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Metal Slug 5 FAQ
Version 1.0
By BigBoss
Copyright 2004 (C)
All rights reserved
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CONTROLS
Button Action
A Fire
B Jump
B+ Down Slide
C Bomb / Cannon / Missile / Harpoon
D Vehicle self destruct
NOTES Press Jump, then Down + Fire to shoot downwards
Cancel a slide by jumping up or at the opposite direction
WEAPON UPGRADES
Insignia Name Ammo Depletion Power
S Shotgun 30 1 20
2H Dual Machinegun 300 8 8 per 8
H Heavy Machinegun 200 4 4 per 4
G Super Grenade 20 1 10
C Enemy Chaser 40 1 3
L Laser 200 4 8 per 4
D Drop shot 30 1 3
R Rocket Launcher 30 1 3
I Iron Lizard 30 1 3
ENEMIES
Class Name Energy
Jungleman Spear savage, Torch savage, Axe savage 4
Grunt Knife grunt, Bazooka grunt, Machinegun grunt, 1
Shield grunt, Rocket grunt, Alarm grunt,
Sniper, Grenadeer grunt
Officer 10
Black grunt Black grenadeer, Black alarm grunt, 1
Black knife grunt, Black bowling grunt,
Black scuba diver, Black styletto grunt,
Black mine grunt, Black pistol grunt
Alien Blue alien, Green alien, Purple alien, 1
White alien
Droid Machinegun droid, Vulcan droid, Clamp droid, 15
Rocket droid
Tank Cannon tank 70
3-Burst tank 50
Machinegun tank 40
Missile tank 40
Green Cannon tank 25
Bowling tank 20
Vehicles Red black hawk 80
Chopper (Red tint, Red) 28
Submarine 10
Airplane 6
Missile bike 6
Hover 5
River hog 4
Motorcycle 3
Various Bowling truck 50
Enemy delivery truck 50
Truck 32
Pillar (4 stages) 9, 9, 9, 9
Larva nest 20
Big ICBM 20
Lift truck 16
ICBM 10
Sea mine 8
Squid 7
Electric Jelly fish 4
Big jelly fish 3
Jelly fish 3
Elevator bots 3
Objects Ruins 30
Barricade 30
"Keep out" door 28
SVW crate 20
Sniper bushes 16
Grunt's shield 15
Droid head armour 15
Sandbag pile 15
5x sandbags 15
Generator 15
Big metal crate 13
Sandbag trench 10
Toxic's barrel base 2, 4, 4
Sniper crate 8
Toxic's barrel bottom 5
Small metal crate 5
Bushes 4
BONUS POINTS BONUS POINTS
Gold Chest 30000 Army Boot 500
Lava Bat 30000 Fish 500
Orange Gem 30000 Lizard 500
Red Gem 30000 Snake 500
Yellow Gem 10000 Envelope 300
Bird 2000 Meatbone 300
Apple Barrel 1000 Turnip 300
Ammo at 999 Ammo 1000 Apple 100
Blue Gem 1000 Banana / Bananas 100
Cat 1000 Can / spoilt 100 / 10
Chameleon 1000 Coin 100
Crab 1000 Fruits / spoilt 100 /10
Fried Chicken 1000 Mushroom 100
Gas 1000 Rat 100
Golf Clubs 1000 Poo 10
Enemy soldiers are jumping on your canoe! Make short work of them. At the
waterfall, shoot the chopper down for an Enemy Chaser, or let it fly away for a
Machinegun. With proper timing you can get both bonuses to come out. Next you
can fight up to 6 river hogs in groups of 2. Destroy the ruins blocking your
way and off to the next stage
SECRET You can get the 3rd and 4th bird of the 4 birds at the start
Shoot the last tree before the waterfall for a Chameleon
The spiked ceiling kills you if it makes contact with you, so head for lower
ground. Repeat the process as needed, and proceed right
SECRET Shoot at the first statue's left side for a Rat, and the right side for
a Coin
Fire 10 shots at hostage 5's feet to receive BIG food
STAGE 3 Inner Temple
___________________-----------
6. 2H _ 7 _______Stage A
7. Can _[ ]_6 _ _[
________[ ]_______________Stage 4
The only thing to watch out for are the fire geysers. The upper and lower
passages at the end of the stage lead to the short and extended routes
respectively
SECRET Shoot the first larva for an Army Boot
STAGE A Lava chamber
8. Mushroom ____________pi______pi______0_______________
9. Lizard ll ll _______ ________Stage 7
0. Pig 8 9 ar ar _ A ___ SVW
A. Yellow Gem ____ __ ______ __ _________ ___ _____ _____Stage 7
As you enter the platform with the second hostage, a pillar will fall and
enemies will start coming out of it. Destroy it and get the BIG food if you
wish. Repeat for the second pillar
SECRET Grab the Lava Bat for 30000 points
You can get both hostage 0 and A if you move carefully
At hostage 0's platform, shoot the middle of the lava flow for a Pig
At hostage 0's platform, shoot the end of the lava flow for a Snake
At hostage 0's platform, shoot the middle spot between lava flows
for a Gold Chest
The shootable points appear after scrolling enough to the right
The bonuses appear at the next screen, near the R upgrade
STAGE 4 Pillar chamber
pi pi pi
8. Snake SVWe ll ll ll
ar ar ar
---------8------------------
If you had gotten BIG, you revert to normal. Destroy the SVW crate to reveal
the SVWe droid. After the first pillar that drops down, there are two more,
just before the stage's end. Enemies will come out of them, but only at a
limited number
STAGE 5 Tank showdown
#shark tank#
9. 2x Banana Stage 6 ______________ _A_ Stage7
0. Bomb 9 0 __-
A. Can __-
Start _______--
There's a route choice in this level. Go left after hostage A to fight the
Shark Tank mini boss
----==== BOSS BATTLE ====----
IDENTITY Shark Tank
ENERGY 400
ATTACKS Mow, Machinegun, Laser, Rockets, Cannon
PATTERN Starts with Laser or Cannon, according to your position.
Follows with Machinegun, Rockets, Machinegun, and then Laser or Cannon as
necessary. Ends with Mow and exits the screen to repeat the pattern
NOTES With the SVWe, you can dispose of the Shark Tank without
loosing any energy. Head to the same corner as the tank, and keep pressing left
down for the left corner, or right down for the right corner. At the left
corner you can't shoot the tank like this, but you can in the right corner
STAGE 6 Bat cave
pi
B. S ____ ____ll-------#------
C. Turnip # B _ar----------CD--
D. Orange Gem ---------
STAGE 7 ----==== BOSS BATTLE ====----
IDENTITY Metal Rear
ENERGY 500
ATTACKS Machinegun, Machinegun Roll, Splat, Cannon
PATTERN Starts with Cannon and Machinegun Roll then uses Machinegun and
Splat. For the rest of the battle the tank keeps moving back and forth. It
moves forward and shoots with the machinegun, or uses Splat. After going back
it uses Machinegun, Machinegun Roll or Cannon (up to five shells). When it's
energy reaches half, the tank will roar backwards. Hostages E, F, G leave R,
Bomb, G, which is enough ammo to take the tank down easily
SECRET The chest near hostage 2 contains a Blue Gem
Shoot Madoka. A to get food bonuses and become BIG
STAGE 2 Barracks
____ ______
4. H ___4__ele5 /
5. H vat 7/______6_____Hovers
6. H or__________/
7. Mushroom
When you enter, you revert to being normal if you were BIG. After you defeat
a Cannon tank and a Machinegun tank, you'll head for the elevator. Here, the
3-burst tank leaves an S. Afterwards, you 'll fight elevator bots
SECRET There is a Bomb bonus in the small crate before hostage 7
STAGE 3 Airdock
________________
SECRET Wait at the end of the stage to enter the boss battle without your
aircraft
STAGE 4 ----==== BOSS BATTLE ====----
IDENTITY Secret weapon of the Luftwafe
ENERGY 1000
ATTACKS Left : Turret Bombard, Chaff release
Right: Flying Payload, Afterburner
Destroy as many Flying Payload bullets as you can while they exit, as their
movement is unpredictable when they are adrift. The blue bullet leaves an H.
Destroy the Airship with the aircraft to receive a 100000 points bonus
----==== MISSION 3 ====----
STAGE 1 Street alley
______
SECRET Shoot the street light for a Blue and a Yellow Gem
STAGE 2 Warehouse
Duckt
1. H -- - __ -- -- DO
2. Bananas ___- -__1__- -_____2_______- -__OR Stage A
Destroy the door marked "Keep out" to advance to stage 3
SECRET Get on the lift truck after hostage 2 and jump in the airduckt to
enter stage A
STAGE A Elevator action
____7____6__
3. Golf Clubs ^
4. Cat __4 5 ^
5. Orange Gem ------------
6. C ^
7. Envelope ^ ---3
^ v ---_^_
____v_
In this stage, you'll be using elevators to go up and down. There are also
some choppers to destroy
SECRET Near hostage 4, destroy the red chopper first for 60000 points
STAGE 3 Jailhouse
8. Bananas SVWe 8
-------------------
You can get the SVWe in this stage
SECRET Shoot the airduckt before hostage 8 for a Cat
Shoot the second airduckt after hostage 8 for an Apple
STAGE 4 Factory
_A__B__C__
9. H ____________
0. 2H ^___0__ ___
A. Army Boot ___________-
B. Can ^______ ___
C. Envelope ___________9^
If you have the SVWe, you exit it at the end of the stage
STAGE 5 ----==== BOSS BATTLE ====----
IDENTITY Wall Crawler
ENERGY 400
ATTACKS 3-Missile, Supersonic, Backup call, Missile barrage
PATTERN 3-Missile, (Missile barrage), Backup call, Supersonic
Destroyed rockets sometimes leave an H bonus
SECRET Shoot the alarm speakers for a Can, a Snake, an H, an Envelope
Destroy the Barricade for a Bomb bonus
Destroy a Green cannon tank from the barricade area for airplanes to
appear
SECRET Shoot the ground before the first cave's exit for a Crab
STAGE 3 Sea corridor
7. Bananas A. Fish 7890ABCD
8. Crab B. L ____| |___| |___| |__|
9. Fish C. Rat _______________________________
0. Rat D. Cat
STAGE 4 ----==== BOSS BATTLE ====----
IDENTITY Sandmarine
ENERGY 700
ATTACKS Main: Fire rain
Front: Cannon, Missile
Back: Energy ball (2-4 according to energy)
PATTERN According to your position, the Sandmarine uses it's main,
front or back attacks. Use slide and slide cancel to avoid the Fire Rain
attack. The Energy balls are easier to avoid, so stay on the back side of the
sandmarine, avoid the energy balls, and return to the back of the sub. If
you get the 2H and have 40 Bombs, you can destroy the Sandmarine in a short
time. Hostages E and F leave 2H and a Bomb
----==== MISSION 5 ====----
STAGE 1 Highway
____ ______ ______
________ ___ ____ ____/
______ ______/
In this stage, you are granted the Slugmobile. You'll have to destroy ICBM
missiles and jump to avoid the gaps on the road. At the end of the stage you'll
fight a Red black hawk
STAGE 2 City street
1. Army Boot __1___
SECRET Shoot the traffic light for a Blue gem, a Yellow gem and a Red Gem
Shoot the crates in the store for 3 Bananas
STAGE 3 Train station
---- /
______________________/
In this level you get the Spider slug
SECRET Shoot the second, third and fourth light for a super S, R and L
STAGE 4 City rubble
2 ___
2. Apple _--____
3. Madoka. A ________/ -___3__
IDENTITY The Elephant Towers
ENERGY Left 200
Right 200
ATTACKS Proboscus shot, Larva rain, Proboscus swirv
PATTERN Both towers follow the same pattern. They use Larva rain and
Proboscus shot untill their energy is depleted to 50. Then the Larva spewing
machine is destroyed and they use Proboscus swirv, which is less of a
problem. Dead larva leave a 2H bonus periodically. The easiest tactic is to get
a 2H, get both towers near the energy 50 limit and then get full 2H ammo by
the larva. This way you can destroy the two towers and stock on ammo for the
final boss, who is very hard to defeat with your basic weapon alone
STAGE 7 ----==== BOSS BATTLE ====----
IDENTITY Raging Dragon
ENERGY 500
ATTACKS Energy barrage, Death's scythe
PATTERN This enemy uses Energy barrage, glowing balls of energy that
descend from the top of the screen. The amount of energy balls starts from 2-3
and increases fast. While only 2-3 energy balls are coming at you, jump or
slide to avoid them, while still shooting at the skull. After the demon flies
away, the energy balls come down in packs. Your best bet is to position
yourself on one side of the screen when you see the dragon fly away, then
move or slide to the other side of the screen in small steps. Slide and slide
cancel are very usefull here. After the Energy barrage, the dragon uses
Death's scythe, in which he selects your current position as the place from
which blue projectiles will originate in 2 seconds. Again, choose one side
of the screen and when smoke appears on the floor beneath you, head for the
other. After a while the Dragon will go down.
Congratulations, you've finished Metal Slug 5
