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The Strategy Section - Don Flamenco 1 

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Don Flamenco 1: Even faster!!

Here comes the ultimate Don Flamenco 1 speed KO strategy. Full credit goes to Daniel T. and Martin Charlebois!!

The strategy should work on any platform with both versions of the game.

To KO Don in 15 sec. do as following:
Immediately when Don comes from his corner try do left face punch him. This action provokes a counter attack from Don.
Left dodge this counter and wait to the ultimate (!!) for your counter attack. If you counter at the very last possible moment (if you are too late, he will block your counter attack) with a left face punch, then Little Mac will get a star !!!
Smash the star immediately when you have got it right into Don. He will get down for the mat instantly.

When he comes back, left dodge his angry response and unload (the faster the better) as many left (the faster ones!) face punches as you need do send "Red Rose of Spain" again down to the mat. He will not get up anymore and Mario will count for 10! - Knockout!

If you have problems with the exact timing of the above strategy then use this (slower but easier) one:
Don is weak when you do exactly this strategy:
Immediatly at the beginning of round 1 hit don with your left hand in the face. Don will block this punch and counter punch. Dodge this counter punch and hit him in the face. Left, right, left, right and so on untill Don meets the matt.
When he raises again, dodge immediatly his punch, then again hit him left, right, left, right in the face untill Don kisses the matt again. He will not get up again.
You KOed Don Flamenco 1.

Do you know??
When Don Flamenco gets up after he was sent down to the mat he will instantly start a punch. Do not dodge it but hit him immediately with a left body blow during he prepares for his initial punch.  Little Mac will get a star. You now can either continue with the left body blows straight on (each one will hit, each will get a star) untill Don goes down for the second (and final) time or you can dodge aftter you have got the first star and then deliver it immediately (you do not have to stun him, but you can if you like)

Prologue- The time of 14 seconds on Don Flamenco 1 has long been legendery rivaling only 42.00 over Glass Joe and 0:37xx on King Hippo.  The original 14 second strategy was developed by Martin Charlebois back in 1998. It appeared that the perfect strategy had been invented and that there was almost no room for improvment. Tom Roth did tko Don 1 at 13.97 using Martin's strategy but it occurred on a PAL version of the game. No sub 0:14 victory had ever been recorded on NTSC. Then on February 3, 2004 the unthinkable occurred and a legend passed away. The following is the story of how I killed a legend........
 

Phase 1- Here we go. As soon as Mario starts the fight press B immediately and give Don a left body blow which he will block. Now listen very closely to the following. Don will attempt to retaliate with an uppercut. Dodge his attempt and answer with one face jab. Don's mouth will now open and he will be momentarily stunned. Wait about 3 seconds and answer with a second delayed face jab into his stunned face which should produce a star. Note: The second punch that Mac throws should be a speedy one to produce the star. If you did not time the first punch right then Mac will not go into his speedy counter until the third punch which is bad. He must go into the speedy punch on the second, delayed punch to produce the star. Once you obtain the star press START to unleash it and Don will take it and go down to the canvas in the process. Note: By doing the 1+1 delayed speedy punch the clock for the game becomes disrupted allowing for an earlier first knockdown. The clock should read 0:09 for the first knockdown and Mac will have 0 stars left.

Phase 2- Don will get up between a 2 and 8 count. You will notice that he will come back with very little energy. As soon as Don comes back into the fight he will attempt a quick uppercut. Mac must dodge this uppercut and answer with 1 regular counter + 3 speedy counters to put Don down a second time. Note: Once again you have to time the first punch right in order to get Mac to start his speedy punches on the second punch. Once Don has gone down a second time and provided that you have not been hit he will decide he does not want any more of little Mac and will be KOed. If all goes well the clock should read 0:13 or maybe 0:14 if you were a little slower (nsm file shows 13.99).
 

Well you did it. You can say now that you too killed a legend. In fact lets all kill that legend over and over again. Don is dead. Don is dead. Yeah.

Dedication- I would like to dedicate the strategy to Martin and Daniel T who both came up with the original Don 1 14-15 second ko. I also want to dedicate to Jack Wedge for thinking of a great name for the title.

Okay guys time to show Don who is boss. I should also note that it is extremey hard to time that second speedy punch delivery to get the star in phase 1. Just keep trying and you will get it soon enough (take a look at the nsm file if you are still having trouble). It took me about 10 tries to get the timing down. I got 13.82 using this strategy. Just remember to keep trying and have fun playing this great NES game. Anybody have any more ideas on how to improve 42.00 over Glass Joe? Take care guys.