Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:16 pm Post subject: Mappy-Land NES Easter Egg
This has driven me nuts for a good 20 years. I had this game for my NES way back when. I have a vivid memory of Mappy hopping on a trampoline (as he does for the majority of the game) but, instead of stopping at the top of the screen, he continued up and the game briefly transitioned to what looked like a world map with a teeny-tiny mappy that then floated back down to the level.
All of my friends that played the game have never seen this and think I'm nuts, but I did have a similar odd memory about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer NES that turned out to be true (you can get a little gnome to appear on the forest level. He gives you an extra life and clears the screen of enemies.)
Two stages per world provide the player with access to a bonus stage. Specifically, they are 1-2, 1-5, 2-3, 2-7, 3-1, 3-8, 4-2, and 4-7. In order to access the bonus stage, Mappy must not be storing any distraction items. If he is free of all items, he must proceed to jump on one particular trampoline three times without pressing any of the controls. If he jumps on the correct trampoline three times, instead of falling down when the trampoline turns red, he will be launched into a bonus stage with a couple of moving trampolines. Here, he can collect a number of distraction items, as well as gaining the unique opportunity to collect a 1-Up icon. The bonus stage is over as soon as Mappy falls through the bottom of the screen.
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