| Mario's Lair
Mario's Lair is far more high-tech than one
would think. For a guy who began as a carpenter and ended up a plumber,
there's a lot of high-tech electrical equipment going on here.
Junior must follow a linear course,
avoiding cross-orbiting balls of electricity and free-traveling blue
sparkles launched continuously by Mario at the top of the screen.
Junior looks worried. He should be. His path is pretty much linear:
he has no options but to climb and cross, back and forth, until he's
at the top—and look at the things he has to avoid.
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Each section has orbiting balls of electricity, orbiting in both
directions. Meanwhile, blue sparks are launched by Mario up top;
these can orbit the pink sections but can also follow the blue
speckled trails you see—allowing them to travel from section to
section, hunting Junior down.
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Junior is almost there. There are three pieces of fruit here, but
it's tough to get without jumping head-first into electricity
orbiting above you.
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But he does it here! Leaping a baddie, Junior hits the fruit and
nails him.
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Relative safety. So long as his clock doesn't run out, junior can
hang here to plan his route.
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Another jump!
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Junior achieves the pink key. But there's to be no rescue of Papa
this time. As per usual, Mario will take Donkey Kong away.
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