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This document Copyright 2004,2017 Daniel Engel
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Alien Syndrome FAQ
November 30, 2017
Daniel (DEngel) Engel
dan.engel.2017 [AT] gmail [DOT] com
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(A) TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of Contents
(A) This Table of Contents
(B) Controls
(C) Powerups
(D) Walkthrough
- (D-01) Round 1
- (D-02) Round 2
- (D-03) Round 3
- (D-04) Round 4
- (D-05) Round 5
- (D-06) Round 6
(E) Ending
(F) Experimental
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(B) CONTROLS
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The controls for this game are very simple, and are as follows:
A - Not used.
B - Shoot.
Start - Pause.
Select - Not used.
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(C) POWERUPS
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The powerups are indicated by symbols in the various stages in the game, pick
up the symbol to get the weapon that it corresponds to.
? - 200 points.
F - Flame thrower.
FB - Fire ball weapon.
L - Laser weapon.
S - Default weapon.
W - Warp.
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(D) WALKTHROUGH
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Bricklayer J. Gastronomy
In every stage you have 240 seconds to rescue 12 people and reach the exit to
fight a boss. You fight the boss under a time limit too, and once it is dead
the next stage begins.
In every stage there will be enemies trying to kill you at different speeds but
they all stop moving before shooting at you. Usually there will be no more
than 3 or 4 enemies on screen at any given time.
The enemies are very easy to kill, one shot from any weapon will do the job,
for this reason you don't really need any kind of strategy for the enemies.
Basically if there are any between point A and B don't be afraid to fire a shot
or two at them.
There are also places on the wall where you can check the map of the stage,
these locations are conveniently marked "MAP". Just walk into them and a map
will be displayed that shows the locations of most walls and all of the people
you have left to rescue. These people are represented with red dots and are
easy to spot.
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(D-01) ROUND 1
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From the start rescue the person in red above, you will be rescuing a lot of
these people in the game but they're easy to spot. Head left through the gap
in the walls and keep going until you hit a wall. Go straight up and rescue a
person then straight down to rescue another. Go down until you see a person on
your left to rescue, then head right past the grating and rescue the next
person. Go right until you hit the section of wall with the flame thrower
weapon.
Ignore the weapon and head for the south-east corner of the stage for another
person. Go straight up and get the laser weapon as you rescue the nearby
person. Go straight up from the last person to rescue another, then go
north-west until you see some doors above you.
Enter them and rescue the person north-west of you, then exit this small room.
Go to the right wall of the stage, then go up to rescue a person. Head left
past the question mark and rescue the person below the stage exit. Continue
left to the edge of the stage and rescue the last person there. Finally head
back right and go through the stage exit to fight the boss.
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BOSS - Hugger
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Shoot the exposed chest when it opens (it's hard to get the timing right).
Avoid the slow moving particles as well and shoot them if they get too close.
At some point the boss will explode, then only his head and arm will be left.
The arm will immediately fly at you and off screen, never to return so dodge it
quickly. Then the head will lunge at you repeatedly so avoid it and shoot it
until dead.
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(D-02) ROUND 2
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From the start rescue the person above you, then head north-west. You should
eventually see a pod-like thing in the ground with enemies coming out of it.
You will be seeing these in one form or another in most stages from now on.
Once you see the hole above you (bordered by yellow and black caution lines)
work your way clockwise around it and rescue the person there.
Go north-west from here and you should see a person to rescue in the corner.
Go left to the green wall and keep going down until you see a person to rescue
in the south-west corner. Rescue them and grab the flame thrower weapon.
After you rescue them head right, avoid the pod and hole as you rescue a person
on the right side of the hole.
Head right under the green area above you, then enter the door on your right.
Head down to the bottom and rescue one person on your left and another on the
far right. Go up and left, then exit this small room.
Head up a little and go right into the room past the question mark, rescue the
person in the south-east corner and exit the room again.
Head up a little more and enter the next room on your right, then rescue the
person and exit the room.
Head up a little and enter yet another room on your right, go all the way to
the right side of it. Rescue the person below and exit the room again.
Go up past the question mark and all the way right, go under the hole and
rescue the person.
Go up the right side of the hole and over the top of it, head left until you
are under the exit. Go down and rescue the person below, then go up through
the exit.
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BOSS - Asophy
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Use the flame thrower to shoot the giant heart (when it's full sized), while
avoiding the spinning objects and projectiles it launches at you.
Eventually the spinning objects will disappear and the heart will start moving
around. He fires a triple shot south that spreads out so if you stay anywhere
but under him then you should be safe from that. He also launches occasional
slow moving enemies that can be eaily destroyed. Basically just keep shooting
him until he dies.
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(D-03) ROUND 3
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From the start go straight up to rescue a person.
Go south-west to rescue another person.
Go right until you're under the small stream you passed earlier, then go down
to rescue another person.
Now go north-west a little and left onto the bridge, follow it down to the
other side. Head left to the south-west corner, then go up past the fire ball
weapon and rescue the person there.
Go back to the bridge [don't cross back] and head right for another person.
Continue right to the south-east corner for another person, then grab the laser
weapon.
Head up and cross the bridge when it appears on your left for another person.
Exit the bridge and continue up for another person.
Cross the bridge on your left, take the first left on it for a person.
Continue up on the bridge for another person.
Go down to the bottom of the bridge and right to land. Now go up to the
north-east corner for a person.
Head all the way left to the north-west corner for the last person, then go
back right and use the exit.
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Boss - Tacady
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This boss moves slowly back and forth, wait until his eyes flash red then start
shooting the eye sockets. Avoid the eyes as they spin around the room and
avoid/shoot the red creatures if needed. Repeat this pattern until the boss is
dead, it's a really easy battle.
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(D-04) ROUND 4
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From the start you'll notice a pod below you, head left for the first person.
Enter the door on your left and head left for another person, then grab the
laser weapon.
Go down past the pod and head south-east for the next person.
Head right for the next person and go back through the door.
Go right past the pods for the next person, then enter the door on your right.
Go all the way right for the next person.
Head south-west and then left for another person, then exit this room.
Go left to the pod, then up the long passageway for the next person.
Head left past the pod and go through the doors, then head left for a person.
Go to the south-east corner of this room for the next person, then exit the
room.
Go right past the pod and enter the door on your right, then go right for a
person.
Head for the south-west corner of this room for the last person, then go to the
top of the room and use the exit.
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Boss - Halfa
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The boss teleports to one of two locations every so often, but he will flash
before moving so it's easy to avoid. Shoot the slow moving orbs if they get
too close, otherwise avoid the boss's fireballs when he extends his neck and
shoot him in the face until dead.
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(D-05) ROUND 5
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From the start you should see a pod on your right, sometimes you may not know
one is near until it's too late so keep your eyes open. Go up through the gap
and right past the door, then go north-east for a person.
Return to the door and enter it, then go north-west for a person.
Exit the room and go left for another person.
Watch out for the pod as you go north-west for another person, they're on the
right side of it.
Go down through the doors and get the person in the south-east corner of the
room.
Go down through the next doors and get the laser weapon on your right. Now get
the person south-west of you, but be careful of the pod.
Exit both rooms and go south-east, go down when you can. When you can't go
down any farther go south-west for a person.
Head north-east and when you see the pod go right past it for a person.
Enter the room below through the doors and head south-west for another person,
then exit the room.
Go south-east for a person, then enter the room north-east of you.
Head north-west for a person, then enter the doors on your right.
Go north-west for the last person, then go north-east through the exit.
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Boss - Teetsie
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Fire repeatedly at the head of the boss from below. You will need to avoid the
falling creatures or shoot them. Also beware of the boss's mouth, it will
extend down towards you with every third triple-shot so be ready to dodge out
of the way. The battle is really short and easy otherwise.
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(D-06) ROUND 6
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Head up from the start for the first person, also notice the pod in the wall
above.
Go down a little, left to the wall and follow the tunnel up and around until
you see volcanos. Rescue the person on your right, then continue up to the
north-west corner of the stage.
Grab the laser weapon and head right for a person to rescue.
Go right until you see more volcanos, then go south-east for a person.
Go right until you see even more volcanos, then go down to rescue another
person.
Get above the volcanos and head north-east, then go up above the small hole for
a person.
Go down around the same small hole for another person.
Go down past the large hole on your right, then head south-east for a person.
Head left to the wall and down for a bit, then go south-west for a person.
Go right past the fire ball weapon for another person to rescue, then go back
left to the wall.
Go up past the wall and left to the volcanos, then go south-west for a person.
Head up past the volcanos, the pod and the hole on your right, then when you
hit more volcanos go right for the last person.
Finally work your way north-west past volcanos, pods, and a hole to reach the
exit.
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Boss - Minemor
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This boss jumps from slowly left to right, then right to left. Try your best
to dodge him and his small particles. Shoot the red area on him until dead,
then get ready for the final battle.
You can make the battle even easier by waiting at the left wall and almost at
the bottom of the screen. You should be lined up to easily hit the boss by
firing right most of the time so just head left when he jumps toward you.
Otherwise follow him right and shoot the whole time.
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FINAL BOSS - King Core
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Unfortunately you only have your starting weapon for this battle so you won't
have very good range on your shots. Your only way of damaging the boss is to
attack the spinning blue head. It spins clockwise around the boss once before
pausing, then the pattern repeats. Basically try your best to get one good
shot on the head each time it spins into range.
The battle is actually really easy and quite short (you can easily do it in the
300 seconds they give you), and once it's over the game is too.
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(E) ENDING
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(Taken from the game)
"It's the year 2089 Earth command troopers Ricky and Mary have completed a
dangerous mission to rescue their fellow troopers from the invading alien
fleet.
In the course of their mission. The brave troopers destroyed the alien space
ships and their evil leaders blasting them out of the galaxy. Ricky and Mary
received the medal of honor for their bravery.
But the battle has only begun! In the darkest reaches of space...millions of
light years from known territory... The aliens thirst for revenge!
When they return, Ricky and Mary will be there, ready to once again fight the
alien syndrome!"
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(F) EXPERIMENTAL
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