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FAQ/WAlkthrough
ARC 1987
Version: 1.0 released on the 19th of March 2009
Author: odino
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/47976.html
This guide is EXCLUSIVELY available at GameFAQs.
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| 01.) Introduction | G0100 |
| 02.) Basics | G0200 |
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| 03.) Walkthrough | G0300 |
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| XX.) FAQ | GXX00 |
| YY.) Version History | GYY00 |
| ZZ.) Credits & Thanks | GZZ00 |
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01.) INTRODUCTION G0100
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Welcome to 'Alien Syndrome' for the Arcade, released by Sega in 1987. This
game was also released on many consoles, but as far as I know they differ in
levels.
Suggestions, comments or errors - tell me about it. Enjoy!
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02.) BASICS G0200
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"The earth command faces a grave crisis. Hideous alien life forms have taken
control of Earth's space station and hold its inhabitants hostage. Only 2 brave
space troopers step forward to face the challenge. Ricky & Mary must save the
hostages and destroy the alien menace once and for all. This overhead shoot'em
up game features good graphics & sound as well as simple yet fast gameplay with
plenty of weapons to find!"
In every round you have a 150 seconds to rescue 10 comrades. There are more
than 10 and rescueing the rest only yiels bonus points. To finish the round,
exit through the door marked as such. A boss fight will follow with a
additional 30 seconds added to the time limits. The more time you spent on the
rescue operation, the less time you have on the boss fight. When you manage to
beat said boss, the next stage begins. Eventually you will complete all six
rounds and move on the seventh round, also known as the Final Boss. Beating him
will start the game from the beginning again, with not difference whatsoever in
the levels. You get to keep your score and it free to continue playing; I
suppose that is good news in a way.
Each round has a different enemy. They are easy to kill as it only requires one
shot of whatever weapon you are carrying right now. Thefore the only weapon
upgrade you are receiving is better range and speed. When the enemies are
killed, no more respawn automatically. However, begining with round two, there
are hives that will produce more. You can destroy the hive to ensure that the
flow of new aliens stops once and for all. In other words, you can clear out
the entire level of the alien scum, but your time limit kind of limits this
adventure (also the sixth round has unlimited enemies). There is really only a
need to annihilate anything that does not get in your way. If you are looking
for scoring more points, then maybe you can seek out some more to slay. Because
the enemy encounters are purely random, there is no way to describe them in the
walkthrough.
The signs with a huge MAP written on it lets you check the round's map. The
red dots are the comrades you have to rescue. Once ten have been rescued it
will only display the EXIT of the round, not the rest of the comrades left in
in. As the levels are mighty small and maps are all over the place, it is easy
to find your way around. Unfortunately it is not very good in showing doors to
rooms etc. The walkthrough will describe how to rescue all the comrades, thus
if you only want to skip through to the bare minimum then you may as well try
and do this without a guide. It is rather easy to find ten quickly.
Controls:
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The controls for this game are very simple, you only need to joystick to move
around and the button to shoot.
There is no difference in choosing the male or female hero/heroin as they are
both identical in everything but looks and sounds.
Display:
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The top left is your current life count, next to it your current score and the
high score for this machine. The right side is for the second player if one
is available.
The bottom left displays the current round. The comrade display is how many
you need to rescue before the exit door opens. It decreases by one for each
comrade you pick up, naturally. The time on the right is how much is left
before the bomb explodes, which means you die.
Power-Ups:
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The northern side of the walls contain power-ups to collect. They are shown by
the various letters as they can be different things. The full list is:
? - Points
F - Flamethrower
L - Laser
O - Turret, up to two can be carried
R - Rapid Fire Burst
B - Napalm Bombs
Scoring:
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100 points for each comrade you rescue in the mission. 100 bonus points for
each one your rescue at the end of the mission.
1000 for the 11th comrade, increments by another 1000 for each additional one
(i.e. 3000 for the 12th and so). Sometimes I have seen the 11th already giving
2000 points instead of 1000. Not sure if this is a glitch in the scoring.
200 for each alien you kill.
There is a Time Bonus for each second you have left. So far I am unsure how the
game calculates this, as I have received some inconsistent scores. For example,
40 seconds left gives you 13800 points
44 seconds left gives you 15200 points
69 seconds left gives you 20700 points
and if you have 100 or more seconds left you get the max bonus of 60000.
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03.) WALKTHROUGH G0300
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YOUR MISSION
YOUR COMRADES HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY THE ALIENS
DESTROY THE ENEMY AND RESCUE THEM
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ROUND 1
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This being the first level, it is really easy.
Rescue the guy just above. Leave the room to the right and south for another
one, then all the way to the bottom for the fourth. On the left side of this
loop is the fifth comrade and another one is in the center of the corridor
leading to the left, where the large room has one more comrade in distress. Now
walk back north until you hit the wall and enter the room. This one holds a
comrade of course, and the room to the right as well. One more is at the
junction going south, but continue east and north around the left side again,
collecting the guy on the way, then find one in the center slightly south.
Before leaving, go all the way left and pick up the second to last one. The
final guy is just in front of the exit door in the north.
BOSS
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Recommended Weapon: Laser
The boss has two attacks. One is a slow slime thing, the second are some pink
crawlers. You can shoot the crawlers with ease, and avoid the projectiles. The
tough part is getting your shot to hit its chest when it opens up to let some
stuff out. When you get this right, it will only take a few to explode it.
But you are not done. Once it is dead, the head will run at you from time to
time. You can only hurt it when it is dashing, thus quickly shoot it and then
step to the sides. Luckily you only have to do this a few times.
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ROUND 2
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You can spot the first comrade immediately. There is another one just to the
south of this position, not far. Walk west to find two more soon, then turn
south and find two in this corner. On the east side you will find a room, one
comrade in the left corner and one in the right.
As you leave the room, turn right and enter another sort of room without a
door, but it does of course have a comrade inside.
North of this is a room with a hole in the middle, rescue the person and move
on further north. Rescue the guy on the way, then turn right to find two in the
corner. The rest of the people are easy to find by just going all the way west,
the finally take the exit at the north center.
BOSS
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Recommended Weapon: Napalm
You can only harm this heart-shaped boss when it is large. You can shoot and
destroy the rings around it to make it easier to hit it. If you have the napalm
weapon then it will go right through the rings and hurt the boss itself.
Smaller versions of it will be thrown into your area and crawl towards you,
which means you also must take care of those.
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Enemies start shooting at this point, be careful.
You start out in the middle, and there are four in the south part of this
island, one in the northeast and two in the northwest. The outer ring has one
in the bottom left corner, bottom right, both sides in the middle and then one
more in the top left corner. Walkways at the bottom and near the bottom right
will lead to a guy each. Finally, there is one comrade on a walkway in the
north.
BOSS
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The boss starts on the right, you start on the left. The green stuff in the
middle must be shot to make way to its position. The eyes rotating around the
boss are its defense, do not touch it. Its only attack are some kind of waves
that crawl towards you, or worms. You can shoot those with ease. To kill the
boss you have to take away all its legs by shooting them one by one, then you
can finally hurt the main body until it is dead.
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ROUND 4
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Easy to find all the comrades in this one.
Go south and pick the first one up, then turn left to find another. Go around
this path for three more and then turn around to go into the eastern section of
the souther part. There is one in the middle and two more on the right.
In the northern section, there are two guys in the center and three on each
side section. As I said, this one is rather easy to find.
The exit is in the top right corner, thus you may want grab those nearby
comrades last.
BOSS
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Tough boss. The only vulnerable spot is that face/mask he is wearing. The green
attacks are the main problem as they spread out so much, navigating around will
be the trickiest of your tasks. The spark at the front also lets a small spark
fly straight on, thus be careful not to stand around too much there either.
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ROUND 5
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This in turn is much harder to explain. This is more of a maze.
There are two comrades on either side of your starting position, pick the left
one.
Go north and left to find another comrade, going southeast into a room. There
are two comrades in this first one, then one more in the following. As you
leave the room again, go all the way north for another person. Hug the northern
wall as you go east, entering the room to find another guy. Next up you will
find two comrades on the east end.
Go south to pick up the person you did not at the start of the level, then go
south.
Continue left and at the far edge you will find a comrade. Return right a bit
and go southwest to find a person, then south into the room nearby, and finally
find two comrades in the southeast corner.
To exit, go north from this position into a room with a comrade, and one last
comrade is trapped in the room with the exit door further north.
BOSS
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The main dragon creature is in the large hole on the right. The small holes
have minions sticking their head out and using their tongue to whip you. You
can avoid them, or kill them if they are too close for comfort. For example,
to make space in slaying the dragon, you want to kill the minions around the
large hole. The rest are unimportant unless you swerve a lot to avoid the
dragons fireballs.
To hurt the dragon you actually have to hit it diagonally. Shooting from
straight on will not do any damage. This is why I prefer the fire burst, but I
am not sure if this is the recommended weapon, the rest may work equally well.
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ROUND 6
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The worms that come through the walls are unlimited, you cannot destroy all
the aliens in this round.
Grab the first person nearby and walk north along the left side. As the path
winds north, there is another person on the way. When the corner is reached,
you obviously have to proceed east. Spot the green comrade near the center
when it gets narrow, then another one southeast of this position near some
crater thingy. Collect the comrade in the top right corner before moving south
the only way you can. Another lost soul is waiting for you there too.
When you reach the southern area, first go even more south and proceed east
to find all four comrades in this corner. Return to the junction and follow the
way left a bit more, then south to find two trapped guys. Continue north for
another, then one on each side when its gets wider again.
The final comrade to be rescued is just to the right of the exit door in front
of a map sign.
BOSS
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Shoot the organ right below the turquoise face to hurt it. The laser works best
here in my opinion, but most weapons will do the trick.
The boss has two attacks. One are some yellow projectiles that fly across the
screen but are not aimed at you in any way, the second are some nasty worms
that will home in on you. They will distract you from hurting the boss in a
faster way.
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ROUND 7
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FINAL BOSS
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You only have the peashooter for this one, but it will do.
Run up to the boss and avoid its sucking air. It will create circles that are
really deadly. You have to be really quick to avoid it. When you have the
chance, run up to the floating head and shoot it with the gun two dozen times.
IN THE YEAR 2000 A.D., THE WAR ENDED AND PEACE WAS TEMPORARILY RESORED TO THE
EARTH.
HOWEVER, NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THE ALIEN FORCES WILL MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO INVADE
AND CONQUER OUR PLANET.
IN THE ENVE THAT SUCH A CATASTROPHE AGAIN BEFALLS US ONLY YOU CAN COME TO OUR
RESCUE.
THE END
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XX.) FAQ GXX00
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Q: Is this the same game as released on consoles?
A: As far as I know all console ports are different in some way, and not just
graphically. If I ever come across a direct port then I will sure to take
notice.
Q: What's the record score?
A: Donn Nauert holds the record for this game with 2,269,200 points on
February 2, 1988.
Q: How does this relate to the 2007 release on the Wii and PSP?
A: I believe that is a sequel of sorts. All the other release up to that point
were ports.
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YY.) VERSION HISTORY GYY00
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v1.0 First release, complete (
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ZZ.) CREDITS & THANKS GZZ00
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GameFAQs for hosting this file.
Sega for the game.
ArcadeHistory for the information on the arcade machine.
http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=alien-syndrome&page=detail&id=61 (viewed
March 2009)
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