Halloween

Atari 2600

ChronoGear 20 Oct 2023 02:11

I was having trouble with consistently moving the kids to other screens. Turns out you just push the button once to get them to follow you instead of holding the button down the whole time. Also avoid going for a kid if they're at far left or right of the screen or you often won't get to them in time.

GregHouse007 20 Oct 2023 02:13

Ok, hardest cheevo of the game, this is how you do this one: You will get 325 for stabbing Michael and 675 points for rescuing a child. He will get faster (level up) when you rescue 5 kids or after stabbing him twice. Once he gets faster, the points will double and then triple. At speed 3, you can still dodge him, so he is still slow and easy to avoid. The efficient way is to stab him once and then rescue 5 kids, you will get 3600 points before he levels up. Do it again and you will be 10800 when he gets to level 3. This way you will reach level 4 at 21600 (unlocking this cheevo). Level 4 is really when he starts to get fast and this way, he will never be fast enough to be a problem for this cheevo. You play it like this and this 25 point cheevo will feel like a 10 point cheevo. Good luck!

GregHouse007 20 Oct 2023 02:16

Oh? Mine was 2 minutes late? Does this means my tip won't count for the bonus skull then? LMAO

AppleAndo 20 Oct 2023 06:32

I feel the RNG is able to be circumvented. Stay at the very bottom so when he pops out of a door, it doesn't instantly kill you. When you get a kid to the safe room, plop them in the middle, because the game saves their X coordinate from room to room. Stand in the center of a dark room, and go the opposite way you see him spawn so you can safely get the kid through

IzaNamiZX 21 Oct 2023 21:48

If a kid's at the far left or far right of the screen, try to exit and re-enter the screen until the kid gets into a more favorable position (closer to the center). It is possible for Michael to appear closer to the kid than you do, at which point it's a lost cause unless you exit and re-enter to de-spawn him. Also, Michael is actually easier to kill with the sword when is he is higher-level, he moves much faster so he is more likely to run into your stab during its active frames.

HardSonicStorm 23 Oct 2023 20:20

My tips for this achievements are the following:

- Always try to save the kids at the bottom floor, there's no lightout there
- Michael always aim for the kid first, it can make dodging easier if he goes between the kid and babysitter
- If the kid is at the opposite side of the screen, wait a bit to see where Michael will appear, so that you can reload the room if Michael is too close to the kid
- If you want to stab Michael, I reccomend to do it in a room with no kids, and holding the button, no timing required
- When the light is out, it seems that the babysitter and the kid can go through Michael, so you don't have to try to dodge him blindly between flashes

slashfour21 23 Oct 2023 20:33

In addition to the tips from the guys above, another one I'll give you is that when you have a high score and Michael is fast, don't try to dodge him, because the chances of hitting you are very high. The best thing is to manipulate him so that he appears behind the babysitter and follows the rooms where he has the children and does the same process when he finds them.

SagaMaximus 29 Oct 2023 12:06

Does seeing a child die count?

SagaMaximus 29 Oct 2023 13:01

Okay, seeing a dead child counts. Shit.