Conquest of the Crystal Palace for NES FAQ V1.1
2-14-2003

By DDCecil (James Tompkins)
[email protected]
http://www.webspawner.com/users/DDCecil

1. Introduction/Updates
2. Controls
3. Items
4. Walkthrough
5. Secrets
6. Credits

1. Introduction/Updates:
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  COTCP is another great side-scrolling action game for the NES.

V1.1 - 2/14/03 - Fixed the maps so they should come out right while viewing at
GameFaqs.

V1.0 - 2/14/03 - FAQ is finally finished after a few months of working on it
off and on.

2. Controls:
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Left and Right Arrows - Move left and right, press down to crouch. Hold "DOWN"
and press "A" to switch Between your sword, Zap the Dog, and your current
sub-weapon.
B - Attack
A - Jump
Start - Pause
Select - It's a secret to everyone *hint*

3. Items
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-Coins - Enemies drop these. They can be worth either 100 (silver) or 500
(Gold).
-Coin Purse - Gives 1000 coins.
-Sword - Gives you a powerful sword capable of shooting a short range wave. It
runs out after it is used 21 times.
-Armor - Makes you invincible for a few seconds.
-Fire Ball - Gives you a random Fireball Weapon.
-Cherry - Recovers 5 health bars. If Zap gets it, it will fill up his life.

Kim's Shop Items:
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-Herb - This will recover 6 units of your health.
-Super Herb - This will recover all of your health.
-Figurine - Worth an extra life.
-Potion - Increases your life bar to maximum.
-Zap Chow - This will recover units of Zap's health.
-Dog Whistle - Pressing "UP" while Zap is on the screen will make him attack
more aggresively.
-Jumping Shoes - Lets you jump higher for a limited time. After an alarm sounds
off 4 times, you'll lose your shoes.

Weapon Scrolls found in the shops:
(Once you buy one, and you switch to it, it will disappear after a short while,
making the same noise the jumping shoes make when they run out.)

-Fire Scroll - Shoots a small Fire Ball straight ahead.
-Double Death - This weapon shoots out 2 fireballs, in a wave-like pattern.
-Fuego - A strong ninja star. Kim says you need it to beat the Fire Demon, but
you actually don't (The sword is actually stronger!). I bet she just wants to
make extra money...
-The Nuker - This weapon goes in a spiral and seeks out the enemy.
-Boomerang Annihilator - This weapon shoots out, and returns to you. What else
would a boomerang do?

4. Walkthrough
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  At the start of the game, you get to choose which of 3 crystals you want.
Once you grab one, you get that power for the rest of the game!

Spirit Crystal - Increases your weapon power.
Life Crystal - Increases your health to maximum. (No need to buy the Potion)
Flight Crystal - Increases your jump. (No need to buy the Jumping Shoes)

  Personally, I always get the Spirit Crystal.

Stage 1: Mount Crystal
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Shop 1:

-Herb - 1000G
-Super Herb - 4000G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 5000G
-Zap Chow - 2500G
-Dog Whistle - 1000G
-Fire Scroll - 1000G
-Jumping Shoes - 3000G

Shop 2:

-Herb - 500G
-Super Herb - 1000G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 2500G
-Zap Chow - 500G
-Dog Whistle - 300G
-Fire Scroll - 500G
-Jumping Shoes - 1500G
-Boomerang Annilator - 500G


  Start by going right, killing the birds, skeletons, and golems for some
money. Continue right, and the sky will turn red. Kill the Man-Eating Plant,
jumping onto the platform, and jumping over the next plant. See the hole in the
wall? It will shoot water out 4 times, then it'll stop. Wait for it to stop,
then pass it. Next, climb up the mountains. At the very top, the sky will turn
dark. You'll also see Kim. Feel free to buy whatever you need and see a news
bulletin, and continue right. Walk slowly and be sure to kill all enemies that
appear. Soon, you'll reach a bridge. The brown logs will fall once you step on
them, while the blue ones are solid. As soon as you reach the 2 brown ones that
are stuck together, stand on them, wait for the purple monkey to fall to it's
death, then jump onto solid ground.
  Continue right, and a hole in the wall will shoot out water. Wait for it to
stop, then go right. You'll see 2 small logs. Jump onto them, then jump back to
the left, and a hidden platform will come down. Ride it up, and up to the tiny
platform. Ride this to the top of the screen, jump off, and you'll find a
hidden shop with some great prices!
  Continue right, and climb up the mountain, watching out for boulders and
plants. At the top, the sky turns day again. Go right, and you'll reach another
series of bridges. Wait for the 2nd golem to fall off the bridge before
proceding. Once you reach the next series of mountains, climb to the very top.
You'll reach the bosses!

Boss: Kentar and Kellix

  Start by going on the leftmost platform and duck. Here, the bosses can't
hurt you with their lightning attack. Switch to your fireball weapon, continue
to duck, and repeatedly blast him when his back is turned. Once he is dead,
call out Zap, while you jump up and down, shooting your fireball and the flying
boss will die rather quickly.

Stage 2: Realm of the Guardian
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Shop 1:

-Herb - 1500G
-Super Herb - 6000G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 6000G
-Zap Chow - 3000G
-Dog Whistle - 2000G
-Fire Scroll - 1500G
-Jumping Shoes - 3500G
-Double Death - 3000G

Shop 2:

-Herb - 1500G
-Super Herb - 6500G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 6000G
-Zap Chow - 3000G
-Dog Whistle - 3000G
-Fire Scroll - 2500G
-Jumping Shoes - 4000G
-The Nuker - 4000G

Note: If you fall into a hole on this level, you do not lose a life or lose any
energy. You just have to start the level over (until you reach the halfway
point in the level).

  Start by heading right, watching out for the 3 bats with rocks. Continue
right, watching out for more bats, then jump over the boulders which come from
both directions. Soon, a crab will pop out of the ground. Kill it, and continue
right, going up some steps. Watch out for the boulders defying the laws of
gravity, and at the top of the stairs you'll run into another crab and some
bats. Go right, and you'll see Kim. Talk to her if you need any items.
  Continue right, and you'll see a hole. As soon as you see it, a hand will
come out of the ground. It can't hurt you, but it will latch onto you and try
and force you and it into the nearest hole. Here's a small map of what to
expect:

H - Hands
S - Spike Platforms that Drop
M - 2 Moai Soldiers and Boulders

    Bats
Kim                  S     S        S       S          S
------------                      H ---
          |H             ---   H --   --   H
          -----   -----  | |  ---      |  ---   M  H H--
              |   |   |  | |  |        |  | | ------ -||-


  After all that, you'll reach a staircase and a simple miniboss appears: A
Purple Dog. Kill it, and a Purple Warrior appears. After beating him, he'll
drop a cherry. (This is now a continue point if you fall into an upcoming
hole.) Go up the stairs, watching out for small diagonal arrows. At the top of
the stairs, small faces will start raining down. They will randomly drop a
Sword Power-up. Keep killing them until you get one. Go right, and a face will
pop of the ground kill it and it'll drop a purse. Keep going right, and kill
another face. Jump over the holes. Soon you'll approaching a floating platform.
Ride it over the hole, avoiding the small faces. Soon, you'll see 2 more
floating platforms. Ride them over the hole.
  Next you'll fight another Moai Soldier. After that, climb the small
staircase and you'll run into another crab. Go right, and you'll reach Kim's
2nd shop. Buy what you need and go right. You'll run into some bats, boulders,
and when you start climbing the stairs, more arrows. Keep going, and you'll
find a cherry. Grab it, and continue right. You'll run into 3 Moai Soldiers
(One behind you, and 2 in front of you). Kill them and go right. You'll go up 3
and a half sets of steep stairs. Once the Wind Dragons appear, keep killing
them until they drop a SWord Power-Up. It's very important for the upcoming
boss battle! At the very top, go left. You'll soon reach the boss!

Boss: Samurai Guardian

  The Samurai has a variety of attacks:

1. Jumps on/towards you.
2. Throws Seeking Fireballs at you.
3. Makes wind push you towards the right of the screen, usually right into him.

  If you have the Powered-Up Sword, immediately get behind him (wait until he
jumps over you)and start attacking his hands with the sword's beam. Hopefully,
you should be able to finsih him off before the sword's power disappears. If it
does run out, hopefully you have the Nuker from the item shop. Get to and stay
on the far left of the screen and keep firing at his hands. If you only have
the sword, when there is a grey platform lined up with his hands, jump onto it
and hit him a couple of times, and get away. The grey platforms can be used as
a shield against his fireballs. As you hit him, he'll go from Orange to Yellow
to Green to Blue to Purple to Pink and finally to Red.

Stage 3: Lair of Hungry Ghosts
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Shop:

-Herb - 2000G
-Super Herb - 7000G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 6000G
-Zap Chow - 3500G
-Dog Whistle - 4000G
-Fire Scroll - 2500G
-Jumping Shoes - 4500G
-Fuego - 2500G
-Boomerang Annihilator - 3000G
-The Nuker - 5000G

  This level is full of ceiling spikes - Yikes! When touched, they take out 2
units of health. Start by heading right, and purple creatures will start to
fall from the sky. They can randomly give you Fire weapons. Keep going right,
and drop down when you have the chance. Continue right, and you'll run into
more purple creatures. Once you reach a small set of steps, jump into the hole
while staying towards the left wall. A cloud will take you to the bottm. Go
right, and onto the next cloud. Wait until the purple creature on the pole
jumps down, and jump onto the platform it was on. Go right, and you'll see a
cloud moving right. It should look like this:

H - Hands that pop out of the platform.
C - Purple Creature on the pole.
P - Platform you need to jump to.

       HH   C
       --
       ||       P
---  <-Cloud->
|  --
|   |  ----

  Kill the 2 hands and get onto the platform. Kill the purple creature. Wait
until the cloud is at the far right of its path, and drop onto it, and jump
onto the small platform at the right side of the screen. Continue right, and
you'll see Kim. Buy what you need, and keep going right. Drop to the very
bottom. Keep going right, killing purple creatures and spiders. Drop down once
again. Keep going right, and fall down the next hole, staying to the left.
You'll land onto a cloud. After it drops to the very bottom and starts to rise,
jump to the next platform. You'll see a cloud at the bottom of the screen. Stay
on it and wait for the eyeball that appears to leave. If you have a Nuker, use
it to destroy the purple creature on the pole. If you don't, jump to the next
cloud, and destroy it with your sword. Jump to the right, and you'll be at the
next boss.

Boss: Purple Brain Thing

  As you enter the area, a bunch of purple creatures and spiders will appear.
After a few seconds, the Brain appears. It flies around the room in a wave like
pattern randomly. Keep killing creatures until one drops a FireBall and hope
for the Nuker. It will hone in on it and damage it. After a few hits, it'll run
away, and you've beaten the level!

Stage 4: Gateway of Flame
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Shop 1:

-Herb - 3000G
-Super Herb - 8000G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 7500G
-Zap Chow - 4000G
-Dog Whistle - 6000G
-Fire Scroll - 1000G
-Jumping Shoes - 5000G
-Fuego - 6000G
-Double Death - 6000G

Shop 2:

-Herb - 3000G
-Super Herb - 8500G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 8000G
-Zap Chow - 4500G
-Dog Whistle - 7000G
-Fire Scroll - 3000G
-Jumping Shoes - 5000G
-Fuego - 8000G
-Double Death - 6500G
-The Nuker - 7000G

  This is a pretty much straight-forward level. The Fireball enemies that jump
out of the lava will usually drop Armor Power-Ups when killed. Use these to
pass through the difficult areas of this level.

Here's a map of what to expect:

F - Fire Spouts.
1 - Kim's Shop 1.
2 - Kim's Shop 2.
R - At this point, the lava will rise 1/3 way up the screen.
M - Moving Platforms.
B - These Platforms will break once you step on them.

Ceiling ->     F FF              F       F         F        F           FF
END->
                     --M 1 --          BBB M -    ---M --            -- --
---
Start     -----      M   --    ------M          --            2   M M     -
      --       ----            F  F          F       F     -----  M        F
Fiery Floor -> F  R


Boss: Brain Part Two

  This must be the so-called "Fire Demon". It's the same Purple Brain thing
from Stage 3! This battle is incredibly easy if you know where to stand:

F   F    F
--
   X  ---
 ----

 FF  F

Stand where the 'X' is and repeatedly slash your sword. Move slightly to the
left or right if the Brain tries to crash into you. After a few hits, it runs
away again!

Stage 5: Realm of Jealous Ghosts
--------------------------------
Shop 1:

-Herb - 4000G
-Super Herb - 9000G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 8500G
-Zap Chow - 6500G
-Dog Whistle - 8000G
-Fire Scroll - 3000G
-Jumping Shoes - 5000G
-Fuego - 5000G
-Boomerang Annihilator - 6000G
-Double Death - 7000G
-The Nuker - 8000G

Shop 2:

-Herb - 3000G
-Super Herb - 8500G
-Figurine - 5000G
-Potion - 9500G
-Zap Chow - 7000G
-Dog Whistle - 9000G
-Fire Scroll - 500G
-Jumping Shoes - 5000G
-Fuego - 4000G
-Boomerang Annihilator - 6500G
-Double Death - 7500G
-The Nuker - 8000G

  This is it, the final area! It is a big maze, and you are sure to get lost
and/or pull your hair out. That's why I wrote this walkthrough :-)

Here's a simple map I made of the area. Your goal is to get to the room marked
"To the Final Area". All the other ways will just take you back to the
beginning of the area.

D - Door
                                             /D-Back to Soldier Man
Start D- Kim and Shop D- Main Area D- Soldier Man D- Back to Kim
(Skeleton Area) ->              \        D- Room of Spikes D- Back to MA
(Small Flying Bugs Area)->       \       D- To Soldier Man
 (Bouncing Spheres Area)->        \      D- To Room of Spikes
              (Bat Area) ->        \     D- To the Final Part
             (Very Bottom)->        \    D- Back to Kim
                                     -----

  After you vanquish the Purple Dog + Soldier who are guarding the way to the
final area, and you break down the door, you'll arrive at the final area! It
may look like the 1st Kim area, but this is an entirely new area. Buy what you
need from Kim (I recommend the Potion, if your life bar isn't maxed out and
make sure it is full! Be sure to buy a fireball, too. You'll see why in a
moment...) Keep going right. You'll see the eyeball that has appeared at the
end of each level once again. Go odwn the steps. You'll soon find an enemy that
may remind you of Patra from the original Legend of Zelda. Kill the middle eye
to destroy it. Soon, you'll see some spikes. Don't rush to the right, or the
spikes will kill you in one hit! Slowly, inch to the right until the door is
halfway on the screen (Both chains holding the spikes should be exposed, plus 4
more spikes after the 2nd chain). Use your fireball to destroy it (If you
aren't hitting it, take one more small step to the right). Now run into it
before the spikes crush you!
  In the next room, go to the far right and get on the platforms. Once the
screen turns black, you'll face your next boss!

Boss: Zaras Himself!

  Stand on the 3rd platform on the left. Once the boss appears on the right
side of the screen, jump to the platform to your left and stand on the right of
it and duck. Wait until the boss appears right next to you and hit him
repeatedly with your sword when his face appears. You should get in about 4
hits. After this, keep going to the left, and watch out for his fireball attack
which can destroy the platforms! Just keep going left, and get in some hits
when you have a clear shot. The 3 Orbs that circle you will only attack you if
you stand still (You can touch them, just not the lightning they shoot out), so
keep moving. It only takes about 7-9 hits with your sword. After he blows up,
you'll fall down a dark hole...

Final Boss: Pink Demon

  A Pink Googily-eyed Demon will rise out of the ground... And look who is in
the mouth! It's the Brain from Stages 3 and 4! Stay near him and hit him
repeatedly with your sword. If you have a fireball, stay near the far left of
the screen and fire away! Once in a while, a cherry or fireball will drop out
of the sky. Make sure to grab them. Once the ceiling breaks entirely (about 125
blocks will fall), the items will stop appearing. Keep at it until the Demon is
no more (About 11 hits with your sword)!

  After the credits, the game starts over. This time, the enemies are twice as
strong and some have new attacks! If you remember at the beginning of the game,
Zap tells you to take one of the crystals for now... Does that mean you have to
beat the game many times to see a true ending? Not to mention I have yet to see
this Crystal Princess...

5. Secrets
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Check out the codes/secrets section of this game at GameFaqs.com for access to
the sound test and a cool debug trick that lets you have any item you want at
any time!

6. Credits
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This FAQ/Walkthrough was made entirely by me, DDCecil. Feel free to use it on
your website, and make sure to give me credit. If you are caught selling this
or changing it in any way, shape, form, yadda yadda... I'll sue you for
everything you are worth (which isn't much if you decide to do that, of
course!)

Thanks to:

CJayC - For Hosting this on GameFaqs.com.
All other websites hosting my FAQs (and keeping them updated).
You - For reading this.
Me - For writing this.

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