Darius Twins FAQ
By: Robert Dohner (a.k.a. Rampidzier)
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1a. Version History
2. Controls
3. Your Ship
3a. Primary Weapons
3b. Secondary Weapons
3c. Shields
3d. Other Power Ups
4. Map
5. Stage Walkthroughs
5a. Orga
5b. Danto
5c. Koloba
5d. Lankus
5e. Padi
5f. Rear
5g. Narukini
5h. Sabia
5i. Karudo
5j. Noemu
5k. Horolain
5l. Darius
6. Enemies
6a. Regular Enemies
6b. Mini Bosses
7. Secret Life Code
8. Special Thanks
9. FAQs
10. Copyright and Contact Information
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1. Introduction
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Why am I making a guide for a game for the SNES? Well, besides the fact that
it?s a really good game, I just recently rediscovered this game. I spent
hours of my childhood just playing this game, only to be beaten every time on
the very last stage until I finally figured out how to beat it. Darius Twins
is one of those simple games that don?t get lost in the plot or the graphics.
It?s just pure game play and while at times, it can get repetitive, it?s
varied enough and quirky enough to allow you to continue to get lost in its
atmosphere.
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1a. Version History
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Version 1.0 (6/29/05): Completed the guide.
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2. Controls
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Control Pad: Moves the ship up and down
Start: Pauses the game
Y: Shoot primary weapon
B: Shoot secondary weapon
If you hold these buttons down, you can get a continuous fire.
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3. Your Ship
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At the start of the game, your ship can only take one hit before it dies and
has relatively weak weapons. However, as you improve the shields and weapons
on your ship, you can become a fierce fish killing machine. To get power
ups, you must destroy all six floating cubes when they appear on the screen.
The very last cube you destroy will drop the power up.
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3a. Primary Weapons
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Your ship starts off with a weak laser. However, as you pick up power ups,
you can equip your ship with powerful (i.e. really weak) energy discs or
powerful (i.e. really powerful) energy crescents. Your primary weapon
becomes more powerful by finding the Red Square power ups. You have two
options for your primary weapon and can change them by finding the Red
Octagon power ups.
Energy Discs:
Starting weapon: A weak yellow missile
Upgrade 1: A stronger, wider yellow missile
Upgrade 2: Two stronger, wider yellow missiles
Upgrade 3: A small energy disc
Upgrade 4: Two small energy discs
Upgrade 5: Three small energy discs
Upgrade 6: A bigger energy disc
Upgrade 7: An even bigger energy disc
Upgrade 8: The biggest energy disc possible
Energy Crescents:
Starting weapon: A weak yellow missile
Upgrade 1: A longer blue laser
Upgrade 2: A slightly wider blue laser
Upgrade 3: A slightly longer yellow laser
Upgrade 4: A slightly longer and rounder yellow laser that pierces enemies
Upgrade 5: A small energy crescent that pierces enemies
Upgrade 6: A bigger energy crescent that pierces enemies
Upgrade 7: An even bigger and wider energy crescent that pierces enemies
Upgrade 8: The biggest energy crescent possible that pierces enemies
The pierce function alone is enough to pick the crescents. However, the
crescents are also stronger than the discs. Add in the fact that the
crescents look cooler and there?s really no reason why you should go with the
energy discs.
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3b. Secondary Weapons
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Your secondary weapon starts off as just a singular bomb that drops out in
front of you. However, it can become upgraded to a weapon that can attack in
four different directions. You can power up your secondary weapons by
grabbing the green power ups.
Starting weapon: A bomb that curves diagonally downwards
Upgrade 1: Two bombs that curve in the front diagonal directions
Upgrade 2: Four bombs that curve in all four diagonal directions
Upgrade 3: Two lasers that shoot in the front diagonal directions and two
bombs that curve in the diagonal directions behind
Upgrade 4: Four lasers that shoot in all four diagonal directions
Upgrade 5: Four wider lasers that shoot in all four diagonal directions that
pierce enemies
Upgrade 6: Four double lasers that shoot in all four diagonal directions
that pierce enemies
Upgrade 7: Four energy discs that shoot in all four diagonal directions that
pierce enemies
Upgrade 8: Four even bigger energy discs that shoot in all four diagonal
directions that pierce enemies
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3c. Shields
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Without a shield, you can only stand one hit. However, with a shield, you
can take multiple hits. The shield has three energy levels. Also, the
shield has three stages, depending on how many hits you have taken. As you
take more hits, your shield becomes less wide and looks more worn out. The
three energy levels of the shield are blue, silver, and gold, with gold being
the best. It takes four shield power ups to upgrade to silver and nine
shield power ups to upgrade to gold.
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3d. Other Power Ups
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There are two other power ups in the game. The orange power ups are extra
lives. There are just two of these in the entire game. The yellow power up
is a bomb. It destroys almost every enemy on screen. However, it doesn?t
kill mini bosses. It does, however, damage them a lot.
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4. Map
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You cannot play every stage in one time through. There will be times in
which you must choose which way you want to go. Here is the map of the stage
select screen:
G
B E J
A D H L
C F K
I
A ? Orga
B ? Danto
C ? Koloba
D ? Lankus
E ? Padi
F ? Rear
G ? Narukini
H ? Sabia
I ? Karudo
J ? Noemu
K ? Horolain
L ? Darius
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5. Stage Walkthroughs
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These stage walkthroughs are designed to tell you how the stage moves and the
quirks of the stage, which enemies are on the stage, what mini bosses are on
each stage, what power ups can be obtained on the stage, and how to defeat
the final boss.
A quick note on the power ups: Some power ups appear at random, meaning that
they could either show up or not show up at all.
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5a. Orga
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Stage Description: This is your basic side scrolling stage with a blue sky
and the ground underneath you. Hitting the ground with your ship will either
damage your shields or kill you if you don?t have a shield.
Enemies: Mini Blue Ships, Cubes, Green Tanks, Blue Turrets, Mini Red Ships,
Mini Red Tanks, Mini Jets, Ground Tank
Power Up Count: Two red, three green, and two blue
Mini Boss: Angel Fish
End Boss: Code No HH02 ? Killer Higia
Description: This fish is just a big bass.
Flight Pattern: Follows your ship around and centers its mouth on you.
Attacks: Shoots out three bug things from its mouth, then six missiles from
its mouth, then three more missiles from its mouth, then six more bug things
from its mouth, then charges forward and fires two homing rockets from its
sides, then rapidly fires three sets of three missiles also from it?s mouth,
then repeats it?s pattern.
How to Defeat: Just stay all the way back towards the left edge of the
screen and continuously shoot at its mouth. The only thing you have to dodge
is the first set of three bugs. Everything else will either miss you or
you?ll destroy before it even reaches you. Since the bugs aren?t destroyable
and the first set of three sends a bug right down the middle, you have to
move to avoid it. However, the second set of bugs doesn?t send any towards
the middle. For the homing rockets, you can either use your secondary
weapons to destroy them. However, if you stay back towards the left edge,
they should fly off the screen and disappear. Just keep shooting at its
mouth and it should die around the second repeat cycle.
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5b. Danto
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Stage Description: This side scrolling level is in space and there is no
ground or objects to avoid, other than the enemies. Also, it looks exactly
like Koloba with the exact same end boss. The only difference is when the
enemies appear and what power ups show up.
Enemies: Mini Blue Ships, Green Tanks, Cubes, Mini Jack Ships, Mini Green
Ships Splitting Missiles, Big Green Ships, Mini Jets, Big Jets
Power Up Count: One red, one green, one random yellow
Mini Boss: Tiger Shark
End Bosses: Code No EP30 ? Emperor Fossil
Code No QU10 ? Queen Fossil
Description: The Emperor Fossil is a giant green fish with goggles. The
Queen Fossil is a giant purple fish with goggles also.
Flight Pattern: Each one moves up and down. When one is up, the other is
down. Each one also takes turns being out in front.
Attacks: Emperor Fossil attacks with a large single beam. Queen Fossil
attacks with a spray of smaller beams. The one out in front is the one that
attacks.
How to Defeat: Shoot at their mouths when they open them. The only time one
opens its mouth is when it?s attacking. Attack one while it has its mouth
open and then move on to the other one when the first one closes its mouth.
Kill the Queen Fossil first. The Queen Fossil will leave her mouth open the
entire time she is attacking when the Emperor Fossil is with her, just like
the Emperor Fossil. However, if you kill the Emperor Fossil first, the Queen
Fossil will open and close her mouth really fast, making it harder to destroy
but it doesn?t lessen how many beams are on the screen. The Emperor Fossil
on his own just leaves his mouth open. This is the only battle with two
bosses at once.
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5c. Koloba
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Stage Description: This side scrolling level is in space and there is no
ground or objects to avoid, other than the enemies. Also, it looks exactly
like Danto with the exact same end boss. The only difference is when the
enemies appear and what power ups show up.
Enemies: Mini Blue Ships, Green Tanks, Cubes, Mini Jack Ships, Mini Green
Ships, Mini Jets, Splitting Missiles, Big Green Ships, Big Jets
Power Up Count: Two random red, one green, one blue
Mini Boss: Tiger Shark
End Bosses: Code No EP30 ? Emperor Fossil
Code No QU10 ? Queen Fossil
Description: The Emperor Fossil is a giant green fish with goggles. The
Queen Fossil is a giant purple fish with goggles also.
Flight Pattern: Each one moves up and down. When one is up, the other is
down. Each one also takes turns being out in front.
Attacks: Emperor Fossil attacks with a large single beam. Queen Fossil
attacks with a spray of smaller beams. The one out in front is the one that
attacks.
How to Defeat: Shoot at their mouths when they open them. The only time one
opens its mouth is when it?s attacking. Attack one while it has its mouth
open and then move on to the other one when the first one closes its mouth.
Kill the Queen Fossil first. The Queen Fossil will leave her mouth open the
entire time she is attacking when the Emperor Fossil is with her, just like
the Emperor Fossil. However, if you kill the Emperor Fossil first, the Queen
Fossil will open and close her mouth really fast, making it harder to destroy
but it doesn?t lessen how many beams are on the screen. The Emperor Fossil
on his own just leaves his mouth open. This is the only battle with two
bosses at once.
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5d. Lankus
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Stage Description: This level is not really a side scrolling level and has a
floor and a ceiling. Also, random floating blocks can be in the way that you
have to go around. The ground and ceiling move to make the stage look like
it is not side scrolling. Either way, you have to avoid the ceiling and the
ground, especially when they?re moving towards you.
Enemies: Cubes, Mini Blue Ships, Mini Red Tanks, Ceiling Bombs, Purple
Bombs, Mini Green Ships, Red Birds, Ground Missiles
Power Up Count: Four green, three blue, and one red octagon
Mini Boss: None
End Boss: Code No BD4Z ? Demon Sword
Description: A giant squid that would make a lot of tasty dried squid...if
it wasn?t a giant mechanical thing that is.
Flight Pattern: Pretty much stays in one spot until it starts spraying out
bullets, in which case it flies around in a small circle.
Attacks: Shoots out one of its two main tentacles. Once it pulls back in
its tentacle, it shoots bullet sprays. If you destroy both of its main
tentacles, it will shoot continuous bullet sprays.
How to Defeat: Aim for its eyes. Only destroy one tentacle, preferably the
one closest to you. If you just destroy that one, you?ll expose its weak
point, his eyes. If you destroy both of them, the giant squid will
continuous move and shoot bullet sprays, which are harder to dodge than its
one tentacle shot.
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5e. Padi
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Stage Description: This stage has green ground on a blue background. It
looks like you?re fighting in the mountains. The ground, as usual causes
damage to your ship. The ground is very jagged and has many peaks and
valleys. The only difference between this and Rear are the power ups, enemy
placement, and the background. The boss is almost the same, just a different
color
Enemies: Mini Jets, Cubes, Big Green Turrets, Rolling Turrets, Mini Blue
Jellyfish, Ground Tank, Big Blue Jellyfish, Mini Red Ships, Mini Jack Ships
Power Up Count: Two red, five blue, three green, one orange, one yellow
Mini Boss: Blue Whale
End Boss: Code No OON1 ? Duel Shears SP
Description: It?s a giant red lobster.
Flight Pattern: Flies in a very small circular motion and charges forward
every once in a while.
Attacks: Shoots lasers from its eyes and bullet sprays from its claws. It
will shoot out its claws at you and they will spin around the stage until you
destroy them. After the claws are destroyed, it will just continue to shoot
out eye lasers and bullet sprays and will now charge forward at you.
How to Defeat: Its weak point is its eyes. Avoid the lasers and bullet
sprays and just concentrate on the eyes. When it shoots out its claws at
you, use your primary weapon to concentrate on the eyes and your secondary
weapons to concentrate on the claws. It will stop shooting at you while its
claws are off. Once the claws reattach themselves or are destroyed, it will
continue its shooting barrage. When the claws are gone, it will add a new
attack to its arsenal: charging at you. A really cheap way to destroy this
boss is to destroy its claws and then just to hang out on the top of the
screen and let your secondary weapon destroy it. It can?t hit you with its
weapons or charge at you. Once the lobster has started to lose pieces of its
armor, you know it is about ready to die.
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5f. Rear
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Stage Description: This stage has green ground on a gray background. It
looks like you?re fighting in the mountains. The ground, as usual causes
damage to your ship. The ground is very jagged and has many peaks and
valleys. The only difference between this and Padi are the power ups, enemy
placement, and the background. The boss is almost the same, just a different
color.
Enemies: Mini Red Ships, Mini Blue Jellyfish, Blue Turrets, Cubes, Big Red
Tanks, Rolling Turrets, Big Green Turrets, Big Blue Jellyfish, Back Missiles,
Mini Red Tanks
Power Up Count: One red, one random red, three blue, two green, one orange
Mini Boss: Blue Whale
End Boss: Code No OON1 ? Duel Shears SP
Description: It?s a giant silver lobster.
Flight Pattern: Flies in a very small circular motion and charges forward
every once in a while.
Attacks: Shoots lasers from its eyes and bullet sprays from its claws. It
will shoot out its claws at you and they will spin around the stage until you
destroy them. After the claws are destroyed, it will just continue to shoot
out eye lasers and bullet sprays and will now charge forward at you.
How to Defeat: Its weak point is its eyes. Avoid the lasers and bullet
sprays and just concentrate on the eyes. When it shoots out its claws at
you, use your primary weapon to concentrate on the eyes and your secondary
weapons to concentrate on the claws. It will stop shooting at you while its
claws are off. Once the claws reattach themselves or are destroyed, it will
continue its shooting barrage. When the claws are gone, it will add a new
attack to its arsenal: charging at you. A really cheap way to destroy this
boss is to destroy its claws and then just to hang out on the top of the
screen and let your secondary weapon destroy it. It can?t hit you with its
weapons or charge at you. Once the lobster has started to lose pieces of its
armor, you know it is about ready to die.
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5g. Narukini
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Stage Description: This level takes place in a really red hazy area. The
background is red clouds and there is no ground or objects to avoid. The
only difference between this and Karudo is the background, placement of
enemies, and power ups.
Enemies: Big Blue Ships, Mini Blue Jellyfish, Cubes Splitting Missiles, Blue
Jets, Mini Green Ships, Mini Red Ships, Green Tanks, Mini Blue Ships, Mini
Jets, Back Missiles
Power Up Count: One red, one green, three blue
Mini Boss: Giant Crab
End Boss: Code No ZZ1O ? Dark Coronatus
Description: It?s a silver seahorse with a long tail
Flight Pattern: Flies in a circular motion.
Attacks: First, it shoots out three sets of three orbs, one set straight,
one set downward, and the last set straight. Then it shoots out a three sets
of bullet sprays, five bullets, then four bullets, and then five bullets
again. Then it opens up its chest and shoots out mini seahorses.
How to Defeat: Its only weak spot is when it opens up its chest to shoot you
with the mini seahorses. Avoid the orbs and the bullets and then line up
your shot on the seahorse?s chest. Your primary weapon should be wide enough
and powerful enough to destroy whatever comes out of his chest and penetrate
to damage it. After a while of doing this, the seahorse should fall. You
can also just get under it and behind it in the bottom right hand corner.
Even though that tail moves around a lot, it shouldn?t reach you. Also, its
attacks can?t hit you while you?re in the bottom right hand corner. Whenever
it opens up its chest, you can line your secondary weapon to attack the
opening. Your secondary weapon right now should be piercing also.
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5h. Sabia
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Stage Description: It looks like you?re underwater. The ground has many ups
and downs in it and look like the ocean floor. The background is blue and
wavy and hazy. It is definitely a unique looking stage.
Enemies: Mini Red Ships, Cubes, Big Green Turrets, Splitting Missiles, Mini
Jets, Mini Green Ships, Blue Jets, Mini Jack Ships, Bomb Volcanoes, Back
Missiles, Big Green Ships
Power Up Count: Two red, two green, five blue
Mini Boss: Giant Crab
End Boss: Code No ASP7 ? Red Mist
Description: It?s a giant red and silver snail with a tentacle coming out of
its mouth and it looks like its riding on a huge red platform.
Flight Pattern: It flies in a circular motion and is pretty fast for a
snail.
Attacks: First, it shoots out huge energy discs from its shell while
whipping around its tentacle. Once you destroy its tentacle, it will
continue to shoot huge energy discs from its shell while releasing orbs that
zigzag and explode into four more orbs.
How to Defeat: After you destroy its tentacle, its weak point becomes its
shell. When the shell opens up to release the energy discs, attack the
opening. The opening is very small, so make your shots count. Also, make
sure to dodge everything. There?s a lot of activity going on, so focus on
dodging first and shooting the opening second.
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5i. Karudo
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Stage Description: This level takes place in a really blue hazy area. The
background is blue clouds and there is no ground or objects to avoid. The
only difference between this and Narukini is the background, placement of
enemies, and power ups.
Enemies: Cubes, Ground Missiles, Mini Blue Jellyfish, Splitting Missiles,
Mini Jack Ships, Blue Jets, Purple Bombs, Mini Green Ships, Big Jets, Back
Missiles, Mini Jets
Power Up Count: Two red, two blue, one yellow
Mini Boss: Giant Crab
End Boss: Code No ZZ1O ? Dark Coronatus
Description: It?s a silver seahorse with a long tail
Flight Pattern: Flies in a circular motion.
Attacks: First, it shoots out three sets of three orbs, one set straight,
one set downward, and the last set straight. Then it shoots out a three sets
of bullet sprays, five bullets, then four bullets, and then five bullets
again. Then it opens up its chest and shoots out mini seahorses.
How to Defeat: Its only weak spot is when it opens up its chest to shoot you
with the mini seahorses. Avoid the orbs and the bullets and then line up
your shot on the seahorse?s chest. Your primary weapon should be wide enough
and powerful enough to destroy whatever comes out of his chest and penetrate
to damage it. After a while of doing this, the seahorse should fall. You
can also just get under it and behind it in the bottom right hand corner.
Even though that tail moves around a lot, it shouldn?t reach you. Also, its
attacks can?t hit you while you?re in the bottom right hand corner. Whenever
it opens up its chest, you can line your secondary weapon to attack the
opening. Your secondary weapon right now should be piercing also.
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5j. Noemu
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Stage Description: The background is black and the stage is scrolling
downwards. There is no floor or ceiling, but there are a lot of floating
objects you have to avoid.
Enemies: Red Birds, Mini Jets, Ground Missiles, Cubes, Mini Jack Ships, Big
Blue Jellyfish, Mini Blue Ships
Power Up Count: Two random red, three blue, one orange, one yellow, and one
red octagon
Mini Boss: None
End Boss: Code No MX04 ? Full Metalshell
Description: It is a turtle...a really weak looking turtle.
Flight Pattern: Makes a huge circle that covers most of the screen.
Attacks: First it shoots out mini turtle torpedoes from its shell and its
belly four times for eight mini turtles. Then it stretches out its neck and
shoots six lasers, three up and three down, out of its neck. Finally, it
shoots out three bullet sprays and repeats the process all over again.
How to Defeat: Its weak point is its head. However, it is hard to hit
because of the fact that he moves around a lot and his head stretches out.
An easy way to defeat him is hanging out in the upper right hand corner and
just letting your secondary weapon take him out. He shouldn?t be able to
touch you and you should beat him. Otherwise, just be good at dodging his
attacks.
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5k. Horolain
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Stage Description: This stage goes upwards with floating objects are in your
way. You have to navigate around them. The background is pretty much black.
Enemies: Mini Blue Ships, Big Green Ships, Ground Missiles, Cubes, Splitting
Missiles, Mini Jets, Mini Green Ships Mini Jack Ships, Big Red Tanks
Power Up Count: Three blue, one green, one orange, one yellow, one red
octagon
Mini Boss: None
End Boss: Code No GG0D ? Hyper Greatthing
Description: It?s a big whale. It?s a really big whale. It?s a Captain
Ahab sized whale. It?s blue though, not white.
Flight Pattern: Well, it floats up and down. It doesn?t fly around you.
You fly around it.
Attacks: God... At the front, it shoots out horn missiles, twin lasers,
hooks, mini fish missiles and multiple bullet shots. Underneath, it shoots
out homing hooks and bullets. Above it, it has multiple gun turrets that
shoot bullets and another homing hook gun. That is a lot of guns.
How to Defeat: The good news is that every part of this boss is vulnerable.
Attack the front with your primary weapon while dodging everything it throws
at you. When under and above it, use your secondary weapon to damage it.
You shouldn?t have to make more than two rotations to defeat it, considering
that you can dodge everything. The front of the whale is the hardest part to
dodge. The rest is actually really simple to dodge and shoot.
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5l. Darius
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Stage Description: This is where all the mini bosses hang out during their
coffee breaks. The stage is just full of mini bosses as regular enemies.
The background is outer space with stars going really fast. Be prepared for
A LOT of mini bosses.
Enemies: Angel Fish, Tiger Shark, Blue Whale, Giant Crab, Back Missiles
Power Up Count: None
Mini Boss: Multiple counts of all the mini bosses.
End Boss: Code No LC40 ? Super Alloylantern
Description: You thought the Hyper Greatthing was big? This thing has got
that thing beat. It?s a big lantern fish.
Flight Pattern: Another fish that you go around. It floats up and down when
you stop moving.
Attacks: It shoots bullet sprays from its lantern and energy discs from its
mouth. There are multiple bullet turrets on top of the fish. It has a big
turret on the bottom that shoots out bullet sprays. It also sends out
multiple fish missiles out at you, five at a time. When you get to the mouth
a second time, it will shoot giant fish out of its mouth along with bullets
from its turret.
How to Defeat: Take out its lantern first. Then you get to go around the
fish. Unlike the Hyper Greatthing, this fish isn?t vulnerable everywhere.
Avoid the bullets on top and when you go around to the bottom, aim for the
turret spraying bullets. Take that out to stop the bullets. Now concentrate
on destroying the fish missiles. Once you get back to the mouth, aim for the
mouth. You should destroy whatever comes out of its mouth. The bullet
turret shouldn?t be too much of a problem.
Real End Boss: Code No FH10 ? Great Tusk
Description: It?s a walrus living inside of a giant fish. Something?s not
right here in Wonderland.
Flight Pattern: Doesn?t fly. It waddles along the ground, moving back and
forth.
Attacks: It shoots out six orbs, three from its chest and three from its
back that are destroyable. When it starts moving backwards, it release orbs
that spray bullets everywhere.
How to Defeat: Just shoot its head. You should destroy most of the orbs
that come at you. Once it starts moving backwards, it becomes harder as the
orbs released can?t be destroyed and they spray bullets everywhere at random.
Just continue to aim for its head and it should be destroyed before it even
thinks about moving forward again.
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6. Enemies
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It is your ship against an entire army. There are a lot of enemies in this
game. Each one has their unique flight pattern and their unique attacks.
Mini bosses are bigger enemies than the regular ones. They take a lot more
hits to destroy and tend to have more devastating attacks. They also don?t
go away until you destroy them.
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6a. Regular Enemies
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Cubes
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Stages in: All stages except L ? Darius
Flight Pattern: Six come out at once, three up and three down. After they
get close to the end of the stage, they converge on the center and head back
towards the front of the screen. Starting in stages G, H, and I, these can
come from behind.
Attacks: Not really an enemy, but if you run into them, they can kill you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon, except when they come from behind, when
you should use your secondary weapon
Blue Turrets
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Stages in: A ? Orga, F - Rear
Flight Pattern: Doesn?t fly. They?re stationary on the ground.
Attacks: Shoots a spray of three bullets.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Blue Jets
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Stages in: G ? Narukini, H ? Sabia, I - Karudo
Flight Pattern: Flies from left to right in a formation with six ships. The
ships will trade places in the formation halfway across the screen.
Attacks: Shoots a laser behind then and tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Big Blue Ships
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Stages in: G ? Narukini
Flight Pattern: Flies in an up and down pattern and is normally followed by
many more of the same ships.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Mini Blue Ships
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Stages in: A ? Orga, B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, D ? Lankus, G ? Narukini, J ?
Noemu, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: Flies in an up and down pattern and is normally followed by
many more of the same ships.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Mini Blue Jellyfish
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Stages in: E ? Padi, F ? Rear, G ? Narukini, I - Karudo
Flight Pattern: Flies from the top right hand corner or the bottom right
hand corner. They fly in a big circle in the middle of the stage and then
heads towards the left side of the screen.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Big Blue Jellyfish
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Stages in: E- Padi, F ? Rear, J - Noemu
Flight pattern: Flies from the top right hand corner or the bottom right
hand corner. They fly in a big circle in the middle of the stage and then
heads towards the left side of the screen.
Attacks: Shoots out laser beams and tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary Weapon
Big Green Turrets
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Stages in: E ? Padi, F ? Rear, H - Sabia
Flight Pattern: Doesn?t fly. They?re stationary on the ground.
Attacks: Shoots an energy disc diagonal upwards.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Big Green Ships
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Stages in: B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, H ? Sabia, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: Three ships from the top and three ships from the bottom
come out and head towards the opposite side they came from.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Mini Green Ships
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Stages in: B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, D ? Lankus, G ? Narukini, H ? Sabia, I ?
Karudo, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: Three ships from the top and three ships from the bottom
come out and head towards the opposite side they came from.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Green Tanks
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Stages in: A ? Orga, B - Danto, C ? Koloba, G - Narukini
Flight Pattern: Flies out six at a time, three up and three down. Once they
reach a certain point on the screen, they turn around and fly back where they
came from.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Red Birds
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Stages in: D ? Lankus, J - Noemu
Flight Pattern: Four in a row come from the right side of the screen right
down the middle. They split up and head right towards the corners and
attack. Then they head towards the left side of the screen.
Attacks: Shoots out three spinning missiles and then tries to crash into
you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Mini Red Ships
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Stages in: A ? Orga, E ? Padi, F ? Rear, G ? Narukini, H - Sabia
Flight Pattern: Flies in large chains and moves either really fast or really
slow from right to left. After stages G, H, and I, they can come from behind
and fly from left to right.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon, except when they come from behind, when
you should use your secondary weapon
Big Red Tanks
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Stages in: F ? Rear, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: Flies from the top left corner or the bottom left corner.
They move in a diagonal pattern towards the opposite side of the screen.
Attacks: Shoots bullet sprays and tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Mini Red Tanks
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Stages in: A ? Orga, D ? Lankus, F - Rear
Flight Pattern: Flies from the top left corner or the bottom left corner.
They move in a diagonal pattern towards the opposite side of the screen.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Big Jets
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Stages in: B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, I - Karudo
Flight Pattern: Comes out six at a time from the top right corner and the
bottom left corner. Heads straight towards the top left corner and the
bottom left corner.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Mini Jets
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Stages in: A ? Orga, B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, E ? Padi, G ? Narukini, H ?
Sabia, I ? Karudo, J ? Noemu, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: Comes out six at a time from the top right corner and the
bottom left corner. Heads straight towards the top left corner and the
bottom left corner.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Mini Jack Ships
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Stages in: B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, E ? Padi, H ? Sabia, I ? Karudo, J ?
Noemu, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: These ships look like jacks to me and come in many colors.
I think the colors represent how hard they are to kill. They fly in a
circular pattern with other ships of their kind and spins slowly towards you.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Purple Bombs
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Stages in: D ? Lankus, I - Karudo
Flight Pattern: Appears from the top left corner or the bottom left corner.
They move towards the center and then towards the opposite corner.
Attacks: When in the center of the stage, they shoot out a spray of bullets.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Ground Tanks
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Stages in: A ? Orga, E - Padi
Flight Pattern: Doesn?t fly. They travel on the ground trying to get
underneath you.
Attacks: The ground tank is two parts. The top part shoots missiles in a
diagonal pattern, but they can straighten out once they?re in line with you.
If you destroy the bottom part first, the top part flies off and tries to
crash into you. If you destroy the top part first, the bottom part will
shoot bullets upwards.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Splitting Missiles
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Stages in: B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, G ? Narukini, H ? Sabia, I ? Karudo, K -
Horolain
Flight Pattern: Four of them come out towards the middle of the screen.
Then those missiles split into three missiles each. Two of the three split
off missiles head towards the right side of the screen, while the center one
head towards the left side of the screen. However, if you kill them before
they split, then they don?t split. If you don?t, the center missile of the
split missiles is invincible, but the other two are not.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Ceiling Bombs
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Stages in: D ? Lankus
Flight Pattern: Starts off on the ceiling until you move under it. Then
they move towards your ship.
Attacks: Explodes when close to your ship.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Ground Missile
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Stages in: D ? Lankus, I ? Karudo, J ? Noemu, K - Horolain
Flight Pattern: Heads from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen
and is a three part missile.
Attacks: Tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Rolling Turrets
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Stages in: E ? Padi, F - Rear
Flight Pattern: Doesn?t fly. It rolls on the ground.
Attacks: Shoots bullets whichever way the gun is facing.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Back Missiles
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Stages in: F ? Rear, G ? Narukini, H ? Sabia, I ? Karudo, L - Darius
Flight Pattern: Flies from left to right.
Attacks: Shoots bullet sprays behind them and tries to crash into you.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon
Bomb Volcanoes
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Stages in: H ? Sabia
Flight Pattern: Doesn?t fly. It pops up when you fly close to it and it?s
stationary.
Attacks: Shoots a lot of bombs upwards.
Best Way to Kill: You can?t destroy them, but your secondary weapon can
destroy the bombs before they hit you.
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6b. Mini Bosses
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Angel Fish
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Stages in: A ? Orga, L - Darius
Flight Pattern: Flies up and down and will charge forward after a few shots.
Attacks: Shoots wide crescent shaped waves.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Tiger Shark
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Stages in: B ? Danto, C ? Koloba, L - Darius
Flight Pattern: Flies up and down
Attacks: Shoots out a mini tiger shark which splits into five more tiger
sharks that charge forward.
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
Blue Whale
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Stages in: E ? Padi, F ? Rear, L - Darius
Flight Pattern: Flies down the middle of the screen from right to left, then
disappears for a while and then appears from behind. It will disappear again
and then reappear again. The fourth time it appears, it will slow make its
way from left side of the screen to the middle of the screen.
Attacks: Shoots out a spray of bullets in its first pass. It won?t do
anything the second time or third time it appears, but it will shoot bullet
sprays every time it appears after that.
Best Way to Kill: Secondary weapon, until it gets in front of you, then
primary weapon
Giant Crab
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Stages in: G ? Narukini, H ? Sabia, L - Darius
Flight Pattern: Drops down from the top and slowly goes in a circular
pattern.
Attacks: Shoots patterns of five big energy circles in different directions.
When it dies, it release one more set of energy circles
Best Way to Kill: Primary weapon
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7. Secret Life Code
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49 Lives: At the game start screen, hold the L and R buttons on the second
controller and hold select on the first controller and then press start on
the first controller. Now you?re able to change the number of ships you
start off with. Obviously, you need two controllers for this trick, but this
was back in the day when two controllers came with every game system.
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8. Special Thanks
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CJayC: For making GameFAQs. I normally don?t thank him in my FAQs because I
forget to, but he made a wonderful place to get FAQs.
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9. FAQs
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Q. Which should I use, discs or crescents, and what?s the difference?
A. You should always use the energy crescents whenever you can. The crescents
are stronger and they have the ability to pierce enemies. Even the biggest and
strongest energy disc cannot pierce.
Q. How do you beat the last level? It?s so hard!
A. Pray? In all honesty, you need to have a fully powered up primary and
secondary weapon, along with a gold shield and all five of your lives. Even
then, it is going to be really rough as everything takes so long to die and
there is a lot going on at once. It?s hard to keep up with everything. But
once you get past the stage, the boss is really amazingly easy.
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10. Copyright and Contact Information
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Since this is an old game, I doubt many people will read this FAQ, but if you
find a mistake, please contact me at
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