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Contents:
I About this FAQ
I I Version History
I I I Game Modes
I V Game Goals
V Srategy
V I Enemy List
V I I Notes & Thanks
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| I ABOUT THIS FAQ |
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Mission Statement
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I was looking through a bunch of my older games and was wondering to myself
why I didn't write any FAQs for these classics. So I decided to write a guide
for one of my favorites. That is why this guide is here today. I hope it can
help you out.
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| I I VERSION HISTORY |
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Version 1.00 I have got just about all of the FAQ completed. There may
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ be some more updates in the future.
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Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2004
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| I I I GAME MODES |
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Normal Normal is the easiest of the two game modes. The overall
ŻŻŻŻŻŻ speed of the gameplay is much slower than that of the
Advanced mode. Along with the slower gameplay, there are
also fewer enemies, and less of those enemies. All around,
it is a much easier setting of the game.
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Advanced In Advanced mode, there are much more enemies that you
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ encounter. The screen scrolls to the side much faster than
it does in the normal version. In order for you to be
successful in this mode of play, you will need to practice
quite a bit, and use the best strategy possible.
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| I V GAME GOALS |
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Land Your Craft It may seem like a kind of basic objective, but unless you
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ have played the game a few times you might have some problem
landing the mothership that you are in. To be successful
landing your ship, make it go up first and then bring it
down softly. Otherwise, you can smash your ship and loose
one of your lives.
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Stay Fueled On the screen, you will see a little odometer looking thing
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ that counts down from 9 all the way to zero. Once the meter
reaches zero, you will loose one of your ships. To avoid
this horrible death, periodically look towards the top of
the screen and you should see a pill-like object with the
letter "F" in it. Once you run into it, your fuel should be
completely refilled.
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Pick Up Humans While you are flying, you should be looking at the bottom of
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ the playing field and you should see a couple of things:
mountains, flags, and humans. Whenever you see a human, fly
your aircraft down to the bottom of the screen and fly as
low as you can directly over the human. This should pick
them up.
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Re-Dock Your Ship At the bottom of the screen is a long meter that you will
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ often see on older racing games. As soon as you start, the
meter will be filled with dots. As you progress through the
level, the dots will slowly disapear. After the last dot
disappears, fly low on the screen and look towards the
bottom of the screen. You should see the mothership again.
Try to land your ship directly on top of the mothership and
drop off the humans.
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Repeat After docking your ship and unloading it, you will need to
ŻŻŻŻŻŻ go through the whole process over again until you run out of
ships to fly.
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| V STRATEGY |
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Point Scoring For those of you who do not wish to finish the game as quick
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ as possible, then this method of beating the game is for
you. Basically, to score many points you will need to shoot
down every enemy plane possible. This is often achieved by
hitting the Shoot button when their ship is in front of you.
Every time you shoot down one of the enemy's ships, you will
gain another 10 points. Also, if you are not running low on
fuel, then the game permits you to shoot down the fuel to
get another 10 points.
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"I Was Abducted" In the "I Was Abducted" method of playing the game, you will
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ want to pick up as many humans as alienly possible. This way
will have a downside, you will not get many points. You
should stay as low as possible on the screen, and, as the
Germans would say... "Fueur Frei!!" whenever some mofo tries
to pop a cap in yo azz. Also be aware of your fuel, it is
never any good to pick up a poo-load of humans, and end up
loosing them all because you didn't feel like picking up
some free fuel.
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Please Don't Hurt Me This strategy is most often used when you are in the
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Advanced level of play, and you have absolutly no skill.
To correctly perform this, bring your knees up to your
chest. Then, simply put your head in between your knees,
and one of your thumbs in your mouth.
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| V I ENEMY LIST |
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| # | Enemy Name | Point Value | Speed | Description |
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| 1 | Yellow Death | 10 Points | 7/10 | This enemy appears to |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| be a yellow box... |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| But is actually, a |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| Yellowish Box (bum bum)|
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 2 | *Blue Man Death* | 10 Points | 7/10 | This enemy is a blue |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| box.... Or is it? |
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 3 | *Charlette* | 10 Points | 7/10 | Named after the lovable|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| spider who spun her web|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| This enemy looks like a|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| yellow spider. |
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 4 | *Spyder* | 10 Points | 7/10 | Very similar to its big|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| sis, Charlette, Spyder |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| is your basic albino |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| arachnid. |
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 5 | *Plasmatica* | 10 Points | 7/10 | Like the Ghostbusters, |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| you will have to get |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| of a large white object|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| but you don't get to |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| roast marshmellows |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| after your game is over|
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 6 | *Your Yella* | 10 Points | 7/10 | A large blob of mustard|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| has just flown into the|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| sky and it is your job |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| to shoot it down. |
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 7 | *Pinky* | 10 Points | 7/10 | A long pink tube has |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| just gotten into space,|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| and is ready to kill ya|
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
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| 8 | *Wiffle Ball!?* | 10 Points | 7/10 | The long yellow bat has|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| returned, and wants its|
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| revenge for all of the |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| times you left it out |
|ŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ| in the rain.... |
ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
Note: All enemies with *Asterixes* on the outside of their names signify them
only being accessable through the Advanced level of gameplay.
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| V I I NOTES AND THANKS |
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A great deal of gratitude is expressed towards all webmasters on the Internet
that spend their priceless time and hard earned money for the sole purpose of
allowing people from all different walks of life, come together and discuss
and help each other with video games. Without that time and that money, the
video game industry would be nowhere near what it is today. Thank You All.
This FAQ is copyrighted information of Mike Truitt. Any
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author, Mike Truitt, is strictly prohibited. To obtain
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miketru@earthlink.net . Please include your name, what
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