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'''Journey of the Prairie King''' is a SmashTV-style minigame that can be played on one of the arcade machines in [[The Stardrop Saloon]]. Beating the game will award you with a [[Prairie King Arcade System]] of your own, delivered by mail the next day. [[Abigail]] also possesses a console version of the game that she will play with you during her 2-Heart Event. Random elements of the game are '''''not''''' affected by [[Luck]].
''Please note that none of the powerups power-ups or enemies are referenced by any name in-game, so they have been named by members of the community.''
==Gameplay Mechanics==
|[[File:JOPK_Tombstone.png]]
|Tombstone
|A bolt of lightning strikes your character, turning you into a zombie for a brief amount of time. You gain movement speed and kill on contact, enemies flee from you, and a brief music clip plays. This form lasts as long as the music plays. You can still shoot as per usual in this form. (Note: This powerup power-up does not protect you from bullets fired by bosses.)
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|[[File:JOPK_Wheel.png]]
|Imp
|3
|A flying enemy that can spawn anywhere on the perimeter, seeking the player. Can fly over obstacles and is not distracted by the Bear or deterred by the Tombstone poweruppower-up.
|Stage 3 (areas 1-3)
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|Fector
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|Fector is the final boss and is significantly more difficult than the Cowboy. You can move anywhere on the screen in this stage, but Fector also moves around freely and can fire directly at you, as well as firing in eight directions (as with the Wheel poweruppower-up). As his health decreases, he starts summoning enemies to attack you and shield himself. Beating Fector finishes the Journey of the Prairie King game.
|Stage 3 (area 4)
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* Once the player finds enough [[Lost Books|lost books]], a book will be available in the northern end of the [[Museum|library]] that reads, <blockquote>''"Journey of the Prairie King -- The Smash Hit Video Game! Did you know? Anyone who beats ' Journey of the Prairie King' is automatically entered into a drawing for a special prize! Did you know? The developer has stated that the protagonist is based on a real-life character... A true cowboy hero from a prairie-island in the Gem Sea!"''</blockquote>
* There is a bug in the game that prevents player progression under certain circumstances: If the nuke power-up is used during the first boss fight, the enemy will vanish from the screen but the stage will not end. Also occurs with the Tombstone power up and the last boss. This situation can be escaped from by hitting esc, which will close the game and return you to [[The Stardrop Saloon|The Saloon]].
* Having both the wheel and shotgun powerup power-up at the same time will result in you shooting a wheel of shotgun rounds (24 directions), which usually shreds everything in sight very quickly.
* [[Options#Graphics|Zoom level]] also influences the portion of screen the arcade game takes up. Be sure to check this setting before playing.
* The title of the game is most likely a reference to the [[wikipedia:List_of_River_King_video_games|"River King" games]] (a series of fishing RPGs made by Natsume, who also made the Harvest Moon series), specifically the Game Boy title released in the US as ''Legend of the River King''.
