PrinceWatercress plays The Smurfs (NES) - Part 3 of 4

I'm surprised I was able to do everything past the dragon boss, to be honest.

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Act 7: The Old Gold Mine

Be ready to jump over pits, avoid water droplets coming down from the ceiling and jumping over boulders. Holding Left lets you slow down, which can help with avoiding things sometimes, and A lets you jump.

The fourth star is really hard (if not impossible) to get due to its position in the level and how difficult it is to get on the mine cart track that the star is at; I don't even go for it.

After the mine cart section is a dragon, which is your second boss battle. Grab the gift box, take it to the dragon, and throw the gift box at the dragon. As you do this, the dragon spits fireballs at your current position, lighting up the platforms as it does so. The dragon's fire can only light one platform at any given time. The dragon will spit fire at you until you grab a giftbox, and again when you get close. Holding B after grabbing the gift box makes the jumps easier. Your best bet is to take the high road and be careful, and throw the gift box at the dragon on your way down to where he is before making your way back to the other side.

After three hits, the gift box becomes a key. Take care going across the platforms with the key in your hands, and jump on the dragon's head to get to the cage and free Jokey Smurf. You'll also get another password.

Act 8: The Sledge Race

The Sledge Race controls much like The Old Gold Mine, and you'll also be bouncing off birds while grabbing coins for points and bouncing off birds. Hold A when you bounce off a bird to get some extra height, as it makes it easier to get past some of the pits.

Act 9: The Bridge

We're back to our regularly scheduled platforming here, and you'll want to watch out when on the bridges. Any part without a wooden frame below it falls into the water when you step on it.

Watch out for the fish that leap in and out of the water around certain logs. Also, the birds from The Mountains that act as platforms are back.

Remember those two stars from The Mountains? You'll need to jump off the fall-away part of the last bridge at the end to get that last star.