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FAQ/Walkthrough
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FAQ/Walkthrough created by Damage_dealer (Igor Sheludko)
E-mail:
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Version: 1.00
This entire document is (C) 2009 Igor Sheludko.
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Table of Contents
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01. Introduction | INT01 |
02. Basics | BAS02 |
03. Controls | CON03 |
04. Walkthrough | WAL04 |
05. Credits/Contact Info | CRE05 |
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01. INTRODUCTION INT01
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This is my fifth SNES project, in which I decided to review yet another scroll
shooter, called Acrobat Mission. Acrobat Mission is just like any other NES or
SNES shmup you might have played - it has a short number of stages (in our
case - missions), lots of enemies, bosses, etc. It's a Japanese-only release,
so getting your hands on a copy might be hard enough, in case you're not using
ROMs. This game got a good overall score from me, as I liked the visuals, the
sound wasn't irritating albeit the game was fairly short. Too bad it went
underrated in the sea of other SNES scrolling shooters.
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02. BASICS BAS02
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First take care of the game settings, where you can set the difficulty, the
number of continues you'll get, sound, BGMs, etc. Then press START to begin
the game.
Before moving on to the walkthrough, let's acquire some basic knowledge of the
game's mechanics. During your journey, as you kill enemies, you'll see little
bonuses appear on the screen. Be sure to get them if it's possible. The prizes
consist of three types: B-Bonus, W-Bonus, and H-Bonus.
The B-Bonus is very useful, as it adds an additional cannon to your ships. The
max amount of cannons you can equip is two. Not only they increase the range
of your shooting, but they can also protect you from an enemy shot, if it's
fired from the side. Be aware that if a bullet strikes the main body, you'll
die regardless of how many cannons you have equipped. But if a bullet touches
the cannon, it (the cannon) will fall off.
The W-Bonus is also pretty cool. It adds additional lines of fire to your ship
and makes it easier to hit enemies that fly at you from different directions.
The more W-Bonuses you get, the more lines of fire you can shoot (max amount
is 5).
The H-Bonus is the least useful, IMO, as all it doess is swirling the beams
you shoot around to affect nearby enemies. Well, it can effective at times,
but it's better to stick with the W-Bonus, as it has proven to be more useful.
If you are hit, your ship will go out of control, but you have three seconds
to direct it at the enemy to deliver additional damage at the moment when the
ship blows up.
The max amount of continues you can get is 8, and you get additional continues
for every 100,000 points you acquire.
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03. CONTROLS CON03
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D-Pad - control your ship
Y button - shot
Y button (Hold) - charge beam
START - pause the game
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04. WALKTHROUGH WAL04
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MISSION 1
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The first enemies are no threat to you, as they take 2 hits to be defeated.
The big blue enemies take 5 hits to be defeated and they drop the W- and
B-bonuses, so be sure to pick them up. The level is very easy, jsut keep on
killing everything that appears before you, and when the screen moves right,
get prepared, as the boss is soon to appear.
BOSS
This boss is gigantic. IT does pretty much nothing, though, except moving its
large body left and right and shoots energy spheres at you from his openings
that he has on his torso. Keep avoiding them and firing at the openings, until
all of them are destroyed.
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MISSION 2
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The first part of the stage is comprised of the same enemy layouts you've seen
before, until you approach a large platform to your left. The platfrom shoots
two beams to the right and ejects a row of four red pods that circle around
while the goddamn beams cleave the screen and move up and down slowly. After
you got past that part, you'll see circling rows of enemies again. Avoid their
bullets and the grey parts that fly on the screen (don't bother destroying
them). Two battleships will come chasing you. Destroy the eight green valves
that shoot bullets. When they are destroyed, they shoot white beams before
collapsing, so be careful. Destroying the first one is possible, but it's not
that necessary, as it'll just fly away after a while (if you don'r defeat it).
The "star" enemies break up into three yellow pieces, so be careful. The next
part is irritating. The asteroids won't hurt if you bump into them, but they
can pull you back and make you vulnerable to enemy's bullets, so it's best
to avoid them.
BOSS
This boss battle is pretty unique for a scrolling shooter. You will fight four
UFOs at the same time. They circle around you and their bullets are hard to
avoid. It's difficult to cope will all of them at once, so be sure to look
for the openings (when they change their position), and focus on one of them
at a time. Even when there's three (and even two) of them left, stay on guard,
cause you still may get hit.
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MISSION 3
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Nothing new here in this stage. Try to pick up the W-Bonus if you don't have
one, as it'll help you a lot here. You'll be facing caterpillars that shoot
fire in your direction all the time. Stay close to them and use W-Bonus fire
(or H) to kill them quicker. After you've defeated all the caterpillars, you
will see two "butterfly" ships. Destroy them too.
BOSS
It's a large mofo that has 16 valves on its body. And yes, they all fire them
bullets at you. Destroy the closest ones first, then move on to the farther
ones. when the valves are destroyed, this thing will start hovering around,
while moving its two giant screw propellers. It'll occasionally dash into you,
so move to the sides to avoid getting killed. After the propellers are done
for, you can finally get to the core. But even after it's generator is broken,
it's not over yet. It'll start throwing fire clouds at you that are very hard
to avoid. You must hide in the corners all the time, and keep shooting, and
eventually you'll win.
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MISSION 4
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The enemy pods come in groups of four, so be sure to destroy them when they
are approaching you, otherwise you may get caught up in the rain of bullets.
Battleships with green valves will annoy you once again. After the second
wave of the battleships, you'll enter a zi-zag pathway. Do your best to avoid
getting killed here.
BOSS
You'll be fighting three battles in a row here, so it's gonna take a while.
The first enemy is complicated. He moves a lot, throws a pair of bombs (can
be destroyed) all the time and leaves fire "prints" all around. The main body
is its weak point, while the spinning blades are not. Keep shooting the main
body while avoiding the bombs, which are annnoying as hell. Avoid corners, as
the boss can lock you in there and you're finished. You can safely touch the
blades, by the way. The second battle is easier. Three pods will be flying up
and down. Just destroy them one by one. The third part is even harder than the
first one. It seems like this fella moves, using suction cups, but its moving
range is no that wide, fortunately. To effectively take him down, you should
move like this:
BOSS
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YOUR MOVING ROUTE
Just keep shooting while moving, and all of his parts will be destroyed. When
he approaches the side, wait a bit (move up and down), and then resume your
route.
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MISSION 5
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After you've killed the first four enemies, be careful with the next group.
Quickly destroy one of the upper ones and move to the top of the screen to
avoid the bullets. Stay on guard for two more groups. Eventually you'll face
more of them. After you have defeated all the small enemies, the thing that
was floating in the center of the screen will open its eye.
FINAL BOSS
It spins three fire orbs around itself. The orbs grow bigger and approach the
edges of the screen slowly. Well, not slowly, but at moderate speed. Avoiding
them is not hard (for now), as you can just fly right near the eye, so the
orbs won't reach you there. The only thing that can piss you off here is that
this thing closes the eye for a long period of time and opens it for about 5
seconds. Keep shooting whenever you see an opportunity. After some time, it
will create 5 orbs around itself. Avoiding them is pretty hard and requires
the most precise timing you can get. Finally, it will start creating six orbs
around itself. This is where they are nearly impossible to dodge. I was able
to survive this attack only once without getting hit, and I thought it was
sheer luck. I say, just keep shooting the eye, and don't worry about dying,
since you should have more then 3 continues left (I hope you weren't dying
left and right in previous missions, eh?). That way, you'll win after three
waves of this attack. It's the last boss, so don't be afraid of losing lives.
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05. CREDITS/CONTACT INFO CRE05
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Credits go to:
Nintendo - for making SNES
UPL Co., Ltd. - for making this game possible
KasketDarkfyre - for his review that inspired me to write a guide for this
game
SBallen - for putting my FAQ on GameFAQs
This guide is copyright (c) Damage_dealer 2009.
It is only meant to be posted on www.gamefaqs.com
Send any questions, corrections, suggestions or feedback to
[email protected]
If you've found a mistake, feel free to e-mail me at any time, though I don't
plan on continuing the work on this guide in the future.
