~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Viper Paradice FAQ Version 0.85 Last updated: September 30, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Platform: PC Genre: Board game (Adult) Producer: Sogna Distributor: Hobibox Europe (www.hobibox.co.jp) ~~~~~~~~~ Copyright ~~~~~~~~~ This FAQ is copyright Christopher Simonson (2004). It is intended solely for personal use, and may not be copied, altered, or redistributed without prior written permission. The author grants a license to GameFAQs.com and Neoseeker.com to display this guide. If you are reading this at a site other than GameFAQS.com or Neoseeker.com, please email me (see "Contact"). ~~~~~~~~~~~ Age warning ~~~~~~~~~~~ Viper Paradice is an adult game, and absolutely not for anyone under 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your place of residence). ~~~~~~~ Updates ~~~~~~~ ------------------ September 30, 2004 ------------------ Added Lilia to the movie listing. Added Prisma wheel events. Fixed several typos and missing words. Adjusted copyright notice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i. System Requirements ii. Getting started a) Installation b) Controls c) Premise and objectives d) Game modes e) The game board iii. Setting up the game a) Choosing your character b) Number of players, human or CPU, mouse or keyboard c) Name and difficulty d) Additional options iv. Basic gameplay a) Drawing your hand b) The lucky dice c) The menu bar d) Ending your turn v. Advanced gameplay a) Item cards b) Collecting movie cards c) Strategies v. Movie listing vi. What's missing? viii. Contact ix. Closing words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i. System Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minimum system requirements: Windows 95/98 Pentium 200Mhz 64MB Ram 4x CD~Rom Drive Thank you to Hobibox for providing the system requirement information. NOTE: I have a Pentium 4 2.4GHz with 256MB of Ram, as well as a Sony CD-RW CRX300E, and I still find this game can lag for as much as 6 or 7 seconds when first loading. There are other (minor) lags in-game, usually when changing screens during setup. Nevertheless, I would like to note that the "minimum requirements" are the bare minimum indeed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ii. Getting started ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------- a) Installation --------------- First open the case (duh), and take out the CD. Place it in your CD drive. The game loads from the CD regularly during play, so you'll need to keep the CD in there. After a few moments, a screen should pop up with the following options: GAME START INSTALL UNINSTALL QUIT Very basic stuff. If for whatever reason, the screen does not appear after a reasonable wait, go to "My Computer", right click on the CD drive, and choose "Autoplay" (Windows XP, may vary for other operating systems). Click on "INSTALL". The original screen will disappear, and a few seconds later a new screen will open (fullscreen). You will be asked to choose your language (English, Italian, Dutch, or French). There will also be an option to install a video codec (bottom right). You should install this if you cannot see the videos in-game. Once you have installed the codec (optional, but recommended) and chosen your language, a smaller window will appear asking you to select a directory. The game will install in this directory, under "hobibox". Upon choosing the directory, you will have a fairly long wait (about 75 seconds for me). Finally, if nothing goes wrong, you'll be taken back to the first screen and can choose "GAME START". If the window does not appear, reload the game, either by opening and closing the CD drive, or manually under "My Computer". ----------- b) Controls ----------- The controls are very simple. The mouse moves the cursor, the left mouse button selects. The right mouse button does nothing. Once you have started a new game, you can opt to play using either the keyboard or mouse. However, using the keyboard will only work during the game itself. The mouse must be used during setup. If using the keyboard, the arrow keys move the cursor and the "Enter" key selects. I strongly recommend against using the keyboard. Not only is it much more difficult than the mouse, but certain features such as the map cause the game to lag when using the keyboard. ------------------------- c) Premise and objectives ------------------------- Viper Paradice is, in a nutshell, a board game. Yourself and up to 3 other players (either human or CPU controlled) battle it out to collect the most points and movie cards. The objective depends on which mode you choose to play, and can vary from earning all the movie cards, to earning a set amount of points. In a larger sense however, the objective of Viper Paradice is to earn all of the hentai movies. This is done by collecting movie cards in-game, and then proceeding to win the game. You only keep movies you have found in the game, that you still hold when the game ends, and only if you have won that game. It should also be noted that you only keep movies you have won when playing against 3 computer controlled opponents. Games against one or more human opponents (or less than 3 CPU opponents) are for fun only. Players move around the game board by rolling dice, or can alternatively use Item Cards they buy or find. Depending on the space you land on, a number of different things will happen (gain points, lose points, get Item card). Movies you collect are placed in a "movie panel"; a 5 by 5 square area, with each square representing one unique movie. You start the game with an empty panel, and the squares are filled as you collect movies. The middle horizontal line will always contain the same movies. The other lines contain movies randomly determined when you start each game. There are two kinds of movie cards to collect - Silver and Gold. Silver movie cards represent one movie on the panel. Gold movie cards represent an entire (horizontal) line of movies on the panel. ------------- d) Game modes ------------- Mode A: Go around the board a set number of times. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. Mode B: Collect an amount of points decided by the player to win. The first player to reach the chosen number of points is the winner. Mode C: Fill the entire panel with movies. The first player to collect all 25 movies is the winner. ----------------- e) The game board ----------------- Viper Paradice features only one game board, however there are 3 routes you can take around the board. Route A takes you around the entire board. Route B takes you around the left half of the board. Route C takes you around the right half of the board. The majority of the game board is made up 8 different types of squares: * Plus Sign This is a blue square with a plus (+) symbol on it. Stopping on it will earn you some points. The amount varies. * Minus Sign This is a red square with a minus (-) symbol on it. Stopping on it will cause you to lose some points. The amount varies. * Card Square These are yellow squares with purple diamonds on them. Stopping on it will allow you to choose either an item card, or a phone card. * Movie Square These are burgundy squares with red rectangles in the middle. Stopping on it will earn you a random Silver movie card. * Movie Shops These are green and blue squares with a large orange star in the middle. Stopping on it will allow you to enter a movie shop, where you can purchase Silver movie cards (4 possible cards are randomly selected each time you enter). You cannot purchase a Gold movie card. * Item Shops These are purple and green squares with a large pink star in the middle. Stopping on it will allow you to purchase Item cards (4 possible cards are randomly selected each time you enter). You can also sell item or movie cards here. * Jump Square These are orange squares with spirals in the middle. Stopping on it will cause you to jump forward a random number of spaces, a random number of times (no more than 4). * Player Shops These are peach coloured squares with a large purple star in the middle. Each player has a separate shop (possibly several, depending on the route you choose) on the board. If you land on another player's shop, you MUST buy a movie from them - at twice the normal price. If you land on your own shop, you receive points. The more movie cards you have, the more points you get. You can tell who the shop belongs to by looking at the number above it (1P, 2P, 3P or 4P). In addition to these 8 basic squares, there are several other special spaces on the board you might want to know about. * Telecard House You start the game here. It is also where each round (trip around the game board) ends. The number of rounds largely depends on the game mode you select. If you choose to play on Route A, you will pass the Telecard House twice in one round. The first time you pass it, you will receive points based on how many movies you have earned. The second time, you will again earn points based on how many movies you have earned, but will also receive special bonuses not available at the first pass through. If you choose to play Route B or Route C, there will be only one visit to the Telecard House per round. It is what would be the second stop on Route A. You must always stop on the Telecard House at the end of a round, even if your roll would take you past it. * Rainbow Wheel A large wheel with numbers 1 to 10 on it, you will encounter this space after going through the Telecard House the first time (Route A), or almost immediately after starting each round (Route C). You will not encounter the Rainbow Wheel on Route B. When you reach the Rainbow Wheel, you will be forced to stop, regardless of if your roll would have taken you past it. Then a roulette will start. After a few seconds, you can left click to stop the roulette. Based on the number you stop on, different things will happen. Stop on 1: Points present. Stop on 2: Choose one of three cards, keep chosen card. Stop on 3: Receive a dunball card. Stop on 4: Lose half of your current money. Stop on 5: Choose one of three cards. May be a movie card, or a mimic. Stop on 6: Receive 2 dunball cards. Stop on 7: Choose one of three cards, keep chosen card (all Gold movie cards.) Stop on 8: Fall asleep, lose one turn. Stop on 9: Lose a random movie card. Stop on 10: Nothing happens. * Arrow Available only on Route A and Route B, you will come across an arrow on the ground of a small grass islet. By default, it points to the right. However as players pass over it, the direction changes; either to down, or to the left, or back to the right once more. Your character will forcibly travel in the direction the arrow is pointing when they reach it. * Island crater/Underground dungeon This space is actually 4 spaces, and are only available on Route A or B. When you stop on one of the four spaces (placed north, west, east and south of the volcano on the map respectively), you will leap to the volcano and enter the underground dungeon. There are only four kinds of spaces in the underground dungeon. a) Floor Tiles These make up 90% of the underground dungeon. Stop on one, and you will be asked to choose from one of 3 face down cards. You may get a Silver movie card, or a Gold movie card, an Item Card, or possibly a Mimic - which can put you to sleep for a turn, take some of your points, or even reward you with points. These spaces look something like a keyhole. b) Arrow Tiles These are arrows pointing at various walls of the underground dungeon. If you stop on an arrow, the wall it is pointing to will disappear, allowing you to take a shortcut through the dungeon. Please note the wall only disappears for one turn, and then it reappears. Also, only you can travel through the hole that has opened (unless another character lands on the same arrow). c) Start Tile This is where you enter the dungeon. A purple and blue pattern with a star in the middle. d) Exit Tile There is only one of these, on the left hand wall near the middle. When you reach this tile, even if your roll is large enough to move past it, you will be warped out of the dungeon to the western underground dungeon entrance, and your turn will end. This is a glowing white-purple circle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ iii. Setting up the game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------- a) Choosing your character -------------------------- There are by default 4 characters you can play as (as well as an alternate form for one character), and 5 coloured tokens. To choose your character (once you have chosen "Game Start" from the main menu), simply click on the small animated character in the left~most column (below the picture and name). From top left to bottom right, the characters are: * Akira * Asuka * Carrera * White token * Mika * Mika (alternate) * Raika * Black token * Blue token * Pink token * Yellow Token Left click on the character you wish to play as, and press "OK" (bottom right corner). Next you need to choose a picture. Whether it matches your character or not is up to you. Click on the picture above your character, the pictures are as follows from top left to bottom right: * Mika (red hair) * Asuka * Carerra * Carerra (alternate) * Mika (pink hair) * Akira * Raika * Mika (alternate) Finally, give your character a name. Just click inside the box below the picture, and you will be able to delete the old name and type a new one. You may wish to repeat this process for the remaining players, however please keep in mind that a CPU controlled player's difficulty is affected by their name (see below section). NOTE: I have heard rumours that you can unlock new characters, however even having collected all the movies, no characters have been unlocked. Who knows if it's true or not? b) Number of players, human or CPU, and mouse or keyboard If you wish to have more than one human player, just click the "COM" symbol below a player's token until either the mouse or keyboard symbol is displayed (depending on which will be used). Likewise, to change a human controlled player back to a computer controlled player, just click the keyboard/mouse symbol until the "COM" symbol appears. This is also how you would choose to use the keyboard in-game (definitely not recommended). Simply click the symbol below the character for which you want to change the controls until you see a keyboard symbol. If you wish to have less than 4 players, click the red button below the player you want to remove. Their picture and character will become grayed out. Press the button again to add them back to the game. ---------------------- c) Name and difficulty ---------------------- You may have noticed that each CPU character has several small white diamonds below their name. This represents the difficulty level of that opponent. The more diamonds, the better they will play. The name you give the character determines their difficulty rating. The difficulty can range from 2 diamonds to 10, in multiples of two (2, 4, 6, 8 or 10). Below is a listing of names for each level of difficulty. The names are taken from the characters in the H~scenes collectable throughout the game. Feel free to create and try your own. ---------- 2 diamonds ---------- Carrera Mercedes Saki ---------- 4 diamonds ---------- Anli Haruka Natane Takako ---------- 6 diamonds ---------- Asuka Chomi Kazumi Mika Nami Namiki ---------- 8 diamonds ---------- Akira Karin Raika ----------- 10 diamonds ----------- Miki Maki Viper --------------------- d) Additional options --------------------- The first choice you'll come to after setting up the characters is whether or not to have a time limit. If you choose to set a time limit, you must choose a time limit for both the game as a whole, and each turn. It's all or nothing. Personally, I don't care for the time limit. Computer players rarely play slowly enough to need one, but you may well need extra time to think out your moves. It can also make it more difficult to win if you don't give yourself enough time. With that said, your options are Time Length (total maximum time the game goes for before ending), which must be between 1 and 199 minutes, and Turn Length (total maximum time for each turn) which must be between 1 and 99 seconds. Next you choose your game mode (see section "Game modes" for details). This is done by simply left clicking on one the three large buttons (labeled Mode A, Mode B and Mode C) at the top. If you choose Mode A, you will see an additional option below to set the number of turns. This is how many rounds you need to make around the board to end the game. If you choose Mode B, you will seen an option below to set how many points you must earn. First click the digits place (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.) and then use the up or down arrow to adjust the amount. The game cannot be played for more than 9 turns, or 199,999,999 points. The game cannot be played for less than 1 turn or 200,000 points. You'll notice "Currency" in the top right corner. If you click inside this box you can choose the name for the currency/points in the game. You'll notice a tan box with "Route A" on it below the button for Mode A. Clicking this changes the route you take around the board. Finally, and while not technically an option, you'll notice an orange box below Mode C with a number in it. This represents the estimated number of hours it will take to complete the game with the current settings. Past this point all that is left to be done is to look over and confirm your game settings, and then for the computer to randomly choose the order of turns and load the game board. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ iv. Basic gameplay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [This section assumes you have installed the game, chosen your character and game mode (see section iii. Setting up the game), adjusted the options, and are ready to begin your first game.] -------------------- a) Drawing your hand -------------------- Once the game loads the board, the first thing you should see is 4 face down cards. These will promptly flip over to reveal what the cards are. You (and all other players) will start the game with these cards. The cards are randomly chosen at the start of each game. ----------------- b) The lucky dice ----------------- After you have been shown your hand, Dunball-man will roll a dice to choose the "Lucky Number". If during the game you roll this same number, you will be given an Item Card as a present (same with your opponents). The card is not always a good card, however. Item Cards that move you the same number of spaces as the Lucky Number do not earn you an Item Card. --------------- c) The menu bar --------------- Depending on whether you go first or not, you may have to watch one or more other players take their turn before you gain control of the game. Once you do you should notice a menu bar in the top right corner. You will also notice that during each player's turn, you can see their name and current money in the top left corner. Starting from the left and going right, the menu bar icons are: * Dice Clicking this will start a dice spinning on the center of the screen. Click anywhere in the center of the screen to roll the dice, or click the dice icon a second time to cancel. * Items and Movies This is where you can view and use Item cards and Movie cards. On the left hand side will be your Item cards. Simply click on the card you want to use, but be careful as with most cards you cannot cancel once you do so. Not all cards can be used. On the right hand side you will see your movie panel. You start with only one movie, in the dead center of the panel. Hovering your mouse over a movie will allow you to see a thumbnail of what it contains. Clicking on it will open the movie player, and the movie will begin. You can also open the movie player by clicking the "MOVIE PLAYER!" button on the bottom-right side. To close the movie player, just press the green "R" button with the arrow. The movie player itself functions much like a normal video player, with pause, stop, play, rewind and fast-forward features, as well as a volume slider which doesn't seem to work. * Map Clicking the map icon will allow you to scroll around the game board. This is useful for seeing what lies ahead, or where the other players are. Simply click once on the map icon, then click anywhere on the screen and hold and drag the mouse to scroll the map. When you are done, click the map icon again. * Player info This gives you information about all the players, including money, movie cards, name, difficulty, what lap (turn around the board) they are on, and what Item cards they hold. Click on the character's rectangle to toggle between different statistics. * Game settings This screen allows you to alter various game settings. The first button allows you to change between human controlled (mouse), human controlled (keyboard) and computer controlled player. To the right is a button which allows you to set how quickly the computer players take their turn. 2 is twice as fast as normal, while 4 is four times as fast as normal. You can also choose to only watch new movies as you receive them, watch all the movies as you receive them, or not to watch any movies as you receive them. Just click the button to toggle this setting. You can adjust the speed at which messages disappear by clicking on any segment of the bar labeled "Messages". You can turn the sound on or off (click the small speaker button to toggle), adjust the sound between stereo and mono, and turn sound effects on or off. As always, clicking toggles the various settings. You can adjust the volume of sound in the game by clicking on any segment of the bar labeled "Sound". This screen also lists your objective, route, and current lap. Below this is a "Save" button. This saves your game in progress, and brings you back to the main menu. You can now close the game and return when you want to play again. However, once you continue, your old save is erased; so you must save again before quitting or you will lose your game in progress. Last but not least, there is an "R" button with an arrow, which cancels any changes made and closes the options menu, and an "OK" button that saves the changes and closes the options menu. ------------------- d) Ending your turn ------------------- Once you have either rolled the dice, or used an Item card, your turn will come to an end. When all the players have had one turn, Dunball-man will proceed to move around the board. If you end your turn on the same space as Dunball-man, he will let you spin a Prisma wheel. Depending on where the wheel stops (on a number between 1 and 10), different things will happen: Stop on 1: Points present. Stop on 2: Points present. Stop on 3: Choose one of three cards, keep chosen card (all Gold movie cards.) Stop on 4: Receive a dunball card. Stop on 5: Lose half of your current money. Stop on 6: Receive 3 dunball cards. Stop on 7: Receive 2 dunball cards. Stop on 8: Points present. Stop on 9: Dunball man buys 1 of your movies for 5 times its price. If you have no movies, Dunball man will give you a silver movie card. Stop on 10: Receive 2 dunball cards. If you end your turn on the same space as another character, and are holding cards that cannot be discarded or sold, they will be transferred to the person you share the space with. Likewise, you will get any nondisposable cards they may be holding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ v. Advanced gameplay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------- a) Item Cards ------------- Sometimes, rather than rolling the dice, you'll want to use an Item Card instead. It is important to note that you cannot roll the dice and use an Item Card in the same turn. You can only choose one. It is also important to note that you can hold a maximum of eight (8) Item Cards. If you receive an Item Card that causes you to carry more than 8, you will be forced to discard cards until you only hold 8. Below is an explanation of the various Item Cards: what they look like, and what they do. * Double Dice This card allows you to roll two dice instead of one (one turn only). It has two dice on the front, with "x2" written on the bottom in green. * Triple Dice This card allows you to roll three dice instead of one (one turn only). It has three dice on the front, with "x3" written on the bottom in green. * +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 6 cards, each allow you to move forward a set number of spaces. The number of spaces you move forward is based on the number shown on the card. +4 means you go forward 4 spaces. The cards show the plus sign (+) and a number, and there are some little footprints on the right-hand side. * Jump Works similar to the Jump Space. You jump forward a random number of spaces, however the number of times you jump is based on your current position in the game (relative to other players). If you are behind everyone (4th), you get 4 jumps. If you are behind two people, but have one behind you (3rd), you get 3 jumps. If you have one person ahead of you, and two behind you (2nd), you get 2 jumps. If you are ahead of all the other players (1st), you only get 1 jump. Has a spring coming down from the top, and the words "JUMP" written on it. * Duel When you use this card, another player is chosen at random and you will enter a dice duel. The screen will change to a "racetrack" of sorts, with three aisles, in front of each is a dice. You pick a dice, then your opponent picks a dice, then the 3 dice "race". The dice to make it around the track and back to the start first is the winning dice. If you picked the winning dice, your opponent must give you a random amount of their points. If your opponent picked the winning dice, you must give your opponent a random amount of your points. If neither player picked the winning dice, it's a draw, and the duel ends. The card has two swords crossed over each other, with "VS" written at the top. * Change This card allows you to exchange one Item card of yours, with one Item card of a chosen opponent. The card is purple and blue, and shows two cards encircled by arrows with "CHANGE" written at the bottom. * Line Change A very powerful card, this allows you to exchange any line of movies on your panel, with any line of movies on a (randomly chosen) opponents panel. The line can be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. The card is green with yellow, and has "LINE" on the top, "CHANGE" on the bottom, with a panel in the center encircled by two arrows. * Copy This card allows you to copy a (randomly chosen) opponent's cards. It will erase of all of your cards however, so use with care. The card is purple on top and black on the bottom. On top there is a picture of a crescent moon and a shooting star, with the word "COPY" below it. The bottom half is a mirrored and darker version of the top half. * Dunball A tan card with white stripes. Supposedly does something if you have another card as well. I have no idea what that other card is, or what the Dunball card does if you have both. * Telecard These cards serve no practical purpose in-game (aside from a rather underhanded strategy, explained in "Strategies"). If you use one, you can hear a voice clip of the character(s) on the card. All are in Japanese, and are based on actual phone cards released by Sogna. These vary largely in appearance, but show one or more Viper characters, and usually have a price or reference to their being a Telecard on them. * White telecard This is a white card with a black border. On the top right, it says "50 . . . . ~~>", and on the bottom left it says "WHITE TELEPHONE CARD". Using this card allows you to hear your character's voice. * Secret Movie Supposedly a secret movie that reveals itself when you reach the Telecard House, it doesn't seem to work properly. A striped red card with a green question mark, and "SECRET MOVIE" written on the bottom. * Mystery Card Apparently you only know what it is if you win. I haven't noticed it doing anything... the card is black on top, red on bottom, with "RED VIPER MYSTERY CARD" written on it. ************** IMPORTANT NOTE ************** The following cards either do not work at all, or only work sometimes. I would not recommend bothering with them, and certainly not relying on them to win the game. * Lucky Gain points with each step you take. Lasts a set amount of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. A tan card with white stripes, and the word "LUCKY" written on the front with wings next to it. * Unlucky Lose points with each step you take. Lasts a set amount of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. A tan card with white stripes, and the word "UNLUCKY" written on the front with a pile of dung at the bottom. * Gold Vumper The character can only move one space forward each turn. Lasts a set amount of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. Gold on the top, black on the bottom. Has the text "GOLD VUMPER". * Silent Movies shown will not have sound. Lasts a set amount of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. * Black and White Movies shown will be in monochrome (black and white). Lasts a set amount of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. The card is white on the left, black on the right, and has the text "W & BL". * Half-size Movies shown will be half their normal size. Lasts a set number of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. * Sleep While this card is in effect, your character remains asleep and cannot roll the dice or use Item Cards. Lasts a set number of turns, and cannot be discarded or sold. ------------------------- b) Collecting movie cards ------------------------- There are a variety of ways to earn movie cards in Viper Paradice: * Movie Card space Stop on a movie card space to earn a random Silver movie card. * Movie Shops Choose from four (randomly generated) Silver movie cards to buy. * Player Shops If you stop on a Player Shop (other than your own), you will be forced to buy one of their movies at twice the normal price. You can tell who the shop belongs to by looking at the number above it (1P, 2P, 3P or 4P). * Rainbow Wheel Stop the roulette on 7 to earn a Gold movie card. * Underground dungeon Land on any non-arrow and non-exit space and you have a chance to earn a Silver movie card, or a Gold movie card. * Line Change Using a Line Change item card will allow you to trade a line of your panel with a line of an (randomly chosen) opponent's panel. ------------- c) Strategies ------------- So you know the rules, now how do you win? This varies greatly based on which game mode you choose to play, but I'll give a brief rundown of general strategies, followed by specific game mode strategies. * *RING* *RING*, it's for you. Computer players in this game have a very odd and beneficial habit: they will pretty much always use a Telecard if they have one in their inventory. This of course takes their turn, and prevents them from doing anything else. A good strategy then if a character is giving you trouble, is to use the "Change" card to exchange a Telecard from your hand with a useful card from theirs. They lose a good card, you gain a good card, and they lose a turn. Now that's not too shabby. * Wanna trade? Some cards (Sleep, Gold Vumper, Unlucky, etc.) cannot be disposed of. This can be very annoying as it prevents you from holding useful cards. A simple solution to this problem is to use the "Change" card to dump the useless card on an unsuspecting opponent, and help yourself to one of their good cards while you are at it. * I'll take these movies, and you take... nothing. As was mentioned before, Line Change is a very powerful card (when used properly). Line Change cards are best used when you have very few or no movie cards. This way, when you exchange lines of movies with your opponent, you get several movies and they get... well... nothing. If done properly, you can steal an entire line of movies from your opponent, only to give them zilch in return. When using Line Change, don't be hasty. Look at all the possible lines (there are 12; 5 horizontal, 5 vertical, and 2 diagonal). Make sure the trade you are about to make is the best one. The best trade is one that takes as many of your opponents movies as you can, while giving back as few as possible. It can also be used to get that one movie you are missing, or to take an important or rare movie from an opponent. You should avoid trading if you have many movies, and your opponents have few. * A hop, skip, and a jump. The Jump card is another powerful reversal card. You can be lagging behind by a wide margin, and still catch up if you use it at the right time. So when is the right time to use a Jump card? You are on the last round, and behind everyone else. You are coming up on a series of bad spaces (opponent stores, minus signs). You want to avoid the Underground Dungeon, or get out of it quickly. If you have all the movies and want to end the game as soon as possible. You should be careful not to use the Jump card while coming up on things like Movie Shops or other spaces which may actually help you. You can even skip past the first stop at the Telecard stop (Route A) and miss your reward if you are not careful. * The early bird gets the worm. At the end of each round (trip around the board), you receive a point bonus. Part of this is based on how many movies you have, but part of it is based on who reaches the Telecard house first. The first player to reach it gets the most points, the last player gets the least. In the final round (Game Mode A) the first player gets 750,000 points while the second player gets just 300,000. That's a lot of extra points, and can decide the game itself. ------ Mode A ------ Game Mode A is based on going around the board a set number of times. I personally find 3 rounds is a good number (assuming you take the full route). It's annoying to have the game end before you collect all the movies available, so be sure to allot yourself enough time. It is also important to watch your points. Remember, you only keep the movies you collect if you win the game. And the player with the most points will win this mode, even if you have more movies. Duels are a chancy (but sometimes quite effective) means to earn cash, and take it from your opponent. You can also sell extra copies of movies for points. This has the added benefit of limiting how many movies your opponent gets during a Line Change. Be careful though, as having only one copy of a movie card leaves you open to having it stolen right at the end, when there is nothing you can do about it. ------ Mode B ------ Game Mode B is based around getting a set number of points to win. This can make collecting movies difficult for two reasons - buying them brings you further away from winning, and your opponent may get the set number of points before you collect any large amount of the movies (forget all). If you're trying to collect movies then, it is best to set the required points pretty high (1,500,000+). More than 2,000,000 is probably overkill. Anything under 1,500,000 points makes it likely you won't have time to collect all the movies. Your strategy should be frugal spending. Keep your points, as you'll need them to buy movies and win the game. Sell extra copies of movies when you can, and sell any Item cards you don't need. Avoid dueling if your opponent is nearly at the required amount of points, as a loss on your behalf may give them what they need. ------ Mode C ------ Game Mode C is based around completing the movie panel (collecting the 25 available movies). This is pretty good if you want to collect movies to keep. Line Change is your friend. It not only grabs cards you need, but it takes away cards your opponent needs. Also, when buying from an opponent's shop, try to buy movies you don't have and/or they only have one of, and that are expensive (expensive movies can be harder to get). Points are only important in being able to keep yourself in Item cards and buying from the Movie Shops. ----------------- vi. Movie listing ----------------- Viper Paradice boasts an impressive 90 hentai movies (along with 5 Viper logos) split in to 19 sets of 5. The 18th set is a bonus, which can only be received by collecting all other movies available in the game. 25 of the movies are newly created for Viper Paradice, while the remaining 65 are taken from previous Viper games. Following is a list of all the movies available to collect in Viper Paradice, the character(s) in them, and what series they are from. In some cases, I am not aware of the name of a character. If this is the case, the character will be listed simply as "???". * 01 * Series: Viper CTR Character(s): Asuka * 02 * Series: NEW Character(s): Asuka, Miki * 03 * Series: Viper GTS Character(s): Carrera, Mercedes * 04 * Series: NEW Character(s): Carrera * 05 * Series: M1 Character(s): Mika * 06 * Series: NEW Character(s): Mika * 07 * Series: V16 Character(s): Akira, Saki, Karin * 08 * Series: NEW Character(s): Akira * 09 * Series: Viper F40 Character(s): Raika, Lilia * 10 * Series: Viper CTR Character(s): Miki, Asuka * 11 * Series: Viper F50 Character(s): Anli, ???, ??? * 12 * Series: Viper V16 Character(s): Takako, Haruka, Nami * 13 * Series: Viper V16 Character(s): Karin, Saki * 14 * Series: Viper M1 Character(s): Natane, Kazumi, Namiki * 15 * Series: Viper M1 Character(s): Maki, ???, ??? * 16 * Series: Viper V12 Character(s): Chomi * 17 * Series: Viper V12 Character(s): Anli * 18 * Series: Viper CTR, Viper V16, Viper V40 Character(s): Asuka, Akira, ??? * 19 * Series: Panic Character(s): N/A -------------------- vii. What's missing? -------------------- * Descriptions of the appearance of several cards. * More detailed explanation of the movie panel and bonuses. * Names of several characters in "Movie listing" section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ viii. Contact ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Email: chris@chrispayea.com Please feel free to contact me regarding any additions, corrections, or omissions found in this document, or if you would like to display this FAQ somewhere other than GameFAQs.com or Neoseeker.com. ----------------- ix. Closing Words ----------------- This is my first FAQ, so be gentle. ^_^; I'd like to thank Sogna and Hobibox for making, distributing and translating this game. I would also like to thank sites like JastUSA (www.jastusa.com) and Peach Princess (www.peachprincess.com) for stocking them, and making them available to a North American audience. I hope you all found this FAQ informative and useful. I wanted it to provide all the information you would need, without being too wordy. Feedback is always welcome, and helps me improve. As an aside, please don't pirate these games. I don't mean to sound preachy, but especially with the niche market these games have, piracy severely hurts the creator of the game, and may cause them to choose not to make further games available overseas. Support the game makers by buying your games, so they will continue to produce more high quality titles for everyone to enjoy. Thanks for looking at my FAQ, and take care! ^_^ ~ Christopher Simonson