It's time to tackle two more stages on the quest to get even richer!
African Mines
When you go to the African Mines, you'll find out that you'll need a key to go in. You'll be taken back to Transylvania. From there, enter the first mirror you see and open the chest to get the skeleton key for the mine. You'll then return to the world select screen, so go to the African Mines again.
The slugs are vanilla enemies, the bats try to dive into you as soon as you pass by, and the man-eating plants are basically invulnerable to your pogo attack. The bats can be taken care of with a golf swing to a nearby rock (assuming the rock connects), but you can wait for them to dive down, move out of the way so they miss and pogo them from there.
Look around for secret passageways and fake walls. You'll be able to find quite a few extra lives if you know where to look.
When you whack one of the rocks into that giant boulder, move out of the way!
Somewhere in the mine, you can find Mrs. Beakley, who will throw four ice creams your way so you can refill your health. The pit there might seem endless, but jump all the way to the right and use your pogo attack, and you'll bounce off four green guys who jump right out of the pit and act as a bridge. Once you make it past this pit, break the chest you find open and take the magic ring. You'll get an extra million.
The boss is the King of the Terra-Firmians. Wait for him to roll around the room and move out of his way, then pogo him on the head. When you beat him, you'll get a gemstone that's worth a million dollars. Congratulations, you just robbed approximately $2.2 million out of an abandoned mine shaft.
The Amazon
Despite the cheery music here, this level can be annoying, so don't be surprised if you choose this as your first level because it's the first choice and you get slightly frustrated.
Hit every tree trunk at ground level with the golf swing, as they all contain diamonds.
The snakes can extend their heads upwards when you get close, which can make hitting them with the pogo attack a pain.
When you go underground, pogo up to the top of the statue and pogo again to the left. You'll find a secret area with some treasure and ice cream. From there, go back to the right side of the room, pogo to the left and you'll find another secret area. Here, you can find some more treasure as well as an extra life.
The bees move around in a sine wave pattern. Thankfully, once you have the speed and the pattern down, they're not a big deal.
If you jump left from where Launchpad is (don't take that ride!) you'll find another secret area. When you cross the pit with Launchpad, leap off when Launchpad is at his highest point.
The treasure box near the spear-throwing guy takes you to a secret vine that lets you bypass the statue that wants you to pay $300,000 of the money you've collected to pass. Unfortunately, I forgot all about that shortcut, which means I end up being short $300,000. Regardless of which path you choose, you'll have to face the statue boss anyway. If you take the long path, be sure to jump into the air on one of the platforms to get a hidden invincibility medal.
This boss is really easy. Hit him when he's on the ground and watch out for that jump of his. Five hits scores you a million-dollar scepter.
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