Time Crisis II Scoring FAQ
Created by John Lakin
E-Mail: [email protected]
Copyright 1999
Date: 7-9-1999
Version: 1.3

Mark Kim (Vesther Fauransy) told me that the legal notice should be
more detailed in describing what you can or can’t do. After reading the
original one, I fully agree. The idea of these legal notices is to
hopefully get these plagiarism idiots to stop stealing other people’s
work (this includes all those video game magazines out there.) Here
goes:

Legal stuff that nobody wants to read but they really should.

This is an unpublished document Copyright 1999 John Lakin All Rights
Reserved.

If you want to put this up on your website, go ahead. However, please
make sure that the "legal stuff that nobody wants to read but really
should" stays intact. You can modify the FAQ for spelling and grammar
errors (nothing else please) if you want although if you find any, I’d
appreciate it if you would e-mail me.

There are two things that you can absolutely, positively, cannot do
with this FAQ.

One. You cannot plagiarize this FAQ. Don’t do anything stupid like
erase the author’s name and put your own up instead. That is completely
illegal and just plain not cool. I’ll let you hear it if you do that.
If you want to use any information from this FAQ, please give credit to
the author. You don’t necessarily have to e-mail me, but you do have to
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Two. Sell the FAQ. If I hear that this FAQ is sold for even three
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regret it for a long long long long long long long long long time.

Time Crisis II, and all the characters that are found in this game are
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The Time Crisis II Scoring FAQ was created by John Lakin and respects
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Geez, that legal notice certainly grew didn’t it? Well, yeah. But,
please remember, I did not make this FAQ so some stupid magazine could
sell it.

Table of Contents

1.  History of the FAQ
2.  Reasons for the FAQ
3.  Quick tips
4.  Legends and useful information in the FAQ
5.  Stage I
6.  Stage II
7.  Stage III
8.  Final scores
9.  Credits and Thanks

1.  History of the FAQ

Version 1.0: First Version. Finished 5-10-1999

Version 1.1: Finished 5-31-1999
Hmmmm, I wonder what I updated. Ah the legal notice.
The Roman numeral numbers were ditched to improve the format.
Other areas were improved on to make the format better.
Some hit numbers were changed.
A few scenes here and there were re-written

Version 1.2: Finished 6-9-1999
More Quick Tips
More rewriting of scenes
More hit numbers revised
No new high scores yet. (GROAN)

Version 1.3: Finished 7-9-1999
Third bonus path fixed (Thank god)
High scores updated
Sorry about the long wait in between, these last two weeks have been
pretty bad.

Still to Come:
More corrections
More hit numbers
I don’t know how many more times I’ll update this FAQ but it will be
updated a couple more times.

2.  Reasons for the FAQ

This game has been out for nearly eleven months now. As time goes on,
more and more people are interested in other peoples scores. This FAQ
will hopefully get other people to improve on their scores. These ideas
come from me, but enormous thanks has to be given to Mark Kim (Vesther
Fauranscy). Remember, this is a scoring FAQ. If you want information
regarding basic gameplay and virtually everything else about the game,
check out his FAQ on these sites.

www.gamefaqs.com
www.verasnaship.net

3. Quick Tips

Any time you see a red sighting on the screen, take your foot off the
petal. There is no other basic to explain this. While we are playing
for score here, you can’t get a high score if you keep getting hit all
the time. If you don’t duck in time, you are bound to get hit. However,
don’t stay in hiding for too long or your timing will be completely
messed up and you could walk right into a hit.

Always shoot each enemy three times in the head. Head shots always
count more to the score and are very important if trying to score big
in this game. Even though it takes one shot for an enemy to go down
(with the exception of armored soldiers on the truck in stage 1-1), you
can keep shooting the enemy for more hits to your hit streak.

The faster you clear the stage, the higher your time bonus is at the
end of the level. This means more points for you. Don’t spend minutes
hiding behind objects because you’re afraid an enemy will hit you. How
in the world do you expect to get better by doing that?

If you are about to die in the game, put the money in the machine ahead
of time. In other words, if you have one life left and you’re at stage
1-1, chances are pretty bad that you’re going to beat the game on one
credit. Put extra money in so that your time bonus is higher because it
does count against you.

Hopefully, you’ll be playing with somebody you know if you’re playing a
Link game. Communication is extremely important on this game in terms
of which enemies to hit It is not easy to play with a stranger
especially when he is a rookie at the game. Remember, unlike House of
the Dead 2, more enemies DO NOT APPEAR when two people are playing.

Regarding the link game, if any person says NO to continue when the
continue screen is up, that person’s score goes straight down to 0.
This could mean going from 500,000 to 300,000. If you can, don’t let
anybody say NO to continue even if they feel like it.

Any time your hit streak reaches ten, you get a 500 point bonus. When
it reaches twenty, you get a 1000 point bonus. The highest bonus a
person can get is 5,000 while the highest hit streak possible is 99.
This is more important than the hit streak itself. There are times that
I have seen myself with a 50 hit combo and get only 500 points. Any
reason for this?

The hit combo meter will disappear after approximately one and a half
seconds or a couple of missed shots. It disappears faster with the more
missed shots you fire at it. Therefore, not only is the accuracy
important in getting the higher score but the speed helps as well.
(Thanks Yes Man for making sure I got this information in the FAQ)

Don’t hit any good guys in the game (That sounds really obvious doesn’t
it?) While the penalty is not as severe as in House of the Dead or
Virtua Cop, you do lose 1,000 points for hitting your partner and 5,000
points for hitting Christy at the end of the game. Fortunately, you
don’t lose any life if you do hit allies, but remember, we are playing
for score now.

If you’re playing a SOLO mission, the orange men in the game are paths
to take. If you shoot the orange guy on the left, you’ll be taking
Keith’s path while the guy on the right will give you Robert’s path.

It’s important that you get familiar with either Keith’s path or
Robert’s path. The better you are with a  certain character, the higher
the score will be.

Every time you see a yellow guy on the screen, SHOOT HIM! Each one is
worth 5,000 points. They are usually only on the screen for only a
second so be fast.

4.    Legends and useful information in the FAQ

The FAQ tries to detail each important scene as much as possible.
Before each scene you will see a hit number showing how many hits I
have gotten on that particular scene. Some of these are approximations,
but they are pretty close to the actual number.

Also at the end of the stage, you will see a score showing the number
of points in both the SOLO mission and the LINK mission. There will
also be a final score that I will show of the walkthrough. If you add
all these up, they will NOT total the final score. It’s like one of
those days where you score a really high number on one stage and then a
really pathetic number on another stage (120,000 on stage 1-1 followed
by 230,000 on stage 1-2)

And now onto the game.

5.  Stage I

Stage 1-1

First Scene - 28 Hits

Hit the boss first, but then hit the bottles on the shelf. Accuracy is
extremely essential in this part in the game. Shoot the other guys like
you normally would.

SOLO NOTE: While it’s true the orange guy on the left gives you Keith’s
path, that is not true for the first scene. For some reason, you have
to hit the guy on the right for Keith’s path and the guy on the left
for Robert’s path. This is one of the glitches I’ve seen. The other
will be listed later on (around 22 for the second,17 for the third and
24 for the fourth)

Second scene - 20 hits

There are some regular enemies, but nothing to really worry about. Keep
shooting each enemy three times in the head and be fast with your
shots.

Third scene - 15 hits

I think that hit number should be higher. However, nothing special here
except good accuracy and quick speed.

Fourth scene - 24 hits

This is probably your first real threat in terms of enemies. Keep
shooting them, but the enemies here are definitely going to hit you if
you’re not careful.

Fifth scene - 18 hits

Do not shoot the tank right away. Shoot the enemies first. There are
about five of them. Then hit the tank for 10,000 points.

Sixth scene - 25 hits

Don’t forget the bonus man. He appears after the guys on the left get
hit first. Try hitting the guys on the right and then aim for the guys
on the left.

Seventh scene - 28 hits

The two characters take separate paths at this point. The 28 hits comes
from Robert’s path. Nothing new here except keep hitting the enemies in
the head and shoot quickly.

Final scene - 30 hits

This is not easy to do. Shoot the boss as many times as you can. When
you see him flinch, shoot the enemies. IT IS possible to link the combo
so that you hit the armored soldiers on the truck after hitting the
regular enemies here. Unlike the regular enemies, the armored soldiers
take two shots to destroy instead of one. You still have to shoot them
repeatedly to make the hit counter go up, but make sure that the enemy
goes down or you may get hit with a surprise attack. When the boss
jumps back onto the truck, hit him ONCE. Then shoot the enemies until
the scene ends.

End of Stage 1-1

Score for the scene
Solo: 191,000
Link: 195,000

Stage 1-2

First scene - 56 hits

You could probably reach 70 hits here if your timing is good. The key
here is to shoot each barrel ONCE. If you’re timing is good, when the
last barrel gets hit, the enemies will appear. This is how the link
combo gets higher. When the boss appears, fire as many shots as you can
at him.

SOLO NOTE: The boss will show up a total of four times in stage 1-2.
Each time he does, hit his hat. If you do, you’ll go to a bonus scene
where there are a ton of bonus men. You should easily rack up 95,000
points and possibly near 130,000. Also, unlike the other bonus men
throughout the game, each time you hit a bonus man in the bonus scenes,
you will score 5,000 points for EVERY SHOT that hits a bonus man.

Second scene - Fourth scene (around 30 hits for the first one and 20
for the other two)

For the rest of the stage, shoot the enemies like normal, but use the
barrels to keep the hit counter going. If you see a barrel just sitting
there, don’t shoot it immediately. Instead, wait until most of the
enemies are gone, then shoot it. If your timing is good, you should be
able to keep your hit counter going.

Final scene - 99 hits

If you’re Robert, have some fun here. Take the machine gun and shoot
the tank IN THE MIDDLE! It is true that if you hit the tank’s weak
point which is the gun, you will destroy the tank quicker. However, we
are playing for score here. Keep shooting the tank in the middle and
you should easily get 99 hits. Don’t forget to shoot the enemies around
here as well as the guys inside the tank because they WILL hit you.

Author’s Note 5-27-1999: I got shot at by the tank FOUR TIMES after I
shot the guys inside the tank. I managed to dodge every one of them but
I got NOTHING for my time bonus. My final score on that day stank as
well.

End of Stage 1-2

Score for the scene
Solo: 230,000
Link: 220,000

Stage 1-3

First Scene - 22 hits

When you see the boss, hit him repeatedly. There is also a bonus man
here. Shoot him as soon as he appears. Keep shooting the enemies until
you’re giving the WAIT sign.

Second scene - 29 hits

Shoot the guns on the boat until they completely fall off. Keep hitting
the boat until the camera completely changes and you’re facing enemies
instead of the boat.

Rest of the Scene

This is probably the one area of the game where linking hits is REALLY
hard to do. Just be warned of a couple of sections. When you see the
enemies in the water, a bonus man is nearby. He will be on the boat.
Shoot the bonus man, THEN shoot the enemies in the sky. If they get too
close to you, DUCK!

After that, some enemies will try to get close to you and swipe you
with their knife. Hit them quickly and it is possible to score a quick
5 hit combo if you can link it correctly.

Anytime the boss shows up, hit him only once. He will flinch and all
the other shots will be no good. Focus the other shots on the enemies
on the boat.

Really Strange Glitch

This happened once in a LINK game and it has never happened again. My
sister and I went through the area so fast that the boat slid off the
screen. There were no enemies on the screen at all. There was
absolutely no way I could get struck by an enemy. Unfortunately, both
of us were getting hit BY AN INVISIBLE ENEMY! She lost two lives and I
lost one. Then the boat appeared and the final scene (described below)
was next and we finished the level. You’ll probably never see this, but
if you do, take your foot off the petal and try to wait for the boat to
come back.

Final scene

The boss will show up on the boat like before. Each time he shows up,
hit him quickly but only one shot is necessary. After each shot he will
flinch and duck. After three shots, he will die and the stage will end.

End of stage 1-3

Score for the scene
SOLO: 63,000
LINK: 75,000

Score at the end of stage 1

SOLO: 470,000
LINK: 501,000

6.  Stage 2

Stage 2-1

First scene - 15 hits

This is a hard area in the game, but there is nothing really new to
report. Keep shooting the enemies like normal until WAIT appears on the
screen.

Second scene - 24 hits

There are a couple of knife people jumping at you on Robert’s path. If
you want maximum points, fire one shot when he is in the air and then
quickly fire two shots at him on the ground. On Robert’s path, a bonus
man will appear from behind the tree while on Keith’s path, a bonus man
will run like mad across the screen. Make sure you get yours.

Third scene - 18 hits

Regular machine gun enemies. Just shoot them like you would shoot any
other bad guys in the game.

Fourth scene - 70 hits

There is no way you can get 99 hits here. (at least I’ve never seen it
happen.) Keep shooting the middle of the tank like always and duck the
tree so that it doesn’t hit you. You’ll know when it’s coming by the
danger sign.

Fifth scene - 40 hits

That’s right. 40 HITS! On Robert’s path anyway. Shoot the enemies like
normal. This is a great scoring  chance. Usually however, you can only
get 40 hits on the SOLO mission. I usually get 27 on the LINK and it’s
not because my partner it killing my enemies.

Sixth scene - 18 hits

Standard enemies. Nothing new to report.

Seventh scene - 30 hits

A platform can be shot for another 10,000 points. Make sure you take
out the enemies FIRST. There are a lot of them. Robert should be able
to see about 10 or 12 people around here.

Final scene - 18 hits

There are six enemies here and two barrels. If you are playing a LINK
game, make sure you communicate real well here. Kill five enemies and
then get ready to shoot the barrels. Shoot each barrel twice and then
shoot both of them really fast so that your gun hits them both for
10,000 points (5,000 for each barrel).

End of stage 2-1

Score for the scene
SOLO: 180,000
LINK: 220,000

Stage 2-2

First scene - 30 hits

Contrary to what most people have originally thought, the second bonus
man DOES NOT show up whenever he feels like it. You do have to be fast
though. Shoot the enemies on the train first as well as the guys on the
right. Then shoot the guys on the left and the bonus man that comes out
of the window of the left train. Then aim for the guys on the right
again. The second bonus man comes out of a crate,  REALLY fast. If your
gun is fast enough, then there should be no reason why you can’t get
both of them.

Second scene- 24 hits

It’s hard to put an estimate on this scene. Just keep shooting the
enemies and watch the red sightings.

Third scene - 20 hits

Shoot the bonus men on the train. You have to be FAST. Then shoot the
enemies like normal.

SOLO NOTE: By shooting both bonus men on the train, you will be going
to another bonus area where you can score another 65,000+ points.

Fourth scene - 18 hits

KEITH’S SCENE: Keith has the obnoxious problem with dodging the poles
that come after him on the train. If you can, try to shoot as many
enemies before ducking the poles. You need to get as many enemies out
of the way so you can hit the bonus man at the end of the scene. This
bonus man unlike the others can give you 10,000 points. (If you shoot
if twice that is 10,500 if you shoot it three times. Why this is I have
no idea.)

ROBERT’S SCENE: Robert is on the train shooting enemies like he
normally would. After the knife attacker, hit one more enemy, and then
shoot the back of the train. Timing has to be fast right here. There is
a bonus man in this area and he shows up for less than a second.

Fifth scene - 38 hits

Hit the enemies like normal and especially the bonus man. When the big
gun appears, shoot at it like mad. When he fires a shot at you, duck
(sounds obvious). However, another bonus man should appear right after
the shot. Hit him, and then go back after the tank. Destroy it for
10,000 points.

Final scene - 15 hits

Not necessarily an easy area, but keep hitting the enemies like normal.
Same old, same old.

End of stage 2-2

Score for the scene
SOLO: 200,000
LINK: 240,000

Stage 2-3

First scene - 31 to 48 hits

If you’re Robert, don’t hesitate to get a few quick shots in before he
starts pounding you with shots. If you’re Keith, you should be able to
score an unbelievable amount of hits on this guy. Both guys can hit a
bonus man each so make sure you get them. Any time the boss flinches,
don’t shoot. You’ll waste shots. Shoot when he is ready to start
pounding again.

Second scene - 20 hits

Keep pounding the boss as normal and stop shooting the gun when he
flinches. Dodge his swings and his attempts to pound you into the
ground. Keep going until the WAIT sign appears.

Final scene - 20 hits

Shoot the boss continuous dodging the red sightings when necessary.
Nothing new here. Keep shooting until he dies.

End of Stage 2-3

Score at the end of the scene
SOLO: 62,000
LINK: 75,000

7.  Stage 3

Stage 3-1

First scene - 20 hits

Standard stuff here. Shoot the enemies until they die. That number is
probably greater than 20 however.

Second scene - 18 hits

There is a bonus man in this area. He runs by fast and usually appears
pretty early on Robert’s path. Not as early on Keith’s path however. Be
fast with your shots.

Third scene - 14 hits

Same old enemies until you reach a blue guy who can occasionally get a
lucky shot in. Shoot him quickly and be prepared to dispatch of another
bonus man. Keep shooting until the cut-scene.

Fourth scene - 33 hits

Wild Dog is here. Shoot him first and then take out the enemies. When
he jumps down and starts to run away, plug him with all the lead you’ve
got. Keep shooting until he turns around. By now, more enemies will
have shown up. DODGE ANY SIGHTINGS! Keep hitting them until they’re
gone and then focus on Wild Dog again. Keep hitting him until WAIT
appears on the screen.

SOLO NOTE: To get to the third bonus path, shoot wild dog as many times
as you possibly can. Any time he appears, shoot him. Be careful not to
get hit because you won’t be getting in as many shots. I’m not sure of
how many hits you need to get.

Final scene - 24 hits

Keep shooting Wild Dog dodging any shots he might take at you. However,
when he flinches, that is when you shoot the enemies (unless they’re
bonus men and then you take them out right away). This will increase
the hit streak. Keep shooting until he runs away.

End of Stage 3-1

Score at the end of the scene

SOLO: 120,000
LINK: 160,000

Stage 3-2

Only scene - 31 hits

There are no breaks at all in this scene. However, only fire one shot
at either of the two bosses that appear. The other shots won’t count
causing your hit streak to end. When Wild Dog does a jump kick at you,
plug him with as many shots as you can. Duck when he gets close. Then
get ready for the coolest part in the game. He will stand there for a
second and throw a punch at you. If you hit the fist, you can score
5,000 and even 10,000 depending on how close he was to hitting you.
When the helicopters come onto the screen, shoot them as many times as
you can. Even when they are going down, never stop firing the gun until
they are completely off the screen. When Ernesto grabs Christy, it is
possible to shoot him right here. But each shot only gives you 100
points and if you hit Christy, you lose 5,000 points. It’s up to you.
Fire a few more shots at Wild Dog and the scene ends.

End of Stage 3-2

Score for the scene
SOLO : 62,000
LINK : 78,000

Stage 3-3

First scene - 13 hits

As always, keep hitting the enemies like you usually would. However,
only one is needed to shoot Ernesto. If you fire more than one, you
risk the chance of hitting Christy and losing 5,000 points. Keep
hitting the enemies until the screen says WAIT.

Second scene - 7 hits

With the exception of two soldiers, the only enemy here is Ernesto.
Continue to fire one shot at him while avoiding Christy at all costs.
Continue until the cut scene appears.

Third scene - 99 hits

Have some fun here. While dodging the beams and the missiles, keep
shooting the gun. Don’t shoot Ernesto here because that will make the
scene go faster and in the long run, you won’t be able to get as many
shots off.

Fourth scene - 67 hits

Same as before. Keep shooting the satellite until the scene says WAIT.
Shooting Ernesto speeds up the scene and you shouldn’t do that.

Final scene - 87 hits

This is probably only possible from Keith’s side. There is one point
where a barrage of missiles just gets shot at you. If you are feeling
REALLY lucky, you can fire a shot in between each one. Don’t say I
didn’t warn you, this is without a doubt, the hardest part of the
entire game. When Ernesto takes his gun and starts shooting at you,
dodge the shot and hit him to end the game.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When playing the LINK game, if a player dies when
fighting Ernesto, and Ernesto dies BEFORE the other player gets a
chance to continue, the score for him will be wiped out. For example,
if the continue screen appears and Ernesto dies, the score for the
player that had the continue screen is completely destroyed. If one
player has one life remaining and the other person has three lives,
then let the other person fight Ernesto. The person with one life
should just hide.

End of Game

Score for the scene
SOLO : 220,000
LINK : 270,000

8.  Final Scores

At the Ocean City Mall on 94th Street in Boardwalk Fun, I got 1,250,100
points even though I hit only ONE bonus path. So sooner or later that
number is going to jump.

In the LINK mode, the highest score we’ve gotten is 1,566,680 or
something like that. We did it at Marty’s Playland in Ocean City MD.

Memo to all arcade operators. STOP RESETING THE HIGH SCORES!!! Sorry,
but I got really furious when I saw the arcade reset the score.

9.  Credits and Thanks

Mark Kim. (Vesther Fauransy) He made sure that my legal notice said
what you can and cannot do in more detail. I wouldn’t be able to write
this FAQ without him. His Time Crisis II FAQ is absolutely awesome. It
shows every possible detail about the game and has numerous helpful
hints for beginners and experts. It also would have been impossible to
make this FAQ without his. There were some awesome tips as well
Definitely worth reading. You can read his FAQ at:

www.gamefaqs.com
www.verasnaship.net

If you’re interested in other FAQ’s written by Mark, check out his
website at:

www.verasnaship.net/text/index.html

My sister. Yeah. Let’s here some people laugh about this one. Look
people, she’s damn good. It’s amazing that some people in the arcade
get this look on their face that basically says "What the ---- is a
girl doing playing a video game?" If you STILL CAN’T GET OVER THE FACT
THAT WOMEN CAN PLAY VIDEO GAMES, THEN YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM!!!
Sorry about the rant, but I still see men get this reaction on their
faces saying "She’s a girl, she sucks" and I REALLY GET TICKED ABOUT
IT! Anyway, thanks to my sister for being an awesome partner in the
LINK mode. If you’re ever in the Maryland area, check out some of the
arcades. You may see the initials SEP & CLD in the LINK mode. (stands
for Sephiroth and Cloud). FINAL FANTASY ROCKS!!!

CAL. Quite possibly the best player I have ever seen. He was the best
competition at the arcade in Laurel MD, (which is the one that closed
BTW).

Yes Man. Made sure I got the details on the hit combo in the FAQ as
well as getting the third bonus path straightened out.

NAMCO. You guys know the answer as to why I’m thanking this company.
THIS GAME RULES!!!

Thanks to you guys that read the FAQ. If you have any questions,
comments, suggestions, or high scores, e-mail them to me at:

[email protected]

There are still a few things I wanted to get straightened out such as
more accurate hit numbers and such. So I will be updating this a couple
more times. Thanks for reading.

Copyright 1999 John Lakin








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