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GOONIES...THE WALKTHROUGH
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v1.0 - Completed 6/8/00
Written and maintained by Adam Lamontagne
Copyright (c)2000 Adam Lamontagne (adamant@bigfoot.com)
ASCII art title by Dallas (dallas@dodgerstats.com)
An 8-bit Famicom game by Konami 1986.
[NOTE: This game was never released in the USA]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Revision History
II. Introduction
III. Story
IV. Gameplay
V. Controls
VI. Main Characters
VII. Hidden Characters
VIII. Enemies
IX. How to Attack
X. Items
XI. Special Items
XII. Scoring
XIII. Walkthrough
XIV. Frequently Asked Questions
XV. Odd Facts
XVI. Acknowledgements
XVII. Disclaimer
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I. REVISION HISTORY
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6/8/00pm: v1.0 - Completed Walkthrough section; Added to Enemies section and
Scoring section; First version submitted online
6/8/00am: v0.6 - Added more to the Frequently Asked Questions section and the
Walkthrough section
6/7/00: v0.5 - Worked on the Frequently Asked Questions section and Walkthrough
section
5/26/00: v0.3 - Added a Special Items section
5/24/00: v0.2 - Started Walkthrough; Worked on Items, Hidden Characters, How to
Attack, Controls and Disclaimer section; Received nice ascii art title from
Dallas.
5/11/00: v0.1 - Started initial layout; Worked on the Introduction, Story,
Gameplay, Main Characters and Odd Facts section.
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II. INTRODUCTION
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This FAQ/Walkthrough is for the Famicom game Goonies. If you've ever wondered
why there was a game for the NES called Goonies II and not just Goonies, you're
not alone. I always thought the NES game was a sequel to the movie, hence the
"II" in the title. This was before learning of the vast amount of cool Japanese
NES (Famicom) games that never made it to the states. One of these was a simple
little game called The Goonies.
In 1986, early in the Famicom's young life, Konami decided to cash in on the
movie's success with a cute little platform game of the same name. I'm not sure
how popular it was in Japan, but it never made its way over to the states. We
did get the sequel, Goonies II, which is a great game in itself and got to enjoy
the adventures of Mikey and the gang, but it would have been nice to get a taste
of the original.
The original Goonies game is only available for the Famicom, but there are at
least 3 ways of playing the game. You can either (1) find the actual Famicom
cart. These are hard to find, but they pop up on eBay every now and then. (2)
The Goonies is found on quite a few Famicom Multi-Carts. In fact, the first
time I ever played the game was when I bought a 64-in-1 cart and found the game
among the 64 first generation Famicom games. (3) The last way to play the game,
and probably the most common nowadays, is to download the ROM somewhere. Do not
ask me where to find it. The ROM I found is a mapper 3 version which played
fine on NESticle. Since I own Goonies, albeit on a multi-cart, I guess I can
legally possess the ROM.
Those that do track down the game will find that it is pretty similar to the NES
game Goonies II. That familiar Goonies II music starts the game off and the
colors as well as some of the enemies are the same. The major difference is
that Goonies I is only a platform game. There are no 3-D mazes to go through as
in the sequel. This game is also much shorter. If you liked Goonies II, you
should enjoy this simpler version as well.
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III. STORY
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Since I don't have the manual (and probably couldn't read it anyway, as it would
be in Japanese), I will try to give you the basic storyline. The Fratelli's
have rescued your 6 fellow Goonies and you have to get them back. You'll travel
through houses, caves and even One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship in your search to
save the Goon-docks.
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IV. GAMEPLAY
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You play as Mikey and have to go through 6 stages of play (plus 3 Passageway
Stages) and rescue your 6 Goonie friends, Data, Mouth, Chunk, Brand, Andi and
Stef, who have been kidnapped by the Fratelli gang and scattered throughout the
stages. Along the way you must find 3 Keys in each stage to open the gate to
the next stage. A few of the stages are really short passageway-type areas, but
since the time limit resets when you enter and leave them, I counted them as
Passageway Stages and not regular Stages. You do not have to rescue any Goonies
or collect any Keys in these Passageway Stages.
The most important item in the game is the Bomb. You can get them by killing
certain enemies, like the mice. When you find a closed door with a skull on it,
place a Bomb in front of it and move away while the Bomb detonates and opens the
door. You will find one of 4 things inside these doors, Keys, Goonies, a
Slingshot or Potions (the last stage is an exception to this...you will find
some treasure behind the skull doors). The item behind each door is random with
each new game played, but I figured a way to work around this in the walkthrough
section.
There are also several Special Items that are hidden in the game which aid you
in different ways. To find these you have to jump, duck, kick or shoot in the
right place to make a bag appear. Inside the bag will be an item that is
helpful, yet unnecessary in solving the game. They sure do make life easier
though. These Special Items are automatically activated, so you do not have to
do anything special to use them. See the Items section for more info.
The Goonies you find all look alike, except the one you rescue in the last stage
will be female (most likely this is the Goonie that Mikey had a crush on in the
movie, Andi...yes, it's a female). It's too bad the programmers couldn't have
made each Goonie resemble their counterpart in the movie. They could have had
an overweight Goonie doing the Truffle Shuffle and we'd have known it was Chunk
;)
There are no bosses in the game to beat. It would have been nice to be able to
fight Sloth over a tub of Rocky Road or something, but you're basically on a
scavenger hunt in this one. Sloth really doesn't even make an appearance in
this game...well, he kind of does...you'll see. Mama Fratelli's not even in
this.
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V. CONTROLS
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Up - Climb ladders; Enter doors
Down - Crouch down; Climb down ladders
Left - Move left
Right - Move right
A - Jump; Super Jump (w/ Spring Shoes in a certain spot)
B - Kick; Use Slingshot
Down + B - Place a Bomb
A then B - Jump kick
Start - Pause
Select - No known use
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VI. MAIN CHARACTERS
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MIKEY
-He's the man in this game. Armed with only his feet as weapons at the
beginning, he must single-handedly take on the Fratelli's and rescue his
kidnapped friends.
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VII. HIDDEN CHARACTERS
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Konami likes to import other Konami characters into their games, and this one is
no different. Here are some Konami characters as well as other hidden things I
have found:
KONAMI MAN
-This guy makes an appearance in Passageway Stage A. If you can find him, he
rewards you with 5000 points.
PEACE DUDE
-This guy appears in Stage 2. He's worth 5000 points if you grab him in time.
UFO
-The Unidentified Flying Object appears in Stage 5
RACCOON
-This little guy pops up in Passageway Stage B. Catch him and reel in 5000
points.
SLOTH
-He's located in Stage 6...at least it kind of looks like him.
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VIII. ENEMIES
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There are a bunch of different enemies in this game, but none are too strong to
defeat. Since this game has no bosses I wouldn't worry too much about the
enemies, but here are some of them:
MICE
-These come in several different colors and most give up bombs when defeated.
The white mouse gives you an invincibility cross instead.
THE FRATELLI BROTHERS
-These guys roam each of the stages and relentlessly pursue Mikey. They wear
suits and attack using guns or the ever-dangerous musical notes.
VAMPIRE
-This guy materializes in thin air and flies in a straight line. He can only be
defeated with bombs or the Sling Shot.
BATS
-More of a nuisance than anything. One of the Special Items makes you immune to
Bats.
SKELETONS
-These guys attack by either throwing their heads at you or throwing bones. A
certain Special Item will make you impervious to their bone attack.
FISH
-They jump out of the water in an arc pattern. Shoot or kick them to get a
bomb.
OCTOPUS
-These little guys appear in the later stages. You can also get bombs by
defeating them.
I might have missed a couple, but you probably don't care about this section
anyway :)
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IX. HOW TO ATTACK
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There are only 4 ways to attack and defeat enemies in this game:
KICKING
-This is the most basic attack and you start the game only being able to kick.
Simply hit the B Button to kick an enemy. You can also jump and kick in mid-
air.
BOMBING
-Not only can you use Bombs to blow open the skull doors, but you can blast
enemies with them as well. Timing is the trick. The blast from the exploding
bomb last a couple of seconds, so if the enemy hits the blast at any time, they
will get hit. Be careful though, as the Bombs can also kill you.
SLINGSHOT
-The Slingshot is a good long-range weapon. When you find the Slingshot (behind
a skull door) you will automatically be armed with it. You get 50 shots and
when you use them up you go back to just being able to kick. Use the Slingshot
to take out the Vampire when he appears.
INVINCIBILITY
-If you find a white mouse, defeat it and a Cross will appear. Grab it to
become invincible. Now you can run through any enemy and destroy it. You're
only invincible for about 10 seconds, so do as much damage as you can.
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X. ITEMS
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There are all kinds of surprises to find in this game. Some of them are easier
to find than others. Here is a somewhat complete list of the different items in
the game:
BOMBS
-You get these when defeating most enemies. You can then use them to either
bomb open the skull doors or to destroy enemies.
DIAMONDS
-These are hidden throughout the Stages of the game. They are hidden and can be
uncovered by jumping, kicking or ducking in particular spots. When you collect
8 Diamonds your life meter will be refilled automatically.
KEYS
-These are found behind the skull doors. You must find 3 of these in each Stage
to open the gate to the next Stage. Since it is random whether you will
discover a Key or a Goonie behind a particular skull door from one game to the
next, Keys will also be referred to simply as ITEMS.
GOONIES
-Your 6 buddies, like the Keys, are also found behind the skull doors. In each
Stage you must rescue a Goonie in addition to finding the 3 Keys in order to
move on to the next Stage. All the Goonies you find will look the same (like
Mikey), with the exception of the last one, which is female. If you find the
Secret Warp that lets you skip Stage 4, you will find a Goonie in the Warp area,
which makes up for the one that you will miss in the skipped stage.
CROSS
-If you see a white mouse, defeat it and it will leave behind a Cross. Grab it
to become invincible for a little while.
SLINGSHOT
-Behind certain skull doors will be Slingshots. You will get a limited number
of shots (50, displayed at the top of the screen) when you find this item and it
will be turned into your default weapon until you run out of ammo.
POTIONS
-Also behind some skull doors will be Potions. Grab them to increase your
energy level.
RING, NECKLACE & CROWN
-These are found behind skull doors only in the last stage. They give you a
whopping 8000 points a piece.
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XI. SPECIAL ITEMS
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There are 7 Special Items hidden throughout the game. To find them, you must
kick, jump, duck or move back and forth in certain spots to make a bag appear.
Inside the bag will be one of the Special Items. You do not need to find any of
these to finish the game, but they each make you invincible to certain hazards
or help you get to previously unreachable areas. They are automatically
equipped when you find them.
HEADPHONES
-These are found in Stage 1. They will make you impervious to the musical notes
shot at you from the Fratellis.
RAIN COAT
-Find this in Stage 2. This will protect you from the steam released from the
exhaust jets. It will also allow you to jump through waterfalls without getting
hurt.
HELMET
-This is located in Stage 3. Either this or the RAIN COAT protects you from
water drops falling from the ceiling. It also protects you from falling
stalactites.
FLAME SUIT
-Finding this will allow you to walk under the jets of flame in Stage 2 without
being damaged. Otherwise you would have to time it just right to make it under
the flame and risk getting scorched. You find this in Stage 1.
BACK PACK
-This Item is nifty because it allows Mikey to carry 2 bombs at once instead of
1. It is found in Stage 4.
RED SUIT
-This is also found in Stage 4. The Skeletons throw bones at you. If you are
wearing the Red Suit, the bones will not hurt you. I also believe this protects
you from Bats.
SPRING SHOES
-Find these in Stage 3. If you have these, you will be able to find a secret
warp in Stage 3 which brings you to Stage 5. They make you jump about 10 times
as high as normal, but you can only use them in this one spot.
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XII. SCORING
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There is a scoring system in this game. You get points for killing enemies and
finding items. You get an extra man when you score 50,000 points. You get
another one at 150,000. I'm not sure when you get another one.
Here are some point values for enemies and items:
Red Mouse..............................................100 points
Orange Mouse...........................................100 points
White Mouse............................................100 points + Cross
Fratelli Brothers......................................100 points
Vampire................................................500 points
Skeleton...............................................200 points
Skeleton Bones.........................................200 points
Skeleton Heads.........................................100 points
Bats...................................................200 points
Octopus................................................100 points
Fish...................................................100 points
Diamonds...............................................500 points
Rescuing a Goonie.....................................1000 points
Finding Peace Dude....................................5000 points
Finding Konami Man....................................5000 points
Finding UFO...........................................5000 points
Finding Raccoon.......................................5000 points
Finding Sloth.........................................5000 points
Ring..................................................8000 points
Necklace..............................................8000 points
Crown.................................................8000 points
Finishing the Game...................................50000 points
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XIII. WALKTHROUGH
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Alright, here's what you came for. In the walkthrough I will assume that you
have a bomb handy or know how to acquire them (by killing most enemies), so I
will just say, "Bomb the door" or whatever. Also, since every game has the
items randomly placed behind the different skull doors, this walkthrough will
lead you to the doors and will refer to the Key or Goonie simply as "ITEM" since
that will avoid any confusion. Have fun!
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STAGE 1
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Time Limit: 180 seconds
Special Items to Find: HEADPHONES, FLAME SUIT
Hidden Stuff: none
-You start the game by a skull door. Jump over the gap to the right and kick
the mouse to get a Bomb. Jump back over to the door and bomb it open to get the
first ITEM (Key or Goonie) of the stage.
-Fall down to the next level and stand beneath and a little to the right of the
door on the level above. Press the button to kick and a bag should appear in
the air above you. Grab it to acquire the HEADPHONES.
-Go right, climb the ladder back to the top level, then down the next ladder and
bomb the skull door for the second ITEM.
-Climb back up the ladder and head right until you come to the end of the
platform. Fall and hold left so you land in the small space below. Stand in
the middle and kick to reveal another bag. This one contains the FLAME SUIT.
-Jump over the gap to your right into another small space. Kick to reveal a
couple of Diamonds.
-Now fall down to the bottom level and bomb open the skull door to your left to
get the third ITEM.
-Walk all the way right and climb up the ladder. You'll find a Diamond here.
Climb up the next ladder and bomb the skull door in the corner to get the fourth
and final ITEM in Stage 1.
-Walk left and fall down to the bottom level. Go left and up the ladder, where
you will find more Diamonds. Head left and fall down to the bottom. Continue
all the way left to the exit to Stage 2.
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STAGE 2
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Time Limit: 360 Seconds
Special Items to Find: RAIN COAT
Hidden Stuff: PEACE DUDE
-You will begin this stage under a flame jet. If you got the FLAME SUIT in
Stage 1, none of these jets will harm you.
-Start by going left, across a gap and up a ladder to a skull door. Bomb it to
get your first ITEM.
-Climb back down the ladder then fall down to the bottom floor. Go right, jump
over the gap and go over to a ladder which leads up to a skull door in a small
room. Bomb the door for your second ITEM.
-Go down the ladder and go back left over the gap, up another ladder and
continue left to a ledge. Jump up to the area with a skull door and bomb it for
your third ITEM of the stage.
-Continue left and make your way down two ladders and over a gap to another
skull door. Bomb this for another ITEM. You may now have all the required
ITEMS to exit this stage, but there is more secret stuff you may want to find.
-Make your way up to the white skull at the top left corner of the screen and
enter it. You will come out in a blue room. There is a DIAMOND on the upper
right ledge in the room, but otherwise just go down to the bottom ladder to
enter another section of the stage.
-From the ladder, go right and stand to the right of the ladder directly
underneath the center of the platform above you. Now duck down and the PEACE
DUDE will appear. If you grab him quickly he's worth 5000 points, but if he
disappears you only get 1000.
-Now go back left and keep going until you reach a skull door. Bomb it for the
ITEM. Climb down the ladder and then climb up the next ladder to the left to a
platform with a flame jet above it. Stand on the very left edge of this
platform and duck down to make a bag appear. Grab it to get the RAIN COAT.
-Jump to the left and bomb the skull door for another ITEM.
-Now head back to the right, fall down to the bottom level, and go all the way
right to the end where a skull door is. Bomb it for an ITEM (it will probably
be the Sling Shot...if not, you might have gotten it already).
-Go back left. There is a DIAMOND in the small room in the center of the
screen. Otherwise, make your way up to the ladder at the top of the screen
(above the small room with the DIAMOND) to go back up to the previous area.
-Go up and enter the white skull to go back to the beginning of the stage.
-Now go ALL THE WAY to the right, staying on the upper level and enter the white
skull at the upper right corner of the level.
-You're in the last room of the stage. Make your way down to the lock to enter
Passageway Stage A.
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PASSAGEWAY STAGE A
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Time Limit: 110 Seconds
Special Items to Find: None
Hidden Stuff: KONAMI MAN
-This area is basically just an area connecting Stage 2 to Stage 3.
-Walk down the ledges to the left. If you want to find about 3 DIAMONDS, take
the upper path left. If you don't need them, take the lower path.
-I recommend skipping the DIAMONDS, but if you really want them, take the upper
path all the way up and to the left, then kick (or shoot the Sling Shot) to make
them appear.
-When you take the bottom path, head all the way left to the vine going down,
but don't climb down it yet. Instead, go back to the right a bit and KONAMI MAN
will appear! He will fly at you and is worth 5000 points. Now you can go down
the vine.
-This next small area is filled with enemies...and DIAMONDS. If you move
through it slowly you can kill the enemies and back-track for the DIAMONDS. You
can also just head for the exit, the vine on the lower right. This will bring
you to Stage 3.
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STAGE 3
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Time Limit: 420 Seconds
Special Items to Find: HELMET, SPRING SHOES
Hidden Stuff: WARP ZONE
-From the start of this stage, go down the ladder to the left and enter the
white skull.
-When you come out, climb the ladder and go left, jumping over to a long ladder
going up. Climb the ladder and bomb the skull door on the platform to your
right for the first ITEM.
-Jump off the platform to the right and continue right, jumping over a couple
long gaps, until you reach a ladder. Climb it and bomb the skull door at the
top for your second ITEM.
-Jump to the left and head back, over the 2 gaps, to the white skull, back to
the beginning of the stage.
-From the white skull, climb up the 2 ladders and go right until you get to
another ladder, and climb it.
-Climb the ladder and bomb the skull door for your third ITEM.
-Go right and climb the long ladder up to the white skull and enter it.
-Now go left, down a ladder, left, and down another ladder. Walk left to the
dead end where you will be standing on a metal pipe. Move back and forth on the
pipe and a bag will appear. Inside the bag is the HELMET.
-Go right, up the ladder and head to the right where you will find another skull
door in the lower right corner. Bomb it for your fifth ITEM.
-Head up the ladder from the skull door and all the way left until you see the
ladder leading up to the white skull. Climb the ladder and go right, into the
skull.
-From the skull, go down the long ladder, then down the ladder right beneath it
to the next area.
-Go down this one, then down another one to the skull door, where you'll get the
sixth ITEM of the stage.
-Climb the ladder from the skull door and head right. Go over the gap and down
a ladder to another ladder leading to the next area.
-After you go down the long ladder, climb up to the skull door and bomb it for
another ITEM.
-From this skull door, fall or climb down the ladder and go left until you reach
a ladder going down to an area with an exhaust pipe blowing steam. Climb down
there and walk back and forth in the small area to make a bag appear. Inside
the bag are the SPRING SHOES!
-Now you have a choice to make. Since you have the SPRING SHOES you can find
the SECRET WARP to Stage 5, but you will miss out on finding the RED SUIT and
BACK PACK in Stage 4. It's up to you. I will present both scenarios below.
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TO THE SECRET WARP
If you want to skip Stage 4 and go directly to Stage 5, do the following:
-From where you found the SPRING SHOES, climb the short ladder and go all the
way right until you see a ladder on the ground floor going down. Take it down
to the next area.
-You will now have to climb down a really long ladder. Now what do you do? For
some reason your SPRING SHOES only work in this area of the game, so use them to
jump up the cliff to your left.
-Continue left, then down to a ladder. This ladder will lead to a skull door.
Bomb it open to rescue a Goonie then fall down to the ladder below, which leads
to Stage 5.
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If you don't want to warp and want to progress through the game normally, do the
following:
-From where you got the SPRING SHOES, climb up the ladder and up the next ladder
to your right, so you are at the top level. Go all the way left, over a couple
of gaps, and you will reach the last skull door of the level. Bomb it to get
the ITEM.
-Now go back right, fall into the first gap you reach, and go back left until
you reach the ladder that leads down to the locked door. Enter to move on to
Stage 4.
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STAGE 4
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Time Limit: 500 Seconds
Special Items to Find: RED SUIT, BACK PACK
Hidden Stuff: none
-You start this stage by falling from the top of the screen. Immediately hold
right as you are falling to land on the ledge next to a rock masher. Move up
and right to the skull door and bomb it for your first ITEM.
-Go left, past the 2 rock mashers, and continue left on the upper part of the
level until you reach a white skull. Enter it.
-You will see a skull door at the bottom right. Ignore it for now and go left
over a bunch of long gaps until you reach a skull door. Bomb it open for the
ITEM.
-Continue left until you are standing on a dead end ledge. Stand in the middle,
duck down and press the fire button (if you have a bomb you might want to get
rid of it first, as the explosion might kill you in this small area). A bag
will appear above you. It contains the RED SUIT.
-Now go all the way back to the right and bomb the skull door you ignored
earlier to get your third ITEM of the stage. Climb up the vines and enter the
white skull again.
-See that vine at the bottom of the screen leading down? You want to get there.
From the white skull, fall off the right ledge and go left to the rock masher.
The only time these can hurt you is if you are directly under one, so fall down
past it and run to the left to the vine going down.
-Climb down the vine and head right, past the masher and up the cliffs to a dead
end. While facing the wall, crouch and press the fire button and another bag
will appear, this one containing the BACK PACK. Now you can carry 2 bombs at
once!
-Go back left, jump over the gap, and climb a vine to reach the skull door
containing your fourth ITEM.
-From here, jump over to the vine on the left and climb it to the next area.
Ignore the skull door right above you for now. Climb the vine then climb
another one up to the next area. Go left and climb the first vine you see, then
continue left to a skull door where you'll get another ITEM.
-Go back to the right and climb up a vine to enter the white skull. You will be
in an area like the beginning of the stage. There are skull doors to the right
and left, which will probably give you a POTION and SLING SHOT. Get them and
return to the white skull where you entered this area.
-From the white skull, work your way down to the vine at the bottom right of the
screen and go down it. Now you can go left over to the skull door and get your
last ITEM of the level.
-Go down the vine under the skull door to the next level down. Climb the vine
down and walk along the bottom level to the right, where you will unlock the
door to Passageway Stage B.
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PASSAGEWAY STAGE B
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Time Limit: 90 Seconds
Special Items to Find: none
Hidden Stuff: RACCOON
-You also enter this Passageway Stage in a free fall. Hold right on the
controller to land on the ledge, then go to the area to the right to find some
DIAMONDS.
-If you go to the area left of where you landed to start this area, climb up the
steps to the left wall and the RACCOON will appear. Snag him quickly for a cool
5000 points.
-To exit to Stage 5, simply go all the way right and down the vine.
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STAGE 5
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Time Limit: 450 Seconds
Special Items to Find: none
Hidden Stuff: UFO
-Alright, you either got here from the Warp Zone in Stage 3 or you progressed
normally through the game and just went through Passageway Stage B to arrive
here. The only difference is that each of the 2 ways to get here start you out
in different sections of Stage 5. I will begin this section of the walkthrough
from the area you start in if you DID NOT warp here, but it is not that far from
the area you start in if you did warp here from Stage 3, SO I will quickly guide
Mikey to that spot in the next paragraph so that everyone will be at the same
starting point.
-So, if you came here from Passageway Stage B, Mikey lands to the right of a
waterfall. Start by going right, past another waterfall, until you see a really
long vine leading up to the next area. Climb up. Now go up the next vine to
the ledge with the skull door, but ignore it for now. Go right past the
waterfall and continue all the way to a dead end with a skull door on it.
THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE BEGUN THIS LEVEL IF YOU WARPED HERE FROM STAGE 3.
-Bomb open the skull door for your first ITEM.
-After getting the ITEM, stand on the middle of the platform to your left (it's
over the water), face left, and kick (or fire your Sling Shot). A UFO will
appear. Quickly grab it for 5000 points.
-Now go left until you reach another skull door to the left of a waterfall and
bomb it for the second ITEM.
-Quickly climb down the short vine below you then down the vine leading to the
next area below you. Climb all the way down this vine and go right to the skull
door for your third ITEM.
-Climb back up the long vine to the next area again, then climb up the 2 vines
to the top of the area and go left to the white skull and enter it.
-From the skull, walk right until you reach a skull door and bomb it for your
fourth ITEM of the stage.
-Keep going right and you will eventually reach another skull door at the bottom
of a vine, where you will get the fifth ITEM.
-Now climb the vine and head all the way back to the left to the white skull and
enter it. From the skull, climb down the vine and go right past the waterfall
and down a vine to the next area.
-In this area head all the way to the left and you will reach a white skull and
a skull door. Get the ITEM from the skull door then enter the white skull.
-From the skull, go right over a couple water holes, then up the vine to a skull
door containing another ITEM.
-Now head left on the upper level all the way until you get to the skull door
containing the last ITEM of the stage.
-Climb the vine back up to the top and go right until you see the white skull at
the bottom. Enter it.
-From the skull, climb the vine and start going right. Walk on the middle
platform when you get the chance and keep going right until you can jump over to
the key hole leading to Passageway Stage C.
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PASSAGEWAY STAGE C
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Time Limit: 90 Seconds
Special Items to Find: none
Hidden Stuff: none
-This is the easiest of the Passageways.
-Start by walking down some steps, collecting DIAMONDS along the way.
-Go right, then up the vine. If you want more DIAMONDS, fall off the left of
the platform and walk around to make some appear. Otherwise, enter the white
skull to enter Stage 6, The Final Stage.
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STAGE 6
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Time Limit: 120 Seconds
Special Items to Find: none
Hidden Stuff: Sloth?
-This is it, you're at One-Eyed Willy's pirate ship!
-Your goal here is to find the last Goonie behind one of the skull doors. The
other skull doors have treasures worth 8000 points each, but all you really need
to do is find the Goonie to complete the stage and finish the game.
-Below is a map to the pirate ship. The last Goonie is randomly placed behind
one of the skull doors (marked 1, 2, 3 and 4). Try each door in the order they
are marked, as this is the quickest way through the ship. There is not much
time, so hurry. Also, there is a hidden character in this stage that kind of
resembles Sloth, except his eyes are in the right place. This probably isn't
even Sloth, but to find him stand on the platform to the left of skull door #4
and fire. Sloth will appear and is worth 5000 points.
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/ |
/| / |
/ | / |
/ | /____|
/___| |
| | _____________
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_______ START | _ | / _ |
\ | |_____ ____ ___|__ _____________ _________________|3||/______ ___|2|__|
\ | H | | H H /
\ | H _ | ** _| H H /
\|________H_|1|__ __|_____ __|4|___H____________ _____ __ ____H______/
\ | H H | H /
\ |____________H_ ____________________ H | H _______/
\_______________|_______|____________________|__H__|__H____|______/
1-1st Door to enter
2-2nd Door to enter
3-3rd Door to enter
4-4th Door to enter
**-Sloth
H-These are ladders
-If you can't figure it out, from the START go down the ladder to skull door #1.
Go down the next ladder, all the way right and up another ladder. Go right to
the next ladder going up to skull door #2. Go back down the ladder and all the
way left to the next ladder going up, then go left to skull door #3. Go all the
way left, fall down the gap and stand on the platform you land on and press the
fire button to make Sloth appear. Now jump over to skull door #4.
-You will see a brief ending scene and the game will start you back in Stage 1
with no Special Items and faster enemies, but your score will remain intact.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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XIV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Q: I read through your walkthrough and saw that there are a bunch of Special
Items to find, like the Flame Suit and Spring Shoes. I played through the game
a couple of years ago and beat it, but I never found any of these. Was I
playing a different game?
A: It's weird, the same thing happened to me. I had originally played through
this game a few years ago without finding a single Special Item, yet I didn't
have much of a problem finishing the game. When I decided to write a quick
walkthrough I just happened to let the title screen stay on and a game demo
started. Out of curiousity I watched it and it showed Mikey finding a Special
Item in the 1st Stage! I then wondered if there were more Items like this
hidden, and to my surprise there were, and I managed to track down all of them.
They are not necessary to find, but they are fun to discover and definitely make
things easier.
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Q: I found the Spring Shoes but I can't get them to work.
A: The Spring Shoes are automatically activated in the Warp area in Stage 3.
This is the only place in the game I found where they are used. If you try
going to this area without the Shoes, you will only have your normal jumping
ability.
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Q: Who is Konami Man?
A: I know he appeared in the Famicom game Konami World as a playable character
(along with Konami Girl and several other Konami characters). He also shows up
to help in Goonies II. Otherwise, I'm not sure if he has his own Famicom game
or if he just makes guest appearances in other games.
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Q: Are there any 1-Ups hidden anywhere?
A: As far as I know, no. The only way I could get an extra man was to get
50,000 points. They might be hidden somewhere, but I couldn't find them.
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Q: Why isn't Sloth in this game?
A: He really should be, shouldn't he. I don't even think he was in Goonies II
either. I don't want to give it away, but he kind of appears in the last
stage...sort of.
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Q: When I beat the game, it starts over at Stage 1. What happens if you go
through it again?
A: I don't know. When/If I find out, it will give me a reason to update this
FAQ/Walkthrough. I bet nothing changes though. This game came out in 1986, so
we should feel lucky that it even has 1 ending.
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Q: What happens if I don't rescue the Goonie in the Warp Area in Stage 3? Will
I still get to see the ending screen with only 5 Goonies rescued?
A: Good question. Next time I play through I'll try it and update the FAQ with
the results,
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XV. ODD FACTS
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-Most of the characters from the movie Goonies went on to bigger and better
things. One notable exception was Chunk, played by Jeff Cohen. I'm not sure
what he is doing right now in 2000, but the last I heard of him was that he was
President of the University of California at Berkeley student union in 95-96.
-Sloth, the deformed Fratelli brother kept chained up in the basement, was named
Lotney Fratelli in the movie, though he is only called Sloth. The actor that
played him, former Oakland Raider John Matuszak, died of a heart attack in 1989.
-Sean Astin, who plays Mikey in The Goonies, will be co-starring in J.R.R.
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. He'll be playing Sam Gamgee.
-There was a scene cut from the movie (though some people swear they saw it in
the theaters) where an Octopus appears in the waters outside of One-Eyed-Willy's
ship. The octopus is in the novel and Data even mentions an Octopus at the end
of the movie, but as far as I know it never made it to the big screen.
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XVI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Konami - For making a cool game, though it only came out in Japan.
Dallas - Thanks for the ascii art.
The Ultimate Goonies Page at http://members.theglobe.com/slothaj/ultimatej.html
- helped me with the names of the Goonies and some other info I didn't really
need.
Sloth - For being such a wretched...thing
Myself - I'm probably the only person who's ever going to read this thing, I
might as well throw in a good word for me!
By the way, if anybody finds anything wrong with this FAQ/Walkthrough or has any
info to add to it, please send it my way at adamant@bigfoot.com. I will credit
you in this here Acknowledgement (you just know that word has been used in a
spelling bee) section...just let me know if you want to be before or after
Sloth.
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XVII. DISCLAIMER
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This walkthrough is not endorsed by Konami, Warner Bros. Inc., Nintendo of
America or Nintendo of Japan. The information contained within this document is
provided without guarantee. All copyrights and trademarks are recognized.
This walkthrough may be reprinted, posted in newsgroups, or placed on web sites,
as long as the proper credit is given to the author. The most recent version of
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(c)2000 Adam Lamontagne (adamant@bigfoot.com)