===Mario Gold Rush Levels===

			        ====Gold Rush Stratagey Guide=====

CONTROLS FOR MARIO 2.0

2nd - Jump
Alpha - Fire Fireballz (Only when you're flower power'd)
Left, right, and duck
Left- Goes left
Right - Goes Right
Down - Ducks, if you're big mario, you can duck. You'll need this in some of my levels.



Included:
All the GOld Rush Games, including Bowsers Challenge, for limited time only..
This document.

To bring you the best results, I was playing my games while writing this up. Soooooo, it's gauranteed
that you should win, sooner or later. :)


Gold Rush 1
Gold Rush 2
Gold Rush 3
Gold Rush 4 (Lost World 1) *4
Gold Rush 4 (Lost World 2) *5
Gold Rush 4 (Lost World 3) *x


So here we go!

=====Gold Rush 1 (The Golden Ring) =====

The funny thing about this world was that, I never got a chance to get the golden
ring level onto the internet, and I lost the file after my link thingy on my calculator
cracked. O well, guess you'll never see wut i did. I don't remember either. lol.
I just remember I made a level with lots of coins in a ring, and u collect em in the dark.
Something like that, well n e wayz, here:


Level 1

There are 3 ? mark boxes. The first one is just a coin, and the second is a mushroom. 
Hit the second box first.  You'll go up a small slope that leads to jumping fishes. 
Just jump over to the ? mark boxes and jump over past them. (if you feel the need
to move up to flower power, just go down and hit them. the chances of living though
are very slim, that's why I advise you don't get them). You'll
see a bunch of leters. They spell my name, Jon Wong. Hehe...Ok n e wayz, on the J, 
hit the 3rd box. There is an extra life in there. After that, enter the "castle".
keep on going. Don't hesitate anywhere. The more you stop, the more you'll die. 
When you get to the cannons, just run straight at them. You'll end up landing on the one
shooting down and land on the second one shooting up. Continue...when you come upon
those two jumping fish, and when the blocks shift down one, just run straight. There is 
a thwomp hiding in the cieling kinda. Just run past it. You won't die if you don't hesitate.
Just keep running past all the obstacles. when u get to the cannon shooting up and the 
fish going up and down, just run past it, CAREFULLY though. Hit the ? mark and get the extra
life. However, watch out for the bullet that comes at you from the bottom. That is where most
people die. lol. After that, just dodge the bullets and you win. :)

Level 2

This level is a castle like theme. Most of my level's are like that becuase I can make them
into challenging levels. Ok, well if you start out as big mario, get small by getting hit
by the fish. If you start out small, then just go to the bottom. Avoid the fish though, it
can still kill you if you are down there. The first ? mark box right above you is nothing.
The ones by the fish are an extra life and a mushroom.dodge the second fish and keep moving.
If you want, you can use up that big mario and return to small mario for 2 extra lives.
I recommend doing that, unless you're not that great at mario. Just jump up to the platform
that thwomp blocks kinda, and if you're big mario, you'll shrink. That's the worst that can
happen. Get the two lives and keep moving. Again, just dodge those two cannons. One however
comes straight at the ledge, so don't go as fast. wait for it to shoot, then move. There is
a thwomp. Just run past it again, all of them. Then you'll come upon 3 cannons. Just doge
the first two, wait, and jump on top of the one that is going UP. Dodge the ones going down.
You'll come outa the castle and onto a bunch of pirana plants. A new enemy! Just jump on top
of the pipe when they go down, but be sure to get off quickly, and if you can't, just get to '
the very edge of the pipe and stay there and wait. These piranas still come up even though
you're standing on the pipe. It's not like the normal mario. When you reach the second pipe, 
wait until the third pipe's pirana is gone. Then jump on the fourth. Here, you'll c 3 pirana
plants poppin up and down. Jump onto the one that is kinda floating in the air. It's a secret
passage way. lol. If you climb on top of the cieling, it's a walk in the park. Just keep going
till the very end. If not, well, you just have to dodge a lot of the fish and a whole lot of 
cannons and litle goombas.

Level 3

This is a pretty straight forward level. VERY VERY easy. Wait for the thing in the beginning
or just jump off the ledge, but you have to b very close to falling off the edge in the beginning
to be able to catch the little moving platforms. Get a running start, it's much easier. After
that, Just follow the platforms to the end. there are 2 ? mark boxes with mushrooms and 1 ? 
mark box with an extra life.

Level 4

A VERY SIMPLE MISSION. Just follow it. This is the hardest level i think. You have to b very
fast with the jumping fishies. Oh and at the end, go thru the little circle thingies.
They'll fall when you land on them. If they don't, then get version 2.0 for Mario
Mario 2.0
if you play the gold rush games with 1.2, you'll die a lot more.

Level 5

Bowser. very easy to get thru castle. Just stay on the top part. :)

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Gold Rush 2 (The Dark World)
Only one level is the dark level, which I believe is level 2. There is a big shortcut which
is very very obvious. If you miss it in the dark, I should shoot you. Take the bottom path, 
not the top. Otherwise you'll die instantly.

I don't think you'll need help on these. These are pretty straight foward. Very easy.

Level 1: Use the clouds
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Gold Rush 3 (Bullet Bills Castle)

This is probably the hardest world, short world out of the first 3. This was originally supposed
to be the fourth world, but i decided to change it to number 3. That's why the coins spell out
4 instead of 3. World 3 is tricky. You have to have good reflexes and good sense of space, height, 
and jumping distance. Stuff like that. You'll see why. There is a trick which I will talking about.

Level 1 

This level is probably one of my favourites. It has clouds, bullet bills, cannons flying everywhere,
hence the name, it's crazy! Right from the start, jump, cuz you got 2 cannosn and a bullet bill shootin
at ya. once you clear those, you mite be wonderin, how the hell do u get up that column of that stuff
that makes you float. Well, right after the cannons from the start, quickly jump on the turtle that is 
flying. It'll dissapear under the screen, so it's gone. Get up the column VERY VERY fast, otherwise you'll
die right away. If you lose a life, keep on practicing. Once you got it, and lose a life, just restart it.
No point in continuing. There are plenty of extra lives along the way, becuz this world is freakin hard.
When you get to the thwomp and the 2 cannons, one shootin a cannon and the oher shootin a bullet, jump
on top of the cannon shootin down, right next to the thwomp. Make sure you don't go too far, Otherwise you'll
hit the thwomp and die. When you're on top of the cannon, jump over the thomp. This'll make the thwomp go down, 
so u can have a clear area to jump over. Get the two ? mark boxes, but be carefull of the cannons. After that, 
don't continue going right. You'll lose your form and become small mario again. Instead, wait for the cannon to
shoot near the top of the screen. You'll notice that there's a small line on top of the screen. Follow that line
to the end. To get up there, jump on a cannon or bullet bill that pass near you. Make sure you're not flashing when 
you jump on it, otherwise you'll just go thru the thing u jump on. That only happens with enemies. Anyways, 
if you have fireballz, keep shooting them after u pass the 4. I made a four using coins. Once you pass that keep
pressing ALPHA. The reason u wanna do that is to kill the pirana plant. Anyways, right away jump onto the
bullet bill passing you. Jump RIGHT. You'll land on top of the screen. Keep moving. Here, it's just skill.
You should be able to get 2 of the extra lives. I can't tell u really how to get the other 2 that come up, because
you have to kinda give up a life to get that. The other pair is further down by the end. You can get those, but 
u have to jump thru the spike. Jump over it, but like i sed, you have to have a good sense of height. Jump exactly
the right height over it, and you'll get the two extra lives down there. Next level:

Level 2

Right from the start, you got bullets flying at you. Don't mind them, just skipem. Right after that, jump of the
last bullet holder thingy, the thing that launches the bullets, and jump over the fish. You shoudl land on the 
cannon shooting at you, hold onto 2nd. Get on top of the Cannon shooting DOWN. Try and get close to the edge of that
one using ur own senses and jump over the spike. If you're lucky, you should land above the screen and avoid
all the obstacles in that little area, if not, proceed down there. It's not very difficult. Take ur time tho. you'll
c a fish jumpin up and down. Right after the cannon shoots, and the fish goes back down, run thru it.
You'll make it to the other side. Keep on moving, and stay on the top, don't go down when u get to the point
where it splits up. When u get to the fish jumpin up and down, and see thwomp, be carefull. There will be 
a cannon shootin u from the bottom, and there is a hole. Be carefull here. Don't bother gettin the ?marks. Next part
is just testing ur skill against bullet bills and jumping from cannon to cannon. very easy. Don't go too far
at the end, bowser is there. I dunno why it's there, it just is.

Level 3

Here's the trick, And i didn't know it would work until now. If you have a mushroom, and if you're big mario
or flower'd up, you can press down and second at the same time, and you will shoot up. You will be on the top
of the screen, just like go thru the ceiling. This is a stratagey guide, so I guess it's like cheating. If you
don't do this, and actually challenge yourself, go very slowly, kill off the fish. stay on the bullet bill cannon
in the middle and wait...Then go!!! Kill koopa, get the star after u power up to flower power. Then run fast.
However, get the other two ? mark boxes so there are flowers out, but don't get them. Get to small mario, get the star, 
and go up, get the flower, get on top of the first cannon and run ur ass off to the end. Just keep running after that
till the very end. Get the star and get thru the pirana plants. Get outa there.

Level 4

Basically you're done here. This is very hard to get past. Lol, i even have trouble, but timing has to be precise. 
Don't be fooled by the extra life. Tap right near it, cuz there is a spike right there. My advice on the spike
in the beginning, the one u'll have trouble gettin past, DONT PRESS Second. (2nd). For the second one that you kinda
have to jump higher for, keep a steady jump on to two music note boxes in the middle left part of it. Right when u think 
ur ready, halfway when u jump up, right before u reach the peak, before u go down again, jump over it. U shoudl be 
successful. basically, this is where it ends. You wont' be able to get past this. I bet you wont, and if you do, 
write a review to help other ppl out with this part. The rest, well you can figure it out.

*IF YOU GET PASSED LEVEL 4, EMAIL ME!!! Give me your:

Name:
Email:
Comments:
And how you got past this level:
And evidence to prove you got passed that level by telling me how the fifth level is layed out.

Cuz u made it to the hall of fame. :)

Level 5

I doubt you'll get here. Bowsers here tho. that's all.
CONGRATS!!! YOU BEAT THE LAST LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Move on to Gold Rush 4 Part 1



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Gold Rush 4 Part 1 (Bowsers Castle Part 1): Comin Soon
Fight thru his castle. You end up playing part of Mario, the regular NINTENDO version. It's only 3 levels. I got
really really bored so I made them. Not very original, I know, Anyways, fight thru his castle. There is no bowser.
It's in PART 2. If you beat bowser in part two, basically, you are able to continue to your final mission, Gold Rush 5.
That one is going to be the BIGGEST mario game. 
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Gold Rush 4 : Part 2 (Bowsers Dungeon)

Level 1

A very difficult level. Right away from the start, just let mario float down. Don't let him
jump or do anything. You'll hit the bullet. Once you reach the bottom, go. Stay on the bottom.
If you go to the top, you'll die like no other. The first fish that comes at you, just watch it
come at you, and jump on it. Or, if you don't like killing fish, lol, then go into the little
"cubbie hole" and wait for it to pass, then keep going. After that, you'll see a cannon.
Wait for it to shoot, and keep goin. Just head straight, if you see this, you're goood. 
You're on the right side. Once you come into view of the next area, you'll c a little fish 
on the bottom. Kill it. Immediatly, go over to the second collumn. 
The one which you can't go thru, by now, you should see a little
bullet. There's a cannon? I guess that shoots bullets. Wait for teh fish and the bullet to pass
b4 you go thru. Once it has, run past it and float down. Stay on the bottom. You'll see
3 coins, 2 fish, and if you went far enough, 3, and 2 cannons shooting bullets. 
Keep going to the point where you see a small ? mark box and a cannon shootin down. The cannon 
does not shoot, luckily. Wait for the cannon that shoots bullets to go. Then run quickly to 
the ? mark box. Get the extra life. You'll need it. There should be 2 fish and a cannon shootin
cannons at you. Wait for the fish and the cannon to pass. then move. Stay on the bottom. If
you did it right, you should see a spike to your left, behind a block.Keep moving on the
bottom and you'll see 2 spikes.  Get to the point where you see the cannon shooting cannons
up, and go up right away and kill the fish. Watch out though, because there'll b another cannon
shooting down and another one shooting up. You kinda have to dodge em both. Now move to the top 
part. Go down and land ont he fish and bullet that pass you. Go past the bullet and GO UP!!!
This is the part where you stay at the top. Keep going and watch for the bullets.  You'll
see another cannon shooting bullet bills. Wait for it to shoot, then run past it. Go up though,
don't go down. You'll see an extra life. Ignore it because you won't be able to get it. There'll
be two cannons shooting at you. Wait for them to go and keep moving. When you past the first
cannon, go up, to wehre the second cannon is. Hurry and get to the wall. 3 bullets should
shoot at you. Wait for them all. If you want the extra lives, go ahead and you can try and 
get them. I've never done it before and I don't think you will too. Stay on the bottom. Once
you get to the part where you see many different pathways, go up. Wait for the 3 bullets too
shoot though, otherwise you'll die. Don't get the star, you won't need it. slowly float
down in the water and get the ? mark box. Don't worry about the thwomp, can't hurt you. Dodge
the two cannons shootin at you and get the mushroom. You will get another ? mark box and turn
flower power'd. Congrats, you have finished the first level. :)

Level 2

This level is a bit weird. Hit the shell and jump fast though. So you won't get hurt. Get the star
and the mushroom and move. You do not need the other shell, it'll give you a coin. Get down
the pipe and into the water. Hurry and get past all the fishand go into the next part. Don't
try and stay on the top part of the screen. You'll die. If you time everything right, you'll
be able to get the next star and continue without getting hurt. Keep on moving paste the round
things. They will fall when you land on them. Just move fast and don't worry about all the enemies.
you can just plow through them. Now here's the fun part. Find the coins and DON'T jump 
anywhere else. You'll die. Stay by the music boxes and the coins, and you will live. You'll
come upon one with 2 music boxes together. Be carefull. I hid a solid box so when you jump up, 
you'll hit it  and go straight down. The hidden box is above the second music box, you can use it
to get to the round thingy. The rest is straight foward.

Level 3

One of my favourite levels. I made it while watching this band play at our school. Not a bad
band actually. Anyways, You will have to wati in between the first few jumping fish so you won;t
die. Just land ont he round thing and jump off before it goes down. Besure to have that mushroom.
Now, when you get to the part where you have to get off without hitting the spike, just let it 
go down by itself. You won't die. Here it's very very straight foward.  Don't get the extra life
by the coins. get the second one if you're small, by the end.

Level 4

One pretty pointless one, using the falling circle thingies. When you enter, don't get the ? mark
box. Go down and snatch that extra life. To get back out, don't continue btw, to get out, 
just backtrack and keep pressing 2nd. You'll b able to jump back out and get that ? mark
box and continue. Pretty straight foward till the end. Just keep moving, don't stop. and at 
the thwomps, go on the bottom level. The last one, the very last row on the bottom of the 
screen. There, you won't get killed. :)

Level 5

A favourite of mine. Pretty easy. Just keep jumpin on the blocks and don't fall. Later, lots 
of bullets come at you. Dodge em, and wutever you do, don't hit the koopa's. Only the ones on
the ? mark boxes so taht you can get the extra lives and stuff.

Level 6

ONE OF THE BEST LEVELS...which i doubt many people have made. :)
Here you stay on the roof tops.just like a regular mario level, cept dont fall thru. You can't
land on the buildlings. Nope. Keep going till the very end. Go very very quickly. don't take
time to site see. Grab all the extra mushrooms, you'll needem. There is a hidden pirana
in two of the buildings. Be carefull when you approach them and jump over them. For the second
one, wait for the fish to pop up, and the pirana plant to dissapear. Quickly go and jump thru,
but if you have flower power, kill it and continue.

Level 7

Ah...Bowsers castle entrance. All those ? marks are coins, cept the 2nd one which holds an
extra life. But it's pointless to wait for it. The koopa in the beginning, either kill it with
flower power, ot let it go in front of you ,cuz it'll ccome back and kill you. So expect it
after the 2nd cannon fires at you. You'll get to the point where it clears up, you've entered
the outer area of it. You were close to the roof at that point. Get The FLOWER POWER!!!
You'll need it. You'll lose it when you run past the thwomp, or you can go on the bottom which
i'm not too familiar with because I never take it. lol. But stay ont he top and use the goombas
and koopas to dodge the piranas. I hate those things.continue. Stay on the top part when you
get past the fish. Wait for the 2 bullets to shoot at you. While the flying koopa is beneath
the ground, jump on it. I'll dissapear. Watch for the other 2 bullets comin at ya. Kill the goomba
Wait for the bullet in that wall of bullets to go, and then wait for the cannon that shoots UP
to go. Then move. Get the ? mark box and get outa there.

Level 8

Get the ? mark boxes and dodge the fishies. And bullets. Lots of bullets. Stay on the upper 
part when you get to the part where it splits up. STAY ON THE TOP. It's much easier. Use that koppa
that you jump on and push it to the right. You'll end up hitting a ? mark box and gettin a mushroom.
Hit the koopa by the wall of bricks, and you've seen this before. Let it hit them all, INCLUDING
the other ? mark, containing an extra life. Be patient. Then you're done.

Level 9

This level is a freakin killer. Get the mushroom in the beginning, then run to the bottom
of the first steps, and jump on the cannon. Then quickly backtrack and dodge the one coming down.
After that ones gone, move past it. Wait for the bullet bill to shoot, then wait for all the
cannons to shoot. jump on the ones going down to run past em. After you finish that, dodge the other
Get that extra life, but b fast cuz the thing you stand on sinks. Do it after the bullet passes, otherwise
you'll hit it. Get the ? mark box if you need it. Otherwise, go to the top part of the screen. 
continue to the part which thwomp. Jump past the fish and quickly jump to the other side 
avoiding the thwomp. Next part, wait for the moving platform to get close to you. Then jump onto
it and ride it to the other side. NOW DODGE ALL THOSE BULLETS coming at you. Otherwise game
over. If you are small, wait for the bullets. then grab one of the mushrooms. If you are good
enough, get the other box, the third box is nothing. Get on top of the cannons, top of the
screen so you get the star. The star itself is pointless actually. Now, keep on moving. rest
is straight foward.

Level 10

Doesn't this place look familiar?
You are on Bowsers roof. how dare you. So he throws more enemies then the ones you've seen b4.
Pretty difficult. dunno how to explain it.Next part is very simple. Just keep on the platforms.
The ones where You have to downt he bullets aswell, if you just stay still, it'll take you
on it. If you are big mario, then go thru the bricks and become small mario to get 5 extra
lives. I suggest you do this. 

Level 11

Nothing really... Just make sure you don't die in the beginning.

Level 12

Plain and simple. Just dodge the pirana. And at the end, it tests how well you know where to
jump to and how to avoid spikes. You are in bowers castle. :)

Level 13

Very very pointless level. I was bored. Just don't fall into the hole where the extra lives are
hehe... And dodge the thwomps. Oh theres a suprise by the finish, if you r big mario, don't worry,
but if you are small, better look out.

Level 14

DAMN This one is hard. Another water level, but you have to b SUPER SUPER carefull. This one is
super hard.  This level will take up a ton of lives. Dodge the bullets then it tests how well
you can dodge spikes. GO VERY SLOWLY, take your time on this level. I dunno how to explian 
it really... Oh a trick at the end, go up and get the ? mark, then go back down to the fishies
and get the extra live. However, to go thru without getting small, press down and 2nd. You'll
shoot thru the land and b able to get the extra mushroom. :)

Level 15

BOWSER
Be carefull with the darkness of it. Follow the coins. The first one is a fake. You don't
have to jump thru the first one. Just walk thru it. Watch for the  flying koopa's in the second
one. BOWSER. Ok heres the deal. I thut it'd be stupid to end the game here, so I decided
to make it so you can escape bowser. Hide in the holes, and get to the finish. You'll c, 
and bowser is mad cud u escaped. :)

Level 16-17

Just names and credits. Stuff like that in the form of ? mark boxes with extra lives hidden
and many mushrooms. Explore a bit, I can't tell it to you. :) . Chek the E's on level 17.

Level 18

Bowser gets back at ya!! same thing as level 15 cept it's real this time

Level 19

Just the ending...but there will b more!! Comin in Gold Rush 5

