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    My brother bought this game, and I couldn't agree with you more.
    The game itself is bad enough to try to win, and if you do succeed
    in killing Jason, he threatens to get you next time.
    
    I guess I'd better stay with LINK, at least you stand a chance.
    

    Whats the matter with you guys, is Jason to much of a challange?? Do you 
    have to chase a sissy Prince that wears tights to get your thrills? 
    Personally I like Link to, but Jason Is much harder! I have had
    the game for a couple of weeks now and we can't seem to figure out how to
    beat it. Anybody had any luck??
    
     
    
                                                  

    My husband and I borrowed this game for a weekend its HARD ! Much
    harder than Link. At first I thought there is absolutley no way to 
    win or even get better at it. But by the second day my husband actually
    figured out strategy. The guy we borrowed it from is hooked. He's
    making progress with it. Personally I'll stay with Link (FT13th gave 
    me nightmares!).

So... is this game... dare I say... good?  Is it a must have?

- Jim

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USMFG::NROSTANZO                                     11 lines  18-APR-1989 15:43
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I just purchase Friday the 13th and have to agree that it probably isn't
    for children but - I'm hooked.  I need help though.  How can I tell
    when I have lit all of the fireplaces so I can get the torch and
    also I have not been able to find the pitchfork or the sweater (or
    does that come after finding the torch) I always seem to end up
    running out of time (all the children die).   If anyone can add
    a
     (oops) a spoiler for me it would be appreciated and I can get rid
    of Jason once-and-for-all, and some sleep!!!!!
    
     Jackie

    All I have to say is that if a bunch of NES DECites can't figure out
    how to kill Jason then it can't be done. We must be missing some hidden
    loop or maybe something that is to obvious. If I don't find a solution 
    for my wife to kill Jason she is going to substitute me! 
    
    If you cannot figure out how to beat a game is there a way to contact
    Nintendo and ask for advice? 
    
    This is very frustrating!!!!!
    
    signed
    
    I GOTTA KILL EM!
                    

    I purchased the game about 3 weeks ago and I finally killed him!
    
    I found all the items in the book and I was able to work out a strategy
    to stay alive.
    
    Spoiler
    

    
    You have to light all the large cabins' fireplaces.  Use MARK as
    the counselor to do this - he's very fast.  Keep the slow counselor
    near the lake so they can help if the children are attacked.
    
    Have Mark go into the woods when it's light out so he doesn't have
    to worry about the wolf.  Grab all the vitamins that you can find.
    
    Keep killing those zombies!  If you kill enough of them you will
    *find* a machete.
    
    Don't even bother to go in the cave until you find the flashlight.
    Mark will probably find it.
    
    Each time you go in the large cabins to light the fireplace look
    all around for a letter (turn in every direction)
    
    Once Mark find the torch, give it to another counselor near the
    lake.  In fact try to pass off the good weapons.
    
    The sweater, pitchfork and axes are in the cave but his mothers
    head is guarding them - she's just as tough as Jason.
    
    That's enough...pleasant camping (hahahahahaha <----diabolical
    laughter)
    
    
    Mike

    
  Thanks for the help - but I have one more question:
    
    Do I have to find the torch before or after all the fire places
    are lit?  
    
    Jackie

    Jackie -
    
    I think you should read the instruction guide carefully for that
    answer...  I gave a lot of hints out and I think I should let you
    try it for a while with those before answering anymore...
    
    You're cursing me now but you'll thank me later.
    
    mike

    I thought I did read the instruction guide good, actually I read
    it twice.  The hints you gave me should help a lot, this is one
    game that is really driving me crazy.  I'll have to try it out when
    I get home tonight.
    
    Thanks for the help, we'll see if I can figure it out now.
    
    Jackie

    Anyone,
    
    Any luck with the game, or have you hung up your machete?
    
    My wife has made a little progress but she screams at the game more
    than she makes progress......
    
    I will give it a try after I finish LINK.......
    
    Anymore *spoilers* out there????????
    
    
    
    

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WMOIS::M_LEE "Free..........Benjamin Laguer"          7 lines   8-MAY-1989 10:58
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    Is anyone familiar with the Friday the 13th cartridge?  I just rented
    it this week-end.  Boy is that frustrating....   I'd like some
    information on it, before I go out and buy it...
    
    Thanks
    
    Maria

    Help,
    
    Can someone tell me how to pass weapons? I will be working my way
    around and acquire more than one knife, when I try to pass one to
    another person it works sometimes and other times it won't. 
    
    Also, is there a certain path in the cave that will get me to the
    weapons? You know, go in take a right then your first left? 
    
    Any help appreciated
    
                  

    Don't even bother to go in the cave without the flashlight.  There
    are secret passages that you can't see if you don't have the
    flashlight.
    
    To pass the weapon to another camper, you select the "PASS" command
    (I know it's cryptic but...[insert heavy sarcasm here])
    
    Wait until you find the pitchfork and see how mad Jason gets!!!
    
    Later..heavy on the *much*,
    
    Mike
    

   Just a few questions. 
                        
   Where are some of the hidden rooms located, and what do they contain?
    
   How do you get to the cabins inside the forest?
      
   And why not make a map of the interior of the cave?
    
   Spoilers are welcomed wholeheartedly. I just want to finish this game!!!
    
    
                       John(Who can't wait to kick Jason's *you know what*)
    
      

    Spoiler warning!!!
    
    
    Take your fastest counselor (like Mark) and have him go into every
    large cabin (there's only about 7 of them) and light the fireplaces!
    
    Don't forget to look around in every direction when you go in them
    because notes will tell you where weapons are.
    
    Also have him pass along weapons to other counselors.
    
    The best way not to let Jason kill you is to only throw when he
    backs off.  When he goes to hit you duck to the side (hit down and
    right or left at the same time)
    
    When all the fireplaces are lit,  look around for the flashlight
    (usually it is in one of the cabins by the lake) and THEN go in
    the cave.  You'll see room there that weren't visible before.
    
    I have never been able to get out of the woods easily.  That dog
    is a killer!
    
    Good luck!

    WELL.......we have been working on old worm face for about two months
    now, to no avail. We can't seem to find the pitchfork but have found
    the sweater. The sweater seems to have no affect on the Jason what 
    soever. Can the directions be wrong? Have we been misled? Will Jason
    live forever? 
    
    Please help us to kill the scourge of teenage campers. 
    
    ps
    
    I think that anyone who says that they have killed Jason is lying.....
    If you really have, prove it....help us to kill the bugger!!! 
                                                                
    

   I found the pitchfork in the cave.  It was after I killed Jason the
    second time (the game comes back and says he is stronger than
    ever!)
    
    Now that I think of it I wonder if you have to kill him twice before
    the pitchfork becomes available?  Maybe.
    
    Don't forget to get the flashlight first - then go in the cave!
     And keep going into any large cabin...there always seemed to be
    something in them.
    
    Mike

    Ryan,
    
    Have you found the sweater yet? We get the sweater from the cave after 
    killing Jason the second time. The sweater does not have any effect 
    on Jason, the book said it would protect us from him, he killed us
    anyway! I will look harder for the pitchfork......
    
    GOOD LUCK!!  

    I think the sweater let youget killed on a slower pace!  It certainly
    didn't let me stand there and get stabbed without getting hurt!
     
    It would just slow down the injury level a bit (and I do mean a
    bit...)
    
    
    Mike

    THIS GAME SUCKS!!!!!!!
    
    
    There is no way to win and I want my money back! 
    
    Who do I call to complain about being ripped off?
    
    SLAM

    Mike R.
    
    A couple of questions for you.
    
    Is it worth going into the cave before Jason is *killed* the first
    time?? I can get the torch, machete, and axe without entering the
    cave.
    
    Are there multiples of the *major* weapons and if the counselor
    with the flashlight gets killed, is another flashlight available?
    
    Have found Jason's mother. Wished I hadn't!! ;-)
    
    Any help appreciated.
    
    Ted

    The *ONLY* time it isn't worth it to go in the cave is if you have
    no flahslight!  After you have the flashlight, make a bee-line to
    the cave.  Not only will you find other weapons,  but you will also
    find the sweater and the pitchfork!
    
    There are multiples of the major weapons around.  I never went by
    a large cabin...always go inside and look in every direction with
    every step.
    
    I had the counselor with the flashlight die, and I did find another
    flashlight later.  I never had two flashlights at the same time
    though.  I'm not sure if that is possible.
    
    Happy Hunting...
    
    Mike
    
    

    
    I'm still trying to beat this game, and it's been two or three
    months.  
    
    Mike.. Guess what?  I went into the cave, beat Jason's mother's head
    (HAHAHA!!! old witch), got out, and I didn't have the flashlight!!!  
    (I should mention that's only because I memorized the path inside 
    the cave)  As far as the sweater and pitchfork.  I've yet been able 
    to find them.  

    This may be considered a spoiler, but if you if you go into a smaller
    cabin, and hit the start button, you can change counselors...  Also
    there are times where I would go to the big cabin around the lake 
    closest to the woods, and always find a torch.  
               
    I'm concidering just purchasing this game, instead of renting it
    all the time!!!
    
    Only once have I found anything useful in the cabins in the woods..
                                 
    Maria
    
    

    
    I noticed that you can switch councelors, and you can hand the wepons
    to other councelors. 
    
    May be a spoiler.....
    
    
    I never finished this game, but I figured that the way to do it,
    is to know where the councelors "start off" and switch frequently
    using the fast ones to explore caves.  Also trade wepons before
    you die, so the next councellor has a good wepon.
    
    Ron.

        
    

    FINALLY!!!!! Jason went down for the count!! Yes!! It can be done,
    but probably not the way it was planned. My only comment is that
    the cave and the woods are a red herring!!
    
    Ted

    YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING! 
    
    Did you really kill Jason? Please give me a detailed spoiler on how to 
    kill Jason. We have been trying to kill him for five months. Please 
    give a detailed spoiler.
    
    SLAM

    Re: -1
    
    I think I found an aberration in the game as opposed to how Ryan
    did it.
    
    <spoiler follows>
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    I never went into the cave. There was a message in one of the cottages
    in the woods that said fire hurts Jason the most. So I tried to
    find a way to get more torches. Here's the tough part. I don't know
    what sets off the messages but if you get the message of "There's
    a machete in the cave" in the cabin to the left of the screen (just
    below the small loop) that sets off a message in the cain to the
    far right of "There's a torch in one of the cabin's by the lake".
    From there you get the torch. The first time I killed Jason I had
    5 of the counselors with torches.
    
    First. Kill Jason as slowly as possible in the first rack. That'll
    give you more time to get more couselors around to all the cabins.
    Protect the children at all costs. You'll need at least 11 by the
    third rack to win.
    
    Second. After the first rack the ONLY place to fight Jason inside
    is to protect the children. After the first few seconds he'll slow
    down and you can defeat him. Whenever you're attacked, move your
    couselor outside, stay far to the left and fight Jason out there.
    His power will decrease faster and you will definitely get hits
    on him as opposed to staying inside.
    
    Third. Into the third rack. As long as you've got more than 11 children
    left (and you have multiple torches) you're in good shape. DO NOT
    try to rescue any children unless the number is under 5. Wait for
    him to attack a counselor and again move to the outside to take
    him on.
    
    I know it's different but it's worked twice for me. Again the only
    problem is solving what sets up the messages.
    
    Good luck!!!

    
    
    A friend of mine recently purchsed this darn game and she is having
    probelms getting out of the hidden rooms...
    
    She says she has been gathering weapons and then when she enters the
    hiden rooms she gets stuck!
    
    HELP!
    
    

    Ken,
    
    I'm not sure what you mean by the hidden rooms. Are you talking
    about the rooms in the cave or the rooms in the cabins in the forest??
    
    
    Ted

    
    
    RE: 30 - The rooms in the cabins
    
    
    Thanks
    

    From:   CSTEAM::GRIFFIN      "Five, four, three...aw, give me the driver."
    To:     2STEPN::WHEELER
    CC:     GRIFFIN
    Subj:   RE: The rooms in the cabins...THANKS for your help!
    
    Ken,
    
    Ok, I understand now. It IS difficult and takes a while to get the hang
    of it.
    
    To explore the cabin, walk the counselor all the way until you come to
    the wall. turn right and keep repeating until it looks like a room you've
    already been in, then start exploring to the left side. It seems the
    landmark to watch for is the full wall with no windows on it. USUALLY
    when you come to this wall, go left and it will start to bring you back
    to the door of the cabin. One hint (and it helps): all the cabins are
    constructed indentically, so once you start getting the hang of getting
    in and out, it works for all of them.
     
    If you need more just let me know. It's a very frustrating game, but
    still one of my favorites because of the difficulty.
    
    Good luck.
    
    Ted
    

         I just started playing this game so I'm not sure of
    a couple of things ! How many times do you have to kill
    Jason ? I killed him or drove him off with Mark in the first
    five minutes the second time I played and a message was
    displayed that said "You Have Won For Now " . I was in a
    small cabin with Crissy and was unable to move after this
    for a couple of minutes, the game then resumed and when I
    left the cabin Jason jumped me and snuffed Mark out. Is this
    the normal pattern for this game ? Do you have to kill Jason
    several times to finally get rid of him just like in the movies ?
    Or does he always come back ?? No spoilers please just a little
    info. Tanx
    
    Jim Cooper

    Jim,
    
    If you don't fight Jason inside the cabin, you will almost always
    get jumped when you leave. Watch Jason's life meter when you confront
    him. The more powerful the weapon you use in fighting him the faster
    his life will be depleted. It *does* take multiple confrontations
    to beat him.
    
    However, you are still in for some surprises!!
    
    Good luck. It's *still* one of my favorite games.
    
    Ted

         Well, I have been playing Friday the 13th off and on for
    the last couple of months and it has got to be the toughest
    game I have ever played. I can play it for almost 30 minutes
    now before dying but am still very far from winning. I don't
    know if I can beat this game but I have killed Jason several
    times (actually just scared him away I think). Also, I have
    received a message sayin "You win for now" but in a few seconds 
    the game starts up again and Jason is back for more.
        I have read all the notes in this file and they are helpful
    but this game is a KILLER !!!!!
    
    Jim C.

    I guess I'm just slightly ahead of you with Jason, Jim.  After you
    master hand to hand combat with Jason, then you can take a look at his
    life meter, just like your counselers life meters.  Yes, Jason can die! 
    BUT...  just as you'd think, he'll come back stronger than ever.  And
    that's where I am.  Hand-to-hand is much harder this time around, and
    he's wiped my poor counselers out quickly every time.
    
    One nice thing about killing him for real the first time, all your
    surviving counselers get completely regenerated, so if one's weak,
    don't let him/her get killed, use someone else in anticipation of
    surviving.
    
    Dan

    I'm not sure I have actually killed Jason even once !!! I'll check his
    life meter next time I get the "You win for now" message and see how 
    low it is.  The reason for this change of mind is that I don't remember
    my counselors getting recharged at any point in the game. How do you
    keep track of large cabins and their fireplaces ? I have only lit all
    the fireplaces a couple of times because I lose track and keep
    returning to the same cabins over and over. Maybe I need to keep a
    chart when playing !!!
    
          Jim

    Jim,
    
    It's been a while but try this. Use the same route for each counselor.
    Start at the upper left of the screen and work your way down to the
    lower right. That way if you have to change counselors you tend to
    remember better where you left off and where to go next. You always
    get that little "blip" sound when you light a new fireplace.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    Ted