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Table of Contents
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[INTRO] Introduction
[HPLAY] How to Play
[MINIG] Mini-Game Guide
[QUEST] Frequently Asked Questions
[VERSN] Version History
[COPYR] Copyright
[CONTC] Contact Information

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Introduction                                                         [INTRO]
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The ultimate sleepover game.

A great way to pass the hours while in the hospital, a particularly boring
summer camp, or a dirty old prison.

Polyandry is fun!

The worst video game I have ever played in my life.

Four eloquent, concise ways to review this game. Now, I don't want to
disappoint my readers; if you're reading this guide, I suppose you're playing
this game and like it at least a little. But seriously, this is the worst game
I've ever played (even worse than "A Bug's Life" and a couple of those old
Formula One games). First of all, the premise is stupid, yet vague. The goal
seems to be to run around the board, collecting "hearts" and "boys." Collect
more than one and you get to watch them fight over you in bloody 3-D glory!
Just kidding; there's nothing resembling violence (or sex, for that matter) in
this game. Along the way, you might step on a special space that has special
properties; you might lose a turn, or you might get to play a mini-game. If
this sounds like a rip-off of Mario Party, it is. However, in this game there
aren't even 20 mini-games, and many of them are very similar to each other. The
graphics are generally bad, although the big, colorful pictures of the twins
clad in cool 2001 fashions (which appear about every two seconds) look pretty
good. The music and sounds are kind of irritating, even for a GBC game. Play
control is simple, and that's not a bad thing, although here it's actually too
simple. Also, control in many of the mini-games is awkward. The challenge level
is pretty low, and I don't think you'll be playing Crush Course for very long.
Multiplayer games (as always) make things better, but please tell me if you
know three other people with Game Boy Colors and copies of this game. One more
grievance: Some of the mini-games are poorly designed. By this I mean not just
from a game-play perspective; I mean from a technical perspective as well. In
the side-scrolling mini-games, it's possible to get stuck against a wall, and
when that happens, you'll have to wait until you run out of time and the game
ends - sometimes 60 seconds later. Also, the score shown during mini-games is
often incorrect, and sometimes it appears as just a glitchy bunch of sprites.
This is a common occurrence, too. Lastly, as for the game's prominent slogan,
"Real Games for Real Girls," I think almost any other game would be more fun
for players (female or male) than this.

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How to Play                                                          [HPLAY]
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Once you turn your game on, just keep pressing the A button to breeze by the
endless sequence of title screens, recognition for the game developers,
copyrights, and Olsen self-promotion (including an ad for their AOL page!).
Eventually you'll reach the opening screen. Select "Start Game" to begin play,
or "Credits" to see who made this game. Assuming you picked "Start Game,"
you'll now be able to begin setting up your game.

Select "New Player" to log in as a human player. You'll then get to choose from
an assortment of different photos of Mary-Kate and Ashley, and you can even
choose their colors! The picture doesn't matter (although you will see it
before the start of every turn), and the colors only alter the appearance of
your game chip (and your girl's sweater and headband). Keep in mind that one
Game Boy can control multiple human players if you wish.

"Log In Player" is similar to "New Player," but here you'll be prompted to
enter a password. If the password is valid, you'll restore all accumulated
"hearts" and "boys" accumulated from previous games (there's no save feature in
this game). If the password is valid, a "Welcome Back" message will appear.

"CPU Player" will add a computer-controlled player. Pick this three times if
you're playing by yourself. You could even play with all computer players, but
what fun is that?

"Start Game" will start your game once 2-4 players (human or computer) are
ready to start playing.

Now you'll select the board where you'll be playing. Each one has a different
layout and a different set of mini-games. You won't be able to visit the Mall
until you've completed both the Park and School.

Park: Simple, with few arrows that affect players' travels. One time a player
went totally off the board here.

School: This board is of medium complexity.
Mall: Here there are lots of irritating arrow places that are hard to get
through.

Finally, set options. A check mark means the option is activated, and an X
means it's off. Press A to change the highlighted option, and select OK when
you're finished fiddling with options and are ready to start playing.

*Sound can be turned off if you don't like it.
*Music is another thing you can toggle off if you prefer listening to the
sounds of silence.
*Laps determines the number of times you must travel around the board before
the game ends. This can be set anywhere between 1 and 5.
*If you turn Minigames off, you won't have much of a game to play.
*I think Trading, when on, lets you trade collected "boys" in multi-Game Boy
games.

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Mini-Game Guide                                                      [MINIG]
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This is really the only part of the game that involves skill rather than blind
chance. Feel free to send me an e-mail message (please review the Contact
Information section first) if you break any of my personal records.

Boat Race
Found: Park
Best Score: 86
Description: A boat race in the park brings out your competitive streak. There
are many routes to the finish line. Can you guess which one is the fastest?
Tips: Stay low at the first fork, go straight at the second, and head left with
a sharp turn at the four-way intersection. The boat handles in a slightly
awkward way, but get used to it; it's how a lot of things in this game work. As
with all find-the-exit mini-games in Crush Course, you'll earn the highest
score if you finish quickly; for every second it takes to finish, one point
will be deducted from your final score.

Butterflies
Found: Park
Best Score: 24
Description: The hedges and fountains are surrounded with pretty butterflies.
Collect as many of them as you can before the timer runs down.
Tips: This was supposed to be a REAL video game! Butterflies is one of the
rarer mini-games. Try to cover every area of the park while searching for the
butterflies. The butterflies can move fairly quickly, but often they're
stationary.

Cafeteria Targets
Found: School
Best Score: 16
Description: The cafeteria is full of tasty treats, if you can just get hold of
them! Your aim in this minigame is to move your cursor over the food items as
they appear.
Tips: Quick reflexes are necessary to succeed in this very simple game.
Remember that the cursor doesn't change directions very well. This is one of
the rarest mini-games the game, although similar Targets-based games appear a
lot.

Clothing Treasure
Found: Mall
Best Score: 28
Description: Collect as many items as you can in the shortest time possible.
The store is loaded with items so you'll be pretty busy.
Tips: Shoplifting or cleaning up after some loser who trashed the store. Fun!
You have a long time (30 seconds) to play, so you should be able to grab almost
everything. Remember that stars are worth double points, and that they usually
appear in dressing rooms and other out-of-the-way spots.

Clothing Maze
Found: Mall
Best Score: 81
Description: Finding your way to the exit of the shop by navigating the maze of
clothes.
Tips: From the start, keep going right and turn up at the next-to-last aisle.
Head all the way up and then keep going left until you find the exit at the
very top.

Escalator Action
Found: Mall
Best Score: 37 (normal), 35 (with pits)
Description: It's up, down and all around as you try to collect all the
treasures you can find. Press the A BUTTON to jump.
Tips: First of all, I must be honest in disclosing the fact that I hate
escalators. Just keep exploring the room, touching any objects you find. The
escalators function like stairs in other side-scrolling collect-the-stuff mini-
games; simply keep jumping up them. Stars earn double points, and remember that
there are four of them in the upper-right corner of the room (the rarer room
configuration, which has a few bottomless pits, places the stars at the upper-
left corner). Don't move horizontally until the apex of your jump to get to the
highest platforms. It should also be noted that you jump the same height no
matter how hard or long you press the A button.

Fishing Targets
Found: Park
Best Score: 18
Description: There are plenty of fish in the pond! When you see air bubbles or
fish, move your cursor over them to try to catch them and score points.
Tips: This is a lot like the other target-based games, but this one is a bit
easier than the others because the fish produce bubbles before they pop up.

Hedge Maze
Found: Park
Best Score: 75
Description: Try to find your way through the maze of hedges to the fountain in
[the] middle of the park in the best time. Avoid hitting the walls and dead
ends as they will take time away.
Tips: It shouldn't be too tough to avoid hitting the walls, and even if you did
hit them, they wouldn't slow you down much. Also, Mary-Kate and Ashley are
probably more interested in hedge funds than hedge mazes. Head down early on,
then all the way right. From there, go up most of the way, left, and then down
and right through the pathway to the fountain.

Locker Treasure
Found: School
Best Score: 26 (normal), 18 (with pits)
Description: There are plenty of treasures about in the locker room! Collect
all the items by moving over them. Press the A BUTTON to jump.
Tips: Just touch the items to collect them. Try to collect as many as possible
before time expires. Remember that stars are worth double points, as usual. You
must jump up the ladders; don't press Up and expect to be able to climb them
like in Super Mario Bros. 2 or something. There are two different room
configurations for this mini-game. One has a pit at the bottom of the screen,
and if you fall in, the mini-game will end. On this configuration, don't
explore the lower part of the room until you've finished investigating the
higher levels; you can't get back up from the basement.

Movie Maze
Found: Mall
Best Score: 85 (start at top), 86 (start at bottom)
Description: Finding your way to your seat in the Cineplex is like navigating a
maze.
Tips: Ugh. Another maze game. It's not just like navigating a maze; it is a
maze! You're trying to find the yellow chair in the theater. If you start at
the top of the screen, stay right and keep heading down. If you begin near the
bottom, keep going up a flank and cut toward the center when you reach the top.

Parking Space Race
Found: Mall
Best Score: 84
Description: Drive around the parking lot to try to find the fastest route to
the last parking space. Oh, and avoid obstacles and crashing into other
people's cars.
Tips: In real life, I think trying not to crash into other cars should be one
of the top priorities, not a mere afterthought. Obstacles means shopping carts,
which should be avoided. The parking space, a star marked with the letter "P,"
is located at the top of the map between the left edge and right edge.

Park Treasure
Found: Park
Best Score: 37 (with pit), 15 (normal)
Description: Once again you're jumping around trying to collect all the items
you come across. This time you're in a beautiful park! Press the A BUTTON to
jump.
Tips: This mini-game reminds me a lot of the older Super Mario "fan games"
(amateur productions based on the Super Mario series of games). The programming
is as bad, too! Watch out for the pits in one of the rooms, and remember that
stars are worth two points instead of one.

River Rampage
Found: Park
Best Score: 97
Description: Zoom down the river in your motorboat, collecting as many stars
as you can before the clock runs out.
Tips: This is a lot like slalom skiing. One star will be to the left, the next
to the right, and so on. If you hit a buoy, you'll grind to a halt, so avoid
those. If you're really good, you'll reach the exit before time expires.

Sale! Targets
Found: School, Mall
Best Score: 37 (30 seconds), 18 (15 seconds)
Description: Move your cursor over all the really cool items you want to buy.
See how many items you can buy before time runs out.
Tips: Similar to the cafeteria game. I don't know a lot of places at my local
shopping mall where you can buy bananas. Many of the objects are very large in
size, but the only way you can hit them is by moving the crosshairs over the
very center of the object.

Science Mess
Found: School
Best Score: 20 (configuration 1, with cluster at start), 21 (configuration 2)
Description: Oh no! Someone has left all the items in the science room in a
mess! It is your job to collect as many of them as you can before the timer
runs down.
Tips: A lot like Clothing Treasure - just walk around collecting all the stuff.
Focus on collecting items that appear in bunches. Stars are worth two points,
so those are extra good.

Scooter Race
Found: School
Best Score: 83 (long course), 90 (short course)
Description: Today, there's a special scooter obstacle race course in the gym,
and your job is to complete the fastest route and get to the finish line in the
least amount of time.
Tips: There are a couple of different courses, but in both your pattern should
resemble oscillation (like a heartbeat monitor). Avoid the objects that jut
out. Your control is a little awkward - the arc-like motion you're probably
familiar with. On the shorter course, be careful to go through the finish line
and not around it. 

Table Maze
Found: School
Best Score: 85
Description: What a confusing maze of tables! You have to find your way through
to the exit in the fastest time possible to get the highest score.
Tips: You didn't think the School would have a maze mini-game, too, did you?
Basically, head left at first, then go up and follow the path, staying up when
possible.

Crush Minigame
Found: School, Park, Mall
Best Score: 2 hearts
Description: The object of this mini-game is to try and guess which cutie has
a crush on you.
Tips: You often earn hearts from this special mini-game, but it doesn't matter
who you pick! Duh!

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Frequently Asked Questions                                           [QUEST]
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Q: What are the controls?
A: It takes about fifteen seconds to figure out the controls for this game.

Press START to pause the game.
Press the A button to move to the next screen and to speed up the display of
text.
Press the B button to return to the previous screen on menus.
Use the Control Pad to move your character in mini-games.

From the pause menu, you can quit your game and return to the main menu if you
select the "Quit Game" option.

Q: What happens when you land on each space?
A: This might take a full minute or two to figure out.

Blank: Nothing
Six-pointed star: Warps you back to your previous space
Heart: Love Test; play a Crush Mini-Game
Question mark: Random event; Lose a turn, gain a heart, or warp
Frowning face: Lose a turn
Target: Play a Targets mini-game
Clock: Play a non-Targets mini-game
Arrow: Roll again, going in the specified direction (forward or backwards)

Q: Why did I lose a Heart after a mini-game?
A: If you don't beat the record time for the mini-game, you'll lose a heart.
Even if you tie, your heart total will decrease, so try to beat the record
time.

Q: How do I play at the Mall course?
A: Play a round at either the Park or School board. Write down the password you
receive at the end of the game. Then begin a new game using the "Log In Player"
option, entering the password you received previously. Then finish a game at
the other board and write down that password. Enter this new password at the
"Log In Player" prompt and the Mall should be available. Alternatively, you can
cheat a little and use this password: DNBJBBGBBBBDKC.

Q: Are they identical twins?
A: No. Mary-Kate and Ashley are fraternal twins. I'm not going into the Olsens'
life story or the distinctions between fraternal and identical twins.

Q: How many guides have you written?
A: This is my 41st full walkthrough, not including my Link's Awakening maps and
game text dumps. Incidentally, my favorite FAQ writer, Kirby0215, also wrote 41
video game guides! Visit www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/74793.html to
see the complete, current list.

Q: What other notes and tips do you have for this game?
A: This question appears in most of my FAQ sections. I don't have any more
tips, and only one useless note: Both Olsen twins in this game join five "Where
in the World is Carmen Sandiego" villains (Bjorn Toulouse, Merey LaRoc,
Sam O'Nella, Rosa Sarrosas-Arroz, and Scar Graynolt), a generic "Where in
America's Past is Carmen Sandiego" goon, Daphne Blake, Dixie Kong, and the
Kokiri girls as characters from guides I've written who wear headbands. I'm not
planning on doing a guide for an NBA game. When a game has as little content as
this one, sometimes you have to write a guide that contents lots of useless
information.

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Version History                                                      [VERSN]
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Other than the Introduction and the Copyright section, the Version History is
the best part of the guide this time.

Date    | Version | Size |
--------|---------|------|-----------------------------------------------------
8-29-08 |  0.1    |  9KB | Began guide.
8-31-08 |  0.4    | 15KB | Made some decent progress.
9- 1-08 |  0.5    | 16KB | Worked on the Mini-Games and FAQs.
9- 2-08 |  0.8    | 20KB | Did more stuff.
9- 3-08 |  1.0    | 23KB | Finished things up.

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Copyright                                                            [COPYR]
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(c) 2008 Vinny Hamilton. All rights reserved.

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Contact Information                                                  [CONTC]
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