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Contents:
I About this FAQ
I I Version History
I I I Game Modes
I V Strategy
V Scoring
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 some 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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| I I I GAME MODES |
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1 Player Easy This, quite simply is the easiest difficulty setting of the
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ game. The ships are the slowest out of any of the other
levels of the game. The planes themselves are also much less
agressive than any of the other levels of the game. Simply
put, this mode is for beginners only.
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1 Player Normal As opposed to the Easy mode, the enemies are a bit faster
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ and they come out swinging. You will have to learn how to
use more than one of your guns at a time to be any good at
this level of play.
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1 Player Hard As the name implies, this is the hardest mode of the game.
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ The ships come out with their engines juiced and they are
starting to taste blood, and they want much, much more of
it. The only question is, can you handle it?
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| I V STRATEGY |
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In order for you to get high scores, you have to have some strategy involved,
otherwise, you will not even know what hit you before you get your head blown
up.
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Your Pods The first thing that you will see are three pods on the
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ screen, one on the right, one in the middle, and one in the
center of the screen. Each one of your pods has a gun
attached to it. To shoot the gun, you will need to hit the
Action button. This will only shoot the middle pods gun. To
shoot the gun of the pod on the right, hold Right as you
shoot, and the left for the left. Both the right and the
left pod shoot towards the opposite corner of the screen.
Should you loose one of your pods when the killer emeny
comes, a new pod should be given to you after you score 5000
points.
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The Enemy Not soon after you start off, there will be planes that fly
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ across the screen in either direction. These planes are your
enemy that you must shoot down. There is only one kind of
plane that will shoot down at you, and those rarely come
across the screen. However, when they do, they will be fast
and you will have to shoot it down using one of the side
pods. Preferably the one nearest to the side of the screen
that it came out of. If you do this, then you will not loose
any of your pods. However, if you do not, then the center
pod will be blown up and you will have to stick to using the
side pods in order to kill. Should another killer enemy come
around before you recieve a new pod, then you must shoot it
down or else the game is over.
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Shooting Plan As there are with any shooting game, there is usually a
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ pattern that is followed, or a basic strategy that should
work most of the time... It may seem simple, but the
first thing that you will want to do is just come out
shooting with your center pod. Since the guns are not
automatic then you will miss a few of the enemy planes. When
this happens, use the side pod (the one that is on the side
of the screen that the plane came out from) to shoot it
down. This should take care of almost nine out of ten
planes. You will have to watch out for low flying planes,
because these planes are the killer planes. As soon as one
of these planes pops up, you must shoot it down using the
pod closest to the one that is closest to the side it came
out from. Following this basic pattern should keep you alive
for a very long time.
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| V SCORING |
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Other than the sheer bragging rights, there is not too much point to scoring
high. If you do loose one of your planes than you will need to score 5000
points to recieve a new one. My personal high score was 376 900 points, and I
challenge anybody to beat it! (Superiority complexes ROCK!!!) Each one of the
planes has a designated point value, these point values will be listed in the
ENEMY LIST section of this FAQ.
If you are trying to score a huge score, then you should try using your side
pods as much as possible, because those pods double the score that you would
recieve normally.
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| V I ENEMY LIST |
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| # | Plane Name | Point Value | Speed | Visual Description |
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| 1 | Star Trek | 100 Points | 3/10 | This plane has a long |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| almost shaft-like body |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| and a large elliptical |
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| 2 | Long Plane | 100 Points | 5/10 | This plane has a long |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| strait body, much like |
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| 3 | Stealth | 1000 Points | 10/10 | This plane is small and|
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| 4 | Killer | 1000 Points | 4/10 | The largest plane, has |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| a large circular body. |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| THIS ONE WILL SHOOT YOU|
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| 5 | Armageddon | None..... | 6/10 | This plane only appears|
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| once you have lost the |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| game. It is kind of an |
|¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| "In your face" type of |
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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.
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