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Gaming Historica | ENGLISH TRANSLATION & PLAYERS GUIDE | Takeshi no Chōsenjō | Taito (1986) [Part Two]
Published: April 4th 2025, 5:34:00 pm
Here is a full guide for the game we talk about earlier with all the information included!! Have fun 😄 Want to try the game and use this guide? Look below!!
### Key Tasks in *Takeshi’s Challenge* (Famicom)
The game follows a salaryman who abandons his mundane life to hunt for treasure on a remote island. Here’s what you need to do to beat it:
1. **Quit Your Job or Punch Your Boss:**
- At the start, you’re in an office where your boss berates you. You’re given options: quit your job, take a vacation, or punch your boss. To progress, you must either quit or punch him. Punching him leads to a fight (which you can win), but quitting is the safer route to move forward.
2. **Get Divorced:**
- Go to a bar and drink until you pass out (order drinks repeatedly—about four glasses of sake will do it). You’ll wake up at home with your wife and kids. Choose to divorce your wife when prompted. You can punch her instead, but divorce is the intended path. This frees you to pursue the treasure hunt.
3. **Sing Karaoke Successfully:**
- Head to the karaoke bar (Karaoke Box Asemichi, in the alley to the right). Drink two glasses of sake to trigger a yakuza encounter, then select the correct song (Song #3, the only one the patrons like) and "sing" it three times. On the original Famicom with a microphone on the second controller, you’d sing or blow into it; without the mic, press and hold the A button on the second controller in rhythm with the music. You need a "good" rating each time to proceed.
4. **Fight the Yakuza:**
- After singing, yakuza thugs appear in the bar. Beat them up in a side-scrolling fight. This is straightforward but requires decent timing to avoid taking too much damage.
5. **Obtain the Treasure Map:**
- An old man gives you a blank map after the fight. You must "expose it to the sun" by leaving the game idle for **one full hour** without touching the controller. Alternatively, scream into the mic (or press A on the second controller) for 5-10 minutes—but timing must be exact, or you’re sent back to the karaoke step. After the hour, the map reveals the location of Hintabo Island.
6. **Learn to Fly (Hang Glider Skills):**
- Visit the flight school and pay to learn hang gliding. This prepares you for a later stage, though you don’t use it immediately.
7. **Win a Shamisen at Pachinko:**
- Go to the pachinko parlor, lose some money (around 10,000 yen), and yakuza will appear again. Fight them, then use the pachinko balls they drop to win a shamisen (a traditional Japanese instrument) from the prize counter. You’ll need this later.
8. **Travel to Hintabo Island:**
- Buy a plane ticket to the South Pacific. If you haven’t completed the prior steps (like getting divorced or obtaining the map), the plane explodes mid-flight, ending the game. Assuming you’ve done everything, you arrive safely.
9. **Survive the Hang Glider Stage:**
- Use your hang glider skills in a brutal side-scrolling shooter segment. You can’t move up—only down or forward—while dodging UFOs, birds, and bullets. Land on a tiny strip of land at the end. This stage is notoriously unforgiving and may take many attempts.
10. **Navigate the Island and Perform for the Native:**
- On Hintabo Island, enter the fourth house. A native with a cauldron asks what you’re doing. Say you’re looking for treasure, and he’ll demand a performance. Use the shamisen you won earlier to play for him (select the option to perform). If successful, he lets you go; otherwise, you’re cooked and die.
11. **Clear the Cave and Find the Treasure:**
- Enter the cave on the island. Fight through enemies (including a tough final boss-like encounter) and reach the treasure chest. Open it to "win." The ending shows a black screen with "The End," "Good Job," and Kitano’s face. Wait five minutes, and he mocks you for taking the game seriously.
### Additional Notes:
- **Optional Violence:** You can punch almost anyone—your wife, kids, random NPCs, even the old man with the map. Punching the old man early prevents him from stealing your treasure at the end, but it’s not required.
- **Game Overs Galore:** Mistakes like punching the guard at the password screen, failing to divorce, or not waiting the full hour reset your progress or kill you outright.
- **No Hints:** The game gives no guidance, making these tasks obscure without prior knowledge or a guide. Kitano designed it to troll players, reflecting his disdain for video games.
This game was full fan translated!! Look below to try: