Neuromancer
Member
Is the
haunted castle the graveyard level in the jungle?
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Spelunky |OT| With Fate Guiding My Every Move
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Uhhh, the last gift the shortcut guy wants is a gold key... so I have to get a gold key from the first area and make my way all the way through to end of the ice caves with it?
Seriously?! D:
Seriously?! D:
Yes, but then find and bomb the gravestone with a crown on it, then bomb the area where skeleton lies underneath that to open the castle entrance.
Neuromancer
Member
Interesting, thanks!
it's under the skeleton kings grave. You'll have to use bombs or pick ax
Late by a mile
Neuromancer
Member
What's the easiest/best way to get a shotgun? I need to pay Tunnel Man and believe it or not I have yet to find or be able to afford one.
Need the tunnel to the ice caves, jungle sucks! Those damn tiki statues are brutal.
Need the tunnel to the ice caves, jungle sucks! Those damn tiki statues are brutal.
Kill the shopkeeper or
blow up the gravestone with the name Ash on it
I'm still missing 3 places in my journal. I've been to
all 4 levels, the blackmarket, the worm and the haunted castle
JPBrowncoat
Member
Woo! I unlocked the shortcut to the fourth world! Some many deaths. Damn this game is satisfying. Loving it.
Neuromancer
Member
Just keep playing. Be as slow and cautious as possible bearing in mind the time limit.
If I can do it almost anyone can!
Ok thanks, what's the best/safest way to kill the shopkeeper? I've only ever done it by accident (rolling boulder.)
City of Gold, Hell, and one I don't know about yet
Also, nothing like entering a stage, hearing explosions and then seeing "new character unlocked" :lol
rohlfinator
Member
Safest is probably the machete. Just repeatedly whack him with it, he'll be stunned too much to fight back.
Otherwise, I've had pretty good luck by aggro-ing him, then getting up above him and jumping down on his head as he runs past. You have to quickly grab his shotgun and kill him with it, because the stun doesn't last long.
The Wizard
Member
If the shopkeeper has a freeze ray or shotgun for sale you can just pick that up and blast him with it. Otherwise try to find something that to throw at or stun him and keep doing it until he dies.
If you have no items to attack him with you can always try to shoot up a rope, climb on top and then drop a bomb on him. Even if the explosion doesn't him him you can usually jump on his head and grab his shotgun if you're quick.
If you have no items to attack him with you can always try to shoot up a rope, climb on top and then drop a bomb on him. Even if the explosion doesn't him him you can usually jump on his head and grab his shotgun if you're quick.
MasterLeePhD
Member
I finally unlocked
after about 40 tries. Those worm levels are hard as nails. Now, back to the main game.
Super Meat boy
Incendiary
Banned
First time I used the teleporter
it actually put me in the middle of a wall and killed me.
timetokill
Banned
Just point in a direction when you use the teleporter and make sure there's some open space.
It's "mostly" safe. I use it to get through walls all the time! I've used it dozens of times and only died once from it.
It's "mostly" safe. I use it to get through walls all the time! I've used it dozens of times and only died once from it.
That I have no idea lol
OldJadedGamer
Banned
How old is your Xbox?
Yeah, the game red-ringed my 360. A couple of restarts fixed it and it runs fine on all my other games. Weird.
Attacks shopkeepers and dies very quickly.
HadesGigas
Member
Jump around attacking and picking up anything it can, and usually getting itself killed. If you babysit it a bit it can be useful, but make sure you keep it away from shops, it doesn't believe in paying for anything.
rohlfinator
Member
I bought that guy once. Never again.
JPBrowncoat
Member
I actually found a shop that sold two of those dudes! Bought both and they both died to a shopkeeper in the next level that they stole from. Agreed. Never again.
Incendiary
Banned
The only time I bought a guy from a store, I immediately grabbed him and carried him a screen over to sacrifice to Kali.
HadesGigas
Member
Andy Hull has said on his formspring that the AI partners stealing things is a bug and should be fixed when they put out a title update.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
One more gift to the tunnel guy and ice caves here we come!!
hah, I creeped around his formspring a bit and it says there are "some plans" for DLC. great news.
it can stun humanoids and the ghost. possibly other stuff!
Neuromancer
Member
What the fuck guys. I was in the
.
haunted castle, broke open the coffin and no one was in it
played too much Trials and VF over the weekend and not enough Spelunky!
looking forward to getting back to it in the morning. ive only been to the Ice Caves once and that was on day 1 for all of 5 seconds. getting a lot better at Jungle now though.
this game is really fantastic.
looking forward to getting back to it in the morning. ive only been to the Ice Caves once and that was on day 1 for all of 5 seconds. getting a lot better at Jungle now though.
this game is really fantastic.
MasterLeePhD
Member
Love this game but only have a couple of people on my friends list that own it. Add me (Master Lee PhD) so we can get some competitive fun going on the leaderboards. ^_^
Hadn't even heard of this before I read the GameCentral review earlier, sounds ace, can't wait to try the demo!
rohlfinator
Member
Re: camera:
It also insta-kills bats (and at least one much tougher enemy), stuns some smaller enemies, and breaks spider strings.
Was able to *just* make delivery of the golden key to open up the final shortcut - it was a very close final Ice Cave level - one life left, mines blocking my way to the exit, an awkwardly places land mass above me, and aliens messing around of jumping pads right where I needed to go. With one rope, I made the jump. What a rush!
Now, if I could only get past that final level... :-/ I get the main strategy, but it is the generated 'side-issues' that get me every time!
Emerson
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A couple years. But like I said I have no other problems.
I've figured that it seems to be about communicating with Live. If I unplug my wireless receiver or sign out of my profile the game will always load (and the white screen with the dragon ring thing doesn't even come up) and I can then sign into Live and play.
Weltall Zero
Member
Oh boy. I'm totally addicted to the PC version. Somebody help.
I had heard of Spelunky for a LOT of time, but it was ironically not until the X360 version was announced that I became aware that the PC version was free. I downloaded it a couple of days back, and... it's pure, unadulterated heroin. I'm in love.
I really don't want to spend 12 in a Live Arcade game (I'm trying to phase out my 360 in favor of my PS3 and PC), but at this point I think it'll be inevitable that I bite. Only thing I can do is try to wait to see if a PS3 or Steam version is announced...
I had heard of Spelunky for a LOT of time, but it was ironically not until the X360 version was announced that I became aware that the PC version was free. I downloaded it a couple of days back, and... it's pure, unadulterated heroin. I'm in love.
I really don't want to spend 12 in a Live Arcade game (I'm trying to phase out my 360 in favor of my PS3 and PC), but at this point I think it'll be inevitable that I bite. Only thing I can do is try to wait to see if a PS3 or Steam version is announced...
Anybody have anything on this? I have the same issue with a TE and a qanba fusion. Might try changing controllers after game launch but I assume it'd act wonky.
Bummer if we can't.
edit: the fact a fight pad behaves the same is weird. can't decide if that's helps drill it down or makes it more confusing.
Narpas Sword0
Member
What about the guy guarding the vaults triggering shopkeeper Agro, making the chests he protects worthless?
HadesGigas
Member
hillsighed
Member
Same thing happened to me the first time I went in the haunted castle and opened the coffin. Turns out I squished the unlockable character against the wall the millisecond he popped out with the shield I took from the knight. I killed the unlockable character so fast it didn't even register that I'd unlocked him.
timetokill
Banned
I did it! I beat the last level! 
Hurrah.
Hurrah.Yeah that's gotta be a bug, I don't even go near that guy unless I already accidentally killed the shopkeeper earlier.