Cadillac (NES) FAQ Version 1.0 (6/19/05) by winnie the poop 2 (hockeyfox (at) ameritech (dot) net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- o) Table of Contents ----------------------------------------------------------------------- i) Gameplay ii) How to Play Cadillac iii) Basics iv) Closing ----------------------------------------------------------------------- i) Gameplay ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Controls -------- Start --- Pause the Game Select --- None A Button --- Freeze Pause (99 second limit) B Button --- None *Freeze Pause allows you to see the cards and the board while the Start Pause will cause the screen to go green, blocking your view to the cards. Freeze Pause has a 99-second limit. Game Screen ----------- --------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | | ------- | || | |||6. . | | CARD 51 || < Cards Remaining | ||| . . | | || | ||| . .9| | PAUSE 99 || < Seconds left | ------- | || (Freeze Pause) | O U T | || | ------------------------------- | LEVEL 01 || < Level (duh) | | | | | | | | ROUND 01 || < # tries in LV | | | | | | | | REPLY 10 || < Replays | |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | || remaining | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | ------------- | | |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| ------------- | | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | POINT || | |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | 00 || Point Value of | | | | | | | | || last combo | | | | | | | | || | |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----| | $500 || Money Total | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | ------------- | | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- Menu Translation ---------------- 1-Player (hitori purei) VS Mode (futari VS purei) Rules (ruuru setsumei) Level Set (geemu reberu setto) 1-Player - Play alone VS Mode - Two players take turns trying to steal points from each other. Yes, you two will use the same board and cards. Rules - Read rules (I translated them - read "How to Play Cadillac") Level Set - Set difficulty. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ii) How to Play Cadillac ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 cards will be dropped down to a 5x5 space, and you will have to arrange them in a manner that will match the cards up and you collect money for doing this. The cards will only stop at the bottom or when there is another card under them. At the start of every solo game, you will be given a quota (amount depending on difficulty level) for you to fulfill. If you fail to clear the board at the end of the deck, you still can play another round by fulfilling the monetary quota. Possible Matches ---------------- Straight - (3, 4, or 5 cards) String together any consecutive numbers in a row. 6-7-8, J-Q-K are two of them. Suit does not matter here. Flush - (3, 4, or 5 cards) String cards with the same suit together. Straight Flush - (3, 4, or 5 cards) Combination of the previous two. String together a Straight, only with the SAME suit. Three Cards - (3 card only) Common sense. Three cards of the same number in a row. Four Cards - (4 cards only) 4 same numbers in a row. Royal Straight Flush - (5 cards only) A-K-Q-J-10, all in the same suit. The grandfather of them all. Folding ------- At the end of the 52-card deck, if you have not cleared all of the cards, it is not game over. Instead, you will be punished with 50 dollars per remaining card. When your monetary total reaches zero, you will be forced to fold and it is game over for you. Also, if you overflow the 5x5 board by placing a card over the top (onto the "OUT" part), you will be forced to fold. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- iii) Basics ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Scoring ------- Straight (3) - $100 Straight (4) - $200 Straight (5) - $500 Flush (3) - $10 Flush (4) - $100 Flush (5) - $300 Straight Flush (3) - $500 Straight Flush (4) - $1000 (guess) Straight Flush (5) - $2000 (guess) Three Cards - $300 Four Cards - $1000 Royal Straight Flush - ???? Leftovers - -$50 Levels ------ This is like any other puzzle games - as the level goes up, the faster the cards will go down the board. The maximum level is 10, and you may change the levels to your preference in the start menu (4th option). Replays ------- If you fail to clear the board at the end of the deck, but make the quota given to you before the start of the game ($500 for level 1 difficulty, $1000 for 9), you still can play another round and try again. However, you will have only 10 replays to dish out. Tips ---- -Concentrate on making simple flush if you only seek to clear a level, they're the easiest to make. -If you want a 4-card straight or flush, you have to set it up horizontally because if you try it vertically, you're going to get stuck with 3 since you cant divide them into two so you can wedge them in with the fourth or fifth one. For example: 5 | | >>>> | v | >>>> | | >>>> 5-CARD STRAIGHT! |34 67| |34 67| |34567| ----- ----- ----- You cannot do this vertically since you have to stack them up and by the time you reach the third card, it's going to be called a 3-card straight and you only receive $100 instead of $200 or $500. Same goes for Flush and Flush Straights. -Don't worry about making massive money, just make 3-card straights, easy $100 every time. That should be enough to make over $1000 from a single 52-card deck. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- iv) Closing ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer ---------- No disclaimer here. Just go ahead and post it on your site, I don't care. Just credit me. History ------- 6/19/05 (version 1.0) --- The birth of this FAQ. Contact ------- hockeyfox (at) ameritech (dot) net Copyright Martin Dale-Hench 2005 --FIN--