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'''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br /> | '''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br /> | ||
| − | '''Release date:''' [[1994]][[Category:1994| | + | '''Release date:''' [[1994]][[Category:1994|Mister Spiff 4]]<br /> |
'''Levels:''' 14<br /> | '''Levels:''' 14<br /> | ||
'''Author:''' [[Adam Tyner]]<br /> | '''Author:''' [[Adam Tyner]]<br /> | ||
'''Related games:''' ''[[Mister Spiff I]]'', ''[[Mister Spiff II]]'', ''[[Mister Spiff III: Freeze! Mother! Freeze!]]'', | '''Related games:''' ''[[Mister Spiff I]]'', ''[[Mister Spiff II]]'', ''[[Mister Spiff III: Freeze! Mother! Freeze!]]'', | ||
| − | }} [[Category:Pending articles| | + | }} [[Category:Pending articles|Mister Spiff 4]]<center>'''FULL ENTRY COMING SOON!'''</center> |
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"WHOA!" | "WHOA!" | ||
| − | You clutch your bag | + | You clutch your bag carefully. Public space-transportation isn't as safe as it used to be. Come to think of it, it never really was safe. Anyway, your spaceship broke down on Tizzleplack and you had to catch a bus to get home. At least you still had your... |
| − | carefully. Public | ||
| − | space-transportation | ||
| − | isn't as safe as it | ||
| − | used to be. Come | ||
| − | to think of it, it | ||
| − | never really was | ||
| − | safe. Anyway, your | ||
| − | spaceship broke | ||
| − | down on Tizzleplack | ||
| − | and you had to catch | ||
| − | a bus to get home. | ||
| − | At least you still | ||
| − | had your... | ||
| − | + | (CRASH!) | |
"What the---!!!" | "What the---!!!" | ||
| − | Okay, the bus is | + | Okay, the bus is flipping around in space. Everyone else has their safety-harness fastened but you. I mean, the light for it came on! Noooo...that online issue of Video Freak was just too good to put down. |
| − | flipping around in | + | |
| − | space. Everyone | + | Well, you fly out the door, still holding your bag of jewels. Lotta good they'll do you if you're -- Hey! You landed on an old mattress! Too bad it was on a bunch of rusty nails. |
| − | else has their | + | |
| − | safety-harness | + | Any landing you can stagger away from is okay, so you start to explore the planet looking for another bus stop. Whoops! It's inhabited by a bunch of mean aliens, surprise surprise. |
| − | fastened but you. | + | |
| − | I mean, the light | + | You walk along this path and a purple slobbering beast lunges at you. Without thinking, you tossed a jewel at it. An aura of electricity envelops the alien, stunning it temporarily. Right near it, you see a purple orb which opened a locked door. Off in the distance you see a shop. |
| − | for it came on! | ||
| − | Noooo...that online | ||
| − | issue of Video Freak | ||
| − | was just too good | ||
| − | to put down. Well, | ||
| − | you fly out the | ||
| − | door, still holding | ||
| − | your bag of jewels. | ||
| − | Lotta good they'll | ||
| − | do you if you're-- | ||
| − | Hey! You landed | ||
| − | on an old mattress! | ||
| − | Too bad it was on | ||
| − | a bunch of rusty | ||
| − | nails. Any landing | ||
| − | you can stagger | ||
| − | away from is okay, | ||
| − | so you start to | ||
| − | explore the planet | ||
| − | looking for another | ||
| − | bus stop. Whoops! | ||
| − | It's inhabited by | ||
| − | a bunch of mean | ||
| − | aliens, surprise | ||
| − | surprise. You | ||
| − | walk along this | ||
| − | path and a purple | ||
| − | slobbering beast | ||
| − | lunges at you. | ||
| − | Without thinking, | ||
| − | you tossed a jewel | ||
| − | at it. An aura | ||
| − | of electricity | ||
| − | envelops the alien, | ||
| − | stunning it | ||
| − | temporarily. | ||
| − | near it, you see a | ||
| − | purple orb which | ||
| − | opened a locked | ||
| − | door. Off in the | ||
| − | distance you see a | ||
| − | shop. | ||
"Only one way to get there," you mutter as you enter. | "Only one way to get there," you mutter as you enter. | ||
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== Instructions == | == Instructions == | ||
| − | + | ===Controlling your character=== | |
| − | + | Use these keys: | |
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| − | + | : LEFT: Walk left | |
| + | : RIGHT: Walk right | ||
| + | : UP-LEFT: Jump up-left | ||
| + | : UP: Jump up | ||
| + | : UP-RIGHT: Jump up-right | ||
| + | : DOWN: Aim down | ||
| + | : ENTER: Attack key | ||
| + | : G: Fire a hologram (1 initial use) | ||
| + | : H: Heal yourself 1 hit point (1 initial use) | ||
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| + | ===Obstacles=== | ||
| − | + | Any blocks with OW! over it means that all blocks like that in that level will automatically kill you. In level 5, look out for blocks tha temporarily vanish over pits of OW! blocks. | |
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| − | + | ===Level One === | |
| − | + | Level one is an introductory level that shows you what to do. In this level, lives will not be deducted. | |
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| − | + | ===Power-Ups=== | |
| − | + | There are several power-ups in the game. Touch a power-up to pick it up. | |
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| − | + | * PURPLE ORBS - Get these to open doors (doors are marked) | |
| + | * FLOATING HEADS - Worth 1 life | ||
| + | * BEATING HEARTS - Worth 1 hit point | ||
| + | * MONEY - Worth $1 for the shops | ||
| − | + | ===Shops=== | |
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| − | + | You go into a shop after every level. You can only buy 1 item. Move your hand to the item you wish to obtain. You can choose: | |
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| − | + | * HOLOGRAMS - Allow you to fire a hologram once more (press G) | |
| + | * BEATING HEART - Allow you to heal yourself by 1 hit point (press H) | ||
| + | * FLOATING HEAD - Add one more life to your collection | ||
| + | * NOTHING! - Umm...nothing. | ||
| − | + | ===Joystick=== | |
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| − | * | + | * CALIBRATING JOYSTICK - Press F9 |
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| − | + | : LEFT: Walk left | |
| + | : RIGHT: Walk right | ||
| + | : UP-LEFT: Jump up-left | ||
| + | : UP: Jump up | ||
| + | : UP-RIGHT: Jump up-right | ||
| + | : DOWN: Aim down | ||
| + | : B1 and B2: Attack! (Healing and holograms must be done on the keyboard.) | ||
| − | + | ===Enemies=== | |
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| − | + | ====Level One==== | |
| − | + | * Underbite - A green alien with an underbite | |
| − | + | * Spittle - A slobbering purple freak | |
| − | + | * Flyball - A cyclops bat | |
| − | + | ====Level Two==== | |
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| − | + | * Blue Streak - An alien with a jetpack and an attitude | |
| − | *Blue Streak | + | * Escargot - A pink, flying snail |
| − | -An alien with a jetpack | + | * I Can't Believe It's Not A Background Block! - Looks like a block, but turns into an enemy |
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| − | *Escargot | ||
| − | -A pink, flying snail | ||
| − | *I Can't Believe It's | ||
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| − | -Looks like a block, | ||
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| − | + | ====Level Three==== | |
| − | *Helmutt | + | |
| − | -Blue dog with a weird | + | * Helmutt - Blue dog with a weird thing on its head |
| − | + | * Silhouette - Who knows what evil lurks in the spleens of men...? | |
| − | *Silhouette | + | * Cyberpunk - A punk with a flying disembodied head(?) |
| − | -Who knows what evil | + | * Background Blocker - Tries to stop you from jumping |
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| − | + | ====Level Four==== | |
| − | *Cyberpunk | + | |
| − | -A punk with a flying | + | * All of the above + |
| − | + | * Orbert the Friendly Orb - From Questor, it comes out of nowhere! | |
| − | *Background Blocker | + | * Rollin' Appleboy - Umm...rolls. |
| − | -Tries to stop you | + | |
| − | + | ====Level Five==== | |
| − | + | * Broom boy - He'll sweep you off your feet! (Ouch!) | |
| − | * | + | * Wheelie and the Dragster Bunch - Dragsters supreme! |
| − | * | + | * Mister Palette-Swap - Changes colors...cool. |
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| − | + | * Mr. Moodswing - Goes from mad to calm to stunned to mad to... | |
| − | *Mr. Moodswing | + | * Chuck None - A martial artist's best friend, and YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE! HAHAHAHAHA! |
| − | -Goes from mad to calm | + | * The Rhino Kid - Uhh...a...rhino kid. |
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| − | *Chuck None | ||
| − | -A martial artist's best | ||
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| − | *The Rhino Kid | ||
| − | -Uhh...a...rhino kid. | ||
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| − | + | * Bud the disappearing newt - He disappears, kind of. | |
| − | * | + | * Mister Splendid - He's hypnotized, not that that makes you feel any better |
| − | -He | + | * Carp lord - A fish ate him. Ow. |
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| − | + | * Fleshwound - He has a knife in his head | |
| − | * | + | * Socko the Friendly Sock - A deadly sock puppet |
| − | + | * Crazy Head Head - I ain't got no body, so gimme some candy! | |
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| − | + | * Ernest Cyborgenine - A MIGHTY mite! | |
| + | * Lil' Red - A killer fruit that'll roll all over you | ||
| + | * Bombshell - She's dynamite! | ||
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| + | ====Level Ten==== | ||
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| + | * Toad-man-with-a-cannon-for-a-nose-on-the-lad-with no body - Beats me. | ||
| + | * El Socko - Tiene un calcetine! | ||
| + | * Gray Guy - He's gray and I don't really know how he came about | ||
| − | + | There are secret levels. You play a Mister Spiff with a digitized head in the land of CGA Hell. Control is the same. | |
| + | Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
== Credits == | == Credits == | ||
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The digitized head on Mister Spiff in CERTAIN levels is of the person Mister Spiff is based on, [[Alan Caudel]]! | The digitized head on Mister Spiff in CERTAIN levels is of the person Mister Spiff is based on, [[Alan Caudel]]! | ||
| − | [[Category: Shareware| | + | [[Category: Shareware|Mister Spiff 4]] |
| − | [[Category: Adam Tyner| | + | [[Category: Adam Tyner|Mister Spiff 4]] |
| − | [[Category: Side-scrolling| | + | [[Category: Side-scrolling|Mister Spiff 4]] |
| − | [[Category: Platformers| | + | [[Category: Platformers|Mister Spiff 4]] |
| − | [[Category: Sequels| | + | [[Category: Sequels|Mister Spiff 4]] |
| − | [[Category: New discoveries| | + | [[Category: New discoveries|Mister Spiff 4]] |
Revision as of 18:30, 30 June 2011
Release type: Shareware
Release date: 1994
Levels: 14
Author: Adam Tyner
Related games: Mister Spiff I, Mister Spiff II, Mister Spiff III: Freeze! Mother! Freeze!,
Contents
Story
"WHOA!"
You clutch your bag carefully. Public space-transportation isn't as safe as it used to be. Come to think of it, it never really was safe. Anyway, your spaceship broke down on Tizzleplack and you had to catch a bus to get home. At least you still had your...
(CRASH!)
"What the---!!!"
Okay, the bus is flipping around in space. Everyone else has their safety-harness fastened but you. I mean, the light for it came on! Noooo...that online issue of Video Freak was just too good to put down.
Well, you fly out the door, still holding your bag of jewels. Lotta good they'll do you if you're -- Hey! You landed on an old mattress! Too bad it was on a bunch of rusty nails.
Any landing you can stagger away from is okay, so you start to explore the planet looking for another bus stop. Whoops! It's inhabited by a bunch of mean aliens, surprise surprise.
You walk along this path and a purple slobbering beast lunges at you. Without thinking, you tossed a jewel at it. An aura of electricity envelops the alien, stunning it temporarily. Right near it, you see a purple orb which opened a locked door. Off in the distance you see a shop.
"Only one way to get there," you mutter as you enter.
Instructions
Controlling your character
Use these keys:
- LEFT: Walk left
- RIGHT: Walk right
- UP-LEFT: Jump up-left
- UP: Jump up
- UP-RIGHT: Jump up-right
- DOWN: Aim down
- ENTER: Attack key
- G: Fire a hologram (1 initial use)
- H: Heal yourself 1 hit point (1 initial use)
Obstacles
Any blocks with OW! over it means that all blocks like that in that level will automatically kill you. In level 5, look out for blocks tha temporarily vanish over pits of OW! blocks.
Level One
Level one is an introductory level that shows you what to do. In this level, lives will not be deducted.
Power-Ups
There are several power-ups in the game. Touch a power-up to pick it up.
- PURPLE ORBS - Get these to open doors (doors are marked)
- FLOATING HEADS - Worth 1 life
- BEATING HEARTS - Worth 1 hit point
- MONEY - Worth $1 for the shops
Shops
You go into a shop after every level. You can only buy 1 item. Move your hand to the item you wish to obtain. You can choose:
- HOLOGRAMS - Allow you to fire a hologram once more (press G)
- BEATING HEART - Allow you to heal yourself by 1 hit point (press H)
- FLOATING HEAD - Add one more life to your collection
- NOTHING! - Umm...nothing.
Joystick
- CALIBRATING JOYSTICK - Press F9
- ENABLING JOYSTICK - Press F8
- LEFT: Walk left
- RIGHT: Walk right
- UP-LEFT: Jump up-left
- UP: Jump up
- UP-RIGHT: Jump up-right
- DOWN: Aim down
- B1 and B2: Attack! (Healing and holograms must be done on the keyboard.)
Enemies
There are different enemies on each level. Here are the enemies:
Level One
- Underbite - A green alien with an underbite
- Spittle - A slobbering purple freak
- Flyball - A cyclops bat
Level Two
- Blue Streak - An alien with a jetpack and an attitude
- Escargot - A pink, flying snail
- I Can't Believe It's Not A Background Block! - Looks like a block, but turns into an enemy
Level Three
- Helmutt - Blue dog with a weird thing on its head
- Silhouette - Who knows what evil lurks in the spleens of men...?
- Cyberpunk - A punk with a flying disembodied head(?)
- Background Blocker - Tries to stop you from jumping
Level Four
- All of the above +
- Orbert the Friendly Orb - From Questor, it comes out of nowhere!
- Rollin' Appleboy - Umm...rolls.
Level Five
- Broom boy - He'll sweep you off your feet! (Ouch!)
- Wheelie and the Dragster Bunch - Dragsters supreme!
- Mister Palette-Swap - Changes colors...cool.
Level Six
- Mr. Moodswing - Goes from mad to calm to stunned to mad to...
- Chuck None - A martial artist's best friend, and YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE! HAHAHAHAHA!
- The Rhino Kid - Uhh...a...rhino kid.
Level Seven
- Bud the disappearing newt - He disappears, kind of.
- Mister Splendid - He's hypnotized, not that that makes you feel any better
- Carp lord - A fish ate him. Ow.
Level Eight
- Fleshwound - He has a knife in his head
- Socko the Friendly Sock - A deadly sock puppet
- Crazy Head Head - I ain't got no body, so gimme some candy!
Level Nine
- Ernest Cyborgenine - A MIGHTY mite!
- Lil' Red - A killer fruit that'll roll all over you
- Bombshell - She's dynamite!
Level Ten
- Toad-man-with-a-cannon-for-a-nose-on-the-lad-with no body - Beats me.
- El Socko - Tiene un calcetine!
- Gray Guy - He's gray and I don't really know how he came about
There are secret levels. You play a Mister Spiff with a digitized head in the land of CGA Hell. Control is the same.
Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Credits
Mister Spiff IV!
by Adam Tyner
The digitized head on Mister Spiff in CERTAIN levels is of the person Mister Spiff is based on, Alan Caudel!
