Let’s begin our adventure! Below you’ll find various pages from manuals, Nintendo Power and so on. You’ll find that back in the old days manuals had a lot more charm than they do now. And it’s quite interesting to see these old issues of Nintendo Power that tried to guide the player through the game.
Regarding baseball, the positions only apply when on defense - every player on the active team takes a turn at bat when on offense. Being able to hit the ball is a pretty vital skill in baseball regardless of your position.
1492 - the year America sailed across India to discover the Pacific Ocean
1776 - the year Christopher Columbus declared independence from Plymouth Rock
I rented this game back in the day and emulated it later, both times I never had the letter included with the instruction manual that would allow you to solve a later puzzle. You can imagine this made the game rather difficult to beat. I did manage to beat both this and the sequel though so I’ve got a soft spot for it in my heart.
Well, I actually purchased a cartridge with the manual and letter for this LP just to show that off properly later on. As a kid I got the game from my dad and it didn’t have the letter either. Then again, I couldn’t read at the time, so it didn’t matter. I made it through anyway.
Probably the worst chapter in the game. But we’ll also get to see an unboxing video of a 1990 video game, so it’s all good.
The Wet Letter (transcript)
Mike,
I found some strange ciphers in my last voyage.
Since then, someone has been watching me! I put
a tiny transmitter in my shoe It’s Frequency is 747 MHz.
Perhaps I worry too much, but better to be safe
than sorry.
It sort of became part of the collective culture, as much as the game itself did. I’d read the entire coverage of the game in How To Win At Nintendo Games before I ever saw it, so I knew almost everything I needed to do before starting (some of the directions were a bit confusing). I still put the letter in the sink and ran water over it at the appropriate time, though. It was a pretty neat effect.
There’s a ship in our way and we need to get it out of the way. It is somewhat unclear to me how what we do removes the ship but I’m sure it’d make sense to me if I hade more of an imagination.
Nintendo Power
Above you get to see the Nintendo Game Counselor profiles found at the bottom of two of the pages of the Nintendo Game Counselor Corner. Please tell me which one is your favorite Game Counselor. Just going by taste in games it’s probably Gayle, Josh or John, but boy am I torn.