Bible Adventures FAQ/Walkthrough v. 1.1
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9/15/2000 v.1.1: Fixed oddities, added new E-mail address.
3/14/2000 v.1.0: First version.
Ya gotta admit, Wisdom Tree struck a pretty decent blow at Nintendo by
being the first ones to legally release a third party title for the NES
without Nintendo's famous "Seal of Quality." The game itself is
mediocre, but it's not that bad, and even mindlessly fun at times, like
all good Nintendo games should be. Plus it's probably the only source
of Biblical education some gamers are going to get, so it deserves mega
points for that. Lastly, it packs three games onto one cartridge, and
the games are actually half decent, unlike a certain other compilation
called Quattro Adventure.(Ick, and that one wasn't even religiously
based.) Seanbaby put it in his "Top 20 worst games of all time," but
that was only to knock it around for being religiously based. (I do
hate people with automatic biases that turn you away from good games,
don't you?)In any case, since Nintendo didn't support it and Wisdom
Tree is who-knows-where, here's probably the only FAQ you'll see on
Bible Adventures.
Noah and the Ark: I'll go through this game level by level.
Level 1:
Oxen, cows: These animals are so heavy that if Noah jumps, they'll fall
out of his hands. This can be something of a problem, since you have
to jump up a series of platforms to reach the ark door. Just keep
picking them back up when they fall and jumping straight up to the next
platform to add them to your inventory.
Monkeys: Annoying little buggers. You can either chase them around the
tops of the trees and the ark(and risk getting killed by snakes and
woodpeckers) or you can just throw a blunt object at them(like the
coconuts they throw at you)to knock them out for easy carry.
Pigs: Don't laugh at those greased pig contests they hold in redneck
country. Those porkers are extremely slippery, even without grease.
Drop some hay or some other type of food next to them and pick them up
while they're eating.
Horses: Somewhat annoying. Chase, or bait/knock out with food.
Snakes: (NOT THE TREE SNAKES!)They're on top of the big gray cavern.
Climb up the trees and pick them off the top.
Level 2: Dose skwewy boids.
It's time to gather the boids. I HATE BOIDS! Dey fly 'round, dey drop
dey're doo on ya, and...forget it, I can't hold a New York gangster
accent for more than a few seconds without laughing uncontrollably.
Seriously, though this level is a pain in the rear. So far, I have two
strategies for catching birds:
A: Keep chasing them until you reach the edge of the screen, then pick
them up-this works most of the time, but sometimes they'll just turn
around and have you chase them back to the OTHER end.
B: Knock 'em out!
Special birds(of course, they're ALL special...)
Eagles: Not to be confused with the ones which pick you up and drop
you. Those are always in the air, these are sitting down until you
come near them, at which point they fly away.
Blackbirds: Kinda hard to see. Just look for a whitish spot in the
trees that flies away when you come near.
Other animals:
Turtles: Laugh at them as they try to escape. Throw something at them,
then wait for them to get up and start trying to escape again. Laugh
some more. Easiest darn things to pick up in the entire game.
Pandas: Peaceful creatures. Yeah right. Feed 'em a pear, otherwise
they'll bite you with their bamboo-shredding teeth.
Level 3: Mmmm...food...
I was kidding when I said that the last level was the hardest, it'll
seem like a walk in the park when you look at your list of things to
collect(7 of everything? Couldn't God just do that multiplying-fish-
and-bread thing? No? Darn...) It is now time to get acquainted with
your friends the monkeys! The red ones will be throwing three
varieties of fruit at you, while the yellow will be tossin' the old
coconuts. Bear in mind that the monkeys have to be sitting on a ledge
ABOVE you before they start making faces and throwing fruit. This will
probably be the most tedious part of the game, but then again, you get
to relive the experiences of thousands of animal control officers and
lab researchers who spent untold hours waiting for an apathetic monkey
to make up its mind and do what it was supposed to...stupid little
simians...you'll also be collecting the cows and bulls running ALL over
the place, just be careful that the bulls don't charge at you (although
by now your life bar should be pretty high, so occasionally getting
gored by bull horns isn't that bad.) Finally, you'll be collecting the
bales of hay and the sheaves of wheat lying around; the only thing you
need to know is that two hay bales are hidden in the cave. Whew! One
more level to go...
Level 4: Lions and tigers and...koala bears, oh my!
KEEP THE FIREFLY JAR AT ALL TIMES! It makes this level a WHOLE lot
easier. If for some reason you get it knocked out of your hand and
can't find it, you'll have to rely on the periodic lightning flashes to
see where you're going. But just in case you DO lose it, just run all
the way back to the left and pick it up again. I would most definitely
suggest that you keep another item below it(the meat bone is a good
choice)just in case of an accident. Anyway...
Lions, panthers: OCCASIONALLY they may jump at you, but usually they
don't bother. Just pick them up and take 'em to the ark.
Tigers: Can't pick 'em up unless you bait/clobber them with the meat
bone.
Owls: I hate birds, and owls are no exception.
Jackals, Leopards: No comment.
Ducks, Koalas: Awww...how cute...
If you don't know how the ending to this game goes, then we probably
have to rethink that church/state separation thing...
Baby Moses:
I'm only giving general guidlines for this game, since the levels are
actually pretty straightforward...
Your task is, obviously, to reach the end of the level with Baby Moses.
He hasn't learned how to part the waters yet, so be careful about where
you throw him! If he lands in the water, you'll have to go ALL the way
back to the beginning of the level to pick up the new Moses dropped off
by God(he must have gone through about a hundred of those things,
considering how many times I had to repeat those levels...anyway...)If
you get hit by something, try to pick Moses back up as quickly as
possible, because the Egyptian soldiers roaming around have no qualms
about picking Moses up and throwing him in the Nile. Try to keep some
other object on the bottom of your stack, preferably one of the many
chunks of masonry which the Egyptian kids throw at you. In addition to
being a good "sacrificial" item, it's also good for KILLING the
soldiers and birds. Nope, they don't go to sleep, they DIE. (Tune in
next week for "Escape from Auschwitz," Wisdom Tree's newest entry in
their "Jewish women get revenge" series. Chaim!)Other things to
remember...master the running jump, because many of the platforms tend
to be just a LITTLE bit too far away to be reached with the standard
jump(something you should take note of once you see the Continue screen
for the twentieth time.) Also, about those little blocks that make you
jump higher...sometimes if you run onto them they'll send you up into
the clouds(and hopefully some bonus items.) And if all else
fails...run through the levels like a madwoman! This worked for
me...sometimes. Stupid tarantulas...
David and Goliath:
Noah's Ark has that charm, but I do think that this particular game was
the most fun. In the first four levels you have to find your four
sheep and bring them back to the pen(the little flashing arrow,) and on
the fifth level you have to advance past the Philistine army
Terminator-style and kill Goliath. General stategies:
Lions: If there's no sheep around, they won't attack. But if you're
holding one...
Chipmunks: Evil little creatures. But the nuts they throw are good for
stunning lions and bears.
Bears: Apparently, they can only hurt you when standing up. But I
wouldn't take chances. Knock 'em out with an acorn or something.
Mountain goats: If you can manage it, pick them up and throw them
somewhere else. Anything to get those hard horns AWAY. Knocking them
out is also good.
Sheep: If you can, try to bring back all four at once.
Scorpions: PAIN. Hands down the most annoying enemies. Avoidance is
the only option.
Philistine soldiers: You have a slingshot, might as well practice it on
these guys.
Rocks: I hate rocks. However, they SHOULD stop falling once you get
near the top of the mountain.
Goliath's Shield-bearer: Harder than Goliath himself. You can't KILL
him per se, but when you hit him he get's knocked back, so try to knock
him off the edge of the cliff. It's kind of hard to do. Actually,
it's REALLY hard to do. I got knocked off the cliff time and time
again...
Goliath: He laughs at your puny slingshot. Wipe that smile off his
face by aiming your stone for his forehead. It'll take a couple of
tries, but you should get it pretty easily.
Maybe I should go with the "professional" formatting...anyway, here's
my thanks...
God, for ensuring that a Biblically based video game DIDN'T suck.
Wisdom Tree, for helping God out.
CjayC(duh) for giving me a site to post this FAQ on.
J Dog, for being relentlessly supportive.
Al Amaloo, for providing an alternate site if(God forbid) Gamefaqs goes
down.
Apoc, wallywest/bluebeetle, rikymaru, Bonadventure, and all the others
who showed me that there are still intelligent Christians on the
boards!
Dais, even though I flamed you, you were still one of the coolest
posters of all time...
Michael Behe, for writing "Darwin's Black Box," the most scientifically
astute argument against evolution...anywhere.
Jesus, the Light of the world, Jesus, the Prince of peace(new way to
praise him with each FAQ..:)
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