TetraStar - The Fighter Walkthrough
By Da Kaptin
[email protected]

Copyright by Da Kaptin, 3/29/2002. This work may not be reproduced, in full
or in part, without permission from the author. This work may not be sold or
profited from in any way. THIS MEANS if I catch anyone doing something with
this FAQ without my permission, I will have them punished TO THE FULL EXTENT
OF THE LAW!

Version Notes

0.0001
?/??/1999 - I found this game. I always thought about writing an FAQ for it
but I never got around to it.

0.10
3/29/2002 - I finally decided to write an FAQ for this great game. Added
Title, Copyright, Version Notes, Table of Contents, 5 "W"s of Contacting Me,
Introduction, Storyline - From What I Can Understand, Controls, Special
Weapons, Special Thanks, and completed Stage 1 and MOVIETIME #1. Quite a lot
for one night, huh?

0.20
3/30/2002 - Finished Stage 2 & 3 and MOVIETIME 2 & 3.

0.25
3/30/2002 - Finished Stage 4.

0.32
4/3/2002 - Almost finished Stage 5. (Had it not been for my mother pestering
me about hogging the phone line I would have finished it.)

0.45
4/3/2002 - Finished Stage 5 & 6 and MOVIETIME 5.

0.50
4/4/2002 - Finished Stage 7 and MOVIETIME 6.

0.60
4/4/2002 - Finished Stage 8 and MOVIETIME 7.

0.75
4/4/2002 - Almost finished Stage 9.

0.80
4/6/2002 - I FINALLY BEAT THE FINAL BOSS! It took a good while, but I beat
him. WHAT FUN! I am soooo happy. Anyway, I finished Stage 9.

0.99
10/26/2002 - I finally found a frikin' english patch for this game. For once,
I can actually understand what the freak those people are saying.

Table of Contents
I. 5 "W"s of Contacting Me
II. Introduction
III. Characters
IV. Storyline
V. Controls
VI. Special Weapons
VII. Walkthrough
VIII. Cheats
IX. Needful Things
X. Special Thanks

I. 5 "W"s of Contacting Me
Who can contact me?
Anyone with a valid question that isn't answered in this FAQ can email me.
If you don't give me polite e-mail (don't fuss at me for 'obvious' things
I'm missing), I won't give you a reply.

What can you contact me about?
See the Who section. If your question is answered in this FAQ, PLEASE
don't send it. It will be ignored. Oh, and one other thing. If your
wondering, I don't know a lick of Japanese, so don't ask about what their
saying. I just watch the picture show.

When can you contact me?
If you have an urgent question, e-mail me between Monday and Friday.
Otherwise, contact me anytime.

Where can you contact me?
You can e-mail me at [email protected]. Or chat with dakaptinman on
Yahoo! Messenger.

Why would you want to contact me?
I really can't answer that. You know why you want to contact me. So do it.
Although I doubt anyone will.

II. Introduction

This is one of my favorite games for the NES! I'd never heard of it until
I found it in a place that shall remain nameless. (I was just getting all
games that had fighter or star.) I've loved this ever since. Unfortunately,
I lost this game someplace, so I lost my knack for it. But, anyway, I'd like
for everyone in the world to know about this game.

This is a 3D shoot-em-up game with a colorful scrolling ground. It's kind of
like the space fights on Star Wars. (Just imagine the Tetra Star as the
X-Wing.) If you don't like shoot-em-ups you will hate this game. Similarly,
if you don't like Star Wars, you will hate this game. But, if you like
shoot-em-ups and Star Wars you will love this game.

This game is totally in Japanese, except for the line "OK" about midway
through the game. So I can only follow the pictures. If anyone can help
me with the Japanese translation, I would be much obliged.

       Found an english patch here: http://www.zophar.net/ Click the patch
       link in the translation section. (It's near the bottom.)
       P.S. You will need a patcher to play the english version of this
       game. The best I have ever seen is IPSWin. It's too easy to use. Go
       get it!

III. Characters

You - You are pilot, controller of the Tetra Star. Literally. In the game
text, your name is "Pilot"!

General Nelson - The person who first offers military assistance to the
resistance, and guides you through the basics of the storyline.

Omega - He's the R2D2 of this game. From what I can tell he's an alien robot.
He looks very similar to Snoopy. He makes the facial expressions of Snoopy.
Is he the Snoopy of the Future?

IV. Storyline - improvised
In 2089 AD...
Man's probe Prometheous encounters the Baal Empire. The Baal provide an
interstellar network over 40 million lightyears long. Earth became
intergalactic. Then the Resistance, a group formed to fight the Baal, and
the military join forces to develop the Tetrastar. Yet in 2090 Earth and
Baal constructed a lunar warp gate. In 2091 you, the test pilot of the
Tetrastar, and an alien robot named Omega become fast friends. You are
troubled about the warp gate, but Omega believes that the Resistance knows
best. For a time there was peace. You and Omega are restationed and split
apart. Omega gives you a communicator so your friendship is not broken. A
month later Baal broke the alliance and invaded...

V. Controls

Control Pad - Moves the Tetrastar around the screen.
B button - Fires your normal weapon.
A button - Fires one of your four special weapons.
Start - Pauses Game.
Select - Tabs through special weapons.

VI. Special Weapons
WID - Wide Blaster. Spread Bomb.
AAM - Air-to-Air Missle. Very fast. Homing. Try it out for yourself.
NAP - Napalm Bomb. Stupid name for this weapon cuz it doesn't spread.
BIO - Bio Cannon. THE strongest weapon on the game. Charges. Save for bosses.

VII. Walkthrough

The biggest thing to remember in this game: Don't get hit by the pink 8s!
Also, grab all the transparent circle things that come to the front of the
screen. They're powerups.

Stage 1 - Save NYC
Stage 1 starts where the intro ends. Four circle ships destroy the Statue
of Liberty. Then four triangle ships come from the left. Then the right
three times. Then the left four times. Then the right once. Then the music
will change. Two rows of circle ships will try to attack the buildings
twice. Destroy the ships in the front to blow up the rows quickly. Then
five robot-like ships will come down from the top of the screen. Shoot the
middle one and don't run into the ships when they come in close. Then
two more rows of circle ships will attack. Then five robot-like ships will
fall in a column right in the middle of the screen. Destroy the ones on
the bottom and the rest will start to fall down, kind of like Tetris. They
do this four times. Then another set of circle ships attack. Then five more
robot-like ships will float down from the top. Again, destroy the middle
one and don't get hit or run into them.  They do this four times. Then
guess what happens? Another set of circle ships attacks. Then the triangle
ships attack in eights. Then another set of circle ships attack. Then
another set of triangle ships attacks. Then the stage ends. YAY!

Stage 2 - To the Warp Gate, heros!
The first thing that happens is a bunch of pentagon-shaped ships attack you.
They attack in twos. Their formation is one ship circles the other and then
they swich. If you shoot a set before they get into their formation, one
goes gliding off the screen. If, when they get into their formation, you
shoot the outside one, the middle one will bounce off the screen. If you
shoot the middle one, the outside one will glide off the screen. The
pentagon ships attack for quite a while, so there's no need to map when and
where they come in. However, you will know when their attack ends when two
ships come rushing in and try to shoot you. They come in from the left. Try
to kill them before they can shoot. After they attack, twelve top-like ships
attack. They fly into the screen, then come back and go into a circle
formation. They will start spinning clockwise whilst shooting at you. After
they attack, another set of twelve top ships attack. They come in spinning
like the pentagon ships, then fly to the very back of the screen and go into
a circle formation. When you shoot one of them, the other ships close the
gap. After you destroy them, hook-like ships will start to attack. They
attack in sixes. They spin like a gyro. While they attack you, the Baal will
be shooting homing missiles at you. Destroy them. The hook ships and the
missle launchers  will attack for quite a while, too. Their attack ends when
twelve hook ships attack you. They will try to ram into you, but they will
only ram the sides of the screen. Destroy them quickly. After they attack,
you will have to fly through an obstacle course. You cannot destroy any of
the obstacles, but you can get extra points by shooting them. The course
starts with spinning Ping-Pong sticks. When you get through these, they
start coming from the outside of the screen and get to the middle, making a
runway. The runway starts straight, turns right, turns left, then spreads
back out. If you're a good pilot, you can go to the left side when the
runway turns right, and to the right side when it turns left. After you get
through this, you come to the boss fight.

BOSS FIGHT - Getaway Vehicle
Not really a boss fight. Shoot it down. Grab the egg. Congratulations!
You've rescued Omega!

Now, back to the stage... All you have to do is destroy as many of the
distant ships as you can. The more you destroy, the less that can attack
your crew.

Stage 3 - To Ilvadez!
At the beginning of this stage, three worm-like ships attack you one at a
time. Destroy them quickly. Then a bunch of triangle ships attack you from
the middle. Then pink tripod-like ships attack you in fours. They come from
the left and right, stop in front of you, then go up and off the screen.
Then a few more triangle ships attack you. The music changes. The scenery
begins to change. Then R2D2-like ships will fly under you. Destroy them for
points. You're now entering another obstacle course. These are long
Ping-Pong sticks that bounce lightning bolts. This is the order you fly
through them: Middle, Bottom, Top, Bottom, Top Middle. After you get through
this, a lot of UFO-like ships attack you. They do this for quite a while, so
there's no reason going over where they attack from. After you get through
their attack, a bunch of gray triangle ships fly over you. Then the boss
appears.

BOSS FIGHT - Base shield (Metal Head)
Well, that's what this thing looks like. A big metal head. He only has one
attack. When he first appears, you can't attack him. So don't use any of
your weapons. (You can shoot him with the normal weapon for extra points.)
He moves left, then right, then back to the middle. Then he opens up. Shoot
the middle of that engine-like thing with your normal weapon. Normally, he
shoots pink missiles at you, but this should destroy them. If it doesn't,
shoot them down or just avoid them. Now wait for him to open up again and do
the same thing. He should have to open once more before he blows up. That
ends the stage. YAY!

Stage 4 - Time to Destroy Supercomputer Belzegal
NOTE: In this stage, you can either follow what I say or don't shoot
anything at all. Well, you'll have to shoot some stuff near the end of the
stage when an alarm goes off. You'll hear it when it happens. If you want to
follow the storyline, don't shoot anything 'till the alarm.

When you enter this stage, the Tetra Star begins to sparkle as it changes
into the TIE fighter. You fight as it in this stage. The first enemies that
attack you are TIE fighters. There are three in the middle, two at the top,
and two at the bottom. After you destroy them, a portal opens, and more TIE
fighters come out. Just sit in front of the portal and blow them away. This
happens twice. Then you have to go through another obstacle course. These
orange boxes will close in on you if you're anywhere near their middle. Stay
at the top and don't be in the way of one of the four pieces of the square.
After you get through the boxes, four triangle ships attack you. When you
destroy these, TIE fighters start coming in from the right and left on what
look like those old bathtub stoppers broken in half. Four come in from the
right, then from the left. Then five come from the right, then the left.
(You'll probably notice that while you're progressing through this stage,
you keep panning down to a structure with four tall posts and a building
with a pink roof (Belzegal).) After this a bunch of triangle ships attack
you. Then cone-like ships attack you in threes. This happens twice. Then
cylinder-like ships attack you. If you don't destroy them quickly, they
either shoot a rock or a little windmill ship. Four come in from the left.
Then cone ships attack from behind you. Two come in from the outside, then
the middle, then the outside, then the middle. Then the cone and cylinder
ships attack at the same time, cylinder ships on top. Two sets of cylinder
and cone ships attack. Then cylinder ships attack from behind you, first
from the outside left, then the inside left, then the inside right, then the
outside right. Then five cone ships start hopping up from the ground, from
the inside left or right to the middle. Then a couple more triangle ships
attack. Then orange bowtie-like ships attack you in a clock formation.
Destroy them all to get a powerup. Then shoot down the ship that's carrying
something. Take the powerup it gives you. Then a couple of triangle ships
attack you. Then you'll see a ship going from the bottom of the screen to
the top. SHOOT IT DOWN, otherwise it becomes invincible. This ship gives you
a memory capsule from Belzegal, giving you the BIO. A bunch of transport
ships start to fly towards Belzegal. You then start losing your TIE fighter.
Don't worry, it's a part of the game. Now it's time to fight the boss.

BOSS FIGHT - Belzegal
This is a pretty easy boss. All you have to do is shoot the orbs that float
around it, avoid the brownish rock-things it shoots at you, and destroy the
TIE fighters it launches. It will only launch four TIE fighters at a time,
and it will only shoot two rock-things at a time. After you shoot down all
the orbs, just shoot at the building and it will be destroyed. Watch for the
last orb it shoots at you, though!

Moving on... A bowtie ship will fly from behind you into the back of the
screen. TIE fighters follow it's path, and when it reaches the right side, a
lot of them will SPEED into the screen. Shoot down the bowtie fighter. You
get a powerup from it. Get it quickly, because after you destroy it, another
bunch of TIE fighters speed into the middle of the screen. Another bowtie
ship will fly into the screen. TIE fighters will follow it's path, too.
Destroy the bowtie ship quickly because the TIE fighters come in bulk and
are very annoying to destroy. End of the stage. YAY!

Stage 5 - Destroy the Transports or KILL THE BREAD!!!!!
In this stage, don't really worry about shooting any other ships other than
the transports. The ships that make a clock formation will not shoot you
until they start to leave the screen. Their aim is off, too. You only need
to shoot about two or three, so you can get a powerup. But focus on the
transports. (The transports don't shoot at you either, but they give you
lots of points.) After the first wave of transports, bowtie ships come from
behind you, spinning clockwise, with five in an inner ring and five in an
outer ring. They come back towards you rather quickly. Then when they come
back out, one comes from the left or right side of the screen, either from
the top or the bottom. Avoid these at all costs! Touching it will kill you.
Destroy these ships as quickly as you possibly can! After you get through
these, destroy the next wave of transports. They come in arrow formations.
They will only come in fives here, at least for most of it. Now, when the
transports start coming near (they only come in four positions: Far, Middle,
Near, and Very Near), little top ships attack you. Worry about killing these
instead of the transports. (They DO shoot at you.) The top ships attack in
twos twice, then in fours twice. Then purple ships will start coming from
behind you in a triangle formation. You can't destroy them. Three come out.
Then a set of green ships come out. You can destroy these. A little circle
thing comes together in the middle of the four sets of triangle formations.
Destroy at least one green ship before they start moving. Destroy the rest
quickly. After this, the transports come in far, middle, and near at the
same time. Now it's time for the boss fight.

BOSS FIGHT - Pink Fortune Tellers
Not an easy boss. There are thirteen of these things. They open up one of
their corners like you open up those paper fortune tellers. Each corner has
a little hole. This hole will shoot at you. You have to shoot the hole to
break it and make the corner stay open. When you destroy all four corners,
you destroy the ship. However, the fortune tellers shoot at you very often
and more than one at a time. Make sure you don't catch a cramp, because you
will be shooting quite a bit. Destroy these ships as quickly and as
accurately as possible. Your special weapons are useless in this fight.
Destroy the bosses and you beat the stage. (Phew! What a hard stage.)

Stage 6 - To Balgous and the real Belzegal!
Kinda neat how they have the stage twisting, huh? Anyway, this stage starts
off with colorful cone-like ships twisting the way the warp does. About
twelve do this. Then those ships come in from the back of the screen
accompanied by the transports, and followed by two cone ships. Very easy
points. They do this four times, first from the top, then from the bottom,
then from the top twice. Then three sets of four transports come rushing
past you, followed by three sets of much slower transports. Then the cone
ships and the transports attack at both the top and the bottom. They are
followed by four sets of four transports. Then the transports and the cone
ships attack from the top and bottom again, followed by four sets of four
transports which are immediately followed by the cone ships at the top and
bottom. Then something at the bottom of the screen says something about 115.
(Translation PLEASE!) Then ten triangle ships attack you. They have a LOT of
armour on, though! It takes many shots to take them down. Do it quickly,
because even though they're just triangle ships, they can be lethal when
they have so much armour. Then the music changes, and a six-pointed star
comes toward you. (Don't worry about it; it can't hurt you.) Guess what
comes next? An obstacle course! This one has triangles! It's pretty easy to
get through. When you get through it, you get to the boss fight.

BOSS FIGHT - Baal Attack Formation
This fight is HARD. A BUNCH of orange ships attack you. Quite viciously, I
must say. If you are good (and I mean 5-year veteran good) you can get
through this stage with Omega in tact. If it's your first time playing, give
this fight a shot, but don't expect to win. Here's the best way I know to
win this fight...
1. Avoid all ships that fly towards you AT ALL COSTS!
2. Keep your eyes open for bullets. You'll find them all over the screen.
3. Begin this fight with the AAMs. Fire them ALL off. I mean EVERY LAST ONE!
4. Switch to the BIOs. Charge it until the charge indicator starts spinning
  around you. Then fire it at the largest group of orange ships you can
  find. Continue this strategy until you win the fight.

Stage 7 - The Crystal Planet Balgous
This stage starts off saying that you have no special weapons. However, it
changes to say that you have unlimited special weapons! Switch to the AAM
and get ready to PARTY! Airplane ships start this stage. Destroy the first
two sets with your normal weapon. (If you can push A and B at the same time
really fast, you should do that.) Then don't do anything but shoot your
AAMs. After you get through this, you go through yet another obstacle
course. This one is a breeze, so I won't say what's in it. Then when you
get through that, one triangle ships attacks, then you get to fight a bunch
of worm ships. Then three triangle ships attack. Then you go through
another obstacle course, like the one on stage 5. Then a green version of
that green invincible ship attacks. Then little gray boxes attack you. They
can run into you, other than that I don't know how they can attack you.
Then something attacks you. I say something because I can't see it. I don't
know what it looks like. Then an orange thing appears. Just attack it with
AAMs and it will go away. Then that something attacks you again. Then the
screen starts darkens. Guess what time it is?

BOSS FIGHT - True Belzegal
When he appears, you can only see the top little bit of him. Orange TIE
fighters are attacking you. Then a long platform-thing comes up from him.
Keep shooting AAMs at the TIE fighters. He'll get up in a few seconds. Then
a bunch of transports start flying toward him. Again, use your AAMs. Then,
when he gets up, a little red eye apears in the middle of him (that orange
part of him). That is the one thing you can attack on this whole boss. Each
of the seven parts of him (the six glass globes on the sides and the orange
thing in the middle) must be destroyed. Each one also has a different
attack. (In case you're wondering, his middle is invincible until you
destroy three of his parts.) Here are the attacks:

HINT: Don't use ANYTHING but BIOs. Charge them and make an accurate hit.

Middle: Charges and fires three pink meteor-things at you. When you destroy
       three of his parts, he will fire a LOT of these at you.
Top: Fires pink rings at you (they home in on you).
Top Right: Fires normal (figure 8) shots.
Bottom Right: Launches the orange ships that attacked you at the end of the
             last stage.
Bottom: Pulls you down to the bottom of the screen (Magnet).
Bottom Left: Shoots normal shots. Can also divert AAMs.
Top Left: Shoots the orange block things that you saw earlier in this stage.

When you destroy all of his parts, he blows up and starts falling to the
ground. After he hits the ground the whole place starts falling apart. Then
you boost off. End of stage.
YAAAY!!!!!!!

THE END!

VIII. Cheats
As far as I know, there are no cheats for this game (regular, Game Genie, or
anything else). If you know any PLEASE inform me.

IX. Needful Things
1. I want a copy of this game. I have only played this game on NESticle and
RockNES. I will pay ($25+) for this game. Please help me out.

2. If somebody out there has a Neo-Geo cartridge or CD system (with
controllers) I would pay $250+ for it. I have not been able to
find it ANYWHERE!

3. Neo-Geo games. Especially Waku Waku 7... $75+

4. Gundam Wing: Endless Duel (SNES). 'Nuff said. $75.

X. Special Thanks

Da Kaptin --- For staying up all hours of the night starting this FAQ.
Edge --- For the copyright on his Final Fantasy 1 walkthrough.
Nintendo --- For producing many great games.
Disco/Taito Corp --- For making this great game and the Sonic Blast Man
                    series.
GameFAQs --- For putting this on their site.

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