Animaniacs (Genesis): Scene 2: Space Trucking
13The second stage of this game is for a Sci-Fi movie: Sta- I mean SPACE Wars!
Wakko is a big fan of this film! Yakko also loved its big plot twist! Dot suggested that they should find and add Dume Raydar's helmet to their hip pop-culture shop.
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The first few seconds of this game already leave an impression for Konami fans. You get to ride on Gradius' Vic Viper! Until it gets blown up.
The music here is also starting to get more hard than you'd think this game would have!
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You can go ahead on through an more-indoors section of this "Act 1", but you should try to check the higher floors for some extras.
After you have Dot blow a kiss at Buttons to keep him still (where's Mindy?), you can go further to the left for a bit of a minigame for an extra life. Hit one of those treasure chests for it, but whether or not you get the extra life, the other two chests will vanish.
To the far-left all will be two rows of 4 numbers. Remember those numbers for a different minigame on the other side where you have to hit switches in a certain order
If the order follows the blue circle, it will give you a lot of stars, and also Rita the Cat and Skippy Squirrel will fall out. Follow the order with the red X, and it will rain a bunch of bombs on you. Hit the switches in neither order, and you'll just get a single star.
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Between that is the more-indoors section. You can either take a shortcut above the main entrance, or take a slow, laser-filled ride in by one of the pigeons.
You may need to use some crates to make certain jumps, here.
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In a "faux-Act 2" of sorts, the next section has you outrun exploding platforms. It is here where you can also reach that other switch minigame I was talkabout before.
From there, you can reach a blue screen that will display a huge dogfight in the background while you're "fighting Ralph". You can't actually beat him here. Just stall him out until he gets knocked away by a meteor.
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"Act 3" has its own amazing music and the scenery changes completely, and its full of even more crate puzzles.
Here, you can eventually run into *HELLOOOOOOOOO NURSE!*
If you get close to her as Yakko or Wakko, they'll stop to whistle at her (who wouldn't?). You'll need to switch to Dot stop this and not waste more time.
Dr. Scratchansniff is also nearby the Nurse. Get too close to him and he'll pull you in with a boring lecture while also draining your Stars.
The last section of this "Act 3" is also completely different and uses the same robo walker from Scene 1. A case of prop reuse? Maybe! You use this to cross over fire!
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During "Act 3", Ralph will try to climb up to reach you. A more expressive version of this makes up his boss fight here where you will also have to move through hazards on your way up.
To beat Ralph here, you have to hit him with Yakko's paddleball at the very top when he's stomping to make stage lights fall on you. Hit him once and you'll give him a taste of his own medicine.
And then you can finally get your prize: Dume Rayder's helmet!