Xain'd Sleena (arcade vertion).
FAQ FOR ARCADE GAME
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¤AKA SOLAR WARRIOR AND SOLDIER OF LIGHT¤
Copyright ©2002 Williams Jiménez García
All Rights Reserved
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by Williams Jiménez García (a.k.a Lord Willow) <
[email protected]>
Wrote on 7 August 2002
Version 1.0
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This is my second (first professional work) and for now very
basic FAQ which includes only what could fit in text only format. For
screenshots, movies,*.cmx files for playback,game glitches, coming soon in my
home page and the next version 2.0.
This FAQ is for private and personal use only. It can only
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Xain'd Sleena FAQ INDEX
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1) About Xain'd Sleena
2) History
3) Controls, Weapons
4) General Hints And Tactics
5) Level Information Summary
6) Descriptions, Tactics Step By Step Per
Planets & His Space Stages
7) About this FAQ
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1. About Xain'd Sleena
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Before to play Xain'd Sleena ever is necessary be in the know
about technical specifications.
Xain'd Sleena is a side-scrolling fighter wrote by Technos in
1986. You are an armoured, rocket-booted soldier, a sort of space traveling
freedom fighter, guy bravely like a army of only one man. Whose mission is to
defend five planets against the evil empire. You have 4 upgrade weapons and
spaceship for space stage. You run from left to right, shooting your way to the
base at the end of each level and defeat the boss, then tackle a left to right
space ship stage.
Some technical information:
Chips
cpu: M6809 , 2.00MHz
cpu: M6809 , 2.00MHz
cpu: M6809 , 2.00MHz - for audio
audio: YM2203 , 3.00MHz
audio: YM2203 , 3.00MHz
Video
Screen: raster
Orientation: horizontal
Resolution: 256 x 224
Frequency: 60.00Hz
Audio
Channels: 1
Input
Players: 2
Control: joy 8-way
Buttons: 2
Coin Slots: 3
Driver
Status: good
Color: good
Sound: good
Varth is supported by the following emulators and plataforms:
GAME EMULATOR PLATAFORM
Xain'd Sleena MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) Windows/Dos
Xain'd Sleena Xain'D Sleena Emulator Dos
Xain'd Sleena(bootleg) MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) Windows/Dos
Xain'd Sleena(bootleg) Xain'D Sleena Emulator Dos
Solar Warrior MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) Windows/Dos
Solar Warrior Xain'D Sleena Emulator Dos
Soldier of Light(UK) ? ?
Name Rom: xsleena.zip/xsleenab.zip/solarwar.zip
Size: 478-->897Kb
Rank: 10
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2. History
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On a Sistem Planetary in the Universe called "Soa", the Empire
of evil "DISTARG" invades his planets and the peace of the Universe is menace,
the mission of Xain is defend and destroy the Empire's bases on each planet of
sistem, for then infiltrate and destroy the movable space fortress, a sort of
metallic-planet like Cibertron (The Transformers) or Darkstar (Star Wars). Once
the peace recovered in the universe, your responsability is all over.
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3. Controls, Weapons
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3-1) Controls:
- Joystick or buttons (if you use a pc emulator): move the hero in 8
directions.
- Button 1: principal weapon fire.
- Button 2: jump (1 or 2 times).
3-2) Xain's Weapons: it's 5 types of Lasers:
- Normal Laser Shot: standard weapon whit built-in, thin laser.
- Arrow Laser Shot: powerful piercing shot, slow laser.
- Wide Laser Shot: attacks enemies in a broad range, fast laser.
- 2 Way Photon Shot: horizontal and 45° photon shot, 3 shot per time.
- Granade: normal laser + 2 granades per time.
3-3) Xain's Spaceship Weapons:
- Laser Beam Shot: standard thin red laser, 3 per time (button1).
- Photon Torpedo Shot: sphere shot, 3 way direction, one per time (button2).
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4. General Hints And Tactics
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- Isn't necessary evade all lasers bullet of enemy aliens, but is necessary
no crash with them, because your "damage gage" diminish to half, if you
gage are full.
- The technic of jump is press the jump-button per time, who is it?, once
time the first jump end press botton for second time. With this technic
your jump have more largeness. However if you need avoid photon-bullets
shot of the aliens enemies, no way out, just do it!.
- When star the game and you select the planet where to go, the planet are
place on increase orden of difficult: Cleemalt Soa-->ease, Guwld Soa-->
hard.
- Memorize the enemy formations on space stage. A specific enemy will always
come onto the screen at the same place.
- If the action (the combat) turn extreme, the move tendency to be slow
profit the moment and re-calculate yours moves.
- Our hero Xain have 2 moves when he is in the ground. Stand --> 1st move:
kneel --> 2nd move: lie down. The second move is very utile when have much
enemies on one sector of the screen.
- If you started from Guwld Soa, from right to left, on space stage the
formations changes, memorize this new formations from Cleedos Soa forward.
- The bosses of Cleemalt, Lagto, Kworal Soa, you may cross only in the air,
if they jump on you, you die, the anothers you can't touch only avoid.
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5. Level Information Summary
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+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| PLANET |POWERS UP| BOSS / WEAPON | PLACE |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| CLEEMALT SOA | 4 | Armo-ALIEN / LASER SABER | DESERTIC MOON |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| LAGTO SOA | 5 |2LegMach/Armo-ALIEN/Mach-LS-GUN| JUNGLE PLANET |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| CLEEDOS SOA | 3 |god-TEMPLE+ HAVERSACK-JET ALIEN| DUNE PLANET |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| KWORAL SOA | 2 | Armo-ALIEN / Mach-GUN MISSILE | AQUATIC PLANET |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| GUWLD SOA | 1 | ALIEN-TANK+MISILLE+LASER GUN | IGNEOUS PLANET |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
| M. FORTRESS | 5 | 3BOSSES+ Armo-ALIEN/LASER GUN | MOVEBLE FORTREES |
+--------------+---------+-------------------------------+------------------+
*Armo: armoured.
**Mach: machine.
¬LS: laser.
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6. Descriptions, Tactics Step By Step Per Planets & His Space Stages
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¤Cleemalt Soa¤¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
- Planet Stage: this planet is a sort of Saturn's Moon without atmosphere,
after the jump a crater you encounter a bunker stopped and destroy
everithing aliens and power-up alien, this alien is more small and no
carrie weapons just a box with the weapon-upgrade. Warning with the
saber-aliens on the stone arc. To arrive a stone ladders try to stand in
the fourth step jump one time an shot the alien for neutralize the missile
cannon. The floating rocks have diferentes ways, i recommend jump high and go
for this way, if you take the dawn-way careful with the mines. Warning the
critical part is in the middle of the way if you falling you lose. After
you encounter another arc with a alien throwing grenades
(granade-alien) and hard-die alien (semi-big grey alien), jump the rock
forward and lie down shot and preparate for defeat the boss. This alien
have a semi-armor and his principal weapon is a laser-saber moreover jump
like you in 2 times, if you aproaching he attacks 3 times after he jump
behind, however if you lie down and wait the close combat his saber no
injure, profit a shoot in close combat.
- Space Stage: this part is difficult overcoat when the dip switches are
difficulty -->Hard. How a write before memorize the formations this no
change. Find the spaces between the photon shot of the enemy and make your
way. Before to end the stage appears 1 armoured space-cruiser, caution.
¤Lagto Soa¤¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
- Planet Stage: the jungle, swamp and rare-endogenous animals is the topic of
this planet, however all this diversity isn't your ally, anyone thing that
touch you, your energy low, moreover the Empire's aliens fulfil
aerial-machines attacks with missiles. I recommend if you get it, the wide
laser shot (fast laser), this weapon is very utile for destroy the swarm of
insects stage, when you arrive to the swamp is necessary jump to advance
beware with fat insects halt and destroy it. To the end the swamp a flower in
the ground appear, this have countenance of to be inoffensive, but no stand
on the flower, it´s close trapped us. When appear the fleas and the sound
characteric this come moreover whit another insects and a scarab that fly
hight but descent afterwards, on trunk of a tree have a libellula
(dragonfly), destroy and start to advance shooting without stop until win
spaces to shot behind. To the ending this part a monster with a long neck is
your enemy now, shot and jump at the same time until destroy it. Then a
lagoon with obstacles, when jump at the second stone shot and destroy fast
the fat insects, jump at the third stone and shot kneel because the missile
of the alien's aerial attack if are successful you fall in the water.
Across the lagoon just have careful with the laser-saber alien to arrive at
the boss. This alien arrive first on a vehicle of two feet shooting
photon-shot, after of destroy appears the boss armoured and jump like you in
2 times behind and lie down to machine-gunned with his photon pistol then
the alien stand up and shot normal, if it is close to you, jump and lie
down behind and shooting again, you may jump and get away of the pistol's
alcance and strikeback lie down, i thing that is the best form to do it.
- Space Stage: focus in the spaces to move, 2 formations need found one space
between enemy ships, to the end of the stage appears 2 armoured
space-cruiser.
¤Cleedos Soa¤¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
- Planet Stage: this planet is the bigger of the Planetary Sistem, a sort of
Arrakys from the Dune's movie. This dune-planet to the begin have a little
hill-obstacles, just jump however if you fall in a middle you star to slide
little hill down, beware with the aerial-saber aliens, they descent attacks
with the saber down. After of the obstacles appears the temple of the
desert, a sort of Distarg's monastery of stone with priest armed that throw
dagger. On the top of monastery you are with a sort of Distarg's god, a
head type Cydonian's sphinx (Mars planet), to destroy it jump quickly to
the top and when appears shoot quickly if this approaching much jump behind
always shooting to the head. Once the monastery's head is destroy, you will
find with dunes and types of craters or holes, up escort aereal-saber
aliens that waiting for you, they waiting that you fall on a crater or
jump high, careful with jump when they are on you and moreover fall on a
crater, because you lose move. In this case push quickly the jumping
button, if you don't make it, appears a worm and destroy you. The final
planet stage is complex, if you no advance and shooting, you die. Shot
and destoy all. Then the boss arrives, beware! this aerial-alien can't be
touched, attacks him, profit that he shot in diagonal to down jump one time
and shot, no shot when the alien displace and come on. Fight bravery.
- Space Stage: now all change, you appears in a asteroids field destroy it
and make your way, but beware because between asteroids encounter mines, if
you shot a mine this explode in 8 directions, try shot faraway. Then star
the attack with formation-ships, something formation come very close, find
the space and avoid the corners. Ending the formation-stage appears 6
armoured space-cruiser, too hard? yes no doubt! Destroy first the
center-space-cruiser and then another, for do it come to the center of the
screen then shot quickly in close combat (very close), once you destroy it
the extreme space-cruiser move across attack if you want to the up-cruiser
and shot while they cross. Do it the seem in the second formation of
armoured-space-cruiser. My recommendation is destroy at least 2 of the
cruiser per formation, however I personally passed the cruiser destroying
only the center-cruiser per formation (no recommended because you need very
much luck and to be expert space-pilot). If you thing the action ended
here, you wrong, at now you need destoy the Distarg's Mother Ship, once you
passed the space-cruiser or die before (if you die while combat versus the
enemy formation-ships you pass to fight to Distarg's Mother Ship right
now). The music denote the come of the Mother Ship, this appears but
beware! no shot before center appear, if you shot the Ship answer the
fire and no suit, wait the center appear and attack bravery!, each section
will lose to find and destroy the central-generator, if you die and destroy
the center you made it anyway. After all you receives a bonus for destroy
the Ship.
¤Kworal Soa¤
- Planet Stage: the water around of all is the prime characteristic of this
planet. Component of the bio-diversity is the existence of creatures
aquatics like fishes, medusas (jelly fishes), a kind of mermaid, red krills
or lobsters, sponges, etc. All this criaturas if touched for you, your
damage gage diminish, then destroy or avoid it!, the best weapon is 2 way
photon shot for this stage. The way to the alien base have 2 descent and
one ladder to go. When you arrive to the first precipice to descent will
appear a mermaid destroy fast, if you don't destroy it to the the marmaid
this roll and rolling to you, beware if chush you your damage gage down to
middle (if this is full), in the second precipice you fall in the middle of
small abyss and shoal of fish, in front you appear a 2 legs alien-machine
then a red lobster behind you fast destroy or jump it. At now a
construction of stone appears front you, a ladder jelly fish and more
beware with rolling mermaid, ending the construction down await you a
granade-alien after the last upgrade-alien and the alien base, beware with
granade and saber-aliens. The boss have a pistol with missiles and jump on
you last position, if jump on you, you die, you can cross in the air with
him, ever you have to be one step ahead of this alien, when this jump you
move behind immediately and lie down for shot quickly, after jump fast and
wait the alien come and repeat the action.
- Space Stage: the stage seem the Lagto Soa space-stage, focus in the spaces
to move. 2 armoured space-cruiser to destroy.
¤Guwld Soa¤
- Planet Stage: this is most hard planet no doubt, a kind of igneous planet
with much geysers activity, moreover a rain of stones in the first part and
columns on lava, the planet not accept mistakes, anyone mistake and no
good you die, the firts part the gas geysers and the rain of stones is the
danger. First advance and destroy the aerial-alien when descent, advence
jumping with precision 2 jump and you fall in the middle of geysers, beware
with the stones if you crash with it, this will push and could touch the
geysers and dead. Between geysers appear a granade-alien destroy before of
cross, then before of find a first ladder you have cross a succession of 5
geysers after of cross stay and wait the aerial-saber-alien descent to you,
destroy and beware with the 2 granade-aliens on the top of the ladder. Then
of descent you find a cavern with columns on the lagoon of lava, here you
combo (combination) of jumps must be exact, you can't jump twice on all
columns somebody need one jump to pass it. Care with the cannon on the
column, if one missiles impact in the air with you this derive of the
column, ending the columns appears 2 geysers of lava and upgrade-alien this
is only one, beware with saber and granade-alien on the head of stone-
ladder´s lion this is the last ladder to go, the base is near destroy the
machine-aliens and armoured alien soldiers, when the boss music sound stars
go back to wait the armoured+missile-launcher+machine gun laser gun alien
all on one. Don't attack in close combat stay away and wait it, firts lie
down and wait appear shooting and when launch missiles jump back, lie
down again and wait the alien close in this moment the alien shoot
quickly and he try to trample you, when he is near (no too) [jump for
pass ahead], the alien launch missiles and you stay away lie down and
shot quickly repeat to alien die.
- Space Stage: somebody formation repeat in this stage, make your way focus
in the space. 1+3 armoured space-cruiser to destroy.
¤Distarg's Movable Fortress¤
- Final Stage: this fortress is like a metallic planet and no doubt the most
difficult of all, very like to Cybertron (The Transformers) or Deadstar
(Star Wars) the movable fortress have enemys all around. Our objetive is
arrive to the principal reactor and implant a time-bomb, almost all
enemy-aliens appear in this stage and moreover another weapons against your
goal. Reading in somebody web pages about Xain'd Sleena they give a hint it
is: "Firing constantly while moving forward and avoid everything here
whenever possible". I don't share this proposal, we can't run and avoid for
all, our duty is fight and avoid, beyond of end the game we have a points to
defend, obviously the best point write his name on "the top 10 soldiers",
however if you have 1 Xain to attack no way out. Remembering tactics exposed
before and dominated, the weapon to use is the arrow laser shot because you
need reach in your attacks and least time to destroy the enemys, the other
weapons are utile too. The first part beware with the granade and
aerial-aliens they have in up-position on movable platforms, this platforms
of all size move go up and go down, destroy and avoid enemys until arrive at
2 doors in 2 level differents, in the 2 door appear the upgrade-alien, they
go out through of the doors however beware with the aerial and saber-aliens
somebody descent attack suddenly destroy fast the saber aliens, never stay
stand always be in move, to arrive to the alien star-fighter the screen
descent and appear a door and an abyss, the door also have upgrade weapon. To
descent the abyss await you a 2-legs-rocket-laucher-machine whilst a
long-metal-door opens, jump the obstacle and another door appear, lie down
and destroy everything is the more easy, other weapon upgrade you find in
this door. At now this part is very dificult star descent the last door
described formerly and end in the begin of the dark passage. To the descent
the door you find a obstacle and aerial-saber aliens destroy them and wait on
the third step the last in this instant apears 5 or 6 brown-armoured alien
and 1 micro-mono-tank if you don't have a weapon wait the tank go out, then
attack bravely because the brown-launchers aliens attacks you with all,
beware moreover with the turrets his shot push you to the enemys for crush
with them, if you are alive yet ahead appear a door how the others, however
in this door exiting aliens and the most difficult boss (Guwld Soa) and the
last weapon upgrade, you can destroy everything but is very much difficult,
another form is take the weapon upgrade and avoid shooting behind until come
to the dark passage. The dark passage connect with the ascent to central
reactor our goal, shot and destroy the metal-walls in the passage shooting
moreover to the jumping-aliens behind you do it fast, on the base the central
reactor appear the saber-alien boss (the easy), however in this phase we need
the time, so avoid the saber-alien boss and start the ascent to central
reactor, you need have careful in this ascension's phase, between platform's
ascension await you aerial aerial-saber aliens and granade-aliens, jump with
precaution and criterion only you have worry about the time and the aerial
saber-alien on the middle the way to central reactor, it appear suddenly but
if you jump fast you'll reach to see and await for him with space and time.
After of destroy the last alien you can jump quickly and arrive to the
central reactor, Xaind to arrive automaticly implant a bomb in the reactor
and the count down turn 60 in the right-corner, then you fall in the last 2
doors and an abyss but only one opened, you can jump to up-door for avoid the
aerial-boss alien (Cleemalt Soa) this fly a moment but after he descent for
the abyss to ground and awaits you in this place, the alien will search, find
and destroy you. So descent for the abyss and wait for him , when you descent
somebody brown-launcher aliens attacks and aerial-missiles machines wait the
aerial-boss alien in open field and beware with the missiles of the
aerial-machines. Defeat the alien or you and if you have yet lifes, you can
see now a big cannon laser and the space background means the end of stage.
The final boss in my opinion is only for distract, he is an armoured+saber
laser+lasergun alien that arrive to you giving jumps, you can avoid with a
jump or try of defeat. For my part i try to defeat with the best weapon but
the alien uproot. At now you only have to jump to the spaceship and receive
your ending bonnus.
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7. About this FAQ
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Always i has been a fanatic "in extremo" for the video games arcade,
specially the shooter (vertical or scrolling-platform) of the 80' decade, but
to the enter to gameFAQs.com no find much Faq of 80' games, just 2 or 3, then i
decided to write the games of 80' that mark this glorious epoch. This is just
the begining!..
