He's smarter than the average bear, but he didn't see a lot of video games. What's there looks interesting enough, though, so let's check one of them out.
Believe it or not, Yogi Bear actually got a few games in the 1990s. One of them was on the Game Boy, and in this game, Yogi has to save Jellystone National Park from an evil ghost named Jake who has stolen the funds needed to keep the park operating. In order to save the park, you must find all of the bonus levels and get all of the coins in each one to get a gold bar. Beating all twelve bonus levels gives you twelve gold bars, which you'll need for the good ending; otherwise, the park will close.
World 1
As soon as you enter the world map screen, press Start.
Left and Right let you move left and right, while Down lets you duck. A jumps, and if you keep holding A, you will jump again as soon as you hit the ground. Start pauses. That's all you need.
Along the way, you'll be able to collect power-ups. Picnic baskets seem like they may give you extra lives, but in reality, if you collect 100 of them, you'll just get a bunch of bonus points. You'll need to find the 1-Up icons to get extra lives, which look like the word "1-Up."
The birds fly back and forth, while the mushrooms travel back and forth across the ground and take two hits to defeat. Upon the first hit, the mushroom will be stuck in the ground before pulling itself back up; another bop will take out the mushroom for good. Just keep in mind that they move faster after the first hit. Interestingly, enemies can only go so far in an area before they disappear in a puff of smoke. The enemies that look like two worms stuck together stay in place and can be easily defeated.
Believe it or not, there are some narrow platforms you can jump onto when you backtrack to get the 1-Up near the start. Use those and jump carefully to get to the extra life.
You start out with three units of energy, but by collecting apples, you can get yourself all the way to the maximum of five, as far as the health bar in the lower-left corner of the screen goes. You'll want to do this to make it easier to stay alive.
The rocks bounce up and down and cannot be destroyed, but you can easily walk under them if you know what you're doing.
There are some bear blocks that will pop up if you jump into certain areas; these blocks can be used as platforms to get to other areas.
There are also some hidden floors and walls you can go through to get extra lives and health. One false floor in the first section that leads to a 1-Up is underneath a trampoline platform.
The swinging ball and chain will hurt you, so be careful.
In the second section, you'll see moving platforms that will move either back and forth or in circles. The spider blinks its eyes before dropping down, so keep that in mind in case you want to jump on it to defeat it. If you go right instead of down at the end, you'll miss out on the apple in the hidden wall, but you will find another apple and a 1-Up to make up for finding the harder-to-find third section, which I did not know was there until I made this blog series.
Next up in the fourth section is a big maze. Up and left of the center is a sphere with stars revolving around it. If you touch it, you'll enter the vault. You'll need to collect all 25 coins in the vault in order to get a gold bar at the end of the stage. Thankfully, the vaults are the easiest parts of the game. There are two vaults in each level is a total of twelve in the entire game, which means that the vaults serve as the bonus areas. Getting all 300 coins means you'll get 12 gold bars, which nets you the good ending.
As for the fourth section itself, it is a bit of a maze, and you'll want to watch out for the spears that pop out of the floor in some of these areas. There are also some hidden walls, and if you know where to look and figure out where they are, getting around the cave can be a little easier as you watch out for the occasional spider or mushroom. Don't forget to look for bear blocks! The exit to the fifth section is in the bottom-right corner.
In the fifth section of the level, you're just jumping on the trampolines to get to the top and enter the last section. Just like in the fourth section, you'll want to watch out for spiders and mushrooms.
While there are plenty of pick-ups (and spikes and pits!) below the waterfalls, you'll want to stay up top to get some stuff, as you'll not only find some hidden bear blocks and a 1-Up, but you'll also find the second vault. To get to it, you'll need to ride a cloud platform that moves around in a circle, and to get to it, you'll need to find some hidden bear blocks and use those to jump from cloud to cloud to get to the platform. Once you're there, you'll be able to bounce your way to all of the coins. Once you're out of the bonus area, however, you'll need to work your way back up to the surface and get to the exit in the upper-right corner, and you'll need to watch out for falling worm enemies to get there.
While on land, watch out for rabbits that will run at you. Also, the birds are back, so watch out for them as you explore the skies for extra lives near the start. There is also an enemy that looks like a ladybug that you'll need to bounce off of to get to the exit.
With 50 coins from both of the vaults, we get two gold bars, and it's on to the next world. Also, with every picnic basket we still have at the end, we get 50 bonus points.
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