GEX- SAVE GAME BUG?
Brian Goss
The first it to collect a video tape on a level and complete the level.
The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
will automatically save in either case.
Well, its not. I played the game from start to finish. I beat the game
then restarted to see where it last saved. I found that it saved
somewhere midway through the Kung-Fu level when I found my last video
tape, NOT after I beat the boss on the Kung-Fu stage.
Anyone else have this problem?
BG
Kilroy9202
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>BG
Yup, and I found it to be an unpleasant surprise....still a great game
tho'.:)
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>The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
>will automatically save in either case.
>Anyone else have this problem?
Yup
It doesn't seem to actually save after bosses.
A shame, since video tapes are really hard to come by in later levels!
-Jason
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JBoncz
back to the graveyard and replay the level with the VCR. It's an easy
level and after you finish your entire game is saved, even levels in other
worlds.
Tom Mulcahy
DIS...@news.delphi.com
>Ok, in the instruction manual it says that there are two ways to save.
>The first it to collect a video tape on a level and complete the level.
>The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
>will automatically save in either case.
>Well, its not. I played the game from start to finish. I beat the game
>then restarted to see where it last saved. I found that it saved
>somewhere midway through the Kung-Fu level when I found my last video
>tape, NOT after I beat the boss on the Kung-Fu stage.
>Anyone else have this problem?
Yeah, I've found the same EXACT problem, I would assume it is a bug as it
kinda sucks if you stop playing without beating the game...oh well...
>BG
JBoncz
screen.
Jim
Doug Dyer
>guru...@crl.com (Brian Goss) writes:
>[snip]
>>The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
>>will automatically save in either case.
>[snip]
>>Anyone else have this problem?
>Yup
>It doesn't seem to actually save after bosses.
>A shame, since video tapes are really hard to come by in later levels!
>-Jason
Except I found that you can return to older (easy) levels and nab
the video tapes. You loose your extra men, however.
Another bug I found is that in ROCK-IT (toon) I defeat the level, find
the remote and get out, it will not turn the TV to static. Also,
after defeating the boss the game was not saved (as you two have seen).
The strange thing is that I have a tv left in toon (mid-upper-right)
that I couldn't find a remote to open...
maybe things happened out of order and I defeated the boss early, hence
the world isn't really "defeated", so the game did not save. Did
you guys have any tvs that were black?
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Chuck McGinley
>Ok, in the instruction manual it says that there are two ways to save.
>The first it to collect a video tape on a level and complete the level.
>The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
>will automatically save in either case.
Hello Brian.
You finished it in 5 hours?? phew I must be real bad. :)
I just finished the first world in about 5 hours.
When I need to save a game I just go back and play a previous level that had a
video tape. Collect the tape at any time and save the game anywhere.
Chuck
mcgi...@ll.mit.edu
p.s. This may have been published elsewhere but on the 4th stage I think in the
first world where you jump over a large slime pool by jumping to small
platforms, you can jump into the slime pool at the end and live. It takes you
under the above level where you can collect the 2 free lives.
Also in the same world, if you jump under the four or five coffins that are
stacked up, there is a warp to hidden areas.
Sorry if this has been already published.
>
>BG
>
Enrique Conty
Doug Dyer <dy...@alx.alx.sticomet.com> wrote:
>
>The strange thing is that I have a tv left in toon (mid-upper-right)
>that I couldn't find a remote to open...
Quasi-secret level. The remote for that world is somewhere in the Rock It
stage. I'll give you this hint: follow the golden arrow.
Some other puzzles:
- In the Options screen, look at the music selections. After all the normal
entries (including the endgame and credits) there are "SciFi" and "SF Map"
entries. Secret world?
- I've gotten pretty good at the Bonus level in Rezopolis, the one with the
barrels. Once I managed a score of 28/30, and the game said "close enough"
and displayed half of some sort of icon. What gives?
- To find that bonus level in Rezopolis, look for a *long* set of twin conveyor
belts, floor and ceiling. There are 10 or so TV sets in there, so get rid
of them. Climb on the ceiling, and up the wall until you see a bunch of
spikes. Jump up, past the spikes, and grab the wall above them. Get up
to the platform above it, and the warp to the bonus stage will appear.
It sounds hard, but with enough practice it becomes routine...
This game is not unlike DKC in the sense that you can whiz through it if you
want, but you can also take your time and explore the secrets in each level.
"Hmm, I think I'll clean the house now!" - GEX on speed!
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Jeff Christoffersen
Jungle Level and when I re-started, I was back in the Cemetary (I didn't find
the video tape in Toon World). What is the deal CD?
Other than that, I think is a good game. I wasn't nearly as impressed as I
thought I'd be. The graphics are gorgeous and I even like Dana's voice. I
like how it is linked to the action on screen. However, this game is way
easy. And the apparent save problem is VERY annoying.
Jeff
>==========Brian Goss, 4/7/95==========
>
>Ok, in the instruction manual it says that there are two ways to save.
>The first it to collect a video tape on a level and complete the level.
>
>The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
>will automatically save in either case.
>
>Well, its not. I played the game from start to finish. I beat the game
>then restarted to see where it last saved. I found that it saved
>somewhere midway through the Kung-Fu level when I found my last video
>tape, NOT after I beat the boss on the Kung-Fu stage.
>
>Anyone else have this problem?
>
>BG
>
>
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Chuck McGinley
>In article <3mbcbl$k...@ra.nrl.navy.mil>,
[munch]
Thanks for the tips.
I'm very envious of you. You either have much more time than I can get to play,
or you are much better than I am. It took me quite a while to get past the 4th
stage in the graveyard, and its boss. So it's probably the later. :)
Chuck
mcgi...@ll.mit.edu
Jason D. Bardis
>p.s. This may have been published elsewhere but on the 4th stage I think in the
>first world where you jump over a large slime pool by jumping to small
>platforms, you can jump into the slime pool at the end and live. It takes you
>under the above level where you can collect the 2 free lives.
Yeah, I found this accidentally, but couldn't remember where it was.
Thanks for the reminder...of course, it's probably just easier to go
back to the first level and play the bonus round to get 6 free guys,
if you're looking for 1UPs.
>Also in the same world, if you jump under the four or five coffins that are
>stacked up, there is a warp to hidden areas.
I tried to do that, but couldn't get under--kept bouncing off the top one.
Is there a trick to this?
Jason D. Bardis
>>Well, its not. I played the game from start to finish. I beat the game
>>then restarted to see where it last saved. I found that it saved
>>somewhere midway through the Kung-Fu level when I found my last video
>>tape, NOT after I beat the boss on the Kung-Fu stage.
True, this is an unfortunate discrepancy between the docs and the
actual game (don't know if we can really call it a bug in the game...
maybe a "bug in the docs"!).
Anyway, there's a video tape right at the end of the last level in
Rezopolis (right before Rez-Lair). It's really easy to find and
makes it easy to save right before Rez.
Here's where it is:
You're crawling up a fairly narrow space--I think on the right is a
vertical conveyor belt and on the left is a solid wall.
Near the top of this "hole" are 2 patches of background to which you
can stick (how I noticed these easily but can't see a remote control
right under my nose is beyond me...).
Anyway, if you stick to the lower patch, you can't go anywhere, but
if you grab the upper patch, you can walk left THROUGH THE WALL, into
a little enclosure on the left, where the video tape is sitting.
I've got my game saved here so I can play _any_ level (except for
Sci Fi, of course...still working on that!)
Jason D. Bardis
>Except I found that you can return to older (easy) levels and nab
>the video tapes. You loose your extra men, however.
True. Tomato Soup is the ideal level.
>Another bug I found is that in ROCK-IT (toon) I defeat the level, find
>the remote and get out, it will not turn the TV to static. Also,
>after defeating the boss the game was not saved (as you two have seen).
>The strange thing is that I have a tv left in toon (mid-upper-right)
>that I couldn't find a remote to open...
>maybe things happened out of order and I defeated the boss early, hence
>the world isn't really "defeated", so the game did not save. Did
>you guys have any tvs that were black?
As I recall, there were a couple TVs that I never seemed to get access
to.
Secret levels?
Perhaps one of these TVs you have that's black is one of the ones that
takes you to a different world.
You can get to different world either by using a world remote from within
a world, or using a world remote from the Dome--maybe you never
activated the Jungle world remote from w/in the Toon World?
Tim McIntire
(DIS...@DELPHI.COM) writes:
>
>guru...@crl.com (Brian Goss) writes:
>
>>Ok, in the instruction manual it says that there are two ways to save.
>>The first it to collect a video tape on a level and complete the
level.
>
>>The second way is to beat the boss at the end of the level. It says it
>>will automatically save in either case.
>
>>Well, its not. I played the game from start to finish. I beat the game
>>then restarted to see where it last saved. I found that it saved
>>somewhere midway through the Kung-Fu level when I found my last video
>>tape, NOT after I beat the boss on the Kung-Fu stage.
>
>>Anyone else have this problem?
>
>Yeah, I've found the same EXACT problem, I would assume it is a bug as
it
>kinda sucks if you stop playing without beating the game...oh well...
>
> >BG
>
>
I just go back to that level in the cemetary world aand grab the
tape there every time before I quit. It is a little bit of a paain in
the but, but it doesn't take too much time.
Tim
Enrique Conty
Jason D. Bardis <jaso...@bolt.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>mcgi...@ll.mit.edu (Chuck McGinley) writes:
>
>>Also in the same world, if you jump under the four or five coffins that are
>>stacked up, there is a warp to hidden areas.
>I tried to do that, but couldn't get under--kept bouncing off the top one.
>Is there a trick to this?
Yes, stick to the wall. I've done it.
DIS...@news.delphi.com
I spoke with a CD rep yesterday about this bug, and according to him it
is not a bug per se. Instead, he explained that the manual is incorrect,
the programmers originally were going to have it save in both areas
(VCR's and after bosses) but decided to just use the VCRs (Why?!) but the
manual was never corrected.
I don't know if this is true or it he knew about the bug and was just
practising damage control.
In addition, I asked him about the CD baseball game for the 3DO.
According to him, CD only plans to release it for the Saturn and PSX at
this point. Why?! It's gooid to know they're developing games for
systems that are not even out in the US (their market) and not the one
that got them started. Hopefully, this was a mistake and it will be
announced at the E3. The only title he mentioned was SlamnJam although
he did hint that CD was holding off on announcements until E3 so I'll
wait and see.
Just my two cents...
Doug Dyer
>dy...@alx.alx.sticomet.com (Doug Dyer) writes:
>Perhaps one of these TVs you have that's black is one of the ones that
>takes you to a different world.
>You can get to different world either by using a world remote from within
>a world, or using a world remote from the Dome--maybe you never
>activated the Jungle world remote from w/in the Toon World?
I know its not the jungle one. Maybe it goes from toon to kung-fu.
I have yet to defeat that stupid jungle gym thing... :)
>-Jason
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>Jason Dante Bardis(jaso...@engineering.ucsb.edu) is a Simpsons-watchin',3DO-
>playin',cyclin',anime-viewin',Absolutely Fabulous-tapin',aXcess-readin',hair-
>-dyin',Mac-usin',PWEI-listenin',LEGO-creatin','brow-piercin',autocrossin',cart-
>collectin',Tempest-adorin',Mechanical engineerin',ballroom dancin' hoopy frood!
Sitris
the TV doesn't go static-y when you complete the level. Luckily, a friend
of mine pointed out my ignorance. I had come to ignore ? 's by then. The
? at the start of the level says an arrow point to the desert (or
something). When you get on the second blue rocket, wait for the flys in
the shape of an arrow pointing down. Jump down right there. You'll fall
to another section. In there you'll find a remote NOT shown before you
start the level. It'll activate the TV near the Flintstone house (or
whoever lives there ;)