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== Levels ==
== Levels ==
The NES port features 136 levels, rather than the usual 148 or 149. 135 come from the original Lynx game, albeit in a different order. One level, appropriately called [[Exclusive]], is exclusive to this port. As with most other ports, the last four levels are [[secret level|secret]] and can only be accessed by entering the right password.
The NES port features 149 levels. 148 come from the original Lynx game, albeit in a different order. One level, appropriately called [[Exclusive]], is exclusive to this port. All levels after level 132 are [[secret level|secret]] and can only be accessed by entering the right password.


As this port is based on the Lynx edition, the [[hint]] text in [[Lesson 3]] matches the original game, and the included version of [[Spirals]] is the original ("corrupted") layout.  However, some levels have differences:
As this port is based on the Lynx edition, the [[hint]] text in [[Lesson 3]] matches the original game, and the included version of [[Spirals]] is the original ("corrupted") layout.  However, some levels have differences:


* In [[Nuts and Bolts]], the block at (15, 25) is moved to (15, 26).
* In [[Lesson 4]], the [[hot block]] has a [[wall]] underneath rather than [[fire]].
* In [[Nuts and Bolts]], the [[block]] at (15, 25) is moved to (15, 26).
* In [[Open Question]], the typo in the [[hint]] is fixed.
* In [[Open Question]], the typo in the [[hint]] is fixed.
* In [[Playhouse]], the [[hot block]] at the beginning is replaced with a [[wall]].
* In [[Playhouse]], the [[hot block]] at the beginning is replaced with a [[wall]].
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| colspan="3" | AFTER WARMING UP ON THE FIRST LEVELS OF THE CHALLENGE, CHIP IS RARING TO GO! "THIS ISN'T SO HARD," HE THINKS.<br>(originally seen between #10 [[Brushfire]] and #11 [[Trinity]]
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| colspan="3" | GREAT JOB, CHIP! YOU FINISHED THE CHALLENGE! NOW YOU CAN TAKE MELINDA THE MENTAL MARVEL TO THE BIT BUSTERS E-PROM!<br>(Different from the Lynx text, which was about gaining entry to the Bit Busters.  Game ends here.)
| colspan="3" | GREAT JOB, CHIP! YOU FINISHED THE CHALLENGE! NOW YOU CAN TAKE MELINDA THE MENTAL MARVEL TO THE BIT BUSTERS E-PROM!<br>(Different from the Lynx text, which was about gaining entry to the Bit Busters.  Game ends here.)
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| [[Forced Entry]]
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| [[Blobnet]]
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| [[Mishmesh]]
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| 140
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| [[Scavenger Hunt]]
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| [[On the Rocks]]
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| [[Slo Mo]]
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| [[Cityblock]]
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| [[Colony]]
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| [[Icehouse]]
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| 126
| [[Block N Roll]]
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| 133
| [[Blobdance]]
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| [[Pain]]
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| [[Yorkhouse]]
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=== Missing levels ===
The following 12 levels, for unknown reasons, are absent from the NES port:
* #22 [[Forced Entry]]
* #23 [[Blobnet]]
* #30 [[Mishmesh]]
* #32 [[Scavenger Hunt]]
* #33 [[On the Rocks]]
* #87 [[Cityblock]]
* #100 [[Colony]]
* #102 [[Icehouse]]
* #126 [[Block N Roll]]
* #133 [[Blobdance]]
* #134 [[Pain]]
* #139 [[Yorkhouse]]


== References ==
== References ==


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