Cauldron II Perfect game - Spell book
So I've been trying to get a "perfect" run of Cauldron 2 and it seems that you need to sacrifice one life in order to get the Spell book. I've tried for ages in getting a setup for that part but it seems impossible. When you die there you'll respawn in a perfect place to get the book. Even if you mess up and fall down a screen below, after dying, your position is shifted a few pixels so there's plenty of setups to get the book. There's no tight corners nor low ceilings to get that shift without sacrificing a pumpkin. So has anyone managed to get the book without losing a life?
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I can barely get passed 3 screens! :D
Hehe, yeah it's a hard game in the beginning. Requires lots of patience and practice but it's very rewarding, especially when you start getting somewhere.
Hmm, you got me interested now. Gonna load this up again soon and see if I can focus myself to get through at least 4 screens!
Much respect to ya!
The key is to set short goals, learning setups and practice different short routes.
Beginning in the witch's bedroom and working your way up to the spell book is a great way to learn the controls. You can press "A" to restart the game until you've got the wanted starting location.
you should record that stuff. I loved watching the other guy do his perfect JSW run. well done, chap.
Thank mate! I haven't got any capture equipment for real hardware and ZXDS doesn't support recording. I do, however, have ZXSpin installed on my PC and I think you can record with that. That might be an option.
I can barely load it.
:lol:
Used to think it would be nice if the controls allowed you to stop & roll to adjust your position if you wanted to, rather than gimpily bouncing around all the time.
I think the controls are great as they are. It requires some thought and strategy to get far. If you could adjust your position by rolling I think it would take away a lot of the challenge. Every room is like a puzzle, once you've figured out the setup it's not all that hard.
The Spectrum game is very playable, the bouncing is pretty predictable once you've learned the controls. The c64 version (which I still like) is much harder, with bugs, random spastic bounces and way harder enemies and enemy layouts.
I thought that was what all C64 users did while they were playing games?
Haha ;D
I will try to mess about with ZXSpin tomorrow to see if I can get it to record my gameplay and then I'll make another run.
Anyone know a hassle free place one could upload this?