Raft Rider [Model VC2006]

- Stay relatively close to the center of the river whenever possible. It allows you to reach gold nuggets and open passages faster with less distance to travel.

- Limit movement back and forth across the river, since this causes your raft to move further downstream, making it more difficult to react to... CRASH! (Whoops) oncoming obstacles.

- Gather gold nuggets early in the game - especially in the faster moving river version. It takes a keen touch to collect them at 'fast water' speeds, but keep your coonskin cap on and aim that pole.

- Gathering gold nuggets is a wilderness skill that takes grift, determination, and a keen eye. Better to aim too low than too high - you'll find out why!

- After picking up a gold nugget, be ready to make your next move, but not too soon, or you'll miss it (or even worse, hit it).

- Moose: don't touch these guys with even a ten-foot pole! Steer clear of their antlers, or you will be swallowing tadpoles.

- When the beaver runs across the screen, be alert for the crashing sound warning you of impending danger. He just chopped down a piece of tree that can land anywhere in the river!

- As speed increases, plan ahead for unforeseen accidents. After you drift past an obstacle(s), pole into line with them. Then slalom down the river into wilderness folklore.