/12 levels complete.
  • Time: 1:45 AM 1/10/2013.

• Final:
  • All levels complete; likely only version from here on out.
  • Time: 12:02 AM 1/11/2013.

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