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NiGHTS Into Dreams... – FAQ/Walkthrough
FAQ/Walkthrough by STowle
Version: 1.51t | Updated: 01/24/97
The NiGHTS Players Guide/FAQ Version 1.51t By Steve Towle (email@example.com) and Dustin Cushman (email@example.com) Last edited: Jan. 24th, 1997 ------------------------------------------ Correct Text Viewing Test 1: Make sure everything lines up 123456789/*-+/WWWW@@@iii abcdefghiJKLMNO)(*&#$%!~ The Other Test: Make Sure This line doesn't wrap: .........1.........2.........3.........4.........5.........6.........7...... If one of the 2 tests are bad, this FAQ will look like crap. =) ------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: This guide is for the use of people who play Nights into Dreams by Sega. The author of this guide (and all contributors) can in no way be responsible for anything you do after reading this guide. This guide guarantees *nothing* at all. All of the information in this guide could be complete crap. You decide. Trademarks: NiGHTS into Dreams and Saturn are trademark Sega, 1996. NOTE: If a trademark isn't here please email me so it can be added. All trademarks (shown and not shown) are acknowledged. Copyright: The NiGHTS Player's Guide is Copyright 1996 by Steve Towle and Dustin Cushman. All rights reserved. You are granted the following rights: I. To make copies of this FAQ in original form, as long as (a) the copies are complete and are unaltered by anyone other than Steve Towle and Dustin Cushman (b) the copies are in electronic form (c) they give credit to the authors, Steve Towle and Dustin Cushman. II To distribute this work, under the provisions above, as long as (a) the copies are complete and are unaltered by anyone other than Steve Towle and Dustin Cushman (b) no fee is charged (c) they give credit to the authors, Steve Towle and Dustin Cushman, in any description (d) the distributed form is not in an electronic magazine or within computer software (e) the distributed form is the newest version of the FAQ (email the authors to find the latest version) (f) the distributed form is electronic. You may NOT distribute this in *any* non-electronic media. You may NOT distribute this guide in any electronic magazine. You may NOT distribute this guide within computer software. NOTE: These rights are temporary, and may be revoked upon written, oral, or other notice by Steve Towle or Dustin Cushman. If you wish to distribute this guide within a magazine or electronic magazine, or a piece of software, get in touch with the authors. NOTE: Yes, I know this copyright is long-winded. Better than the alternative. Contents: [1] Introduction to the NiGHTS Players Guide/FAQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1-1] Forward by the author [1-2] About the NiGHTS Player's Guide/FAQ [1-3] Where to get the NiGHTS Player's Guide/FAQ [1-4] Submitting stuff to the NiGHTS Player's Guide/FAQ [1-5] Acknowlegements [2] NiGHTS -- The Game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [2-1] Where do I get NiGHTS? [2-2] Where to people discuss NiGHTS? [2-3] Are there any NiGHTS WWW pages? [2-4] The story so far... [2-5] Just what the heck am I to do in this game? [2-6] How do I control this crazy game? [2-7] The screen [2-7-1] Stuck in the middle of a menu... [2-8] Ending a course/dream [3] Game Moves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [3-1] Paralooping [3-2] Dashing [3-3] Jump, Double Jump, Triple Jump [3-4] Grabbing [3-5] Stunting [4] Items ~~~~~~~~~ [4-1] Chips [4-2] Rings [4-3] Stars [4-4] Power Ring [4-5] Super Paraloop [4-6] All Dash [4-7] Nightopian Helper [4-8] Ideya [5] Monsters ~~~~~~~~~~~~ [5-1] General [5-2] Hollow [5-3] Shleep [5-4] Verol [5-5] Kickle [5-6] Party [5-7] Gao [5-8] Crewle and Pole [5-9] Snip [5-10] That Damn Egg Clock [6] Nightmares ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [6-1] Puffy [6-2] Gilliwig [6-3] Clawz [6-4] Gulpo [6-5] Reala [6-6] Jackle [6-7] Wizeman [7] Help -- I have no clue! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [7-1] General help on courses [7-2] General help on Nightmares [7-3] Scoring Breakdown [8] Help -- Course by Course ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [8-1-1] Spring Valley -- Course 1 [8-1-2] Course 2 [8-1-3] Course 3 [8-1-4] Course 4 [8-2-1] Splash Gardern -- Course 1 [8-2-2] Course 2 [8-2-3] Course 3 [8-2-4] Course 4 [8-3-1] Frozen Bell -- Course 1 [8-3-2] Course 2 [8-3-3] Course 3 [8-3-4] Course 4 [8-4-1] Mystic Forest -- Course 1 [8-4-2] Course 2 [8-4-3] Course 3 [8-4-4] Course 4 [8-5-1] Soft Museum -- Course 1 [8-5-2] Course 2 [8-5-3] Course 3 [8-5-4] Course 4 [8-6-1] Stick Canyon -- Course 1 [8-6-2] Course 2 [8-6-3] Course 3 [8-6-4] Course 4 [8-7-1] Twin Seeds -- Course 1 [8-7-2] Course 2 [8-7-3] Course 3 [8-7-4] Course 4 [9] Stupid Pet Tricks (a.k.a Bugs and hidden features you can use) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [9-1] Slide, Slide Along [9-2] What's That Sound? [9-3] Link record of 369 where you can't grab 369 objects [9-4] The A-Life Program [9-5] Raincheck on item #A34567 [9-6] The Cheat Code -- Doesn't Exist [9-7] Bugs That Wern't Found By Those Paid At SOA *** Individual Stupid Pet Tricks are listed in each course *** [10] Outro ~~~~ [10-1] The end... [Appendix A] Christmas NiGHTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [A-1] Um.... Christmas NiGHTS... What is it? [A-2] Where can I snag a copy? [A-3] I already own NiGHTS. Why buy this? (ALSO: What's new and what isn't) [A-4] Course Walkthroughs *** NOTE *** The level is based on Spring Valley.. While Claris's map is the same, Elliot's is not *** NOTE *** [A-4-1] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 1 [A-4-2] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 2 [A-4-3] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 3 [A-4-4] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 4 [A-5] Presents You Won't Find Under The Tree [A-5-1] History Of A Nonexistant -- The NiGHTS Museum [A-5-2] Drunk In A Japanese Bar -- Karaoke Mode [A-5-3] Not In Your Local Stores -- NiGHTS Goods [A-5-4] Worse Than A Godzilla Movie -- Link Attack [A-5-5] It's Only Abdundant When It Hurts -- Time Attack [A-5-6] Live From The Tokyo Toy Show -- Movie #1 [A-5-7] Their Summer Special -- Movie #2 [A-5-8] Banging Out Hits -- The Melody Box [A-5-9] We Farm Them Like Llamas -- The Nightopian Collection [A-5-10] When The Mood Is Right But The Time Isn't -- Instant Christmas [A-5-11] These Burgers Are The Other Blue Meat -- Sonic The Hedgehog Into Dreams [A-5-12] NiGHTS Ganked My Ideyas! -- Reala Flights Inc. [A-6] Special Dates In History Part One: Intro [1-1] A forward from the author This looks like this is going to be the final version of this FAQ/Player's Guide. I have finally put in the Christmas NiGHTS info into this document, and unless Sega feels like pulling some weird thing out of their hats, this is it. I also got off my lazy butt and did a text version. Texting a HTML doc is harder than the other way around. =(. Until next time, enjoy the NiGHTS.... -Dipper [1-2] About the NiGHTS Playing Guide/FAQ This was done out of the spare time of the two of us, and we don't know everything. If you also know of another Player's Guide (I know, this looks like an FAQ), for the sake of redunancy, I would also like to know. If you have anything to add, please see the outro section, expecially if you can answer one of my unanswered questions. The reason that I wrote this was because I felt the other ones out there were really thin on information. Mostly to help people through the japanese in the game manual. This game deserved better. So with my wealth of knowledge (heh) I contacted Dustin, who had written one his site and co-authered another one. He's had a part in 3 of these documents, you would think he knew everything. Oh well. [1-3] Where to get the NiGHTS Player's Guide/FAQ The NiGHTS HTML FAQ is mirrored at: http://www.erols.com/rdustin/saturn/saturn.html http://www.sega-saturn.com http://shell.idt.net/~edlc19/saturn.htm http://www.infinet.com/~keichena/qframe.htm It will also be anywhere I run a page. Right now, that's nowhere. The NiGHTS TXT FAQ is mirrored at: http://www.gamefaqs.com (pending posting) Again, this will also be anywhere I run a page. If you have any other places where this guide is avabile, or that you would like to tell me about someplace that could use it, or you want to make a text version, contact one of us and we'll add it. It is on no FTP, BBS, or UseNet sites that I know up. Now that NiGHTS is one of Sega's flagship games now (and about the only non-arcade one =( ), this guide will be posted on a monthly basis to rec.games.video.sega. [1-4] Submitting stuff to the NiGHTS Player's Guide/FAQ: Submit: New stragities Map walkthroughs that are either easier or more rewarding Answers to questions Anything that I missed that you feel prudent (catch-all here) If you want to say how good of a job we did, great. If you have some constructive critictism, great. If you think this blows shit, whatever. Just E-Mail us your thoughts. [1-5] Acknowlegements Well, other than Dustin and myself, there's other people. If there's anyone else that helped, they will be listed at that section. Well, almost. If there is anyone else, they go here, and if I missed you, E-Mail me again. Part 2: Basic Stuff [2-1] Where can I get NiGHTS? Hmmm..... Any self-respected national software store would carry it (Babbages, Software Etc. Eletronics Boutique), along with the bigger toy store chains (Kay-Bee, Toys R Us). Your local rental store, or your local video game shop could also carry it. Remember, it comes in two flavers: With the analog stick and without. The one with the analog stick sold for 60, the one without went for 50 dollars, and with their Sega's price cuts in software, you can slash those prices 10-20 dollars. It's about the only software Sega is putting some marketing muscle into, so if they have anything, this would be it. Even Blockbuster (aka PS-X Rentals To Go =) carries it. [2-2] Where can I discuss NiGHTS? Your best bets would probably be the newsgroup rec.games.video.sega, and the #sega channel on IRC (EFNet and Undernet). If there are any other forums of discussion, informing me of them would be nice. [2-3] Are there any other NiGHTS WWW pages? If you do know of another one, send it for completeness/redunant sake. Wait, I got some. But the HTML to TXT convertor blew away the links! Bah! The first 2 were at Dave's Saturn Page (http://www.sega-saturn.com), the 3rd was at SOA's page (http://www.sega.com) and the last one was at SOJ's page (http://www.sega.co.jp). But I forgot the rest, doh. XL3R2's Guide to NiGHTS -- This is NiGHTS. He's dreamy [I can't believe you said that. -ed] Cool site, very graphics intensive (opposed to this very text-heavy page), and it has frames, beware. Hey, it's readable at 800*600*256, respect that. NiGHTS Stragety Guide -- Yeah, it's the stragety guide some think I ripped a lot of info off of. Check something though.. Most of the info is from someone by the name of Dustin Cushman (cough, cough), and everyone else was credited. Hasn't been updated since the US launch, though. Sega's NiGHTS Area -- This is Sega's NiGHTS area on their site. There's a few odd ShockWave games, but other than that, it's standard corporate stuff (ick) You can also order Christmas NiGHTS from here. I also had a few from sega.co.jp, but I lost them, and couldn't make sense of them (duh, they're japanese). [2-4] The story so far... (Everything after the 1st paragraph was done by Jennifier Reitz) Nightopia is the land where all humans journey when they sleep. When they enter Nightopia they bring with them a little light. Every light corresponds with an idea, white is purity, green is maturity, blue is knowledge, yellow is hope, and red is courage. Eventually the wise man of Nightopia became angry at the humans who entered the land at night and set out to prevent them from entering. He built the kingdom of Nightmare where he created an army of Nightmarians to invade Nightopia and steal the humans ideas. If all the humans ideas were stolen, they would never again be able to enter Nightopia. One Nightmarian, Nights did not like the idea of being ordered around. He set out to save Nightpoia by enlisting the help of the last two human left who had the red light of courage. When the wise man found out what Nights was doing he had him imprissoned. Elliot Edwards and Claris Sinclair are two young citizens of the city of Twin Seeds. Although they have never met, and are very different from one another, they have two things in common. Both are possessed of the 'Ideya' ,or spiritual essence, of courage, and both suffer from reoccurring nightmares. One night, simultaneously, Elliot and Claris suffer different, but unusually powerful nightmares. The nightmares are so intense, that both teens find themselves achieving lucidity: the fully conscious awareness of dreaming, whilst still remaining within the dream. (Author's note: this is a real capacity, and one I have enjoyed about 14 times in my life. It is, in fact, better, and more "real" seeming than life, yet is the gate to fantastic dream worlds and dream abilities. Many people are able to experience this, and learning to do it on command is a requirement of some Buddhist sects. [Editors note -- Yeah, she's serious.]) Lucid dreaming brings Elliot and Claris to the dream realm of 'Nightopia', a spiritual universe created by powerful entities. Upon entering this diverse realm, both are stripped of their glowing 'Ideya' of Purity, Wisdom, Imagination, and the like, but left with their unquenchable power of courage. It is this remaining 'Ideya' that permits them to enter the sealed temple wherein is trapped 'NIGHTS', a being of spiritual essence. NIGHTS is a created being, originally brought into existence to act as a high level 'Nightmaren' the purpose of which was to banish human souls from the dream realm of Nightopia. NIGHTS had achieved self awareness and rebelled from this directive, and so had been imprisoned, lest NIGHTS use the power of Creation itself against its creator. Claris and Elliot, unbeknownst to each other, seek and individually merge with NIGHTS to escape the temple and collect 'Ideya'. When a full set of 'Ideya' are gathered, NIGHTS is empowered to ascend to the realm of the Nightmarens, enter their neon pocket universes, and attempt to defeat them. Dream after dream, night after night, Claris, Elliot and NIGHTS draw closer to the source of this somnambulant situation. Will Claris and Elliot ever meet? Will NIGHTS ever be truly free? Is Nightopia a real, or illusory realm? What will happen when the lucid dreams end? [2-5] Just what the heck am I doing? Really quick: You are to get 20 blue chips, insert them into the Ideya capture, and return the Ideya to the big blue palace/temple/gazeboo/whatever. Do it 4 times, then go up into your local Nightmare (it happens when you despoit the 4th captured one), and defeat him/her/it. [2-6] How do I control this crazy thing? The controll of the game differs with the characters you are playing. Here is a list of what I have figured out so far. Claris and Elliot The D-Pad or analog control controls their movement The X Y Z buttons do nothing The A B C buttons make them jump The Left and Right Shifts adjust the camera angles Nights The D-Pad or analog controll controlls his movements. The X Y Z buttons do nothing The A B C buttons make Nights speed up The Left and Right Shifts make Nights do acrobatics Both shifts together are an air brake. [2-7] The screen As Claris or Elliot, on the upper-right hand portion of your screen, is a chip, then a number pointing to an Ideya capture. That number is the number of chips you have, and the Ideya capture is the color of the one that's to be destroyed. If the background of the arrow is pulsating blue, you don't have enough. If it is pulsating orange, you have what you need, put them in there. If it's a steady blue, pointing to no Ideya capture, then it's already been destroyed, and you need to insert it back into the palace before time is up. The bar right below it shows how close you are -- The more blue going to the right, the better. Each color block represents 5 chips. It won't be there after you destroy the Ideya capture. The number on the upper-right is your score. The higher, the better. And that bar on your lower-left is a dash bar, and it's there because you can go through things to recharge it, even though it can't be used. When as NiGHTS, there is one major difference. There are large, yellow numbers on the top-center of your screen, and that's how much time you have left. You can never add time to the clock, but you can reset it by putting back the Ideya. And when fighting a Nightmare, the only things that are there is the clock, the dash bar, and the score, which is your total score for the 4 courses. When a capture is destroyed, the first stat is how long it took you to defeat it (on course 1, the clock starts as soon an you get control of the kid back), and the second one is the number of points you got for defeating it. When you clear a course, two rollers appear with more stats. The first one is hom many bonus chips you picked up, the second one is the number of bonus points scored. The left roller says what course you're on, and the right one is your grade for the course. [2-7-1] Stuck In The Middle Of A Menu... There's the main menu, which has 8 blue ball thingies on a backdrop of a starry night. Here you can select a dream and start playing, you can hit X for the Dream Data, or hit Z for options. The Dream Data will tell you the high scores for each course. Hit left-right to change the current course, and hit A, B, or C to change between Link and Score records. Z brings you to the Data screen. Here, you can Delete a game or clear the A-Life data, copy your games/A-Life to a backup cart (You NEED the official Sega Backup Cart, the ones from the Game Shark/PAR will not work, but the memory cards from Interact/Datel will work [at least the newest version does]), rename a save game, or load up a new onw. You can also take it to the Options screen, or start a 2P VS game. The Options screen lets you listen to all of the sounds in the stages you've cleared, select mono or stereo output, select normal or wide screens, and the Nightmare option. Usualy, yo can only see the best times, but if you've finished both games, you can select a random boss or select one boss to face. [2-8] Ending a course/dream You can end a course in only one way: Defeating a Ideya capture and putting the Ideya back. If you got the Ideya and put it back before time ran out, you go again. If time ran out after the Ideya was destroyed, your score resets to 0 for the course and you need to return to the palace. Your arrow will be blue. If you did NOT defeat the Ideya capture, do not go back to the palace -- It won't let you in and NiGHTS will insult you all along the way. You still need to blow up that capture as a kid. Dreams end in 3 ways: You can get caught by the Egg Timer, which gives you zero points. You can get defeated by the boss in Nightmare, and that is zero points. Or you can defeat the boss, and you actually score points. Part 3: Game Maneuvers [3-1] Paralooping Paralooping is when you fly a circle in any direction as NiGHTS, and everything caught in that circle goes in one of two places. If it's good for you (stars, chips), it's attracted to you. If it is bad for you (enemies), or does nothing for you (Nightopians), it gets teleported to another galaxy, elsewhere. And if it is an object in the landscape (rings, statues, Ideya captures), nothing happens. [3-2] Dashing When you hold A, B, or C when NiGHTS, you go a lot faster. Instead of losing time when you hit enemies, they become a big ball of stuff sent rocketing toward something. You lose almost complete control of him. And if it runs out, you can do it for a very short time before he tires up. [3-3] Jump, Double Jump, Triple Jump When you are one of the kids, hit A, B, or C to jump. Just before you land, hit a jump button to double jump, and do it again to triple jump. This is how you grab a lot of the items as Claris or Elliot, and how you get into some captures. [3-4] Grabbing When you get close enough to an enemy, you grab them. Then you circle them, trying to get the proper angle. If the enemy is small enough to get paralooped, it will go bye-bye after one full rotation. If it's a boss, you keep rotating until you dash. A few bosses are too heavy to rotate. [3-5] Stunting -- From a r.g.v.s posting by H. Mikami Here is a complete list of moves of the tricks nights can do when his tail turns yellow. The Nights acrobat techinique. Found in a Strategy guide. Numbers are directions in which Nights is pointing according to this: 1 = Right; 2 = Right, Up-Right; 3 = Right, Down-Right 4 = Up-Right; 5 = Down-Right; 6 = Up; 7 = Down; 8 = Up-Left; 9 = Down-Left; 10 = Left. R = Right button L = Left Button Twister -- 1 + R Parasol -- 2 + R Roulette R -- 3 + R Arrow -- 4 + R Screw -- 5 + R Tornado -- 6 + R V-Fall -- 7 + R Ax R -- 8 + R Typhoon -- 9 + R Wind -- 10 + R Mixer -- 1 + L Dance -- 2 + L Roulette L -- 3 + L L-Wing -- 4 + L Basket -- 5 + L Ballet -- 6 + L T-Fall -- 7 + L Ax L -- 8 + L Drill -- 9 + L Space -- 10 + L There are others, but you have to start in a direction, and start rotating. Do NOT hit L and R at the same time, that will kill the ribbon. Others: 8 Cross - just draw the number 8 Clover - just draw a 4 leaves clover Small Paraloop; Middle Paraloop; Large Paraloop; Giang Paraloop -- Loops of that size. Part 4 -- Items [4-1] Chips Chips are either blue or gold. They are worth 10 points for every one that you pick up, and 50 points for every one you have when you complete a course. You need to insert 20 chips into a Ideya capture to destroy it. They can be paralooped. Some may be hidden and might have to be paraloop to be shown. These do link to other things. [4-2] Rings Rings come in many shapes and colors. Orange ones are generic rings. Yellow ones are arches with a central connection shared by at least 1 other ring. Spiked ones are normal with one special exception: All rings close in on you and then disippiate, but spiked ones hurt when they touch you, costing you 5 seconds ONLY ON THE CLOCK. It does not affect your bonus points. This links to other things. [4-3] Stars Stars are also worth 10 points. They can be paralooped to you. Also, there is a 10-point bonus for every star collected on all 4 courses, redeemable on the 4th course, if you don't kill any Nightopians, up to 255 stars. This links to other things. [4-4] Power Ring Power Rings give NiGHTS a yellow ribbon for 10 seconds, and the more stunts you do, the more points you get. L+R abort the operation. This is NOT linkable. Stunts have been listed above, in the control section. [4-5] Super Paraloop Hidden item, needs to paralooped to be revealed, then needs to be grabbed. Ups the size of the paraloop done up one level, ie: medium paraloop is a large paraloop. Yes, giant paraloops turn into uncalled for paraloops, and they are *HUGE*. Lasts 20 (?) seconds. [4-6] All Dash Hidden item, needs to be paralooped to be revealed, then needs to be grabbed. Refills your dash bar to the brim. Great for those enemies that drain your dash bar. [4-7] Nightopian Helper Hidden item, needs to be paralooped to be revealed, then needs to be grabbed. Calls a invinicible Nightopian to attarct items near you to come to you. Tends to break some links. Lasts 15 (?) seconds [4-8] Ideya You only get this when you destroy the Ideya capture. All it really does to the game is double your score from the point of grabbing until the clock either hits zero or you redeem it for another course. When you get all 5 in the temple (you start with 1), you earn the "right" to go to Nightmare. Part 5: Monsters [5-1] General Some enemies may shoot at you, some might do other things to you. If you move faster then they are at collision, you grab them (dash beats all and sends them flying). If they hit you harder, you're stunned and lose 5 seconds. Projectiles beat everything. [5-2] Hollow Funny-looking creature, looks like a bird in jester's cloths. Can throw things at you, causing you to lose 5 seconds. Slow and easy to grab, though. [5-3] Shleep Like giant rams heads, inflated sometimes. If you try to grab them inflated, they deflate and you bounce off. Can't really damage you in any way (they don't move!), but are jsut annoying. [5-4] Verol They look like little chips when rolled up, and if you try to grab it, you lose 5 seconds. It can't attack you in any way, though. So just ram into him. [5-5] Kickle Funky-looking snails, if you try to grab them, they grab you and try to drag you to the ground. If you hit the ground, they explode and you lose 5 seconds. Dash it. [5-6] Party Other than looking weird, I haven't figured out what they do. Mabye I should slow down, because I'm hitting them way too fast. And ideas anyone. Oh yeah, they look like red fish. [5-7] Gao Look like flying lions with long tusks, tend to be shocking. If you touch them at ANY time while they electroude themselves, you lose 5 seconds. Even when you are dashing. Can be grabbed otherwise. [5-8] Crewle & Pole A frog riding a fish head, these things lob magic at you. If you are hit, you lose 5 seconds, and your speed is cut in half for 10 seconds, because you're 1/4 of your actual size. [5-9] Snip Looks like a deformed rabbit. They haven't damaged me at any time. However, it they grab you, you are in a block of ice, and you crash to the ground. It really kills all of your inertia and links.</P> [5-10] That Damn Egg Clock A giant egg clock. Chases you around, and if it catches you, you wake up (either with an urge to relieve youself or you gotta goto school, matters how long it takes). Goes faster as you stay there longer. Does not exist as NiGHTS. When you run out of time as NiGHTS, the clock spwans at the location the clock hit zero at ground level. So if you fly as high as you can, as fast as you can, then run out of time, you're gonna land a half-mile away. If you jump in the clock (not the clock beam) you end up slowing it down, and you can stop it for a while if you knock it in the purple void. Part 6: Bosses Taken from a post in Rec.Games.Video.Sega by Tony Jung Additional Boss names from Owen and John [6-1] Puffy A Large Female Rabbit Balloon - You have to grab her and let her go to knock out bars, or walls. Wait til you get her in the right angle then let her go. Probably the easiest Night Maren most people probably know what to do here. To get a 2.0 score on this boss, your time remaining must be above 95 seconds. [6-2] Gilwing A Tadpole looking creature with bat wings, and tail with spikes on it. - You have to either hit it on the top of the head or bottom. Best plan is to wait for it to come to you, be a little above it when it does and then speed up and hit it. Gulwing will lose it's head and another will grow in it's place. Just wait for the head to grow back, and hit it again. Place youself always a little above it so you can repeatedly hit it as a new head appears. Or you can paraloop it, anything in the paraloop is dead. This is, for me [Dipper] the hardest boss in the game, and the only one I can't get even a 1.5, let alone a 2.0. So I have no clue how many seconds left you need. Check that. You need 110 seconds left to get a 2.0. Passing notes from Ramala: Gillwing is the easiest boss to get a X2.0 multiplier on. The trick is to loop his body as he flies towards you. Start high and swoop down just in front of him so he moves forward into the trail you have just left. Then as you come up above him drill dash for the end of your tail to capture him in a para-loop. With practice he can be taken out in one loop, though it can take a couple. You'll know if you've done it right because it will award you a Link number of up to 13 for the number of tail segments you destroyed in one go. [6-3] Gulpo A Giant fish with teeth name from Owen and John - You have to hit it by going into one of the small fishes that will shoot you across the cylinder. You have to find a fish that is aiming right at the giant fish. When it is hit it moves down if it was on top, and moves to the top if it was hit when it was at the bottom of the cylinder. So you will have to always go from using the shooting fish devices from top to bottom back to top and so on. Need at least 105 seconds left on the clock.for a 2.0. [6-4] Clawz This Night Maren likes to light up the mouses, jumping from one to another. - Best thing to do here is to hit the mouses the Night Maren lights. You can only explode the ones that are lite. By doing this, you will remove mouses for the Night Maren to jump to. When there is no other mouses the Night Maren can jump to, you can hit it yourself and win the match. Need at least 105 seconds left for a 2.0. There is a bug in NiGHTS where it never gives you the full 120 seconds you should, and they cut this boss so close, you can't get a 2.0. You usually get 117 seconds on the clock (okay, the final fight you do get 120 seconds) [6-5] Reala The Opposite to Nights. - You have to do a 360 around Reala, 3 times to beat him or her. The best way to do this is to hit Reala, this will make him/her/it lose control for a bit. Then you can speed up and 360 him/her. Keep hitting Reala to through him/her/it off balance and do the 360. Need at least 105 seconds left for a 2.0. when beaten, activiates 2P VS game, and same stragities work, unless you have a digital controller. [6-6] Jackle This Night Maren throws cards at you to slow you down. It looks like a bat with a cape. - To beat him you have to hit him about 5 times, plus one more time for every time it gets it's cape back on. To reach him you have to speed towards him. When he lets the cards go, stop speeding by letting go of the speeding button. By doing this, you will be able to avoid the cards much easier than when you are speeding. Just dodge up then down then up and then down again. If you're hauling serious butt, you only need to dodge 3 cards. When you reach him, hit him. You will push him out of his cape. He will float back to his cape, to start throwing cards at you again. Stand right in front of the cape and the Night Maren and hit it when it gets close to you or speed up to meet and hit it. Repeat the process and you will win the match easily. Need at least 105 seconds left for a 2.0 [6-7] Wizeman The last Night Maren and the largest one of them all. - He throws rocks at you first, just speed towards him low or high, you will be able to avoid the rocks this way. Reach him and the other Nights will help you break the barrier and hit him. - Next he throws rows of rocks, If the rocks are moving upward, go under it. If they are moving downwards go above it and you'll reach him fine. - The last thing he throws are two Twister. Go straight though the middle and between the two twisters. If you haul butt, you'll get to him after the 1st twister. After this Wizeman will repeat the process again. Need at least 65 seconds left on the clock for a 2.0 (Yeah, that makes him the most leient boss in the game -- I got hit TWICE, for a 10+ second loss, and I still got the 2.0) Part 7 -- Help! [7-1] General help on courses A few things to remember: Losing NiGHTS on any course is almost automatic failure, because your score resets for the course. Get the Ideya as fast as you can, and hold onto it for as long as you can. I don't know what some people are on, but turn into NiGHTS as soon as you can -- The clock starts as soon as you shoud have control of the kid. Not the time clock, but the bonus clock. NiGHTS is facing wind friction here. Occasionaly dash for a second to keep speed up. Only do a long dash if you don't have to move up or down much. Don't get slick here -- Stunts are worth *NOTHING* unless you have the yellow ribbon. You aren't trying to get many small links, but one big one. 50 links of 5 are worth a LOT less than one link of 250. Even white men can jump -- In their dreams. But remember where you are: A dream. The kids can jump really high. Note that. Don't enter the Ideya capture unless you are pretty sure that you won't make it in the time limit (or you have 20+ chips =). It just wastes time You need at least a C on each dream to move on to Twin Seeds. You can't enter the Ideya Temple without an Ideya. [7-2] General help on Nightmares More things to remember: Read the help for the bosses. You can only lose points on bosses. If you scored 250,000 in Frozen Bell and then got a 1.9 on Clawz, you lost 25,000 points, you didn't gain 225,000 points, even though your total score is now 475,000. Yeah, the above doesn't make much sense at first. Put it this way: The highest number of points you can score on a boss is equal to what you earned, so the bigger the points, the more you will choke. Don't think you got the high score unless you get a 2.0. Don't get hit! The first time you get hit, you lose 5 seconds, plus are stuck in place for 2 seconds, and all of your speed is lost. Guanteered .2 deduction on the first hit, unless you're facing Wizeman. If you're good at only one boss, you can inflate your scores by finishing the game, and going into Options, and turning random boss off -- Select the boss you always fight now. [7-3] Scoring Breakdown Each item is worth (10 * [number of links + 1]), if total > 100 then total = 100, and that basically says you can only score 100 points per item, maximum. When you grab the Ideya, ALL points are doubled, so items start at 20 and go to 200 per item. All items now are listed at face value, double if you have an Ideya unless I say you can't. Snowballs are worth 30 points. Enemies killed are worth 200 points. When you grab an Ideya, you get 12,000 points minus 100 points for every second taken to get it. This clock starts as soon as the kids get up, not when you're NiGHTS, and subsequent clocks start when you cash the preceeding Ideya in. That can not be doubled. You also get 50 points for every chip in your hands when you switch courses, up to 99, for a total bonus of 4,950 points. If you don't kill any Nightopians on the course, you will know this because a Nightopian will count the number of stars collected in that dream starting the 3rd course. On the 4th course, you can grab the signand get 10 points for every star collected, again, up to 255 stars. THIS *CAN* BE DOUBLED, making a maximum value of 5,100 points. Stunts can be very worthwile. When you have the ribben, if you do one stunt, you get a total of 100 points for all stunts. 2 stunts is worth 300 points total. Now you can assume I'm telling you the total for all stunts. 3 is worth 600. 4 is worth 1,000 points. 5 is worth 1,500 points. 6 is worth 2,100 points. 7 is worth 2,800 points. 8 is worth 3,600 points. 9 is worth 4,500 points. 10 stunts is worth 5,500 points. And if you do 11 stunts, the ribbon dies, and you have a total of 7,500 points. Not bad for 10 seconds. Part 8: Course Walkthroughs [8-1-1] Spring Valley -- Course 1 This is the Ideal right here, and it would be ideal so score some points here. Head right until you come to 6-7 chips and 4 stars. Paraloop around the chips while touching just the stars, and then keep going right. Bring it down a little, and grab the stars, and come back up for 3 more chips. Now the capture should be in front of you. Right after it is two more chips, grab them, and keep heading right and follow the rings. Next lap, if you did everything right, the capture should go poof. Do this again and again, and if you do it fast enough, you should always get a link of 28. Someone said to run this backwards for a infinite loop, but I question that. Par: 25,000; Record: 66,680; Lap Time: 10 seconds. [8-1-2] Course 2 Head right, and hug the ground. You should go behind a hill, and grab 3 chips. Keep heading right, and grab 3 more, then wind pushes you up. Go around the rock structure, grabbing all in sight, then head up-right. You should see a cage. If you have 20+, cash them in, it's down-right from the cage. If you have 17-19 chips, there are 3 more right below you. Then go under the waterfall and grab the 5 chips there, then head up and paraloop thar 3D cross for a SuperRefill. Then follow the rings down, and head right. DASH through the middle of the tree branches, and you're back at the start. Par: 20,000; Record: 50,240; Lap time: 20 seconds. [8-1-3] Course 3 Head right and down, there should be 3 chips near the start. Then follow the rings to the right, grabbing 3 more chips, UNTIL they go down. Keep going right instread, and stay up. There is a cage with 8 chips inside. Then keep going right, hit the speed boost (can be hit earlier by following the rings all the way and then going left), and paraloop the stars for some Help. Then go around the rock, grabbing the 3 chips in the middle and the 3 chips on one of the double-rings. You should have exactly 20 chips now, keep going right and follow the rings to the Ideya. Keep heading right, and you should go through the 2nd power ring on the course. Keep heading right, then you end up back at the only rings from course 1, and it's the same deal. Par: 20,000; Record: 72,890; Lap time: 30 seconds. [8-1-4] Course 4 Head right, and paraloop the set of chips and stars. Then head right until you find a ring that goes down. head down and paraloop the bridge for a SuperParaloop bonus. Keep heading right and go through all the rings around the tree. At the end of the rings, there should be a lot of chips and stars. Grab them, and head the mountain, follow the rings, and when you have to go down to get a ring, keep going down until you see a chip arrow. Grab all the chips, and head right. Ideya capture time. Boom. Keep heading right, and grab all you see, and watch out for the enemies. Head down the mountain at the end, around the tree again, and that's it. Par: 20,000; Record: 48,830; Lap time: 30 seconds. Dream Par: 175,000 Points (including boss); Dream Record: 405,620 (ditto). [8-2-1] Splash Gardern -- Course 1 Head right, and grab the 2 stars. Then paraloop the 3D cross of chips. Then grab the beach ball, and go through the 5 rings, then haul butt to the next set of 5, to keep the link alive, and to score 1,000 points. Go under the Ideya, and grab 2 more chips. Then come up a little, and grab the stars between the fountains. Now go for a swim in the left fountain, and go left into the bubble, then head right and through the rings, and you're back at the start. Second time around, destroy the Ideya capture. Par: 30,000; Record: 79,080; Lap Time: 15 seconds. [8-2-2] Course 2 Go right, and dip down just a little bit to get that other ring, then bring it back up. Straight through the bubble, and go down right, and paraloop that mess of chips for Help. Now go left, and hit the switch for 5 chips. Now go right, and get the 4 chips around the clock. If you need 4 more for 20, hit the speed boost above you to go around again. Now head right, and normally you would go up and around the Ideya through the rings, but destroy it first. Then grab the stars after the rings by heading up, and follow the rings to the temple. On repeat trips don't hit the switch. Par: 25,000; Record: 49,880; Lap Time: 15 seconds. [8-2-3] Course 3 Do a paraloop in fron of the 3D cross of chips, you will get them all. Stay low, and go through the rings. Hit the switch below the bubbles, and go straight up at the rings. Then go right, and hit the other switch. Destroy the Ideya (Personal record: 9 seconds), and backtrack to the first bubble. Grab the 15 Beach Ball, and go straight through all of the bubbles for 2,000 points. On repeat trips, just go through the bubble. Go right, and you will see a garden clock. What time is it? =) Paraloop the center of the clock for points, and head down-right (the camera is now overhead). Paraloop the single chip in the middle of the ring circle for a refill. Follow the stars up, and through the rings to the temple. Par: 25,000; Record: 59,920; Lap Time: 30 seconds. Just before you go into the temple, head right and paraloop that cross, and enter the temple before you grab ANYTHING else. If you have 7 chips going into Course 4, you're set. [8-2-4] Course 4 Do a paraloop that traces the bigger ring of the two, then stay up and right until you hit a tiny 3D cross of chips. Head down, and follow the rings through. Avoid the Ideya capture for now, and instead go right and go back into the water. If you did what I told you to do, you would have 20 chips, use as directed. If you didn't, dive straight down in the water. You will find (below the air bubbles) 2 caged sets of chips. This better be enough. Follow the rings around, and take the set on the left with the 10 Beach Ball, and go through and head right for stars and points. After the last water column, the camera goes behind you. Try to stay in the middle, and go right-leff-left, while correcting to hit the switches. You come out at the temple, repeat as desiered. Ideya is toast 2nd time around. Par: 20,000; Record: 47,840; Lap Time: 25 seconds. Dream Par: 200,000 (with boss); Dream Record: 448,700 (ditto) [8-3-1] Frozen Bell -- Course 1 Oh yeah, this course is cool. Grab the 15 beach ball, and go through the rings. Then paraloop around the chips ahead, while grabbing the stars. Now head up-right to 4 more rings, and you get the bonus points. Avoid the Ideya Capture for now. Follow the rings down-right, then paraloop the plus sign of stars and chips, while grabbing the stars. Repeat as desiered. Par: 50,000; Record: 103,620; Lap Time: 8 seconds. This course can have a link that goes FOREVER. [8-3-2] Course 2 Same start as course 1, stop at the chips and stars (1st set). Keep going right, and grab the bar with the chips around if for Help and bonus points if the link was over 15. head right up-right and you should see another set of 4 chips, and at the upper-right corner of the bar set, there's one with 8 chips. Hit the speed near there, follow the rings, and destroy the Ideya. Follow the rings again going right, then hit the speed up to the power ring. Keep going right while doing stunts, and you are at the palace. Repeat. Par: 30,000; Record: 60,150; Lap Time: 15 seconds. [8-3-3] Course 3 Paraloop through the rings and stuff, but do NOT grab the Super Paraloop yet. Save it until you come around with the Ideya. Head up and around, and smack all of the snowballs in a huge circular motion, so you will do a Giant Paraloop, collecting all of the stars. Going right, you should grab the 10 Beach Ball and go through all the rings and grab all the chips, then you get points. Avoid the capture the 1st time around, then head down-right. Paraloop the stars, go through the rings, paraloop the stars on the other side. Repeat. Par: 40,000; Record: 77,570; Lap time: 15 seconds. [8-3-4] Course 4 Same start as Course 3, then head right and avoid the Ideya. Then you turn into a Bobsled and you go down the slide. Chips on bank of 1st and 2nd turns, and on the straight after the 2nd turn. Repeat. You should come out of the sled with 18 chips. If not, don't worry. Do a giant paraloop in front of the cross you were grabbing in course 1 and 2, get those chips. Still not at 18? Pass the temple, grab those 2, and head back and do waht you did before. Not at 20 now? Ugh. That's it, you gotta take another trip. Par: 15,000; Record: 35,160; Lap Time: 30 seconds. [8-4-1] Mystic Forest -- Course 1 Ahh! This one. Well, go up-right and grab the stars, then the 10 beach Ball. Follow the rings for the points. Paraloop the chips, and go above the Ideya capture for stars, then come back down for chips. Then hit the tree to bounce off, and follow the rings to the chips to the temple. Repeat, on second rotation you can destroy it, even if you miss up to 3 (go ahead a little). Par: 40,000; Record: 80,660; Lap time: 15 seconds. This can also go on forever. [8-4-2] Course 2 God, this entire dream is so annoying. Cool remixed music though. Head straight right throgh the rings. Keep going straight for 3 chips. Keep going straight until you see 4 stars. Paraloop it, and grab the good chips inside. Head straight down and grab the 5 below the sighpost. Then go up and grab 5 more in a straight line. Keep going right to insert into Ideya Capture. Right above the Ideya Capture is a 7 beach ball, grab it and go through the rings. Right above the last ring is some stars to be paralooped for some Help. Now read off from the tree bouncing part from Course 1. Par: 20,000; Record: 35,770; Lap time: 20 seconds. [8-4-3] Course 3 Head up-right, and grab the chips and rings. Gu down-right from the ring for more chips and rings. Hit the speed boost and head down a little, while going right. You will see the Ideya, avoid it. Now you will come to some old temple. Hit the switch, and grab the 15 Beach Ball. Hit all of the switches and the rings, and in the temple, head straight down for a cool secret. Otherwise, keep going right, into thje swamp for some gems, then keep going right. Break the cage for more chips (Cave-Goers -- You will pop out of a log. Head left for the cage.) See temple. Repeat route. Ideya gone on 2nd lap. [Note -- After I wrote this, I figured out a faster way. Head left for the cage, then grab the 3 chips before the start, THEN go. Ideya gone on 1st lap -- Another Note: I'm wrong, you get 19 chips. Mabye if you took a raincheck on stuff from course 2...] Par: 25,000; Record: 51,910; Lap Time: 30 seconds. [8-4-4] Course 4 Head right, go above the spiked ring for 3 chips, then hit the speed. You will come to a signpost. Paraloop the stars above it, and grab the chips below it. You should have 15 chips now. Head right, in the middle, and grab 5 more chips. Keep going right until the camera changes. Head up-right until you pass between a row and a column. Head right for the Ideya capture. Now go down, through the rings, and through the spiked ring, then paraloop the void beyond. A free refill. Go back up one row, and hit the speed to get out. Haed right while going through all you see to get to the temple. Oh yeah, the 1979 Yugo in the overhead part is steerable, and it's worth one Beach Ball if you park it in the garage in the upper-right corner of the overhead zone. Par: 20,000; Record: 30,930; Lap Time: 25 seconds; Dream Par: 150,000 (counting boss); Dream Record: 360,040 (ditto) [8-5-1] Soft Museum -- Course 1 Confused? Don't blame you, this level is on Prozak, Ritilan, and some LSD there too. Head right, young man, through the rings and under the Ideya Capture. Paraloop the area where the 3D cross of stars and chips is twice, you will uncover new chips and you want them. Grab the 6 Beach Ball and bounce off the bed, straight up for points, then head down through the rings and go under the next bed. Hit the speed, then go through the rings and break the cage. Now you can destroy the Ideya. Repeat as directed. Par: 40,000; Record: 79,870; Lap Time: 20 seconds. I can go on and on and on... And so can you. [8-5-2] Course 2 Go right through the rings, then grab the chips. And go straight through the wall. On the ceiling and the floor sometimes are rings, smash the ring piece for 2 gems, and pick up the ones lying around. You should have over 20. The Ideya is in the middle room, waiting for you to destroy it. Keep going, stay as low as possible, and then leave. Hit the speed, and paraloop the ring of stuff to get a refill. Repeat. Par: 17,500; Record: 35,220; Lap Time: 30 seconds.People keep telling me this, I know, but I keep forgetting to add it to the FAQ. When you bounce off a matress, or some walls, you can do stunts for 100 (200) points, plus a +1 on the link counter. The same stunt won't count twice until you regain control of yourself. [8-5-3] Course 3 Right, right past the Ideya, and paraloop the first chip you see for Help. Then get in the cannon. I'm serious. Chips on the left, then on the right. Next passby, the chips are in the the yellow rings, on your left with the orange ones. Then grab a 9 Beach Ball and go through all of the rings and hit a bullseye on the star and chip board to score. Head right after you hit the wall of speed and repeat. Destroy Ideya when ready. Par: 20,000; Record: 37,770; Lap Time: 40 seconds. [8-5-4] Course 4 Head right and low until you reach the yellow ring, then go above you and a little to the left. You will see 2 stars. Double paraloop both of them at the same time for 8 chips. Into the museum, and anything you see is grabbable. After the long pipe of rings do a paraloop on the bottom mirror for 8 chips. Go outside the right door, and insert into Ideya. Keep going right, and hang low. Par: 17,500; Record: 36810; Lap Time: 30 seconds; Dream Par: 175,000 (boss inculded); Dream Record: 349,440 (ditto). [8-6-1] Stick Canyon -- Course 1 Head up-right and go through the rings, until you come down. Then paraloop that mess of stuff for a refill. Head right through the rings and chips and stars. Above and over the Ideya (2nd lap), then go above the yellow rings (through on 2nd lap and beyond) and through the spike ring instead. Paraloop the void above the spike ring for Help. Then allign yourself right with the magnets to grab more chips. Repeat. Par: 40,000; Record: 69,860; Lap Time: 10 seconds. [8-6-2] Course 2 Head right, grab 3 chips in front of a board. Follow the yellow rings under a structure for 3 chips, and grab 3 more in the magnet. At the top, go left to break the cage for 3 more. Then skip the Ideya capture, and instead grab 3 more chips next to a pole. NOW go in the Capture. Now you have 2 options here. You cand hit the speed and ride the rail, or go down then right for the quicker path. The rail is worth more points. Whichever path you choose, you end up at more rings. Keep going right until you hit the temple. Oh yeah, the rail pattern is bottom-left, right, left, down, down, right, any. Then go below where you pop out, and paraloop there for more help. Par: 20,000; Record: 37,570; Lap Time: 35 seconds rail/20 seconds normal. [8-6-3] Course 3 Go right and follow the rings. Grab 3 chips, then follow the rings to a neturalizer. Keep your speed up to move. Grab the 6 chips, then hit the switch to get out -- Keep going right, right through the wall. head up for 3 chips, then follow the rings and get maginitizied! Everything sticks to you, and the more crap, the better. Oh yeah, if it brushes up against something, you lose it. Chips still come to you. Cash it at the demagatiziner -- It has big red numbers on it, and the number that comes up is your score times 10 (or 20). Go right, then up to reach it after becomming NiGHTS the Magnet. Now you should see the Ideya Capture. You have 20 gems, right? Blow it up. After that, heah down then left, to grab a 17 Beach Ball and to paraloop stars for a refill. Head right, then down, then left, then down, then right while grabbing stuff. When you hit the power ring, do stunts -- The temple is near. Par: 20,000; Record: 38,700; Lap Time: 20 seconds? (I don't know, I had no dash to keep the speed up. You want to become a MAGNET, not a STATIC FURBALL) [8-6-4] Course 4 Oh man, this is one long mofo. Head right, grabbing chips and stars and avoiding downed electricial power lines. Then there's only one thing I can say. Head up. Straight up. Until you hit your head. Then move to one of the 2 columns left and go up some more. Then this is your ONE chance to get the Ideya. If you miss it, Elliot can use the elevater located on the floor before the ground. Use it. How to get down? Use the rails. Speaking of the rails, have a pattern. 1st rail: Right, right, up to down, going right, down, down, right. The 2nd one is the same as the one on course 2. And just in case your wondering, I'm playing right now, and not only did I get an F, not only did I get a flat out 0, but Elliot landed right on the last Ideya post. Then he flops back into the shrine. Par: 15,000; Record: 27,410; Lap Time: 90 seconds; Dream Par: 150,000; Dream Record: 317,880. [8-7-1] Twin Seeds -- Course 1 Twin Seeds is different from the other ones. You fly as Elliot or Claris, not NiGHTS. Ideyas are not worth 2x bonus. You can't paraloop, but things close by are attracted to you. And the most important: You have only 3 minutes to grab all 4 Ideyas. To start, let's say Elliot/Claris are so sad, they can't stand it. They want to commit sucuide. Not enough hints? Jump off the island to start. Here's another free hint (aren't they all free?) You need EVERY SINGLE CHIP to move on. Here's another free hint: Don't eat crackers in bed. One last thing: Usually, if you come close to the par, it's an A. Here, if you do *NOT* make par, it's at least a B. Okay, let's get started. Grab the 35 Beach Ball (yep) and hit the double speed. Keep it straight until the 3rd chip moves. Then go up to avoid the Ideya. Go through the rings, and grab EVERY chip in the following mess. Be careful, some chips look like moons. More rings, then double speed through rings and chips. Then there should be 2 yellow rings, with 2 chips. If you don't have 18 chips after the 1st set of them, you missed some. Keep the angle high, and you will see the other set. Cash in all 20 now. Par: 12,000; Record: 13,230. And no, there is no lap records here. [8-7-2] Course 2 Quickly go through the rings in the tranasitition, then go under the Ideya Capture, and hit that switch, then the speed. Go below the first spike ring, come up through the cage, and over the other spike ring. If you don't have 12 here, you missed one. Hit the switch, and grab that entire circle of stuff, then hit that blue bubble as straight to the right as you can. Follow it to the Ideya. Par: 14,000; Record: 16,070 [8-7-3] Course 3 In the tranasition, hit the switch for a shower of stars. On this course and course 4, you don't need every single chip. Grab the 19 Beach Ball, and just follow the trail of stuff until after the Ideya. Grab the 4 chips in the yellow rings, then here's the REALLY important part. Go through the rings, hit the speed, and KEEP DASHING. Stop and you're screwed. Do it again, and don't stop after because there's 2 spike rings. Conserver your dash, you will need it against Wizeman. Par: 15,000; Record: 17,010 [8-7-4] Course 4 Where are the chips? See those flashing balloons? Pop them for a special prize. =) Or do this. After the tranasition, (you will pass over speed, don't hit it though, cause you need control, you can hit it though if you got skills), head right until you see some chips desending, then comming to rings. Follow that and grab them. At the last ring, go up and hit the speed. Pop flashing balloons until you find another ring, then go down and say hello to the last Ideya. To free NiGHTS, you need to just slap A, B, and/or C until he/she/it is free. Par: 10,000; Record: 14,330; Dream Par: 75,000 (including boss); Dream Record: 116,020 (ditto). Part 9: Stupid Pet Tricks (a.k.a Bugs and hidden features you can use) [9-1] Slide, slide along You know when you get robbed of your Ideya's at the start, and the camera pans to a monster putting it ina capture? Well, guess what? You can actually move using the analog stick during this time. Shaves a few seconds off of your first course bonus. Actually, the player springs back up while the camera is on the first Ideya Capture, and he/she is knocked down right before the camera comes back behind you. On a related but unrelated note, the demo playback at the end of a stage is.. um... not 100% accurate. =) [9-2] What's that sound? Very simple. Pause the game, and hit L+R+Y for some weird menu. [9-3] Link record of 369 where you can't grab 369 objects A REALLY screwed up bug. When you finish a course, the link you had when you entered the temple is recorded the second you enter, and so is your score. If you paraloop something, but you don't grab it until after you get in there, and the link is alive, the points go into your next course, AND SO DOES THE LINK. If you could actually extend the link beyond the temple, you could keep that alive (then there would be a difference). Hoo boy, if you could link that until you picked up the next Ideya.... [9-4] The A-Life System A coolbeans part of NiGHTS. It tracks each and every single Nightopian in the game, and how they feel towards you. Their feelings, and what they do, affects further Nightopian growth. There's 4 normal motions, I just don't know what. When they mate, they create another one (duh), and that topian's skills is dictiated by their past generations, unless 2 of the same job mate. Then to avoid an imbred, a completely random job is picked. When you slowly pass by one, that one is happy to you, and it's also happy when they mate =].When a new Nightopian is created, everyone is happy. If you ram dash them, or you disturb their mating, they're unhappy. Unhapiness is also caused by explosions (Ideya Captures). If you kill someone, everyone is a little more pissed at you, even if they're overcrowded and Nightopian Hunting Season is declared. (My record is 7 in 7 straight paraloops). Although no one has started calling NiGHTS O-Dogg yet (inside joke), that's still good, no wait, it's bad. [9-5] Raincheck On Something If you paraloop something, and enter the temple before you grab it, the points/chips go torward the next level. Not very useful, unless you do it to some chips, and there's enough chips to make a difference between 1 lap or 2. [9-6] The Cheat Code -- Doesn't Exist Proper cred to Ramala: The Debug Mode was included on pre-release eproms (yes, he means Gold CD's, they're just a tad confused over there sometimes) of NiGHTS sent to magazines (I work for GameFan at the moment). It was accessed at the title screen by pressing diagnoal up/left, L & R shoulder buttons, and X, Y and Z all at the same time. A small menu appeared in the top right left hand corner of the screen with several options. As far as I can remember they were: 1. Remove all data from screen - all numbers, links, info is removed from screen. NiGHTS flies clean! 2. Remove time - No time limit. When the timer reaches zero it goes back up. This enabled me to get a 999 link on Frozen Bell course 1 (cheating of course, but hey it looks cool). Also the alarm clock never comes for Eliot or Claris. 3. Instant course complete - when flying round a course, by tapping x or y you can fly into NiGHTS temple without collecting the ideya first. Ie. You can do all four courses in four seconds just by tapping X. This is good for practicing against the bosses. 4. Access all dreams instantly. No need to get a C first. Sega confirmed that they took it out, so no-one could cheat and get false scores or link counts. I agree with them. (But they can still use Game Shark/PAR codes, which I will not print for that reason) [9-7] Bugs Not Found By Those Paid At SOA If you restart a course, any type that should be green or blue is now yellow. The demos aren't 100% accurate, but usually it doesn't matter (in tight spaces everything is thrown off) Checkpoints work both ways (you can take the course left or the course right). See also Daytona. =] Conidence? When you start a stunt and hit a wall, you stop doing it and you get credit. I know this isn't a bug, but it's cool. Walk up on the platform, but don't step in the pentagon. Nights will hold out his hand to you. Turn around, and he starts to get frantic, and then walk off, then he gets very frustrated. Anything else? Final Part: Outro [10-1] The end... Gee, thanks for reading. I hope you decided that everything in here wasn't pure crap. I might of not told you everything, and that's because a) I didn't get paid for it and b) You didn't pay for access to this page. So long, later, yadda yadda yadda. -Dipper Appendix A: Christmas NiGHTS [A-1] Um.... Christmas NiGHTS... What is it? It's a CD for your Sega Saturn. A demo disc, with 2 levels (look, Sega says Twin Seeds counts as 2 courses, so I can count 1 map with different paths as different stages, okay?). There's also presents enclosed with some neato stuff, and the entire CD is time triggered. More explanation follows. [A-2] Where can I snag a copy? In the United States of Gree... I mean, America (freudian slip =), you can rent it 'free' at any Blockbuster that is owned by coporate and rets out Sturn games. However, you have to rent a Saturn game first, and if you are late, you're charged for BOTH discs. Also, you can buy a copy in the January 1997 DISC (I have to really note that) editions of Next Generation (front cover, yellow with Black PlayStation on it) and Ultra Game Players (Pictures of Barret and Vincent of FF7). And they wonder why so many people think that these magazines are Sony bias. =P Now you can also order it direct from Sega of America on their web page (www.sega.com), have no idea of price though. [A-3] I already own NiGHTS. Why buy this? (ALSO: What's new and what isn't] There's a lot on this CD that isn't on the NiGHTS Into Dreams CD. There's the one new track you can play on. Plus a LOT of enviromental changes. And some new play modes. Some of the presents (like the Nightopian Collection and the Meledoy Box) need the A-Life file from NiGHTS Into Dreams to work completely. And the CD is time triggered. If you play on Christmas, you get one thing. On New Years, something else. And on April's Fools Day, it's a gag. The music can also change, with Christmas music, and Boys 2 Men sing the ending song. Not really, but it's an acapella version of Dreams Dreams. All new intro with some wacky voiceover. Gillwing gets a slepping cap. =) The new graphic elements include: Tweaked engine, for less draw-in and draw-out Animinated bumpers for that new year's pizazz Falling snow -- It can also rise, if you stand still =) Proper sky -- Is it dark out with a full moon? It shows that, even with proper (?) constallations Cakes for the Ideya Palace Wreaths for Rings Bells for Stars NiGHTS, Claris, Elliot, nightopians all have new cloths (damn scrubs, finally time to change =) Way too much more To get all the differences, get the full game, you fruitcake. [A-4] Course Walkthroughs Okay, even though there is only 1 map, there's 2 courses, one for each kid. However, Claris's course is the same as it was in NiGHTS into Dreams, but Elliot's course is new, kinda. And the boss, Gilwing, is almost the same, except for his star on the end of the tail. That may or may not be important, as I have not been able to determin how you get an ending. I think you just need to finish it with both kids, but it may be something else. To pick your dream (gee, I wish I had that option... =P) hilight the kids name, and the hilighted kid will grow, as the other one shrinks. No references to any sexual harassment ads will be made at this time, thank you for not smoking. [A-4-1] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 1 Fly down east, grab the 2 chips, and fly some more until you come to a diamond of things. Paraloop the chips while grabbing the bells. Head right some more, through the rings, grab 2 more chips, and don't say hello to the tree just yet. Grab, don't paraloop the 2 bells and 2 chips right after that, and follow the rings right and up until you come to a triangle of bells with a chip in the middle. Do a paraloop while grabbing at least the vertices of the triangle, and you're back at the start. You should be able of trim the tree in 2 laps, and a infinite link is very possible here. No lap or score data will be given, because I'm too lazy to clock it. [A-4-2] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 2 Head right and down through the rings, then grab the stuff, then through more rings. Hit the party bumper to get showered with confetti and go around the tree. While zinging along, go through the chips and rings that are presented to you. Just fly right until you find a set of 6 bells and 3 chips that kinda looks like a twinkee. Up and around the ring set, and paraloop then next group of chips and stars. Your chip count should be at 14 or higher. Go down through the rings, chips, then the waterfall to the christmas tree. Just right of the cristmas tree is 3 chips. If you're still short on ornaments, head above those 3 to a wrapped present of 8 chips. Ooh. Hit the bumper to become a rocket of a party faver, to go through rings and another party bumper. Keep going right here uutil after the plus formation of bells and chips. Head down, and if you head almost straight down, you can grab 3 more chips, followed by an X formation of them. Now you're back at the start. [A-4-3] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 3 Grab the 2 chips, and then paraloop the diamond of chips and stars. Now go through the rings and more chips. Now either hit the bumper for rings or above the bumper for bells. Now there should be a circle of chips, paraloop those too. You will need 17 chips at this point, that's very important, having less forces another lap. Grab the 3 bells and say hello to the tree. Grab the 3 chips between the rock formation after the power ring, and see if the tree opens up and gives you a susprise. Go around the formation and through a second power ring. Paraloop the bells right after for a helper. Hit the bumper to go fast or stay low and grab the stars. If you hit the bumper, stay at the height the bumber was at and head right as fast as you can. If you hit the bumper again like this you might paraloop the chips in the middle. Follow the rings and ships to the beginning of the level. [A-4-4] Spring Valley, Elliot, Course 4 Go through the rings, and the chips, and more rings, in a right-down-right direction. Hit the bumper to go straight and navigate through the rings. Paraloop the plus formation of bells and chips, and go up the mountain. Grab the chips and bells after the tree which you can't trim right now, and follow the rings and chips and bells down the mountain as best you can, which is in a down-down-right direction. You shouldn't even think of paralooping anything until after the rock formation you circle around. Paraloop that diamond of stars and chips thats sitting sideways in your view, and follow the rest of the path like it was course 1 here. There is an infinite link possible here, but it gets long-winded. [A-5] Presents You Won't Find Under The Tree There's a special way the presents are given out. First, you have to be playing Christmas NiGHTS, not the winter or limited edition. When the dream is over, you get to play a game of memory. There's 3 games, with each one getting harder, with more gifts inside. The number of chances you get depend on how well you did in the game. A final grade of A gets you 7 chances, while a B nets 6. A grade of C ganks 5, while a D snags 4 chances. If you get an E grade, it is worth 3 chances, while an F is worth 2 chances, and no grade is worth 1 chance. There are 25 presents and 8 tiles on the first board, 18 on the second, and 26 on the third board. I know that doesn't pan out, and there's a reason. First, 2 of the presents you can't get here, you have to play during a special time. And there's also the Reala tiles, 2 on the 2nd board and 4 on the 3rd. You get one, you lose all your chances that you had for that game. At least each tile you can only get once. The one in the bottom-right corner is the Christmas NiGHTS present. You need to finish a game of Chirstmas NiGHTS before you can leave christmas and select it. [A-5-1] History Of A Nonexistant -- The NiGHTS Museum These are actually 14 seperate presents in the game, which are, when put together, a lot of hi-res photos to ooh and ahh at. They include: 4 sets of NiGHTS pictures 2 sets of boss pictures 2 sets of enemy pictures 2 nightopian sets 2 sets of landscape pictures 1 set for Claris 1 set for Elliot [A-5-2] Drunk In A Japanese Bar -- Karaoke Mode This lets you either listen to the song dreams dreams or you can sing along while watching a demo. Very fun when you're with friends drunk, or something of that nature, however mind altering drugs are not required. You can alter the pitch of the song (this includes the vocalists) by hitting up and down or L and R. [A-5-3] Not In Your Local Stores -- NiGHTS Goods This lets you look at the various things they made for special promotions, E3 people, things they sell in Japan in stores and little prize things. They even incude a set of action figures with real kung-fu action. Or mabye they were stuffed. Oh, I have no idea anymore. Other things include a sleeping cap and pillowcase (how approiate, but my mother wants bedsheets), and clocks. [A-5-4] Worse Than A Godzilla Movie -- Link Attack You have to go around Frozen Bell course 1 trying to get a link as high as you can (999 is the limit that the link meter counts to, it might go higher). The same stragety applies here, minus the timer, enemies, and other things. Good luck. [A-5-5] It's Only Abdundant When It Hurts -- Time Attack What you're doing here is try to fly around Spring Valley course 1 as fast as you can, while grabbing everything. Every ring, star, and chip must be grabbed. You don't have a dash refill either so you're only good for 8-15 laps so watch the faults. [A-5-6] Live From The Tokyo Toy Show -- Movie #1 This is the video that they showed at the Tokyo Toy Show 1996 in Tokyo, Japan this year. You can see the choppiness and roughness of the beta engine, or mabye it's just the tape. [A-5-7] Their Summer Special -- Movie #2 I have no damn idea where this is from. It's another video from something, somewhere, I just don't know what. If someone can inform me of what this is, I would like to know. I have a good feeling I'll be kicking something in the head for this. [A-5-8] Banging Out Hits -- The Melody Box What this thing does it let you change the music of the levels according to the moods of the nightopians. The defaults are the current mood of the nightopians, which makes it a quick scan for how you're doing. You can listen to the current mix by hitting start, and hitting start again lets you play the sample stage using that mix. I don't know if you need NiGHTS Into Dreams to listen to the reg. music. [A-5-9] We Farm Them Like Llamas -- The Nightopian Collection Like the other presents, this is a simple one to explain. You can look at the collective moods and each individual mood of every nightopian in your A-Life data. For the A-Life data to be looked at, you need (?) NiGHTS Into Dreams to create the data, unless it's stored in the XMAS file. And if you can get every single Nightopian at the happy setting, they sing Dreams Dreams for you, it sounds goofy. I forget who told me that (My E-Mail went wacko), but proper cred to you anyhow. [A-5-10] When The Mood Is Right But The Time Isn't -- Instant Christmas To get this present, you may have to do as little as finish one game of Christmas NiGHTS or as much as getting all the presents on the memory board. This will always be a question mark when Christmas NiGHTS is loaded. It turns whatever mode you're in into Christmas NiGHTS, no matter what time of the year it is outside. [A-5-11] These Burgers Are The Other Blue Meat -- Sonic The Hedgehog Into Dreams You want to look at a demo of the now defunct second engine of Sonic X-Treme? Well, here it is. The first one was the one created by S.T.I that was ditched because [it sucked]. The second one was a modified NiGHTS engine, dunno why they ditched that but I'm kinda glad. The 3rd known one is the one currently under devolpment by the Sonic Team and will hopefully be released in Late 1997 with among other things, Virtua Fighter 3. Enough about the history of X-Treme, let's play blueball. You will need to get the 20 chips on the ground as fast as you can. Sonic can walk pretty fast and jump really high on his first try. Follow the red arrow to first the chips and then the Ideya Tree, or capture, or whatever. Score doesn't matter here at all, all you're looking for is time. Your boss is a modified Puffy who looks and sounds like Dr. Robonotic (Eggman) [A-5-12] NiGHTS Ganked My Ideyas! -- Reala Flights Inc. Well, this is a super secret present. You need to finish a game of NiGHTS on April 1st, 1997. On this day (Apil Fool's Day =), you fly around as Reala instead of NiGHTS (get it?). Once you do this, at any time you can select this present and replace NiGHTS with Reala. No, Reala doesn't have any christmas outfit, oh well. And the kids don't seem to mind. [A-6] Special Dates In History Below is a list of dates of times you can set, both confirmed and unconfirmed, that give you special effects when you play. Dec. ? to Dec. 25 -- Christmas NiGHTS Dec. 26 to the end of winter -- Winter NiGHTS Jan 1st -- New Year NiGHTS, the game starts making noises at 12:00 AM, if you set the clock to 12:00pm in the Saturn, or 0:0 in the Nights date/time setting thing, it snows purple confetti instead of snow. Not 12:00am like you would think but 12:00pm. At midnight (12am) on 1/1 (New Year's) there's no snow falling. April 1st -- April Fools Day, you play as Reala, this also adds an extra present in the present screen to always play as Reala Feb 14th -- Valentine's Day, they're in their pajamas (heh) and the 2nd time it snows hearts Dec 31, 2099 -- Radioactive NiGHTS, for purple snow The FAQ/Player's Guide is at: Version 1.51t
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Alabama State Troopers said a toddler and three adults were killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday in Greene County.
Alabama State Troopers said a toddler and three adults were killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday in Greene County.
Tuscaloosa residents Ziliyah Robertson, 2; Demetria Aaron, 30; and Latrice Robertson, 22, along with the driver, Justin Coleman, 21, of Alexander City, died in the wreck that occurred about five miles south of Knoxville on U.S. Highway 11.
Four other passengers — Myeisha Robertson, 17; Keosha Aaron, 15; Kevone Carpenter, 10; and Kewone Carpenter, 11 — were injured and taken to various hospitals.
Robertson was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center and was listed in fair condition as of noon Thursday.
Aaron was taken to Greene County Hospital and has since been discharged.
The Carpenter children were taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital. As of noon Thursday, Kevone Carpenter was listed in serious condition and Kewone Carpenter in fair condition.
State troopers said the wreck occurred about 4:15 p.m. when the 2004 Ford Explorer left the roadway, overturned and struck a tree.
Seat belts and child restraints were not being used, troopers said.
Reach Jason Morton at email@example.com or 205-722-0200.

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Portal Home > Knowledgebase > Email Configuration & Errors > Accessing Your Webmail
Accessing Your Webmail
On Windows Hosting
If you have Webmail enabled in Parallels Plesk Panel, you can access your email at:
Where "yourwebsitename.com" is the name of your domain.
Sign into your account using the user name and password you set up in Plesk or provided to you by your administrator. user name is going to be your email address in firstname.lastname@example.com format.


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Right now I am eating a sprouted, gluten free, vegan, sugar free waffle that doesn't fall apart, is crispy on the outside, moist on the inside, tastes great, and is actually quite pretty. A waffle that won't leave me feeling like I need to double over in stomach discomfort or go pass out somewhere while my body tries to digest a sugar-gluten bomb. A waffle that is actually healthy. Am I dreaming?
But yesterday, I wanted waffles, and decided I was going to make some. I was hell bent on eating a waffle for breakfast today. To me, it kind of seemed like the ultimate gluten free challenge. So, I went to Target and bought an electric waffle iron, started researching recipes online, and decided on a plan of action. After a TERRIBLE attempt at making waffles for dinner last night using brown rice flour - disaster - I was wondering if it was even possible. But I was determined.
I combined a few recipes, made my own alterations, and ended up with a totally kick ass waffle. These seriously do not seem gluten free or vegan, in my opinion! Fool your friends and lovers! Instead of using flour, this recipe uses sprouted whole grain quinoa and millet. Full of enzymes, easier to digest, and lower glycemic. It is totally free of weird binders, full of good fiber and protein, and is really filling. I can't eat cinnamon and nutmeg and ginger and all that stuff right now, but if you can, spice these bad boys up, and I bet they'd be killer. I sprinkled one with sunflower seeds before cooking and that was pretty darn good too. Make sure to plan ahead - your grains need to soak and sprout overnight, or for at least 5-6 hours, before you use them. I made these using a little xylitol - a natural, zero glycemic, candida-friendly sweetener - but feel free to use a tablespoon or two of agave, honey, maple syrup, molasses, or brown rice syrup, if sugar is not an issue for you. Just slightly reduce the amount of water. Instead of water, I suppose you could use a milk substitute, or some apple or other fruit juice. I'm thinking that these would be awfully good made savory, with herbs stirred in. Maybe a dallop of dairy-free pesto sauce added to the batter would be good, or some red pepper puree? Hmn.
Try it out, experiment, and let me know how you make this waffle your very own! Serve with your favorite nut butters or spreads, or if you can eat sugar, your favorite maple syrup, honey, or other sweet syrup. Serve with cooked fruit sauces or jams. Or make it savory and serve with a side of steamed vegetables or with soup or anything. I ate mine this morning with steamed broccoli and toasted sunflower seeds and it was awfully good. I'm going to make a bunch and keep in the freezer - like my very own Eggo's!
Ah! Gluten free, vegan waffles! I can't believe it!I'm going to try using buckwheat groats and make another pass at a waffle. And I might try to make one that is full of something dark and rich, like carob or cocoa...hmn...I'm going to eat waffles a lot from now on, I think.
Sprouted Quinoa Millet Waffles (gluten free, vegan, sugar free, candida friendly)
YIELD: 5 5-inch square waffles
recipe combined and adapted from:
1/2 c whole dry quinoa grains
Rinse quinoa and millet, and place to soak in water overnight or for at least 5-6 hours. The millet will soften, and the quinoa will start to sprout!
AFter soaking, drain and rinse quinoa well, rubbing grains together. Transfer to a blender, or if using an immersion blender, a large cup or bowl.
Level grains, and add just enough water to cover. Add the salt, seasonings, baking powder, salt, oil, vanilla, and xylitol/stevia. Blend until well mixed and grains have been chopped up. It will be a thick batter. Let sit for 5-10 minutes for chia to absorb liquid.
Heat up waffle iron, greasing well with a high heat oil like coconut, grapeseed, sunflower, or with ghee, if tolerated. When ready, fill waffle iron, and if desired, sprinkle with seeds or nuts. Close iron and bake as directed in waffle iron user's manual, until waffle stops steaming and starts to smell done. I found that about 7 minutes in my waffle iron yielded a well cooked waffle that had a beautiful golden color and seemingly impossible crispy crust. Remove from iron and let cool a minute or two on a rack, the waffle will continue to crisp up, or keep warm in an oven heated to 200º F.
I just adjusted the amount of salt; the original recipe called for 1 tsp and I reduced it to 1/2 tsp. A reader's comment inspired me to look back at the recipe, and it seemed excessively salty! Either I made this first batch of waffles really salty or it was a typo, but 1/2 tsp is more accurate to what I usually add to waffles when I make them. Funny how looking back at your own recipes sometimes makes you raise an eyebrow and make a change!
xoxo Kim


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SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) Jamal Olasewere scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and grabbed a last-second rebound to preserve LIU Brooklyn's 79-78 victory over Bryant Saturday.
The Blackbirds (10-10, 5-3), the two-time defending Northeast Conference champs, trailed 49-42 at halftime before rallying.
Bryant (13-6, 6-2) got 25-points from Dyami Starks, who hit six 3-pointers. Frankie Dobbs added 11 points and Alex Francis 16. But Francis missed a critical late free throw.
Olasewere, who got help from teammates E.J. Reed (15 points), Booker Hucks (14) and Jason Brickman (11), led the second-half surge. Bryant last led 69-67 with 8:32 left after Vlad Kondratyev's basket.
Two baskets by Kenny Onyechi and Olasewere's last bucket put LIU Brooklyn up 79-74 with 2:17 left.
Francis, however, hit a layup, then another as he was fouled with a second left to make it 79-78. But he missed the free throw and Olasewere grabbed the rebound.


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Colleges' Latest Offer: Deals
Liberal-Arts Schools Dangle Bargains in Response to Concern Over Cost, Value
A growing number of liberal-arts colleges are supplementing their traditional glossy brochures touting ivy-covered libraries and great-books seminars with more pecuniary pitches: Buy seven semesters, get one free. Apply today, get $2,500 cash back. Free classes after four years.
The schools are adjusting their marketing to attract students at a time when families are struggling to foot the bill for college—and increasingly concerned about the potential payoff. Some of the most aggressive offers come from the most financially...


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Coucher de soleil sur ManhattanAbout this photograph
?When I look for a panoramic view of Manhattan, I favour the top of the Rockefeller Center, the ?Top of the Rock.? It provides this magnificent view of the Empire State Building and the Wall Street towers in the background. In the distance Verrazano Bridge and the Statue of Liberty can be made out. The light of the sunset highlights the silhouettes of the skyscrapers and the slightly sepia tone of the black and white gives the impression that the photo was taken in the ?30s, at the time of the completion of the Empire State Building.? GGRead more Read less
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Guillaume Gaudet is a commercial and editorial photographer based in New York. He developed a taste for travel and discovering new cultures from his childhood, which he spent living in several different countries, including Spain, Argentina, and Germany. After a career in public relations in Paris, he moved to New York in 2007. As soon as he arrived, he fell in love with this bustling city. He has always been passionate about photography and the urban landscape and melting pot atmosphere of the Big Apple has become an inexhaustible source of inspiration for him. Through a particular lighting, architecture or slice of life, he strives to capture in each of his photos a little piece of the soul of the city and its energy.


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Samsung US sweepstakes reveal the "Approximate Retail Value' of the Galaxy S 4 to be $579
posted by Daniel P. / Mar 18, 2013, 9:03 AM
UPDATE: The SIM-free pricing ballpark for UK has also been outed by an online retailer, and it will be around £529.98 including VAT, which is in line with the current Sony and HTC flagships there.
The pricing scheme of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 already leaked for Europe, at least in Italy, and, as usual for a high-end Android at launch there, it hovers around the EUR 600 mark.
In the fifth section there, the rules state: "First Prizes: 48 First Prizes will be awarded, each consisting of a Samsung Galaxy S® 4 mobile device. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $579."
There you have it, the likely off-contract pricing revealed by Samsung itself shows that the Koreans won't be asking an arm and a leg for this year's Galaxy line flagship upgrade, plus, if history is any indication, it will hold value relatively well. The subsidized carrier contract pricing will, of course, be much lower than that.
source: Samsung via Forbes & RedmondPie
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- Display 5.0" 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Camera 13 MP / 2 MP front
- Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, Quad-core, 1900 MHz
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- Storage 64 GB + microSDXC
- Battery 2600 mAh(17h 3G talk time)
29 Comments
1. mariosraptor
Posts: 178; Member since: Mar 15, 2012
in Greece they will be asking a liver
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:06 AM 10
4. tech2
Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012
lol.......I am guessing it will be above £500 ($750) or more in UK as well !
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:14 AM 1
8. mariosraptor
Posts: 178; Member since: Mar 15, 2012
my guess: 16gb=669euro 32gb=749 64gb=849 so i will throw an arm with that liver also
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:19 AM 1
11. mariosraptor
Posts: 178; Member since: Mar 15, 2012
i guess we all should wake up and stop buying all products that anyone throws at us. boycott any greedy company till they drop their prices. S4 should not cost more than 200 dollars to build it.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:22 AM 0
18. zackdbassist
Posts: 22; Member since: Mar 15, 2013
Its people like you who would say nothing when it comes to paying close to 900$ for an iPhone but when it comes to paying for some other brand then you think budget, I am not justifying the pricing, it definitely should be less but again all the manufacturers price their flagships same. N don't start with your plastic bullc**p because what samsung doesn't offer in material it offers in features like bigger battery, expandable memory, and amoled screen. The extra software features(Multiwindow, hover view etc) are an added bonus which itself takes a lot of R&D($ well spent) to develop. You make a phone for 200$ and sell it for the same amount. Will you do that? Every company is here to mint money my buddy.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 10:29 AM 9
14. tech2
Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012
Just found this on gsmarena http://www.gsmarena.com./samsu
ng_galaxy_s4_gets_priced_in_uk _will_cost_you_529_simfree-news-5721.php
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:38 AM 0
9. iphone5fornow unregistered
That's the power of apple lol , that means I can sell my few month iphone 5 and get a new galaxy s4 , ppl you need to understand this apple no just sell products , they sell a representation , is like a Bentley or a roll Royce , they have less features than a Benz or BMW still they cost more .
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:20 AM 3
22. zackdbassist
Posts: 22; Member since: Mar 15, 2013
Thank god! He finally accepts that iPhone offers less features.And representation of what? Does a Rolls Royce or Bentley gets scratched as easily as an iPhone or do they make you lose your way with imaps. Representation...eh! Don't spoil their names at least. They command the premium because they provide you the best without any compromise.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 12:07 PM 3
24. iphone5fornow unregistered
Let me give you some facts , you said scratch so what , all phones get scratch , why you didn't mention drop test , you look like you haven't seen any against the s3 and will be better against s4 as well , when it come to maps they did that cuz they knew , google was gonna beg to put google maps on ios like I have it right now , and soon will have google now as well lol by the way all google apps including google voice , look and feel better in ios isn't that a shame lol
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 2:26 PM 0
25. zackdbassist
Posts: 22; Member since: Mar 15, 2013
To people like you even the dated ios looks good. So, I won't comment on what looks good on what. What resolution do you watch movies on your iPhone and what format? Again what looks good and what bad, I would say don't cry. And who begged? When the maps turned out shady, you iFans were the first one's begging..Google please. You want to start an argument on features. Let's get started, I am waiting to eat something raw since long. Get your facts right before talking bulls**t. And I understand you are an isheep, but you know what? At least don't cry and blabber anything you feel like saying to prove your point. Google would make people beg and that is what they did. Check apple stocks and compare them to Google. You would know! And a disclaimer, I respect both the Android and ios for the good things they do but just for people like you who don't know a dime about technology I speak up in such tone. You want to continue? You are still welcome, let me see how much you know about either platform.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 3:22 PM 0
26. iphone5fornow unregistered
Did you just say , go look at the stock lol cuz last time I check apple was over 400 billions almost twice as much a google so don't mention that , look shut up you and fandroid are always taking crap about useless features that no one uses , A have had a million android phone no gonna give u the list , the point is that android phones always have problems , lets start with NFC who care or uses that , Bluetooth file transfer never came across no one who wanna to use that , and all the other gimmick samsung add to their phones , my last android phone I had was the nexus 4 which is the best android experience you c an have , you know why I sold it becauseos the thermal throttling after you play 20 min , it goes from 60 frames to 30 understand this android can't , they just can't get one one right .
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 4:38 PM 0
29. zackdbassist
Posts: 22; Member since: Mar 15, 2013
Go and learn grammer first. Even for someone like me from a non english speaking nation it is so easy to spot all your mistakes. Who uses bluetooth? Now I don't discuss technology with people who don't know what they talk about. If playing Full Hd videos in whatever format is a useless feature, bluetooth and wi-fi direct file transfer, being able to download attachment's and save it in your file system, have you heard of torrents, yes we can download them as well, phone as a media storage device, can you change the look and feel of your device like launcher's or live wall papers, expandable memory etc. If all this are useless for you then go and get yourself a nokia 3310. It always works and you can do all what you do. and stock price for google is around 800$ and apple is around 500$. Do some research before you blurt. Ah! you might not know what stocks are no wonder you talk like this. First know what you are talking about and then indulge in a discussion.
posted on Mar 19, 2013, 1:34 AM 0
3. deadstroke
Posts: 113; Member since: Jan 22, 2013
shut up and take my money !!!!^-^
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:13 AM 12
6. BadAssAbe
Posts: 507; Member since: Apr 22, 2011
Great Price for a Great Phone unlike some rotten apples. Lower your prices Apple! My Mother and Father Need a phone!
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:16 AM 9
16. _Bone_
Posts: 2155; Member since: Oct 29, 2012
Not to mention you throw in a 64GB MicroSD and still come out under $600. Simply put, Samsung knows how to play bang for the buck and by putting HW, SW, SD slot, removable large battery and other features ahead of design compromises (nice uni body; good luck waiting 2 weeks if battery's de.ad, good luck spending $150 more for $15 worth of extra storage). But the sheeep will always end up judging the phone by it's cover.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 10:02 AM 3
28. JunitoNH
Posts: 1946; Member since: Feb 15, 2012
Why don't you get them an Android device? They depreciate quickly, and you can find a wide selection from $59 to $500. In fact, Amazon is selling the S3 for $479 unlocked vs the iPhone 4S unlocked, which sells for $549. Since they are your parents, you all will be showered with the latest tech in plastic.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 6:08 PM 0
10. reyenrique
Posts: 99; Member since: Oct 07, 2012
ok now and now here is my money
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:21 AM 5
13. DarkShadow
Posts: 51; Member since: Feb 01, 2013
l got to have this Great phone
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:24 AM 2
15. procopiojose
Posts: 132; Member since: Oct 26, 2012
shut up and take my... oh crap.. i don't have money... oh well.. will wait for androd 5.0 on my s3.. :D
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 9:47 AM 6
17. xperiaDROID
Posts: 5629; Member since: Mar 08, 2013
shut up and take my mon.... Oops, I just forgot I have the Xperia Z right now, but S4 is still a SMARTphone.
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 10:05 AM 3
20. laheelahee
Posts: 213; Member since: Apr 09, 2012
just hope Verizon doesnt ask for an arm and a leg... ($300)
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 10:44 AM 1
27. teerex42
Posts: 221; Member since: Jun 14, 2012
Hell to the yeah. I was hoping it would be under 600. Sell my S3 for 300 only pay about 300 for a brand new phone as you get to keep your unlimited data if you pay full price for a phone on Verizon anyway hehehehe...HELL TO THE YES I AM :)
posted on Mar 18, 2013, 4:44 PM 0
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Spring with Sea Breeze Farm
On Saturday, May 29, Slow Food Seattle held it's second spring farm event for chapter members on Vashon Island. Guests first met at La Boucherie, the showcase restaurant for Sea Breeze Farm products such as eggs, dairy and meat, and enjoyed a leisurely four-course lunch. Every course featured local, seasonal products including the memorable fromage de tete (head cheese) and house-made butter, Bill's bread, whole milk ricotta and herbs, savory egg tart over incredible garden greens, pork and lamb leg accompanied by braised vegetables, and last but not least, the chocolate mint gelato, made from fresh milk and mint, and frozen that morning. Sea Breeze Farm is a diverse, multi-species, "beyond organic", grass-based animal farm. Produced with a high level of care and respect for the land and animals, our lunch was both delicious and satisfying.
Following lunch, we formed a caravan and drove to a small U-pick farm. The fruit wasn't quite ready, but we stood and listened to farmer George Page talked about the egg operation in the orchard next to an old hen house. The chickens outside busily feeding on worms and other tidbits hiding in the green grass. We headed downhill by trail towards a fenced off, half-shady patch where about twenty young pigs were playing and eating together. As we approached, they all seemed to greet us from the other side of the fence. Amiable little beings, it was nice to see pigs living comfortably but protected from the hot sun. A little further down the path, we came to where the older pigs were kept. Similar situation, but these pigs were more interested in each other and lying around in cool mud to pay us much attention.
We headed back to our cars and followed each other to the main farm about 6 miles away. Overlooking the Puget Sound, the farm operates a small-scale dairy and wine cellar. George explained how the farm was primarily an egg and dairy farm, and meat was a by-product of production. As with many small farms, animals such as chickens, pigs and cows are part of a healthy cycle of production: cows provide milk, and chickens provide eggs but they also give fertilizer and help break down the cow patties. Pigs are excellent recyclers who feed on lots of scraps. A question was raised about what is done with male calfs since cow's must give birth in order to produce milk. Like most dairy operations, males have few opportunities for usefulness since they do not provide milk but they drink it. Sea Breeze does use males whenever breeding is necessary, and the farm offers a grass-fed veal, or "rose veal" which is red in color because it feeds on grass vs. the white flesh of confined, milk fed veal. No milk-fed veal is produced at Sea Breeze Farm, so the young male calfs experience some quality of life, however brief, before they are slaughtered. It is common on other farms that males are sold or left for feedlots if the farm cannot support their care. Eating dairy products directly provides products for the meat industry so choosing the most humanely raised dairy and meat as possible is not only good, clean and fair, but it is a responsible action.
Outside all day, many of us left with a little too much sun exposure. We departed well-fed and inspired towards the ferry back to West Seattle. We've had lovely warm weather two years in a row for our spring farm events, so please note for next spring: bring sunscreen or at least a wide brimmed hat!
We thank George Page for hosting Slow Food Seattle this year and we can't wait to get back.


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Hong Kong may not be under snow and ice like Hunan province, but it has its fair share of winter weather. After seeing some wild monkeys at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, we trekked back to North Point to meet up with my relatives for dinner. Even incessant rain couldn't dampen my spirits, because I knew my relatives always pick out the best places for Cantonese specialties.
Fung Shing Restaurant at the South China Hotel is one of those clean, brightly lit banquet halls where Hong Kongers go for both special occasions and no-special-occasions. And of course, we ordered a bunch of dishes to serve family-style.
I've had Cantonese roast chicken more times than I can count, and tonight's was one of the best I've ever tasted. The skin was amazingly crisp, the meat amazingly juicy. Usually you get skin and meat of this caliber only on a duck, but this chicken was prepared almost the same way. By repeatedly spooning the sugary sauce over chicken as it roasts, you can get a glistening, perfectly crisp skin.
Another noteworthy dish was the pan-fried and stuffed fish. Instead of just serving a whole fish, the kitchen took out the flesh, preserved the skin, and restuffed the fish into its skin like ground meat into sausage casing. The chefs/cooks then sliced the meat and fanned it out, and reassembled the head and tail so the finished entree resemble a whole fish, just boneless. Clever, eh? It was accompanied with a tasty, thick sauce made out of oyster sauce, garlic, and scallion.
My third favorite dish of the evening was the roast goose wrap. Diced roast goose is mixed with sautéed Cantonese sausage, bamboo, onions, and sprouts; then served with raw lettuce so you can make your own wraps. The savoriness and juiciness of the sautéed mixture matches well with the crisp lettuce; when the lettuce ran out, I spooned the rest over rice and ate very, very happily.
Fung Shing Restaurant
1st floor, South China Hotel
67-75 Java Road
North Point, Hong Kong