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Created by: The GeniuS, Chaos2000


Gunstar Heroes Faq
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Sega Megadrive/Genesis
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Version 0.6b
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Copyright 2000 Deeto
Gunstar Heroes Copyright 1993,1994 Treasure
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E-mail at [email protected]
Secondary E-mail at [email protected]

Note to all: If anyone has anything relevant to add to the faq, be it
alternate strategies for bosses, things for the misceallaneous section,
or anything else, be sure to mail them to the above addresses. Thanx =)
-Deeto

Contents
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0) Things To Add
1) Revision History
2) Intro
  -Review
  -FAQ Guide
3) Controls
  -Generic Controls
  -Advanced Controls
4) Weapon Combinations & Strategies
  -Weapon Combinations
5) Stage Walkthroughs
  -Stage 1
   -The Village
    -Papya Dance
   -Goin' Up
    -Bravoo Man
   -Goin' Down
   -Bee Hives... and a Robotic Arm?!
     -Pinky Roader
  -Stage 2
   -Missing: One Brainwashed Brother
     -Green and the Seven Force
    -Soldier Force
    -Tails Force
    -Tiger Force
    -Eagle Force
    -Blaster Force
    -Urchin Force
    -Crab Force
  -Stage 3
   -Runaway Air Battleship!
   -Into the Wild Blue Yonder
    -Swapping Reg
    -Colonel Red
     -Orange
  -Stage 4
   -The Farmland of Gunstar
    -Hanging Gunship
   -The Farmland of Gunstar (cont.)
   -The Dice Maze
    -Fight 1:Valvalion
    -Fight 2:Timeron
    -Fight 3:Rush 'n Go! I
    -Fight 4:Minion Soldier
    -Fight 5:Melon Bread
    -Fight 6:Bust the Car!
    -Fight 7:Pit
    -Fight 8:Rush 'n Go! II
    -Fight 9:Phantom
    -Fight 10:Vortex Core
    -Fight 11:Super Gondola
    -No Gun:Curry & Rice
    -Fight 12:Aberenbou Gel
     -Black Beat Stepper
  -Stage 5
   -My Way or the Highway
    -Final Great Soldier
     -Smash Daisaku
  -Stage 6
   -The Space Battleship
    -Timeron
    -1000MM Gun
    -Seven Force -THE FINAL ASSAULT-
   -The Core
     -Core Guard System
      -Unit of the Hammer
      -Unit of the Dragon
      -Unit of the Runner
6) Miscellaneous
7) Credits + Thanx


Section 0- Things to Add
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*Walkthrough for Final Stage (Stage 7)
*Fixes for Stage 4
*Miscellaneous Section (cancelled?)

Section 1- Revision History
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8/25/00-Friday 9:32 PM

Well, I started this faq! After reading the mediocre one already at
GameFaqs and deciding I could do better. Call it ego, call it bigotry,
call it whatever, all I know is that this FAQ is going to faq-tacular. I
hope.

Uhm, wrote the intro section. The Intro contains a review of the game
and a general description, along with the note that this is my first
faq, so that you can read it both here on the revision history section
and the intro section! Yee--haa!
_______
8/27/00-Sunday 8:31 PM

Started on the Controls section. Went to check the controls by playing
the game, but realized that I left my Genesis controller with a friend.
Damn. Wrote the controls best I could from memory. Will try to get it
back from him at school tomorrow. This revision is robotic. Error
processing directive 404.
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8/28/00-Monday 6:08 PM

Moving Slllllooooooowwwwwwwwlllllllyyyyyyy along.
Added more to the weapon combinations. Got my stuff back.
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9/1/00-Friday 10:10 PM

Finished the Weapon Combinations Section. When I started typing the 5th
section, my notepad complained about lack of memory, so I copied the faq
into wordpad, and everything works fine now.
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9/2/00-Saturday 10:03 PM

Finished Stages 1-3. Will probably finish the rest of the stage guide
tomorrow. I plan to release the FAQ to gameFaqs soon.
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9/6/00-Wednesday 7:05 PM

Didn't finish the level guide. School came up. Just finished my
homework, and I fixed up some things in weapons and some bosses. I also
changed all the instances where I used the word health to the word
vitality.
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9/7/00-Thursday 3:42 PM

Patched up some things here and there. And I finally submitted the faq
to GAMEFAQS!!! Oh yeah!
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9/10/00-Sunday 5:17 PM

Added in some things in several sections. Also Added the moves unique to
Fixed Shot. And I started on Stage 4.
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9/12/00-Tuesday 3:50 PM

Added in descriptions for the bosses. Also fixed up some more things
here and there. Finished Stage 4 as well! This counts as a new version
in my book, so I mailed it to GameFaqs.
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9/14/00-Thursday 4:31 PM

DAMN! Hotmail's screwed up, so I had to abandon my address there.
'bout time. I was getting 30 mails a day that was pure spam. After much
deliberation, I decided to move over to USA.net.
So, start using this new address, 'k?
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9/21/00-Thursday 9:22 PM

I took a week-long break, but now I have a 3-day weekend to do stuff,
like work on the FAQ. I added in Stage 5, and most of Stage 6. Only one
more left!
Oh, and I mailed the new version to GameFaqs.

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11/1/00-Wednesday 7:04 PM

Well, after pops ordered the new comp, I realized that I should go ahead
and update the faq for once. Thanks to Jamal Blackwell for being the
first person to give me some infos that I could add to the faq.
I added in the appropiate things here and there, and I also fixed up yet
more things. I also put up a list of features left to add to the faq.
Lastly, I worked a bit on the Misceallaneous and Credits sections.
Go look at them!

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1/14/01-Sunday 1:50 PM

Geez, it's been 2 months, but here's an update. I FINALLY got some ascii from
The GeniuS (all he needs now is a z in his name, and he'll be in business),
and I added some more things to Credits/Thanks.
And I think I might abolish the Misceallaneous section. There isn't enough
in there.
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End of Section 1!


Section 2- Intro
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Well, since I'm writing a faq on the game, I bet that you want to know
just what Gunstar Heroes is (Although I guess that you wouldn't be
reading this faq if you didn't know what the game was about). Gunstar
Heroes is first and foremost a shooter. Shoot 'em up, run 'n gun, shmup,
call it what you want, but the game essentially consists of moving your
character (Soldier Red or Blue) through a stage horizontally and
vertically, shooting with a gun in eight directions to kill everything
in sight and move onward. However, there is much more behind Gunstar
Heroes then just shooting. This game features many things you wouldn't
expect to see in a game of it's type, from the fighting game like
special moves to throws, slides, air jumps, and blocking, to the fact
that you can combine 4 different types of weapons to make entirely new
ones! Yes this game is truly one of style, substance, and incredible,
INCREDIBLE fun. The best way to address all of this game's pros and cons
is with a review.

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Gunstar Heroes Review
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Back in 1993, Konami, best known for Metal Gear, Castlevania, Gradius,
Contra, and those great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, had an
internal affair that would soon affect all of gaming. The team
originally responsible for Contra (and Axelay, swwwweeeet Axelay), were
sick and tired of being Konami's bitch, churning out loads of sequels to
existing games with little room for creative control or experimentation.
While once or twice being allowed the oppertunity to make a game with
original concepts, they were constantly under restraint. Many of their
games never made it out of R&D. After a while, the group broke off from
Konami, forming a company that was soon bestowed with the now legendary
name of...........  TREASURE!!!!!

Gee, I really should have put more periods up there.

Treasures' first game was Gunstar Heroes, which while greatly resembling
such classic shooters like Contra, added many new ideas, such as
combining weaponry. What resulted was a first time effort (although the
programmers had plenty of experience) that was much better then many
old companies later efforts.

Graphics-10

>From the 3-d polygonal Treasure logo at the beginning of the game, to
the awesome reactor boss, this game is a super nova graphically. I've
not seen many other games for the Genesis with graphics as fine as
these. In fact, I've never played a game on the Genesis with as good of
graphics as this, even Treasure's later efforts. Every single sprite in
the game has loads of frames of animation, and there's nothing that
screams high production values more then that. There are also effects in
this game that the Genesis shouldn't even be able to do. Scaling and
rotation (minimal), huge amounts of objects onscreen at once without
slowdown, some random stretchy effects, hell, this game even has
polygons!

Gameplay-10

Truly the games strongest suit. If this game was just a basic, barebones
shooter, it would be fantastic. The gameplay is fast and intense,
enemies are interesting, levels are varied, etc.
Of course........
this isn't a basic, barebones shooter.
One thing I've never seen in any other game (but then again, I'm a video
game ignoramous.... pardon the 70's talk) is the combination system.
Every once in a while, a robotic flying "duck" will fly by, and by
shooting it you'll cause it to drop weapons. The 4 types are Force,
Lightning, Homing, and Fire. Of course... you can collect up to two at
once, and every combination of 2 you get will give you a different
weapon. I'll leave it to you to learn the different combos (oooof
course, if you're reading this faq, you can just scroll down and read
the combos yourself, without having to do any work). Also, you can also
do certain moves by pressing fighting game-like combinations. Add in
some incredibly awesome bosses and you have yourself one stellar game.

Sound-10

The sounds do a great job of conveying the action aurally. From your
soldiers "yah!" to explosions and gunfire, GH gets the job done in
spades.
On the music side of things, I'd  have to say that this is one of the
most fitting soundtracks I've ever heard. The boss music is suitably
edgy and fast-paced, while the other songs give similar atmosphere to
the stages.

Controls-8

There really isn't much to say about the controls...
I usually don't have much to say, anyway. Eitherway, while the controls
are simple, I find the Genesis Directional Pad to be unresponsive. It's
all a matter of personal preference.

Overall-10

There really is nothing wrong with this game that I can find on my own.
Some people complain that this game is far too short, and that the
ending is mediocre. However, like Chrono Trigger, this game is more of
an  extremely enjoyable experience then a "game" as put in the simplest
sense. If you find a copy of this game, buy it.... at any cost!


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Ahem.
Now that you know what I think of the game, you---the faithful reader---
can go ahead and read the faq.... Which helpfully is divided into many
sections.
These sections include the following....

1) Revision History
-----
Contains all of the updates I've ever made to this faq over the
wonderful thing that seperates two events known as TIME!!! If you want
to know how much hard work and effort I've put into this document, just
look here.... or anywhere else on this FAQ.

2) Intro
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The section you're reading now! Includes the fact that this is my first
faq, a description and subsequent review of Gunstar Heroes, and then
this... this handy guide to all the sections in the rest of the Faq.

3) Controls
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Generic Controls are the simple, no brainer controls, such as what each
button on the controller does, and what the controller looks like (for
all you retards without a Genesis).
Advanced controls give you all the controls that require an iota of
skill to pull off, such as dashing, sliding, blocking, etc.

4) Weapon Combinations
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Contains every single weapon combination known to mankind!!!!!!
Gives you the expert advice you need to win!!!!!!
Allows you to cook toast in less then 2 seconds and watch every TV show
at once!!!!!!!
Not really!!!!!!!!

5) Stage Walkthroughs
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If you just can't get past that one part in the game, just look here.
With strategies for every stage in the game, and guides to those
diabolical bosses, you're sure to get the help you need.
And if not, too bad.

6) Miscellaneous
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Whatever I can't put in any other sections, or can't put anywhere
without being arrested, goes here.

7) Credits + Thanx
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This is where I thank all the people and things that helped me get this
faq done. If you want, you can mail me and I'll put your name here...
pointlessly....


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End of Section 2!


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Section 3- Controls
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Part 1-Generic Controls

Note: These are the controls I'll be referring to for the remainder of
the FAQ. Unless otherwise noted, I'm playing with a GENESIS control pad,
and that means I'm not playing with a piece of rock with a rubberband
around it.

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                               Control Reference
                               _________________


(Insert ASCII of Pad here)   A-Cancel weapon.

                                  B-Fire Weapon

                                  C-Jump



                               Directional Reference
                               _____________________


                            Up=U     Right=R

                            Down=D   Left=L

                      O O        OO
                            |/--O QCF  | \O-- QCB

                            O-/|\-O
                             O O O  HCF/HCB

Yes, I know that the ASCII for controls is confusing, but the terms
should be familiar to any hardened fighting game fan.
Just in case anyone is confused, allow me to illiterate.

QCF is your basic fireball motion. Just go from pressing directly down
on the pad to directly right on the pad, with the diagonal between them.
QCB is the same as QCF, but you go from directly down to directly back
(or left, whatever). And QCF stands for Quarter Cross Forward, as it's a
quarter of the cross-pad forward, and Quarter Cross Back is... well, you
get the idea.

HCF is  Half Cross Forward, and HCB is Half Cross Back. It's the same as
QCF or QCB, 'cept that you go across half of the cross. Start on left,
go to down (with the diagonal, of course), and then right. HCB is HCF
reversed. Go from right to down to left.

Any commands that don't use QC or HC will just use the basic cardinal
directions Up (U) Right (R)
Down (D) and Left (L).
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Part 2- Advanced Controls

Now for the real meaty, scrumptious controls. I'm using all the terms
listed above, so be sure to read that if you're confused by my
terminology (and no, I'm not alienating any fighting game fans by saying
that). All of my ratings are out of 10. I figure that's a good number.
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Air Jump (Moving Fire only!)
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Command-Jump while in the air.
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Rating: 9
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Description: Your soldier flings his arms and legs out to their fullest,
and yells "Yah!".
Besides giving you a bit of a speed boost in the air, and also propels
him a bit higher. It also smashes any enemies in your way.
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Evaluation: VERY USEFUL! You can use this do dodge fire efficiently, and
it also allows you to get away from bosses in areas where you can't
slide (both Orange battles). You can also smash enemies, making it quite
potent for an offensive weapon.

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Triangle Jump
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Command-Air Jump into a wall or obstruction, press A.
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Rating: 5
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Description: When you get near a wall, you can do this to rebound off of
the wall to hit enemies and move over fire on the rebound. Mostly
useless.
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Evaluation: Really only useful in the one mini-game in Blue's Dice
Palace (see far, far below).
Sometimes good on the last stage, as you can bounce off of the walls a
lot there.

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Slide
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Command-D+Jump.
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Rating: 10
--------
Description: Your soldier goes immediately from standing to a feet first
slide. During slide, you're mostly invincible, and you knock enemies and
objects away from yourself.
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Evaluation: Anyone who's played Contra Hard Corps (rumored to have been
made by Treasure ex-defects) will be familiar with the almighty slide.
Although not even half as useful as in C:HC
(in that game it made you completely and totally invincible, and you
could beat the game without dying if you didn't die during points where
you couldn't slide), it's still a very, VERY useful move. Watch out
though, don't try sliding through beams or other projectiles. You're not
invincible.

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Flip Drop
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Command-D+Jump, when in areas above the ground.
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Rating: N/A
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Description: Your soldier once again say "Yah!", and flips down from the
hanging platform you are currently on.
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Evaluation: It's more of a necessary move then anything else. As in
every other platform game, this allows you to drop down to the platform
directly above you. It can hit guys below you, but I'm not really going
to go so far as to rate the move.

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Throw
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Command-Near enemy, press fire.
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Rating:9
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Your soldier grabs an opponent and throws him across the screen (and he
yells "yah!"). Will knock other enemies that the thrown enemy hits away,
maybe even killing them.
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Evaluation: Yawn, yet another 9. I really should stop rating these
moves. But then again, this move is great! You can grab just about
anyone or anything, and throw them for high damage! Use liberally.

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Standing Slide
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Command- HCF+Fire.
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Rating:7
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Description: Your soldier slides across the ground and rams into
anything in it's path.
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Evaluation: While it's fun to do and it looks cool, this move really has
limited use. It does high damage, but you can't avoid enemy fire with
this thing.

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Block
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Command- Hold Jump, hold Fire.
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Rating:7
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Description: Your soldier covers his head with both of his arms, causing
enemy damage given to you to be reduced.
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Evaluation: While this move is very useful, You have to wait til you
fall back down to the ground from the jump to start the block, making it
very clunky and unweildly to use. It does have it's purposes, though.
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Downward Kick (Fixed Fire only)
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Command- In air-Down + Jump
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Rating:8
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Description: Your soldier forces his foot downwards and smashes anything
in it's path.
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Evaluation: A really useful move! You'd be surprised how susceptible
enemies are to this thing.
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Flying Kick (Fixed Fire only)
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Command- In air-Jump
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Rating:9
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Description: Your soldier kicks out in mid-air.
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Evaluation: It serves the exact same purpose as the air jump, so there
really isn't much to evaluate. It looks way cooler then the air jump
though, so it gets style points.

End of Section 3!


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Section 4- Weapon Combinations and Strategies



All of the weapon combinations in the game have varying degrees of
usefulness. I'm rating each combination for the following categories.

Damage-How much damage does the weapon do on enemies?

Speed- How fast does the weapons fire move?

Rate of Fire- At how high of a clip does the weapon fire?

Range- Can you hit an enemy from anywhere onscreen? Or do you have to
move around a bit to get a bead on the enemy?

Each category is rated on a level of 1-5.

There are 4 base weapons, which you can combine to make the other
weapons in the game.

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Force
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Damage-3
Speed-4
R.O.F.-4
Range-2
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Description: 1 clean, steady stream of orange spherical bullets fire
straight forward, destroying anything in their path...slowly. Can be
aimed in 8 directions.
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Evaluation: While weak, Force is probably the best weapon to choose at
the start of the game. It can be used to clear crowds, and is also
proficient in taking care of bosses. However, Range can be a pain in the
ass. You'll often find yourself not being in a good position to fire at
enemies, and that can be a problem.

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Lightning
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Damage-2
Speed-5
R.O.F.-5
Range-2
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Description: A super-fast beam of lightning fires all the way across the
screen. Can be aimed in 8 directions.
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Evaluation: Stupendous speed, but the poor damage makes it a bit
difficult to use effectively.
Also a good starting weapon.

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Fire
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Damage-4
Speed-3
R.O.F.-5
Range-1
--------
Description: A short burst of flame shoots out and stays there, like a
flame-thrower. Does high damage to anything and everything. When you let
go of the fire button, the flames currently firing will let go from your
gun and go all the way across the screen at high speed.
--------
Evaluation: High damage, but the terrible range makes sure to screw you
over. You'll have to get close to do damage, but if you're skilled, you
can usually make up for the short range.

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Chaser
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Damage-3
Speed-2
R.O.F.-1
Range-5
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Description: A burst of green, arrow shaped bullets home in on any
enemies onscreen.
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Evaluation: An excellent weapon. Although the rate of fire (poor) is
annoying at times, you can  fix this just by getting 2 homings for Hyper
Homing (see below). In my opinion, Chaser removes all of the challenge
from the game. Any enemies below mid-bosses will get blown away by the
wave of green arrows. Of course, I'm a total freak, so anyone else will
probably love this weapon.

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Now that you know the Pros and Cons of the base weapons, you can
effectively choose a base weapon
to start the game with. At the start of the game, you are given the
option to use one of the 4 base weapons. You can get through the game
with any of them, but certain weapons will make levels easier. I'll
leave those details to the level faq (below).

After you start the game, you can combine weapons to make more complex
weapons later on.
I've rated each weapon on the same categories as the base weapons, and
I've given each weapon a name since I don't have the manual to G.H. (I'm
pretty sure it has the names of the weapons)

Force + Force
--------
Rapid Cannon
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Damage-4
Speed-4
R.O.F.-4
Range-4
--------
Description: A blast of large, orange spheres fires and goes in a semi-
spread pattern.
--------
Evaluation: Fast and accurate, this weapon is easy to use and does high
damage. The spreadiness of the gun can be annoying when you try to cap
small targets, but otherwise a great weapon.

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Force + Lightning
--------
Light Stream
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Damage-4
Speed-4
R.O.F.-5
Range-5
--------
Description: A Stream of blue light fires out at high speed.
--------
Evaluation: My favorite weapon. Anyone who's played Contra Hard Corps
will recognize this weapon as Brownie's A weapon. Although fast and
powerful, that's not this weapon's strongest point. If you fire this
weapon straight forward, then you can make it spread more by repeatedly
tapping up.
An ASCII example:
______________   ______________              _____________
|              | |              |            |     /   -/  |
|                | |              |   After    |    /  -/    |
|              | |              |  tapping   |   / -/      |
|  "Yah!"      | |  Your Fire   |     Up     |  /-/        |
| /            | |      \       |            | //          |
|S<--You       | |S-------------|            |S------------|
|______________| |______________|            |_____________|

Yes, well, the ASCII was crap, but what it comes down to is that by
tapping any other direction then the one you were pressing when you
fired the light stream will cause the stream to fire in all the
directions between where you were firing and 90 degrees. Several other
weapons have this property, so for the sake of.... something, I'll be
referring to this technique as the "wave".
One thing that may piss you off is when you are being attacked on all
sides and can't turn around to fire fast enough ( the stream has to go
entirely around your soldier). This can be fixed easily. By just
stopping the fire (by letting go of the fire button, stupid!), you can
then turn to the direction of the thing you want to kill and then fire.
This is a fast and effective way to get enemies on all sides.

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Force + Fire
--------
Exploding Cannon
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Damage-5
Speed-2
R.O.F.-2
Range-2
--------
Description: A sort of rapid blast of orange spheres will fire out and
explode on contact with anything.
--------
Evaluation:Combine the greatness of Force with the high damage of Fire
and you get..... this?
My least favorite weapon, this is both the most boring and the most
annoying weapon in the game.
While powerful, It really isn't that interesting to have an exploding
version of Force (which isn't even rapid fire!).

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Force + Chaser
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Chase Gunner
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Damage-4
Speed-4
R.O.F.-4
Range-3
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Description: A line of orange spheres will fire and hit the nearest
enemy.
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Evaluation: It's homing force! However, the weapon will often fire on
enemy's that you really don't want to bother with, and it's hard to get
the weapon to target another enemy.
A good weapon otherwise.

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Lightning + Lightning
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Electric Nightmare
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Damage-4
Speed-5
R.O.F.-5
Range-3
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Description: A Hyper fast beam of light goes all the way across the
screen.
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Evaluation: Relatively powerful, this weapon does the job in killing
your enemies.


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Fire + Fire
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Flame Stream
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Damage-5
Speed-5
R.O.F.-5
Range-3
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Description: A Long blast of flames fires out of your gun and stays in
mid-air, like a flame-thrower. Can be fired across the screen by holding
fire and then letting go.
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Evaluation: Another one of my favorite weapons, this fiery personality
is essentially a longer version of Fire. You can use the wave to hit
enemies all over the place for high damage, and bosses are especially
weak to it. Use it effectively and you cannot be stopped.

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Chaser + Chaser
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Hyper Homing
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Damage-4
Speed-4
R.O.F.-4
Range-5
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Description: A huge, all-consuming blast of green stars homes in on all
enemies for high damage.
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Evaluation: Cheap, Cheap, Cheap. Any enemies less then a miniboss will
be killed almost instantly by this thing, so this is definitely the
ultimate lazy-man's weapon.

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Lightning + Fire
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Light Sword
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Damage-5
Speed-5
R.O.F.-4
Range-1
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Description: A Very, very short beam of lightning will come out of your
gun, and can be aimed in 8 directions. Can also cancel out most enemy
fire.
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Evaluation: Although I once thought this weapon to be the worst in the
entire game, it turns out that this weapon is incredibly useful!
Although it has short range, it does incredible damage, and it can
cancel out nearly everything that enemies shoot at you. Lasers? Gone.
Rapid bullets? Evaporated. Bombs? Exploded.
The only thing that this weapon can't cancel out is large weapons.
Stuff like Soldier Forces Arm Bomber and Smash Daisakus Spiral Head.
And I think they can be canceled out, too!
Later on, this weapon is a must, unless you've got the Mad Skillz (TM)
needed to succeed without.
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Lightning + Chaser
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Target Beam
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Damage-4
Speed-4
R.O.F.-5
Range-5
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Description: A twisty lightning beam will target the nearest enemies and
continue to smash them until they're dead.
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Evaluation: Pretty good, but uncontrollable! You can continue to
electrocute enemies until they die, but that essentially means that you
can't control where the beam hits. Really useful for bosses. Just fire
and forget!

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Fire + Chaser
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Radio Flame
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Damage-4
Speed-4
R.O.F.-3
Range-5
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Descripton: A line of flames fires at the nearest enemy. It won't
disapear after it hits, however, and you can control where it goes next
with the control pad.
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Evaluation: Awesome! What a great idea, having a weapon you can control.
You can pretty much hit anything from anywhere onscreen, but the
movements you'll make to move the flame may put you in a dangerous
situation. Be careful.

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Abusing the Duck
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Although the duck will stop dropping items after you've shot it several
times, you can get even more weapons by air jumping into it. However,
after enough times of doing this, the duck will fly away and you'll have
no more items out of it. However....
If you air jump into a duck, it will drop more items. After three, it
will stop, but if you're playing with 2 players, you can have one player
grab an item, and the other player can keep hitting the duck for more
items!
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Which Firing Type?
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At the very beginning of the game, after you decide the number of
players and before you decide the weapons you'll start with, you're
given the choice of either a moving or fixed firing type. If you're
moving, you'll be able to move while firing, and if you're fixed you'll
be forced to stay in one spot while firing. Your soldier will also look
slightly different. If you're moving, your soldier will be slightly
unkempt looking (like just about anyone in anime these days), and if
you're fixed, you'll have different hair, a bandana, and you'll look
meaner. However, while it may seem like the obvious choice is moving,
don't be so sure. Fixed has some useful moves that moving don't, like
the downward kick. Some weapons force you to move to hit on diagonals,
and others just make you move (Radio Fire). If you're using a weapon
like Flame Stream or Light Stream, or any chaser weapon, you'll want
moving since you can stay still while firing at diagonals. If you're
using anything with the word Force in it, you'll be wanting fixed.
Of course, some people like playing as fixed for the hell of it.
It all depends on your style of play.

End Of Section 4


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Section 5: Stage Walkthroughs



And here is the meat of Gunstar Heroes- The stages.
Filled with variety and excitement, these stages are also very, VERY
tricky. That's where this faq comes in. If you ever need help with a
stage, you should just look here.

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At the beginning of the game, you're able to pick any of the 4 stages.
However, some of the stages will be unfathomably difficult at the
beginning. Every time you beat a stage, however, your starting vitality
for every other level will go up by 20 points, thus making any other
stage much, much easier.
It is possible to beat any of the 4 levels right from the start, but....
don't say I didn't warn you.

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NOTE: All Boss actions are taken directly from the game. Some actions
are not named within the game, so I've named them myself.
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NOTE2: All Boss Vitality listings are from playing of HARD difficulty.
While most boss vitalities are the same no matter what difficulty, there
are some that aren't, so expect an easier fight if you're playing on an
easy difficulty. Obviously!

Stage 1: Ancient Ruins

1-1: The Village

You'll immediately become swamped with enemies at the beginning of this
stage. Get used to it, as almost every other stage will have parts like
this. Just use your moves and weapons to kill all the enemies. If you
become grabbed, just jab buttons and you'll escape and maybe throw
whoever was grabbing you. A lot of the enemies throw skull bombs (bombs
with skulls on them), and now would be a good time in mastering the art
of throwing the bombs back, since you'll be seeing a lot of them later.
How? Simple. If the bomb was thrown and you're about level with it, just
wait til it's close, move forward, and press fire.
If it was thrown from the air, wait til it's close, jump towards it, and
right before it hits you, press fire. Not too hard, is it?
Also, Jamal Blackwell ([email protected]) had this to add:
A general thing to remember during any stage is that every normal enemy
that appears on screen waits before attacking. It's like they count to
10(pretty fast) and then they shoot. If you make sure you're hitting
everyone on screen (not necessarily killing them), then you're much less
likely to be shot at. Being hit yourself resets their counter.
A tad bit into the stage, your first duck will appear. Smash it with an
air jump and take whatever parts you need to make your desired weapon. A
little further past the duck you'll fight a red phantom. If you have
Target Beam (Lightning + Chaser) you'll take care of this guy in about 2
seconds. If you don't have it, just avoid his slide (an ! will appear
above his head before he does it) and shoot, shoot, SHOOT! After he
explodes, take the 15 points of vitality he leaves behind and get ready
to fight...


!!!!!BOSS!!!!!
Papaya Dance
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Description: A large, green celery-like stalk with a fuzzy end at the
top. Waves to the left and right wildly when shot.
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Actions:
Baloon Bomber: Papaya Dance drops a load of pink balloons that will fall
towards you.

Mother Ant: a large yellow ball will fall slowly to the ground. When it
hits, it will turn into a large snake-insect.
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Vitality: 1234
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Difficulty: 1
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Strategy: Pathetically easy. Stand in the middle and fire up to the
stalk. Avoid the balloons (they fall slowly), and kill the insect when
it forms. You should destroy this thing in no time.


1-2: Goin' Up

If you're playing on Easy mode, you'll immediately go to the pyramid.
However, on Normal and up, you'll have to go through more of the village
and kill more soldiers like in 1-1. You'll have to fight another Red
Phantom, this time, it has a satellite that orbits itself, preventing
you from getting close to it to do throws or other close attacks. After
you get to the pyramid, you'll see a bunch of soldiers with jetpacks.
You can't hurt them. After they lift off, start up the pyramid. You can
flip drop down to the segments below if you want. All the way up,
soldiers with jet packs will attack you. They drop easily enough. Just
don't get hit too much by their lasers. About halfway up, a duck will
fly by. But this is no ordinary duck. This duck drops vitality! Abuse
the duck, and you can get up to 300! After getting all the vitality you
need, proceed up the pyramid like before. Once at the top, you'll have
to fight another...

!!!!!BOSS!!!!!
Bravoo Man
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Description: A huge cluster of cubes forms together to make the
ultimate(?) fighting machine, Bravoo Man. In other words, a big man made
out of boxes. The head is a clear cube with two blue objects inside.
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Actions:

Spinning Driver: Bravoo Man will fly towards you with his arms spread
out, and spin. After passing you, he (it?) will go into the sky and
repeat the process the other way around. After he lands, he will have
regenerated his health.

Dragon Punch: Bravoo Man will do a low, sweeping punch. Can also be done
high.

Bravoo Spin: Bravoo man will jump in the air and spin his legs around
rapidly.
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Vitality:3421
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Difficulty: 2
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Strategy: Interesting, to say the least, besides the obvious pun
involving Johnny Bravo (of course, I could say that about the game Bravo
Man, for the TG-16).
Your first instinct should be to shoot Bravoo Man, but you'll need to
take some time out for some dodging. When he does Spinning Driver, wait
until his arms are in the air, and then do a standing or low slide. Of
course, this will cause him to regenerate all of his health, so you'll
need to get off enough damage the second time around to kill him. Stay
far away, and you'll take care of this basto in no time.


1-3: Goin' Down

After Bravoo Man has been silenced, the floor will bust, and you'll be
sent sliding down the side of the pyramid. Soldiers will come bumbling
down the side begging for you to kill them, but occaisionally one that's
serious will slide down, and you'll have to shoot them a bit more then
your average soldier, and they'll actually shoot at you!
Jump and avoid their fire while simultaneously attacking, and eventually
you'll make it to the bottom....

1-4: Beehives... And a Robotic Arm?!

As you come down the pyramid, you'll slide to a stop, and a duck will
fly by. Take any items you find important, and continue on. You'll
approach a beehive, and then a large, red robotic arm will attack you!
You can't harm the arm, but you can avoid it. It will continue to attack
you until you make it to the end. In the meantime, shoot the beehives,
along with the bees, until you destroy them. When you get to the very
end, the arm will come out and move around in a clockwise pattern, and
several soldiers will come out. After you kill them, you'll find the
source of this robotic arm is....

!!!!BIG BOSS!!!!
Pinky Roader
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Description: A relatively large red robot, with two segmented legs, and
a hole on the side. Next to the hole is a window, where you can see Pink
and her two henchmen inside. One is a skinny guy with a kind of large
chin, and the other is a nerdy looking guy with a round head. Both have
black sunglasses. Pink is the most generic bimbo you could possibly
imagine.
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Actions:

Hitman Shot: Pinky Roader's right arm will come out, with one of Pinks
hitmen (The one that isn't a nerd) on top of it. The arm will move
around, and the hitman will shoot at you rapidly.

Iron Knuckle: Pinky Roader's right arm will come out, with a spiked iron
ball on the end. The arm will then try to smash you with the ball.
Shooting it will keep it in place.

Hitman Bomb: Pinky Roader will let out several explosive balls which
will home in on you.
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Vitality:3201
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Difficulty: 2
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Strategy: After Pinky Roader lands, it will immediately initiate Hitman
Shot. Dodge the lasers the hitman shoots, continuing to fire at P.R. the
enitre time. After a bit of this, Pinky Roader will start to jump
around. Slide under the robot while it's in the air, and hit it when
you're safe from being crushed. At this point, it will let out several
explosive bombs. Just avoid them and keep shooting. At this point it
should start Iron Knuckle. Keep dodging and shooting and P.R. will lose
it's limbs and explode. Grab the gem and you've finished Stage 1!

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Stage 2: The Underground Mine

Note: This stage will prove to be an incredible pain if you take it
second. I suggest finishing Stage 3 first before attempting this stage.

1-1: Missing: One Brain-washed Brother

As you enter this stage, you'll be on the Professors modified mining
cart. You can slide as usual, but air jumping will flip you upside down
and cause you to stick to the ceiling. Enemies will come from all over
the place, as ususal. Just shoot them. After some time, a mining train
will approach, and three soldiers will be waiting inside to shoot at
you. After you kill all of them, the train will move off-screen, and the
mine shaft will change direction, and you'll be going straight down. Air
jumping will put you on the other side. The only real problem you should
run into will be the two robots that come from the bottom, they will be
projecting a guard beam that you can't cross until one of the robots is
dead. Of course, they'll shut off about halfway up the screen, but
they'll turn on again near the top, so don't wait out up there.
Again, after a bit, the train will come up with three soldiers. They'll
be asleep, so take them out descreetly. Andddd, the shaft will change
and go right, again. Again, the train will appear and three soldiers
will be waiting inside, this time awake. After the first three, another
three will come up. And another three after that. After the last three,
the train will catch on fire.
The train will go offscreen, then come back. Inside the last car of the
train will be Colonel Red, the dastardly M.Bison rip off. He'll throw a
bunch of soldiers at you. Just shoot them out of your way. After about 5
seconds of this, the last car will catch on fire, and Red will jump on
top of it and laugh as it gets carried offscreen.
A duck will come by with some health, so take it, and get ready for one
hell of a fight...


!!!!BIG BOSS!!!!
Seven Force
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Description: Before you're forced to fight any of the forces, you'll see
Green come in on the Seven Force. Green looks a lot like Red and Blue
(The two soldiers you control), except he wears Green, has a flowing
black cape, and combed back, slick hair. Seven Force is the thing that
transforms into all the other forces. It's floating in midair, and it
consists of a round green object in the middle, with two semi-serrated
green objects on the side.
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Actions:

Soldier Force-Is a horizontal force.
Tails Force-Is a vertical force.
Tiger Force-Is a horizontal force.
Eagle Force-Is a vertical force.
Blaster Force-Is a horizontal force
Urchin Force-Is a vertical force.
Crab Force-Is a horizontal force.

The difference between horizontal and vertical forces is
that horizontal and vertical is which way you're going
in the mine shaft when you fight the boss. You're going
downward when you fight Tails Force, so it's a vertical force,
and you're going sideways when you fight Blaster Force, so
it's horizontal.
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Vitality: N/A
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Difficulty:4
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Strategy: Here it is, the legendary Seven Force, and what a legend it
is! Seven bosses, seven ways to get brutally killed. Actually, this boss
isn't as hard as it seems. For one, every one of these bosses has an
incredibly fixed pattern, and once you learn it, you can't be touched.
Also, pretty much any weapon will work on any one of the forces, but
keep in mind, short-range weapons will make the battle much tougher. The
fight will always start with Soldier Force, and just go to random forces
from there. However, the forces always go from a horizontal to a
vertical force, so you've got some idea of which force you're fighting
next. Also, if you're playing on easy, you'll only have to fight 3-4
forces. Normal is 5 forces, and Hard and up is all 7. (Thanks to Jamal
Blackwell ([email protected]) for the info!)

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Soldier Force
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Description: After leaping off of Seven Force, Soldier Force
automatically forms around Green. There is the usual round object in the
middle, and the rest of Soldier Force is composed of soon-familiar
objects. A semi-serrated green block, a weird fist-like object, some
orange orbs connected together, and a head-like object, among others.
The entire package looks like a strange conglomeration of a soldier and
a scrap heap. Overall pretty cool looking.
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Actions:

Arm Vortex: Soldier Force's Arm will aim itself at you. After a few
seconds of aiming, it will extend out to hit you. Goes backwards as
well.

Arm Boomerang: Soldier Force rears back for a second, then moves forward
and hurls a salvo of boomerangs at you. Only done high.

Arm Bomber: Soldier Force throws several green, circular bombs onto the
ground, which explode.

Leg Slide: Soldier Force awkwardly slides forward, then quickly returns
to a running position.
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Vitality: 4101
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Not too hard. Arm Vortex is the usual "I'll aim at you for a
while and give you time to escape" move, all you have to do is
constantly move to avoid it. Arm Boomerang is only used if you're on the
ceiling and hitting Soldier Force from where he can't hit you, so just
move up the ceiling for a second, and only when you have to. Although it
may seem like Leg Slide is impossible to avoid, it only happens when
you're at the feet of Soldier Force, and S.F. will lean forward for a
second before starting the move. Arm Bomber is explosive, so go on the
ceiling to avoid the blast.


!!!!BOSS!!!!
Tails Force
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Description: A large blue object is the "head" of this monstrosity. It
then has several blue round objects connected by orange spheres, and at
the end of it's "tail" is a huge cutter-like object.
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Actions:

Somersault Tail: Tails Force pauses in place, and then does a backflip.

Lightning Zap: The flap above the "head" of Tails Force opens up, and
unloads a ton of ammo. It also has a variation of this move where it
goes along the walls and fires.
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Vitality:4102
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Another relatively easy boss. Stay near the walls and fire.
When it opens it's flap, run like hell and retaliate when safe. If it
gets too close for comfort, it's probably going to do Somersault Tail,
so move over the opposite side of the shaft, or go below its tail.


!!!!BOSS!!!!
Tiger Force
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Description: A Huge, orange tiger made out of the Seven Force parts.
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Actions:

Sight Laser: The Tiger Force's tail will aim at you, and a sight will
appear over where it's going to aim. It then pauses for about a split
second and fires a blue energy blast. It can expand the sight and shoot
an explosive shot.

Trace Zapper: The Tiger Forces tail will wildly flail about with a blue
line attatched. The line bounces all around, and after a bit, the Tiger
Force will fire a yellow beam along the line, which will rebound off the
ceiling and floor.
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Vitality:4203
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Difficulty:3
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Strategy: The pause between the aiming of Sight Laser and the firing is
short, so you'll have to be constantly moving. Be sure to be calculating
the backwards part of the Trace Zapper. If you just wait til the beam
has gone through, the beam will bounce back and hit you.
Chaser weapons will make this fight much easier.

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Eagle Force
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Description: A large, blue eagle made out of the Seven Force parts.
Composed of a head, two wings, and a huge tail.
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Actions:

Dance Dance: Eagle Force moves one of it's wings up, one down, and it's
tail to the side of whichever wing it moved up. Then it moves itself
back to it's normal postition, and then moves the wings up and down
again. Every time it moves it goes a bit up the screen. It does this
until it moves all the way to the top of the screen. It then comes all
the way down, and moves it's wings up right at the bottom. It then
repeats. It can then start the move over doing it sideways, or upside
down.

Spread Laser:????
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Vitality:4006
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Not too hard. Just get below him and make sure he won't hit
you with his tail on the rebound. The idea to getting around the Eagle
if it goes up sideways is to go on the left. Don't try to go on the
right. It's a mistake many make.

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Blaster Force
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Description: A huge gun made out of the seven force parts.
The entire gun is composed of the serrated blocks.
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Actions:

Grenade Shoot: The Blaster Force spins rapidly, aims at you, and quickly
fires. It repeats 12 times. It then stops, drops out it's clip, and
reloads. It then fires another 12 shots and reloads. Repeats until dead.

Gold Bullet:????
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Vitality:4007
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Difficulty:1
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Strategy: Piece 'o cake. Just shoot rapidly, and move constantly. Take
the time it needs to reload in stride and get off several hundred pts.
of vitality. Make sure not to go on the left, it'll leave you wide open
to get shot at.


!!!!BOSS!!!!
Urchin Force
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Description: Yet another large creature made out of Seven Force parts. A
load of serrated blocks arranged in a circular pattern makes up the main
part of this robot.
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Actions:

Hyper Sonic Spin: Urchin Force bounces back and forth between the two
walls. After a while, it will go "hyper sonic" and spin incredibly fast,
while going down the side of the wall. It then repeats the process on
the bottom.

Rush and Roulette: Urchin Force appears in the center of the screen with
energy balls between it's prongs. It then spins around, stops, and fires
the balls. It then repeats.
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Vitality:4302
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Not hard, so don't worry. Just shoot it on the opposite side
of where it's spinning, then do what you need to get as far away as
possible from the Hyper Sonic Spin. After it drops to 1500 health, it
will start Rush and Roulette, so just stay a little bit above the bottom
right of the screen and fire, and you'll never get hit. Hopefully. Dodge
if you have to.


!!!!BOSS!!!!
Crab Force
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Description: It doesn't really look much like a crab, but it's the
thought that counts. The main circular object is in the middle, and the
rest of the body is random red parts.
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Actions:

Crash Mine: Crab Force lets out a circular red orb that explodes on
contact with... you! It goes straight across the ground/ceiling.
Explosive.

Will O The Wisp: Crab Force fires a glowing orb with sparks. If it fires
from above, it will go diagonally forward-down. If it fires from below,
it will go diagonally forward-up. When the spark hits either the floor
or the ceiling it will bounce and go diagonally up/down and forward.

Crab Gate: A red, serrated block goes from either the top or bottom of
Crab Force across the floor or ceiling. About halfway out, it extends
either down or up, until it's so high or low that you can barely squeeze
through. Touching it will cause it to explode.
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Vitality:4505
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Difficulty:3
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Strategy: A difficult boss at first, speed is the key. If you pause for
even a second, you'll get smashed by whatever, so.........don't!!
To get around Crab Gate, wait to see which side it's on. If it's on top,
just stay on the bottom and dodge the rest of Crab Force's moves. If
it's on the bottom, quickly move to the top. Crash Mine is explosive, so
be sure to get away from the explosion, and make sure never, EVER to
jump forward over a mine. You're momentum will force you into Crab
Force. And finally, Will O The Wisp is a slow move, so just dodge it
when it's coming towards you. As always, don't even get close to Crab
Force itself.

After you destroy whatever force, the mine will explode in flames! As
you get the hell out through the vertical shaft (which has got to be
incredibly long after how far down you went), Green will come by and
give you the Green gem. Thanx!
And now you can go to wherever else you feel the urge.

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Stage 3: The Flying Battleship

1-1: Runaway Air Battleship!

As you start this stage, you'll notice a large piece of mechanics flying
away. Obviously, you've got to chase after it. Jump up each platform of
the tower while shooting out everything above you. If you want to take a
short breather, jump onto the little platform on the side of the
engine(?) and just shoot forward from there. You're going to have to
continue upward, however, so hop back onto the tower and continue
against the scroll. Don't get too far behind or you'll fall and lose 20
vitality. Once you can, jump onto the battleship and continue to fight
the flying soldiers (skull bombs are what they drop) until the ship
flies offscreen.

1-2: Into the Wild Blue Yonder

After the ship returns onscreen, you'll notice that the perspective has
changed. What was the front of the ship before is now the side, and you
now continue forward towards the rest of the ship. First off, though,
you've got to take care of a yellow phantom. The phantom has a jetpack
and is flying, and will do a flying kick at high speed towards you. Jump
over the kick and return fire several times, and the phantom will
explode, leaving 15 vitality as usual.

Now continue forward, and shoot all the enemies in sight. The 5 green
gun turrets contain items, so be sure to destroy them all and get any
items you need. When you get to the generator, you'll see the now-
familiar message and be forced to fight....

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Swapping Reg
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Description: Two small green blocks are on the left and right of a large
rectangular "cockpit", which is connected to the legs by two long poles.
The "cockpit" has three soldiers sitting inside.
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Actions:

Reg Vulcan: One of Swapping Reg's limbs will lift up and fire a few
seconds worth of vulcan at you.
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Vitality:2041
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Difficulty:1
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Strategy: Easy as pie! Swapping Reg will start out by jumping around
like a wild banshee. Shoot at it's mid section (the one with the
soldiers riding), and don't get crushed by either of it's legs. When it
raises one of its limbs, or just it's mid-section, it's going to use Reg
Vulcan, so stay off to the side and shoot from there. If you really want
to be the showman, you can jump up onto the electrical wire and attack
from there. After taking enough heat, it will--like so many others-- die
a hideous, mechanical death.

1-2: Into the Wild Blue Yonder (continued)

After Swapping Reg is deadder then swapping Reggae (the worst pun I've
ever done), continue onward. Two soldiers will be sitting in gun
turrets, and they'll rise up on poles. Shoot each one down, and they'll
drop 15 vitality each. Then jump onto the helicopter-type thing and....

!!!!MINI BOSS!!!!
Colonel Red
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Description: A lame rip-off of M.Bison, except much skinnier and wussier
looking. No cape.
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No Actions
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Vitality:520
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Difficulty:1
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Strategy: Pfffeh! This pathetic clone of M.Bison wants some more, so
give it to him! He'll fly up and around you while dropping bombs, but
he'll last about 4 seconds with such little health. Don't ever throw
him, he'll ram you, and there's no way of avoiding that. Of course, that
was just the appitizer... the main course is coming up now......

!!!!BIG BOSS!!!!
Orange
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Description: A buff guy with a green shirt and green pants.
No robot or anything!
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Actions:

Rotor Press: Orange will jump up to the helicopter rotor and spin around
with it at high speed. He will then drop on top of you, doing high
damage.

Hard Shoulder: Orange charges straight towards you at high speed for
high damage.

Break Wind: Orange gathers energy via visible blue sparks, then cuts
loose a blast of blue energy about as tall as himself that goes all the
way across the helicopter.
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Vitality:2400
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Difficulty:4
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Strategy: A very tough boss, Orange is one tough mo-fo. His attacks are
very, VERY powerful, and he can knock you off the helicopter for 20
damage almost at will. Don't get close to him, or he'll german suplex
you for a load of damage. Before Orange does Roto Press or Hard
Shoulder, he'll look towards the camera, flex his pecs, and then do
either move.
When he does Roto Press, wait a couple seconds, then do a standing slide
in any direction (as long as it doesn't put you off into the empty sky).
This will put you out of the way of Oranges drop. All you have to do to
avoid Hard Shoulder is jump at the right time. Break wind is easy enough
to avoid. Just flip drop down and wait until the blast is behind you.
Having a homing weapon will greatly help against Orange, as you can
dodge all you want and still hit him.

Or, you can do it this way (Thanks to [email protected]):
Difficulty=2...if you fight him from underneath the helicopter. Tap
down+c(jump) and you're hanging on the bottom of the helicopter in
psuedo-fixed shot mode. Now orange's hard shoulder is useless (so, he
won't use it ;) and you only have to worry when Orange gets directly
above you. This is because Orange's wind break also has a variation
where it shoots directly beneath him. If he does manage to get directly
above you, flip kick to the top of the helicopter's platform, run away,
then get back under the helicopter. The flip kick is invincible, so the
wind break won't hurt you and you'll score a hit on Orange in the
process ( if he isn't flashing from being shot). I've beaten him on
normal and hard using this strategy without getting hit during the
fight. Don't know if it works on expert, since I just got the game a few
weeks ago. If you really want to impress people you could try to hang
underneath the edge of the helicopter's platform and trick Orange into
roto-pressing himself off the helicopter :).
I discovered one more wrinkle to my Orange strategy. Found this kinda
useful when playing on expert. When orange goes for the roto press,
he'll land right above you. If you can move to the side of him with the
right timing, he'll do the downward break wind and miss you completely.
Here's the trick: if you can anticipate this correctly, you can flip
kick yourself up to the surface right next to orange (without hitting
him) while he's still executing the break wind. He'll be frozen in that
animation briefly, so if you're fast you can grab him and throw him onto
the platform, for 400 (400!? -Deeto) damage. Problem is if you're a bit
slow he'll suplex the heck out of you. 20 health gamble on each try for
a quicker fight and impressing onlookers. prolly works a lot easier on
the lower difficulty, but I haven't tested it yet.
After you wear him down to 0 health, he'll explode, you'll fall down to
earth and get the 3rd gem, and from here it's on to Black's fortress (or
the Underground Mine if you listened to me).

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Stage 4: Blacks Fortress

1-1: The Wild, Green Farmland of Gunstar

What a nice, peaceful background! There are even cows all over the
place. Of course, the foreground is pure carnage.
You'll be swarmed at the beginning, and as you come up the first ridge,
a duck will appear. It'll be right over a pit though, so make sure that
it's above ground before shooting it. After you go over another hill,
you'll be attacked by...

!!!!MINI BOSS!!!!
Hanging Gunship
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Description: A large green ship attatched to the ceiling with a grapple-
like object. There is a gun aimed at a diagonal angle directly below it.
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No Actions
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Vitality:860
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Difficulty:1
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Strategy: Just shoot it, and stay behind it's gun turret. Just keep
shooting the ship and all enemies surrounding it, and this guy will be
another page in the "Crappy Bosses" history book that you're sure to
read sometime.

1-1: The Wild, Green Farmland of Gunstar (Cont.)

You'll come up to several more hills. After a bit of this, you'll come
to an area with a wall and some hanging platforms. Flip Drop below the
left platform, move right, and flip up the right platform. Jump the pit,
and you'll come to another Hanging Gunship. This one can't move, and it
doesn't have any shown vitality. Kill it like you did the last one, and
you'll come to Blacks Fortress. Guarding it is a phantom.
This one throws skull bombs at you, and it can block slides and other
physical attacks. After it's destroyed, and you take it's vitality, the
door to Blacks Fortress will bust open, and you'll get to experience...

1-2: The Dice Maze

Ahhh, the dice maze. Possibly the most original stage in a video game
ever. The background shows you your basic board game map, and a dice
will drop down from the ceiling. After throwing the die, you'll move the
spaces and do whatever the space tells you.
I'm pretty sure that the outcome of the die is totally random. If anyone
knows for sure, go ahead and mail me!
The layout of the maze is as follows.

Fight1-Item-Fight2-Fight3-Fight4-Fight5-Fight6-Fight7
 |                                                              |
Start                                                        Fight8
                                                              |
                                                            Item
                                                                |
Boss-WayBack-Item-Fight12-Fight11-NoGun-Fight10-Fight9

Every fight pits you against either a boss, or a fun little physical
challenge, like jumping through a twisty maze or busting up a car.
Item spaces put you in rooms with 3 weapon parts and a vitality up.
Way Back puts you all the way at the beginning of the maze.
And Boss pits you against Black himself. Dying without getting to Black
forces you to start all over, without any of the spaces clear. That's a
killler. Be conservative, and make sure not to try anything stupid,
because every point of vitality counts.

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Fight 1

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Valvalion
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Description: An incredibly long yellow segmented snake. It's head has
two black beady eyes.
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Actions:

Arch Crasher: Valvalion smashes into the ground, then goes in an arch
pattern, smashing the ground after every arch.
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Vitality:2821
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Valvalion really only has one attack, and it's not a very
effective one, so while it's spinning around like a retard, you should
be shooting. When it goes into arch smasher, just stay in the empty
space of one of the arches and shoot at Valvalion. And of course, "Shoot
the head".
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Fight 2

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Timeron
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Description: A medium-sized egg-shaped ship with a tube-like object on
the bottom.
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Actions:

Apocalypse Seed: Timeron counts up 10. During this time, it drops
explosive seeds. After it reaches 10, it freezes, and begins counting
down to 0. During this time, the seeds explode, and fly back into
Timeron. Timeron then repeats the process.
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Vitality:2423
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Another easy boss. Don't stay near the bottom of Timeron,
since you'll get blown apart by the seeds.
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Fight 3

!!!!RUSH 'N GO!!!!

This physical test puts you in a room with a segmented grid of colored
blocks. The blocks are Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow. The idea is to go
from the furthest bottom-left to the furthest top-right in 1 minute.

        | G R G R |<---End
        |Y B G G Y|
        | R B Y B |
        |B B R G Y|
Start--->| G Y B Y |

You can't fire here, instead, you can only punch. Whenever you do so,
certain colored blocks disappear from the grid, allowing you to pass.
The blocks disappear in this order: Green, Blue, Yellow, and Red.
To reiterate, punching causes the green blocks to disappear, then blue,
then yellow, then red. It then starts over. Also, there are 2 red balls
that bounce around inside the maze.
After you get to the end, you're given points according to time left.
The point system is simple enough- the numbers on the timer are exactly
how many points you'll get. So if you've got 49.23 seconds, you'll get
4923 points.

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Fight 4

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Minion Soldier
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Description: A teensy, weensy little guy with (seemingly) big muscles
and a big chin. Looks a lot like Orange... if he were a
Micro Machine(TM).
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Actions:

Minion Shot: Minion Soldier leaps up and shoots out a star trail that
goes in a weird sort of swirly pattern across the screen.

Minion Clone: Minion Soldier creates a large amount of other Minion
Soldiers that, while similar in appearance, bear little in common. They
die after a couple shots.
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Vitality:2010
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Difficulty:4
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Strategy: What an impressive pint sized package! Well, actually, this
guy'll make your life hell. Duck Minion Shot, and don't get close to
this guy, as he'll throw you around like a rag doll.
While it may seem like Minion Soldier has no weaknesses, there is one
thing that this terror is extremely weak against---physical attacks.
Any slide will cause him to fall over and lose lots of health, so just
smash him repeatedly and he won't be able to attack! Simple, eh?

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Fight 5

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Melon Bread
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Description: An incredibly stupid (goofy?) face.
Two really stupid eyes, and a sort of scary looking jaw made out of
triangles.
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No Actions
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Vitality:1310
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Difficulty:0
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Strategy: Uh, easy?
I've never seen this guy do an attack, EVER!! It seems like all he does
is look at you with those big, dweeby eyes, and occaisonally gum you
with that annoying jaw of his. This guy is just a waste of time.

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Fight 6

Busted Car
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Description: A big blue car with a soldier inside. There are some random
boxes and pieces of electrical equipment on the side.
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Vitality:847
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Strategy: The idea is to bust up the car as fast as you can.
You have 1 minute, as usual. Shoot the box on the left, and it has some
vitality inside. Nothing to it.

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Fight 7

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Pit
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Description: Anyone who has played the Windows shareware game JezzBall
will recognize this boss. There is a big brown vertical bar that moves
left and right while extending up and down. To the sides are floating
red balls with cute faces on them that bounce around the screen.
The targets are the red balls. The bar is invincible.
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No Actions
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Vitality:300 each?
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Really easy. I should give this guy a 1, but I'm too lazy to
change it, so too bad. The bar is really the only thing that can harm
you, so make sure not to get caught in a corner with it. You can also
ride on the balls for any reason you might have.

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Fight 8

!!!!RUSH 'N GO!!!!

This physical test puts you in a twisty turny room with lots of enemies.
You have to get to the END (marked with a nice sign) in the fastest time
possible. To get up the side of the walls, use your triangle jump
repeatedly.
         ___ _________
        |   |  _____  |
        | | | |  END| |
        | | | | |---| |
        | | | | |___| |
Start--->|_|___|_______|

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Fight 9

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Phantom
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Desciption: Looks exactly like every other phantom in the entire game.
Just like a soldier, but his helmet conceals his face completely.
Nothing but a shadow in it's place.
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No Actions
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Vitality:N/A
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Not hard. If you've fought a phantom before, you know what to
expect. This one has every ability you've seen on a phantom thusfar. A
satellite, the ability to slide, block, and throw you, etc.
Just shoot it from far away and don't get close.

Note: Has anyone else noticed the tiny speck that flies around in the
sky? Is it Black? Is it an alien spaceship?
WHAT IS IT?????????!!!!!!!!!!

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Fight 10

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Vortex Base
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Description: At the very bottom of the scenario (god, I hate using that
term), is a huge base with a laser cannon in the middle. There are four
platforms stretched out to the walls above the base. On the left and
right ends of each platform are light-bulb like objects. There is also
one at the very top.
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Actions:

Vortex Beam: The 7 light bulbs light up in random patterns. The base
then fires a beam to each bulb in the pattern flashed seconds before.
It then repeats.
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Vitality:2802
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Difficulty:3
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Strategy: Pretty damn difficult. Pay really close attention to the whole
picture, since the pattern flashes in the blink of an eye.
Don't get caught in a cross-fire, and keep firing at the core of the
Vortex Base.

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(No Gun)

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Curry and Rice
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Description: Curry and Rice is a huge guy made out of stone. He has some
beady eyes on his face.
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No Actions
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Vitality:362
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Difficulty:4
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Strategy: Ouch. Probably the hardest enemy you've faced so far. You
can't fire your gun. Instead, you've got to fight in hand to hand
combat. To actually damage this guy without feeling hurt yourself,
you've got to move close enough to him so that he does a move (punches
or kicks), but not so close that you get hit. After he's doing
something, you can smash him without getting hurt. I usually jump toward
him, and do an air jump back so I avoid getting punched. I then just run
towards him and smash his brains in.

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Fight 11

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Super Gondola
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Description: A huge rack of laser cannons, bombers, and some random
handle-like things are hanging from the ceiling. The rack moves from
left-to-right.
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No Actions
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Vitality:379 each?
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: You'll want to take out the bombers first, since they'll blow
out the floor. If you get to the point where the entire floor is a hole,
you can shoot the handle when it comes by to move the floor. Once you
take care of that, destroy the other weapons in any way you like.
Shouldn't pose too much of a problem.


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Fight 12

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Aberenbou Gel
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Description: A huge blob with multi-colored bubbles, and two cute eyes.
Stretches around a lot.
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No Actions
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Vitality:3510
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Difficulty:1
--------
Strategy: Beyond easy. When it jumps, slide under it. Getting squished
kind of hurts.

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1-2: The Dice Maze (cont.)

After you make it to the last space, you'll be taken to Black's inner
sanctum. You'll get a bunch of "Spirit Points"(anyone have any idea what
they stand for?). After congratulating yourself for the job well done,
get ready to fight....

!!!!BIG BOSS!!!!
Black Beat Stepper
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Description: A large, round blue body with a window in the middle
(inside is none other then Black himself). Attatched to the main body
are 2 segmented blue legs. Blacks inner sanctum itself has multi colored
walls and floors. This is important. Remember that.
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Actions:

Dice Roll: Black Beat Stepper (B.B.S. from now on) drops out a large
die. It then moves the number of spaces on the die. Depending on the
color of the floor or wall, B.B.S. will do one of the following moves:

Red Fireball: A long fire stream will fire out of the red space and go
to each of the other red spaces, going into and out of each one until it
reaches the red space that it first came out of. It then goes back to
Dice Roll.

Green Cutter: A long stream of green spheres fires out of the green
space diagonally to each of the other green spaces until it makes it
back to the green space it started at.

Blue Cracker: A blue, spherical bomb comes out of every blue space, and
explodes.

Yellow Laser: A straight stream of yellow lasers fire directly out of
each yellow space.
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Vitality:6482
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: After all that combat, this is surely a very anti-climactic
boss. The best way to avoid Red Fireball is just to triangle jump off
the walls, and over the stream. Green Cutter is also a piece of cake,
just duck under the line of spheres. And lastly, Yellow Laser is
horizontal only, so just stay out of the way of any yellow spaces.

After B.B.S. is B.S. (yet another terrible pun), Black will fly out and
land in the corner. He'll throw you the red gem.... or has he?
Nope, it was a trick, as it explodes when it hits the ground. He'll give
a thumbs up to the camera, but he should be paying more attention! Shoot
him and look at him bounce pathetically, that bastard!
After you teach him a lesson, stop firing, and he'll give you the real
gem.

Congratulations! If you've defeated all 4 of the starting stages, you'll
go back to base, but what a hideous surprise you'll find.....


Stage 5: Rescue Yellow!!

Those bastards from the empire came by, tied up the Prof., and kidnapped
Yellow! Also, the head super commander of the empire left a message
telling you that you'll have to give him all the gems you've spent
getting, or else Yellow bites it!

Obviously, you're going to have to kick some ass.

1-1: My Way or the Highway

One thing you have to keep in mind in this stage is that death is even
more annoying then 4 Jerry Lewis telethons in a row, since dying will
force  you back to the very beginning, and there really isn't anything
else in the game that's more annoying then that. And no, there isn't a
mid-point.
So, with that in mind, on to the monotonous walkthrough!

The entire stage is a swarm of enemies, which means super-killfest!
After passing the buildings, you'll come to 2 boxes.
The first box contains 10 vitality, but the second box is empty.
After going even further, you'll come to a stack of two boxes, one on
top of another. The top gives 10 vitality, the bottom is, again, empty.
And, coming up, is yet another empty box.
After a bit more, you'll find a stack of four boxes. Every box except
the top (which contains 10 vitality), is EMPTY!!!
You'll come to an area of hanging platforms, and there is a huge barrel
on the very bottom. Shooting it will cause a huge explosion that will
blow all the enemies away, so save it for when you're being attacked on
all sides. Further past the barrel is a phantom. It has a satellite and
can slide. After the phantom, you'll find another stack of 2 boxes. The
top box has 10 vitality, and the bottom is empty. Then another stack of
2 boxes, both have 10 vitality, so pick up both. Then there's a bunch of
boxes. The 2nd and 3rd have 10 vitality, but the rest contain nothing.
You then get to fight another phantom. Moving on, you'll come to a huge
diagonal row of boxes. Besides the fact that they're denying the laws of
physics, the very top box contains 10 health, and the rest are there to
piss you off. Blow off the top box, and then the one in the middle to
cause the boxes above to fall, and allow you to pass. The last group of
boxes, there is 10 vitality on top, and the bottom is empty. You then
get to fight a phantom. Yee ha.
Beyond the phantom is a long, boring stretch of just enemies. Just plow
through them, and air jump the big robots to cause them to fall over.
After a while of this, you'll come to a huge spaceship (in the
background), and the incredibly difficulty boss.....

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Final Great Soldier
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Description: A soldier.As in a guy with goggles, body armor, and a
helmet.
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Actions:

Love Love Dancing: The soldier sways back and forth.
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Vitality:N/A
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Difficulty:N/A
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Strategy: HOLY CRAPOLA! WHAT AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT BOSS!!!!
Actually, this guy is supposed to be a joke. After dancing a bit,
Colonel Red will come in, throw this guy off-screen, and guess what?
You've gotta fight him!

!!!!BIG BOSS!!!!
Smash Daisaku (is this his real name?)
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Description: It's Colonel Red. M.Bison without a skull on his cap, and
no cape. Part 1 has him flying around with a jet-pack, but part 2 has
him on foot.
--------
(PART 1)
Actions:

After Burner: Smash goes off to one side of the screen, and the flames
from his jet-pack turn blue. He then flies across the screen at high
speed.
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Vitality:2199
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Keep in mind, this is the strategy for the Smash Daisaku with
the jetpack. After you wear his vitality down, you'll fight him on foot,
and that's part 2. So....

The idea is just to fight him the way you did in the past. Shoot him,
and stay as far away from the bombs as possible. When his flames turn
blue, slide under him. After wearing him down to no vitality you'll get
to take on...

(Part 2)
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Actions:

Spiral Head: Smash takes out a gun, and fires a blast of two long,
segmented fireballs. They go in a vertical spiral pattern across the
screen. There is a small space in-between the fireballs.

Streaming Head: Smash takes out a gun, and fires a long, segmented
fireball at your soldier. The fireball homes in on you.

Bravoo Reg: Smash leaps into the air, and kicks out, causing his foot to
extend diagonally down-forward.
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Vitality:3810
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Difficulty:3
--------
Strategy: Really, really difficulty at first, after a couple tries, this
guy becomes pretty easy. Wait for Streaming Head to get really close,
and then leap over it. Otherwise, it will home into you.
Spiral Head always has a space in-between, so move to the far left or
right of wherever it's being fired from, and move into the space when it
opens up.
You know that Smash is going to do Bravoo Reg when he begins advancing
towards you instead of backing away. When this happens, air jump over
him and slide when you hit the ground.
With any luck, you'll deplete his vitality.

After you've defeated Smash, he'll proclaim that "I NEVER DIE!!!"
and leap off-screen. Watch the cinema (complete with "no-talk-o-vision")
detailing your bittersweet victory, and then move on to Stage 6!


Stage 6: To the Edge of Infinity

After going back to base, the Professor will tell you about how he got
you a small, speedy spaceship to chase after the Empire's space
battleship. You can press the jump button while moving in any direction
to boost that way, and you have 8-way firing, which sticks to one
direction so you can move while firing in one spot. Very useful.
Also, if you're playing with a friend, he controls another gun-pod.

1-1: The Space Battleship

After you've warped through hyper-space (with a cool little zoomy
effect), you'll be attacked by several formations of spaceships. Fire
forward, and move up and down to blow them away. Also, there are little
soldiers holding onto weapon parts, which substitutes for the duck.

As you approach a huge wing of the battleship, you'll be attacked by
little soldiers. They shoot surprisingly large lasers, so don't
underestimate them TOO much. At the same time, vertical lines of about 5
ships will materialize in front of you. After several formations, a
formation will appear behind you, so don't get caught off-guard.
There are also 3 gun turrets on the wing, so shoot them off.

After you pass the wing, there will be a large red ship with a tiny
soldier inside. It takes quite a bit of punishment, and at the same time
several formations of ships will attack you. After several formations,
you come to....

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Timeron
"How Long Can You Last?"
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Descriptions: It's Timeron (See Stage 4), but way tinier.
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Actions:N/A
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Vitality:N/A
--------
Difficulty:1-5
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Strategy: The idea with this Timeron is not to destroy it, but instead,
to see just how long you can last with it shooting at you.
It starts out easy, with slow bullets, but eventually, it becomes an
entire frenzied screen of bullets that appear out of thin air (space?)
After you just can't hold out anymore, shoot Timeron a bit and destroy
him. You'll be given points depending on the amount of time you lasted.

1-1: The Space Battleship (cont.)

You'll enter a meteor shower, and a big green ship will appear behind
you. It'll shoot a yellow laser at you, so aim behind yourself and pump
it full of lead (laser? flame?). After going through the shower, you'll
be attacked by some gun turrets, and some green missles which explode
into a spread of bullets. Further past that, a whole lot of green and
light yellow ships will attack you. Some will just shoot bullets, while
others shoot lasers and fireballs. You'll soon find yourself going
beneath the ship.

As you move left, blue, horizontal lasers will attack you. They'll fire
at wherever you are, so use your jet boost to avoid them. At the same
time, small, green ships will attack you. After a bit of this, you'll
come to a group of horizontal yellow lasers that move vertically down.
Move through the gaps between the lasers, and shoot the green ships at
the end of them.

After this, you'll enter another meteor shower. You'll be attacked by
more ships, and a lot of soldiers on meteors. At this point, you'll be
attacked by circular formations of small, yellow ships that materialize
around you. They then fly away from you, and fire at you. Move out of
the way, or you'll be hit by their bullets. You'll then enter another
meteor shower, with a soldier riding a snake made out of meteors at the
end. Use your jet boost to outrun him.

After you move up, you'll come to a huge rack of laser turrets. Having
Light Sword will save your bacon here, since it will neutralize the
lasers. Blow off the guns, and move on to...

!!!!BOSS!!!!
1000MM Gun
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Description:: A large, round gun turret with rectangular red lights
around the circumference of the gun.
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Actions:

Red Laser: 1000MM Gun fires a large, red ball at you.

Exhaust Laser: After 1000MM Gun fires at you, it lets out a bunch of
explosions, which turn into horizontally firing lasers.
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Vitality:1999
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Easy. Boost out of the way of Red Laser, and move carefully
in-between the Exhaust Lasers. Watch out for 1000MM Gun's hidden missile
launchers.

1-1: The Space Battleship (cont.)

Moving on, a huge, fast moving line of grey ships will fly by on the top
and bottom of the screen. When you see a bunch of green gun turrets, the
grey ships above and below you will move towards each other, flying off
of the screen. As you move further on, they will begin to move towards
each other closer to the left side of the screen.
Right when it looks like they're going to crash into you, the flow of
ships will stop. After this is some more assorted ships. Just keep
shooting at them, until finally you'll fight....

!!!!BOSS!!!!
Seven Force
-The Final Assault-
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Description: A tinier version of Seven Force (See Stage 2).
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Actions:

Soldier Arrow: Soldier Force fires a spread shot of 3 red arrow shaped
bullets.

Tails Somersault: Tails Force does back-flips all the way across the
screen.

Crab Bomber: Crab Force moves around, and drops explosive bombs from
behind.

Tiger Charge: Tiger Force runs across the screen at high speed.

Blaster Shot: Blaster Force fires 12 shots across the screen at high
speed.
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Vitality:4673
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: Every one of this boss' attacks require you to move out of the
way, so just boost out of the way of the Seven Forces' attacks, and
retaliate. If you've got Light Sword, this fight is beyond easy, since
you can just evaporate Blaster Shot.


1-2: The Core

As you make a rough landing on the surface of whatever planet, a duck
will come by, so take whatever items you need. After this, you'll face
about 14 blue phantoms, each of which die automatically when thrown.
After you kill them all, move through the mysterious red door to....

!!!!BIG BOSS!!!!
Core Guard System
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Description: There is an area that you're standing on, in the
foreground. It's a platform with hand-rails, and in the background is a
huge checkerboard floor and ceiling leading towards an energy generator-
like object (the core).
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Actions:

Unit of the Hammer
Unit of the Dragon
Unit of the Runner
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Vitality:N/A
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Difficulty:4
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Unit of the Hammer
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Description: A huge, segmented chain made by spheres extends out from
the core.
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Actions:N/A
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Vitality:2309
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Difficulty:3
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Strategy: The Unit of the Hammer has 3 forms of attack.
The first is where it spins around the core, into the background, moving
into either the middle or bottom of the screen. While it is doing this,
the core lets out small ships that turn into horizontal beams. When it
reaches the foreground, you have to judge where the Hammer is, and jump
or not jump accordingly.
The second form of attack is where the Hammer moves around while
shooting lasers at you. This is a good time to do damage to the Hammer
itself.
The last attack is where the Hammer uses it's namesake for good use, and
smashes into the ground repeatedly.
After you defeat the Unit, the core will let out a ton of ships towards
the foreground. Try to dodge them the best you can. Afterwards, get
ready for...

Unit of the Dragon
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Description: A long string of blue spheres, which fly around like a
dragon.
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Actions:N/A
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Vitality:2308
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: The Dragon only has one attack, and that is to make passes at
you, fire blue fireballs, and fly back into the background, where it
then flies back into the foreground for another pass.
Just slide under the fireballs, and retaliate when safe.
Again, after you finish the Unit, the core will let out a load of ships.
Dodge them. Again.
Then....

Unit of the Runner
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Description: A HUGE runner made out of spheres.
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Actions:N/A
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Vitality:2307
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Difficulty:2
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Strategy: The Runner only has one attack, which is it running slightly
into the background, cranking it's arm, then running into the background
and letting out an energy ball.
The pattern is simple: The first attack goes diagonally upward, and the
second attack goes along the ground. It then repeats.
Finish the Runner, and you've finished this long, long stage.

Stage 7:
Under Construction...

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Section 6: Misceallaneous

Title Screen Trick: Just about everyone knows this trick. On the title
screen, you can press up and down on the controller to rotate the
spinning 3-d logo. Nice effect, this one.

NOTE: If you've got anything to add to the Misceallaneous section, be
sure to tell me about it at either [email protected] or
[email protected]
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Section 7: Credits + Thanx

Sites
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Gamefaqs
http://www.gamefaqs.com
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This is a pretty obvious inclusion. Without this site, I wouldn't have
anywhere to put the faq, and no way to get noticed. Thanks to CJayC for
maintaining such a phenomonal site!

About.Com Guide to Video Games
http://vgstrategies.about.com
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The first site besides Gamefaqs to find my faq and host it. Not really
too important--a load of faqs get hosted by this site. Thanks to Al
Amaloo for maintaining the site.


People
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CJayC
[email protected] (I think)
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Maintainer of the fantastic Gamefaqs, this guy (supposedly) works nearly
24/7 on the site. Quite amazing, I'd say. Thanks to him for having a
place for me to put the faq.

Al Amaloo
[email protected]
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The guy who runs About.com's guide to video games. Another admirable
guy. Thanks a ton for running such a great site to put the faq!

Jamal Blackwell
[email protected]
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The first person to give me some advice on the faq, the owe a lot of
thanks to him! Keep up the good work.... or something.

Final Greets go out to:
-Shonic
-ManofSwine (aka Moskun)
-Charles Chapman
-Pinney the Great
-Akira
-Felix the Cat
-Chris Yan
-GuyBrio
-GreenMycon



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