It's time to take on the first boss of the game...and then it's onward through the rest of Chicago!
Holding Cells
Level 5
To go up the slopes, just keep jumping. You'll slide down them automatically, but you still jump back to the top of them.
The captive here has the red key.
The bonus stage here has no time limit. Go ahead and take as much time as you need, because the Golden Heart will increase your max health by one unit. The Golden Heart will always be in the bonus levels at the end of every world.
The semi-circle-shaped backboards with the number 23 on them will freeze enemies in place. There will be a shot clock with 15 seconds that will show up in the upper-right corner when you use it, which indicated how long you have until the enemies are unfrozen again. Enemies can still harm you if you touch them while they're frozen, so be careful.
Use the freeze balls to turn the evil eyes in the lower-right corner of the level into platforms so you can get an extra life. You'll also get a refill on the freeze balls, too.
At the end of the level, you'll meet Dr. Maximum Cranium. We might as well call him Dr. Big Head (Mr. Big Head? Nah...), because he's got a big head. He tries to bribe you off, but we all know MJ ain't got time for that. After a threat to clone all the players from Dr. Cranium and a "Doc" Julius Irving reference from Michael, you'll face some...ball...thing.
The boss is a robot made entirely of basketballs. It will punch you if it gets close enough, and it can throw its arms forward like some sort of swirling projectile made out of basketballs. Just keep your distance and aim for its head. Use your power-up balls if necessary.
Don't use the gold balls (the homing basketballs), as they go straight for the chest instead of the head, making them practically useless for this fight. Also, be sure to use the "projectile punch" attack this monster has to get some more distance away from him, so you can throw some more balls at it.
When you beat this monstrosity, you'll get the Red Keycard, one of three keycards in the game. You'll be able to return to the map screen and pick one of the two El Train levels.
The El Train 1
You'll be in autoscrolling stage that involves - you guessed it - the Chicago Transity Authority train line, usually called "the L" or "The El." Be sure to look around and get those power-ups when you can, but be careful for both moving archways at the top and the paparazzi that stalk you around the train. Some of them even have cameras that make it hard to see for a second in addition to damaging you.
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