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for Nintendo Entertainment System
General FAQ
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FAQ made by Damage_dealer (Igor Sheludko)
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Version: 1.00
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| Welcome to Damage_dealer's guide for Isolated Warrior (NES)! |
| Isolated Warrior is a high-speed, uniquely developed game based on a 3-D |
| concept that features over 40 types of enemy creatures, realistic graphics |
| and explosive sound effects! Become Max Maverick, a lone warrior, who must |
| defeat the awesome creatures that attack his highly civilized planet! |
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1.BASICS
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-Gameplay Basics
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The game is a straightforward shooter. You basically just shoot the hell out
of the enemies. Take note that the screen moves forward all the time, and you
have to be pretty quick in taking care of things. Some levels involve riding a
motorcycle. The motorcycle levels are pretty intense and fast and, IMO, harder
than the regular, "shooting" levels. You can do a wheelie on a bike, while
pressing Down on the D-Pad and A simultaneously. You will crush the enemies
like flies in that condition but be aware that you still have to look out for
bullets aimed towards you. Look for warp holes all over the stages, as they
contain some goodies such as extra lives, weapon upgrades and energy refills.
But be sure to move quickly to get this stuff, as sometimes you may get stuck
in the wall, thus losing the game. Taking the bonuses or not is up to you.
-Bonuses
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W-Bonus - focusing laser weapon upgrade (1 level)
L-Bonus - spreading beam weapon upgrade (1 level)
B-Bonus - bomb power increase
O-Bonus - energy increase
!-Bonus - 1000 points
Bullet - increases bomb capacity by one
Speed-Up - increases speed of you character
Shield - a shield which will deflect the hits on your character for 5 times
-Weapons
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There are basically three types of weapons you can have at your disposal.
They are focusing laser (shoots forward), spreading beam (shoots all around
Max) and bombs. You take W-Bonuses to upgrade your focusing laser, L-Bonuses
to upgrade your spreading beam and B-Bonuses to upgrade your bombs. The max
upgrade level is 5. Sometimes you can find instant max-level upgrades in the
warp holes of the stages. Be sure to remember that once you've used a 5-level
bomb, it'll go back to level 4, and you'll have to get an upgrade to level it
up again. Use 5-level bombs only in extreme situations, i.e. boss battles. The
focusing laser shooting method is the most useful, IMO, as on higher levels,
it'll come in handy because it can shoot its beams backwards. All in all, feel
free to use any weapon you like, but stick with the focusing laser most of the
time, simply because it speeds things up.
2.CONTROLS
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D-Pad - move around
A button - jump
A button (twice) - throw bombs
A button (hold) - somersault
B button - shoot
SELECT - change the shooting method
START - pause/resume the game
3.THE WALKTHROUGH
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~ Max Maverick, our hero
in this story fights with alien creatures
that have invaded his planet
from an unknown world.
Let's get the party started by choosing "New Game" on the main screen.
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|Scene 01|
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You start out by shooting green flies that charge at you. Simply go to sides,
shooting them with B button. Next, destroy the green boots and some other
flying menaces. Jump if needed. Note that you can get some good bonuses in the
holes on the left and right sides of the levels. I won't be putting all exact
locations of them here, but be sure to check all the places for hidden stuff,
as well as moving rather quickly. Killing the purple hedgehogs will net you
some energy which you might need later. Pick up all the W/L weapon upgrades,
as well as bullets here and there. The purple !'s give you 1000 additional
points. At about a 2/3 of the stage you'll run into purple ball-crawling
things charging at you from the sides. Kill the green blobs, don't forget to
jump over the holes. The flying saucers throw red balls at you, so it's better
to leave them be and stick to the sides. Kill off the mini-boss by staying
close to him, so his circling spits of magma won't affect you at all. Jump
over the gap to continue. Now try to destroy as much enemies as possible so
that they'll net you a lot of W/L upgrades. Big purple bugs should be a "no
problem" to you, if your weapon is strong enough. Throw the bombs at the house
in the alley to get to a warp hole on the left. Get a 5-level upgrade for your
weapon. You'll face hedgehogs and boots again, crawling to you from the holes.
It's better to walk past the holes rather than jump over them cause it's kinda
easy to fall in one of them. Avoid the heads of the snakish things by running
left and right. The cracks in the floor get bigger. Be very careful. Notice
the music change soon after? It's boss time!
The first boss is not too hard. Think of it as regular enemy, but a little
faster. Change your shooting method to focusing laser with SELECT and shoot
the boss's head. Notice the screen flickering? It's a sign of boss taking
damage, although it's pretty uncomfortable. When the boss starts to explode,
his body parts will be launched at you. Jump or you may die. After the boss
dies, he leaves an extra life for you. To get it, stand on place where the
boss was.
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|Scene 02|
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Seems like you are the only survivor... Anyway, start off by rushing to the
sides and spreading the bullets on the enemy. The green enemies come in rows,
so it shouldn't be too difficult to take them out. About 25 seconds later,
some alien-looking monsters will start to fly at you from behind, so be on
your guard. Right after you see the first enemies from behind appear, throw
a bomb or two, and if you're lucky enough, you can uncover a warp hole here.
You'll see even more alien-lloking creatures materialize from just nowhere.
Just keep moving so they won't be able to touch you, and destroy the ones
that are ahead of you. You'll see that they disappear quickly. You'll come to
a narrow path after a bit of flying, but there's just green blobs which should
not be a challenge to you. Smoothly kill off the rows of green and blue bugs,
and keep on surviving the onslaught. What I do not like about these levels is
that they're pretty fast-paced, so it's kinda hard to keep up with the enemies
sometimes.
OK, the second boss is a freak. It has a human face (an old man's face, to be
precise), some bazooka-launching pods instead of hands, and moreover, he has
three dark-blue snakes coming out of his shoulders and stomach. This is rather
weird. First, if you have a 5-level bomb, throw it at the boss, so he'll stop
tossing rocks at you for a while. Then, shoot his head, and when the snakes
will start to come out, aim at them. After a certain time, and a good pressure
they should be dying one by one. When they're all gone, you may congratulate
yourself on beating this not-so-difficult boss and take that extra life he
left. Onwards to scene 3.
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|Scene 03|
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Start the stage by spreading fire on the green bugs and green boots. There is
red magma all over the place and some green blobs are situated in the center
of these cracks. Jump over the holes and eliminate all the enemies quickly.
The green flower-plants are pretty slow, so they can be killed with ease. Some
times these enemies leave an extra life after they're defeated. Don't jump on
the purple bubbles. The next part of the level consists of a bombardment by
the green alien-looking monsters and flies. Rush to the sides, jump and kill
them. You'll see a green "beating heart"-like creature in the center of the
cracks. I suggest you not destroying it or it will divide into two pieces that
create a large explosion that may hit you lethally. Navigate over the blue
platforms, subsequently smashing the green freaks. The seeds that move in
zig-zag are best defeated with focusing laser. Another ordeal - two snakes
from the left and three hearts from the right. Hit the bastards with spreading
beam and bombs. There's a secret warp hole to the left just between the places
where the snakes were. Continue by defeating the hordes of flying enemies on
the bridge. The bridge will start to move soon but it's okay. Two green freaks
up next - one of them will jump on you from behind. Yet another section of
cracks and green monsters. The shields you've may taken before will surely
come in handy. Be sure to leave some for the upcoming boss.
Wow, the boss of this level is surely awesome. Shoot his head with focusing
laser to hurt the brain. Watch out for the balls it spits out of the mouth,
dodge them by moving to the sides all the time. The brain will divide itself
in eight parts that'll charge at you one by one. Bomb them. The parts come
back after a while and form a big brain again. Keep reapeating the process for
three or four times more, making sure to evade everything he throws at you and
shoot all the time. AFAIR, this boss took me the most time to defeat. It was
quite a fun, though.
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|Scene 04|
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Time to rescue the city. I consider this level quite hard, simply because of
its speed. Rush to the sides and don't forget about using the wheelie that'll
practically make you invincible. All you have to look for are bullets. Some
enemies can be killed by riding on them with a wheelie. Try to get some W and
L bonuses as well as some shields to help you out later. When you see a lot of
enemies flying over you, use don't be afraid to use a 5-level bomb. The next
section consists mainly of cracks in the road and the tempo is pretty much
fast-paced too, so be careful not to fall in one of the pits. Jumping skills
are essential here. The rest of the level is repetitive and boring, you just
jump over cracks and shoot the aerial enemies. The purple flying things can be
nasty if you don't evade their bullets.
The boss of this level looks like a regular enemy, but it's hard because you
always need to look out for the pits in the road and his green bombs. Jump to
the sides while changing to spreading beam shooting method. Or if you want it
to end faster, you can try focusing laser. And don't forget to bring out some
bombs when you're near the boss. They're sure to do some massive damage.
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|Scene 05|
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Scene Five takes place on a space station. Destroy the green boots as usual
and watch out for the purple enemies that pop out of the walls. You can't
kill the machine-looking things that stick out of the walls, so don't bother.
When the path gets narrow, use focusing laser only. Don't forget to grab all
the bonuses, and when the curving blue snakes appear, jump over them while
shooting other enemies as well as the snakes. At some point after this section
stick to the grey wall on your right to uncover a hidden warp hole. You'll
definitely need those bonuses right now. Some blue freaks will start jumping
at you, so keep moving back time to time, so they will explode in front of
you. Destroy the row of the green boots. Another bunch of jumping guys to your
left. Keep retreating and jump. You will arrive at the moving platform. I
suggest you jump over to the north side and kill the enemies that come from
the holes right there. The bonuses that are generously lying over there should
help you. Next, avoid the jumping guys and defeat the boots and insects. When
the screen goes black, prepare yourself for the next boss.
It's kinda frustrating at first, but you'll get used to it. You will be pulled
to some blue thing which is apparently the boss's vulnerable spot. Then, you
will be pushed back. This process will be repeating until you defeat the boss.
Ok, so don't try to kill off those 2 red things in the beginning, instead wait
until you get to the blue thing and shoot at it with the focusing laser. Don't
forget to jump and evade the bullets and other stuff that's being thrown at
you. This is some serious stuff, but you *should* be able to make it through.
o--------o
|Scene 06|
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Okay, two more levels and we're home free. Start off by killing the guy with
the moving hand from afar. Take care of the insects too. Repeat the process
until all the rows of these creatures are gone and don't forget to jump when
needed. Be careful not to step on the yellow portions of the floor. When you
will see masses of green enemies along with the yellow floor, better use a
bomb to quickly get rid of them. The green enemies that materialize shouldn't
be a problem too. When the camera starts moving again, reposition yourself to
the right and jump immediately to avoid another barrage of bullets. Don't
bother killing the enemies that fly above the pit, just jump all the time.
Jump over the gaps, but again, be careful not to step on the yellow pieces of
the floor. Don't try to kill the green boots, and when the pit ends, quickly
get to the middle. The upcoming mini-boss is the same from scene 1. Stick
close to it and shoot. Take the B-Bonus that it leaves. So floor is almost
totally yellow now, so navigate with carefulness. It's better to hug the left
side and ignore the boots. Another mini-boss. Treat it like the previous one.
Another set of blue guys, insects and green boots. Jump across the last yellow
part to get to the boss.
Now this one is hard. Don't bother using bombs here, as they won't reach him.
See the white dot under his head? Aim there. Just use regular focusing laser
method and jump, jump, jump. This chimera throws all sorts of surprises at
you, so you'll have to be pretty evasive to dodge everything. I can't say
anything more than there is to it, just focus on his "chest" and you should
emerge victorious.
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|Scene 07|
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This level opens up if you didn't die in the previous six, otherwise you've
already beaten the game. Switch from one platform to another to kill the green
mechs. Quickly dispose of the red ones too. If you the screen flickering, get
the hell out of the floor ASAP. Walk through the middle door. The enemies here
are basically the same, only changed their color. Try to stick to the back all
time, or you may die from the hordes of grey insects that charge at you all
time. Yeah, it's a living hell here. The green insects have become very fast
somehow, so kill the bastards from afar. One you'll get to the pit, stick to
the right side and kill the snakes and flying idiots as needed. The final boss
awaits.
This boss looks like a Gundam freak. Avoid his star barrage the same as you
avoided the previous boss's attacks. Don't hold back, use everything you've
got. Get near him and smash him with your bombs. When the giant white rockets
start flying towards you, stay on one spot and jump over them. The second
launch is easy enough to avoid. Keep reapeating the process until you see him
dying.
Congrats on beating the game. Watch the ending scene.
My first assignment
after I joined
the special force
was to fight against
these alien creatures.
I was
the sole survivor
on the force.
I could have easily
escaped from
the planet.
But
I chose not to.
I realized that
the most important
thing
for me to do
was to not lose hope.
I defeated the aliens
and searched for
any survivors.
I came across some
very strange people.
The incident
will remain
a haunting memory.
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4.CHEATS
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Select password in the main menu, and insert these numbers:
5963 - Level 2
8920 - Level 3
0705 - Level 4
5826 - Level 5
2687 - Level 6
3279 - Level 7
6502 - Begin the game with full health and full bombs
6285 - Begin the game with max power for both focusing laser and
spreading beam
6666 - Begin the game with only 1 hit point
5.FAQ
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1. Why does the screen flicker in boss fights? Is my game glitched?
- No, it's a sign that boss takes damage.
2. How to do a wheelie when you're on a motorcycle?
- Down on D-Pad + A button.
3. How to get the good ending?
- Don't die in the first 6 scenes of the game.
4. What are these warp holes for?
- Most of the time you can get an extra life, a weapon upgrade or some energy
out of them
5. I'm having difficulty with a certain boss? WTF?
- Check the walkthrough section. I won't be able to help you more than I did.
6. I liked this game very much. Are there others like this one?
- Try Metroid, if you haven't already.
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Nintendo - for making NES
Kid - for making this game
Vap Inc. - for publishing it
pietjepuk - for some of his info regarding bonuses and weapons
Hermit_crab - for some passwords
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