I am Samcan. I am widening my experience in writing FAQs for of different
computers and consoles. It’s a pity that some games such as this go without
a guide for years to come. I hope you find the game guide information in
this FAQ good to digest and aid you in your gameplay. If there's anything I
missed feel free to bring it up in the Board of this game. Constructive
criticism, complements and commentary are welcome. Nuf said, let's begin
the FAQ.
2.) Tips
* Repeatedly shoot a weak point to damage a boss. Many areas of a boss are
armored and impervious to your firepower.
* A Boss can be greatly weakened by destroying a section of it.
* Spreadfire cannons are dangerous. Incendiary cannons and pyro cannons are
even more dangerous.
* Bombs can cause massive damage to a boss as well as clear any projectiles it
shoots, but you'd best conserve some bombs for stages that follow.
3.) Bosses
=== OPENING STAGE ===
--- Stage 1-1 ---
NAME: Tandem II
ARMANENTS: 2 Spreadfire Cannons, 2 Flameguns, Flamethrower
STRATEGY: First take out the front flameguns and the back spreadfire cannons.
When you begin to shoot the central flamethrower it will start to move
sideways, while it spews fire. Keeping shooting it until the big tank is
destroyed.
--- Stage 1-2 ---
NAME: Typhoon
ARMANENTS: 2 Spreadfire Cannons, Incendiary Cannon
STRATEGY: Shoot the middle of the plane repeatedly. Watch out for the
projectiles from the Incendiary Cannon, because hitting one splits it into five
smaller fireballs. You should have the plane destroyed in a trice without
needing a bomb.
=== GROUND BATTLE STAGE ===
--- Stage 1 ---
NAME: Gringo
ARMANENTS: 2 Triple-fire Cannons, Spreadfire Cannon, 2 Dumbfire Missile
Launchers
STRATEGY: Hit the critical weapons areas, while dodging the triple-fire and
spreadfire cannon bullets. Note that the dumbfire missiles can be destroyed as
their launchers throw them out at you. If necessary launch a bomb so that it
blasts all four points on the tank.
--- Stage 2 ---
NAME: Poseidon
ARMANENTS: 3 Spreadfire Cannons, 8 Flameguns
STRATEGY: Hitting the centre of the gunboat is essential, but shooting off each
of the four flameguns scores extra points and gives you more room to fly around
with less chance of being hit by a projectile. Once the flameguns are gone,
fully blast the central parts of the gunboat.
--- Stage 3 ---
NAME: Mark II
ARMANENTS: Twin Cannons, Spinning Flamer, Rotary Cannon
STRATEGY: Those two tanks join together to form a more powerful tank. Keep your
distance from the tank which launches a spinning flamer. When you've destroyed
one tank, the other will rapidly fire its rotary cannon, so dodge carefully and
finish it off.
--- Stage 4 ---
NAME: Genocide
ARMANENTS: 2 Bag Cannon Balls, 3 Turret Cannons, Spreadfire Cannon
STRATEGY: Shoot the middle of the tank and be very careful of the bag cannon
balls, which will fire fast and will retract back to the tank. When the cannon
ball retracts, shoot the launcher. When both sides are destroyed, shoot the
spreadfire cannon that starts firing.
--- Stage 5 ---
NAME: Supertank
ARMANENTS: 2 Flameguns, 2 Rotary Cannons, 2 Missile Turrets, 2 Spreadfire
Cannons, Incendiary Cannon
STRATEGY: As the tank approaches you, it will split into three parts. Shoot the
rotary cannons on the interior part, followed by the flameguns and the missile
turrets when they come out. Note that the fired missiles can be destroyed. When
both sides of the tank are destroyed, an incendiary cannon will come out.
Destroy that last cannon to obliterate the supertank.
=== DOGFIGHT STAGE ===
--- Stage 1 ---
NAME: Wasp
ARMANENTS: Spreadfire Cannon, 2 Wideshot Cannons, 2 Shell Cannons
STRATEGY: Shoot the three tails, followed by the two wideshot cannons. The
quickest way to destroy this triple fuselage plane is to blow up the cockpit.
Of course if you want extra points, destroy both sides before shooting the
central part.
--- Stage 2 ---
NAME: Airship
ARMANENTS: 2 Spreadfire Cannons, 4 Incendiary Cannons, Major Incendiary Cannon
STRATEGY: Carefully take out the cannons, while evading projectiles. After
destroying the first three cannons, another three have to be taken out. Finally
destroy the major incendiary cannon and the airship will be blown out of the
sky.
--- Stage 3 ---
NAME: Typhoon x2
ARMANENTS: 2 Spreadfire Cannons, Incendiary Cannon, 2 Dumbfire Missile Launchers
STRATEGY: Deal with both planes exactly the way you did back in 1-2 of the
Starting Stage, but be careful of the dumbfire missiles that fire at you. Also
keep in the mind that those planes will take more hits than the first Typhoon.
--- Stage 4 ---
NAME: Uberschmitt
ARMANENTS: 4 Spreadfire Cannons, 2 Pyro Cannons, 2 Shell Cannons, 2 Dumbfire
Missile Launchers
STRATEGY: This plane is heavily armored and requires direct targeting on the
cannons to destroy it piece by piece. Some of the weapons will retract,
requiring you to time the shooting right. Shooting the shell cannons will blow
off the wings of the plane. After that, the dumbfire missiles begin to launch
and you're left to destroy the plane completely.
--- Stage 5 ---
NAME: Big Bomber
ARMANENTS: 6 Megapyro Cannons, 4 Spreadfire Cannons
STRATEGY: Shooting the megapyro projectiles will cause them to split in three,
leaving you with less room to avoid. Disable those megapyro cannons as quickly
as you can. Then shoot the plane in the middle to destroy one fuselage and you
can deal with the other one.
=== SUPER NATION STAGE ===
--- Stage 1-1 ---
NAME: Airborne Carrier
ARMANENTS: 3 Spreadfire Cannons, 2 Incendiary Cannons, 2 Shell Cannons
STRATEGY: Destroy the tail section of the carrier. As you avoid incoming enemy
fire, destroy the cannons on each wing side so that the wings are destroyed.
Once the central cannons are destroyed, the carrier can be entirely destroyed.
NAME: Twin Jets
ARMANENTS: 2 Spreadfire Cannons, 2 Pyro Cannons, Thrust Fire
STRATEGY: It's not over yet. Two jet fighters come at you, one at a time. Don't
get too close to them because their thrust fire will blaze you quite rapidly.
Just hit all sides of the jets and you'll blast them down successfully.
--- Stage 1-2 ---
NAME: Tank Base
ARMANENTS: 2 Flamethrowers, Triple Incendiary Cannon, 6 Turrets, Mortar Cannon,
2 Dumbfire Missile Launchers, Spreadfire Cannon, 3 Incendiary Cannons, 2 Super
Flameguns, Central Turret
STRATEGY: This is it. The ultimate boss. A tank, the size of a battleship.
You're going to have to take it out section by section. The first section has
all sorts of fiery fury firing at you. Hit the flamethrowers when they are not
firing following the cannons in the middle (when its open). Coming to the next
section, shoot all the incoming turrets and then the mortar cannon on a central
rail. Tanks can be found on the platform. Now destroy the dumbfire missile
launchers and then the spreadfire cannon. Coming to the last section, destroy
the three incoming incrediary cannons. Careful of the super flameguns as they
sidle on their rails. Once they're taken out, release all your firepower on the
Central Turret (where the mysterious general is stationed presumably) as it
spews bullets and incendiary shots and destroy the Tank Base once and for all.
4.) Copyright and Thanks
"Ghost Pilots" by SNK (C) 1991
FAQ by by Samcan (C) 2019
Thank you for reading. I look forward to briefing you in another FAQ.
