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version 0.3
- Introduction [INTR]
- Controls [CTRL]
- General Gameplay Tips [GMPL]
- Upgrades [UPGD]
- Stage Bonuses [STGB]
- Stages Guide [STGD]
- Challenges Guide [CHGD]
- Boss Fights [BSFT]
- Unlockables/Bonuses [UNLK]
- Achievements [ACHV]
- References [REFS]
- Lyrics [LYRC]
- Glitches/Extras [XTRA]
- Contact/Thanks [CNTC]
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Introduction [INTR]
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I currently don't want to make a full level-by-level walkthrough. For some
good level strategies and and generally great video walkthrough, check out
this excellent one by Armegeddon Gaming (doesn't show cutscenes):
http://www.armageddon-gaming.com/guide/Comic_Jumper
DSPGaming has a playthough that shows the cutscenes and base exploration,
but it a first playthrough so the dude doesn't do quite so well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywCy1W9Jz_U
SPOILER WARNING: This guide contains minor spoilers to do with bosses, genre
types, unlocks and references. No story elements willl be revealed.
Submit more tips via 'Contact'.
Find the most up to date guide at GAMEFAQS.COM
CHANGELOG
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0.1 Created FAQ
0.2 Massively expanded FAQ. Added loads of info on boss fights, gameplay
tips, upgrades and costs; added stage bonuses section; expanded width;
added thanks; tidied up FAQ
0.3 Fixed spelling and other typed errors; added a couple of refs; added a
few more song lyrics; corrected Skelesaur's name; added stages guide
and Challenges Guide sections with par times; added various other tips;
started 'scrolling messages' transcript in 'Extras'
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Controls [CTRL]
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LS Move
RS Aim
RT or X Shoot/Melee attack /Punch star/Dance/Skip cutscene
LT or A Jump /Melee knockback/Punch star/Dance
LB Slide
Y Use 'Help Me'
LT/A+DOWN Slide/Jump below platform
RB Show stage high score
BACK Invert aiming reticule on aim-only sections
Use the trigger control setup rather than the X/A setup: LT to jump, RT to
fire, LB to slide makes the game a whole lot easier. Also consider turning
on Aim Assist, espcially on the later levels. It doesn't affect your score.
You can jump at the end of a slide to avoid the delay where Captain Smiley
stands up again. To break out from grapples press X or A repeatedly.
To skip cutscenes press A to bring up the dialog, then X.
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General Gameplay Tips [GMPL]
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GENERAL STRATEGIES
------------------
Charging in guns blazing willl get you killed quickly. The best strategy is
to move forward until an enemy spawns, rush backwards then slowly move
forward and pick them off. This is particularly effective against groups and
when climbing.
When you're being shot at the bullets will often be shot in clusters, so
don't move about too much while they're being shot and they'll all head in
one direction, making them much easier to avoid.
Learn how high Captain Smiley jumps (fairly high) and what he can slide
under (most attacks). Use both a lot.
On some of the pole climbing sections there are portions of land you can
fall down onto, such as at the end of one of the pole sections in stage 1.
If the surface looks to low to climb back up to though, it probably is.
HELP MES
--------
Earn 'Help Me's by completing the melee stages without taking damage or
buying them at the Upgrades screen. Check out STGB for a list of stages
with melee portions. To be able to afford multiple 'Help Me's buy all the
extras early into the game (see UNLK) to increase your per-stage income.
They do about 22000 damage and are the only way to REFILL YOUR HEALTH.
Using a 'Help Me' means you don't get your $1,000 bonus at the end of a
stage. You get the same $1,000 bonus no matter how many 'Help Me's you have,
so once you've used one you can let rip with the other two if you have them.
This makes it economic to use a 'Help Me' to get a Readership Bonus, which
is $3000, as you only lose $1000, giving you an extra $1000 in total.
However, it may be cheaper to die than use a Help Me to refill your
health since 'Help Me's are expensive to reacquire, and deaths only costs
$500, $800, $900 or $1000 depending on if you die 1, 2, 3, or 4+ times. This
only really applies early in the game though, as buying Bonuses increases
your Score Bonus, which multiplies your money up to 325%, so a single death
could soon get expensive.
DIFFICULTY
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You can turn on Aim Assist in the Options menu if you're struggling.
This game is crazy hard sometimes, so don't beat yourself up if you don't do
too well, especially early on, and especially before you have any upgrades.
The game's designed so that the earlier levels don't suddenly become a
cakewalk after upgrading, although they do get a lot easier. Likewise, with
the "Don't get hit" sections, where you earn a bonus $3,000 for avoiding
damage, some are incredibly difficult and the 'Help Me's are there to be
used. Check out STGB for help on beating the reader bonus sections.
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Upgrades [UPGD]
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The more Bonuses you buy the more your score multiplier increases, and the
more you earn in the long-term. So buy Bonuses early! High priced items give
a bigger percentage increase (but only relative to the cost of the bonus).
Upgrades DO carry over to Challenges.
Breakout [] 2500
Health [][][] 1000 5000 20000
Melee [] 5000
Damage [][][][][] 1000 7500 12000 25000 50000
Slider [][] 2000 ?
Help Me ()()() 5000 ? ?
Break Out
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Useful as being grabbed doesn't cause damage but leaves you vulnerable to
other attacks. Not the best one to go for early on, get this when other
upgrades become too expensive.
Health
------
Very useful, giving you around and extra 1 or 2 hits per increase. It's
cheap too, so well worth getting.
Melee
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The melee parts are pretty easy, so only buy this if you struggle or
want to complete them faster. Remember you earn Help Mes by successfully
completing melee sections without taking damage, so if you're struggling
it's well worth buying this upgrade.
Damage
------
One reviewer wrote that a fully upgraded Damage cuts the time it takes to
kill an enemy from 5 to 2 seconds, which is a massive decrease. This upgrade
is absolutely necessary further into the game, as enemies get harder to kill
and boss health gets ridiculous.
Slider
------
Sliding is invaluable if you use it well. In most instances you can jump to
avoid attacks, but sliding allows you to pass through enemies, excluding
robots and enemies that grab you. A fully upgraded Slider lets you slide
across the whole screen, which is very useful to avoiding certain boss
attacks, but doesn't serve much use otherwise. Get it later in the game,
when you're loaded and face bosses like HeHe and Skelesaurus, whos attacks
you need to slide under.
Help Me
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Check out the guide to 'Help Me's in General Gameplay Tips (GMPL).
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Stage Bonuses [STGB]
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Every stage carries the same bonuses, listed below. Every stage also has two
portions where, if you don't get hit or perform a particular task you earn
$3,000. These are listed below, in STGD. You can also increase your overall
income/score per stage by purchasing Bonuses. Finally, certain stages have
melee sections where you can earn 'Help Me's (check out GMPL for more
details on this) while others have quicktime events you need to successfully
pass to unlock an achievement.
STAGE SCORE BONUSES
-------------------
Every stat is displayed for completion purposes. 'Save it' means you didn't
use a help me. For each stat you get a green, orange, yellow or red score
and a cash amount ($), although green is used twice for two different score
amounts.
This doesn't count for some stats. Base pay is set and differs between
missions (these can be viewed in the STGD section). Score Bonus depends on
the bonuses you've unlocked. Readership Bonuses depend on you fulfilling a
specific criteria in a section. These are listed in the Stage Guide section
(STGD). In these cases, 'Green1' represents a pass. Your Time Bonus depends
on how far below Par Time you were (also listed in Stage Guide). I dont't
know the exact formula but 1:10:11 below Par Time gives you $1353.
Stat Green1 Green2 Yellow Orange Red
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Par Time - - - - -
Completion Time - - - - -
Base Pay - - - - -
Time Bonus ? - - - -
Kills 1000 500 200 100 0
Accuracy 1000 500 200 100 0
Deaths 1000 500 200 100 0
Saved It 1000 - - - -
Reader Bonus A 3000 - - - -
Reader Bonus B 3000 - - - -
Score Bonus x.x% 0-325%
HELP ME STAGES
--------------
Earn 'Help Me's by completing certain melee stages without taking damage. A
Twisted Pixel box willl appear in the top-right corner and slowly fill up as
more enemies are defeated. This only occurs on the following levels:
Genre 1 Stage 2 - Nanoc the Obliverator #286
Genre 1 stage 3 - Nanoc the Obliverator #287
Genre 2 Stage 1 - Improbable Paper Pals #77
Genre 3 Stage 2 - Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids Volume 11
QUICKTIME EVENT SEQUENCES
-------------------------
Quicktime events (where you press buttons shown on-screen) occur in a few
stages, and always follow the same patterns. Check out the Eugene's Protege
achievement in ACHV for more details on quicktime events.
Stage 1 - XBAYA - Adventures of Captain Smiley #26
Genre 1 Stage 1 - YBABX - Nanoc the Obliverator #285
Stage 10 - AXBYA - The New Adventures of Captain Smiley #00
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Stages Guide [STGD]
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Stage 1
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Stage name: Adventures of Captain Smiley #23
Par time: 12:30:00
Base pay: $200
Genre 1 Stage 1
---------------
Stage name: Nanoc the Obliverator #285
Par time: 10:30
Base pay: $1000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during hill slide*
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during wall climb
Genre 1 Stage 2
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Stage name: Nanoc the Obliverator #286
Par time: 12:00
Base pay: $1000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during wall climb
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during tree top climb
Genre 1 Stage 3
---------------
Stage name: Nanoc the Obliverator #287
Par time: 10:00
Base pay: $1000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during golfcart run
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during Puttmaster fight
Genre 2 Stage 1
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Stage name: Improbable Paper Pals #77
Par time: 17:00
Base pay: $3000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during rope climb
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during Skelesaur fight
Genre 2 Stage 2
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Stage name: Improbable Paper Pals #78
Par time: 10:00
Base pay: $3000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during asteroid flight
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during Mistress Ropes fight
Genre 2 Stage 3
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Stage name: Improbable Paper Pals #79
Par time: 15:00
Base pay: $3000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during fight out of the panel
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during Benny fight
Genre 3 Stage 1
---------------
Stage name: Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids Volume 10
Par time: 10:00
Base pay: $5000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during 2nd LoLo fight
Reader Bonus B: Got Pling Pling to heaven*
Genre 3 Stage 2
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Stage name: Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids Volume 11
Par time: 11:00
Base pay: $5000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged in locker room
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during HeHe fight
Genre 3 Stage 3
---------------
Stage name: Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids Volume 12
Par time: 12:00
Base pay: $5000
Reader Bonus A: Killed all the bus passengers
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged during NaNa fight
Stage 10
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Stage name: The New Adventures of Captain Smiley
Par time: 16:30
Base pay: $10000
Reader Bonus A: Undamaged during Meatenstein fight
Reader Bonus B: Undamaged in construction climb
READER BONUS HELP
-----------------
Reader Bonuses listed above with more details below are marked with a *.
Find info on boss fights in the BSFT section.
1-1A: Here's a rough guide to the pattern of rocks. If you're going for the
high score you'll need to memorise it. After 'birds' you'll have to fight
'birds' while dodging the rocks, and 'jump' indicates the page turn.
.X... ...XX
..... .....
...X. XXX..
....X .....
..... X..XX
.X... .....
..... XXX..
...X. .....
....X ..XXX
..... .....
XX... x....
..... .x...
.X.X. ..x..
..... .....
birds ....X
..... ...X.
..... ..X..
..X.. .....
..X.. X....
..... .X...
..X.. ..X..
..... .....
x...X ..XXX
..... .X.X.
..X.. .X.X.
..... .X.X.
.X.X. .X.X.
jump .X.X.
2-1A: Slide down the rope as soon as enemies spawn, then slowly climb back
up, picking them off individually. Sliding down is faster than climbing up
when avoiding deadly fans.
3-1B: To get Pling Pling into heaven you need to dance by pressing LT, RT,
X, A or B a bunch of times. Don't stop or the scene willl end before Pling
Pling rises to heaven. The "I Love You" song willl play twice before the
stage ends, so you've got around 1:25 to get that unicorn to heaven!
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Challenges Guide [CHGD]
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Complete challenges to earn the base pay respective to each one. Complete
them faster and with lots of kills to earn more cash. Take any damage (or
often, just touch enemies) to end the challenge. If you don't complete a
challenge, you'll still earn cash for your kills. Your end of mission score
bonus multiplier is still affected by bonuses, so keep buying those extras!
Challenge 01
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Comic: Adventures of Captain Smiley
Par time: 1:00
Base pay: $500
Description: Race across a construction zone
Challenge 02
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Comic: Adventures of Captain Smiley #23
Par time: 1:30
Base pay: $750
Description: Escape the panel and kill the Bradbots
Tip: Take out the flying Bradbots first, as you can just slide under the
shots from the grounded ones. Also, shoot those metallic grabby Bradbots
as soon as you see them, you won't be able to slide past them.
Challenge 03
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Comic: Nano the Obliverator #285
Par time: 1:30
Base pay: $750
Description: Fight through treetops
Challenge 04
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Comic: Nano the Obliverator #286
Par time: 1:20
Base pay: $750
Description: Climb a cliff by scaling platforms and a wall, then defeat a
Tigersaurus
Challenge 05
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Comic: Improbable Paper Pals #77
Par time: 3:30
Base pay: $2000
Description: Fight through space
Challenge 06
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Comic: Improbable Paper Pals #78
Par time: 1:40
Base pay: $1000
Description: Climb a bunch of ropes
Tips: Take out the enemies that shoot at you first (e.g. rather than the
fire breathing dummies). This challenge is easy if you just keep moving.
Challenge 07
------------
Comic: Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids Volume 10
Par time: 3:05
Base pay: $2500
Description: Fight through the school
Tips: The demons willl always throw skulls in the same order. Memorise this
pattern and shoot the demons as they throw their skulls. When the school
girls appear shoot them first, as they're much harder to dodge than skulls.
The girls are a real pain, but they can be jumped over.
Challenge 08
------------
Comic: Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids Volume 11
Par time: 2:15
Base pay: $2500
Description: Fight on Pling Pling through a forest
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Boss Fights [BSFT]
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BRAD
----
The easiest way to avoid missiles is to stand under Brad and shoot upwards,
allowing you to quickly slide/jump away if things get too hot.
Hide behind the electric boxes to avoid his missiles. When he flies across
the screen you can jump onto a dangling rope coming from his Bradcopter to
cling on and do more damage. His Bradbots willl arrive, so take them out
swiftly before they can hit you, or just take the hits if you can manage it.
In the second Brad fight he drops bombs, so don't try to climb on!
During the second fight do the same again, but take out the shooting
Bradbots asap. They're a nuisance and make it hard to evade Brads missiles
properly.
NANOC
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Listed here for the sake of completion, just walk up to Nanoc and hit him.
He won't hurt you.
PUTTMASTER
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The Puttmaster's easy to beat, just keep hitting him then back off when he
starts to charge his golf club. Use A to deal a shorter attack that's
easier to back away from. When Captain Smiley and the Puttmaster clash
just mash X or A.
RUFUS (PUTTMASTER's CADDY)
--------------------------
Horizontal attack: Starts with Rufus flying horizontally offscreen. Slide to
avoid this.
Single missile: Starts with Rufus jumping back into frame, so be ready to
evade him with a quick slide. He'll launch a single missile that causes a
spread of fire on ground impact. Jump to avoid this. Meanwhile, Rufus willl
stand still, allowing you one of the few chances you'll get to hit him.
Bombing run: Starts with Rufus flying off screen. He'll emerge at the top of
the screen from either side and drop a load of exploding golf balls. You
need to be very quick and slide to the gap between the balls. This is
perhaps the hardest attack to avoid because it happens so fast.
Multiple missiles: Starts with Rufus standing up straight at one side of the
screen. He'll launch a series of missiles, you either need to slide
underneath them or jump over them depending on the pattern he fires. If he
pauses during shooting them you'll need to jump between the gap, if not then
get ready slide. He'll be stunned after this.
SKELESAUR
---------
The easiest way to beat Skelesaur seems to be by staying near the top of the
screen, using the banner to cross sides when necessary..
Corner lunge: Starts with Skelesaur moving back and facing a corner. Just
move to the other side of the room.
Tail swipe: Starts with FOS turning around. Skelesaur willl sweep the floor,
causing spikes to emerge from the ground. Climb the stairs
Side bash: Starts with Skelesaur moving backwards, facing a wall. He'll
lunge forward, you can either climb over him using the banner or slide
underneath him.
Head lunge: Eventually Skelesaur willl detach his head and it'll launch at
whichever wall you're nearest to. Get up high to avoid this.
Pac-Man Attack!: Skelesaur's head willl circle the screen. Just avoid him.
Chasing: Skelesaur's head willl start lunging and chasing. Don't panic, just
keep avoiding, jumping and climbing over him. Don't slide, it's useless here.
After a while he'll re-attach his head, which means he's about to die. You
should probably use a 'Help Me' here if you're gonna get your Readership
Bonus.
MISTRESS ROPES
---------------
She's actually pretty easy, especially during the second fight, as her
attacks are more limited and easier to dodge. She'll shoot ropes according
to how she's about to attack, so horizontal (left and right) ropes means a
horizontal attack. Get used to attacks and she's a piece of cake.
BENNY
-----
Check out the info on getting the 'He's Not Even Married' achievement for
tips on beating Benny quickly.
As soon as the third stage starts, press right and get ready to start
dodging and jumping. Many people get hit during the page turn from stage 2
to stage 3. When he starts shooting missiles, you can use the blocks you
need to jump over as cover and let the missiles blow up on the cover, but
it's probably easier to just shoot the damn things. Watch out for where his
lasers are pointing before he shoots them, then quickly get to a safe spot.
MANGA BOY HEAD THING
--------------------
This guy is infinitely easier once you know how to avoid his attacks. You
can jump through the laser stream, just don't get hit by the tip of it,
where it reaches the dock. You can also run under the bouncing mines. For
the booger things, just avoid them and shoot, sticking to the sides. Note
that they'll home in on you, so don't let them go off the sides of the
screen, 'cause they'll come back but you won't be able to see them.
LOLO, COCO & NANA
-----------------
These girls are easy to beat, just memorise the patterns so you know where
to position yourself when they start using their attacks.
HEHE
----
Get used to his attacks and how to avoid them and you should be OK.
Heart wave: Starts with a head spin. When you see this start climb onto a
wall; this willl allow you to evade faster than if you were on the ground,
allowing you to climb to the ceiling or jump down to the floor depending on
where the gap is. When CoCo and NaNa start launching spikes and bubbles at
you it gets much harder, although I think they just circle the screen, so
can be avoided by watching their patterns. This is the hardest attack to
avoid because it's so easy to get cornered.
Wall hug: Starts with HeHe turning to the right. Just slide underneath HeHe
to avoid. Upgrading your slide is very useful for this evasion.
Shock wave: Starts with HeHe jumping and floating briefly. Climb the wall to
avoid this one. In the second HeHe fight you may need to stay on the ground
to avoid CoCo and NaNa's attacks, so get used to timing your jump with
HeHes animations.
Tears: Starts with arm waggle. Climb to the top corners for easy evasion.
During the second fight, stay on the ground and jump over the bubbles or fly
ing spike things while dodging the tears. Try to stay as near to the centre
as possible, as the tears generally fall to the left and right.
????
----
I don't wanna spoil the surprise. This boss only has two attacks, either a
swipe from his top two hands that you can slide under, or a shockwave ground
pound that you can jump over. You'll quickly learn the animations for both.
To make it easier shoot either his top hands or lower hands, depending on
which attack you find it easier to evade. I prefer to shoot his top hands
first, as it's easier to evade the flies that arrive later by jumping.
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Unlockables & Bonuses [UNLK]
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The more Bonuses you buy the more your score multiplier increases, and the
more you earn in the long-term. So buy Bonuses early! High priced items give
a bigger percentage increase (but only relative to the cost of the bonus).
I recommend turning down the voice and sound, as you're gonna spend a lot of
time unlocking stuff and both get annoying very fast.
Some music can't be unlocked (such as the Captain Smiley theme song). Check
out the XTRA section for a download link from Twisted Pixel for these.
To play the 'Splosion Man bonus levels you must have 'Splosion Man already
installed. The extra adds 1 single player level and 1 multiplayer level.
I've not tried it but the description says, go to stage 4-1 to play the
extra level. To unlock them buy Exclusive #4 for $5,000.
Game unlock: Star T-Shirt: Complete the first level
Game unlock: Gerda T-Shirt: Complete the first level
Game unlock: Captain Smiley Avatar head: Complete every stage in the game
Concept Art: I'm not gonna list every piece, that's crazy. There are 160
items to unlock.
Comic 1: "Smiley Returns" Cover
Comic 2: Captain Smiley 70s Cover
Comic 3: "The Adventures of Captain Smiley" #23
Comic 4: "Antibody" Cover
Comic 5: Captain Smiley Pitch Cover 1
Comic 6: Captain Smiley Pitch Cover 2
Comic 7: Captain Smiley Pitch Cover 3
Comic 8: Captain Smiley Pitch Cover 4
Comic 9: "The Maniacal Smile" #1
Comic 10: "Mr. Average" #1 (20th Anniversary Special)
Comic 11: "The Adventures of Captain Smiley" #1 (1993)
Comic 12: "The Adventures of Captain Smiley" #1 (1997)
Comic 13: Captain Smiley Pitch Cover 5
Comic 14: Comic Jumper XBLA Game Pitch
Comic 15: "The Adventures of Captain Smiley" #1 Storyboards (1997)
Comic 16: "The New Adventures of Captain Smiley" #00 Cover
Comic 17: "Nanoc The Obliviator" #285
Comic 18: "Nanoc The Obliviator" #286
Comic 19: "Nanoc The Obliviator" #287
Comic 20: "Improbably Paper Pals" #77
Comic 21: "Improbably Paper Pals" #78
Comic 22: "Improbably Paper Pals" #79
Comic 23: "Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids" Volume 10
Comic 24: "Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids" Volume 11
Comic 25: "Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids" Volume 12
Video 1: Brina Palencia Interview
Video 2: Christopher Sabat Interview Part 1
Video 3: Christopher Sabat Interview Part 2
Video 4: Christopher Sabat Interview Part 3
Video 5: Green Screen Bloopers
Video 6: In The Booth
Video 7: "Comic Jumper" Pitch Video
Video 8: Captain Smiley's Pistol Turnaround
Video 9: Keith Punches Captain Smiley
Video 10: Early Gameplay Video
Video 11: Rough Animatic
Video 12: "Comic Jumper" Trailer
Audio Clip 1: "The Adventures of Captain Smiley" Bank Heist
Audio Clip 2: "The Adventures of Captain Smiley" Rooftops
Audio Clip 3: "Nanoc the Barbarian" The 18th Hole
Audio Clip 4: "Nanoc the Barbarian" Laid Back Nanoc
Audio Clip 5: "Nanoc the Barbarian" Two Stood Against Many
Audio Clip 6: "The Improbable Paper Pals" Fossil-O-Saurus Fight
Audio Clip 7: "The Improbable Paper Pals" Mistress Ropes Showdown
Audio Clip 8: "The Improbable Paper Pals" Museum Hijinx
Audio Clip 9: "Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids" 8 Bit Heroes
Audio Clip 10: "Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids" HeHe Battle
Audio Clip 11: "Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids" I Love You
Audio Clip 12: Brad
Audio Clip 13: Dreamtigers - Achoo
Audio Clip 14: NeVeRSeeN - Sufferin
Audio Clip 15: NeVeRSeeN -
Audio Clip 16: Dreamtigers -
Audio Clip 17: The Reformers -
Audio Clip 18: Strawberry Nightmares - Peanut Butter and Hornets
Audio Clip 19: Dreamtigers - Texas Woman
Audio Clip 20: The Reformers - All For Me
Audio Clip 21: NeVeRSeeN - ADD
Audio Clip 22: Strawberry Nightmares - Fridge Chilled
Audio Clip 23: NeVeRSeeN - Dusty
Audio Clip 24: Don't Drive Angry - Ex-Baby Girlfriend
Model 1: Manga Brad
Model 2: Manga Captain Smiley
Model 3: Benny
Model 4: Brad
Model 5: Captain Smiley
Model 6: CoCo
Model 7: Dr. Winklemeyer
Model 8: Gerda (Business Suit)
Model 9: Gerda (Superhero)
Model 10: LoLo
Model 11: HeHe
Model 12: Mutated HeHe
Model 13: Mistress Ropes (Silver Age)
Model 14: Mistress Ropes
Model 15: NaNa
Model 16: Nanoc
Model 17: Paper Lad
Model 18: Origami Kid
Model 19: Puttmaster
Model 20: Savage Puttmaster
Model 21: Rufus
Model 22: Savage Captain Smiley
Model 23: Silver Age Captain Smiley
Model 24: Nordya
Model 25: Pling Pling
Exclusive 1: Captain Smiley Gamerpic $ 125
Exclusive 2: Star Gamerpic $ 300
Exclusive 3: "Comic Jumper" Premium Theme $2000
Exclusive 4: Splosion Man Bonus Levels $5000
Exclusive 5: Photo of Dan Greiner $ 500
Exclusive 6: Twisted Pixel Team Photo $1000
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Achievements [ACHV]
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BRAD'S SAVIOUR AND BEST FRIEND
------------------------------
Complete the third genre.
COLLECTION OF A TRUE FAN
------------------------
Buy every Bonus. Buy bonuses early to maximise your future income. To buy
stuff quickly keep tapping A, A, (pause), A, right. That'll get you through
the 160 purchases of Concept Art a little faster.
EUGENE'S PROTEGE
----------------
Complete every quicktime event mistake-free. This is easy, just remember the
buttons even appear at on-screen locations relative to the button positions
on the controller, so 'A' willl appear at the top of the screen, 'X' on the
left, etc. Stages 1, 10 and ? have these sequences. The stages also always
have the same patterns. Check out STGB for these patterns.
HE'S NOT EVEN MARRIED
---------------------
Take out Benny (drill boss) without being hit. This one is infamously
difficult, but there's a reason these are called achievements. Originally
this was bugged and you couldn't do it, now you can, but you need to start
the fight with full health. So, if you're at less than 100% health when you
start the fight, kill yourself and you'll restart to just before the fight.
The easiest way to do this is to come to the fight with 3 Help Me's. Use
one during the falling scene and two during the second side-scrolling scene.
Knock him down to under 450,000 health before activating your first Help Me
to avoid having to evade him more than necessary later, in the third,
harder stage of the fight.
Be sure to try this after fully upgrading your damage stats. This is
probably gonna be the last achievement you unlock. Check out the Boss Fights
tips section for more help in fighting Benny.
Note that you can't activate Help Me's (by pressing Y) in rapid succession,
so you'll have to evade Benny for a few seconds before using your 3rd one.
Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0jpNxPXOI
HERO OF THE SILVER AGE
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Complete the second genre.
I TOOK PERFORMANCE ENHANCERS
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Get every upgrade. Be sure to buy all the Bonus items early, as each one
you buy gives you a percentage increase on your income per level, to a
maximum of about 325%.
JOB WELL DONE, FAITHFUL READER
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Complete the game. Finish the first stage, all three genres and the final
stage.
NEURAL NET PROCESSORS
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Destroy 25 Bradbots. Super easy to do, you'll get this during the first
stage.
PRESSED X A LOT
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Talk to people in the base. Also works by interacting with objects by
pressing X when available. You'll get this by the third or second stage if
you interact as much as possible.
SHUT STAR UP
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Punch Star 15 times. Hit left trigger/X when Star bites Smiley's hand during
the end of Stage 1 or Stage 10.
TWO STOOD AGAINST MANY
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Complete the first genre.
VIOLENCE SOLVES EVERYTHING
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Fire 125,000 Bullets. Two methods to do this, one's cheating. Either never
stop shooting (forfeiting your accuracy bonus for every level) and play
through each level roughly twice, or load up the first or second stage and
leave the game running with a rubber band around the controller's right
trigger. Come back in a few hours, you fire around 10,000 bullets per hour.
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References [REFS]
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Here's most of the pop culture references. Some of these I don't understand
and most are contributions from this post at GameFAQs.com:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/972659-comic-jumper-the-adventures-of-captain
-smiley/56714529. Contributors are at the end of this section, mail me (see
CNTC) to add more or extra details.
Batman
Mistress Rope's dummies bear resemblance to Scarface, a gangster
ventriloquist dummy. Also, one of the comic covers resembles the cover to
'The Dark Night Returns'
Black Hole
The design of the Mistress Rope's flying robots is similar to those found
in the Disney movie Black Hole.
Blood Sport
Nanoc blinds Captain Smiley. In Blood Sport When Dux gets the upper hand
during the fight Chong Li blinds him with a handful of quicklime.
Castlevania
In Castlevania Dracula says a man is "A miserable ittle pile of
secrets!". A bonus picture of Okatron 5000, who did some of the game
music, says they are more than this.
Comix Zone
Comic Zone was a Sega Genesis game where you jumped between panels of
a comic book. While not directly referenced, this game was not doubt an
influence to Comic Jumper. One gamer mentioned the resemblance between
Comix Zone's main character and Brad, but the Concept Art shows this not
to be true, demonstrating the progression of Brads style.
Conan
Novac bears resemblance to Conan the Barbarian, and has a similar accent
to Arnold Swarzchenegar, who played him in what I presume to be the film
adaption of the comic. Nanoc is also Conan spelt backwards.
Crash Bandicoot
The Saphos crystal bears resemblance to the pink crystals Crash needs to
collect.
Detective Comics
Detective Comics is the classic comic that introduced Batman. Star
refers to it in the second genre, saying "This isn't Detective Comics!"
Final Fantasy VII
Third genre Capt. Smiley bears a close resemblance to Cloud Strife, even
bearing a smilar sword.
Gauntlet
Gerda says "Smiley needs food badly!", I presume this is said when your
Gauntlet character needs health.
Ghostbusters
Mistress Ropes tells Captain Smiley to think of something, and that willl
be his doom. The woman possessed by Gozer says this in Ghostbusters
before the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is summoned.
Jurassic Park
The banner "Dinosaurs Ruled the World" is similar to one in Jurassic Park
Karate Kid
During 'Help Me's Captain Smiley says "Sweep the leg!"
Kingdom for Keflings, A
A Kefling statue is in the lounge area. Captain Smiley says he hates it
and wants to kick it.
Maniacal Smile, The
Actually a real-life comic hero from fiercecomics. A crossover issue
featuring Captain Smiley has been released. Meet The Maniacal Smile by
visiting the basement near the later stages.
Maw, The
A scientist holding the Maw is shown on a billboard in the first stage.
Megaman
Captain Smiley's death is the same as how Megaman dies, bursting into an
explosion of white orbs.
Patrick Kane
Looking at his trophies, Capt. Smiley asks where his trophy for beating
up a cab driver in Buffolo is. Hockey player Patrick Kane beat up that
cab driver, allegedly because the driver didn't have his 20 cents change.
Powerpuff Girls
One of the comic covers shows Capt. Smiley with girls who look like the
Powerpuff Girls.
Sin city
One of the comic covers resembles the cover to a Sin City graphic novel.
Splosion Man
The last boss, Mr. Meatenstein, is directly from Splosion Man.
Time Cop
The Comic Jumper is the same time machine as the one in Time Cop.
Total Recall
Benny's Dialogue and drill machine come from the Benny in Total Recall.
The achievement "He Ain't Even Married" is proably a reference to the
film Benny being caught out, and not really having any "kids to feed".
Resident Evil 4
Sometimes Winklemeyer willl say "What're you buying?" in a deeper voice,
like the merchant from RE4.
Star Trek
During the 2nd genre, Star says "Star's log, stardate... don't know".
Captain Picard used to begin every Star Trek episode with a smilar
saying.
Star Wars
When fighting Brad, Captain Smiley says "This is just like Luke Skywalker
on that ABB walker".
Street Fighter
NaNa and CoCo occasionally shout "Shoryuken", used by Ken and Ryu.
Super Mario 64
On defeating Brad the second time you toss him into the horizon like
Mario did to Bowser. Of course this had been done before, in cartoons and
probably a bunch of Comics too.
Others
Apparently there are also references to Austin Powers and Back to the
Future.
Contributors
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TheIrishman1up, biggruntythirst, damswedon, iwilllruleyou, vyse_1986,
IlluminatusCU, NeWsKiLLz, Voltron_Force, EVOLUTION117, Da_doppen, FoxyAreku,
CWtennis, DFBH, emulord42
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Lyrics [LRYC]
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Most of these songs can be downloaded from the Twisted Pizel website, at
http://www.twistedpixelgames.com/games.htm
BOOM GOES MY RINGTONE
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Oooh
Boom goes my ringtone
Boom boom goes my phone
Boom goes my ringtone
Boom boom goes my phone
BRAD (typed up by DaDoppen)
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Who's that super-fly musclepumper? (It's, it's, it's, it's Brad)
You've never seen a super-fly musclepumper as bad as this Brad
Who's that super-fly musclepumper? (It's, it's, it's, it's Brad)
You've never seen a super-fly musclepumper as bad as this Brad
It's Brad, it's Brad, Braaad, Brabrabrabrabrabrabrabrabrabra-
Brad, it's Brad, it's Brad, Brabrabrabrabrabrabrabrabrabra-
Brad, Brad, Brad, Brad, Brad, Brad, Brad, Brad
B is for the bodaciousness the Bradley brings to this beat
R is for the ridiculos radicalness I'm about to release
A is for the absolute awesomest anti-hero alive
D's dang sure for deliciousness, coz I'm a delectable guy
So:
B! (Bodacious)
R! (Radical)
A! (so Awesome)
D! (Deliciousness)
B! (Bodacious)
R! (Radical)
A! (so Awesome)
D! (Deliciousness)
He's Brad he's bad to the bone
He's Brad he's bad to the bone
He's Brad he's bad to the bone
He's Brad, he's bad
He's Brad he's bad to the bone
He's Brad he's bad to the bone
He's Brad he's bad to the bone
He's Brad, he's bad
I LOVE YOU
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I love you, let's go to the ocean
Where we can be free
Live you life now go through the motions
Live your life for me
Ill teach you how to swim,
Don't worry, we both can win
If we try our best
And give our all
RINGTONE JAM
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Oooh
Let's hear my ringtone jam
Yeah this my ringtone jam
My ringtone jam
Let's hear my ringtone jam
Let's hear my ringtone jam
Let's hear my ringtone jam
Let's hear my ring ring ring tone tone tone jam
SMILEY'S AWESOME
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Smiley, Smiley, Smiley
He's so awesome
Yea-he-he-he
Gonna show you how it's done
Gonna crack some skulls and shoot his gun
'Cause he's Smiley (Smiley, Smiley)
You're looking at man who eats boys for brunch
Brings buildings to the ground with a single punch
Leave a whole in your chest and leave your heart on the ground
snap your friend's neck 'fore it even makes a sound
That's awesome (awesome, awesome, awesome), awesome
You're looking at a man who can punch through a brick wall
Snap a dude in half using only his left ball
You don't wanna cross his path when he's coming through town
Criminals beware 'cause he's gonna take you do-ya-own
'Cause he's Smiley, Smiley, Smiley
And he's awesome
Captain Smiley, Captain aw-aw-aw-awesome
Yea-heh...
So so supreme
Bodaciousness
Captain captain captain
Captain awesome
STATS SONG (typed up by DaDoppen)
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Just sit back and relax, take a look at all them stats
You've certainly been a busy boy, haven't you?
Look at all those shots you've fired
All them punches must've made you tired
Oh come on man, you could've hit Star more than that
Look at all those BradBots you have killed
You died that many times, it makes me kind off ill
But oh well, atleast you're trying (trying, trying)
Oh come on man, skippin' the cinemas
We worked really hard on those, you really are killing us
Oh come on... Oh come on!... OH COME ON, MAN!
Sorry if I got a little preachy
It's just I wanna make sure that you see
All the awesome stuff that this game has in store
So if you must then continue to watch this stats-screen
Just know there's still a lot of stuff for you to do
Why don't you... go and do... what you do.
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Glitches/Extras [XTRA]
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HNEM ACHIVEMENT BUG
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There was a bug that stopped you getting the 'He's Not Even Married'
achievement, but that's sort of patched now. You just need to be at full
health when you start the fight.
EASY SHOTS FIRED
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Use the elastic-band-over-trigger method described in general tips to
increase you Shots Fired stat easily.
STATS RESET
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Apparently, resetting your stats sends everything back to zero except your
Shorts Fired. I don't know what happens to your Leadboard scores.
GAME MUSIC
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Go to http://www.twistedpixelgames.com/games.htm to download music and
soundbites for this and other Twisted Pizel games.
SCROLLING MESSAGES (work in progress)
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Completed Stage 10: I'm sorry, Twisted Pixel Games cannot be reached.
Please wait patiently and we willl answer all employee conernes as soon as
possible.
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Contact [CNTC]
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Contact me with more tips and tricks for this game at
fconb2 (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) uk
Massive thanks to Armeggedon Gaming, whos video walkthrough I used for a lot
of information throughout this guide.
