__ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ ____ __ __ ____ ____ ___ /__\ ( _ \( \/ )( ___)( \( )(_ _)( )( )( _ \( ___)/ __) /(__)\ )(_) )\ / )__) ) ( )( )(__)( ) / )__) \__ \ (__)(__)(____/ \/ (____)(_)\_) (__) (______)(_)\_)(____)(___/ _____ ____ ( _ )( ___) )(_)( )__) (_____)(__) ___ ____ __ ____ ___ __ _ _ ____ ____ / __)(_ _) /__\ ( _ \ / __) /__\( \/ )( ___)( _ \ \__ \ )( /(__)\ ) / \__ \ /(__)\\ / )__) ) / (___/ (__)(__)(__)(_)\_) (___/(__)(__)\/ (____)(_)\_) ADVENTURES OF STAR SAVER FAQ/Walkthrough For play on Nintendo Gameboy Presented by BoredGamer Version: 1.21 Last Updated: 11/12/02 Phase: Technically Complete THE FOLLOWING SITES HAVE HOSTING PRIVILEGES: GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) IGN (www.ign.com) If you are e-mailing me about feedback, questions, or anything having to do with any FAQ, please send it to BoredGamerAdvanc@cs.com. If any e-mail is sent to BoredGamerAdvanc@cs.com that does not concern a FAQ, it will be deleted/ignored, as I primarily use this address for FAQ- related stuff. Another new note: DO NOT put my name in your address book. I'm not doing this to be mean, and I extend my full apology to those of you who know how to take care of your computer who have had my name in their books. The person you can blame is whoever it is that just will not get rid of their klez problems (as well as other e-mail viruses). I'm sick and tired of opening my e-mail and seeing more than a dozen messages from MAILER DAEMON saying that e-mail I set was not accepted, especially when it was to somebody I've never sent mail to in my life; or when I get mail from newsletters I've never signed up for. If you are reading this and know you're responsible, PLEASE GET SOMETHING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR VIRUSES. I don't mean to come off as sounding mean, but it's seriously irritating the bejesus out of me. Please stop sending me files. I will not download them unless they are someone I know, and by this I mean someone I know -personally- like family or best friends. I have suspected that some files that have been sent to me are viruses (with good justification after being persecuted) and did not download them. This also means not to send me FAQs or any other material to critique. INFO INVOLVING PUTTING MY NAME IN ADDRESS BOOKS: It has come to my attention recently that some of you out there have been putting my name in your address books. This is all fine and dandy by me. However, one, maybe more, amonst you have contracted the Klez virus (or something similar). I know this because I'm constantly getting e-mails sent back to me by MAILER-DAEMON and the like that certain e-mails that I didn't personally send are not going through because they have viruses in them. This is usually how viruses like Klez operate; they get into your address book, find a name, and begin sending e-mails using that name. I will say this loud and clear... CLEAN YOUR SYSTEMS!!! Download FixKlez or AVG Virus Scanner Free Edition. They're free, much emphasis on FREE, which means costs you nothing but time and hard drive space. You can probably find them on Download.com, if not do a Google search for them. This FAQ is Technically Complete. While it is pretty much finished, there are some corrections that can and hopefully will be made through feedback. Please hit me with some. _______________________________________________________________________ UPDATE HISTORY 8/13/2001- version .01- Life has been breathed into this project. Even though this is a little known game, I figured I'd still write a FAQ for it since it really has none at this time. I've begun Section 6 and completed Section 5. I also got a start on Section 1. There is a little information that can be added to the final copy. Let's just hope I can get someone to fill me in. 8/13/2001- version 0.7- Completed Section 2A and did most of the walkthrough. Still need to add level 9. 8/13/2001- version 1.2- I finished the walkthrough and added a little extra to past levels. I changed the boss strategy for the final boss a little. Finished everything else including the FAQ as well as Sections 2B and 2C. 8/17/2001- v1.21- Caught the insane, misspelling of "Histery." I think I got a good laugh out of that. Also spellchecked. Heheh... Bonush round... What was I thinking? 8/27/03- FAQ-wide updating. Details above. Contents According to Joe ------------------------- Section 1: Introduction 1A: Strange Bed-fellows 1B: The Quirky Experience Section 2: Playing the Game 2A: Controls 2B: Level Breakdown 2C: A Boy and His Mech Section 3: Walkthrough Section 4: FAQ Section 5: Legal Bit Section 6: Thank You and Goodbye ------------------------- / SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION \ ----------------------------- 1A: STRANGE BED-FELLOWS Tony and his sister (name forgotten; if you know it, do not hesitate to e-mail it to me) are police officers for Los Angeles. They may not look like it in the game (considering that Tony looks like he's about 10-years-old), but they work the mean streets. One day, while running their usual routes of crime fighting, a strange UFO flies overhead and abducts the both. The alien lifeforms then take them to another world. Tony has been separated from his sister, which the aliens now hold in captivity. Strangely enough, Tony comes across a mech while in the UFO. It seems the aliens have actually stolen the mech as it seems to have a personality all of its own (the instruction book speaks of the mech and Tony actually communicating). Together, they travel through the desolate, alien world to find Tony's sister and return to Earth. 1B: THE QUIRKY EXPERIENCE I came across this game while I was looking for a new Gameboy game to purchase after receiving a little money for my 12th birthday. It came down to this and Dr. Franken (which I hear is excellent). This one looked interesting. I was in the mood for a side scrolling platformer, so I decided to blow my roughly $20 on this. It didn't turn out to be a great purchase, but not a bad one for that matter. I obtained this game in November of 1992 and finished it sometime in Spring of '93. I actually have wrote a review for this one GameFAQs and gave it a 6/10, which by my standards is slightly over mediocre (10 = excellent, 5 = mediocre, 1 = Utterly Terrible). While this may not be Taito's holy glory, this is an okay game. I still laugh whenever I hear Tony's girly laugh as he's thrown from the mech's body! ----------------------------- / SECTION 2: PLAYING THE GAME \ --------------------------------- 2A: CONTROLS The game's controls are very simplistic. That is the upside to systems like Gameboy and Nintendo. Since they're controls are very limited on buttons, they have easy controls on many games. There's no fumbling around with complexities to execute the slightest command. Anyway, if you push the A button, you will execute a jump. The B button fires your weapon. If you hold the B button after firing, you can run. Of course, your direction pads control your motion. If you push a certain direction with A+B, you can shoot a life arrow. Life arrows can save you if you fall off the edge of a pit, but if you do this underneath a platform, you can ascend to the platform. This can be helpful at times. If you've ever gained thrusters (represented by a wing), you can push A while in mid-air and activate them. They can only be used once per pick up. 2B: LEVEL BREAKDOWN Each level is a side-scrolling shooter. Like many platformers, you mainly move from left to right. There are no levels that require you to do opposite. There are some that allow you to descend or ascend in some parts of the level, but never a scene in which you must to from right to left. Hidden in the levels are bonus stages. When you are in the bonus stages, you'll be on a moving platform with a brick formation. Shoot the corners of the formation until all the bricks are gone. You'll see a lion which you must jump on the back of to gain some extra points. This will also catapult you near the end of the level. It is actually necessary to find the bonus stage in level 7 to progress since the boss of that stage is indestructible. There are various items you'll see throughout levels. Here they are... Power Blocks: Your best friend if you lose your mech. If you have no mech and see one of these, then jump on top of it and get in the proper position. Tony should stop, look toward the screen, generate a new mech, and jump in. If you have a mech, it'll just give you extra points. Life Arrows: These can be very helpful. When you fall off a pit, you will automatically pull yourself up and save yourself from a fate worse than death (well, sorta). You can also manually use these by pushing A+B with a directional and you can shoot on. This can help you if you wish to ascend to a platform above you Invincibility Triange: Appear throughout the level. They're just like the Starmen in Super Mario Bros. They can make you invincible and also give you the ability to kill enemies when you run into them. Lion's Head: Just like the triangles, except these can only be found if you shoot. They are hidden in each level. They also tend to last longer than the triangles. Gun Upgrade: For your mech, this gives it a spray attack. For Tony, he can now rapid fire. One of the gifts bore by the cross. Thrusters: Also given by the cross. Allows you to descend slowly if you have one. By jumping and pushing A, your character (either one) will slowly descend and move forward a bit. 2C: A BOY AND HIS MECH Tony and his mech are depending very much on each other. Tony is far too weak to destroy the enemies on his own. If you are in your mech and get hit, you lose the mech. This forces Tony to have to fight on his own. His attack is significantly slower than the mechs, which really sucks. ------------------------ / SECTION 3: WALKTHROUGH \ ---------------------------- Level 1 You should start out on a platform above the first enemy. Drop down and shoot it. Then, jump across the big pit ahead of you using the platforms. Right next to the second platform should be a set of life arrows. Those are very helpful. There should then be a longer platform with spider monsters on it. Destroy them and continue. The next platform should be a different color/shade (depending on what GB system you're playing this on) than previous ones. When you jump on it, it begins to move. Don't worry, it doesn't completely drop out. It just moves up and down. Jump from that platform onto the small planet and be careful of the enemy that splits when you kill it. Just after that should be an invincibility triangle. Grab it. You are now not only invincible, but when you walk into an enemy you kill it. It's just like the Starman from Super Mario Bros. Jump on the next few platforms. Another mover should come up and you'll eventually find yourself on a platform with some bunny monsters. Kill the bunnies, but don't continue on just yet. There should be a Power Block near there in case you lost your mech back near the beginning. Jump on the Power Block and you'll get the mech back. Jump down the pipe-like thing and you should land on a small, moving planet. Some life arrows should appear next to it, so grab them. As the planet moves, continue to fire rapidly, killing the bat monsters. Keep firing even as you see platforms because doing so will make a hidden lion head appear. Destroy the jellyfish monsters and grab the lion head, then jump down the platforms. Drop down to the next moving planet and allow it to descend. Now, drop down to the bigger planet below once you can see the platform. There should be a cross-like mechanism moving around on the platform. Before it falls off, shoot it. It'll give you a spray attack and some thrusters. Kill the enemies and drop onto the next descending platform. As you go down, destroy the enemies and work your way onto the other descenders. Eventually, you should come to a place with flames coming out of the walls. Dodge the flames at all costs. You should come to another planet with a descender to the left of it. Take it down and you should come to a place with a dog and some steam. Be careful of the dog. It cannot be defeated. If need be, there should be a Power Block for you to use. Now, stay clear of the steam as it will temporarily paralyze you and make you an easy victim for the dog. Run and jump over the dog. Prepare for the first boss. BOSS STRANGE ALIEN CREATURE Difficulty Rating: Fairly easy This boss should be too hard. Just be cautious as it dies. Run around until it begins to drop. Do not let it drop on you. When it finally hits the ground, begin blasting it. Please do take notice that the only part of its body that takes any damage is the bulging, throbbing part. Continue to blast it until it eventually dies. It should eventually die and split into two jellyfish monsters. I usually say ignore the jellies if you can and just run more to the right. You should come to a strange TV screen. Jump in it and progress to the next level. Note: This boss can be made way easier if you have a spray attack] Level 2 You should start out on the far left of the level with a big pit ahead of you. There should be some flashing parts on the ground. Stand on one flashing part and jump up and down a few times until it stops flashing. You should notice a platform move on the right. Do the same on the other flasher and jump over the pit onto the platform. Beware of the dog. Behind him should be a pole with a flashing spot on it. Shoot the spot and it'll disappear. There should also be another flashing part on the floor. Run-jump over the dog and just run on the flashing spot on the floor and the next pole should disappear. Finally, just shoot the last pole as you did the first and keep going. Some bunny monster should appear. Rapid fire until they're gone and grab the lion head that appears. You should see a swarm of music notes. Rapid fire until all the notes are gone then jump through. The notes are deadly, but they are annoying. Destroy the bouncing machine as it's coming at you. Just beyond that is a spot with strange waves. When the wave aren't visible, jump through. These are just like the music notes. Kill the spiders and grab the invincible triangle. You should be able to just go through the notes if you're invincible. Destroy the enemy beyond the notes and keep going. You should notice some life arrows and a strange platform with nothing below it. Grab the arrows and watch out for the platform as it does fall. Destroy the cross near the next group of music notes and get boosters and the spray. The spray will help with the next round of music notes. There should be a platform just floating off the main land. Jump on the platform and you'll be thrown into a sequence of moving platforms. Jump carefully from each to the next. In the middle should be a regular platform with some life arrows that'll appear on the far right side. There should be some platforms moving up on one side and down on the other. Jump over them to the next areas. If you jumped on the top, destroy the creature and fire at the soft spot on the pole until it opens. Destroy the pill bugs and continue on. If you chose the bottom, do the same on top, only after the bunnies you should come to a platform. Jump on it and it'll move across. Jump on the next platform and over to the boss battle. BOSS ROBOTIC DINOSAUR Difficulty Rating: Pathetic You can only hurt this creature when it stands still. When it does, attack rapidly. When it jumps in the air, run underneath it but only if it gets too close. Keep going until the creature is defeated. There really isn't much more to it than that. Run along and there should be some raising platforms. Jump on them and make your way to the TV screen to the next level. Level 3 Run right and look out for the falling rocks. Kill the pill bugs just after that and jump to the next platform in the middle of the platforms. You can go down to the cave as well and push down and it'll take you a little ways ahead. Anyway, assuming you didn't take the cave... Run right and grab the Power Block if needed. There should be two caves after that. The top one has wind blowing out of it and can be quite a throw off. It should throw you near some enemies. Chances are likely they could throw you from your mech. Destroy them and grab the fruits of the cross. Watch out for the steam erupting from from the contraption and jump to the next platform. Watch out for the enemy that falls from above. Kill it with caution and jump to the next platform. You could also drop down, but I like taking the higher platform. You should come to a platform at the very top of the screen. Keep firing and you should get a lion head that'll deem you invincible. Just run straight through until you fall off at the end of the platform. Watch out for the rocks again. Take the cave and jump to the platform right of the cave exit. Grab the invincibility triangle and run straight, going through the enemies. You should come to a place where there is a platform up and to the left of some tendrils. If you fire while on the platform with a spray attack, some hidden platforms should appear. Use those to get past the tendrils, otherwise just jump over it cautiously. If you fire to the right of the tendrils some place, a lion head should appear. Grab he lion head and there should be some more flashing parts on the ground. Jump on the two flashers and get rid of the poles in the way. There should be another one with a soft spot on it. Hit the soft spot and go on. BOSS ALIEN INSECT Difficulty Rating: Fairly easy This one has quite the same principle as the first. Run around until it descends and then hit it's abdomen (which should be at the top of it) to damage it. It should throw its claw at you. Jump over the claw. My suggestion is to stay on the far right when it starts throwing its claw until it descends. That should give you a lot of room to work with and jump over the claw. Repeat the process until it is dead. Level 4 Run and jump over the platforms and then destroy the blocks that are piled up. After that, a fish should jump up out of the water. Be careful if you destroy it, as it will become three new monsters. Rapid fire at this area until you kill the second fish. Now jump up and destroy the cross and grab the benefits. Kill the creatures, even in their final form and run along to grab some arrows. Look out for the fish that jump up near that area. Grab the triangle and move on. There should be another platform that'll take you across the water. There should be a bunch of fish coming up out of the water. Stay on the far left of the platform as there will be one fish coming directly up out from behind. If you can, destroy it before it has much of a chance to emerge. If you have the spray attack, fire rapidly. This should make some platforms appear. Jump to the next platform and grab the Power Block if necessary. Watch out for steam, enemies, and falling platforms. Run until there's a split in the road. Jump to the top and keep going. Keep running and firing until a lion head appears. Grab that and keep going, destroying more enemies. You should come to some more blocks. Destroy them and advance. Jump to the top route of the two paths after the blocks and attack the bunnies. They should become pill bugs. Kill those as well. Drop down and continue on. BOSS GIANT FISH Difficulty Rating: Fairly difficult Here's a helpful pattern to follow. When he's close to your platform, get close to him. When he's away from the platform, be away from him. This will help you dodge the dead fish he throws at you. Only attack when he pops up out of the water. I mainly only recommend attacking when he pops out near your platform. After it's dead, its dead body should be floating on the surface. Jump on it and it'll carry you to the other side. Jump through the TV screen to level 5 Level 5 The game should be pretty much downhill from here. Run along and destroy the enemies as they come. Jump over the platforms and progress. There should be a Power Block that appears near a platform. You'll notice a small space in the platform. Shoot that space and a lion head will appear. Grab it. There should be a radio after that. Run past it as soon as you can, just before the notes come out. Watch out for the dog as usual and keep going. Grab the triangle and run along the platform. Just watch out for the pieces that move up and down. Run along the power lines and be careful for the electric jolts. If you fire with spray right after the power lines, some platforms should appear. Take the platforms and run. There should be some flashing spots and a moving platform right after that. I have no idea what the spots do. I've shot the hell out of them and nothing happens. Just avoid them and make your way to a ship. Run right from the ship and watch out for the platforms. BOSS ANCIENT SNAIL Difficulty Rating: Pathetic This one shouldn't extremely hard unless you're not that great at timing or aiming. Jump over it as it comes at you and shoot it only when the head pops out. Not much more to it than that. Run along and jump into the TV screen. Level 6 Run along and kill the enemies. There should be a tree with "breakable" branches in it (they can break, but it's quite hard). Don't stand under the moon too long because part of it will break off and attempt to destroy you. The second breakable branch should have a lion head above it. Shoot it to make it appear and grab it. Watch out for the next set of pill bugs. They become insects when you kill them. Grab the Power Block if needed. Jump from the platforms to the sea monster's back. You should see the sea monster's head. Shoot the head until it's still, then jump on it. After that one should be another sea monster. Do the same. Shoot the castle and a lion head will appear. Grab it or the triangle, it doesn't matter which. If you shoot just the right spot of the castle, a hidden passage will appear. You can go that way. Well, assuming you didn't... After the castle should be some fish and a sea monster. If you have the spray attack, you can make some platforms appear. Either take the platforms or attack the sea monster. Run along and kill the bunnies then jump to the next platform. Yet another sea monster. Stop it and jump on its head. Yet another short level, probably the shortest in the game. BOSS ALIEN EAGLE Difficulty Rating: Moderate This one's a bit hard. The only real hard part is the eggs it lays. As they begin to hatch destroy them. Don't let them fully hatch. Attack the eagle only as he comes close to the ground. That's not a necessity, but it's a recommendation. After it's dead, move on. Level 7 This level is quite the trickster. Run along until you see some flashing parts. Kill the bats and jump on the second flashing part. A chain should appear. Jump up and grab the chain. Run along and grab a triangle kill the enemies. The snails in pairs can die no matter which one you shoot, they both become one enemy. Kill it. Destroy the cross and grab its fruits. There should a blinking platform. Jump repeatedly and the platform should move out. Keep jumping and it should raise. Shoot the piece of the corner that's blinking and the platform should come down. Now, jump on it and run along. Grab the arrows and jump on the next blinking part of the ground and a platform should descend. Jump on the platform and the pole should open. Jump on the stump that was the pole a few times and some platforms should appear. Jump on the vertical platform and go to the bonus round. This should drop you off in a hidden area. DO NOT FIGHT THE BOSS! It cannot be killed. If you didn't take the bonus round, then you will have to fight the boss. Drop down and kill the snails. Jump on the flashing platform above them a few times and ascend. Continue to ascend, jumping up the platforms and killing enemies. Watch out for the bats at the top, ascend a little ways more and jump through the TV screen. Level 8 Move along and be careful of the tendrils as usual. Destroy the spores that you'll eventually come across. Hitting only a few should make them all disappear. Grab the life arrows and attack the enemies coming along the platforms. More spores. You should see some coiled plants. At the second coiled plant is a lion head, which is hidden unless you shoot it. Grab the triangle and keep running. Destroy the pill bug and birds, just be careful of the falling rocks. Jump from platform to platform until you get to a Power Block. Grab if needed. You should come to a place with platforms in the water. Jump from platform to platform and grab the cross, then attack the sea monsters. Avoid the dog after that and attack the enemy. Work along and you should come to the boss. FINAL BATTLE ROCK-THROWING ROBOT Difficulty Rating: Quite Difficult This one should be hard. As he comes toward you it'll throw rocks. The rocks are always thrown in the same place. Whenever he throws the second rock and it hits the ground, I usually run through the line of rocks, making absolutely sure I'm not hit. That can be difficult, but it's the only way I've seen through it. You should get better with practice. The only way to hurt it is when it stands still. At that moment, attack the darkened arm. That's it's only weakness. Dodge the last two rocks to the best of your ability. What I find comes handy is to run beyond the landing point of the last rock, then lightly jump and shoot the arm. Even if you only get one shot in at a time, you can still defeat it. Level 9- Final Stage You will start out on a moving platform with others coming toward you. Jump on the others. Jump to the top area and grab the arrows. Now, jump from there to the next mechanical lifts to the next small platform. There should be some more lifts after that and eventually some more moving platforms. This platform will actually stand still until you jump on it. You should finally hit some land. Jump on it and be careful of the crushing traps. The traps don't have to crush you to damage you. Just touching them is bad enough. There should be two that come together at the end. Jump when they leave you the most amount of space between them. On the other side should be a Power Block. Use it if you need to. Do the usual jump strategy to the flashing spots and the poles ahead should disappear. Then, run a little further and there should be some more music notes. Destroy the notes and there should be a strange machine beyond them. Jump in the machine and you'll get whatever it was the mech wanted. After that is another machine of the same. The mech will disappear for good, but you will get Tony's sister back! They will automatically walk over to a strange ship of sorts. This ship cannot directly move left to right, but must jump over left to right in order to move. On the plus side, you cannot be killed in this machine (As far as I know. I've been wailed on with that thing and have never seen it destroyed.). So, shoot the enemies and take them down, then continue on. You should come to some platforms that you'll have to carefully jump across. You should be happy that there is no boss here. Just jump straight into the screen and watch the ending, as short as it is. ---------------- / SECTION 4: FAQ \ -------------------- Q: How do I make Lion's Heads appear? A: Fire in just the right areas. Q: Where can I find this game? A: As I've said before... eBay. Q: How would you rate the difficulty of this game? A: Fairly easy with the exception of the final boss. Q: How do you defeat the 7th boss? A: You can't. Eventually, your hits won't have anymore of an effect against him. Q: Can you play as Tony's sister? A: Not that I know of. ---------------------- / SECTION 5: LEGAL BIT \ -------------------------- This FAQ is copyright 2001-2003 to Joe Shaffer, aka BoredGamer. Any use of this FAQ for commercial purposes in any way, shape, or form without confirmed consent of the author is strictly prohibited. This can be used for personal use and freely distributed, as long as there is no profit being made off the FAQ without my approval before hand (this includes magazines). This also cannot be posted on any websites without my solid approval. Any failure to comply with said premises can, and probably will, result in legal actions. ---------------------------------- / SECTION 6: THANK YOU AND GOODBYE \ -------------------------------------- Thanks to... Jeff "CJayC" Veasey, owner of GameFAQs. Taito. Even if this wasn't a great game, it still kept me busy enough to eventually one day finish it. (c) Joe Shaffer 2001-2003
