General Tips
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1. Patience - you're gonna need it. These bad guys will chase after you
time and time again, but don't give up. When you mess with them just the
right way, they will succumb. 2. These bad guys are not known for
intelligence. For example, when you and an egg are on the exact same level
and you step down a ladder only two steps, the egg will go down a different
ladder if there is one in front of him. This will happen almost every time,
and it's important to know this for survival. Also, most of the time they
will go for the ladder that is right in front of them if they "think" it
will get them to you faster. 3. As a general rule, only use the peppers in
emergencies or to group the baddies together. Sometimes you will need to
use one when they appear to be together but one is actually pulling ahead a
little. If you time it right, you can group them again, but these tips will
come later. 4. Your major points come from getting all of the bad guys on
the screen onto one of the hamburger ingredients and slamming that
ingredient down to the bottom. In the first two screens, if you do this
correctly, you can rack up 4000 points for each ingredient. After that, you
can rack up 16,000 points easily-and chances are, you'll get yourself an
extra life! 5. Study as many of the experts' INPs as possible. If this
strategy gets confusing-and trust me, it will-then chances are, the INP
will show you just the way to gather the points. It might even show a
better way.

NOTE: When I talk about what level to run to, I'm counting FROM THE BOTTOM
the thick blue lines that you can run on. This also includes the bottom
level. By the way, I learned most of my tactics from Andrew Bornstein. And
I've refined some of his tactics to milk as many points as I can. Likewise,
don't be afraid to alter these tactics after you learn them from me.
Improvising while playing the game is what will make you a better player.


Mastering Screen One
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When you start the screen, dash up the ladder that the Chef is aligned with,
up to and slightly above the fourth level Now, do you see that hot dog on the
left and that egg on the right? Wait for both of them to go up the ladder that
they would be heading toward. When they finally do that (it'll take about two
seconds after they head up the ladders for both of them to hit their
destination levels), dash down to the second level and stand perfectly still.
All of the baddies will try to head down the ladder that you're on right now.
When the hot dog on the top left starts climbing down from the fifth level,
run over to the ladder that's just to your right, and look down. When the egg
and the first hot dog start walking down and to the right (chasing right after
you), just wait. In a split second, the right edge of the two of them will
align with your left arm (your perspective, not Chef's). Just as they do that,
throw ONE pepper. It might seem like you would never hit even one of them, but
it will hit-and delay-both of them. Count to TWO. The next opponent should be
aligned with the arm like that again, so hit him with the next pepper. (If you
do this correctly, it will look like only one egg and one hot dog are
stunned.) Then count to ONE. Hit the final hot dog with a pepper when it's
aligned again, and then all of them should be aligned perfectly.


Manipulating for Game Points
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While the baddies are stunned, run to the bottom of the screen and run
¾ of the way across the bottom part of the hamburger bun on your left. By
doing this (trust me, you'll be doing this a LOT), you'll set a trap to
rack up the big points. The baddies will run down the same ladder you ran
down, and right when they climb onto the bun that you're on, finish off
running across. This will throw the baddies to the bottom and get you 4000
just from the baddies (you get 50 points for pushing each ingredient down).

Dash between the 3rd and 4th levels on the ladder that you should be
right next to right about now. The baddies will climb up the ladder that they
originally went down when they died, and then they will run up the ladder that
you're on. Run 3/4 of the way across the patty to your left to trap the guys,
and, as you did earlier, snap down on them and rack up 4000+ points. (You can
alter this pattern to get 100 more points but this takes up valuable time in
this strategy. It's actually very easy, you just have to make sure that you
don't squish the baddies with the ingredients.)

Now run up the ladder to the 7th level and take down the lettuce one
level. This will allow you to trap the baddies just as you did with the
previous ingredient. Follow the above instructions to rack up another 4000+
points again.

Now, head to that spot (that I mentioned earlier) between the 3rd and
4th levels to tempt the baddies. When they start to climb your ladder, run
all the way up to the 4th level and run up the ladder immediately to your
right ALMOST all the way. Now, the baddies will be easier to tempt. When
they start to climb this ladder, finish climbing up (PLEASE don't get
killed!) and climb up the ladder directly to your right (once again, don't
climb all the way up, just most of the way). When they start to climb the
ladder, run across the top of the bun ¾ to set the trap, and, well, by now
you should know the timing to have them fall to the bottom.

-This part is tricky-. Run to the top part of the bun on your left and run
across it to set yourself up to trick them easier later on. Immediately after
doing this, run to the very center ladder. The advantage of taking your time
just now and hitting that top bun is that when you run straight down, an ice
cream should appear and disappear very quickly (it's timed to hit the ice
cream RIGHT when it appears).

Now, the bad guys are actually running up the ladder that they are
programmed to. This gives you a few seconds to prepare the bottom bun to your
left for trapping. The baddies will climb down the ladder that you were just
on. And when the baddies hit, finish off the trap for 4000+, and, about now,
an extra life.

Run up to that hamburger patty above you and set up a trap from the
LEFT side. Now, run down the ladder that you've just climbed to a certain
point. It's easy to do this incorrectly, which makes the baddies split, which
means you don't rack up the points.

-Now comes another tricky part that's going to take some practice, so
be patient-. The baddies will start up the ladder that you're currently on.
The moment this happens (and make sure that it happens, because these guys
can throw you off easily), get into position to finish the ingredient. Right
when they hit it, finish it off and run up that ladder to your right. Run
across the lettuce and push it down a level. Run across it 3/4 of the way (if
you have enough time) and get into the position on the ladder. Follow the
instructions above to trap the baddies on the lettuce, and then run up to
the bun that you threw down earlier. (You see, if you didn't do this, then
you'd be sunk, having to set it up just right so you can milk the points.)
Throw down the hamburger bun and run back to the ladder in the middle of
the screen so that you're on the same level as the bun. Now, stand still
and hope that the baddies run up the same ladder (they get picky pretty
often). When they do, they'll run up to the 2nd level, then they'll run to
the ladder that you're on. When they do this, do the 3/4 completion of the
bun and wait a split second for when the baddies are ready.

Now, when you spring the trap, run to the place on to the center ladder
towards the center of the screen. An ice cream will appear and disappear
(you'll grab it immediately, again, getting you 500 points and an extra
pepper).

Now run to the position 2nd latter from the center (yes, this gets tiring,
but don't worry, you're now halfway done with the 1st screen). The bad guys
will run up the ladder that you've manipulated them on, then they'll run up
that ladder that will be on their right. When that happens, run down to that
bottom bun to your left and 3/4 prepare it. The bad guys will come right to
you and you can slam them down to the bottom.

-Here come some more tight moments-. Run up to the above hamburger
patty and push it down one level, and then run to the right. The bad guys will
run up the ladder on the right (they should be aligned with you by now).
Prepare 3/4 for the guys and slam them down when they come from the right
side. Now run up to the 7th level and stand perfectly still on that level.
You should look like you're on the ladder, but you're actually on the
level. The bad guys will run up the right ladder, turn left, run up the
ladder that they'll be right next to, then they'll turn right and run up
the ladder that you're close to. Prepare the lettuce 3/4 again, and trap
them when they come in from the right again. Run up to the top level, slam the
top bun down one level, and do the entire thing over again (stand still,
tempt, 3/4 prepare, and grab 4000+).

Now run to the place where the ice cream appears at (if you've followed
the instructions pretty well, then run to the place where "500" appears) and,
once again, you'll be timed right to grab the ice cream with no threat.
Immediately run to the spot shown to the left and be a little patient. The
final tricky part of the 1st screen is coming up. The bad guys will run up
the ladder that they are on, they'll run up the ladder to their left. Right
when they do this, run straight down to the bottom level and 3/4 prepare the
bottom bun. They'll come down perfectly and you can slam them down to the
bottom.

Now run up the left ladder, 3/4 prepare the hamburger patty, and step
down the left ladder a few steps like you did with the 2nd hamburger. If
you've timed it right and you're in the right place, they should run up the
ladder and you can trap them on the patty. When they start to fall, run up
that ladder that will place you right in the middle of the lettuce, and
then take that down a level. Stay on the 5th level until they run up the
ladder that you just ran down, and then run straight down to the level of
the lettuce and 3/4 prepare it. They'll run down the same ladder that you
just used, and they'll fall right into your next-to-last trap of this
level.

-Here comes the big finale-. Run up to the top bun and stand on the
right side of it. The bad guys will come in one of two ways:

1. Up the left ladder, run to the right, climb up the ladder that is right
next to them, go to the right again, climb up the ladder that you're on-and
they can be easily trapped.

2. They climb up from the lettuce, run up the second-from-the-left ladder
on the 1st level, run to the left, run up the ladder, run to the right, and
they'll be on the same ladder as you again so that you can trap them
easily.

Now you can take a quick break, because you just completed the 1st level.
Don't take too much of a break, there's a LOT more ahead of you.

NOTE: You can use these tactics on the 1st, 7th, 13th, and 19th stages as
well. However, you'll have to run faster and you'll need better timing for
the 2nd and 4th hamburgers.