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IKARI III THE RESCUE FAQ/WALKTHROUGH
version 1.00
for NES
by Wilson Lau <[email protected]>

Copyright © 2003 Wilson Lau
Ikari III The Rescue is copyright © 1990 SNK Corp. of America.
This FAQ is best viewed in Courier, 10 point font.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Introduction
II. FAQ History
III. Story
IV. Controls
V. Gameplay
VI. Items
VII. Characters/Enemies
VIII. Walkthrough
IX. Secrets and Codes
X. Credits
XI. Contact/Legal Information

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I. Introduction
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Ikari III The Rescue is the third game in the Ikari Warriors trilogy. This
was released in the arcades and ported to the NES. Ikari Warriors 1 was
military combat with guns and grenades. Ikari Warriors 2 was the same thing
only you went to an alien planet. Ikari Warriors 3 is not the same thing.
In fact, for some reason you have given up guns and decide that fists are the
way to go. Either the Ikari Warriors are really brave or really dumb for
doing this.

Anyway, everyone should be able to finish this game on his/her first try
because you get unlimited continues. Therefore there shouldn't be a need for
this guide. However, this guide was not just written to help people finish
the game. It was written to help people beat it without continuing (or dying
even). Before anyone points it out, Paul and Vince's colors are reversed in
this game (Paul was red in Ikari Warriors 1 & 2). This guide is intended for
use with the NES version only. It is also the third of my Ikari Warriors
guides covering the series.

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II. FAQ HISTORY
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Version 1.00 (02/23/03) [53.8k]
Initial release

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III. STORY
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(from instruction manual)
It is the end of the 20th century. A worldwide economic recession wreaks
havoc with the nation and the planet. The impending threat of anarchy has
given rise to a secret vice organization called 'Crime Ghost.' Dangerously
poised to take over the world with its diabolic strategy, 'Crime Ghost' has
infiltrated every country simultaneously. There is one President who has
initiated a plan to wipe out the association, but now his home has been
attacked and his daughter Elise abducted. A letter has arrived demanding
that he resign his powerful position within a number of days, or else his
beautiful Elise will be executed in a most unpleasant manner. The letter is
signed 'Faust', the notorious mastermind of Crime Ghost. The president knows
to whom he must turn. The President has summoned two men known as Paul and
Vince, the incredible Ikari Warriors. Now, YOU become Paul and Vince. You
must go to the enemy hideout, rescue the lovely Elise, fight Crime Ghost, and
destroy them all. To do this, you will use your undersea scuba tactics; your
guerilla fighting power with machine guns and grenades; and your own brute
strength, together with your superior Martial Arts skills, performing kicks,
round-house kicks, jump kicks, punches, and more. Ikari Warriors, save the
world from chaos! Now!

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IV. CONTROLS
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Up : move up
Down : move down
Left : move left
Right : move right
B : punch, use items that you pick up, fire gun
A : round-house kick, throw enemy (while in water only)
Select : select two player game, show current score/lives remaining
Start : start game, pause/resume game
A+B : jump kick (can also use D-pad during jump kick)

Punches do the least damage but are easy to attack with. Kicks do more
damage but are hard to hit with. Jump kicks do the most damage but are also
difficult to use.

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V. GAMEPLAY
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Objective
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Your goal is to fight your way through the enemies in each level and then
beat the level's boss. Then you will move on to the next level. Repeat this
process until you defeat all the levels.

Screen Info
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Your character is shown on the screen along with any enemies. Your current
life meter is shown in a corner at the bottom of the screen. You can press
SELECT to bring up a screen which shows the high score, your current score,
and the number of lives that you have left. A bullet icon will appear on the
screen next to your life meter when you get a machine gun.

Scoring
=======
Press SELECT during play and you'll see your current score. Here is the list
of point awards in the game.

Defeat Green Soldier 200 points
Defeat Scuba Diver 200 points
Defeat Knife Man 400 points
Defeat Land Mine Soldier 600 points
Defeat Boomerang Soldier 600 points
Defeat Blue Ninja 700 points
Defeat Jetpack Soldier 800 points
Pickup any item 1000 points
Defeat Jason 5000 points
Defeat Todd Manor 5000 points
Defeat Suohmaru 6000 points
Defeat Brother Cheng 6000 points each brother
Defeat Aquarius 7000 points
Defeat Armored Tank 10000 points
Defeat Armored Train 30000 points
Defeat Faust 30000 points

Lives/Continues
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You start off with 3 lives. Extra lives are gained every 30,000 points.
You'll hear a tone indicating that you earned an extra life. After you lose
your last life, you have the choice of continuing from where you died or
quitting the game. Your score will be reset to 0 if you continue. You have
an infinite number of continues.

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VI. ITEMS
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Here are all the items in the game. Some items will have a description in
parentheses next to their name. The description is how the item looks like
on the screen.

Diamond
Adds 1000 points to your score. Found exclusively in act 4.

Drum (orange oil drum)
Kills all enemies on the screen with an explosion.

Grenade (red W)
A powerful weapon. You only get one throw so make it count.

Life Item (heart)
Restores your life meter to full.

Machine Gun (blue W)
Firearm with only 10 bullets.

One-Up Character (face icon)
Adds an extra life to your current total.

Rock
Throw this at your enemies for major pain. It will hit every enemy on the
screen.

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VII. CHARACTERS/ENEMIES
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Good Guys
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Vince
Strong as an ox and quick as silver. The only person Paul trusts enough to
work with; they are partners in blood. Vince dresses in red. Player 2
controls Vince.

Paul
A soldier for hire, veteran of wars who has fought on the threshold of
death. A master of martial arts, combat and military technique. Paul
dresses in blue. Player 1 controls Paul.

Elise
The only daughter of the only President brave enough to conspire against
Crime Ghost. You need to rescue her.

Bad Guys
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Blue Ninja
Wears blue body armor and attacks with a blade.

Boomerang Soldier
Throws up to two boomerangs that will circle back.

Green Crime Ghost Soldier
Standard grunt that you will encounter. Dresses in green. Some are armed
with grenades or machine guns. Others carry rocks, oil drums, or even other
soldiers. Some can throw you.

Jason
5-feet-10, 160-pound tough guy. Attacks with a circling spiked iron ball. A
viciously primitive combatant.

Jetpack Soldier
Circles around in a jetpack while firing from his machine gun. Will explode
if killed.

Land Mine Soldier
Red soldier that fires land mines out.

Knife Man
Attacks with a knife and prefers jump attacks.

Scuba Diver
Armed with a machine gun. Found exclusively in act 4.

Spike Depth Charge
A spiked ball that will detonate if you touch it. Found exclusively in act
4.

Suohmaru
Swiftly brutal controller of specialized Ninja force. Intelligence advisor
to general headquarters. 6 feet tall and 170 pounds, the exact size of Paul.
Wears red body armor.

Bosses
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Armored Tank
Boss of act 1. Heavy artillery that packs a big punch.

Todd Manor
Boss of act 2. Sly and skillful commander of a maneuvering unit. Stands 6-
foot-3 and weighs 195 pounds. Tosses land mines around.

Brothers Cheng
The bosses of act 3 who instruct the mobile units of Crime Ghost. They are
versed in the ancient arts of war.

Aquarius
The boss of act 4. Aggressive leader of menacing fight unit in water.
Commands aqua-lung soldiers. Dark and devious.

Armored Train
Boss of act 5. Armed with a gun turret and two bladed discs.

Faust
Megalomaniac commander of Crime Ghost and boss of act 6. Plans to conquer
the whole world. Stands nearly 7 feet tall and is 220 pounds of solid
muscle.

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VIII. WALKTHROUGH
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This walkthrough will guide you through the entire game. It is possible to
go through the game without dying. My strategy is designed to guide you
through without dying once. You can choose to try your own strategy at any
time. Be aware that I can't guarantee that my strategy will work if you
don't follow it entirely to the letter. The two player game is the exact
same as the single player except that the screen will not scroll forward
unless both players move up. The strategy will remain unchanged. Use as
much/little as you need.

Helpful Advice
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You do not have to fight everyone. Some enemies will not chase after you.
It may be wise to let these enemies walk off the screen. The only time that
you need to defeat every enemy on the screen is when you can no longer scroll
the screen further. I will try to fight a reasonable amount of enemies but I
won't go out of the way to take them all out unless it's necessary.

The enemies in the game can walk through obstacles in their way like walls so
keep this in mind as you fight. Enemies will either stay and fight or run
away. The ones that stay and fight have a spot that they always run back to.
Do not stand near that spot or you will get hit repeatedly.

Act 1
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"Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?" Sorry, wrong game.
What I meant to say was, "Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President's
daughter?" If you are, then let's go. Your tank gets destroyed by enemy
missiles. They'll pay for it...with their lives. First, I'm going to use
punches exclusively (press B button) throughout the entire game. Your
roundhouse kick (press A button) is worthless. It has less range than the
punches and you tend to miss with it a lot. Jump kicks will be used
sparingly.

Head up and you'll meet your first victims. Give them a face full of your
fists and they'll drop dead. It's sad how fast these grunts can die. Get
the heart afterwards. Now go up and you'll see another group of soldiers.
The right soldier will try to show off with his jump kicks. Just let him be
and kill the other two. Now get the heart. Go up and more soldiers come
out. The lead soldier will use jump kicks. He'll fail to hit you in most
cases. Keep punching to guarantee that he misses. You will kill the other
soldier instead. Get the heart and go up. The next group of soldiers
appears. The first soldier will try a jump kick and then follow up with a
roundhouse kick. Get out of his way and he'll walk past you. Then move up
and take out his three buddies.

Go up and you'll see a W. There will be soldiers waiting for you. Do not
rush up or you'll get ambushed. Here's what to do. First you should see a
soldier to the right of the W. Get under him and approach slowly. He'll
rush out at you. Quickly give him four punches to finish him off. Then go
left until you are below the soldier to the left of the W. Move up and he'll
charge at you. Punch him out as well. Now there should only be one soldier
left. Do not attack him yet. Stay to the left side and slowly go up until
you see a soldier appear from the south. This guy would have ambushed you if
you had fought the other soldier first. Now the bottom soldier is a tough
guy. His moves consist of a double jump kick and roundhouse kicks. He will
take 9 punches to kill. After he is dead, go up and take out the other
soldier. I suggest using a jump kick on him to avoid getting sucker punched.
Then get the W and heart.

Now you can move the screen again. Follow the path right to find a river.
You can not kick while in the water. You get to throw enemies by pressing
the A button. Throwing them is not effective so I would stick with punches
instead. Head upstream and you'll run into a group of soldiers. Standard
punches will take them out. Continue up and you'll see the river widens into
a bay. Soldiers come at you from the top. There is a soldier to the left
that is armed with grenades. Stay in the mouth of the bay and punch out the
soldiers first. Then stay to the right and go up to face another wave of
soldiers. Kill them all. Now you can go left to kill the grenade soldier or
just skip him. I choose to skip him because the grenades that he tosses will
kill you with one hit.

Now continue heading upstream. More soldiers come from the top. They won't
do anything. One soldier will come out from behind you. Quickly move down
and kill him off first. Then go up. Two soldiers will try to ambush you.
Kill the bottom one first. Then kill the top one. Keep moving forward.
Soldiers will swim towards you but they won't attack or anything. Pick up
the heart along the way. The river then widens into a bay again. You should
spot a soldier on the rocks to the right. Get close enough and he'll attack
you. Two soldiers will fire shots from the left side. Stay to the far right
to avoid them. Now quickly punch to kill the other soldier.

Head up the middle of the river. Another wave of soldiers appears. These
soldiers will attack you unlike the other ones that you've seen in the water.
Stand and punch away until they're all dead. Go up and two soldiers try to
ambush you again. Kill the bottom one first. Then the top one. Now slowly
move up and you'll see three soldiers just standing at the top. Stop moving
after you see them and move to the far left side. Slowly move up again until
you see three more soldiers come out. The screen will stop moving so you
need to kill everyone. Kill the bottom one first. Then kill the top two.
Try to stay at the very bottom to avoid getting double teamed. Just stand
down there and punch away. You'll nail both soldiers with your punches.
They will each take 6 punches to kill. Now you can kill the three soldiers
that were standing around. They'll jump kick towards you when you get close
enough. Don't fight all try at once because they will pulverize you. Take
each one alone and never turn your back on them because they can repeatedly
punch you to death if you get careless.

Go up after they are all dead. More soldiers appear but they aren't a
threat. Kill them and move on. The game will experience some slow down in
the next area so bear with it. Two soldiers rush out from the left. You
have two options here. You can take the cheap and easy way or the fair, but
hard way. Read on for the cheap and easy way. Skip to the next paragraph
for the fair way. The cheap and easy way is to stay to the right side and
just keep going up. Do not kill any of the soldiers. You should have 4
soldiers chasing after you by now. Keep heading up and do not stop for
anything. Stay in the middle and use jump kicks to avoid getting hit by any
soldiers that you may encounter. Since you have so many soldiers chasing
you, most of the enemies that would normally appear in the area will not be
able to. Keep going until you can no longer scroll the screen up. You
should have a mob of soldiers behind you. Quickly turn around and punch
rapidly to defeat everyone. Then head up to fight the boss.

Ok, here's how to do it the fair way. You'll see an oil drum by the crates
to the right. Go up and walk over the drum to automatically pick up and
throw it. The explosion will kill everyone. Now go up the middle and five
soldiers appear, three from the top and two from both sides. Quickly jump
kick through the trio from the top. Then go up. Stay to the left so that
you are under the shadows. The two soldiers near the crates will rush out
and punch you if you get close so stay away. They each take a few punches to
kill. Anyway, you'll get attacked from the north. Just stand and punch
away. The first soldier is the toughest of the bunch and requires a few
punches before going down. Now head up and be careful. A lot of soldiers
rush out around you and you need to punch and jump kick quickly if you are
going to make it without getting hit.

Go up and you should see red scaffolding running across the screen above you.
Go to the far right side and head up. You'll run past a grenade soldier to
the left. There's a heart near him but it's not worth it unless you are
really near death. Head up and you'll see a heart. Suddenly you are
attacked by three oil drum soldiers. They will toss them at you. Do not get
caught by the explosions or you will die. Quickly jump kick each one to
scare him away. They will attack you only if they toss the drums at you.
Get the heart afterwards. Head up and you'll see three soldiers on top of
the crates. There is a heart in the area but don't get it just yet. Kill
off the soldiers first. Fight them one on one to avoid getting mauled. Then
grab the heart and head up to fight the boss.

Boss: Armored Tank

You'll get a machine gun to use as indicated by a bullet icon next to your
life meter. You have infinite ammo so go nuts. Try not to die because you
will automatically run up to the tank after you reappear. Move back to avoid
getting killed again after your invulnerability wears off. The tank has a
relatively simple attack pattern. First, it will move around sideways and
fire small shots out. Don't let these shots fool you because they will
explode with grenade impact after they travel a short distance. Now the tank
will try to run you over. After that, the tank will open up in the center
and fire out a triple shot. It will fire two rounds of the triple shots
before closing up and repeating the pattern from the beginning. Anything
that the tank does will kill you with one hit.

Here is how to defeat it. First, you can avoid getting run over by staying
at the very bottom of the screen. The downside to this is that you can't hit
the tank with your bullets from this far away. You can also get hit by the
smaller shots' explosions so this is not recommended. Avoiding the tank
should be done by moving sideways to avoid it as it comes at you. You can
also just do a standing jump kick but be careful not to land on the tank
though.

To actually hurt the tank, you will need to attack it while its center is
exposed. You can attack the tank by getting in front of it but this requires
you to dodge the triple shots. You can dodge both the triple shots and the
smaller shots by doing jump kicks. Then fire away after you land. Now jump
again to avoid the second volley of triple shots. The easier way to attack
the tank is to stand it the side of it after it opens up and fire away. You
won't get hit by the triple shots. Just be sure to move away after the tank
closes up. Avoid the tank until it opens up again. Then resume attacking.
The tank will be defeated after you hit it enough times.

Act 2
=====
Head up and you'll see a trio of jump kicking soldiers. Move to one side and
let them leave. Go up and you'll see regular soldiers. Just punch them to
death. Watch out for one of them because he will circle around and attack
you from behind. Stay in the center and get the heart afterwards. Defeat
the two soldiers that come at you from the top. Then turn around and kill
the middle soldier from the bottom. Do not move left or right. The two
remaining soldiers at the bottom both have machine guns. Let them fire a
shot and retreat. Then go up and two soldiers try to ambush you from behind.
Take them out and move to one side.

Head up until the screen stops scrolling. Three soldiers run down the
middle. Avoid them because they will try to circle around you to attack.
Let them run off the screen by staying far to one side. Now two more
soldiers attack you from both the top and bottom. The bottom one comes out
quickly and is your biggest threat because he uses fast kicks and a double
jump kick. He will use jump kicks whenever you are far away so stay near him
and punch away. He'll take 9 punches before dying. The top soldier only
uses punches and he shouldn't be much of a threat to you. Just don't let him
interfere while you are punching the bottom soldier out. Get the heart after
you kill them both.

You'll now see two soldiers on the metal containers to the left and a grenade
soldier above and to the right. You can take either path but it's easier to
go right. Just make sure that you jump kick to avoid the grenades that get
thrown. If you do take the left path just be careful to avoid getting caught
in repeated punches by both soldiers. They can kill you if you aren't
careful. Get the hearts and then go all the way to the top of the screen.
Go right and a soldier will do a running punch from the right. He will pass
by you. Kill him after he passes by. Now you should see some more soldiers
that are just standing around. These guys will use running punches as you
approach them. Hug the north side of the screen and you'll safely pass by.

Go up and get the W. Then kill the soldiers that appear. Head up along the
right side now. You should see a soldier run out. Kill him. Then three
more come out. Run back down and only one follows you. He will use kicks
and jump kicks on you. Take him out one on one and then grab the first heart
if you need life. Now kill the other two soldiers. Don't worry, they are
pushovers compared to the one that you just beat up. They also won't follow
you so you can try a hit and run tactic. Get the other heart now. Then
continue up. Defeat the first group of soldiers. Now stay to one side. To
the left is a grenade soldier while a machine gun soldier is to the right.
Defeat the grenade soldier first. Then take out the machine gun soldier.
Head up and you'll see a W. Three blue ninjas will begin to materialize.
Quickly move past them and to the left before they finish materializing.

Now head up and the screen stops moving. The red ninja, Suohmaru, will
materialize. He is very strong. He will throw five ninja stars that spread
out after appearing. Then he disappears and reappears in another location.
He'll throw more ninja stars. He repeats this pattern of appearing and
throwing ninja stars. What you want to do is to run up to Suohmaru as he is
materializing. Now this is one case where kicking actually is useful. Stand
next to Suohmaru and keep kicking after he appears. You will hit him a few
seconds after he appears. He will then disappear again. Chase after him and
kick him again. Try to stay in the center of the screen so that you can more
easily reach every spot on the screen. Try to stay near Suohmaru because he
will only throw stars if you are standing far away from him. He will do
nothing if you stand near him. If he appears too far away then do not chase
after him because you will just get hit by the ninja stars. Just stay away
and move to avoid the stars as they come at you. Suohmaru takes 6 or 7 kicks
to kill so this fight will take longer than most.

Head to the top of the screen after you kill the red ninja. Two more
soldiers appear. Stay at the top and punch them both to death. Then go
left. You'll see two machine gun soldiers. Get out of their line of fire
and then run up next to them. Kill them both and then go up. Stay to the
left side and kill the three soldiers that appear. Then run up until you
reach the metal containers. A lot of machine gun soldiers appear. Don't
panic. They will all miss you if you are on the left side. Just watch out
for one soldier that will attack you from the bottom. Now go up. Three more
soldiers attack you. You'll notice that one of them runs faster than the
other two. That one will use jump kicks on you and will be your biggest
threat. The other two are weaker but still powerful nonetheless. Try to get
them caught in a flurry of punches.

Continue forward and kill everyone in your way. You will come across three
stationary soldiers. Stay to far right side and head up until you are
directly to the right of all three soldiers. The right one will have charged
at you as you headed up but he'll miss. Now face left and punch away.
You'll catch the soldier and beat him to death. Repeat the tactic for the
other two now. Then go up after you beat them. A machine gun soldier
appears. You can ignore or kill him if you want. Then go up and don't get
the heart yet. Let the two soldiers that appear walk away before getting it.
Now go right and you'll see more soldiers standing around. They will use
running punches when you get near. Stay by the top of the screen and head
right. You'll pass by all of them without getting hit.

Go up and kill the soldier that rushes out at you. Go up and you will see
more soldiers standing around. They all need to be killed before you can
move on. Fight each one by himself so you don't get ganged up on. There are
two hearts so you should be able to win without any problems. Go up and kill
the soldiers that rush at you from the top and bottom. Then head up and
you'll get attacked by four soldiers. Kill the top two first. The bottom
two are stronger and will take many hits to kill. I recommend that you kill
the top left one first and then move right to kill the top right one next.
Doing this helps to avoid getting backstabbed by the bottom two soldiers.
Then go up and kill the two soldiers that are standing around.

Now you will be attacked by land mine soldiers. These guys will drop land
mines on the ground. They will detonate after a short while so stay away
from them. I suggest that you jump kick your way through the land mine
soldiers. There will be four in total. Now soldiers rush out from the right
side. Just stay to the left until they walk off the screen. Then go to the
right side. Head up and three soldiers run down at you. Jump kick to avoid
getting hit. Then let them run away. Go up slowly and one more soldier
comes out. Let him walk off the screen as well. Move up some more and two
more soldiers will rush out. Jump kick to avoid getting hit and let them
leave. Now to the left are four soldiers just standing around. The
rightmost one should have been attacking you by now. Let each one feel your
fists and go up to fight the boss.

Boss: Todd Manor

This guy likes mines and he likes them a lot. He will throw them everywhere.
He will also use jump kicks and punches although he mainly uses jump kicks
and mine tosses. Beating him is as easy as walking up to him and punching
his lights out. You should be able to get him caught in a rapid flurry of
punches. Of course, you need to watch out for his mines but that shouldn't
be a problem. Do not attack him if you see the mines starting to detonate
because their blast radius is large. You can use jump kicks to avoid getting
hit by his jump kicks. Todd will die after 16 punches.

Act 3
=====
Head up and you'll be attacked by knife men. Jump kick your way through.
Don't stop jump kicking. Keep jump kicking until the screen stops scrolling.
Don't worry about getting hurt because there are hearts that you can get.
You'll fight three more knife men at the top. If you didn't move too fast up
here, you should see an oil drum in the center. Use it to kill everyone off.
Head up and you'll see soldiers with their hands raised up. Some are
carrying other soldiers. These soldiers can pick up and throw you. I
suggest that you use jump kicks here because the soldiers can usually throw
you as you punch. You will basically jump kick the soldiers, run a little
bit, and then turn around and jump kick in the other direction. You'll need
to do this several times before you finish off all of the soldiers.

Head up and you'll see soldiers lying on the ground. These soldiers will
start doing standing jump kicks if you get near them. You can defeat them by
jump kicking them. You don't have to though so stay on the left side and
just walk all the up until the screen stops. Jump kick anyone that gets in
your way as you head up. Now defeat all the soldiers on the screen. You
will fight fewer enemies if you rushed up here. Otherwise you may wind up
fighting around 10 enemies or so. Head up afterwards. Remain on the side of
the screen. You'll encounter jetpack soldiers. These guys will be firing
machine guns. They will explode if you kill them. The explosion will kill
you if you get caught in it. If you want to fight them anyway, use only jump
kicks. Watch out for their shots too. Since it's highly likely that you
will die if you fight them, just stay on the far left and wait until all the
soldiers fly off the screen. They'll take a few shots before flying away so
be patient.

Head up into the water. You'll soon come across four soldiers. Be careful
because the bottom two soldiers throw grenades. It is vital that you get out
of the water as quickly as possible to avoid them. Then ignore the grenade
soldiers and worry about the other two. Take them out and then kill off the
grenade soldiers. Run up and four soldiers will start jump kicking across
the screen from the left. Ignore them and jump kick all the way to the top
of the screen. Two other soldiers will appear. Get to the top, turn around,
and punch the two soldiers to death. Then move all the way to the left side.

Head up until you enter the water. Stop halfway up in the water. Now
soldiers come out from the north. Just stay on the left side and punch away.
They should walk over and get hit by your fists. Normally they would be
doing jump kicks and other deadly moves but since you are over to the side,
they have to move diagonally over to get you. This prevents them from using
more deadly moves on you. Finish off everyone that shows up and then go up.
You'll see two 1-ups that you can get. Then you'll see three soldiers come
out. These are boomerang soldiers. They will throw boomerangs that will
circle around before coming back. You will die if the boomerangs hit you so
jump kick out of the way. It shouldn't have to come to that because you can
punch all three out before a single boomerang is thrown if you act fast
enough.

Go up and you'll see three soldiers run off to the right. Follow them to the
right and go up until you can no longer scroll the screen. You'll now fight
soldiers that throw rocks. Let them throw their rocks. Dodge the rocks and
let the soldiers run away. There will be two soldiers without rocks if you
ran up here fast enough. Kill them and move on. If you were slow getting up
here, then you may have to fight up to four soldiers. You can also throw the
rocks on the ground by walking over them. Go up and get the heart
afterwards. Head up and you'll encounter more rock soldiers. Do not let the
rocks hit you. Jump kick nonstop to avoid them.

You will soon come across a split in the path. Throw the rock on the ground.
Then take the left path. Fighting the enemies here is entirely optional so
it's up to you. I would avoid them in order to stay alive. Now head up and
get the heart. A soldier rushes at you from the north. Jump kick through
him and keep moving up. Another soldier will attack you afterwards. Jump
kick through him as well. Then you'll see a soldier on the ground. Ignore
him and go right. The north passage will be raining tons of rocks down.
Just jump kick your way up through them. You'll fight more soldiers with
rocks. Jump kick through these guys as well. Get the heart and the path
splits again. Take the right path because the soldier there just does
standing jump kicks. Jump kick through him and head up to fight the boss.

Boss: Brothers Cheng

While it looks like there is only one at first, the other will show up a few
seconds later. The Brothers Cheng are armed with sword and shield. They
fight separately. One will stand around while the other goes after you. The
brothers attack with their sword. They can also spin around while swinging
the sword. Stay away when that happens because you cannot hit them. They
also have a ground stomp that doesn't seem to do much other than to
intimidate you. The last move they can do is to jump in the air but that is
nothing more than a fancier jump kick.

To beat the brothers, you need to always be on the move. Use jump kicks to
hurt the brothers in the beginning. If you get lucky, you can catch one of
them in a barrage of punches. This usually happens when one of them is
walking around. Just focus on one brother. Do not forget that you can use
your jump kicks defensively to get out of a tight situation. As long as you
keep the brothers from double teaming you, they won't stand a chance. If you
see a brother running at you, do not hesitate to run away because the
brothers are especially deadly when they work together as a team. They
should go down after 13 punches each.

Act 4
=====
This level is entirely underwater. You'll be armed with a machine gun.
Don't worry, it has unlimited ammo. You can't kick so don't bother using the
A button for this level. This is possibly the easiest and most fun level in
the game. This level will be a walk in the park for anyone who has played
shooting games before. It will still be easy for those who don't play
shooting games. One more thing to note, you will die if you touch any enemy
in this level.

Specific strategy for this level is unnecessary so I'll focus on general
strategies. All you need to do is to keep pressing the B button the entire
level. The scuba divers fire shots out but they can be avoided as easily as
avoiding the machine gun soldiers' shots. There are diamonds that you can
pick up along the way. They're all worth 1,000 points each. Do not feel
obligated to get every diamond because some are placed in spots designed to
lure you to your death. It's up to you to decide if it's worth risking your
life for 1,000 points.

Try to stay in the center of the screen. The center gives you maximum
flexibility in avoiding your enemies' shots. I use a tactic that I call "the
sweep." The tactic is basically what it sounds like. You will be moving
left and right around the center of the screen while firing the entire time.
This will comb most of the screen and kill a large majority of the enemies
that appear. Also be on the look out for holes in the walls on either side
of the screen. Spiked depth charges will emerge from these holes. They will
kill you if you touch them. You'll fight the boss after you have passed a
total of 28 diamonds.

Boss: Aquarius

This underwater boss will fire harpoons at you. He has a few attacks. The
first is to swim around in a sideways "8" pattern and fire harpoons. The
second attack is to do a quick dashing punch across the screen. He will use
this move if you swim next to him. The third attack that he has is to summon
depth charges to come down at you from the north. He will use this move
occasionally.

Beating Aquarius is very easy if you move around the screen in a clockwise
motion. Never swim past Aquarius because you can only fire upward. Just
stay southeast of Aquarius. Fire away continuously and he will swim right
into your shots. This will also have the effect of slowing his rightward
movement down a lot. Move slowly over to the right when he moves so that you
remain southeast of him. Aquarius will quickly swim to the right after you
hit him enough times. Swim to the left when he does this. Watch out for any
harpoons that he might have shot out. Then north again after you are at
least half the screen's distance away from Aquarius. You will pass
Aquarius's left side which will cause him to do his dash punch over to you.
Continue swimming north as he is coming over to you. Then swim in a
counterclockwise motion after you have gotten out of his way. You should now
be southeast of him. If not, then just move around until you are. Then
resume your firing. Repeat this cycle until he dies.

Act 5
=====
Head up and you'll see a blue W. Get it and you'll get a machine gun.
Choose your targets wisely because you only have 10 shots. Also, remember
how you can use jump kicks to avoid enemy bullets? Well the enemy can also
jump kick to avoid your shots so keep that in mind as you proceed. Now use
your newly acquired firearm to kill the middle machine gun soldier of the
trio that come from the top. Wait for the two on the side to leave. Then
get the heart above. Head up and a bunch of soldiers come down. Don't waste
ammo on them. Jump kick them instead. Then go up and get the heart. Some
machine gun soldiers and normal soldiers will attack you. You only need to
worry about the machine gun soldier to the left that fires shots to the
right. Ignore everyone else except for that soldier as you head up. Jump
kick over his line of fire.

Then head up. You should have between two to four soldiers chasing behind
you. Move northwest until you are next to a metal container on the left.
Then turn around and jump kick your pursuers. You should see two machine gun
soldiers to the right. Now slowly move up. You should spot a stationary
soldier to your north. Move close enough so that you can shoot him. Then
move up and two soldiers will attack you from the left and right sides. Give
both a taste of hot lead. Then turn your attention to the machine gun
soldiers. Give them a shot or two. Then move up. You'll see three soldiers
running off to the right. Then two other soldiers come out from the openings
above and attack. Fill them both with lead if you still have ammo left.
Otherwise a jump kick will do. Then go right and you'll get some more ammo.

Now you will want to save all your ammo in the next part. You should have
spotted the heart to the north. Grab it and do not stop. Head diagonally to
the northwest. Soldiers will rush out of the doors to the right the moment
you grab the heart. Jump kick your way through any that get in front of you.
Leave the rest behind you. If all goes well, you should have five or more
soldiers chasing after you. The more that chase you, the better it will be.
The only downside will be that due to the number of enemies on the screen,
the game will suffer slowdown problems. Bear with it and just keep heading
up. There will be many machine gun soldiers in the area so stay out of their
line of fire. If it looks like you are about to get shot at, then do a quick
jump kick. This move will save your life more times than you can count.

You'll soon reach the end of the building and find yourself in desert again.
Your pursuers should still be tailing you. Quickly turn in the opposite
direction and kill them all with one quick jump kick. Now head up and you'll
see Jason. No, it's not our hockey mask wearing friend but rather a guy
swinging a ball and chain. Now remember the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark?
No? Well anyway, there was a scene in the movie where a guy was swinging
swords around and Indiana Jones just shot him dead. That's what you are
going to do here to Jason. One shot and he'll be deader than the crowd at an
XFL game. If you don't have ammo then use punches. Jason will swing his
ball and chain around in a clockwise pattern starting at the 9 o'clock
position. Sneak up around him and get him caught in a flurry of your
punches. Then shoot/kill the other soldiers in the area.

Head up and it will be revenge of the knife men. A lot of them will swarm
out. Just quickly make a path through them by jump kicking your way north.
You'll eventually reach a point where the screen stops scrolling. Now you
have to turn and fight. Shoot the knife men if you still have ammo.
Otherwise you will need to run down to one edge of the screen and punch away.
Do not let any knife men get behind you or you're dead meat. Don't be afraid
to jump kick and retreat if the battle is going badly for you. The knife men
will try to jump over you so be ready to move to a different location if you
see this happening. You'll need to kill 7 knife men before you can proceed
further.

Go left and follow the path around the corner where more knife men await.
Slowly move up and two knife men roll out at you. Take them down. Then
you'll see two more knife men standing above. Go up and take out each one
with your punches. Go up and you'll need to kill some more knife men before
you can proceed. Now the next part involves fighting your way through the
rest of the mountain. This means fighting through like 30 knife men. You
can either take them all out one by one and really rack up the points or just
run/jump kick through them without stopping. There is a heart along the way
to help out. I choose the easy way and run/jump kick through. Just keep
jump kicking to avoid getting stabbed by like 5 knife men. You'll eventually
break through and find yourself back in the desert. Above you will be a
heart which I'm sure you will need. Then head up until you fight the boss.

Boss: Armored Train

This armored locomotive has two attacks. The first is to fire shots from the
turret mounted on the train. Don't let the shots' small size fool you. They
will detonate with a nice sized blast radius. The second attack comes from
bladed discs that fly out from the two circular openings to the left of the
turret. They can come out in any direction although they tend to move
vertically. The train itself will be moving back and forth the entire time.

Here's how to win. First, you will be moving continuously during this
battle. If you stop moving, then make it brief because you will be a goner
if you stay in one spot for too long. Second, you need to be able to
synchronize your movements with the turret's firing rate. The turret will
fire out two shots before taking a brief pause. Get a feel for the timing of
these shots so you can plan ahead on where to be standing. Give yourself
extra room to compensate for the train's sideways motion. Now to deal with
the bladed discs, you need to move sideways primarily to avoid them.
Occasionally you may need to move up and down to get out of their way but
this is rare. Jump kick if you really want to be on the safe side.

Now for the hard part. You must stay in the top half of the screen near the
tank. The reason is that standing any lower will get you killed by the
turret shot's blasts. With that in mind, you will be firing at the turret.
That is the train's only weak point. Try to move along with the train so
that you are always on one side of the turret. Never stand in front of the
turret unless you have a death wish. Be especially careful when you pass by
the turret. Jump kick past it to ensure that you don't die. You will not
have much time to get your shots off. Firing two shots as the turret passes
by you will be considered successful in this battle. The idea is to not get
greedy and fire away like a madman because you will die if you try. Take
your time and settle for one or two shots here and there. The train's turret
will fire more shots out (up to 4) after you do enough damage to it. Be
extra careful to not be in the way when it fires more shots. The train is
not meant to go down easily. This is an endurance battle because it will
take 128 shots to win.

Act 6
=====
You've rescued Elise. Now it's time to escape. You'll see a green airplane
fly past you in the beginning. That is your ticket to freedom but you'll
need to fight your way over to it. Elise will be following you the entire
level. Don't worry, she cannot get hit or be killed.

Now head up. You'll see hearts and soldiers. Don't waste your time on these
privates. Just keep going up. Jump kick your way through all opposition
until the screen no longer scrolls. Try to get enemies to chase after you if
you can. Watch out for grenade soldiers and oil drum soldiers. The screen
will stop moving when you spot a W to the left. Now you need to take out the
enemies. There will be three soldiers to the top right. Ignore them for now
because they won't do anything until you get near them. Focus instead on the
two soldiers from the south side. Punch them to death before you do anything
else. Then slowly approach each stationary soldier and kill them separately.
Watch out because one of them will just do jump kicks in one spot.

Go right afterwards. Now you have knife men to deal with. Head up until you
can't go up any further. There will be a heart in the area. Save it until
you need it. Now work on the knife men starting with the one near the top
first. Then take out the one below the heart. Kill the one near the plane
last. Then get the heart if you haven't already done so. Head up and some
soldiers rush out at you. Jump kick through them until you reach the top of
the screen and can go no further. There should be around five soldiers to
kill. Take each one out starting from the top. You will work your way down
to the heart behind the crates. Some of the soldiers attack by running a
circle around you so be ready to turn around and punch them after they circle
around. One of them will only use jump kicks. Give him a taste of your jump
kicks. Then get the heart.

Go up and you'll see two paths to take. Go up the left side. Now to the
left is a strange looking mine. That is a shrapnel mine. What it does is to
spread out five red shrapnel after exploding. Each piece of shrapnel will
result in its own explosion. Just run up to the top of the screen and wait.
The mine will detonate and the shrapnel will miss you entirely. There will
now be only one soldier on the screen. Take him down and then get the heart
afterwards. Now go to the far right side. Then head on up. Stay to the
right as much as possible the entire time. This will let you pass by all the
enemies without getting hit. You will eventually reach a chain link fence
with three soldiers guarding the opening. The bottom two will jump kick
nonstop. Approach the trio from the south. One will rush at you. Punch him
dead. Then jump kick through the two remaining soldiers. Head up to fight
the boss.

Boss: Faust

It's time to fight the boss of Crime Ghost. He is also the final boss. His
attacks consist of punching you, kicking you, and throwing you. That is all
he does. Did I mention that his punches and kicks do anywhere from one third
to one half of your life and his throw range is greater than your punch
range? Also, he moves a lot faster than you do.

Beating Faust is fairly easy. You can try to jump kick him but he'll usually
throw you as you are landing from your jump kick. The best way to kill Faust
is to catch him with your punches and then punch away until he dies. It
won't be easy to punch him though. The best time to punch Faust is when he
finishes attacking you and slowly moves back north. If you see Faust moving
fast, then don't bother punching because he is trying to throw you. He will
eventually go back to punching or kicking. Then you can run up and nail him.
It takes around 32 punches or so to win.

For those readers who want to have some fun, if you use a Game Genie code to
give yourself a gun (see section "Secrets and Codes" below), Faust will die
with one shot. It is kind of funny to watch the leader of a crime
organization go down so easily. You would think he would wear some bullet
proof vests or something. Oh well. Congratulations on finishing the game
and saving the President's daughter. My final score was 244,300 points.

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IX. SECRETS AND CODES
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Secrets
=======
Continue in 2 player game/player 2 joins in one player mode
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If either player one or player two loses his/her last life in a 2 player
game, that player may continue with 3 new lives by holding UP and RIGHT while
pressing the A button on his/her controller. This code may also be used at
any time during a 1 player game to have player two join in.

Game Genie codes (from GameGenie.com)
=====================================
Infinite lives AEUGNYPA
Punching will now cause you to fire 3 bullets instead YESKVGPA
Most kicks and punches will not hurt you GZSUOAST

Begin with 1 life PEOKUALA
Begin with 6 lives TEOKUALA
Begin with 9 lives PEOKUALE

You get only 1 life after you continue PEXKZLLA
You get 6 lives after you continue TEXKZLLA
You get 9 lives after you continue PEXKZLLE

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X. CREDITS
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This FAQ used information from the following sources.

GameFAQs.com <http://www.gamefaqs.com/>
- 2 player mode continue code.

GameGenie.com <http://www.gamegenie.com/>
- Game Genie codes.

The Unofficial World of Nintendo <http://www.world-of-nintendo.com/>
- instruction manual information.

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XI. CONTACT/LEGAL INFORMATION
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Disclaimer and FAQ Distribution
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Contact Info
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