Lazlos' Leap Game Boy Developer: Hect Publisher: DTMC By: GammaBetaAlpha ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Table of Contents -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Basics [HELP] Sample Puzzle Solutions [SOLN] Codes [CODE] Donations/Amazon [DONT] Contact Info [CONT] ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Basics -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [HELP] Lazlos' Leap is a fairly simple-to-understand puzzle game with 100 different puzzles, with some devious actual puzzles. It was developed by Hect, a Japanese company that appeared to specialise in puzzle games. Lazlos' Leap is really just a game form of an uncommon board game known as 'Peg Solitaire', and indeed the game was simply titled 'Solitaire' in Japan, adding a smattering of a nonsensical story to the English localisation for the new title. ------------------------ HOW TO PLAY LAZLOS' LEAP ------------------------ In Lazlos' Leap, you are given one hundred different puzzles of an identical format. Each puzzle has a cross-shaped playing table where marbles are laid down at the start of a puzzle - two rows of three marble slots, three rows of seven marble slots, and then a final two rows of three marble slots. It is a very slight modification of the English Peg Solitaire Board, as games may start with a marble in the centre slot. To play the game, you need to have two marbles side by side, and a free slot next to either marble that is directly aligned with both marbles. If you pick one marble up, you can have it 'jump' over the other marble and into the empty slot opposite it. In so doing, you eliminate from the table the marble that you jumped over. You can ONLY move a marble if you jump over another marble - you cannot move a marble a space or two over an empty space. The goal of each puzzle is to eliminate every marble but for one, and for the last move to result in the final marble being placed into the centre slot, 'D4' in the parlance of the format used in the sample puzzle solutions below. This slot is indicated by a flashing star (when there is not a marble over top of it). To get the overall idea of 'Peg Solitaire', here is a Wikipedia link on the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_solitaire --- PAR --- You will notice a stat for each puzzle called 'PAR'. PAR does not refer to the number of marbles you jump over, but rather how many marbles you must take control of and make jump to solve the puzzle. In Puzzle #2, for example, you have a 'PAR' of 2. You can use a single marble to eliminate every other marble except for one, which counts as a single step, and then you use the remaining marble to eliminate the first marble and land in D4, which counts as Step 2, satisfying the PAR of 4. When using a single marble and jumping multiple times, you can speed up by indicating the first spot you wish to, pressing the A button just once to mark it, then go and highlight the next spot you wish to jump to, and so on. Once you have a series of several jumps selected, double-tap A on your last jump spot to execute a far quicker series of jumps than doing each single jump by hand. ----------- FILE SET-UP ----------- Two files can be made with completed puzzles and pars saved for each file. You can use up to eight characters for each file name. To erase a file, select the 'ERASE FILE' option, highlight the file you wish to erase and press the A button. ------------------------ CHANGING BETWEEN PUZZLES ------------------------ You are NOT required to complete the puzzles in order. While playing a puzzle, press Select to open up your Player menu, then Start to scroll through any of the 100 puzzles. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Sample Puzzle Solutions -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [SOLN] The author shall not be providing a full step-by-step solution for each puzzle in this game. However, here are the solutions to the first four puzzles to get you started off and familiarised with how Lazlos' Leap works and plays. A ___ Puzzle #1 'Spoon' B |_|_| ----------------- C ___|_|_|___ PAR: 3 D |_o_|_o_|_|_| D4 -> F4 E |_|_o_o_|_|_| F5 -> F3 F |_|_o F3 -> D3 G |_|_| D2 -> D4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A ___ Puzzle #2 'Fish' B |_o_| ---------------- C ___o_|_o___ PAR: 2 D o_o_|_o_|_o_| D1 -> D3 D5 -> B5 D6 -> D4 E |_|_o_|_|o|_| D3 -> F3 B5 -> B3 F |_o_| F3 -> F5 B3 -> D3 G |_|_| F5 -> D5 D3 -> D5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A ___ Puzzle #3 'Skating' B |_o_| ------------------- C ___|_o_o_o_ PAR: 3 D |_|_o_|_o_|_| C5 > E5 C6 > C4 E |_|_|_o_|_|_| E5 > E3 B4 > D4 F |_|_| E3 > C3 G |_|_| C3 > C5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A ___ Puzzle #4 'Fly' B |_o_o --------------- C ___o_o_o___ PAR: 5 D |_|_|_o_|_|_| C4 > C2 C2 > C4 E |_|_o_|_|_|_| B5 > D5 B4 > D4 F |_|_| D5 > D3 G |_|_| E3 > C3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Donations/Amazon -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [DONT] I don't really care too much about donations, but if you are feeling generous, feel free to send one via PayPal to gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com Alternatively, if you ever order any items from Amazon.com, go to the link below. 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You can email me if interested at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Contact Info -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [CONT] Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. 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