"Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face." - "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
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| Dishaster |
| For the Atari 2600 |
| FAQ/Walkthrough |
| By T. Jackson (see section 4.03) |
| Started: 6/6/04 |
| Finished: 6/6/04 |
| Last Updated: 6/6/04 |
| Version 1.0 |
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Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
1.01: Table of Contents
1.02: Introduction
1.03: Dedication
II. Basics
2.01: Story
2.02: Controls
2.03: The Screen
III. Walkthrough
IV. Last Words
4.01: Copyright Information
4.02: Revision History
4.03: Contact Information
4.04: Credits
4.05: Don't Let 'em Fall!
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I. Introduction
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| 1.01: Table of Contents |
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Up there.
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| 1.02: Introduction |
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I'm getting a creative burst. So for the fourth game in my Atari FAQing
adventure, I decided to do Dishaster. If you're familiar with Dancing Plates,
you should have an idea of what this game is like. It's the same premise.
You just have to stop some plates from falling! How hard could that be?
You're about to find out.
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| 1.03: Dedication |
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This guide is dedicated to BoredGamer. He's one of the few people who, in
this day of super duper 3d polygonal graphics, still appriciates older games.
I have no idea about his personality, but he likes older games. He's fine in
my book...
..for now.
And to Chris "Kao Megura" MacDonald. May he rest in peace.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/85.html
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II. Basics
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| 2.01: Story |
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This story was made up by me. Yay.
In the year 198X...
It's circus time! You are Meg, a clown girl who is in charge of the plate
balancing act. Can you impress the audience? How long can you hold out in
this fast-paced game of fast pacingness? And pacing is just what you'll do
as you run around trying to keep the plates on top of their sticks.
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| 2.02: Controls |
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These controls are really tough to master. Pay close attention, class.
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| Button | Function |
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| Button | Nothing |
| Up | Nothing |
| Down | Nothing |
| Left | Move left |
| Right | Move right |
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Geez. They shouldn't throw such complex controls at us.
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| 2.03: The Screen |
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Diagram 2.03a |
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1 - Pole |
2 - Meg |
3 - Plate...dish...thing |
4 - Score |
5 - Lives |
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Simple as that.
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III. Walkthrough
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As I said, Dishaster is a game where you have to keep plates balanced on top
of large sticks. Just like in the circus. In order to keep the plates
spinning, you have to run under them. You don't even have to press the
fire button. Just run under them.
Your score is based on the amount of time you can keep the plates up. You
don't have to keep them all up. You have four lives. Everytime a plate falls,
you lose a life.
There's only one level to this game, but there are four difficulties. The
difficulties correspond with their games (game 1 = difficulty 1, game 2 =
difficulty 2, game 3 = difficulty 3, and game 4 = difficulty 4). I'll outline
them here:
Difficulty One - Six plates
Difficulty Two - Eight plates
Difficulty Three - Ten plates
Difficulty Four - Ten plates and the game is more fast-paced.
The funny part of this game is how Meg keeps the plates up. She does a weird
dance and they stay up. Teehee.
The only trick to winning is to realize which plates to dance under. The best
thing to do is to run under the plates that have gone the longest without
support.
Speaking of which, there are a few different levels for the plates. The plates
can be flat, which means you shouldn't go out of your way to balance them
(although, if you have nothing else to do, go ahead and balance them). Then
there is the tipping plate. Try and get the dish balanced now. The next
level is the really tipping plate. The plate is flashing now. Balance it
now! The final level is the falling plate. You don't actually lose a life if
you can catch the plate before it hits the ground.
Whether or not a fallen plate hits the ground, it is replaced by a new plate
atop the old stick. So don't think you have a reprieve if you let one go!
Keep at the plates for as long as you can. As I said, the longer that you can
keep the plates up, the higher of a score you'll receive.
Start with difficulty one. If you do well enough on that difficulty, move up
the ranks. If you can keep the plates on difficulty four going for upwards of
five minutes, you're doing well!
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IV. Last Words
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| 4.01: Copyright Information |
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Dishaster and all other characters, stages, items, and related things are
copyright 1983 to ZiMAG, Inc. This guide/FAQ/walkthrough is copyrighted (c)
2001-2004 to Trace Jackson, and is the intellectual property of Trace Jackson.
This guide/FAQ/walkthrough is protected under International Copyright Laws.
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| 4.02: Revision History |
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Version 1.0 (6/6/04) - The guide was completed.
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| 4.03: Contact Information |
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Before emailing me, please make sure that whatever question you have wasn't
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| 4.04: Credits |
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-NickBush24 - Encouragement.
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| 4.05: Don't Let 'em Fall! |
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I've enjoyed writing this guide. I hope you enjoy the game.
--Trace Jackson
