Zero Gunner 2 (Dreamcast) FAQ/Walkthrough version 1.0 (5/21/03)
Copyright Martin Dale-Hench 2003 (hockeyfox@ameritech.net)

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                          Z E R O   G U N N E R   2
                             (D R E A M C A S T)


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Contact Info/Legal Crap
II. Basics
III. Mini-Walkthrough
           -Level 1 - Sea of Cloud
           -Level 2 - Submergence City
           -Level 3 - Alpine Armored Train
           -Level 4 - Marine Base
           -Level 5 - Asian Slum
           -Level 6 - Orbital Elevator
           -Level 7 - Aerial Capital
IV. Secrets
V. History
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                           I. Contact Info/Legal Crap
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permission thing, but that's up to you... I can't guarantee that you'll be 
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me. You cannot distribute this guide for profit. Simple enough.


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                                  II. Basics
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  Introduction
  ============

Let's cut to the chase. Writing for an import game without any knowledge of
the foreign language, Japanese, isn't hard. It's like HELL. I don't know where
to start, what to say, what to explain, what format should I use. Despite 
those difficulties, I proceed and made this FAQ. Why? Because it's a VERY GOOD
game and it deserves a FAQ. Luckily for me, this game doesn't require a long
FAQ because the game, like most shooters, are very linear that it does not
require any Walkthrough. Yay... go me. 

Sadly, the developer of this game, Psikyo, recently got an order to shut down
their headquarters. The company has made an abundance of excellent games for 
us to enjoy. Hardcore shooters worship them along with Treasure, Ikaruga's 
developer. After playing this game, you will worship them.

I salute you, Psikyo.


  Controls
  ========

An common shooter with a twist. You'll see.

 _______________________________________
| D-pad             |    Move ship      |
| A                 |    Fire           |
| B (hold)          |    Turn Marker*   |
| X (hold)          |    Turn Marker*   |
| Y                 |    Special Attack |
| R                 |    Special Attack |
| L                 |    None           |
| Control Stick     |    None           |
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*To use the B/X button efficiently, hold it down and the cursor will appear.
Your ship will be unable to move vertically or horizontally during this time.
Instead, it is used to move your ship's DIRECTION! Yes, your direction. You
can move your ship around 360 degrees. To do this, just press the direction
you want to go on your D-pad. You can fire while turning, so learn to press
B/X and A at the same time. An useful skill, indeed.

NOTE: There are alternate controls (below) but I recommend you to use the 
controls above since it is the best and easiest to use.

TYPE A
------
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| D-pad             |    Move ship      |
| A                 |    Fire           |
| B (hold)          |    Turn Marker    |
| X (hold)          |    Turn Marker    |
| Y                 |    Special Attack |
| R                 |    Special Attack |
| L                 |    None           |
| Control Stick     |    None           |
| Shot + Turn Marker|    Off            |
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TYPE B
------
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| D-pad             |    Move ship      |
| A                 |    Fire           |
| B (hold)          |    Turn Marker    |
| X (hold)          |    Turn Marker    |
| Y                 |    Special Attack |
| R                 |    Special Attack |
| L                 |    None           |
| Control Stick     |    None           |
| Shot + Turn Marker|    Off            |
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TYPE C
------
 _______________________________________
| D-pad             |    Move ship      |
| A (hold)          |    Turn Marker    |
| B                 |    Special Attack |
| X                 |    Fire           |
| Y                 |    Special Attack |
| R                 |    Special Attack |
| L                 |    None           |
| Control Stick     |    None           |
| Shot + Turn Marker|    On             |
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TYPE D
------
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| D-pad             |    Move ship      |
| A (hold)          |    Turn Marker    |
| B                 |    Special Attack |
| X                 |    Fire           |
| Y                 |    Special Attack |
| R                 |    Special Attack |
| L                 |    None           |
| Control Stick     |    None           |
| Shot + Turn Marker|    Off            |
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  Game Screen
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| 1P:   43500                    1-2                     2P:       0 |
| /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ                                            ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ |
|/  (1P lives left)                                (2P lives left)  \|
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|  /|                                                            |\  |
| / | ^                                                        ^ | \ |
| |E| ^  <--One filled arrow:                                  ^ |E| |
| |N| ^     one full bar of                                    ^ |N| |
| |E| ^     energy                                             ^ |E| |
| |R| ^                                                        ^ |R| |
| |G| ^                                                        ^ |G| |
| |Y|                                                            |Y| |
| | /                                                            \ | |
| |/                                                              \| |
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|                                 /\                                 |
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|                            (credits left)                          |
|                              8 Credits                             |
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  Main Menu
  =========

 Game Start
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  1 ------- 2 ------- 3 ------- 4 ------- 5 ------- 6 ------- 7
Child   Very Easy   Easy     Normal     Arcade    Hard      Very Hard

There are seven difficulties, displayed as a number 1-7. 1 is the easiest
(Child) and 7 is the hardest (Very Hard). The normal mode is not 4 (Normal)...
it is actually 5 (Arcade). Thought I'd let you know. The difference: as the
number goes up, there are more ships in each level. Also, the ships WILL shoot
MORE. Believe me, the ships in Child don’t even shoot while the Very Hard
enemies shoot like there's no tomorrow. One more difference: on the Arcade
difficulty of higher, when you beat the game once, you can access the second
world with seven more levels.

After highlighting your desired difficulty, press A or start to start the 
game.


 Option
 ------

<Button Config.> Leads to the controls section. Choose from 4 types of 
controls. See the Controls section above.

<Sound> Stereo or Mono. Your pick.

<Vibration> You must have a Jump Pack/Puru Puru Pack to have it functional.
If so, highlight 'Yes' to have the rumble on.


  Ranking
  -------

See your high scores here. Press left and right to see the high scores by the
difficulty. 


  Replay Mode
  -----------

After you've beaten the game ONCE, you can use this function... To see how 
the pros pick the levels apart. The guys here never die in any level and they
show you how. This way, you can train to get stellar high scores. 


  How to Play
  ===========

  Basic Knowledge
  ---------------

In this game, you have access to the entire screen/field, and you WILL use 
the entire thing. Most of the shooters has enemies coming from the top of the
screen, all ready for your fire. This time, the enemies will come from top...
and left, right, and below. No worries, mate. You can turn your ship by 
pressing X/B. This way, you can turn your helicopter to the desired direction
and blast the enemies to hell. 

Alright, now you know how to shoot and move around... How to die? Simple. 
A shot will take you down. ANY SHOT. There's no HP meter or anything. Bumping
into enemies... it will depend. Small enemies will not kill you, but SOMETIMES
large enemies can touch you and destroy you, but it's a rarity. You can kill
enemies physically by releasing your Fire button and come up to the lesser
enemies and they will perish. 

Next, there are mini-bosses and bosses all over the game. As usual, your 
objective will and always will be to destroy them. They will throw you an 
array of attacks AND move around. That's when the rotation of the helicopter
comes in handy. If you don't turn around, you will die often as you dodge 
the crossfire helplessly.

There is a special attack that is unique to each helicopter, but you have to
charge your meter by collecting the Energy Tanks (explanations in the second
section below) and filling up your meter. When the meter is high enough, you
can use the special attack. The special attacks use up the energy so it is 
very limited so don't over-use it.

Bottom line: Rotate quickly and fire quickly and effectively.


  The Helicopters
  ---------------

There are three helicopters to choose from. If you're playing with someone 
else, you two cannot have the same helicopter. The helicopters differ in
speed, the power, the range of the attacks, the size, and the special 
attack. Here they are:

COMANCHE (Blue)
---------------
  Speed: Medium
  Size: Medium
  Special Attack: Deploy a ship which will fire powerful blasts in the 
                  direction where you put it.
  No Upgrade: A mere linear and single fire.
   1 Upgrade: Two lines of fire, both up the middle. Also, next to the lines
              of the fire, a pulse cannon will go on and off, piercing the
              enemy that might come across its path and going THROUGH it.
              Useful for battles with many enemies.
  2 Upgrades: Two lines of fire with 2 cannons each. 4 pulse cannons, two on
              each side.

APACHE (Green)
--------------
  Speed: Slow
  Size: Small
  Special Attack: Several homing planes will lock on to the nearest target and
                  blast it to hell. 
  No Upgrade: Just a single line of fire.
   1 Upgrade: 3 lines of fire, bundled together, combining to make a powerful
              shot. Sometimes, some missiles will come out from the sides.
  2 Upgrades: Just like the previous upgrade, but the lines of fire has 5
              cannons.


HOKUM (Yellow)
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  Speed: Fast
  Size: Large
  Special Attack: The best in the game... A ship(s)* will be deployed and 
                  follows you around the screen and fire whenever you fire.
                  Their fire will destroy virtually anything in one shot.
  No Upgrade: Again, just a linear single shot.
   1 Upgrade: Two SEPERATED shots, with 4 GUIDED missiles! Pretty good!
  2 Upgrades: 3 separated shots, one on the middle and one on each side. FIVE
              guided missiles will aid you too.


  Power-ups and Energy tanks
  --------------------------

After killing an enemy or a mini-boss, some green stuff will come out. No,
that's not ooze or blood. They are called energy tanks. You will usually
see small tanks floating around, and if you grab them, it will increase your
meter a bit (each). However, you will usually see some bigger tanks. Those
tanks will increase your meter 10x more than the smaller one. 

What are those energy tanks for? Special attacks, that's what. Press the 
special attack button and your ship will release a POWERFUL attack that 
releases your wrath upon your helpless enemies. 

Next, the power-ups. They are very easily distinguished since they are seen 
as a 'P' slab floating around. Each ship will only 'accept' 2 upgrades/
power-ups, but if you get more, it will give you extra 1000 points. What the 
upgrades do to a ship is explained in the section above this one.

An important tip: instead of flying over to the tanks, just release your fire
button to attract the tanks to you. This way, you can stay in the position or
dodge the crossfire while grabbing the tanks.


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                            III. Mini-Walkthrough
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Listen, I know that this game does not require any Walkthrough since it's
extremely linear and pretty easy. But I'll give you some SURIVIAL tips and
some hints/tips on the bosses. They might help you out so I guess I'll add
them here.

(The levels are explained in the Arcade difficulty but the levels are mostly
the same throughout the difficulties. However, if you're playing on the 
easy mode, shame on you... It's so easy that I could beat it blind-folded
with maybe 5 credits...)

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

Levels 1-4 are RANDOM in order, so know which level you're talking about and
find that level. Alpine Armored Train (level 3 here) could be your FIRST 
level so don't get mad at me if our levels don’t match.
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Level 1 - Sea of Cloud
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Nothing special here, just warming you up for the harder levels. 

- When you get to face some 747s (large planes), concentrate on a plane and
destroy it. After that, move on to the next plane. Simple...

- As for the first boss, the Stealth Bomber with 2 mini-Bombers, just shoot 
and use your Special Attack on the mini-Bombers. When the babies are down,
just kick the lone Bomber down.

- The Bomber will evolve into a big mecha, looks kinda like Power Rangers'
robots (oh, uh... I didn't watch that.... uhh... I just.. knew about it, 
that's all... <_< >_> ) You will start off facing to the left so be prepared
to move around a LOT! ALWAYS face the boss, don't have your back to him, 
it's harder to turn around while there are bullets all around you. Just kick
his ass with Special Attacks and third-level fire. Also, you can knock down
missiles (yellow) with your bullets... it helps you a bit.


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Level 2 - Submergence City
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This level requires a bit more skill than the previous level, of course.

- At the beginning, don't be lazy... The enemies will come from the top, left,
right, and bottom. Stay in the middle of the screen and turn to the direction
that the enemies are coming. The enemies enter in hordes so stay in that 
direction until all of them have been destroyed. Then, of course, turn to the
next horde.

- Your first challenging boss: a yellow-marinated spider. Actually, not even
that challenging so forget it. :P  Some additional enemies will come in but
they're nothing, so don't worry about them. The spider will shoot some 
patterned shots so dodge them while shooting at the damn tarantula. Try to save
your energy so you have some Special Attacks for the final boss of Chapter 2.

- The submarine section after the spider mini-boss can be challenging if you
attack it head-on, so don't come up to the sub. Just stick to lower-left
corner and fire at the submarine and some flying enemies. Naturally, you will
need to dodge some to avoid death. Beware, don't get too over-confident. You
may want to use the Special Attacks here.

- The final boss for this level: another evolution... from the submarine. 
Guess what? It's a spider! Not like the previous one, anyway. An important 
tip: don't try to dodge the bullets he throws at you, just try to evade them 
to the side so you don't have to dodge them one by one. Again, use the Energy 
to release some special wrath on him. When he stumbles down a bit, that means
that he's almost dead so use a Special Attack to finish him off.


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Level 3 - Alpine Armored Train
------------------------------

Interesting level... considering that it revolves around the railroad track
entirely.

- You will fly over two railroad tracks being crossed by some railcars with 
gun turrets on the top... so, stay on the bottom of the screen so you can 
shoot them all without having to turn around so much. If you're not quick 
enough, you can be overwhelmed by gunfire. 

- You will encounter a second set of railcars. They have a yellow-orange hue,
but that's not important. Again, stay on the bottom of the screen and release
some Special Attacks on finish them off. They will shoot a LOT of gunfire so
you have to finish them off quickly if you want some lives left. 

- The next mini-boss: yes, on a rail. Pretty easy, but if you're careless, you
lives will be on risk. Just pummel the stupid piece of shit with some Special
Attacks and revolve around it, causing its head to turn. This way, the head 
won't hit you because its aim is behind you. 

- Finally, an air battle! The final boss for level 3 is no slouch. He looks 
very similar to the boss of level 1. His attacks: enclosing bullets. For
those bullets, try your best to dodge them... I can't really help you on this
one. He will also release some 'mines' that swirls and shoots some fire. When
he releases those bastards, destroy them immediately! This boss has low HP
so you can finish him VERY quickly with a well-aimed Special Attack.


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Level 4 - Marine Base
---------------------

- A combo of boats will come from below and some airplanes will come from 
above... what to do? You could stay at the bottom and shoot as the boats go
up, since they won't immediately shoot at you. On the way, you could shoot 
distant aircrafts coming from the north... Or you could turn around and around
from the left or the right side. Either way, it works. 

- You will come upon a group of 4 turrets. They're not tough so take them down
quickly with a sweep. However, after the quad, the screen will move up to the
next quad turret. They will be placed on the circle and move around. Do your 
best to destroy a turret and take his position on the circle and shoot at the
next turret. Destroy them all using this method and you should be alright.
Just don't get close to a turret.

- The mini-boss is extremely tough, tons of gunfire from the mini-boss and its
'assistants'. You won’t have time to shoot it from distance because there’s 
too many bullets and moving things. Just use your Special Attacks as soon as 
possible and stay alive, keeping your level 3 turrets intact.

- The BOSS! Yet another flying mecha here. Bah, where's the originality? Oh 
well, at least the originality in the 360-degree turning is pure. Anyway, this
is a tough boss. You're almost sure to dead in this frantic battle. His most
lethal weapon: a multiple-splitting chain turrets, or whatever you want to 
call it. You know what I mean! (if you don't, then obviously you haven't faced
this boss) Just dodge through tight spaces to avoid the insanity of the 
gunfire. The boss will move around a bit, but not too fast. When he goes to 
the middle, just keep flying around and around the boss because he will try
to fire at you, but he won't 'lead' your position. Going around the boss
will cause the aim to go off-target. Don't forget... Special Attacks.
Good luck.


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Level 5 - Asian Slum
--------------------

- Your first REAL level. Yes, your first all-out challenging level in this 
game... FINALLY! The enemies here has a but more HP than the enemies in the
previous levels so you have to shoot them for a longer extent of time to
destroy them. The enemies, at first, will come from the top and bottom, but
just stay at the bottom and turn around a bit to take down the bottom enemies.
There will be a lot of oranges (bullets) flying around so your thumb should be
ready by now.

- The level will go right a bit... now it's a side-scrolling shooter. The 
enemies will come from the left and right this time. The best position: in the
middle so you can have the entire thing to you. Turn around when necessary 
and make them cry for their mommies.

- The mini-mini-boss(es): A trio of red crane-turret thingies. This is a tough
one... Immediately use your Special Attack and level 3 turrets to destroy the
top one. Take his position and turn to either turret remaining. Use another 
Special Attack, if you can, to destroy that turret. After destroying the 
second one, it's easier. Before that, you have to dodge a LOT! You need more
than a good luck. Good luck anyway.

- The next mini-boss has a very dangerous weapon that cannot be crossed: a 
sun-light beam. Well... a YELLOW beam... So what? Heh. Anyway, FIRST: go to
the left or right and get of the way of his yellow beam. Shoot some Special
Attacks on his ARM. If you don't destroy his arm, both arms will combine to 
form a even more dangerous weapon. After destroying one arm, you can 
concentrate on the body, which will finish him off. No need to kill both
limbs.

- The boss has only one attack but it's pretty dangerous if you don't know
how to prevent it. Well, start off by going to a corner and stay there (fire
at the boss while you're doing that, duh) and wait for the boss to release
his lone attack: some mini-air-crafts with some electrical contact with the
boss. Avoid those electrical lines and shoot at the mini-things, NOT the 
boss! Try to destroy 3 or more closest to you. Why? Because each surviving
item will shoot a circle of bullets... If all (10) thingies are still intact,
you're in hell. Shoot the ones closest to you so you have time to dodge the
bullets from afar. Gotcha? After that, just shoot at the boss with regular
gunfire and Special Attacks to finish him off. 


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Level 6 - Orbital Elevator
--------------------------

- Ton of enemies will come flying to you as you start this level. Stay in the
center and turn around and around to quickly destroy them all. The enemies
come from every direction...

- After the exciting opening segment, one more spider comes forth. Maybe a
beetle? Who cares... Only one good tip: Keep moving. Don't ever stop and
think. Its attacks are very accurate and quick so if you don't move, you're
going to get hit. Just keep moving and keep your target on the mini-boss. 
Don't forget the ever-useful Special Attacks as well.

- After the elevator, you emerge in the open air once again. This is a very
difficult part... perhaps the hardest one... rivaled by the last part of level
7. Anyway, the best way to destroy the sides of the large aircraft: stay in 
the bottom right corner and fire at the passing ships and the turrets on the
ship. Do it all of the way until you finally complete the side-of-the-ship
run. 

- Now, as you enter the middle part of the large aircraft, stay to the left 
and take down the left turrets with some Special Attacks. After that, kill
the right turrets with some plain gunfire. Repeat. Yes, it's very tough but
you can do it if you know how to dodge quickly. When you see two BIG 
artilleries opening up in the back, quickly go to the back of the turrets and
shoot them in their asses with your Special Attacks. If you can't destroy them
both before they could turn around to face you, just destroy one and dodge the
other cannon and finish it off. Toughest part...

- The boss is VERY tough... he moves around like crazy (sort of) and spews out
countless bullets... It's impossible for you to survive so don't cringe if you
die at least 3 times in this battle. So after your ship's death, use your 
Special Attack ASAP with your new Energy. The boss' attacks are varied and all
of them are liable to kill you. One of the attacks: I might help you. It's 
similar to one of the previous bosses' attacks: some discs goes out and 
shoots some random gunfire. Shoot them to avoid their bullets... They're not
too tough but the boss is still tough.


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Level 7 - Aerial Capital
------------------------

Alas, the final level.

- The first segment: some ships and usual crap... Destroy them all but you 
will encounter a tough set of rail-ships... they will shoot a hundred bullets
at a time, do a sweep from a side to another to avoid, if you're LUCKY. Don't
use the Special Attacks yet, tho.

- Why save the Special Attacks? Because of this: after the previous segment, 
TWO big mechas will come out and fight you. The blue one will shoot some 
bullets at you, and the purple one will come up to you and SLASH at you. 
Instant kill. Avoid the purple one's range and shoot frantically at him 
(Special Attack a MUST!) After her (his?) death, fight the blue one. Should
be easy, since he just shoots around the place.

- Yes, you will meet some more HARD enemies after the previous mini-bosses.
Airplanes here have a LOT of turrets filled with bullets waiting for you...
Just move around a lot and kill the airplanes ASAP. You may die here once,
if you're lucky.

- After the short but tough segment, here comes yet another mini-boss. No,
it's not a spider again... it's a flying SNAKE! It will come from above first
and shoot some bullets from its side so be prepared and move when it goes 
through the screen. Don't forget to shoot! Special Attacks, of course, is an
necessity to survival here. You don't have to shoot at the head, you can 
shoot at the body and still kill it. Remember, move around!

- Now... THE aerial capital. First, shoot to the right to destroy the turret
shooting at you. After that, quickly shoot to the LEFT at the 'flower' turret.
Try to kill it before it even fires a single shot. Move to the right and aim 
at the blue oval to the left. Shoot it with the Special Attack and finish it
off quickly because it will throw some devastating attacks at you. 

- Three more 'flower' turrets will come forth... Use the Special Attacks to
destroy some of them before they fire a shot. After that, another orb, but
it's purple... its attacks is a bit different from the blue one, but your
mission is always the same! Kick some ass! However, there are FIVE more
flowers coming up so be prepared...

- The final orb... Go straight to the left of the orb and stay there. When
the orb opens up, shoot at it and use your Special Attack to speed up the
rate. The beams will close on you so you have to cut down on the time.
After a while, you should have destroy the orb... Moving on...

- Going up, after some lame enemies, you will encounter a boss... It's the
combo of blue, yellow, and purple orbs, but you can avoid the attacks quite
easily. The attacks go in a circle, so follow the rhythm/flow of the 'line'
shots while dodging the errand/random shots. Use your Special Attacks like
always... (What do you want me to say? 'Don't use the Special Attacks?' or
what??????)

- THE FINAL BOSS!!!! This guy is ridiculously easy compared to the other 
bosses! The first part: some discs will come out and shoot AT you... just move
around a bit and shoot AT THE BOSS, not the discs. He will, pathetically, go
down. The second part: A bunch of flying boulders will come out. Don't worry,
just get behind them and destroy some of the boulders then shoot at the boss
with some Special Attacks to complete the game!!!!!!!

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**If you're playing on the Arcade difficulty or higher, you will get to the 
'second' world with the same levels but with harder enemies and all. Another
seven levels? Bah...


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                                 IV. Secrets
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--Absorb Energy and Power-ups

You can absorb them by releasing your fire button. The energy and the power-
ups will attract to you and eventually gets to you. If you're playing with
someone else, the closest one (fire button not on) will attract the items.

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--'Second World'

Just beat the game in Arcade difficulty or higher. You will be faced with a
much harder levels, but very similar to the first world. 

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--Extra Continues

Play through the game repeatedly and the credits will gradually increase. In 
my game, the credit went up each time I beat the game so I guess it increases
every time you play a long game or something. I can’t confirm that though. The
maximum credits you can get is 9. After that, you will get 'Free Play' meaning
unlimited continues. It gets REALLY boring after that...

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--Replay Mode

Beat the game once and you can view the experts breeze through the game. Just
go to the main menu and choose the last option. They're REALLY good...

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--Full Screen while Paused

Just press X and Y at the same time to see the game without any tint while
paused. It can be used to cheat, I think. 

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--Return to Main Menu

Sick of your current game? Just Pause the game and press A+B+X+Y at the same
time. Then press Start. There ya go!

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That's all for now.


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Version 1.0-- Ah, just did them all and looks like I'm done. Whoo! I don't
(05/21/03)    know what I might add, but if you have an idea, drop me an
              e-mail! Peace out!


Thanks to: 

Psikyo- Again, I salute you for your fun and innovative games. We shall miss
        the...

Sega- For my beloved Dreamcast.


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