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INTRODUCTION
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This is my first official guide for 2009 since I still got some other guides
that didn't get posted in 2008 either due to incompleteness or got rejected due
to lack of content when they covered the whole game start to finish but they
had a small file size. In all I had 50 FAQs posted in 2008 which happens to be
the year my FAQing career officially started.
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DISCLAIMER
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Psycho Soldier and its characters are trademarks of SNK and all copyrights
belong to them.
This FAQ/Walkthrough is the sole copyright of Andrea "Azul Fria" Castillo aka
Ice Queen Zero and cannot be put on other sites or posted without my given
permission nor can it be reproduced w/o proper consent.
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STORY
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You are Athena, a school girl who goes around fighting crime, along with her
friend Kensu (Player 2), Athena sets out to bring peace to the world by killing
all monsters. This game serves somewhat as a sequel to an earlier SNK game by
the name of Athena. Following the end of that game, the goddess Athena returned
to heaven and faded from the minds of the mortals on earth below. The Athena in
this game is said to be a reincarnation of her and she has a normal job as a
pop star.
Note: Athena and Kensu (as Kensou) would later go on to star in SNK's greatest
franchise of all-time known as the King of Fighters series as Athena Asamiya
and Sie Kensou.
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CONTROLS
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Left/Right: move left or right
Up: Move up a level, jump
Down: Move down a level
Button 1: Fire your Beam
Button 2: Fire one of the balls in stock
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ITEMS
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Ballon - bonus points
Spaceship - bonus points
Sword - ability to wield it
Forceball - ability to shoot it when in stock
Four Forceball - you know
Magic Beam - Increases energy
Skull Beam - Decreases energy
Empty Beam - Extra stregnth
Magic Ball - turns enemies into forceballs or ballons
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TIPS
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When you have a new life, you are temporarily invincible from damage. Press the
Stockball button (Button 2) to exit your spaceship prematurely.
The screen is always scrolling to the right until you reach the boss. So you
have no time to loligag.
You lose a life automatically if you are crushed between the wall and the
left side of the screen.
Avoid the skull beam at all costs. They will sap your energy even down to 0.
You won't die though.
The Sword gives Athena and Kensu extra power especially when breaking blocks
away.
Kensu automatically carries a sword when you use him.
You can have up to 30 lives when putting in quarters but you can only lose a
certain amount of lives before the scoe resets. These are indicated by the
hearts next to the score. You run out and you have to score points over again.
You will probably lose a few lives unless you are really good but here are the
basics for each level.
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| Stage 1 |
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Get to the empty beam on the second level and shoot the enemies and you move
between levels. Break the blocks for energy and forceballs and the sword is
on the third level. Don't get tripped up by the cones on the ground. Go to the
lower level and break the blocks for a Magic Ball then jump to one of the upper
levels and start shooting beams. Avoid the Skull Beam in the third level. You
will come across two green eggs. Make sure your energy is full before you
touch them or bugs will come out. Otherwise you will turn into a Phoenix if you
are Athena and a Dragon if you are Kensu. Make it to the boss and you have to
shoot the building in different areas till the building crumbles. Avoid the
enemies that come out of it and those that shoot from it and keep firing. Now
get all the items before you drop down to the next stage.
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| Stage 2 |
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You are safer on the bottom two levels while the enemies are above. Sooner or
later you have to go to the top levels to avoid falling into the water to your
death. To jump across the cracks, press Up and right. From here on out, I'll
just mention the important stuff since gameplay gets monotonous.
The boss is a huge dragon with a spike on its forehead. Avoid the fireball
and shoot your forceballs at it and avoid its neck charge. Each hit damages
the building. Enough hits and the boss dies and the building crumbles and you
can get items for the next stage.
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| Stage 3 |
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There are more dangerous enemies in this area. One is a beetle that shoots
bolts in three directions. Stay at the bottom level and avoid the bolts and
soon it will charge offscreen and be gone. This level has discolored floor
segments that will bounce you up. Careful not to land on an enemy. Other tough
enemies include some that burrow underground and hard to hit and there are
robots that shoots its head at you. Near the end, watch out for the pit. You
can jump over it or use the top level to get over it. At the end, avoid or
shoot the eyeballs and aim your beams at the different sections of the wall
especially the eyeballs. You'll know victory is yours when both eyes explode
and the wall falls down.
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| Stage 4 |
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At all costs, avoid falling into the water. Fish and guppies jump out of the
water. Be on your toes. Watch out for geysers that occasionally shoot from the
water too. The boss of this level makes its appearance early but you have to
wait till the screen stops scrolling to fight it. When you do fight it, avoid
it crystals and its dives at you while you shoot at it. The wall will fall down
after enough hits and off to next stage.
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| Stage 5 |
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Welcome to hell. Not really, a volcano erupted in the background and now you
have to avoid falling into the lava and avoid the lava geysers coming out
from the lava just like with the water last stage. The only new threat are the
magma monsters that shoot crystals at you and the leaping asps. At the end, the
boss has a long neck that it uses to attack with. He will also leap around
shooting fireballs. Keep up with him till victory is yours since the pattern is
all too random. The neck and body can hurt you, only the head.
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| Stage 6 |
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This is the last level and you got all new enemies to face. Throughout the
stage you'll come across blocks that'll replace themselves shortly after you
cut them down. Don't get crushed. You might need a lot of quarters for this
stage as its real tough. At least there is somewhat no monotony here since no
enemies from the previous levels are here but this is still a test of survival.
The last boss's weak spot is the core on its chest but you have to watch for
the two heads protecting it. The bottom one spits fireballs and the top one is
annoying because it moves around and tries to butt you. Survive this battle and
you win the game and boy was this hard.
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EPILOGUE
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From the game:
You did it! Congratulations! It was te hard and painful fight. However, the
enemies caused the darkess to the world were destroyed by the brave warriors,
and the world got back the light now. Listen carefully! You will hear Athena
singing for the victor
This fight will be clearly remained in everyone's heart forever and ever.
Goodby, Athena. See you again!
We, all of staffs, respect your spirit ans skill to have conquered this hard
adventure. Thank you!
