Bounty Bob, Level 17: Bonus Level #2

 

No excuses.  There's just no excuses for it.  I mean, sure, the first Bonus Level has all that jumping, that dangerous jumping.  I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the third bonus level... I'm assuming there is one... is just Bonus Level #1 in reverse.  You START at the bottom, and there's no prizes.  Just one bit of girder at the top you have to fix, and on to the next.  A fitting bonus.

See, the first time I did this level, I screwed up and got radioactivized by one of those damn mutants.  But it's all just so exciting!  Love this game.  Wish I had more time to play it!

And for those of you keeping track, surely this one features the most aliens/mutants you can kil... um, neutralize in a row with just one prize.  Nine, maybe ten?  Alas, there's no incentive to do so in terms of points; still either 80 or 90.  How did they arrive at that figure?

Bouncy Bob, Level 16: The Advanced Suction Tubes

I finally felt like I got that hydrological engineering job I should've studied for in the first place!  Something like that... Anyway, the dreaded feature from Level 3 makes its triumphant return, and then some!  The programmers do a nice job of packing a lot of game into one screenful, that's for sure.  It took me a couple tries, but I almost have it down.  A few idiosyncrasies keep this from being too easy, but compared to 15, a lot less nerve-racking... wracking?  Did that ever get resolved?

Bouncy Bob, Level 15: Yukon's Revenge!

Well, THAT was nerve-racking! ...wracking?  Oh wow... there's actually a web page... SEVERAL web pages devoted to "nerve-wracking vs. nerve-racking."  I don't need any more contests in my life wright now... And so, my mastery of Level 12 continues.  So much patience yet to develop, so many Bounty Bob lives needlessly lost.  His hat's way too sensitive!  Anyway, level 15 is probably ... Jumping 201?  103?  I'm going to say the first week of 201.  You know, a slight refresher of 103, and then the new (academic) year starts in earnest before you hit the wall.  Spoiler alert: these tiny ledges are in circle-ish formations.  And you're probably going to have to find out the hard way about that one near the top (left) that you just can't quite jump up to.  But I'm standing strong by my pledge to not resorting to saved states to cheat, and get through all 25 levels, here in this new year.