Sunday, March 31, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Super Bomberman 2 - Part 2 of 6


The action heats up - both figuratively and literally - in Round 2.


Round 2-1

The flames are the soft blocks, while the tires are the hard blocks. The door that looks like a safe is the exit. The flames can be a nightmare, as they will come back up after a random amount of time and block your path. If a power-up or a bomb is on top of where a soft block is, you won't have to worry about the flame coming back up as long as the obstruction is there. Nevertheless, place your bombs correctly.

The walking fireballs take one hit to kill.

The tiles with the arrows on them can be pushed with your bombs' explosions, and if you push them into a hole, you'll fill the hole and be able to walk there.

The orange tile, when bombed, raises a moveable tile out of the floor so you can move it.

If you place a bomb in front of the furnace door, it will turn the furnace on. If the room turns orange, you'll need to get off the black path on the floor or risk getting burnt to a crisp and losing a life.

The red bomb pick-up turns your bombs red and lets your explosions go through soft blocks. Use this power-up at your own risk.

Round 2-2

The little purple guys with the googly eyes will move whenever their eyes move. Trap them and bomb them to easily get rid of them.

The icon of the heart with the bomb is the remote bomb. Lay the bomb down with B, and detonate the bomb at will with A. Use this responsibly, because you will lose this and be forced to get it back if you die.

Round 2-3

The floating red enemies will spit fire in one of four directions when they stop. Hit them from a distance, and remember that they are invulnerable to your bombs while attacking.

Round 2-4

The orange, bomb-shaped enemies take two hits to kill, but after the first hit, they go berserk and move faster. Take them out from a distance.

Round 2-5

Not much to talk about here. I believe it is possible to get the remote bomb here, but I could be wrong.

Round 2-6

In order to continue, you'll have to place a bomb near a furnace in order to move the blocks that block your way towards the rest of the level. Get off the darkened path when the room turns orange so you don't get burned. For best results, take care of enemies, then start moving the blocks/

Round 2-7

Fire/Golem Bomber will throw bombs around, and he can move pretty slowly. It's pretty easy to trick him into blowing himself up with his own bombs. Also, I made this battle look a lot easier than it actually was.

When you beat this guy, get the heart before you leave.

Round 2-8

Golem Bomber's machine will shoot fireballs down. Watch for the shadows to see where they will land and stay away, as they will produce big, bomb-like explosions that can hit you from a good distance away. It is possible to get the explosions from the fireballs to do damage to the machine, so that can be a help. You'll also want to be on the bottom half of the screen, as the fireballs explode sooner at the top half. 

Saturday, March 30, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Super Bomberman 2 - Part 1 of 6


Well, I've beaten the first game. Might as well try to beat the second one, I guess.


The story begins with the Five Bad Bombers - Magnet Bomber, Golem Bomber, Pretty Bomber, Brain Bomber and Plasma Bomber - appearing in their intergalactic base over Earth. Bomberman tries to fight the Five Bad Bombers, who claim to have been built by aliens, but he is overpowered, taken captive and thrown into an underground prison cell in the Five Bad Bombers' base. Now Bomberman must fight his way out and beat the Five Bad Bombers to save Earth once and for all.

In the first round, you must fight Magnet Bomber.

Round 1-1

At the top of the screen from left to right, you'll have your current score, the current amount of time you have left (which is now shown as a number as opposed to a bunch of squares around the border of the screen, the current amount of lives that you have, and the amount of extra bombs and range extensions that you have. For those last two, you can have up to nine.

The D-Pad will move Bomberman around. A places bombs, and you'll have to wait for bombs to explode in order to blast through the soft blocks and open up the level you are currently in. If you get hit by an enemy, run out of time or get hit by the explosion of one of your own bombs, you will lose a life. If you lose a life, you won't lose any extra bombs or range extensions, but you will lose one of your speed up power-ups.

The treasure boxes are the soft (destructible) blocks, while the white blocks are the hard (indestructible) blocks.

To open the exit door, you must hit all of the switches on the ground with explosions from your bombs. Once all of the switches are lit up, the exit door will open.

The magnets will attract your bombs if you place them close enough to the gray metal ends of the magnets. If an explosion hits the magnets, they will be rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

The bird enemies move around slowly and take one hit to kill.

Stairs will stop explosions; keep this in mind.

Hitting the exit door with explosions while it is closed will summon enemies, so don't do it.

The roller skate will increase your speed. You'll want to pick up at least one or two at the maximum; picking up any more has the potential to make you move way too fast.

The bomb icon gives you another bomb to drop. The more extra bombs you have, the more bombs you can place on the playfield.

The flame icon increases the range of your explosions one tile in all of the cardinal directions (north, east, west, south).

Round 1-2

The dynamite, when hit, will create a big explosion and possibly start a chain reaction.

The red circles will expand the range of your explosions quite a bit when you place a bomb on one.

The Moai head enemy takes two hits to kill.

Round 1-3

The blue floating head with the red horns will use its magnetic powers to attract you towards itself, and it will also tend to stay away from your bombs.

Round 1-4

The bomb enemies have returned from the first Super Bomberman game, and they will occasionally land on the floor to create their own bomb-like explosions. Stay away from them when that happens. Thankfully, you can still blow them up, just like in the first game.

Round 1-5

The apple icon gives you extra points. Other than that, there's nothing much new here.

Round 1-6

Nothing much new under the sun here, either. At this point, here's where you'll be putting everything you learned in the first round together. Do like the lion fountains in this round, by the way.

Round 1-7

Here, you'll be fighting Magnet Bomber. Magnet Bomber's bombs tend to move towards you with a will of their own if you get close enough. Magnet Bomber will also follow you around as he drops bombs, and amazingly, you can use this to your advantage and get Magnet Bomber to hit himself with his own bombs. Yes, that can happen, and I found myself doing this during the Bomber battles before the rounds' end bosses.

The heart icon provides an extra hit, and if you get hit while holding a heart icon, you won't die immediately, and you'll also get a brief period of invincibility before you can get hurt again.

Round 1-8

If you die during this battle, you'll have to fight Magnet Bomber and beat him again before you can retry this battle. This goes for all of the rounds.

Magnet Bomber's robot will move back and forth, and when it stops, one of the boxing gloves will extend to the bottom of the screen in an attempt to punch you, but this attack is really slow and it will only come out if you are lined up vertically with the robot. Laying bombs to the side really helps with this battle. This robot battle is really easy.

Friday, March 29, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - The Longplay


And now, the whole game in one shot, minus commentary. Enjoy.


Daedalian Opus is a game that has you placing shapes in a playfield so that they all fit perfectly into it. The game is just you, the playfield, the pieces and trial and error, and while that is also a good thing, it can also be a bad thing, as there is no hint system to help you out and you're left entirely to your own devices, making the premise of the game and the whole appeal of it a double-edged sword. It is, however, a nice fit for the Game Boy, as it is a very good way of staying busy on the go, and while this game could have been on NES, it is on Game Boy entirely for that purpose-driven reason.

The game is named after Daedalus, who is (supposedly) the son of Icarus (and also the guy who told him not to fly too close to the sun with the wings made out of wax, and we all know how that turned out) and the man who made the Labyrinth of Crete, which imprisoned the Minotaur.

The D-Pad moves the cursor, B rotates the pieces, and A selects and places. Select flips pieces vertically, while Start flips pieces horizontally. Pressing A and B at the same time resets all pieces to their default positions.

When you start the game, an old man named Dr. P will tell you that you'll be solving a bunch of puzzles. Press A to go through dialogue. You'll start with three pieces, but you'll get more along the way until you end up with twelve altogether.

Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

You'll be on a map screen where you will go from one level to another. Left and Right move the little man around, and Up enters the doorway to the next level. On these screens, a U.F.O. will reveal the password for the level you've just reached, and you also have a chance to get a new piece from the fairy at the bridge that materializes between the levels as you move to the right. 

Level 1

You start out with three shapes: an L shape (which I call "Big L" or "L Train"), a T shape (which I call "Mr. T") and a line with a square sticking out (which I call "Nightstick" or "Boss Man's Nightstick"). You'll need to flip the L-shaped piece vertically (or the "Nightstick" piece) with Select to win, depending on where you place the T shape.

When you complete a level, you'll get a message saying "Good." Press A to toggle this message so you can see your completed puzzle (and also copy it down on graph paper if you want), and press Start to head to the next level.

Level 2

Password: KING

You'll get a small square with a small notch sticking out (which I call "Utah" after the state of Utah).

Level 3

Password: EASY

You'll get a straight-line shaped piece (which I call "Long Boi") here. You'll have to use 

Also, you won't be using all the pieces here, as "Mr. T." won't fit at all in the thin box.

Level 4

Password: NICE

You'll get an L-shaped piece (which I call "Protractor") here.

Level 5

Password: BORN

You'll get a U-shaped piece (which I call "Handle" here.

Level 6

Password: FREE

You'll get a long S-shaped piece (which I call "Lightning Bolt") here.

Level 7

Password: STEP

You'll get a cross-shaped piece (which I call "Cross") here. Ironically, you don't use it in this puzzle.

Level 8

Password: LIVE

You won't get a new piece here, but at this point, you should have an idea of how this game goes.

Level 9

Password: CITY

You'll get a zig-zag shape (which I call "Zig-Zag" and later "Dolph Ziggler") here. Ironically, you won't use this new shape in this level, which has a playfield shaped like something other than a simple rectangle or square here. You also won't be using all the pieces here, either.

Level 10

Password: MEGA

You'll get a piece shaped more like an "S" (which I call "Crankshaft" and later "Sunsoft S") here. You won't be using all of the pieces here.

Level 11

Password: SONG

Amazingly, you don't have to use all the pieces to get through this stage.

When you complete this puzzle, you'll get a message from Dr. P saying that there are 2,336 different configurations in the next stage.

Level 12

Password: LOVE

In this stage, you'll get a weirdly-shaped piece with parts that stick out in three directions. (I call it "Faucet" because it looks like a faucet at the side of a building that you connect a garden hose to if you rotate it to go a certain way.)

The buildings for this and future levels will have new designs, and you'll also get new music here. At least this game has different songs, unlike Ka-Blooey.

You'll then get told by Dr. P that you have 23 different shapes to work with. This is the amount of levels that you have left, not the amount of pieces that you have (which is twelve).

Level 13

Password: JUMP

At this rate, you won't get any more new pieces between levels, so get used to having twelve puzzle pieces to play around with.

Level 14

Password: CORE

Unlike other levels, you'll need to use all the puzzle pieces to fill up the playfields from this point on.

Level 15

Password: BEAT

At this point, there isn't much to say about the levels, so enjoy looking at passwords!

Level 16

Password: BURN

Level 17

Password: SING

Level 18

Password: TOUR

Level 19

Password: LOOK

Level 20

Password: SOUL

Level 21

Password: OPEN

Level 22

Password: BEST

Level 23

Password: WILD

Level 24

Password: TIME

Level 25

Password: SHOW

Level 26

Password: MOON

Level 27

Password: EAST

Despite the cross being in the center of the playfield, you still have to move it, foiling any belief that the game is throwing you a bone.

Level 28

Password: RAIN

Level 29

Password: LONG

Level 30

Password: CLUB

Level 31

Password: TOWN

Level 32

Password: WOOD

Level 33

Password: BASS

Level 34

Password: MIND

Level 35

Password: STAR

Level 36

Password: FINE

After you complete Level 35, you'll get one more level with a thirteenth shape: a square block that is a tetromino as opposed to a pentomino like all the other pieces. It is in the playfield, but you will still have to move it to complete the puzzle.

When you complete the game, you'll finally get the ending, and you'll get the password ZEAL, which lets you play any of the 36 levels that you want.

Also, if you press A on the title screen, you'll get the controls for the game. Which I had known that before playing the game.

Thursday, March 28, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - Part 6 of 6


...and now, the ending for this game.


Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

Level 31

Password: TOWN

Level 32

Password: WOOD

Level 33

Password: BASS

Level 34

Password: MIND

Level 35

Password: STAR

Level 36

Password: FINE

After you complete Level 35, you'll get one more level with a thirteenth shape: a square block that is a tetromino as opposed to a pentomino like all the other pieces. It is in the playfield, but you will still have to move it to complete the puzzle.

When you complete the game, you'll finally get the ending, and you'll get the password ZEAL, which lets you play any of the 36 levels that you want.

Also, if you press A on the title screen, you'll get the controls for the game. Which I had known that before playing the game.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - Part 5 of 6


We're almost done!


Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

Level 26

Password: MOON

Level 27

Password: EAST

Despite the cross being in the center of the playfield, you still have to move it, foiling any belief that the game is throwing you a bone.

Level 28

Password: RAIN

Level 29

Password: LONG

Level 30

Password: CLUB

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - Part 4 of 6


More puzzles? More puzzles.


Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

Level 21

Password: OPEN

Level 22

Password: BEST

Level 23

Password: WILD

Level 24

Password: TIME

Level 25

Password: SHOW

Monday, March 25, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - Part 3 of 6


Really don't have much to say here, due to not having any new pieces and a link to the solutions in this blog entry, so...enjoy?


Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

Level 16

Password: BURN

Level 17

Password: SING

Level 18

Password: TOUR

Level 19

Password: LOOK

Level 20

Password: SOUL

Sunday, March 24, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - Part 2 of 6


Once you play enough of the game, you'll have a good idea of how every level in this game is going to be like.


Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

Level 11

Password: SONG

Amazingly, you don't have to use all the pieces to get through this stage.

When you complete this puzzle, you'll get a message from Dr. P saying that there are 2,336 different configurations in the next stage.

Level 12

Password: LOVE

In this stage, you'll get a weirdly-shaped piece with parts that stick out in three directions. (I call it "Faucet" because it looks like a faucet at the side of a building that you connect a garden hose to if you rotate it to go a certain way.)

The buildings for this and future levels will have new designs, and you'll also get new music here. At least this game has different songs, unlike Ka-Blooey.

You'll then get told by Dr. P that you have 23 different shapes to work with. This is the amount of levels that you have left, not the amount of pieces that you have (which is twelve).

Level 13

Password: JUMP

At this rate, you won't get any more new pieces between levels, so get used to having twelve puzzle pieces to play around with.

Level 14

Password: CORE

Unlike other levels, you'll need to use all the puzzle pieces to fill up the playfields from this point on.

Level 15

Password: BEAT

At this point, there isn't much to say about the levels, so enjoy looking at passwords!

Saturday, March 23, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Daedalian Opus - Part 1 of 6


One puzzle game to another! Unlike Ka-Blooey, however, this one was definitely different and even more difficult. It is, by no means, however, a horrible game. Far from it. But...either you're good at this kind of puzzle game, or you'll be hitting GameFAQs at every possible opportunity.


Daedalian Opus is a game that has you placing shapes in a playfield so that they all fit perfectly into it. The game is just you, the playfield, the pieces and trial and error, and while that is also a good thing, it can also be a bad thing, as there is no hint system to help you out and you're left entirely to your own devices, making the premise of the game and the whole appeal of it a double-edged sword. It is, however, a nice fit for the Game Boy, as it is a very good way of staying busy on the go, and while this game could have been on NES, it is on Game Boy entirely for that purpose-driven reason.

The game is named after Daedalus, who is (supposedly) the son of Icarus (and also the guy who told him not to fly too close to the sun with the wings made out of wax, and we all know how that turned out) and the man who made the Labyrinth of Crete, which imprisoned the Minotaur.

The D-Pad moves the cursor, B rotates the pieces, and A selects and places. Select flips pieces vertically, while Start flips pieces horizontally. Pressing A and B at the same time resets all pieces to their default positions.

When you start the game, an old man named Dr. P will tell you that you'll be solving a bunch of puzzles. Press A to go through dialogue. You'll start with three pieces, but you'll get more along the way until you end up with twelve altogether.

Since this game can be super-hard for people who cannot play a game along the lines of "put all the pieces in this thing and hope they fit perfectly" here, solutions for all the puzzles can be found on GameFAQs. Puzzles can have multiple solutions, but you can get through the game with the ones here.

You'll be on a map screen where you will go from one level to another. Left and Right move the little man around, and Up enters the doorway to the next level. On these screens, a U.F.O. will reveal the password for the level you've just reached, and you also have a chance to get a new piece from the fairy at the bridge that materializes between the levels as you move to the right. 

Level 1

You start out with three shapes: an L shape (which I call "Big L" or "L Train"), a T shape (which I call "Mr. T") and a line with a square sticking out (which I call "Nightstick" or "Boss Man's Nightstick"). You'll need to flip the L-shaped piece vertically (or the "Nightstick" piece) with Select to win, depending on where you place the T shape.

When you complete a level, you'll get a message saying "Good." Press A to toggle this message so you can see your completed puzzle (and also copy it down on graph paper if you want), and press Start to head to the next level.

Level 2

Password: KING

You'll get a small square with a small notch sticking out (which I call "Utah" after the state of Utah).

Level 3

Password: EASY

You'll get a straight-line shaped piece (which I call "Long Boi") here. You'll have to use 

Also, you won't be using all the pieces here, as "Mr. T." won't fit at all in the thin box.

Level 4

Password: NICE

You'll get an L-shaped piece (which I call "Protractor") here.

Level 5

Password: BORN

You'll get a U-shaped piece (which I call "Handle" here.

Level 6

Password: FREE

You'll get a long S-shaped piece (which I call "Lightning Bolt") here.

Level 7

Password: STEP

You'll get a cross-shaped piece (which I call "Cross") here. Ironically, you don't use it in this puzzle.

Level 8

Password: LIVE

You won't get a new piece here, but at this point, you should have an idea of how this game goes.

Level 9

Password: CITY

You'll get a zig-zag shape (which I call "Zig-Zag" and later "Dolph Ziggler") here. Ironically, you won't use this new shape in this level, which has a playfield shaped like something other than a simple rectangle or square here. You also won't be using all the pieces here, either.

Level 10

Password: MEGA

You'll get a piece shaped more like an "S" (which I call "Crankshaft" and later "Sunsoft S") here. You won't be using all of the pieces here.

Friday, March 22, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 25 of 25


The final level of the game is the nastiest of all, but if you can beat it, you beat the game.


Level 126

Enter the "right" teleporter. Enter the next teleporter. Place the small bomb on the center left tile, the medium bomb on the center tile and the bomb on the center right tile. Go across the ice to detonate the lone small bomb, then go back. Detonate the small bomb on the slot tiles and move left. Enter the teleporter. Go to the switch and hit it. Go to the small bomb in the lower left corner and detonate it, then move back up. Detonate the small bomb between the swell bomb and the mine when the swell bomb is at medium, then move right. Go right and detonate the small bomb at the cracked tiles when the swell bomb is at medium, then move up. Hit the switch, move left, detonate the small bomb and move right. Move up, detonate the small bomb when the swell bomb is small, then enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bombs and hit the switch on the way to the "left" teleporter. Enter the "left" teleporter. Move the medium bomb on the slot tiles to the left tile. Hit the nearby switch. Detonate the lone small bomb near the teleporter, then move up. Detonate the medium bomb near the teleporter and enter the teleporter. Move down, then hit the switch twice. Detonate the two small bombs on the loop before the cracked tile, then move the small bomb on the slot tiles up. Detonate that small when the swell bomb is at medium and move left. Move left across the ice. Detonate the small bombs on the left side of the loop, then detonate the small bomb on the rivet tile at the far right. Hit the switch, then detonate the other small bomb on the rivet tile. Move right, hit the newly-spawned switch to the left near the start, then detonate the small bomb.

Level 127

Hit the switch south of where you start. Hear the newly-spawned switch afterward. Detonate the nearby small bomb, then move left. Hit the first switch, then enter the teleporter. Go back to the small bomb near the teleporter, detonate it, then enter the teleporter. Move right to the switch and hit it, then place the newly-spawned large bomb on the top center slot tile. Go to and hit the switch further to the right, then place the newly-spawned small bomb on the top right slot tile. Detonate the small bomb and move left. Detonate the small bomb near the mine that has just detonated, then loop back to the bombs at the left and detonate the right-most small bomb. Move down, then right across the ice. Detonate the small bomb bear the mine. Take the upper road to the right, then hit the switch. Move the medium bomb on the slot tiles to the left, detonate the upper small bomb, then move left. Detonate the small bomb, then move up, left, then down, and go to and hit the switch. Go right and detonate the small bomb, then go right to the slot tiles. Place the large bomb on the top center tile, move right, place the large bomb on the top tile, move right, then place the medium bomb on the top tile and the small bomb south of it. Detonate the small bomb and move down. Go right to the small bomb, detonate it, then move up, left and then up. Detonate the small bomb, then go to the switch and hit it so the first enemy is destroyed. Hit the next switch, detonate the small bomb, hit the third switch, and be quick to get rid of the ball enemy. Detonate the small bomb north of the third switch. Detonate the small bomb south of the mine, then move down. Detonate the remaining small bomb.

Level 128

Go far to the right and enter the far right teleporter. Go left, detonate the small bomb, then hit the switch and move up into the nearby teleporter. Detonate the small bomb and go left. Go right, hit the upper switch, and go to the slot tiles. Move the medium bombs to the bottom-most tile, the lower left tile on the "square," and the upper left tile on the "square." Hit the nearby switch. Hit the new switch back at the start, send the red guy to the mine. Hit the switch at the start again, then send the red guy to the small bomb on the slot tiles. Hit the start switch, then take the red guy right to the lower switch, hit the switch and enter the teleporter. Send the red guy into the small bomb when he re-appears. Enter the teleporter at the start, then hit the nearby switch and enter the nearby teleporter. Hit the start switch and send the red guy into the teleporter at the start, then send the red guy into the mine to the right near the switch. Detonate both of the medium bombs north of the switch with red guys; detonate the one on the right first followed by the one on the left. Hit the switch at the start, then send the red guy into the start teleporter and then into the left-most medium bomb at the slot tiles further to the south. Hit the start switch, then send the red guy into the starting teleporter and into the lone mine. Hit the start switch and send the red guy through the starting teleporter and across the ice to the small bomb. Hit the start switch, then send the red guy into the starting teleporter and into the nearby bomb. Hit the starting switch, then send the red guy into the nearby medium bomb.

Level 129

Detonate the medium bomb at the start, then enter the nearby teleporter. Move the small bomb all the way to the right to the lower right tile, with a medium bomb to the lower left tile in the "square" and a large bomb in the upper right tile. Back at the "square" to the left, there should be a medium bomb in the upper left tile and a small bomb in the upper right tile. Detonate the "left square's" small bomb, then move right, place the medium across from the mine and place a small bomb to the right to it. Detonate the small bomb and move right. Place the large bomb in the lower right tile of the "square," detonate it and enter the teleporter. Get to the red guy and send the red guy to the mine at the left. Detonate the small bomb where the mine was. Hit the nearby switch, then hit the first and second switches at the right. Detonate the small bomb near the second switch, then hit the second and third switches at the right. Take the cracked tile path to the left, then detonate the small bomb to the right of the ice. (It's the one to the left of the medium bomb.) Move left, detonate the small bomb, move down to and hit the nearby switch, detonate the small bomb, then loop around on the ice, move up on the cracked tile and enter the teleporter. Move right and enter the teleporter. Move up, then left, then to the slot tiles. Place the medium bomb on the bottom tile and the small bomb north of it, then detonate the small bomb, move left and loop around from the left. Go to the slot tiles on the right. Place the medium bomb on the top tile and small bomb south of it. Detonate the small bomb, move down, then loop around from the right. Detonate the small bomb near the mine at the bottom and move up. Detonate the small bomb in the right bomb pile, then detonate the small bomb in the left bomb pile. Go to the teleporter to the north across from the cracked tile. Hit the third switch, then move downwards to the loop. Detonate the bombs anti/counter-clockwise from the upper left tile. Go back to and enter the nearby teleporter. Detonate the small aerial bombs, then enter the nearby teleporter. Detonate the right small bomb in the pair of small bombs, then move right across the cracked and ice tiles. After this, you can go nuts with the switch and the red and destroy all of the mines. (Just be careful doing it, as this is the last time you'll have fun before the game becomes anything but.)

Level 130

This is the worst level in the game. You'll need a very good route and some good speed if you want to destroy all 42 bombs (some are mines) in this level. This isn't the perfect route, nor it is the only route. It is, however, a route. Special thanks to Taramoor Plays for figuring this out so I didn't have to. This took two tries for me, and once you beat this level, you beat the game. Here is the route from the start:

Right, down, down, left, detonate. (40 bombs left)

Right, up, up, left, down, down, right, down, left, down, right, up, left, detonate. (38 bombs left.)

Right, up, right, detonate. (36 bombs left)

Left, down, down, right, down, down, left, up, detonate. (34 bombs left)

Down, right, up, up, left, left, up, right, up, left, up, up, right, down, down, down, down, left, down, right, up, detonate. (32 bombs left)

Down, left, up, right, up, right, right, right, right, detonate. (30 bombs left)

Left, left, up, left, up, up, right, detonate. (28 bombs left)

Left, left, down, right, up, right, down, down, left, detonate. (26 bombs left)

Right, up, up, left, down, left, up, right, down, right, down, right, detonate. (24 bombs left)

Left, up, left, down, right, right, up, right, up, detonate. (22 bombs left)

Down, left, down, left, left, up, up, left, down, right up, right, down, down, right, right, down, right, down, right, down, detonate. (21 bombs left)

Up, up, left, detonate. (19 bombs left)

Right, down, left, up, left, up, left, left, up, up, left, down, left, up right, down, down, right, right, up, right, down, left, detonate. (17 bombs left)

Right, detonate. (15 bombs left)

Up, left, down, left, down, right, down, right, right, up, up, detonate. (13 bombs left)

Down, down, left, left, up, left, up, right, up, right, right, right, up, left, detonate. (11 bombs left)

Right, right, up, left, left, detonate. (10 bombs left)

Right, down, detonate. (8 bombs left)

Up, right, down, left, down, left, left, left, down, left, left, up, up, left, down, right, up, right, down, down, right, right, tight, up, left, down, down, right, up, right, down, detonate. (6 bombs left)

Up, left, down, down, left, detonate. (5 bombs left)

Right, up, left, up, up, right, down, left, down, right, down, down, left, up, detonate. (3 bombs left)

Down, right, right, up, detonate. (2 bombs left)

Down, left, up, up, left, up, left, left, up up, left, down, left, down, right, down, left, down, right, right, down, right, right, detonate. (1 bomb left)

Left, left, up, left, left, up, right, up, left, up, up, right, down, down, down, down, down, right, fight, down, right, up, left. Detonate. Move right. (level complete)

You just beat the hardest level in the game, and you just beat Ka-Blooey for Super NES!

Thursday, March 21, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 24 of 25


After this, there's just five more levels to go.


Level 121

Move the medium bombs on the east slot tiles up one. Move the medium bomb on the north slot tiles right one. Move the medium bomb on the west slot tiles down one. Move the small bombs on sout slot tiles right one. (Step on the cracked tiles as you do this.) Detonate the small bomb on middle tile, then move down. Enter the teleporter. Move the medium bomb on slot tiles to the lower left corner, place the small bomb right of the medium bomb. Move the red guy to the small mine east of the slot tiles. Detonate the small bomb on the slot tiles. Detonate the medium bomb near the temple, then move down. Go to the slot tiles near the ice. Place the small bomb on the north tile, them place the medium bomb south of the small bomb. Detonate the small bomb, loop around to where the mine was. Hit both switches. Send the red guy to "south" mine. Hit the "north" switch. Send the red guy to the "west" mine. Hit the "north" switch and the "south" switch, then send the red guy to the switch near the medium aerial bomb. Hit the switch. Send the red guy into the water. Hit the "north" and "south" switches again, then detonate the small bomb near the small aerial bomb and move down. Detonate the small aerial bomb, then move down. Enter the teleporter. Send the red guy to the slot tiles in the lower left corner and detonate the bombs. Go to the small bomb near the "north" switch and detonate it. Detonate the small bomb north of the medium bomb. Detonate the small bomb near the teleporter. Enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb and move left.

Level 122

Hit the switch on the far left. Detonate the small bomb in the upper left corner. Move the medium bombs to the top center, center and bottom-most slots. Detonate the small bomb and move left. Hit the far left switch. Hit the "south ice" switch (which is south of the pair of ice tiles). Go to the right switch. Move the large aerial bomb on the slot tiles to the top center slot. Go back to the small aerial bomb, detonate it and move left. Hit the "north ice" switch (which is north of the pair of ice tiles). Hit the right switch. Detonate the small bomb and move down. Take the lower path to the right, go down, detonate the small bomb, then go left and up. Head to the upper right corner and go to the lower right corner from there, detonate the small bomb and move up. Head back to the upper right corner, detonate the small bomb on the rivet tile and move left. Head back to the start, detonate the small bomb and move left. The tiles spell "LISA."

Level 123

Hit the switch at the start. Detonate the small bomb and move down or left. Hit the switch at the start again. Detonate the small bomb and move right. Head to the small aerial bomb surrounded by ice tiles, then move left. As you avoid enemies, detonate the small bomb to the south followed by the small bomb to the west. Head back to the small aerial bomb surrounded by ice tiles and detonate it, then move up. Hit the upper right switch to change the red guy to a blue guy. Take the blue guy to the mine to the south near the lower right corner. Re-summon the blue guy with the upper right switch, then hit the switch near the blue guy. Take the blue guy to the switch on the lower right corner and hit the switch, then take the blue guy to the mine in the lower left corner. Hit the "blue guy" switch again for a cracked tile. Detonate the nearby small bomb and move left. Move down across the ice, detonate the small bomb, then move left. Head to the small bomb in the lower right corner, detonate it and move left. Detonate the small bomb to the left and move left. Loop around to the final small bomb, detonate it and move up.

Level 124

Hit the switch near the start. Move the small bomb to the upper left slot tile, move the medium bomb to the lower left slot tile. Go north, move the small bomb on the slot tiles near the teleporter one tile up. Detonate the small bomb near the starting slot tiles and move down. Detonate the small bomb on upper left slot tile, then move left. Detonate the small bomb in lower left corner and move up. Detonate the small bomb near the teleporter, move up and hit the switch. Loop around, detonate the small bomb on the slot tiles and move left. Detonate the swell bomb when it is at medium, then enter the teleporter. Hit the lower right switch, the lower left switch and the upper right switch, in that order. Enter the nearby teleporter. Hit the switch to turn the nearby medium bomb into a small bomb. Detonate the small bomb near the swell bomb when the swell bomb is at medium, then move up. Hit both switches in the upper right corner. Move the small bomb on the slot tiles to "slot tile 4." Hit the switch near "slot tile 1," move the medium bomb to "slot tile 3." Hit the "slot tile 1" switch again, move the small bomb to "slot tile 2." Hit the "slot tile 1" switch again, and make sure the medium bomb is on "slot tile 1." Detonate the small bomb on "slot tile 2" and move down. Hit the "right" switch, then hit the "left" switch. Move the small bomb on slot tiles to the upper left slot tile, move the medium bomb to the upper right slot tile. Detonate the small bomb on the upper left tile, then move left. Move to the "right" switch, and move to and detonate the small bomb surrounded by ice tiles - without using the cracked tiles - and move down. Detonate the small bomb near the medium bomb and move down. Hit the "center" switch. Detonate the small bomb on the right, then move up.

Level 125

Detonate the bomb in the lower left corner. Go back to the upper left corner. Place the large bomb in the middle slot tile, head to the right and watch for enemies. At the next set of slot tiles, place the medium bomb in the middle tile. Place the medium bomb in the upper right slot tiles in the upper right corner. Hit the far right switch, then move one small bomb to the two small mines and move another small bomb to the bottom between the small mine and the ice tile. Detonate the "bottom" small bomb and get rid of the spinning enemy, then detonate the small bomb near the two mines and move to the left. Hit the switch left of the medium aerial bomb, then hit the switch right of that. Detonate the newly-spawned small bomb, then hit the nearby switch that is to the left. Go back to the start and go right across the ice, hit the nearby switch and go back, then travel across the cracked tiles to the switch on the other side and hit the switch. Move up to the small bomb on the rivet tile and detonate it, move down, move back up, then move right to the small bomb near the other bombs, move downward and hit the remaining switch that is in the "up" position. Detonate the newly-spawned small bomb near the medium aerial bomb and move up. Detonate the small bomb near the other bombs and move down. The tiles spell "CLAR."

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 23 of 25


Things are getting a little more interesting as we near the end of the game...


Level 116

Go left, left, up and detonate the small bomb. Detonate the small bomb to the left, then go left. Hit the switch, then detonate the nearby small bomb on the rivet tile. Hit the switch after the cracked tile twice, then enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb and go down. Go to the nearby switch on the left while killing the enemy. Hit the switch on the left end, go clockwise to the south end, detonate the swell bomb when it is small and move left. Hit the switch and place the large bomb on the slot tiles on the northern-most slot tile. Hit the nearby switch, detonate the small bomb on the slot tiles and move down. Go west across the cracked tile to the small bomb near the medium bomb, then detonate the small bomb and move either down or right. Hit the nearby switch, detonate the small bomb in the lower left corner. Detonate the separated small bombs. Detonate the remaining small bomb and move left.

Level 117

Go to the slot tiles in the upper left corner. Move the small bombs on the slot tiles away from the small bomb on the rivet tile. Detonate the small bomb on the river tile, then move up. Hit the switch. Move a small bomb on th slot tiles to the lower right small tile of the "square," then go to the lower right area. Move the medium bombs on the slit tile away from the small bomb on the rivet tile. Detonate the small bomb on the rivet tile, then move down. Hit the switch. Move the small bomb from earlier to the right-most tile in the lower right corner, then place a medium bomb near the lone bomb in the upper left corner and place the nearby small bomb on the tile south of it. From there, place the small bomb from earlier next to the other medium bomb in the lower right corner (if you haven't already). Detonate the small bomb in the lower right corner, then hit the switch in the lower left corner. Hit the new switch in the upper right corner. Detonate the small bomb in the upper left corner, then move left or right.

Level 118

Move the medium bomb on the slot tiles near the start to the upper right-most slot tile, put the small bomb left of it, and hit the nearby switch. Detonate the small bomb. Hit the switch to the right. Enter the nearby teleporter. Detonate the small bomb near the large mine. Hit the switches on the other end. Hit the new switch near the new teleporter, then enter the new teleporter. Make a path for the red guy to the teleporter, then hit the switch in the upper right corner of that area. Take the red guy into the newly-spawned meddle medium bomb. Enter the teleporter on "Large Bomb Island." Head to the "new" teleporter and hit the switch, then enter the "new" teleporter. Take the large aerial bomb (or any bomb on Large Bomb Island) and place it near the teleporter, detonate it and enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb and move right.

Level 119

Enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb. Hit the switch in the upper right corner. Make a small-medium-medium-large bomb line from the upper right tile to the teleporter. Enter the slot tile teleporter. Hit the "lower left switch," place the large bomb in the lower right slot tile, leave a one-tile gap to the left, place two medium bombs to the left of the gap, leave another one-tile gap to the left, place a medium bomb to the left of that gap, leave another gap in the corner slot tile, then a medium bomb and a large bomb to the north of that gap. Enter the teleporter. Detonate the medium bomb in the lower right corner and enter the nearby teleporter.

Level 120

Head to the slot tiles. Place the large bomb at the top tile, the small bomb in the center, and the medium bomb on the title south of the small bomb. Hit the switch, detonate the small bomb and enter the teleporter. Head to the lower left corner, hit the switch, move the small bomb to the medium bomb on the upper left tile and detonate. Hit the switch twice, move the small bomb to the lower left slot tile, detonate and move down. Hit all the switches in the lower right corner, detonate the newly-spawned small aerial bomb and go right. Hit the upper right switch in the lower right corner twice, move up to the small bomb, detonate the small bomb and move down. Go back, hit the switch, then hit the switch in the upper left corner. Detonate the small bomb when the swell bomb is at medium, then move left.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 22 of 25


Just fifteen levels to go...


Level 112

Detonate the upper left large bombs and the lower left large bombs (the ones at the left set of temples). At the right set of temples, detonate the medium bomb to the right of the left mine. Detonate the medium to the right of that bomb. Detonate the medium bombs near the left temple, the medium left up of the upper left temple and the north temple. Detonate the medium bomb right of the upper right temple, the medium bomb right of the lower right temple, and the medium bomb near the south temple. You'll be going clockwise as you do this. Detonate the small bomb and go right to blow up everything else and survive.

Level 113

Head to the upper right corner. Hit the switch. Place the swell bomb on the upper right corner tile, one medium bomb to the south of it, and the rest of the medium and large bombs on the left end. Go back to the small aerial bomb at the intersection, go down, then down again and hit the switch. Go right, place the small bomb on "slot 4," go left, up, right on ice. Hit the switch and enter the teleporter. Detonate the medium bomb and enter the teleporter. Hit the nearby switch. Place two small bombs on the north end, the medium aerial bomb on the right end (to the south of the switch) and the remaining small bomb on the lower left corner. Loop back to the lower right area and detonate the small bomb and move left. Detonate the swell bomb in the upper right slot tiles area when it is small.

Level 114

Hit the switch north of the start. Place the small bomb on "slot 2," place the medium bombs on "slots 3 and 4." Detonate the small bomb and move up. Head right across the cracked tiles, hit the north switch, then hit the south switch. Detonate the small bomb and move left. Detonate the swell bomb near the upper right corner when it is small. Go across the cracked tiles to the red guy. Detonate the small bomb to the right of the red guy. Send the red guy across the cracked tiles to the right, hit the switch and detonate the medium aerial bombs. Hit the nearby switch, detonate the recently spawned small bomb and move either right or down. Hit the lower left switch, detonate the large bomb right of the temple, hit the switch, and detonate the other large bomb near the temple. Detonate the small bombs. The tiles spell "DB."

Level 115

Go north, hit the switch and detonate the small bomb to kill the enemy. Head right, hit the switch, detonate  the lower right small bomb, slide left across the ice and loop around to the temple. Move the large bomb on the slot tiles down, go down at the temple, hit the switch and enter the teleporter. Hit all the switches (referred to as "Switch #1," "Switch #2" and "Switch #3," respectively) and enter the teleporter. Hit the switch to the east to spawn "Switch #0." Enter the teleporter. Hit "Switch #0" once, "Switch #2" twice and enter the teleporter. Detonate the large bomb, move up and enter the teleporter. Go to the lower left teleporter, hit "switch #2" twice, detonate the medium bomb and enter the teleporter. Go down, then right. Detonate the small bomb. Detonate the small bomb to the south, then move left or right.

Monday, March 18, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 21 of 25


My physically written notes that I'm saving for this get better the closer I get to the end. That's probably why these were easy to make.


Level 106

The three switches and four teleporters at the starting area, with the first three teleporters being summoned by the three switches, will be numbered 1-4 from left to right. Go to "Teleporter 4," which is the teleporter all the way to the right end at the start. Hit the switch, make a small-medium-large-large bomb line near the teleporter by placing the medium bomb near the small aerial bomb and leaving the two large bombs alone. Enter the teleporter. Hit "Switch 3," enter "Teleporter 3." Put medium bombs on slots 1, 3 and 5 at the bottom slot tiles, then enter the teleporter. Hit "Switch 3," then hit "Switch 1" and enter "Teleporter 1." Hit the switch, move the left bomb down, and enter the teleporter. Hit "Switch 1," hit "Switch 2," and enter "Teleporter 2." Place the medium bombs on slots 1 (near the mine) and 3 (near the small bomb) of the slot tiles, detonate the small bomb and move left. Take the red guy into the teleporter, then hit "Switch 2," hit "Switch 1," and enter "Teleporter 1." Hit the large bomb. Enter the teleporter. Detonate the small aerial bomb. Hit "Switch 1," hit "Switch 3," and enter "Teleporter 3." Detonate the small bomb and go left.

Level 107

Detonate the small bomb near the mine. Use the switch near the right teleporter and the cracked tile to remove the enemies. Summon the cracked tile one more time with the switch, then enter the right teleporter. Detonate the small bomb, move right and enter the left teleporter. Go down then left, then hit the switch, go down, then right. Go right on the ice, hit the switch, go down on the ice, then hit the switch on that end. Go back up on the ice, then go back left on the ice. Move the first small bomb on the slot tiles one down, move the second small bomb all the way down. Detonate the first small bomb and move up towards the ice tiles. Go right on the ice, hit the switch, go down on the ice, hit the switch, go left on the ice, then go to the small aerial bomb. Go down and hit the switch. Go all the way back to the slot tiles and detonate the small bomb you placed at the end, then go left and hit the switch. Go right across the single ice tile, hit the switch, then go back to the slot tiles near the ice tiles. Go right across the ice, then go down across the ice, then go right, down, left and up. Put the medium bomb left of the small bomb and the large bomb right of the small bomb on the slot tiles. Go back to the red guy and hit the small bomb. Go back to the small aerial bomb by going left twice, followed by up and right, and detonate it. Go left, up, right and detonate the small bomb. Go down three times, then go left, detonate the small bomb, and go left again.

Level 108

Detonate the small bomb in the upper left corner and move down. Detonate the three small bombs to the south. Detonate the small bomb near the mine in the lower left corner and kill the enemy. Move the medium aerial bomb on the slot tiles to the lower right corner and hit the switch. Detonate the small bombs near the switch and detonate the small aerial bomb, then hit the switch again to re-summon the small aerial bomb. Head right past the cracked tile, hit the switch, detonate the small bomb near the mines to the north and move down. Go to the small bomb in the upper right corner, detonate it and go left. Hit the switch to the south, then hit the switch to the west and detonate the small bomb you just summoned. (If you didn't re-summon the small aerial bomb earlier, do it now.) Go back to the small aerial bomb and detonate it, then detonate the small bomb on the rivet tile at the remaining bombs and move up.

Level 109

Hit the eastern, northern and western switches at the start, in that order, and enter the teleporter. Go to and hit the switch, go to the aerial bomb you just summoned. Go down, right, up, left and down to the small aerial. Go left and detonate the small bomb, then move left, go to the nearby switch and hit it. Go down twice, detonate the bomb and go up. Go down, right, up, right and then right to the teleporter. Hit the switch to get teleported again. Detonate the small bomb when you re-appear, then go right, down and left. Hit the switch. Go up twice to the next switch and hit it. Go down, left then down and detonate, then go up twice and detonate. Go down, then right. Detonate the small bomb, go right again and detonate the small bomb near the mine. Go up twice, detonate, then down, left, down and right. Hit the switch. Go left and detonate the small bomb, then go right twice and up to the tile near the cracked one. Go left, detonate, then go right. Go up to the switch (do not hit it!), go left, detonate the small aerial when the swell bomb is medium, then go right.

Level 110

At the slot tiles at the start, place the small bomb in the upper left corner of the "square," the two medium bombs on the upper right tile and the tile left of the lower left one, and the large bomb on the lower right tile. Detonate the small bomb and move up. Loop through the left area and go right. Detonate the small bomb near the south mine and step left. Detonate the nearby small bomb to the left. Hit the south mine switch, then detonate the bomb near the east mine. Detonate the small bomb near the south mine switch. Detonate the bomb at the north mine. Detonate the nearby small bomb to the right. Hit the north mine switch. Detonate the bomb at the north switch and kill the enemy (if you haven't already). Detonate the lower right bomb in the inner ring and kill the enemy, then detonate the upper right small bomb in the ring followed by the upper left small bomb and the lower left small bomb. Detonate the small bomb west of the inner ring, then detonate the nearby small bomb to the west. Go left, then down and detonate, then detonate all the bombs on the left loop area. until you reach the large bomb. From the large bomb, go right, right, up and right to the switch, hit the switch, then detonate the remaining bomb and move either up or right.

Level 111

Take the blue guy to the mine in the upper left corner, then detonate the nearby small bomb. The tiles spell "ACE."

Sunday, March 17, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 20 of 25


I'll say it before and I'll say it again...these levels aren't getting any easier. Anyway, here's Levels 101-105.


Level 101

Head down to the lower left corner and detonate as you go. From here, head right and keep detonating bombs, but leave the bombs near the ice tile. Move right across the ice and detonate the small bomb in the lower right corner. Go up twice and detonate both bombs, but do not detonate the next two bombs to the left. At the ice tile, go left. Leave the next two bombs on the way to the right, then detonate the small bomb you see when you can't go left anymore. Go up, detonate the small bomb, skip the next two bombs to the right, then detonate as you turn the upper left corner. From here, keep going down, following the path and detonating as you go. With the two bombs and the mine, just detonate the right most bomb.

Level 102

Put the medium bomb on the lower right slot tile at the start, then place the small bomb to the left of it and detonate it. Hit the switch to teleporter. From here, hit the upper right switch first, then the other one. Place the small bomb near the large bombs, place the medium bomb two tiles right of the small bomb, then place the other small bomb near the medium bomb. Detonate the small bomb and move down. Hit the switch right of the large bomb. Detonate the small bomb in the upper right corner.

Level 103

Enter the teleporter, then enter the lower right teleporter when you re-appear. Detonate the small bomb when the swell bomb is medium. Detonate the small bomb before re-entering the starting teleporter. Enter the upper left teleporter. For the slot tiles, place the small bombs on the lower left corner with a medium bomb to the north, two medium bombs near the mine in the lower right corner, a gap in the bottom of the second column, and large bombs everywhere else. Detonate the small bomb. enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb on the lower left corner of the slot tiles, then go back through the nearby teleporter and enter the lower left teleporter. Take the blue guy to the teleporter, then detonate the medium bomb with him. Detonate the small bomb.

Level 104

Hit the switches in the upper left corner including the one that is generated while doing so. Go the the slot tiles on the right, hit the switch, then make a small-medium-large line with the large bomb on the lower left tile and a small-medium-medium-small line on the upper right tiles with a small bomb on the upper left tile. Detonate the small bomb on the small-medium-large line at the bottom tiles. Go to the center slot tiles, place the small bomb on the right tile, hit the switch, put the swell bomb on the bottom, hit the switch twice, put the second swell bomb on the middle, then detonate the small bomb when the swell bombs are medium and go right. Detonate the lower small bomb and go down. Detonate the small bomb near the left switches, go right, and hit the switches. Take the blue guy to the medium bomb near the slot tiles in the upper right corner. Detonate the small bomb on the way to the teleporter, then cross the cracked tiles and enter the teleporter. Detonate the medium bomb, then enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb, then enter the teleporter.

Level 105

Hit all the switches near the start. Send the red guy down the cracked tile route on the lower right area to the mine, then hit the pair of switches near where the mines were to renew the cracked tiles. Go clockwise to the small bomb to the right (which is near a mine) and detonate, then loop around to the small bomb near the medium bomb and detonate it. Go left to the small bomb and detonate. Hit the pair of switches from here to renew the cracked tiles, then loop around to the small bomb and detonate it. Go north to the upper right corner, hit the switch, and detonate the small bomb and move left. Detonate the small bomb south of the nearby ice tile and move up. Head to the upper left area, detonate the small bomb near the slot tiles on the way there. Hit the switch, surround the switch with large bombs in cardinal directions (up, down, left, right). Detonate the small bomb in the small-medium-large line at the start and move down. Detonate the small bomb pile at the start. Go left to the lower left corner, then detonate the small bomb right of the teleporter. Enter the teleporter.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 19 of 25


Hard to believe we're almost at the end of the game now. I'm really starting to run out of things for the descriptions, so here's another five puzzles that will tie your brain in knots.


Level 96

Get rid of the enemies with the two switches north of the start. Detonate the small bomb in the upper right corner, then go right. Hit the switch in the upper left area. Go south across the ice, hit the switch, then detonate the small bomb near the ice on the left end. Enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb, go up, hit the switch, detonate the medium bomb and enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb, go south across the ice, detonate the medium bomb and enter the teleporter.

Level 97

Hit the switches in the upper right corner. Go to switch on the left and them them, then backtrack and hit the switches in the upper left corner. Go to the switches south of the upper right corner and hit them again so the tiles are restored. Then, go to the switches in the center and hit those, then hit the upper right switches so the tiles are restored. Go clockwise to the bombs in the lower left corner, then detonate the small bomb near the medium bomb. Detonate the small bomb near the teleporter in the lower left area, and detonate bombs as you go from teleporter to teleporter. Hit the lower center switch again, then detonate the left small bomb in the center set. Hit the upper center switch north of where the bomb was and detonate the small bomb north of the ice tiles. Detonate the small bomb near the bigger bombs in the lower right corner, then detonate bombs on the way to the small bomb at the left end.

Level 98

Hit all three switches at the start. Go right, hit the switch. Move the right medium bomb on the slot tiles one tile to the right, then detonate the small bomb. Go left, hit the switch, then detonate the small bomb near the mine. Detonate the small aerial bomb on the way to the left, and hit both switches on the way there. Bring the medium bomb to the newly-spawned slot tile. Detonate the small bomb.

Level 99

Hit the switch right of the start. Detonate the nearby small bomb, go right, go down, and hit the switch. Go right, up and then left to the blue guy and take the blue guy down, then right to hit the switch, and then up to the mine. Hit the switch on the way to where the mine was, go left across the ice, hit the switch there, go back to the right across the ice, hit the switch in the upper right corner, and enter the teleporter. Detonate the small bomb.

Level 100

For the lower left slot tiles, all bombs go on the bottom tiles. There should be two medium bombs on the left, a one-tile gap, a medium bomb and then a small bomb. Hit all the switches in the areas north and east of the spinner, including the switch that you spawn along the way (and get rid of the bouncing ball enemy, too!). You'll also have to hit the switch in the upper-left corner, and that will involve moving left across the ice at the top of the level. Take the top path to the upper right corner, place the medium bomb in the upper right corner and the small bomb to the left of it. Hit the untriggered switch (the only one still in the "up" position), then move, right, down, right, down, left, down and detonate the bomb. Go right three times and hit the switch, then go up twice and then left. Detonate the small aerial bomb and go left. Detonate the next bomb, then go up and left. Detonate the small bomb at the start (the one at the far left side of the level), then detonate the small slot tile bomb and move up. The tiles spell "MS."

Friday, March 15, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 18 of 25


It's not getting any easier. At this point, the notes that I was taking was really helping out with remembering everything I had to do in every level.


Level 91

Go to the switch near the start (referred to here as "Switch 1") and hit it. Go to the lower left corner. Detonate the small bomb on the way there. Go right, detonate the small bomb, then go back left. Go to the column where the mine was, then go up on the ice, detonate the small bomb and go back down. Detonate the bomb near the mines, then move down. Take the red guy into the next mine to detonate it. Go to where the mine was, go up, detonate the small bomb, then go left. Go back to the start, travel to the switch south of the second cracked tile (referred to here as "Switch 2"), hit it, go right, detonate the small bomb near the mine, go up, detonate the other small bomb, then go back to the start. Hit the switch south of the third cracked tile (referred to here as "Switch 3"), then detonate the bomb in the lower right corner. Go back to Switch 1, hit it, go back to the start, detonate the left-most bomb and move left.

Level 92

Go left, then detonate the small bomb. Go left, then up. Get the red guy out of the ground, hit the switch, then move right to the small mine. Go right, down, right and detonate the small bomb, then go down. Go right, then hit the switch. Go right, up, right, right, then down. Detonate the small bomb, and make sure you blow up the enemy as you move back up. Go down to the nearby switch and hit the switch. Go right, right, up, right, then right. Hit the switch. Go left, detonate the small bomb, then go down. Go right twice, then move the medium aerial bomb to the upper right slot tile and enter the nearby teleporter. Go right twice, hit the switch, go up, then right, hit the switch, then go down twice, detonate the small bomb and go left across the into the teleporter you just spawned. Detonate either medium bomb with the blue guy.

Level 93

Detonate the small aerial at the start and move right. Head left, get rid of the spinning balls enemy by waiting on the cracked tile and moving down when the enemy approaches, then hit the switch on the far left side of the level to summon a small aerial bomb to the immediate right. At the nearby slot tiles, leave the upper left slot tile bare. Travel to the switch on the upper right corner and hit it. Go back to the small aerial bomb and detonate it. Summon the small aerial bomb again with the far left switch, then go to the switch near the mines and hit it to replace it with a large aerial bomb. Go to the small bomb in the north center part of the map and detonate it. Go back to the small aerial bomb, leave the upper right slot tile bare again as you place a medium bomb in the upper left tile, then hit the switch north of the slot tiles to replace the other switch with a teleporter. Detonate the small aerial bomb when the swell bomb is at medium and move up. Detonate the medium bomb, then enter the teleporter.

Level 94

Go down, detonate the small bomb, then go back up. Go to and hit all four switches. Go south from the lower right switch and detonate the small bomb, then detonate the small bomb near the small mine. Detonate the small bomb near the large mine, then return to and hit all four switches. From the lower right switch, move down, right, down, right, right, then up. Detonate the small bomb, then step left. Detonate the small bomb in the upper right corner and move down.

Level 95

Enter the teleporter at the start. Move the medium bombs on the slot tiles one tile down - to the corners - and detonate the small bomb before entering the next teleporter. Hit the nearby switch, then take the blue guy to the teleporter. Detonate the medium bomb near the teleporter. Detonate the small bombs.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

PrinceWatercress plays Ka-Blooey - Part 17 of 25


The puzzles are definitely getting more complex to solve. The solutions are also getting more complex for me to type. Good thing I still had my hand-written notes for this!


Level 87

Head right at the start. Place the medium on the top-most slot tile and the small bomb south of it. Avoid the switch, then detonate the small bomb on the lower right corner. Move the medium bomb in the upper right corner left and down to the bottom tile near the small bomb. Return to the small bomb and detonate it.

Level 88

Set up the bombs at the start with the four small bombs in the front, the medium on the back left and large bomb in the back right. Hit the switch at the right of the bombs. Detonate the small bomb next to the nearby teleporter and enter the teleporter. Go right, then enter the teleporter. Hit both of the switches, then enter the teleporter to the south. Detonate the small bomb, then enter the teleporter. Loop around to the small bomb while minding the enemy. Move down, then hit the switch. Go to the switch to the southeast and activate it. Move the small bomb on the slot tiles to the medium bomb and go left. Move all the bombs on the slot tiles in a line leading to the large bomb. Detonate the small bomb on the river title. Go back to the small and medium bomb from earlier and detonate the small bomb. Go left. Hit the switch, then get to the next switch and activate it while minding the enemy. Detonate the small bomb and move down. Detonate the small bomb near the cracked tile in the lower right corner. Detonate the small bomb left of the next switch, then hit the switch to get a rivet tile. Go all the way right to three bombs, and detonate the small bomb in the lower right corner when the swell bomb is large and go left. Go up and continue to the switch. Hit the switch. Head down, then right, and detonate the small bomb before the cracked tile. Go right and go to the switch, then hit the switch. Move the small bomb to the newly spawned slot tile to place it next to the medium bomb. Move the small aerial bomb next to the mine, then move the medium aerial bomb next to the small aerial bomb. Detonate the small bomb. For some reason, the tiles spell "JON RITMAN."

Level 89

Go up, detonate the small bomb, then go down. Go to the upper left corner, then to the upper right corner. Hit the switch. Go down, then left and detonate. Loop around to where the mine was and hit the switch. Detonate the small bomb south of where the mine was. Go back to the upper right corner, then hit the switch. Detonate the small bomb in the upper left corner. Go to the lower left corner, move right and hit the switch. Detonate the small bomb. Go to the large bomb, detonate it, and enter the teleporter.

Level 90

Go right to enter the upper teleporter at the start. When you re-appear, enter the teleporter to the right again. Hit the switch to the left when you re-appear, then enter the nearby teleporter. Go right three times to enter the teleporter. You'll be back at the start. Enter the upper teleporter to the right again. When you re-appear, go down and enter the other teleporter this time. Go left into the next teleporter. Hit the switch when you re-appear, then enter the nearby teleporter. Go up into the teleporter when you re-appear. Go down into the next teleporter. Go right three times to enter the teleporter again to return back to the start. Enter the upper teleporter to the right again, then go down when you re-appear. Detonate the medium bomb that you teleport two when you re-appear and enter the teleporter. Detonate the medium bomb, then enter the teleporter. Go up into the next teleporter. Go down into the next teleporter when you re-appear. Go right three times and enter the teleporter to return to the start. Enter the upper teleporter to the right, then detonate the medium bomb that you end up at when you re-appear and enter the teleporter to the right. Detonate the medium bomb when you re-appear, then move down into the nearby teleporter. Go up twice and detonate the lone small bomb north of the ice tile, then move down. Detonate the small bomb to the left of the other ice tile, then move right and detonate the medium bomb before entering the teleporter. You'll be back at the start again. Move down, detonate the medium bomb, then enter the lower teleporter to the right that you've been avoiding all this time. Detonate the small bomb and move left.