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I've been playing this game in the arcades since it came out. One think I don't understand unless I'm playing a different rom is that there is 2 modes to this game: challenge which is against the computer and puzzle mode which you go for endurance and can only play on 2 settings, medium and hard. where are the scores coming from that are played on puzzle easy? Also, the high score is 41k and just from playing 1 game (very sloppy too) I got 53k. Please tell me if I'm looking at this all wrong, I don't want to submit a score under the wrong title. Magical Drop 3 is it's own catagory. I know more about MD2 then MD3. Oh yea, and how the hell do you select that secret character? I saw a recording from I believe A.R. where he got a character with rainbow icons? Something I've never seen.
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Regards,
Steve Krogman

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skrogman@bellsouth.net

Puzzle mode is entirely separate from survival mode on Magical drop 2,
and can only be accessed if you set your Zone settings in the Dip
Switches to Japan. There are three games under Puzzle Mode, and max
score possible is less than 100k.

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Heh, come join the Magical Drop fray if you dare, Steve. I certainly
no longer hold the crown at MARP.

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Selecting secret characters has something to do with the time
remaining in the select screen, if I recall. There's one or two MD3
faqs out there, but they're pretty basic. Someone had a webpage
devoted to the game with all the different character attacks and
patterns, but damned if I can find it now...

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Sincerely,
Q.T.Quazar

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qan@home.com

I know that you can select the other "Strength" guy in Vs mode if you
choose Strength with the "C" button. He's the guy you fight after
World in MD2, and he's the guy who sets bear traps / farts on you
when you land on Skull Squares in MD3 magical journey. His attack
pattern is like the opposite of Sun's - It goes down the sides, and a
little bit down the middle. Kind of like a weaker version of Black
Pierrot's pattern.

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Other than that I am in the dark as far as secret characters, but it
doesn't look like anybody has used them in recordings anyways.

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apieper@vt.edu

Other secret characters in MD2/MD3:
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MD2: See those numbers on each of the characters? In increasing
order, push your down key on each of them, then play as Empress (or
Strength, or Devil).

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MD3: For those of you who have read the original source of how to do
the double-drop trick (meh), you'll have seen the table of numbers
for each of the characters. Otherwise...

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Move to either Devil (15) or Star (17), and press C three times when
the timer reaches that number. (It works for all of the other
characters, except for World [21], but I'm going with the two easiest
ways to get into this.) Six characters will be added: Moon, Tower,
Fortune, Hanged Man, Temperance, and Hermit. (Most people will have
played against Hermit, Temperance, Tower, and Fortune. I've made it
up against Moon a few times, and I don't know of anyone who's gone up
against Hanged Man, although with some of the recordings Aaron's been
doing recently, I wouldn't be surprised if he has.)

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I used to play with Empress on MD2 and Moon on MD3. (I think Moon is
cute... but not nearly as cute as Macky from Twinkle Star Sprites.)

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peng@demongate.ath.cx

Oh, and to respond to Q.T.'s (if he's still around and listening):
Max. possible score on puzzle mode is 79,200, although that requires
completing EVERY level perfectly and without taking any time off the
clock. Score would be as follows:

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Stage x-1: perfect, timer goes to 60, score: 300 for this set.
Stage x-2: perfect, timer goes to 70, score: 600.
Stage x-3: perfect, timer goes to 80, score: 900.
Stage x-4: perfect, timer goes to 90, score: 9900.

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There are eight sets of four stages, so 8x9900 = 79,200.

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peng@demongate.ath.cx