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Mario's Video Game Cache Mystery Cache

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Hi. I'm Heartland Cacher, the volunteer reviewer for new caches submitted to Geocaching.com from Nebraska and Wyoming.

It has been a while since I first looked at this cache. I can't find any recent responses about maintaining this cache so it will be archived and removed from the active cache listings.

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Hidden : 6/28/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted location, you must solve this puzzle/quiz to get the real coordinates. This is a video game cache, meaning the theme for the swag here should be video game related, either an old video game to give up or etc. This cache is a lunch box FULL of video games and other gaming swag.

A = The number of button pushes needed to complete the "Konami Code" (I have recently found out that there are more than one variation of this code. I am looking for the # of button pushes to complete the code in the game Top Gun: The Second Mission for the NES.)
B = The Number of Lives you will receive if you enter the "Konami Code" in the NES game, Contra.
C = The number of worlds in a Super Mario Bros. Game.
D = In "The Legend of Zelda" on the NES, what is maximum number of heart containers available. (This is will take a lot of research, but rest assured the real answer is out there somewhere)
E = In GTA IV, the 4th number in the cheat code to spawn a helicopter onto the screen (my favorite ride!).
F = The most number of players that can play Warlords for the Atari system.

The Following should be whole numbers, if you don't get whole numbers, some of the numbers above are wrong!

G = (B/E)+1
H = The digit in the hundred-thousandths place of the square root of A.
I = (D/C) - (E-F)
J = B x (1/10)
K = (The digit in the hundred-millionths place of pi) - I
L = an easy one, L=C

Place the values into this coordinate

N 41 14.GHI W 096 08.JKL
Good Luck!
Original Swag includes:
Secret Service PC Game, Rayman 2 PC Game, GTA 2 PC Game, Crystal Key PC Game, a Japanese PSP game, Missle Command and Mouse Trap for the Atari 2600, Monkey Ball for the Wii, Brain Age for the DS, some DS screen savers, a Halo 3 bracelet, Mario headphones, and a Mario DDR button.

Click to verify coordinates

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vagrearg frnepurf fubhyq or lbhe sevraq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)