Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
All of this was found in 2010.
The whole video is a mix of a good start, then the end of the best strat I came up with. This is why some details don't match on screen. ^_^
The Incendiary Grenade Trick (IGT), imagined and proposed by Roxus12 in 2010 or so :
1/ Gather the Ganados correctly, as close to the entrance of the tunnel as possible.
2/ Head to the zipline and ride it. Open the chest.
3/ Stick to the border and toss the Inc Gre blindly. You'll figure out a 100% spot like I did, don't worry. ;-)
4/ Use the music ! I personnally count 5 beats of music between the moment I toss the Gre and the moment I press the Menu button. You can use this tool for the next grenade as well. Timing is close to the frame-perfect, so don't let randomness discourage you, beat randomness with your groove !
5/ Walk backwards, then toss the Explosive Gre into the pit.
6/ Pick up the Bonus Time.
The 189000 route (there are a few alternatives though) :
- First chest (35 kills)
- Head to the Wooden Corridor and save your combo (36; 5 Corridor Ganados spawn)
- Kill the 2nd Boss, jump down the ladder, standing in the Alley (37; 5 Alley)
- Kill a Ganado, jump down the ladder, standing in the Pit (38; 2 Pit)
- Kill 3 Ganados + 1 RL in the stairs (42)
-- 51 enemies have spawned, you killed 42, 9 remain alive --
- By climbing the wooden ladder that leads to where you gather the enemies for the zipline chest, you'll spawn your 10th ganado.
- Prepare the zipline chest, go get some timers and ammo you need.
- Second chest (34+; 3rd Boss)
- Kill the 3rd Boss and the remaining Ganados (38)
- Prepare the last chest.
- Third chest (37)
I unfortunately have no video of the route, for some reason I didn't keep any trace of it because I never got a good score with it.
I know it's a little bit of work for someone who wants to try it, because he must convert the log written above into an actual run, but I'd be very happy to see someone eventually get there.
Speaking of, I still have ideas to improve the first chest... But that's a story for another video !
Trivia and Philosophy :
this map is somewhat beautifully programmed, and frustrating at the same time.
WHY, after we killed 20 ganados in the first chest, the 2nd Boss spawns and like a freaking coincidence, the lower floor lets us spawn 9 Ganados only (5+4) ?
WHY then, the next lower floor lets us spawn 6 Ganados to fix the oddity and eventually give a round number (35) ?
WHY does the 3rd Boss spawn exactly as the enemy #47 ? Like a freaking coincidence, it lets us kill exactly 37 then 33 Ganados during the next chests...
I asked myself many questions about this game, and I want to believe there's some kind of beauty in all of that. That's one reason that might let me conclude that getting more than 35 or 33 kills in the 1st and 3rd chests is a defiance to this level's nature.
Is this what we call... beating the game ?
All of this was found in 2010.
The whole video is a mix of a good start, then the end of the best strat I came up with. This is why some details don't match on screen. ^_^
The Incendiary Grenade Trick (IGT), imagined and proposed by Roxus12 in 2010 or so :
1/ Gather the Ganados correctly, as close to the entrance of the tunnel as possible.
2/ Head to the zipline and ride it. Open the chest.
3/ Stick to the border and toss the Inc Gre blindly. You'll figure out a 100% spot like I did, don't worry. ;-)
4/ Use the music ! I personnally count 5 beats of music between the moment I toss the Gre and the moment I press the Menu button. You can use this tool for the next grenade as well. Timing is close to the frame-perfect, so don't let randomness discourage you, beat randomness with your groove !
5/ Walk backwards, then toss the Explosive Gre into the pit.
6/ Pick up the Bonus Time.
The 189000 route (there are a few alternatives though) :
- First chest (35 kills)
- Head to the Wooden Corridor and save your combo (36; 5 Corridor Ganados spawn)
- Kill the 2nd Boss, jump down the ladder, standing in the Alley (37; 5 Alley)
- Kill a Ganado, jump down the ladder, standing in the Pit (38; 2 Pit)
- Kill 3 Ganados + 1 RL in the stairs (42)
-- 51 enemies have spawned, you killed 42, 9 remain alive --
- By climbing the wooden ladder that leads to where you gather the enemies for the zipline chest, you'll spawn your 10th ganado.
- Prepare the zipline chest, go get some timers and ammo you need.
- Second chest (34+; 3rd Boss)
- Kill the 3rd Boss and the remaining Ganados (38)
- Prepare the last chest.
- Third chest (37)
I unfortunately have no video of the route, for some reason I didn't keep any trace of it because I never got a good score with it.
I know it's a little bit of work for someone who wants to try it, because he must convert the log written above into an actual run, but I'd be very happy to see someone eventually get there.
Speaking of, I still have ideas to improve the first chest... But that's a story for another video !
Trivia and Philosophy :
this map is somewhat beautifully programmed, and frustrating at the same time.
WHY, after we killed 20 ganados in the first chest, the 2nd Boss spawns and like a freaking coincidence, the lower floor lets us spawn 9 Ganados only (5+4) ?
WHY then, the next lower floor lets us spawn 6 Ganados to fix the oddity and eventually give a round number (35) ?
WHY does the 3rd Boss spawn exactly as the enemy #47 ? Like a freaking coincidence, it lets us kill exactly 37 then 33 Ganados during the next chests...
I asked myself many questions about this game, and I want to believe there's some kind of beauty in all of that. That's one reason that might let me conclude that getting more than 35 or 33 kills in the 1st and 3rd chests is a defiance to this level's nature.
Is this what we call... beating the game ?
