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Once I had decided to go for a traction engine as my next project I had to pick which one I was going to make, so I started buying books and mags to see what was a round and of course searching the internet. I sent off a few emails to suppliers to get some recommendations based on the equipment I had but, to be honest, the responses weren't desperatelyhelpful.

I started to home in on the 3' Little Samson model, the casting being available from Edward George, whose book 'Scale Model Traction Engine Design and Construction' I had brought and read cover to cover, (and still is used very very regularly). I even brought the drawings to see if there was anything that I thought 'that's beyond me'. Finally I started to talk to people who owned models at local Steam Shows, including the 'Great Dorset Steam Fair' and I'm glad I did. They all tended to be very friendly and chatty but the message came across loud and clear, if you want to run the model, (which I did), the bigger models are much easier to steam and thus you should build one that is the biggest you can get away with on the equipment you have to build it. As part of the costing process I needed to find out the cost of a boiler which was going to be a major part of the expense of the model, I wasn't going to even try and make this myself.

Bell Boilers is based close to where I live so I drove over there and spent a very useful hour talking to Wayne Bell. As well as getting a budget price for different boilers he gave another piece of advice that I took to heart, being the first model I had built start with a simple one, not a showmans or ploughing engine, (common sense really!). He suggested a single cylinder model, probably Foster or Burrell. I then started to look at the 4' Foster, a couple of the bits were too big for my little 6' Lathe, but I thought I could get around that some way or other. A visit to Live Steam Models just outside Derby was in order and given it isn't too far from where the mother-in-law lives I thought we could kill two birds with one stone. So another hour was spent talking to Andrew at LSM and I decided, there and then, to buy ALL of the casting etc most of which were in stock. We loaded about 200kg of bits and pieces into the boot of the car and we were off!

Given that I wasn't going to start this project before completing the one I already had in progress I had plenty of time to prepare the project, so the first thing I did was spent hours trawling over each of the 20+ drawings creating a parts list from which I generated a materials list, what bar stock and fastenings/fittings were required. There was about 2400 bits required, luckily only 650 bits to machine/make. From this materials list I, once again, decided to buy the entire bar stock in one go, (you never know when 'she who must be obeyed' might put her foot down and say enough is enough). I'm sure I will have got some things wrong but you can never have enough bar stock.

This section needs expansion. You can help. ( March 2020)The game's setup is highly reminiscent of the. The player jumps with the A button and attacks, usually in the form of a projectile, with the B button.

The character's health is shown by a series of bars, stacked vertically, to the left side of the screen. Throughout the stages the characters must defeat enemies and avoid pits, all the while collecting standard power-ups including one ups, energy-replenishing hearts, and spheres which increase the capacity of the character's health meter.The two choices of gameplay the player may choose (Easy, Normal) dictates the level of difficulty. If the player chooses Normal mode, several changes will occur in comparison to if the player chooses Easy. Characters have a limit to how much their health meter may extend (about half of their maximum in Easy mode). Levels will also sport more enemies in Normal mode, and should the player die playing with either the dragon, golem, or mouse, that character will no longer be selectable until the player either uses a potion on them or beats the level.

Little Samson on the other hand is always playable, and because of which, he alone can complete almost all the levels alone (exceptions being the introductory levels and the very last level).An uncommon feature of the game is that the player may switch characters at any point during the level. Each character has their own health gauge, but they all share the same “lives” (if the character which the player is using dies, then they lose a life and all heroes' health gauges are restored). When confronted the boss's health is displayed in a similar fashion to the player's but on the right side of the screen. There are two kinds of boss battles; regular bosses, and the dark prince's 4 henchmen. Normal boss battles consist of one fight against a creature Samson and company encounter along the way.

A henchman boss battle, however, consists of two phases; their cloaked form, and the boss's true form (typically a large monster). After defeating the boss the player is shown their password.Synopsis Plot. This section needs expansion. You can help.

( March 2020)A dark prince is freed from his seal by a thunderstorm, and begins to try to take over the world. The kingdom is in peril, and the King orders that the four heroes receive a summon. Four pigeons fly off to meet these heroes, and each reads the summon. From here, the player must navigate all four of these heroes through an introductory course.From here, the strengths of individual characters must be utilized to get through a variety of courses.

Several bosses await the heroes, and it is up to the player's strategy to choose which hero(es) will fight the boss. A few levels have branching exits, taking the player to different levels, although each one ends up taking the player to stages marked by skulls on the map. Here, the player fights one of the four wizards that serve as the dark prince's right-hand men, each of which shapeshifts into a larger boss when defeated (Green shapeshifts into a, Blue shapeshifts into a magic-wielding, Red shapeshifts into a giant, and Yellow shapeshifts into what appears to be the ).Eventually, the player reaches what appears to be the dark prince's castle, and faces a golden wizard-knight at the end (which shapeshifts into a demonic skull). If the game is played on Easy, this is the final level.

If played on Normal, the dark prince's true stronghold — a castle resting on a giant, green skull — arises, and the game continues for a few more levels, ending with a confrontation with the dark prince himself. In the end, through the utilization of all four characters, the kingdom is saved. All story development is shown through pantomimed animated cutscenes.Characters. This section needs expansion. You can help. ( March 2020)Throughout the game the player operates one of four characters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. The first four stages are each dedicated to a specific character, but upon their completion the player can swap characters at any time for the remainder of the game, and often must do so in order to complete the level.

The four characters are as follows:Little Samson Known as Lickle ( リックル, Rikkuru) in Japan. Samson, for whom the game is named, is the young human protagonist. He is a small, quick character who attacks enemies by throwing bells. He is able to jump higher and further than most characters and has the ability to climb on the walls and ceilings. Kikira the Dragon ( キキラ, Kikira) Kikira is the second hero.

As a dragoness, she has the ability to fly for brief periods of time, making her a valuable character in many jumping-oriented stages. She attacks by spitting fire, which travels in a J-shaped arc. The player can increase the strength of her flame by holding down the B button for longer periods of time (if Kikira is green, then the fireball will be small; if purple it will be medium-sized; if pink, it will be large).

She is initially hostile to the idea of Samson being the leader and fights him for dominance, but upon her defeat she relinquishes. Gamm the ( ガンム, Ganmu) Gamm is the third hero. Big and bulky, he is the slowest of all the characters but his punch is stronger than any of the other characters' attacks. His size is both a benefit (he takes the least damage from enemy attacks, no damage from spikes, and starts with more health than the other characters) and a hindrance (his jumping ability is severely stunted). He is also the only character who can attack in all four cardinal directions. The Mouse ( コウ, Kō) K.O.

Is the fourth hero. He has the least health of any character, but is very quick and a great jumper, and is small enough to traverse some narrow passages that are otherwise inaccessible. Just like Samson he has the ability to climb on the walls and ceiling. He is unique in that he attacks by placing bombs. Development and release.

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( March 2020)The game is directed by, who had previously worked on. One of the artist for the game was Takashi 'Utata Kiyoshi' Kogure.It was released in North America in November 1992 and at the time went virtually unknown with little promotion and sold very poorly. It's since become a significant collector's item and it is generally considered to be the rarest and most valuable NES game to have been given a full wide release (other more valuable games were either given very limited releases or were never publicly released at all). According to PriceCharting.com which tracks sales of classic video games, loose copies of the game have been known to sell for over $1,000 with boxed copies going for more than $3,000.Reception ReceptionReview scoresPublicationScore23 / 4016 / 203.8 / 572 / 100HonestGamers71%87 / 10069%readers voted to give it a 21.2 out of 30 score. Editor Skyler Miller described Little Samson as one of the best platformers on the NES, touting it as a 'tour de force of excellent game design, attractive graphics, and pure entertainment value'. He also described the game's stages as 'challenging and creatively designed'.

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