| Present Panic | |
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| General | |
| Author | Neil Millstone |
| Type | Platform |
| Version | 1.0 |
| License | Mixed |
| System | CGB, DMG |
| Last Updated | 2001/07/10 |
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| Download | |
| Website | |
Present Panic is an original free game for Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
User guide
Santa Claus is in trouble! The elves have gone on strike and spread all the presents for Christmas around Santa's factory in the north pole. Santa must travel through eight areas of the North Pole manufacturing plant and recover all the presents in time for Christmas day!
Many obstacles will either hinder or assist you in your task. Packing crates can be pushed around to allow access to otherwise unreachable areas, conveyor belts can move your around the levels, ice cubes can melt at the worst possible moments, and mysterious switches can make parts of the level appear and disappear or conveyor belts switch directions.
Gameplay
The game is split up into eight levels. In each level, you must collect all the presents, and make your way to the exit, which will take you on to the next level.
You start with ten lives, and you can find more along the way. Each level also has a time limit.
Many fiendish puzzles and traps lie in your way. Here are just some of the things you'll encounter during your quest:
- Present - You must collect all of these in each level in order to progress to the next one.
- Candy - These are not essential, but give you points, which is good for reaching the top of the high score table.
- Ice - These ice blocks melt and reform every few seconds. A wrongly-timed jump could leave you falling to your death.
- Crate - These can be handy when you can't reach a high part of the level, standing on a crate can often give you the extra height you need. You can push the crates around the level to place them where you want them.
- Conveyor belt - These can be help or hinder your progress around the level. They can also be used as a handy way of transporting the crates you will find from time to time, but only if the conveyor belt is travelling in the correct direction. An arrow next to the conveyor belt will show you which direction it is currently travelling in.
- Conveyor switch - This switch changes the direction of all conveyor belts on the level, very handy for getting the crates where you want them.
...as for anything else you may find, you'll have to work it out for yourself.
If you get stuck in a level, you can restart it from the beginning by pausing the game and selecting Restart Level. You will lose a live each time you do this.
Hints and Tips
- Crates can be placed on top of each other to get to some hard to reach places
- Crates float on water
- Switches and crates stay where they are when you die, but if you restart the level they reset to their original positions.
- Watch carefully how the level changes when you press a blue switch!
- The controls can be changed from the options menu. You will need to run to get over some of the larger jumps in the game.
Controls
Left/Right - Move Santa
A - Jump
B - Run
Start - Pause game
Screenshots
Compatibility
Present Panic runs on the original Game Boy Classic, Game Boy Pocket, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. You can also play it on an emulator.
External links
- Author's website - http://www.millstone.demon.co.uk/download/ppanic/ppanic.htm (archived)