~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: One game per disk, use several as the game can
turn suddenly at any time.
HOSPITAL ANTICS:
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Before giveing it all away I need to say that the Hospital Escape segment
is one of the cleverest and *FRUSTRATING* arcade bits I've ever experienced
in a computer game. My hat is off to Cinemaware for dreaming up this little
taste of insanity! Here is how it is done...
Mistake No.1 - You've <IMPATIENTLY> selected 'Escape Hospital' as your next move. Forget it, your're nabed & jabbed already! But you're gonna go anyway, because the alternative is watching your little guy stare at the ceiling all night, (REAL TIME!).
Mistake No.2 - Yer watchin' the traffic. OK! Looks good! Pop the fire button and yer outta the sack, (Hey! what a cute little hospital johnny you're wearing!).
FAIR WARNING:
You are now certified !RAW MEAT! for anything else that is moving!
Whooops... Here comes a Candy Striper from off screen. Will she open my door? [ Bubba. If she's on the same planet she's gonna open your door.] No sweat, back to the bed, slap the button, and yer in and covered, chuckeling up your non-existant sleeve while she checks your chart.
Now she's gone, lets break for the hallway, Hmm, nice automatic doors in this 50's hospital.
Jeasus! What is this!? Chariots of Fire? I'm tryin' to SNEAK outta this place
an' I get a fanfair like it's the second comming! Oh well, at least it's motivating. Lets go!
OK, Swingin' down the hall, I'm goin' for the stairwell and elevator I spotted last time. And this time I AM gonna make it! Around this next corner and cut to the middle of this floor. Coast looks clear. Go for it!
Damm! Here comes one of thoes green ball busters yellin' "There he is...
Get 'em!". And to top it off he's between me and the elevator.
Wait a sec', there's room right here and I'm right next to the door. Shoot
in and hide out till he passes, No, I tried that before and he just waits at the door for me. Lets try jumpin' into bed with the blond. SHIT! she's screamin' her ass off. OK, there's an empty right here, try that bed. *click* and covered . Hehee! He came in and didn't spot me. This is p-r-r-r-e-t-t-y slick.
Alright. Back out in the hall, elevators in range...
"There he goes...", Loud mouth bitch! Didn't see her turn the corner... No wait, here's an office, pop the door, it closes. Yeah but what if she comes in!? What's this... a desk? Lets see... *click* My ass hung out from under that johnny I'm wearin', but I skinned right under that desk, (this place is full of suprises),
Yep, she checked out the room, but left anyway, YEAAAH! Got it knocked now baby! Shoot for the moon! [ Ding! Ding! ], Elevator sweet elevator!
Go-ing down...
First floor you-are-soo-beautiful! Alright now, remember you can cut the corners an' out run 'em on the diagonal. Just don't let 'em touch ya or get right behind ya for too long. Missed me! Nanaah! Just as I thought there's the front door... right between... those two guys... in the... grey suits...
!!! NUTS !!!
Caught in a squeeze play by the two guerrillas watchin' the door. Aah, well. Take me Nurse Judy, I'm just putty in your hands. But NEXT time I'm takein' a ride on the green < WHEEL CHAIR > I glimpsed upstairs!
Mistake No.3 - Back in the hospital again after a hard day down at the ant farm. Call the Weather Station - "Warm tommorrow, high in the 70's" Jeeeze!
The whole country side will be crawling with ants... I gotta get outa here...
Ooo-Kaay, Traffic is light and if I remember correctly that wheel chair was right... over... here... OH! NOO!! They moved it on me! Don't panic! Keep it together now... if you can out run giant ants outside you sure as hell can
deal with this bunch of bozos in here. Lets try another corner... Heaah!
There it is! That nurse is gaining on me... better think fast. What do I need to do to fire-up this chair. Watch out! Dodge right...
Wheeeeee! Hey, all I needed to do was jump on the sucker. Eat my dust turkeys! Got them clowns following me around like Key-Stone Cops. I can even stop and wait for 'em to catch up... then peel rubber! Thoes goons downstairs are gonna be a piece-o-cake this time!
Alright, reality check here, obviously the stairs are out, an' I gotta be sure somebody doesn't follow me into the elevator, so I'll get a big lead and shoot the curl... [ Ding! Ding! ] Made it!
First Floor: Socks, Lingerie aaand tickets home! Mama! Around the corners, Whooup! Lets backtrack a little... Keep 'em streatched out and wait for a break... Yeah! there it is! This Wheelin' Demon is headin' for wide open road!
Dodge left... right... one fer the grey monkey... two fer the grey goon... Check it out! the front doors are o-p-e-n-i-n-g...
*! BAM !* ... What!!!? They got me!? I was half way out the door, and they STILL got me! What is this Catch 22...? some kinda Monty Python movie...? I think I want my ticket money back... Wait-a-minnit... Just before the screen went black as Nurse Judy's soul, while the doors were open there
for a second... were thoes... did I see... < STEPS > right outside the door? Sonafa-Gun! they were steps... O.K. I got your number now... NEXT time I'm gonna JUMP OUTTA the wheel chair when the doors open up!
Mistake No.4 - Whew! I was ready for this trip in the meat wagon. Thoes grenades will blow up ants and buildings, but wouldn't even touch that
stinkin' little piece of rail fence they had me up against. Gotta remember to stay out of the corners. At least I've got the Hospital routine worked out,
I'm ready, I be bad! I'll be back on the streets in a flash!!!
Well Awl-Right! The slide for home base at the front doors realy did the trick... Now I'm out and feelin' mean and rowdy. Lets check the time... Oh no! it's after sundown! All that fancy foot work shot the rest of the day right
in the butt! Guess I might as well head on home and get a good nights rest... Hmmmmmm, I could have done that right here in the Hospital! With Nurse Judy holding my hand allll night long!
The dammable part of the Hospital Escape is that it is completely
unnecessary... But the challenge is irresistable.
Fact is that if time is so critical that you must get out, then your game
is shot-to-hell anyway, But that's another mistake altogether!
- PRODUCT DISCLAIMER -
The information contained in this Pre-walk thru is as accurate as I have
been able to determine WITH OUT COMPLETEING the game. Time acounting and
sequences of events may very well be subject to some as yet undiscovered
factor(s?). Perhaps I should have titled this document: LETS PUT OUR HEADS
TOGETHER and SEE WHAT'S COOKIN' IN THE DESERT. But that was too long to type!
I know that you're playing DESERT also TimeX, and you to Doc Rock, (even if you won't admit to it). So... if this stuff helps and you beat the game before
I do, feel free to use it as a starter and post your own walk-thru.