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FAQ
By: MiHOO
Version #1
Last Updated 9/03/02
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********************* TABLE OF CONTENTS **********************
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1) About
1.1 Story
1.2 Modes
1.3 Characters
1.4 Levels
2) Controls
3) General Info
3.1 Elevators
3.2 Escalators
3.3 Doors
3.4 Lights
3.5 Killing the Bad Guys
3.6 Killing Yourself
4) Points System
5) Map of the Building
6) Legal Matters
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* 1 *********************** About ****************************
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1.1 Story
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The story is that you are the spy sent into a highly guarded
building to recover top secret government documents. You get on the
roof by cable descent and enter the building using the elevator. As
you search for the documents you come across what seems to be
hundreds of guards, that randomly come out of doors and start
shooting at you. After retrieving the documents, and disposing of
any guards that get in the way, you speed off in your getaway car
that is parked out in front.
(NOTE: This is what I believe the story to be, as I do not
actually have the manual to copy from.)
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1.2 Modes
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You can play 1-player or 2-player. In 2-player you take turns
playing, switching after one player dies. In both modes you each get
3 lives.
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1.3 Characters
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Spy- Both players play as the spy with light brown hair, wearing
light brown pants, a dark brown coat and dark brown shoes.
Bad Guys- All the bad guys look the same. They wear all black
coats, hats, pants, and shoes.
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1.4 Levels
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The levels are made of 30 floors that all have the same layout, see
Section 5 for a map of the building. The documents are in the rooms
that have randomly appearing red doors, rather than the normal
blue. The colors of the walls change each for each level.
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* 2 ********************** Controls **************************
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D-pad UP : Open the red doors
Start up the escalators
Make the elevators move up and faster if you hold it down
D-pad Down : Start down the escalators
Make the elevators move down and faster if you hold it
down
Make the spy crouch down
D-pad Left : Move left
Exit rooms faster if door opens to the right
D-pad Right : Move Right
Exit rooms faster if door opens to the left
A : Jump straight up, can be combined with left or right to jump
distances
B : Fire gun
Start : Pause
Start game at title screen
Select : Choose mode at title screen
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* 3 ******************** General Info ************************
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3.1 Elevators
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You will use the elevators to travel up and down in the building
most of the time. Walk inside and push up or down to operate them.
You can hover halfway in-between two floors if you repeatedly push
up, down up, down, etc. The bad guys are smart enough to use the
elevators to come after you so watch for them. You can also jump
across the gap in the floor where the elevator changes floors only
if the support cable is not in the middle of the gap, and be careful
because you will die if you don't make it.
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3.2 Escalators
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You will use the escalators to travel up and down in the building
on floors 20 through 16. You have to stand on the white line that is
at the top or bottom of the escalator to operate them. The bad guys
are smart enough to use the escalators to come after you so watch
for them.
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3.3 Doors
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You will have to enter the red doors to recover the secret
documents. To enter stand on the white line in front of the door and
press up. You can then wait till you automatically exit or press
left or right, depending on which way the door opens to exit faster.
You cannot enter the blue doors. The bad guys will not fallow you
into a room so do not worry. Bullets cannot penetrate the doors in
this building, so while under heavy enemy fire if you time it right
you can use this to cheat death.
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3.4 Lights
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There are two kinds of lights. First, is the small rectangular
lights that serve no purpose. Second, are the lights that hang from
the ceiling. You can shot one of these down at a time if you hit
them from an elevator, this will knock all the lights in the
building out for a short time. With the lights out you will get
extra points for each kill. If it lands on a bad guy's head it will
kill them.
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3.5 Killing the Bad Guys
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They can be dealt with in a few ways. First, is to just shot them.
One hit kills in this game. Second, is to shot a light down on top
of their head. Apparently these are heavy-duty lights. Third, Is to
squish them under an elevator, or in later levels on top if you time
it right. Forth, is to jump into them. You weight is enough to knock
them down and even kill them. I wonder if that is why a light can
kill them??? Finally in later levels they will commit suicide tiring
to jump down an elevator shaft to get you.
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3.6 Killing Yourself
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You can die in a lot of the same ways as the bad guys, because of
this I am going to keep this section short. One shot kills you. You
can dodge bullets by crouching down or jumping over them. A one
story drop kills you, and getting squished by an elevator kills you.
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* 4 ******************* Points System ************************
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The points are awarded to you in the fallowing manner
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| With lights on | With lights out |
_________________|________________|_________________|
| Retrieving a | | |
| secret document | 500 | 500 |
|_________________|________________|_________________|
| Shot and kill | | |
| bad guy | 100 | 150 |
|_________________|________________|_________________|
| Squish a bad | | |
| guy | 300 | 350 |
|_________________|________________|_________________|
| Jump into bad | | |
| guy | 150 | 200 |
|_________________|________________|_________________|
| Drop a light | | |
| onto a bad guy's| 300 | --- |
| head | | |
|_________________|________________|_________________|
| Completing a | 1000 x level | |
| level | # you are on | --- |
|_________________|________________|_________________|
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+ 5 ++++++++++++++++ Map of the Building +++++++++++++++++++++
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This is a general map of the building. The layout is the same but
the colors change with each level.
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_____ |____
| + + | - - - 30
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 29
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 28
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 27
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 26
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 25
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 24
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 23
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 22
|___ ___|
| + + | - - - 21
__|___ ___|__ *********************************
| + | | - - 20 [ KEY ]
|______ _|____| [ ]
|\ + + /| - - 19 [ _ Floor ]
|_\____ ____/_| [ ]
|\ + | + /| - - 18 [ _ _ Where Elevator ]
|_\____|____/_| [ goes through floor ]
|\ + + /| - - 17 [ ]
|_\____ ____/_| [ | Wall ]
| + + /| - - 16 [ ]
|_____ ____/_| [ Door that could ]
| | - - 15 [ contain secret doc. ]
|_ __________| [ ]
| | - - 14 [ + Light that can ]
|_ ________| [ be shot down ]
| | - - 13 [ ]
|_________ _| [ \ or / Escalator ]
| | - - 12 [ ]
|_____ ____ _| [ ? Possible spot for ]
| | - - 11 [ elevator to reach B1 ]
|_ ____ ____ _| [ ]
| + + | - - 10 *********************************
|_ _________ _|
| + + | - - 9
|_ _______ _|
| + + | - - 8
|_ _______ _|
| | - - 7
|______ ___ _ ____|
| | - - 6
|___ _ ___ _ ___|
| | - - 5
|___ _ _ _ _ ___|
| | - - 4
|___ _ _ _ _ ___|
| | - - 3
|___ _ _ _ _ ___|
| | - - 2
|___ _ _ _ _ ___|
| | - - 1
|_______________|
| ? ? ? ? ? | - - -B1
|_______________|
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* 6 ******************* Legal Matters ************************
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Elevator Action is copyright 1985 by Taito Corp.
This document is copyright 2002 by MiHOO, its author. Any use of
this document in whole or in part gives me the right to pursue the
matter legally. If you absolutely need to use anything from this
document then please give it proper credit.
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