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2 | ''Noah's Ark'' is a 1992 PlatformGame for the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem made by Creator/{{Konami}}. Despite being based on the Noah's Ark story from Literature/TheBible, it takes ''quite'' a few liberties with the story. The game was only released in PAL territories, thanks to Nintendo of America's strict rules regarding depictions of religion. The game eventually saw a worldwide release on Steam. |
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4 | In the game, you play as Noah, who has to rescue 7 selected animals around the world who are captured by native people. Naturally, the whole game takes place during the flood and the water slowly rises throughout the stages. |
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6 | [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 1994 game ''VideoGame/Super3DNoahsArk'', made by completely different developers. |
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8 | !!Tropes in this game: |
9 | * OneUp: The Baby Noah pickup gives an extra life. |
10 | * {{Animorphism}}: When Noah has a fish powerup, he turns into a fish when he's under water. |
11 | * AsteroidsMonster: A giant lizard in the Oceania stage which splits into several smaller ones upon death. |
12 | * BonusStage: Has to be found in the world by shooting at one hidden spot. Here, all the icons have to be collected before the screen is completely flooded. |
13 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: The Australian stage has a giant hornet as a boss. |
14 | * BottomlessPits: A frequent obstacle. |
15 | * CirclingBirdies: A star version can be seen after death. |
16 | * CollisionDamage: Hurts more than getting his by projectiles. |
17 | * DirectionallySolidPlatforms: The game has plenty of platforms that can be jumped from below and then stood on. |
18 | * EverythingTryingToKillYou: Almost all the wildlife, spikes, native people, plugs and so on hurt Noah or tries to do so. Most of the wildlife can shoot projectiles. |
19 | * FlashOfPain: While normal enemies and minibosses briefly blink in and out when hit, actually bosses flash white when hit. |
20 | * GiantSpider: North American stage boss is a spider a few times larger than Noah. |
21 | * GoombaStomp: A lot of the enemies can be stomped on. The granite powerup makes this ability stronger. |
22 | * HeartSymbol: These are seen coming out from the pair of animals before one gets captured and the other one falls off the screen. |
23 | * IdleAnimation: When not moving for a few seconds, Noah starts tapping his foot. |
24 | * InexplicableTreasureChests: One can be found per level falling from the sky. They can be simply collected or shot for a variable amount of coins. |
25 | * InvincibilityPowerUp: A black vial which makes Noah invincible and kills everyone he touches. |
26 | * LastDitchMove: Snails, when hit, try to throw their shell at Noah when they're not hit again. |
27 | * LivingStatue: Granite powerup turns Noah into a mobile stone statue. |
28 | * PoisonMushroom: A blinking vial which either downgrades weapons, takes away a powerup currently in effect or removes some of the life bar. |
29 | * ShowsDamage: Bosses start to blink between lighter and darker shade when low on health. |
30 | * {{Snowlems}}: The boss in the Antarctica stages. |
31 | * SolidClouds: During boss fights, these can carry items. |
32 | * SpikeBallsOfDoom: Present in Egyptian levels. The boss of that chapter also creates these. These obviously hurt. |
33 | * SpikesOfDoom: Present in many stages, taking various forms such as icicles, stalagmites or bamboo, or just spikes. These obviously hurt as well. |
34 | * TheSpiny: Hedgehogs, ice cubes and a few other enemies are not safe to stomp. |
35 | * SpringsSpringsEverywhere: This game has springboards for some reason. |
36 | * StalactiteSpite: Egyptian levels have blocks and Antarctica levels have icicles that fall when Noah is under them. |
37 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: Noah has got an impressive lung capacity which is more than needed. |
38 | * TemporaryPlatform: There are thin platforms which disappear when stepped on. |
39 | * TimeStandsStill: The snowflake powerup temporarily freezes all the enemies. |
40 | * TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: Large gems can be found after defeating a sub-boss, boss or when completing a bonus stage. Very large gemstones can be found when defeating the bosses after having collected all non-hidden icons in the stage or when completing the bonus stage. Coins found in treasure chests are also unusually large. |
41 | * VideoGameFlight: The feather powerup which grant Noah wings and an ability to fly for a short time. |
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