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* Game Title: Metal Slug 4 *
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* Console: Arcade *
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* Author: Thanos rulzs *
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* 17th Aug 2002 *
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* Version 2.3 *
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Legal notes
3. Game basics
4. Game walkthrough
5. Q & A
6. Contact Info
7. My thoughts of the game
8. Credits
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Version History
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Version 1.0
Started the guide, only done the weapons section with all info and thoughts
about the weapons in MS4, will try to finish everything soon, any one want to
donate boss strategy or anything else will be great. Birth of the guide.
Whooo~~~,,,
Version 1.1
Change the guide to game guide and only touch a bit of the FAQ, will update the
FAQ soon and try to finish up the guide soon, only done the intro,legal
notes,touch a bit on game basics,contact info and credits.A lot of parts are
still on the works,tune in for more updates.
Version 1.2
Just update some areas of the guide,finish the enemy guide but the Q & A and
the game walkthrough is still not done so be patient and do look forward for
more updates in the near furture.
Version 1.3
Just update some areas of the guide,finish the Q and A section,touch a bit of
the guide,still not done yet but still expect more updates to come along
towards next month September.
Version 1.4
Stage 1 done with full walkthrough of stage 1 as well as it's alternative route
of stage 1,need help for route 2 for stage 1 for an easier way to get
metallish,if you can do that easier,drop me a mail.Stage 2 Area 1 done
also.Note for more updates in the future.
Version 1.5
Route 2 of stage 1 confirm metallish,finish up all the areas of stage 2.Also
updated some parts of the FAQ and will start stage 3 soon.Note to all FAQ
readers,do donate some boss strategies as I'm compiling a section for the
bosses as I want other readers to learn other styles of play.Thank you.
Version 1.6
Finish stage 3,both routes completed and able to get metallish on route 2(refer
to faq),will do on stage 4 soon and try to finish the walkthrough as fast as
possible.
Version 1.7
Finish stage 4,able to get metallish on both areas of route,infinite trick(not
really is,but can score as much as you can) added,thanks to cody_2 for posting
on the boards.Two more missions to go and the whole FAQ is done,but I'm still
waiting for readers to donate their boss strategies to me. But I will not
update until the weekend or perhaps next week if I manage to find some time
though.:(
Version 1.8
Finish stage 5,both routes able to get metallish,one more mission left and I'm
done with the FAQ only left the boss section plus stage 6 to be done and I can
say the FAQ then will be fully done.Yahoo...~~~~~.But I'm still waiting for
readers to donate their boss strategies to me though.Added bear trick in stage
3 route 2 in the FAQ.Also made some minor change to the walkthrough of the
game.
Version 1.9
Final mission completed,took some time before I got metallish but I was able to
get it on solo mode,finally the whole walkthrough is completed and I will still
appeal to MS players to donate their boss strategies to so that I can compile
the whole a section on bosses and please do donate okay? Very happy and relieve
to have finally to finish this FAQ,I won't be doing another FAQ for a long time
except for updating all my FAQs because I can't afford to find any free time to
write anymore.Maybe I might MS5 or other unfinished FAQ though.:)
Version 2.0
Updated the FAQ,adding one extra section for boss section as promise,also
updated the stage 4 walkthrough,still need readers for boss section though.
Version 2.1
Update FAQ,place sub boss into boss section,have a question to ask: on what
criteria do you get "You are great" at the end of each stage? Any help would be
credited.Thank you.
Version 2.2
Very small update,only added an extra attack for stage 4 boss,miss that one
out:(,special thanks to Wen Da for pointing out this attack. I still need boss
strategies so any readers will be credited for that. Added routes that score
high points and the summary of all routes.
Version 2.3
Special thanks to Anders for pointing out some points I missed out,like stage 1
secrets and a stage 2 boss strategy by him.You can find his strategy under boss
guide,I also written another stage 2 boss strategy which also can be found in
boss guide.
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Special Thanks to:
- All metal slug players around the world
- Also GameFaqs board members like Rolling skull,White Baby Amadeus,WYT, and
many others in the MS4 board for making the board alive and kicking :)
- All MS writers
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1. Introduction
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Hi, first of all, welcome to the guide. Take note that this guide is only for
MS4 game walkthrough unoffical guide and I'm not invlove with the company Play
more whatsoever and DO NOT email me about things associated with the company.
The aim of the guide is very clear as the guide speaks for itself of what it's
purpose is.
Although this guide is for only weapon and enemy guide,whoops...,I just convert
it into a FAQ/walkthrough:P, I still want to talk about the story line that is
behind metal slug 4. The story is like this: In the year 2000X, the world
trembles in the year of cyber terror crimes. Then, early reports of the new CPU
virus via hit the net: " Code name White baby", this virus aim is to take over
all the world's military computer system. The terror organization called itself
Amadeus proclaims its capability to breach any security network using the
"White baby" virus. After hearing the declaration, the international urgent
countermeasure conference decides on two main objectives: First to strengthen
countermeasures and secondly to take Amadeus down. With all combats works on
the way, a commando unit is sent to take them down. In the meantime, it is
rumourded that Amadeus is taking down all communications network.
So Tarma and Eri are assigned to dispatch as bodyguards to the unit as well as
to develop a vaccine to the virus while Marco, Fio and two new members, Nadia
and Trevor are taking Amadeus down. Before they are dispatch, they are
astonished by new satellite of survelliance pictures of Amadeus members
including Reverse Moden!! This can be seen in the demo of the game.
Finally, this game is a 1 or two player game with lots of action and strategy
in order to complete the game. It is made by Playmore, a korean SNK company.
Thanks for them for this great game and do look forward for more MS games!!:)
I just converted from weapons and enemy guide to faq as decided to do a FAQ on
this game. Meanwhile,enjoy the FAQ and sit back and relax.Oh one more note,do
read over legal notes before intending to do something to this FAQ.Well,I no
longer want a co author since I have finished the guide so do enjoy the
FAQ.Over and out......
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2. Legal Notes
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Webmasters take note
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If you are planning to host this FAQ, plz email and ask me first.Or just link
to gamefaqs where the faq of the game is,but not directly to it!! DO be
polite in your email and always have a subject head on it.From now on only the
following sites may host all my FAQ:
www.gamefaqs.com,www.neoseeker.com,www.cheats.de.Webmasters,DO NOT email me to
request for this FAQ to be placed on your website as I am going to ignore this
email sent to me.
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Webmasters & readers take note
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This FAQ is a legal document of Author Thanos rulzs and no one should sell,
copy, modify, plagiarize ,displaying on your website or have any selfish
intentions of benefiting yourself. This FAQ is updated and maintain by Thanos
rulzs alone and this is an unoffical FAQ created by me and I am not involve
with Playmore whatsoever so DO not email questions about them.In short, you
can’t do anything to this FAQ unless you have my permission simply because the
law is on my side. Do skip this section if you want, but READ it if you have
any intention of putting it on your website.
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Readers take note
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If you find the FAQ a bit too long, feel free to save it in your hard drive but
do not plagiarize and modify this FAQ and claim it it's yours or alter it and
then put it on some game websites and claim it as your work and also sell off
to other gamers.Feel free to print it out for your personal reference
only.Thank you.Any readers notice this FAQ is placed in other website without
my approval please sent to be by email for your kindness will be thankful.Yeah
one last note,always go to the gamefaqs for the lastest version of the game as
the site will always be the first to be updated.Thank you.
Thank you :)
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3. Game Basics
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This section is split into several parts for easy reading and do read the basic
section before you start the game unless you play the MS series before, so feel
free to skip it if you want.:)
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Part 1: Controls
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Joystick: Controls a character movements.
Buttons:
Button 1: Fire button
Button 2: jump button
Button 3: Throw grenades
Button 4: Blow up the tank you are in, in other words, self destructing it.
Escaping from slug: Down on joystick and jump button simultaneously
Throwing your character's bomb from slug: Down on joystick and bomb button
simultaneously
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Part 2: Weapons Guide
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Handgun:
It's a weapon with you always unless you take another weapon.Crouch and attack
to speed up it's rate of firing.It's weakness is that it's not powerful in
terms of damage,it can't shoot at any directions.But it's range of firing is
good as well as it's speed is good also.
Speed: 5/5
Damage:1/5
Range: 5/5
Ability: 2/5
Heavy machine gun:
Symbol: H
The most balance weapon of all the weapons. It can shoot at any range: down,up
left,right.Also has a decent pack of ammo for you.Rate of speed of shooting is
good although the damage of enemies is not powerful. One of my favourite when
getting the shields because it helps to get badges fast.:) It's the only weapon
that can shot at any direction provide you know hot to exceute this weapon
well.
Speed: 5/5
Damage:2/5
Range: 5/5
Ability: 4/5
Dual machine gun
Symbol: 2H
A new weapon introduced to MS 4. A nice weapon and I kind of like the weapon.It
is almost to two heavy machine guns shooting time which means double the damage
of a regular heavy machine gun. It's firing rate is also fast.It's weakness is
that you can't shoot the weapon in angle at any direction or else it's a new
gun which I'm quite impress with.
Speed: 5/5
Damage:3/5
Range: 5/5
Ability: 3/5
Drop shot
Symbol: D
This weapon is quite weak but it's has a good in one aspect: The aftershock is
like a regular grenade which helps you kill more enemies at once. But it has
many weakness;the range,it also need a ground for the ammo to bounce and
explode,direction is poor and it's speed meaning it takes a while for ammo to
expode although you can shoot the ammos fast. The damage of this weapon is okay
but a weapon I would avoid though.
Speed: 4/5
Damage:3/5
Range: 2/5
Ability: 2/5
Flame Chop
Symbol: F
Very poweful weapon and it's has many advantages. It's damage is good as it's
able to get multiple hits at a strong tank or boss with a single shot! Not
quite as powerful and fast as shotgun but still a gun which is one of the best.
Best of all,it's able to have a small range aftershock after one ammo is
trigger to kill more enemies arriving later. But it's range isn't that good as
well as it's rate of firing and direction of fire which is it's weakness.
Speed: 2/5
Damage:5/5
Range: 2/5
Ability: 4/5
Iron lizard
Symbol: I
A nice weapon as once it's ammo is release and touches an enemy, an aftershock
is created that kill more enemies as it's aftershock range is great. Quite a
powerful gun as it's able to kill enemies fast and it's rate of firing is great
too but it has many weakness: Direction of ammo is not goon as it always
heading to the ground, it need a ground for ammo to travel.
Speed: 4/5
Damage:3/5
Range: 4/5
Ability: 3/5
Shotgun
Symbol: S
A rather old weapon as it's been on every MS game as well as Flame chop. A very
poweful weapon as it firing speed in releasing ammo is fast as well as it's
rate of destroying is scary.It can kill most enemies with one shoot and the
weapon kind of cute meaning when it's kill a enemy, an example is the enemy
flies out of the screen when shot, Whoooo~~~~. But it also has weakness: Rate
of firing is slow,range is not good and direction is also not good.
Speed: 3/5
Damage:4/5
Range: 2/5
Ability: 5/5
Rocket Launcher:
Symbol: R
An old weapon that's been appearing in all MS games,the advantages of this
weapon that when it hits an enemy, an aftershock is created and kill more
enemies as well. This weapon also can shoot up and at directions except at 45
degree angles.Speed of shooting is okay but the weapon is not really damaging
as it need some rounds to kill enemies.The disadvantage of this weapon is it's
hard to shoot rapidly at an enemy and slow to take down powerful enemies.
Speed: 3/5
Damage:3/5
Range: 4/5
Ability: 3/5
Enemy Chaser:
Symbol: C
This weapon is sort of a Rocket Launcher weapon but it can aim and home to
enemies at any direction.One of the two weapons that can shoot at any direction
but the weapon weak point is that you can't really predict where the ammo where
to go as you just move any where to any enemies so it's kind of annoying. But
it's speed of shooting is fast though the damage is not really strong. Unlike
it's Rocket Launcher counterpart, an aftershock is not created when enemy is
hit.
Speed: 5/5
Damage:2/5
Range: 4/5
Ability: 3/5
Super Grenade:
Symbol: G in green color
This weapon is a powerful weapon with just a two shots is enough a
bradley!!What's more,there is also a aftershock generated after a hit,enabling
to kill more enemies.But per shot is slow and it's not cannot be shoot at any
range but it's range is good though.
Speed: 3/5
Damage:5/5
Range: 4/5
Ability: 3/5
Bomb:
Symbol: A grenade pic or grenades in a box
This is given to you at every life and replenish as every stages as it starts.
Powerful and it's able to create a vertical aftershock to hit enemies above the
stairs or below.Works best at attacking bosses as well as attacking powerful
enemies.But the range is not good though you can throw and dump all of them at
a fast rate.Grenades in a box will represent bombs or cannons when you are in a
tank.
Speed: 5/5
Damage:4/5
Range: 2/5
Ability: 4/5
Fire bomb:
Symbol: A cracker pic
When you get this, it's at stage 3 and 6.It can create a horizontal aftershock
which increases range in destroying enemies.Quite a powerful grenade. But it
need to hit the ground to be effective. An example is when a grunt with a
shield can be kill with a bomb that hit him but fire will not hit him and hit
the ground instead before it unleashes its ability.If you take the bomb
symbol,the fire bomb will change back to bomb though.
Speed: 5/5
Damage:4/5
Range: 3/5
Ability: 4/5
Stone:
Symbol: Picture of a stone
It just like a grenade,it throws stone instead of grenade,The range is not
good,but damage is good but this bomb has no after shock whoch it is one of
it's weakness.But you can throw it fast like a grenade which makes up for it's
ineffectiveness,
Speed: 5/5
Damage:3/5
Range: 3/5
Ability: 3/5
Storm:
Symbol:Cloud pic
This item helps you on attacks when ever you attack. It uses thunder to damage
enemies but it's range of attack is poor as it is always near you and hit
directly below of where it is.
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Other notable scenes
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Take note that when you get ammo item,it increases your ammo count in your
weapon.The weapons will become more powerful when you become fat after
consuming lots of food.
As mummy: Not much change
As monkey: Not much change,for handgun,rate of firing is faster
As zombie: When you use your grenade,your character spits out blood that almost
hit the entire screen. Quite a powerful weapon but it's slow.
Take note again I'm comparing in terms of weapon changes and not ability when
you become a mummy or monkey or zombie.
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Part 3: How to score
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Want to know why some players get very high points after each round?
Well,Playmore introduced a way of scoring high points is to grab emblem and
when you get them attack aggressively to gain badges.At the end of each
round,the badges you score will be added to your score provided you do not lose
a life. Some of the scoring ways still retain,like keep your slug till the end
of the round to have some bonus points or saving hostages till the end of the
round(provided you do not lose a life) will tally and add up your score.The
only point I don't understand is when at times I get the I get the emblem,I get
one extra badge right away and sometimes I don't.
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Metallish system
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There are different emblem called the metallish system to get and each of them
represent the time combo for you to score:
Green emblem: 30 seconds
Red emblem: 8 seconds
White emblem: 15 seconds
Blue emblem: 10 seconds
Highest possible you can score in terms of ranking:
4 white badges = metallish
4 Red badges
4 Green badges
4 Blue badges
Ranking of the badges:
White
Red
Green
Blue
Note: In order to get higher badges,hit and attack more and after you get 4
badges of a certain color,it will advance to a different color badge until you
get 4 white badges which is highest in the game. Best bet is to have a H eavy
machine and shoot fast or crouch down and press attack button as fast you can
because crouching allows attack to be faster than when you stand.
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End bonus score
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Hostage:
Every hostage is able to say help now and save them and see a symbol at the
bottom.Whenever you save a explorer(female with a bag),extra added bonus is
added at the end of the round provided you do not die.Whenever you die,the
hostages' symbol you save will be gone and you will have to start over.If you
play two player,the person who save more hostages than the other will have
extra bonus.
Slug:
If you managed to save the slug till the end boss stage and beat the boss of
the stage with the slug,extra bonus slug bonus will be rewarded to the round.
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Other scoring ways
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One cheap way to earn pts is that you let the chicken move around, let it lay
eggs(good ones),let them hatch into chicks and wait for them to grow up to
become a chicken to gain more pts!!! Or get some bananas,treasure boxs etc
during the game to gain more pts.Note that you will become fat once you consume
tooo many food items.
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Part 4: Slugs
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As you know, there are some new slugs added to the game,so without further
ado,here's the guide of the slugs.
Fork lift:
Able to move around and most importanly,it's function is to raise you higher up
or lower.Aslo able to knock down enemies.
First found in: Stage 5
Bradley:
Able to attack with fire weapon press and it's cannon shoots up then it goes to
ground(kind of slow but effective for helicopters or flying objects) or you
move the slug down then press the cannon button,but it's slow unlike the enemy
bradley attack of releasing several cannons at once and fast too:(. Able to run
down enemies.
First found in: 2
Ton truck:
You cannot use this truck at all but it makes a handly platform,but it can
knock you down if it moves.
First found in: Stage 3
Walkmachine:
Able to attack like a normal slug using vulcan cannon(it attack power is
good)though it does not have any missile and it exposes you to enemy
attacks.Able to run down enemies.
First found in: Stage 4
Metal crow:
Blue one is the only one you can get in. Able to attack like a normal slug and
it has a good and strong point, it's cannon acts like enemy chaser and attacks
where the enemies are(very fast).Able to run down enemies..It also have a
shield that protects the slug from being damage.
Bike:
You can't drive it but you can control it.Fast and speedy with a grenade
platform for two players.
Normal slug:
You can still use this slug and it attacking features like shooting and dumping
cannons still there, but it has improve from the MS3,it is able to take damages
better and all i can say,it's improve.Able to run down enemies.
Slugnoid:
Attacks:Able to attack and it's cannon is like a missile that has legs,is like
when getting the iron lizard when you are when,the ammo release is the same.
Note: When your slug is damage,take the GaS to increase on it's life gauge of
the slug, the life gauge is above your life status,you can't miss it.:) Or if
you wanna take the gas,it's worth 1000pts.
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Part 5: Enemy Guide
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Grunts:
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They come in all sorts and their active movement are the same as your
controlled characters:
- Grunts in rifle
Attacks: They can shoot ammo,but they shoot,take some time to reload and then
attack again.When near,they use the rifle to kill you.
- Grunts with shield
Attacks: They are defensive players. They can shoot gun ammo towards you. Their
shield are rather strong,if you are near them and your knifing can't break
their shields,they will take out their swords and knife you so take note of
that.
- Grunts with bombs
Attacks: They just plainly throw bomb towards you.
- Grunts with propeller bomb
Attacks: They use a missile and put it in the propeller and propelle the bomb
towards you.
- Grunts with bozooka
Attacks: They also come in parachutes,using a bazooka and attack,sometimes they
shoot fast so take note of that.
- Grunts with heavy machine
Attacks: They just shoot a bit off heavy ammo towards you and wait before they
start attacking again.
- Grunts with knife
Attacks: They quicly jump towards you and take out a knife and swip.I try
playing with them and I jump at them and I slash them before they slash me.:)
- Grunts with ball
Attacks: They just roll a ball slowly at you,but normally there will be some
grunts to distract you so take note of of the ball movement all the time.
- Grunts with cracker
Attacks: The grunt will throw the cracker at you,if you hit the cracker,it will
go higher so if you jump,you will die.Best bet is just plain jump to avoid it
and don't hit the cracker.The more you hit it,the more unpredictable its going
to move.
- Grunts with rocker launcher
Attacks: Motsly appear after the big tank is destroyed,the rocker launcher can
be destroyed with a few handgun ammo or choose to avoid it by jumping over it.
- Grunts with ripper chain guns
Attacks: When they plan to attacks,it will take a while before they fire,so
there's plenty of time to kill them off.
- Grunts with land mine
Attacks: They just place a land mine there,so they are open for a kill,but do
avoid the land mine on the ground though.
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Zombies:
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- Fat zombie
Attacks: Can move fast and spits out a zombie foam at you.
- Female zombie
Attacks: Move at normal rate and attack is predictable.Wjen her head move back,
it means she is going to throw out the zombie foam at you.
- Zombie with jacket
Attacks: They move faster than normal zombies,they also spread a range of
zombie foam at you.When they are at a higher level and you are directly below
them,they will throw themselves down at you. When they hit you, you become a
zombie.
- Zombie with mummy face
Attacks: They use their mummified head to shoot out the zombie foam to hit you
to become a zombie.Can throw to a further range than the normal zombies.
- Male zombie
Attacks: They spit out the zombie foam on their hand and throw the foam towards
you.
- Suicide army zombies
Attacks: They walk towards you and when you are within range with them,they
jump and throw themselves towards at you to hit you to become a zombie, so jump
away to avoid them.
- Zombie doctor:
Attacks: He just spits the zombie foam at you.Normally will drop Zombie
antidote after you kill him.
Zombie antidote: It looks like a medic box and lets you become a human
again.Worth 1000 pts if you are a human.
Note: When you become a zombie,your movement become slower but your bomb power
become stronger.No change from MS3 when you become a zombie.
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Pirates:
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Pirate with head scuff:
They are the ones who throw their sword high in the air and you need to avoid
it as it progress down very quickly so move away while killing the pirate.
Pirate with a towel on the head:
They are the ones who use the sword and dash towards very qucikly to kill
you.So kill this nemesis before he kills you. So be fast, be slow and you will
lose a life.
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Mummy:
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Attacks: Not change in attacks for the mummies,they still have the same attacks
like they blow out the purple fume and when you get hit,you become a mummy or
create some balls that roll on the floor to hit you to become a mummy.They also
come in the form of mummy dogs also.
Mummy Dogs:
Attacks: They just blow out some round fumes that hit you to become a
mummy.Second hit will cause a life if you get a elixir.
Elixir: Take it to become human again.Worth 1000 pts if you are a human.
Note:When you become a mummy,everything movement slows down and you don't have
much attack power also.
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Scientists:
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Attacks: They have a rifle and can run and shoot the dart that causes you to
become a monkey and take note you can't knife them,no idea why.
Monkey special attacks: You can jump very high and your handgun shoots in a
faster rate
Antidote: Cure you back to human again.Worth 1000 pts if you are a human.
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Man in HEV suit:
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Attacks: They throw bombs or the purple ball that causes mummy to grow in
numbers and they also can knife character also. Body can take damage before
they fall.The orange guys throw bombs abd the purple guys throw purple balls.
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Snow monsters:
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Attacks:They just blow out the ice beam that move around,when you get nail,you
become a snow man and press joystick quickly to become human again(faster).Or
else when it is near you,it take out a bone and hit you with it. Can take some
damage before they die.
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Machines
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Machine sensors:
Attacks: When the machine senses you,it shoots out a laser beam at you. Take
note that you will need to destroy them at the hole at the machine. When you
hit the metal part,your ammo just reflect away.
Weapon sensors:
Attacks: They sense you and then shoots out ammo at you.Take some damage before
they are destroyed.
Obstacle machine:
Two attacks: The above one shoots a small ball projectile (a grunt hiding
inside or it's automatic) while the lower one shoot orange projectile.But they
shoot one at the time for you to avoid or duck it.Some of them on top has
spikes so don't be contact or you will lose a life.
Missle machine:
Attacks:They just plainly aim high then shoot a missile in your direction so
avoid the missile or lose a life.
Robo Moden:
Attacks:It carries a bazzoka and shoot when you are in sight,after you destroy
it,it will become a robot and after you destroy the robot,its head dispatch off
and the robot body explodes and can kill you when you are near it,it's head
also can kill also.
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Enemy slugs:
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Bike:
Attacks: Those guys normally in here normally use some guided missiles as
weapons and attack you
Tank:
Attacks:They at time shoot cannon very fast so take note of that and they also
able to knock you down and cause you to die. Take some damage before they die.
Big Tank:
Attacks: This tank is almost like the tank,but it shoots three orange
projectiles at one go. After it is destroyed,a army man will shoot one rocker
launcher at you. This tank can take damage very well before it dies.
Metal crow:
Blue one is the only one you can get in. Able to attack like a normal slug and
it has a good and strong point, it's cannon acts like enemy chaser and attacks
where the enemies are(very fast).Able to run down enemies. The white one also
use a guided missle that aim towards you.t can be predictable as the army man
will point the finger at you signalling a missile attack.
Plane with missiles:
They are just planes which shoots out missiles to your direction and then move
away.Can take damages before they are destroyed.
Bradley:
It has different attack when it is your enemy. When it senses you, it's missile
launcher will move down and take a while and unleash it power attacks that is
shooting out a lot of missiles at very range that there is to cover and they
move fast too.Jump to avoid the missiles.
Helicopter:
Attacks: They just shoot out gun ammo at you that is easily avoided,but they do
take some damage before they can be taken down. Usually come in numbers.
Powerful plane:
Attacks: You can see that there's someone operating it,when you are below it,it
drops tons of missiles at you.When it moves down, it shoots out missiles at
you.At times they might trick you so take note of that.
Ton truck:
Attack: They only can run over you so take note of that. The ton truck at times
can knock you down if you are not careful.Usually fillied with amry men and
need to take some damage before they can be destroyed.
Tall tank:
Attacks: It only has a attack of shooting a ball that rolls on the ground
towards you,usually will be followed by some grunts to distract you from the
small ball so take note of that and do what is needed to conserve a life.
Pirate ship:
This ship is like a normal ship but it has pirates that throw swords to attack
you.Takes some damage to be destroyed,but after it's destroyed,a pirate will
try to save it by disposing the water so destroy it totally for it to
sink.After it sinks slowly down the water, sometimes they will throw some
swords to surprise you and kill you so don't move until its completely sank
down so DO take note of that.
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Part 6: Boss guide
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Stage 1 boss:
Part 1:
Attacks:
It has only two attacks that can kill you:Spike attack and Shooting bullets.
Shooting bullets
You will see two guys on top and see four guns pointing down.They will only
shoot bullets down after some time.
Spike attack:
At the right screen,they will releasing some spikes bouncing towards you.
Strategy:
Stay in the middle of the where the first guy to the right is and destroy the
machine to kill off the first threat.Then destroy the spike that jump off at
the right.A hostage will come and give you a H and destroy the spike or choe to
dodge it while damaging the first and you will beat it in no time to face part
two.(plz forgive my crappy drawing)
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Part 2:
Attacks:
The enemy has two attacks: Grunt distraction and launching a big missile.
Launching a big missile:
It will release a big missile that aim towards you.
Grunt distraction:
But it also has a distraction of releasing some grunts that come and try to
attack you.Don't worry when they appear,they will take some time before they do
some attack at you,giving enough time to kill them.
Strategy:
Just at the start,save a hostage to get a heavy machine gun.Then stand below
where the missile that is going to be release and shoot to damage the
boss.After destroying the first missile,move to the left and kill all grunts
and damage the boss and beat the boss form 2 in no time.
Part 3:
Attacks:
The boss has two attacks here:Small missile attacks and Ammo wasting ripper
chain gun attach on the big airship.
Small missile attacks:
It will release some small missiles that head to your direction.Don't
worry,they ain't homing missiles.
Ammo wasting ripper chain gun attach on the big airship:
The second attack is shoot ammo around left and right of the screen with an
after shock around.
Strategy:
Move all the way to the right and save a hostage for a H.Use H to destroy all
missiles coming your way.Jump when the ripper chain gun points to your
direction.If you want to save some hostages,just idle around,destroying small
missiles in your way.Then choose to dump all bombs you have(10 plus if you
didn't die) while jumping or waste heavy machine gun away and beat the stage 1
boss easily.
Stage 2 boss:
This boss is divided to five portions and each portion have different attacks
and I will explain all attacks of each portion to you,
Portion 5:
It will only shoot one orange bullet at a time after some time at you.
Portion 4:
There will be grunt with bazooka coming and trying to shoot at you.But if you
destroy portion 5 first and it will come down and it will add to another attack
which is shooting out of the big missile constantly at you.
Portion 3:
This portion you will see two kettle like tip attach to it.It will only shoot
two flame balls at a time at you.But the range that it releases is
unpredictable though so you will need to dodge,
Portion 2:
Again this portion will also have grunt attack.One near to you will have a
rifle,the other has a bazzoka and they see to be coming out after you kill a
set of them.
Portion 1:
You will see your metal slug nemesis here.There's bascially two attacks
here.You will see a tank tip that is attach at the top keep moving left and
right;that will shoot a missile at a place where it stops.The other attack is
that it will shoot some missiles to the top and after a while,the missiles will
come down with parachute that will cover all the areas where you have space to
roam around.
Strategy:
Just use your slug to go in front of the layers of portions,use cannon and
shoot at it.The aftershock will kill off the grunts at portion 4.Whatever you
do,do not destroy portion 5,that would save you a lot of trouble.Then move your
slug and escape from the slug to the platform and use the heavy shoot fire at
portions 3 and 4.You may get some extra ammos like rocket launcher,iron lizard
and heavy machine gun.Then use them to damage portion 3.If you use heavy,jump
up and shoot,you will only damage portion 3.If you have iron lizard,jump
towards portion 3 and shoot,you will also damage portion 3 only(need some skill
though).If you have rocket launcher,just stay at the top of the platform,then
point up and shoot to damage portion 3 only.After you destroy portion 3,damage
portion 2 roughly until it's about to be destroyed.Then go back in the slug and
destroy portion 5 and throw bombs to totally destroy portion 3 and 4.Then
portion 2 will be at the bottom and portion 1 on top.Then, use your slug to
fire to damage portion 1.You also can use the cannon to shoot and kill the
grunts in portion 2 provided that the grunt with rifle appears because the
aftershock will destroy the other grunt further away from you.Continue to
damage portion 1 until it's destroyed and you complete the second mission.
Alternative strategy:
If you are goindg got points,first,use your slug to go in front of the layers
of portions,use cannon and shoot at it.The aftershock will kill off the grunts
at portion 4.Then exit,run in front of portion 5,shoot up,amazingly,it only
damages portion 3,shoot until it's destroyed,then go up the ledge,damage
portion 2,go back to the slug,and destroy portion 5 and throw bombs to totally
destroy portion 3 and 4.Then portion 2 will be at the bottom and portion 1 on
top.Then, use your slug to fire to damage portion 1.You also can use the cannon
to shoot and kill the grunts in portion 2 provided that the grunt with rifle
appears because the aftershock will destroy the other grunt further away from
you.Continue to damage portion 1 until it's destroyed and you complete the
second mission.
This is the best method by far and it's easy to execute.
Strategy by Anders:
Quoting him,"I start out and shoot at the 3rd part of the boss, while ducking
the shots from part 1 all the time. I shoot about 5 bombs from the slug on the
1st part while I try to destroy the 3rd part..
When it is destroyed, I go for the second one, and the 4th one while still
dodging the shots from part 1.
When only part 1 and 5 is left, I shoot and bomb as fast as I can on part one
(should go fast if I got a few bombs in the beginning + some shots here and
there during the whole fight)
When Part1 is destroyed, just shoot/bomb part 5 (Staying the the left of the
screen to avoid the big cannon) and somtimes shoot the 'bomb-rain' that falls
over you.
The best part is the you will not even have to deal with the EVIL part 3 that
has those nasty fireballs :)
FINISHED!"
Finally a reader email me with some boss strategy stuff,special thanks to
Anders.
Stage 3 boss:
This boss has six attacks,general morden attack,cutter attack,missiles
onslaught attack,helicopter attack and knock over attack,three bullet attack.
General morden attack:
He will come out of the super large tank and shoot the bazzoka ammo towards
you.
Cutter attack:
The tank will release a cutter that moves up to the certain range towards
you.But note that the when you jump in between the cutter and the tank,you
won't die,only the cutter can kill you.
Helicopter attack:
Needless to say,the helicopter will come and attack you after a while after
every helicopter you destroyed.
Knock over attack:
The tank will move towards you,if it nails you,it will cost you a life.
Missiles onslaught attack:
The tank will release a few sets of missiles at you to try to kill
you.Difficult to shaft but still be able to shaft though.Take note the blinking
missile,shoot it,it will reveal some guns like rocket or heavy machine.
Three bullet attacks:
It will shoot three bullets at you to try to kill you.
Boss pattern:
Normally the general morden attack will come first,then the cutter attack,some
times the Knock over attack,then three bullet attack,then Missiles onslaught
attack with Knock over attack after some set of missiles is release.The
Helicopter attack is constant throughout the boss stage though.It will repeat
the pattern you see until it is defeated.
Strategy:
Save the two hostages you see to get bomb as well as ammo to which you are
carrying.
With flame and fire bomb(route 1):
Move left to avoid his bazzoka and jump for the second bazzoka.Flame the tank
as many as you can and move away when the cutter attack comes and keep
destroying helicopters you see.Then go back and flame the boss again then avoid
the bullets from the Three bullet attacks and head back to the tank and flame
the tank as much as you can.Ignore the helicopter that comes,when the tank does
the Missiles onslaught attack,just use the fire bomb to perish the missiles
that comes and it will also damage the tank and destroy the helicopter as the
after shock of fire bomb is strong.You will beat it now if done right.This
method is the easiest and the fastest way to take down the boss of stage 3.
With heavy and fire bomb(route 1):
Move left to avoid his bazzoka and jump for the second bazzoka.Use heavy on the
tank as many as you can and move away when the cutter attack comes and keep
destroying helicopters you see.Then go back and use heavy on the boss again
then avoid the bullets from the Three bullet attacks and head back to the tank
and use heavy on the tank as much as you can.Ignore the helicopter that
comes,when the tank does the Missiles onslaught attack,just use the fire bomb
to perish the missiles that comes and it will also damage the tank and destroy
the helicopter as the after shock of fire bomb is strong.After 3 sets of
missiles that is release,move back,the tank will use the knock down attack and
avoid the General morden attack and use the rest of the fire bombs you have on
the rest of the sets of missiles.Then boss pattern is repeated but kill the
helicopter first as I assume you have no more heavy machine gun.Then when
there's chance,use the last few fire bombs on the boss and you will defeat it.
With heavy and bomb(route 2):
Hmmzzz....,tough one.Use the same strategy With heavy and fire bomb tatic but
when the missiles come down,you have to shoot the blinking one for extra ammo
to survive try to shaft the missiles or just use bomb to perish with it and
move away to the left when the tank tries to knock you down.Then keep attacking
the tank whenever you get the chance.Then damage as much as you can but try to
destroy the helicopter or else it will distract you.Then dump all bombs you
have and you will beat it in no time.
Stage 4 boss:
This boss is divided into three parts:
1st part:Mechanic machine
The top part moving is the one you will need to destroy.Firstly,it has two
attacks:Diving claw and laser shooting.
Laser shooting:
The top part will move towards you and shoot a small laser towards you to the
ground.Very easy to avoid though.
Diving claw:
The top part will suddendly dive down towards you and try to kill you at the
spot you are at.Well it dives down,it crashes the floor and take some time
before it gets back up.Damaging it at the ground does not constitude to damages
to the first form.It also has a electric attack that runs through on the top
part that kills you when contact.
2nd part:Mechanic machine
This part has two attacks of hugh laser shooting as it moves around as well as
grunt attacking.The first part will be destroyed into this second form as well
as the face of the robot face at the right.
Grunt attacking:
The grunt will escape from the mouth of the robot abd try to either knife you
or throw a grenade to kill you.
Hugh laser shooting:
The destroyed first part turns unto a moving machine that moves to where you
are and drops a hugh laser at where the machine stops.The aftershock does not
kill you though.
Third part: Robot form
This last form has three attacks:Hugh missile,zombie foam in the funnel and
grunt attacking.
Grunt attacking:
The grunt will escape from the mouth of the robot abd try to either knife you
or throw a grenade to kill you.
Hugh missile:
It will release a hugh missile from the ground towards you(can be destroyed)
just like the second stage boss portion 4.
Zombie foam in the funnel:
It will release some flying funnels at you and try to hit you at the spot where
you are at.Once it nails you,you will become a zombie.Note that only the blue
color one to destroy before it drops to the ground as it may contain items like
the heavy,enemy chaser,exilier or grenade launcher.
Strategy:
Flame with grenade(zombie route):
For the first form,just flame and move away,after a few hits it will change to
the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and knife the
grunt that come out and after a few hits,it will become the third form.For the
third form,jump flame the robot,it will not only damage the boss,it will kill
the grubt as well as the flying funnels.Destroy the big missile or jump on top
of it and jump shoot the robot and you will beat the boss easily with this
method.
Heavy with grenade(zombie route):
For the first form,just use the heavy and move away,after a while,it will
change to the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and
knife the grunt that come out and after a few heavy machine gun damage,it will
become the third form.Just spray around with the heavy to destroy the flying
funnels and the grunts.Once you are out of ammo,dump all bombs you have and
move close to the robot to lure some flying funnels to drop and move away and
destroy flying funnels with handgun while jumping on top of missile.Whatever
you do,do not become a zombie!Watch for the blue flying funnels and shoot it
for some guns or if not use the same tactic until you beat the boss.
Heavy with fire bomb(mummy route):
For the first form,just use the heavy and move away,after a while,it will
change to the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and
knife the grunt that come out and after a few heavy machine gun damage,it will
become the third form.Just spray around with the heavy to destroy the flying
funnels and the grunts.Once you are out of ammo,dump all fire bombs enough to
destroy all flying funnels you see and whenever the flying funnel appears or
move close to the robot to lure some flying funnels to drop and move away and
destroy flying funnels with handgun while jumping on top of missile.Whatever
you do,do not become a zombie!Watch for the blue flying funnels and shoot it
for some guns or if not use the same tactic until you beat the boss.
Handgun alone:
For the first form,just use shoot and move away,after a while,it will change to
the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and knife the
grunt that come out and just shoot at the 2nd form of the mechanic machine,it
will become the third form.Just spray around with the heavy to destroy the
flying funnels and the grunts.Move close to the robot to lure some flying
funnels to drop and move away and destroy flying funnels with handgun while
jumping on top of missile.Whatever you do,do not become a zombie!Watch for the
blue flying funnels and shoot it for some guns or if not use the same tactic
until you beat the boss.
Stage 5 boss:
The stage 5 boss has four types of attacks: Gatling firing,missile
attacking,grunt attacking,ultimate missile attack.
Gatling firing:
If you are not top of ledge of the sinking ship,this attack will be likely to
happen where the grunt below will fire around the ship causing vertical
aftershocks which will kill you once in contact.The fire attack is predictable
as you can see where the grunt is firing by just where he is pointing the gun
at.
Missile attacking:
If you are at the top of the ledge of the sinking ship,this attack will occur
instead of the Gatling firing attack.It shoots out a few sets of two missiles
that aim towards you(they are not homing missiles).The missiles can be
destroyed,not for blinking missiles as when you destroy it,it may drop some
weapons or even bombs for to grab.
Grunt attacking:
The grunt will keep appearing from the ship and will try to distract enough for
the two above attacks to kill you.If you don't kill them,they might dive and
knife at you or throw bombs at you in the attempt to kill you.
Ultimate missile attack:
This is most powerful attack of the stage 5 submarine boss.It will first
release big vertical missiles moving slowly where it appears and then release
small horizontal missiles that fly from left to right in quite a fast pace and
try to finish you off.The sub will release normally few sets of these attacks
before it rise from the sea again.
Attack pattern:
First attacks are pretty simple.If you are not top of ledge of the sinking
ship,this attack will be likely to happen where the grunt below will fire
around the ship.If you are at the top of the ledge of the sinking ship,this
attack will occur instead of the Gatling firing attack.Grunts will keeping
coming out of the sub as long as the sub is on the surface.When the sub goes
down,ultimate missile attack will occur for a while before the sub rises to the
surface again and all the attack start all over again.
Strategy:
With heavy and bombs:
You will get heavy because of the hostages at the last part of area 2.So my
strategy is simple,move a bit to lure Gatling firing attack.Then go to the top
of the ledge,keep firing to damage the sub as well as down spray with heavy to
kill grunts.When firing stops,lure it to fire again and keep using this tactic
until you kill about 4 grunts coming out of the sub and dump all bombs to the
sub and then keep firing the sub to damage it.If you are fast,the sub will be
destroy before it even release it's ultimate missile attack.Even it does,do to
the end of the sub,avoid the big missiles and destroy one in front of you to
the right,then either shaft away from the small missiles or destroy it.Use this
tactic until it finish this attack and keep attacing the sub till it's
destroyed.Or you can lure it to shoot missiles and destroy all missiles and
hope for a blinking missile for some gun to get like enemy chaser,bombs and
rocket launcher,This weapons are good to counter the ultimate missile attack as
the weapons aftershock help to destroy both sets of vertical and horizontal
missiles that is being release from the submarine.
Sub boss of stage 6:
The sub boss three attacks:The ripper chain gun shooting,bomb attacking and
knife/whipping attack but two forms:The normal one and the robo one,both forms
have the same attacks but the robo one is faster in speed and can trick you.
The ripper chain gun shooting:
He will shoot some ammo once you are in level of him or when you on top of
him,not on top below him,he will also shoot ammo to try to kill you.He quite
fast so when you are on top of him,be careful of him as he might shoot,once
you have a wrong footing,you lose a life.
Bomb attacking:
Once he on top of the platform,and you are the other side,it's likely to throw
bombs at you.Note that his bomb has stronger aftershock then yours so note that
as you may be killed by the aftershock.
Knife/whipping attack:
Not sure when he will knife you since this attack appear at the same time.Once
he knife you,you lose a life.If he whips you,you be hit to a corner and you
will get stun and take a while before you get up.
Strategy:
Jump up on the top of the platform and see him appear,avoid his bullet and he
will move down.Then jump over another plaform and use rocket to damage
him.Don't try be offensive,always try to be on top of him so that he won't
shoot his ripper chain gun shooting.After a while,he will turn darker in color
and become a robot.Then he will be faster and more aggressive and he at times
might trick you(you are on top of him),by making you believe his moving to
another side,but he will make a u-turn and jump to one platform to try to use
ripper chain gun shooting to kill you.So always note where he is before you use
your rocket.Don't get too offensive and continue to damage him until he's
defeated.Take his ammo for heavy machine gun and move on to face the final boss
of the game.
Final boss:
This boss is divided into three parts.
First part:
The missile attack:
It will shoot two sets of two missiles each before it proceeds to its second
attack.Note of the blinking missiles,it might drop some heavy machine gun for
you to get.The machine hand may try to kill you in this attack also.
The green ball attack:
It will release some green balls on the top,whenever you are below it,it will
drop and try to kill you once one of the balls hit you.
The green rope attack:
The mahine will release some rings of green rope to move around to try to kill
you.Note that only the green stuff will kill you,so you can dodge around and
move around in order not to let the green rope touch you.It release three
vertical ropes then two horizontal ropes as it attack pattern.
Attack pattern:
The attacks are in order,after the missile attack will be green ball
attack.Then finally the green rope attack.After the two horizontal ropes
finish,the first attack will start over again and the process is repeated until
you have the boss is defeated.
Strategy:
For the first attack,be close to the machine and not to close or the machine
hand will kill you.Shoot the missiles if there are blinking to have some heavy
ammo.When the green rope attack appear,go to the left corner and continue to
damage it.When green rope attack appears,stay where you are and jump in the
first rope and jump to the left as the first green rope comine with each
other,then jump back to the second rope and follow where it moves as the third
rope disappears.Then jump through the two horizontal ropes at stay close to the
machine again.Then continue to use this tactic until the first part is
destroyed.
Part 2:
Combine ball attack:
It will shoot some balls in pattern and try to kill you.Note that the machine
hand may try to kill you if you get too close to the machine though.
Flying machine:
It will shoot up some flying machine and it shoots out green bullets.When you
destroy some of them,sometimes you get the enemy chaser as well as the bomb
will be given to you if you destroy them.
Driller attack:
The machine will release a driller towards you to the end of the screen.Then
after a while it will retract the driller back to the machine where it
belongs.Once you touch the spike,you will lose a life so take note of that.
Attack pattern:
It will release the combine ball attack,then the Flying machine,then the
driller attack.Then Flying machine attack will be there as the driller heads
back to the machine.Then the Combine ball attack will attack and the process is
repeated ubtil the part 2 form of the boss is defeated.
Strategy:
For the first two balls stay near the machine,the third one,go to the back and
jump a u-turn to avoid the bullet and stay there until the gun points to your
direction.It will use the Flying machine attack,destroy them and hope for some
weapons or bombs to drop for you to take.Then the Driller attack will
occur,jump over it and the Flying machine attack will attack again,destroy them
and at the moment the driller starts moving,jump over it or the timing is wrong
the machine combine ball attack will attack to kill you.Then crouch down after
one combine ball attack is over your head and move a bit to avoid another
combine ball attack and go back the corner and jump a u-turn to avoid the third
one and continue to use the tacitc until the boss part 2 form is defeated.
Part 3:
Left and right laser attacks:
The left and right lasers will shoot at your head level or your feet level.So
crouch down and wait and determine and see where they are shooting.Sometimes
they will try to fake you so don't fall to their trap.Don't stay at the corner
as the laser can still reach you.
Bouncing laser attacks:
It will release many lasers that bounces around the screen as tries to fill the
screen up and try to trap you to let you lose a life.
Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack:
The lasers will all come out and shoot and stay there at the same time and the
orange ball attack will be attacking you shortly after that which will cover
throughout the screen to try to finish you off.
Robots attack:
Two robots will appear from left and right and try to kill you as it shoots out
beam if you don't destroy it.Sometimes it will drop some weapons for you as
well as some more bombs for you to take.
Blasting attack:
A big machine above will shoot blast a small portion of the screen at a certain
range and take a while before it disappears and gone.
Attack pattern:
There is no certain attack pattern,but it will try to combine one or two
attacks together in order to try to finish.Example is after the Bouncing laser
attacks, Robots attack will appear to try to trap you or the Blasting attack
will occur with
Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack to try to trap you and force you to
lose a life.
Strategy:
I will only teach you how to counter each attack.But dump all bombs you have
and whenever you get the chance so that the boss will get more damage and be
defeated faster. Continue to attack and use the tacitc below and you will
finish the boss final part in no time.
For Left and right laser attacks:
Watch where it shoot,it either the head level or the feet level,so at the last
moment then jump unless you anticipate its moves.Note that they can fake you so
don't fall to their traps,when the left right lasers some at the same time or
the whole lot comes at the same time,high chance is a fake in order to kill
you.
For Blasting attack:
Just move away where it's shooting and you should do fine.
Robots attack:
Just destroy them and hope for useful items to take.
Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack:
Stay in the middle where's there's a gap between the three lasers at the left
and the two laser at the right,when the orange attacks comes,just jump to avoid
being killed.
Bouncing laser attacks:
Just go to the corner and wait for laser to bounce,then do a short u-turn jump
and go back to the corner,then head to the middle to fully counter the move.
Tough attacks combinations:
For Bouncing laser attacks and Robots attack:
Robot will appear before you try to move to the middle,quickly jump on top of
the robot head as it appears,then bounce on its head and try to bounce to the
left to stay at the middle and destroy the robots to counter this move.
For Blasting attack and Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack:
Since it at time might blast at where you want to stay,you will have no choice
to stay between any lasers,then time your jump with a diagonal jump so that
you won't get killed by the lasers.
For Bouncing laser attacks and Left and right laser attacks:
After you counter the bouncing attack,just stay at the middle and get focue of
the Left and right laser attacks with the same tactic of countering the left
and right lasers listed above.
After you beat it, you will move able to try to escape from the
aftershock,shoot up for some items to get or shoot at the boxes for some
coins.When you reach the final box,shoot up quickly to save three hostages then
escape the after shock and you complete the game.I won't spoil the story for
you,if you want to know the ending,just drop over an email to me.
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4. Game walkthrough
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Before you start the game,you will choose one of the four characters in the
game:
- Marco Rossi
Background info:
He's a american of italian origin,son of a regular army commander.At 26,he is
already high ranking officer in the Peregine Falcons army unit.Along with
Tarma,he surpress both first and second coup'detats by Morden's marshal.Though
he belongs to the elite commando unit,his intelligent to make computers a
hobby.Years ago,just for fun,Marco created a virus breaching the Army
computer,although he conceals his thoughts,Trevor seems to know the truth.
- Fio Germi
Background info:
She was born in the scion of the millionare Germi famly of italy.Due to the
stringent family tradition of the military service.she was forced to the
army.Her father chose the sparrows,where she rose to high rank after defeating
Morden second coup'detats along with her teammates.While her father appears to
be very pleased with her accomplishments,Fio herself is eager to leave the
military and pursue her ambition;to be a sports director.
- Nadia Cassel
Background info:
She was destined to be a model... if she only stop gaining weight!Failing to do
that,she decided to join the regulay army for exercise despite her manager's
objection.While in training,she discovered her true fighting potential.She
volunteered for the Sparrows special unit to gain battle experience.
- Trevor Spacey
Background info:
He was computer prodigy from the age of 3 because of his parents which he pick
up his skills.By the time he was 7 years old, he understood complex engineering
jargon and would upload vaccines to the net to fight viruses. While attending
college to utilze his virus-fighting programs on the larger scale,he gain a
reputation as a technical programmer and was recruited by the regular
army,where he join Marco's army,so he join the special sparrows commando unit
as a trainee.
If you want to find Bio info about them,go to metalslug4.com for more info and
biodata about them.
Stage 1:
You will start off by falling off the helicopter.Destory the car on the left
and move forward to destroy the taxi to get the dual heavy machine gun.Kill all
grunts and destroy the ton truck with grunts in it and rescue a hostage who
gives you an emblem.Kill the grunts with bazooka with paracute and move forward
and destroy the car to take all the bread(take too long and the bread will
decompose to get no pts). At the end of the bakery building,shoot up to to
reveal a jewel(anyone who know how to get it,let me know,I sometimes get it as
it drop to the floor,no idea why),if you are going to get the jewel,Don´t
destroy the car. Jump up on it and shoot up to reveal it. Then jump again to
claim it! I think it is only worth a poor 100 points though,thanks to Anders
for pointing it out.Move on and see grunts at the back and the metal crow
moving down.Move near the crow,use 2H and shoot at the grunt with shield to
gain badges(try to get 4 green badges,whtaever you do don't get red badges
simply because it's more difficult to get metallish from red badges as it takes
some time before it starts to increase badge count) and kill the grunts and
destroy the metal crow next. Move on destroy the truck to reveal coins and see
the platform of the grunt and hostage coming down.Do not destroy the car you
see,instead use it as a platform.Kill the grunt and shoot up where the hostage
is at to get a treasure box and save the hostage to have a heavy machine
gun.Stand at the top of the car where you are and see another truck and
car,it's show time.Destroy the truck to reveal 3 chickens,do not move and let
the chicken lay some white eggs and let it hatch into many chicks and it takes
some time for it to become a chicken and enjoy picking up points.Then after
that,move on and destroy the helicopter on top and destroy the car for a heavy
machine gun.Then destroy the sack and kill the grunt and destroy the tank after
that.Kill the grunts left and right and it's now time to choose a route.There's
a 1000pts to get near the rocket,crawl down if you go for route 2,then shoot
up,the bird should drop and you will get 1000pts.If you are going from route
1,just move forward,near the rocket,shoot up for the bird.Thanks to Anders for
pointing it out.
Route 1: Move forward and ignore the second route.
Route 2: Crouch down and move forward and you will move down the stairs for
another route(if you move down and get up,you will get the grenade launcher)
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Route 1:
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Do not get the grenade launcher,jump over it.Then kill the two grunts on the
two cars but do not destroy the third car.Then jump up on top of the third car
and see a platform coming down.Kill the grunt on top of the car.Just jump to
lure him to shoot and kill him.Then down shoot the car to shoot you up to the
platform;taking the heavy machine gun and some ammo.Then move down and take the
emblem after the third car is destroyed and kill the grunts from the left and
destroy the truck with grunts at the front.Then move on and save a hostage to
get some points and kill all grunts left and right to move on further.
You will then get in the motorcycle destroy the two motorcycle then destroy the
truck with the grunt on top of it to get a heavy machine gun.But if you destroy
the truck too fast,you amy not get the heavy though.Then see your friend Tarma
in the truck coming to aid you(When ever you are in trouble,move into the truck
to cover you,but if it gets too much damage,the truck will get destroyed and
you will find no more cover so good luck on that). Destroy the truck you see
but don't get the grenade launcher and then kill all grunts with parachute
coming down.Then destroy the truck to get some cabbages and kill the grunts
with parachute coming down.Then the motorcycle guys will come and throw
bombs,hid inside the truck where Tarma is in.Then destroy kill the grunt on top
of the truck then destroy the truck to get all the chicken meat(at times where
you shoot the motorcyle the truck will come immediately).Then kill the grunt on
top of another truck and destroy the truck to get all the watermelons(if left
untouch it will rot away),then kill the grunt on the third truck and destroy
the truck to get the emblem.And you will see some helicopters coming.Shoot the
white ones first successively and destroy the red one.If down right and
fast,you should get a metallish. Destroy the last truck to get the grenade
launcher and destroy the Powerful plane and prepare to face the stage 1 boss.
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Route 2:
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Take the grenade launcher and kill all grunts below a the grenade launcher will
kill enemies below.Take note of a scientist that shoots a dart from the
left,quite fast but avoidable.Then kill the scientist and grunt with shield and
shoot up on the no.1 wall to get an apple.Move on and kill grunt then come to
you.Move on and kill the grunts and the metal crow and take the heavmachine
gun.See the no.2 wall?Shoot up to get some carrots.Kill the grunts and destroy
the big truck that shoots out missiles as well as grunts and take the
heavmachine gun.Then destroy the Tall tank with some grunts attacking you.
Shoot up on the no.3 wall to get a watermelon.Save the two hostages but do not
get the grenade launcher and get the bomb.Kill the grunt in shield to get the
monkey antidope. Shoot the no.4 wall to get an item and kill all grunts.Then
destroy the tank and kill the grunt that is below or else he will jump up and
knife you.Then use bomb to kill the tank below then kill all grunts that appear
left and right.Go quickly and save the explorer and she will drop some items
and see a big tank.Head back to the left and crouch there and shoot the tank at
the right and at the same time kill all grunts appearing left and right part of
the screen.Move on and kill more grunts and save two hostages that will give
you a monkey item and a emblem.At the same time,grunts with shield will appear
and kill him for a monkey antidope and take the emblem and .Then shoot grunts
with the parachute coming down and shoot the no.6 wall for a cabbage and attack
and rush and see a big tank coming and attack it to gain badges and eventually
metallish and grab the heavy machine gun left by the tank and move up and
prepare for the stage 1 boss.
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Boss!!!
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This boss has three parts to beat to complete stage 1.
Part 1:
Attacks:
It has only two attacks that can kill you:Spike attack and Shooting bullets.
Shooting bullets
You will see two guys on top and see four guns pointing down.They will only
shoot bullets down after some time.
Spike attack:
At the right screen,they will releasing some spikes bouncing towards you.
Strategy:
Stay in the middle of the where the first guy to the right is and destroy the
machine to kill off the first threat.Then destroy the spike that jump off at
the right.A hostage will come and give you a H and destroy the spike or choe to
dodge it while damaging the first and you will beat it in no time to face part
two.(plz forgive my crappy drawing)
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Part 2:
Attacks:
The enemy has two attacks: Grunt distraction and launching a big missile.
Launching a big missile:
It will release a big missile that aim towards you.
Grunt distraction:
But it also has a distraction of releasing some grunts that come and try to
attack you.Don't worry when they appear,they will take some time before they do
some attack at you,giving enough time to kill them.
Strategy:
Just at the start,save a hostage to get a heavy machine gun.Then stand below
where the missile that is going to be release and shoot to damage the
boss.After destroying the first missile,move to the left and kill all grunts
and damage the boss and beat the boss form 2 in no time.
Part 3:
Attacks:
The boss has two attacks here:Small missile attacks and Ammo wasting ripper
chain gun attach on the big airship.
Small missile attacks:
It will release some small missiles that head to your direction.Don't
worry,they ain't homing missiles.
Ammo wasting ripper chain gun attach on the big airship:
The second attack is shoot ammo around left and right of the screen with an
after shock around.
Strategy:
Move all the way to the right and save a hostage for a H.Use H to destroy all
missiles coming your way.Jump when the ripper chain gun points to your
direction.If you want to save some hostages,just idle around,destroying small
missiles in your way.Then choose to dump all bombs you have(10 plus if you
didn't die) while jumping or waste heavy machine gun away and beat the stage 1
boss easily.
Stage 2:
Area 1:
Shoot the grunt first and then head back the truck to get 5000 pts.Then kill a
grunt and take the emblem and rush to the truck you see at the right and attack
to score badges and at the same time kill some grunts at the left also.If you
are fast enough,you should get metallish early.But do kill the grunts at the
left because if you don't do that,they will throw their bomb from a far
distance at you(that shock me as I died at there once.).After destroying the
truck,then quickly destroy the bradley. Save the hostage for a dual machine gun
and then destroy the tank.Then hop in the bradley,shoot up on the roof of the
house for a cat.Then destroy the market house,if done right,the old lady will
give some items points(5000 pts is the highest for me),then move on and shoot
up on the light house for a coin and grab some items like the rocket
launcher,bomb.Save the hostage to get a emblem and kill grunts.Move on and kill
more grunts and a tank.Move on and kill more grunts,a tank and a helicopter(for
this you might want to use cannon since the bradley's cannon shoots up).Then
two helicopters,a big tank and some grunts will appear.Kill the lowest
helicopter first, then escape and use the grenade laucher to destroy the big
tank and kill all grunts and concentrate the helicopter above you.Then hop back
to the bradley and save a hostage for a heavy machine gun.Destroy the big tank
and save the hostage tied above for a emblem.Escape from the tank and take the
bomb left by the big tank and hop back in the bradley and kill all grunts above
that appear.Then destroy the door with a picture and then destroy the
barricade.Then move on and stay where you are when you see a tank.Don't bother
about the emblem(you have metallish already) And kill grunts on top and below
and then destroy the sack as well as the tank and move on and use hte cannon on
the powerful plane and kill the grunt at the left or knock him down if you
want.Then kill the grunts on top and save the hostage but don't get the grenade
launcher though.Hop in the ton truck for area 2.
Area 2:
Go to the front of the to truck and use up and shoot button to spray around to
take down two planes(they might move fast and crash you if you do nothing or
shoot a missile that slowly advance towards you).Then some grunts with
parachute will drop off and kill them all off and take the bear that worth
50,000 pts.Then face another set of planes attacking and destroy them to get a
heavy machine gun.Then kill all the grunts that drop off and go to the back of
the lorry and destroy the set of planes to get enemy chaser.Kill the grunts
that drop off and then kill the grunts coming down with the parachute. Then
destroy the three planes with the enemy chaser to reach area 3.
Area 3:
Then move a bit and use the enemy chaser to destroy the tank and the grunt.Then
move a bit to destroy another tank and move on to kill a grunt with shield.
Then take the bomb and kill the grunt but don't bother to get the emblem since
you have metallish.Destroy the sack and kill the grunt and then jump shoot to
destroy the tank.Move on and destroy two sacks and grunts.Then destroy the
tank(if you rush that part,grunts at the left and right will come out and force
you to move and kill and there's a chance you would die).Then jump shoot and
destroy the motorcycle and then kill the grunts coming.Grab the dual machine
gun and kill all the grunts.Knife the grunt inside the machine and kill all
grunts coming through the hole.Then enter the hole to save a hostage.Then
destroy the machine then kill the the grunts coming from the hole again and
kill the power plane and take the item and grab the item left by the power
plane.Then destroy the machine.Then move on and destroy grunts up,left and
right and move on and shoot up for a item and destroy another machine and take
all itmes.Move on and destroy another machine and grab the iron lizard and
destroy the machine on the top and enter the slug. Then kill all grunts and
grab the emblem and destroy the grunt in you way.Then save a hostage and get
the bomb.Then use the cannon to kill all grunts with the shield and kill more
grunts.Then see a tall tank and jump up and use the cannon and shoot at the top
of the tall tank.If done right,the tank will be destroyed with one shot as well
as kill a grunt on the top.Then kill the grunts around you and move on kill
shoot the platform for the grunt with shield to come down and use the tank to
knock him down for a heavy machine gun and kill another grunt.Grab the gas and
shoot at angle on the top before the bridge for a monkey.Then go to the bridge
and see a familiar figure and face the boss of stage 2.
Stage 2 boss:
This boss is divided to five portions and each portion have different attacks
and I will explain all attacks of each portion to you,
Portion 5:
It will only shoot one orange bullet at a time after some time at you.
Portion 4:
There will be grunt with bazooka coming and trying to shoot at you.But if you
destroy portion 5 first and it will come down and it will add to another attack
which is shooting out of the big missile constantly at you.
Portion 3:
This portion you will see two kettle like tip attach to it.It will only shoot
two flame balls at a time at you.But the range that it releases is
unpredictable though so you will need to dodge,
Portion 2:
Again this portion will also have grunt attack.One near to you will have a
rifle,the other has a bazzoka and they see to be coming out after you kill a
set of them.
Portion 1:
You will see your metal slug nemesis here.There's bascially two attacks
here.You will see a tank tip that is attach at the top keep moving left and
right;that will shoot a missile at a place where it stops.The other attack is
that it will shoot some missiles to the top and after a while,the missiles will
come down with parachute that will cover all the areas where you have space to
roam around.
Strategy:
Just use your slug to go in front of the layers of portions,use cannon and
shoot at it.The aftershock will kill off the grunts at portion 4.Whatever you
do,do not destroy portion 5,that would save you a lot of trouble.Then move your
slug and escape from the slug to the platform and use the heavy shoot fire at
portions 3 and 4.You may get some extra ammos like rocket launcher,iron lizard
and heavy machine gun.Then use them to damage portion 3.If you use heavy,jump
up and shoot,you will only damage portion 3.If you have iron lizard,jump
towards portion 3 and shoot,you will also damage portion 3 only(need some skill
though).If you have rocket launcher,just stay at the top of the platform,then
point up and shoot to damage portion 3 only.After you destroy portion 3,damage
portion 2 roughly until it's about to be destroyed.Then go back in the slug and
destroy portion 5 and throw bombs to totally destroy portion 3 and 4.Then
portion 2 will be at the bottom and portion 1 on top.Then, use your slug to
fire to damage portion 1.You also can use the cannon to shoot and kill the
grunts in portion 2 provided that the grunt with rifle appears because the
aftershock will destroy the other grunt further away from you.Continue to
damage portion 1 until it's destroyed and you complete the second mission.
Stage 3:
Kill the three grunts that come out of the snowmen,move on and kill two grunts
with parachute.Then you will have 2 routes to choose from.Route 1 go forward
and route 2 goes down.
Route 1:
Grab the jewel below fast or the floor will fall to force you to go to route
2.Move on and kill the grunts that appear.Save the hostage for heavy machine
gun and avoid the missile from the grunt with missile propeller.Kill the two
grunts with parachute and jump over the sack to kill the grunt with missile
propeller.Then jump over another sack and kill more grunts and shoot up on the
entrance of the cave for a frog and enter it.Once you are inside,use the heavy
to spray around to kill the bats and the grunt at the top as well as grunts at
the right.Move on and shoot up the walls where the grunt on top you killed
earlier is at to get some cabbages(if you take them you will become fat).Then
move all the way to the right,killing all grunts as well as the one at the
top.Then see a ton truck coming from the left and destroy it.Grab the two itmes
boxs for some points and head down again(timing must be right or else the
screen will shift the camera angle).Then spray around to kill the grunts at the
top then jump up where you see another two items boxes and grab the flame.Kill
grunts at the left and go right and near the tank and use the flame on it.That
should kill the grunt behind the tank and destroy the tank with the flame then
shoot the item box for a iron lizard.Then exit this place.Destroy the metal
crow you see and move on and kill the grunts and save the hostage for fire
bomb.Then kill the grunt inside the truck and jump on the ton truck and avoid
the planes that come at you.Then knife the grunt with the missile propeller and
destroy the metal crow for another iron lizard.Kill the grunt you see and move
on and avoid the planes (or wait till the planes release the missiles and
destroy it with your iron lizard.Jump on the ton truck and destroy the tank and
move on avoiding a set of planes again kill or grunts and another tank with the
iron lizard,then grab the enemy chaser.Kill more grunts and avoid another set
of planes and move on and knife the grunt jumping over the sack.See the pile of
logs?Jump over it,if you see a item box,there's a flame inside.If not,don't
panic.Shoot the logs and quickly grab the flame or if not jump back at the end
of the logs(the bradley might shoot).If you can,follow the logs which will
destroy all the enemies for you till you reach the place where a ton truck
is..Or move on and see some grunts then use the fire bomb to kill all of
them(minimise usage :)) and see another tank and destroy it.Kill all the grunts
you see till you see a ton truck. If you have the flame keep it,if not grab the
heavy machine gun and head down and move on and prepare for the boss of stage
3.
Route 2:
Grab the jewel,the floor will break and as you head down quickly destroy the
hut you see and move left,avoiding the bombs release by the two powerful planes
you see and save the hostage for a heavy machine.Destroy the left plane first
and then the right one.Grab the emblem,shoot up when you first enter cave for
30,000 pts and shoot the bats as well as shooting the bear while it's on four
legs, you see then the snow monsters.Note that the bear can kill you but you
can't kill it but it also can help you kill some enemies as long as you don't
shoot it.If done right,you should get metallish but you will run out of
ammo.See some snow monsters coming from upper level and from the left.Knife the
snow monster once from the left to let it follw you and shoot up to kill the
upper level middle snow monster.Then kill the snow monster at the upper level
right and kill all snow monsters coming from left and right and head back and
kill the last snow monster from the upper level and move on and save a hostage
for a iron lizard.Then kill the snow monsters for the upper level with it and
kill the snow monsters from the left and right and exit the cave.Jump quickly
on platform to platform to kill all grunts as well metal crow with you last few
iron lizard ammo and get the heavy machine gun.Kill two grunts you see at the
top(one platform has a white emblem and below it somewhere just shoot around
for a fish) and jump on one platform and spray to destroy metal crow and kill
the grunt that keep appearing on top.Then jump up to kill grunt and jump up
quickly to kill tall tank,use a bomb to kill a grunt behind the tank or jump up
and enter the osrich slug and save hostage and jump up quick to destroy tank
and then destroy the metal crow,shoot up for a fish.Kill a grunt you see and
jump up to the arrow platform and shoot up for a fish as well as to kill more
grunts that appear.Stay at the arrow platform to destroy the bradley and head
up kill grunt and save hostage for 5,000 pts and jump to another arrow platform
and shoot up for a fish.Kill grunts you see as well as the metal crow.Exit the
slug and grab the heavy machine and kill all grunts that appear.Then head left
to the platform and shoot up for 30,000 pts and go to arrow sign to face the
boss.
Stage 3 boss:
This boss has six attacks,general morden attack,cutter attack,missiles
onslaught attack,helicopter attack and knock over attack,three bullet attack.
General morden attack:
He will come out of the super large tank and shoot the bazzoka ammo towards
you.
Cutter attack:
The tank will release a cutter that moves up to the certain range towards
you.But note that the when you jump in between the cutter and the tank,you
won't die,only the cutter can kill you.
Helicopter attack:
Needless to say,the helicopter will come and attack you after a while after
every helicopter you destroyed.
Knock over attack:
The tank will move towards you,if it nails you,it will cost you a life.
Missiles onslaught attack:
The tank will release a few sets of missiles at you to try to kill
you.Difficult to shaft but still be able to shaft though.Take note the blinking
missile,shoot it,it will reveal some guns like rocket or heavy machine.
Three bullet attacks:
It will shoot three bullets at you to try to kill you.
Boss pattern:
Normally the general morden attack will come first,then the cutter attack,some
times the Knock over attack,then three bullet attack,then Missiles onslaught
attack with Knock over attack after some set of missiles is release.The
Helicopter attack is constant throughout the boss stage though.It will repeat
the pattern you see until it is defeated.
Strategy:
Save the two hostages you see to get bomb as well as ammo to which you are
carrying.
With flame and fire bomb(route 1):
Move left to avoid his bazzoka and jump for the second bazzoka.Flame the tank
as many as you can and move away when the cutter attack comes and keep
destroying helicopters you see.Then go back and flame the boss again then avoid
the bullets from the Three bullet attacks and head back to the tank and flame
the tank as much as you can.Ignore the helicopter that comes,when the tank does
the Missiles onslaught attack,just use the fire bomb to perish the missiles
that comes and it will also damage the tank and destroy the helicopter as the
after shock of fire bomb is strong.You will beat it now if done right.This
method is the easiest and the fastest way to take down the boss of stage 3.
With heavy and fire bomb(route 1):
Move left to avoid his bazzoka and jump for the second bazzoka.Use heavy on the
tank as many as you can and move away when the cutter attack comes and keep
destroying helicopters you see.Then go back and use heavy on the boss again
then avoid the bullets from the Three bullet attacks and head back to the tank
and use heavy on the tank as much as you can.Ignore the helicopter that
comes,when the tank does the Missiles onslaught attack,just use the fire bomb
to perish the missiles that comes and it will also damage the tank and destroy
the helicopter as the after shock of fire bomb is strong.After 3 sets of
missiles that is release,move back,the tank will use the knock down attack and
avoid the General morden attack and use the rest of the fire bombs you have on
the rest of the sets of missiles.Then boss pattern is repeated but kill the
helicopter first as I assume you have no more heavy machine gun.Then when
there's chance,use the last few fire bombs on the boss and you will defeat it.
With heavy and bomb(route 2):
Hmmzzz....,tough one.Use the same strategy With heavy and fire bomb tatic but
when the missiles come down,you have to shoot the blinking one for extra ammo
to survive try to shaft the missiles or just use bomb to perish with it and
move away to the left when the tank tries to knock you down.Then keep attacking
the tank whenever you get the chance.Then damage as much as you can but try to
destroy the helicopter or else it will distract you.Then dump all bombs you
have and you will beat it in no time.
Stage 4:
Kill the two grunts you see.Move on to kill more grunts and boxs that has coins
and ton truck.Then shoot left to kill a grunt and shoot the lampost to get
coins(hit all at once and collect the coins will be more,eg: 10 pts per
coin,get together to increase value 10,20,40...,in other words double the
amount.).Then move on to destroy the tank and enter the walkmachine to destroy
the tank appearing from the left.Shoot lampost for coins.Move on and destroy
the lower helicopter and escape from the walkmachine,save hostage for a heavy
and kill grunts left and right while trying to destroy the helicopter.Shoot
lampost for coins.Then go back into the walkmachine and move on to destroy the
tank and move a bit to destroy the ton truck and also the grunt.Then two
helicopter will appear and destroy the lower one then the upper one.Shoot
lampost for coins.Then move on and choose routes where you want to go.Upper
level is the zombie route and the lower one is the mummy route.
Zombie route:
Use the walkmachine to kill all zombies on the top and the bottom and move on
to kill more zombies.When you see a zombie antidote,stop where you are,kill the
fat zombie and shoot the cross on the top for two hostages,then move on and
save another hostage(altogether 3 hostages) for a heavy and some pts to
score,then kill the zombies that stand up and destroy the ton truck,then crash
the walkmachine to destroy the zombies coming from the right.Then move on and
get some items and kill the HEV suit guys and shoot up another cross for
another two hostages whom will give you some pts and exit this place.Once you
enter the place,shoot up for emblem and move to the right and kill the grunts
with shield and shoot to kill the grunts that come down from the rope as well
the army zombies(aim them,because they are the ones that score you badges).You
should get metallish.Then shoot right to kill more army zombies and grab the
flame and kill the zombie you see and move up the stairs and kill more
zombies.There are two white lamps and use bomb to get some pts.Then move to the
right and do not go down and use flame to kill the zombies that appear.Then
down shoot the zombies at the bottom(not the army ones from the danger barrel)
and jump right to kill all the HEV guys and flame the last two zombies.Get the
zombie antidope for some pts.Do not destroy the another barrel to the
right.Climb up the barrel on the end of the right corner and use bomb to save
three secret hostages.Then save the hostage tie up and do not heavy machine
gun.Destroy the barrel to face the stage 4 boss.
Mummy route:
Shoot the fake mummy for 100 pts and move on and kill mummys and mummy dogs.See
the background statues.There are two that you will come across.Shoot up to
reveal two secret hostages.Move on and get the heavy machine gun and there will
be mummies appearing left and right.Clear them and face mummy dogs left and get
the jewel for some pts.Move to where you see and emblem,use the walkmachine and
crash it so some grunts will die.Get the emblem and shoot where all enemies
like grunts climbing on the rope,grunts with shield,HEV guys,just shoot fast or
retreat a bit and you will metallish here.Here's the so-called infinite
route.Keep the grunt with shield there,leave two purple HEV guys(one appear
from left,the other right,you kill one,only one will appear).They will keep
throwing purple balls that transform to mummies in front of you.Just crouch and
knife them to gain as much pts as you can(it's infinite but time against you
from scoring high pts).Whenever they try to knife you,move a bit to the left to
retreat and sometimes they move away from you and sometimes they try to knife
you again,move little bit by bit to prevent them from knifing you.If you are
trap(as you move,mummies will follow you),use the bomb,its aftershock should
kill the HEV guy(better than a life loss).Play until about 10 seconds left,then
kill everything in sight and move on to kill mummy dogs and get some items from
the item boxs and kill the mummy that appear.Then head up stair by stair and
clear all mummies in sight(just be below them,jump knife and jump knife and you
need to destroy the bat that they produce) and be on top level.Save the hostage
and clear the three mummies in sight and get the elixir and shoot up on exit
sign to gain some pts.
Once you enter this place,shoot up on the wall to gain some pts,clear the
mummies and HEV guys that appear.Go to the right hand side and shoot up to gain
some pts.Stay at the corner and kill the mummies that appear.Move a bit to the
left so that the mummies will appear and move back to right corner and clear
all mummies and HEV guys that keep appearing.After killing for sometimes,a H
and stone will appear.Take them and stay at the left corner and clear more
mummies and HEV guys.After some time, an elixir and shotgun will appear.Take it
for some pts and clear the mummies and mummy dogs until Go sign appear to exit
this area.
Once you are here,climb up platform to kill some mummies,destroy the item
box,but don't get the heavy machine gun.Climb down and move on and kill the
mummy dogs and another item box has fire bomb in it and take it.Kill the mummy
you see and jump to the other platform to clear more mummies.Shoot up to clear
mummy and a mummy dog.Save the hostage for an extra shotgun ammo and you will
see a black hole here;shoot up for three secret hostages.Jump to another
platform and save the two hostages and kill the mummies and kill the grunt at
the exit area and jump to other side to the exit area,this way,you won't get
kill and clear all mummies and grunts from exit sign.Then you will exit this
place and face the stage boss.
Stage 4 boss:
This boss is divided into three parts:
1st part:Mechanic machine
The top part moving is the one you will need to destroy.Firstly,it has two
attacks:Diving claw and laser shooting.
Laser shooting:
The top part will move towards you and shoot a small laser towards you to the
ground.Very easy to avoid though.
Diving claw:
The top part will suddenly dive down towards you and try to kill you at the
spot you are at.Well it dives down,it crashes the floor and take some time
before it gets back up.Damaging it at the ground does not constitude to damages
to the first form.It also has a electric attack that runs through on the top
part that kills you when contact.
2nd part:Mechanic machine
This part has two attacks of hugh laser shooting as it moves around as well as
grunt attacking.The first part will be destroyed into this second form as well
as the face of the robot face at the right.
Grunt attacking:
The grunt will escape from the mouth of the robot abd try to either knife you
or throw a grenade to kill you.
Hugh laser shooting:
The destroyed first part turns unto a moving machine that moves to where you
are and drops a hugh laser at where the machine stops.The aftershock does not
kill you though.
Third part: Robot form
This last form has three attacks:Hugh missile,zombie foam in the funnel and
grunt attacking.
Grunt attacking:
The grunt will escape from the mouth of the robot abd try to either knife you
or throw a grenade to kill you.
Hugh missile:
It will release a hugh missile from the ground towards you(can be destroyed)
just like the second stage boss portion 4.
Zombie foam in the funnel:
It will release some flying funnels at you and try to hit you at the spot where
you are at.Once it nails you,you will become a zombie.Note that only the blue
color one to destroy before it drops to the ground as it may contain items like
the heavy,enemy chaser,exilier or grenade launcher.
Strategy:
Flame with grenade(zombie route):
For the first form,just flame and move away,after a few hits it will change to
the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and knife the
grunt that come out and after a few hits,it will become the third form.For the
third form,jump flame the robot,it will not only damage the boss,it will kill
the grubt as well as the flying funnels.Destroy the big missile or jump on top
of it and jump shoot the robot and you will beat the boss easily with this
method.
Heavy with grenade(zombie route):
For the first form,just use the heavy and move away,after a while,it will
change to the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and
knife the grunt that come out and after a few heavy machine gun damage,it will
become the third form.Just spray around with the heavy to destroy the flying
funnels and the grunts.Once you are out of ammo,dump all bombs you have and
move close to the robot to lure some flying funnels to drop and move away and
destroy flying funnels with handgun while jumping on top of missile.Whatever
you do,do not become a zombie!Watch for the blue flying funnels and shoot it
for some guns or if not use the same tactic until you beat the boss.
Heavy with fire bomb(mummy route):
For the first form,just use the heavy and move away,after a while,it will
change to the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and
knife the grunt that come out and after a few heavy machine gun damage,it will
become the third form.Just spray around with the heavy to destroy the flying
funnels and the grunts.Once you are out of ammo,dump all fire bombs enough to
destroy all flying funnels you see and whenever the flying funnel appears or
move close to the robot to lure some flying funnels to drop and move away and
destroy flying funnels with handgun while jumping on top of missile.Whatever
you do,do not become a zombie!Watch for the blue flying funnels and shoot it
for some guns or if not use the same tactic until you beat the boss.
Handgun alone:
For the first form,just use shoot and move away,after a while,it will change to
the second form.Same tactic as the first one,just avoid the laser and knife the
grunt that come out and just shoot at the 2nd form of the mechanic machine,it
will become the third form.Just spray around with the heavy to destroy the
flying funnels and the grunts.Move close to the robot to lure some flying
funnels to drop and move away and destroy flying funnels with handgun while
jumping on top of missile.Whatever you do,do not become a zombie!Watch for the
blue flying funnels and shoot it for some guns or if not use the same tactic
until you beat the boss.
Stage 5:
Area 1:
Kill the grunts and pirates you see and save the hostage for a heavy machine
gun.Destroy the door and kill the pirates above the platform.Then destroy the
big tank and grab the emblem and shoot left to kill the pirates with scarf and
right to destroy the boxs and pirates to get about 4 green badges(don't get
red).Then move on and save another hostage for an item,then kill a pirate.Then
move up the platform and shoot only the item box you see for a grenade
launcher.Then move down and be near the metal crow to destroy it(beware that
the spikes of the metal crow can kill you though).Then move left to kill
another metal crow and kill all enemies that surround.Then there's two routes
for you to choose: Route 1 move on or route two go down.
Route 1:
Move up the platform and grab another emblem and use grenade launcher to kill
the grunt with shield and destroy the three boxs and kill the pirate and the
grunt with bazooka and quickly grab another emblem and move quickly and kill
the pirates and stop where you see a metal crow and big tank.Quickly attack the
big tank and you should get metallish here.Then destroy the blue metal crow and
save the three hostages for some itmes and grenade launhcer.Kill the enemies
appearing from left and right and enter the metal crow and move down at the
left to destroy a tank.Then jump back to the platform to destroy the another
tank and move down and destroy the third tank.Then kill the grunt on top of the
platform and kill the pirates with scarfs and save hostage for a heavy machine
gun.Then kill grunt with sheild on the top and move on.When you see boxes,stop
where you are and destroy them and the grunt on top.Then move on and the metal
crow will appear from the left.Destroy it and the grunts you see and move on
and when you see those three guys escaping shoot up for a secret hostage and
kill more pirates and destroy the tall tank and grunt on top.Then spray up to
kill the grunt on top of the platform and jump over the tall tank and knife all
grunts you see and shoot up for some fishes and shoot the door to procceed on
the next area,
Move near the ledge to allow the pirate ship to come and kill the grunt with
shield and pirate you see.Then move back and jump and spray down to damage the
ship until it's partially destroyed and shoot the ship until it's totally
destroyed.Kill the grunt that appear on top and jump over to another platform
and kill the grunt you see and waste about 6 bombs on the pirate ship for it to
be partially destroyed,then waste the last few ammo of the heavy to totally
destroy the pirate ship(beware as it sinks some swords will be thrown to try to
kill you at the last attempt).Then jump to another platform,kill the grunt at
the left and grab the bomb from the item box and move on and jump to the left
platfrom and kill grunts left and right till you save the explorer and shoot up
for another secret hostage for a thunder cloud.Move on and save a hostage for a
emblem and stay where you are and destroy the tall tanl.If you move,pirates
will appear as well as grunts if you move a bit further.Then move a bit by bit
and once you see pirates from the left and tank at the right,kill the pirates
first and destroy the tank.Destroy another tank you see and move on and destroy
the third tank and save the hostage for a heavy machine gun.Then move on and
kill the guys that are sun bathing and shoot them for coins(grab all and coin
value will double) and extra hits.Then destroy the tall tank and grunt with
parachute and grab another heavy machine gun and kill the grunts you see and
move on to area 2.
Route 2:
Move up the platform and grab another emblem and use grenade launcher to kill
the grunt with shield and destroy the three boxs and kill the pirate and the
grunt with bazooka.Then be near the handle,use attack button to move the
manhole up and jump in to hole.Then move right and crouch as the lift move
on.Once it stops kill the enemies like grunts and pirates you see and move to
the middle for it to move up again.Then head back to the right and kill the
grunt at the left,then kill the grunt at the right as well a the grunt that
move down the rope.Kill the grunt with shield and move left and dump 5 bomb at
the left big tank while shooting left and right to kill grunts.Once the left
tank is destroyed,grab the heavy and destroy the right tank and tall tank and
metal crow will appear.Then take the emblem and destroy the tall tank first and
then metal crow.If done right,metallish is yours,then grab the super grenade
left by the tall tank and head back to the left.Then destroy the bradley and
some grunts before heading to area two.
Area 2:
Shoot up for some apples the moment you appear and kill all pirates you
see.Then destroy the metal crow and some grunts on the rope as well as on the
top right hand corner(they will drop down and then you kill them).Then after
clearing all grunts,move a bit by bit till a big tank appear(or else grunts
will appear from every side,chances slim you will survive).Let the big tank
move near you,then destroy it.Then kill the grunt that appear at the tank and
jump over it to kill more grunts that appear.Then save the two hostages,move
left and let them come to you for a rocket and hostage aid so that one grunt
won't fall off the ledge.Then jump at the platform,and jump up and use rocket
to destroy the lower helicopter and jump to right platform and dodge bullet and
hostage will follow you,then jump back to the left platform and hostage will
stay there.Then to save ammo,just dodge bullet from helicopter while the
hostage help you damage the helicopter until it's destroyed.Then jump at the
platform,and jump up and use rocket to destroy the lower helicopter and jump to
right platform and use grenade launcher until you left one ammo then let the
hostage destroy it for you.Then wait for hostage to destroy the itme box
revealing a heavy and shoot the grenade launcher and follow it by jump from
platform to platform to grab the heavy and the rocket will kill the grunt for
you.Then destroy the power plane for a emblem.Stay at the thin platform and let
the hostage break the grunt with shield and use kill the grunts and jump on
another platform and spray around and once th go signs appear,quickly jump from
platform to platform till you see two hostages.Save them for some pts and heavy
and prepare to face the stage 5 boss.
Stage 5 boss:
The stage 5 boss has four types of attacks: Gatling firing,missile
attacking,grunt attacking,ultimate missile attack.
Gatling firing:
If you are not top of ledge of the sinking ship,this attack will be likely to
happen where the grunt below will fire around the ship causing vertical
aftershocks which will kill you once in contact.The fire attack is predictable
as you can see where the grunt is firing by just where he is pointing the gun
at.
Missile attacking:
If you are at the top of the ledge of the sinking ship,this attack will occur
instead of the Gatling firing attack.It shoots out a few sets of two missiles
that aim towards you(they are not homing missiles).The missiles can be
destroyed,not for blinking missiles as when you destroy it,it may drop some
weapons or even bombs for to grab.
Grunt attacking:
The grunt will keep appearing from the ship and will try to distract enough for
the two above attacks to kill you.If you don't kill them,they might dive and
knife at you or throw bombs at you in the attempt to kill you.
Ultimate missile attack:
This is most powerful attack of the stage 5 submarine boss.It will first
release big vertical missiles moving slowly where it appears and then release
small horizontal missiles that fly from left to right in quite a fast pace and
try to finish you off.The sub will release normally few sets of these attacks
before it rise from the sea again.
Attack pattern:
First attacks are pretty simple.If you are not top of ledge of the sinking
ship,this attack will be likely to happen where the grunt below will fire
around the ship.If you are at the top of the ledge of the sinking ship,this
attack of Missile attacking will occur instead of the Gatling firing
attack.Grunts will keeping coming out of the sub as long as the sub is on the
surface.When the sub goes down,ultimate missile attack will occur for a while
before the sub rises to the surface again and all the attack start all over
again.
Strategy:
With heavy and bombs:
You will get heavy because of the hostages at the last part of area 2.So my
strategy is simple,move a bit to lure Gatling firing attack.Then go to the top
of the ledge,keep firing to damage the sub as well as down spray with heavy to
kill grunts.When firing stops,lure it to fire again and keep using this tactic
until you kill about 4 grunts coming out of the sub and dump all bombs to the
sub and then keep firing the sub to damage it.If you are fast,the sub will be
destroy before it even release it's ultimate missile attack.Even it does,do to
the end of the sub,avoid the big missiles and destroy one in front of you to
the right,then either shaft away from the small missiles or destroy it.Use this
tactic until it finish this attack and keep attacing the sub till it's
destroyed.Or you can lure it to shoot missiles and destroy all missiles and
hope for a blinking missile for some gun to get like enemy chaser,bombs and
rocket launcher,This weapons are good to counter the ultimate missile attack as
the weapons aftershock help to destroy both sets of vertical and horizontal
missiles that is being release from the submarine.
Stage 6(Final mission):
Area 1:
Kill the two grunts you see and take the heavy machine gun.Then destroy the
metal crow for a bomb and go back to the top and kill the grunt.Move down kill
the grunts left and right and choose between the rocket and the heavy.Then move
down and kill the grunts and take the enemy chaser and they will kill enemies
for you.Then kill the grunts and grunts with parachute,avoiding the drop
shot(if you get it just waste it away).Move down and kill more grunts and
grunts with parachute(you will need to dodge and kill them if you don't have
enemu chaser),avoiding the rocket(if you get it just waste it away).Then kill
the grunts you see,avoiding the shotgun(if you get it just waste it away).Then
move down to kill more grunts and grunts with parachute.When you reach the
final part of this area,fours grunts will appear,kill them all to grab the fire
bomb and some ammo.By shooting the right side,then go and kill the upper
one,then clear the left one if you don't have the enemy chaser.Then you will
finish this part of the area to move on to area 2.
Area 2:
When you appear,move on to destroy the sensor and the grunts with shield from
left and right.Then kill the grunts on the top of the box.Then use the handle
to grab the heavy machine gun.Then kill the grunts from the left and jump up
the box weapon sensors then move down and kill the grunt and kill more grunts
moving down the rope and kill the grunt with shield,then jump over the
box,killing the grunt and head back to kill more grunts to save a hostage for
some points.Once you appear,move quickly and kill the two grunts to get the
flame and flame the grunts on the top and destroy the metal crow,then flame the
grunts on the right top,and flame the metal crow from the left and climb up and
shoot on the round thing in the background to get a jewel and head down to kill
more enemies so get the rocket to exit this room.Destroy the weapon sensor you
see,then kill the grunt with shield with the rocket and the grunt on the
rope.Kill the grunt with shield with the rocket and the grunt on the rope again
and move on to kill the grunt with shield and more grunts below and destroy the
weapon sensor.Then destroy the box and the grunt and sensor behind it.Then
destroy the box and destroy another weapon sensor and the grunts climbing down
the rope and save the hostage for a heavy machine gun.Then kill the scientist
you see and exit the room.Then kill the grunt with shield and the other grunts
and move on and see two tall tanks you see.Destroy the left one first with fire
bombs and shooting left and right to kill grunts while trying to destroying the
right tall tank.Then see the three moniters on the top?Shoot up to save a
hostage and get two items for extra points and grab the rocket and exit this
room.Once you appear,shoot one rocket and move a bit to see you kill two
scientists.Use the handle to grab the bomb and once you see a bit of
bradly,stay where you are and destroy it.Ignore the rocket and kill the grunt
you see and move on and see two boxes and on top is a hostage.Kill the grunts
that appear from the left and also the rope and destroy the box to save a
hostage for a banana.Then destroy more boxes to save two more hostages for bomb
and heavy machine gun and kill the grunts coming down the rope to exit this
room.Once you enter another room,kill the grunts and the big tank.Jump over the
laser and destroy the another big tank with the help of two bombs while killing
enemies from the left.Grab the laser and kill the left big tank while wasting
another two bombs(make sure you hit the tank) while killing more enemies.Then
move on and kill more grunts and the robo moden to exit the room.
Then you use two bombs,one on grunt with shield and another on the grunts.Grab
the item left by grunt with shield for some points and use the handle for a
slug to appear.Get in the slug and move on till you see a metal crow,stay where
you are and destroy it and then move down till you reach back a flat surface
and exit the slug.Grab the emblem left and the slug when the tall tank
appear.Jump and shoot the tall tank while also killing the grunts with
parachute and when you are down,knife the grunt appear and near you.After tall
tank is destroyed,quickly shoot the tank and destroy it and kill the grunts.If
done right,you should get metallish(difficult but can be done,thanks to Rokaku
which I modify his way).Head back in the slug and kill the grunts.Then move on
and destroy the big tank and grunts that appear from the left and from the rope
and grab the heavy machine gun and kill the grunt lying down and move on and
kill more grunts and robo moden and destroy the platform with two grunts and
the boxes.Move on and after you kill three grunts lying down,stay where you are
and destroy a robo moden.Then move to destroy the platform with two grunts and
use cannon on the other two robo modens and move on and save two hostage and
grab the rocket and do not destroy the barrel you see.Climb on it and exit the
slug to save the man in suit and for some ammo and bomb.Then exit the room and
prepare for the sub boss.
Sub boss:
The sub boss three attacks:The ripper chain gun shooting,bomb attacking and
knife/whipping attack but two forms:The normal one and the robo one,both forms
have the same attacks but the robo one is faster in speed and can trick you.
The ripper chain gun shooting:
He will shoot some ammo once you are in level of him or when you on top of
him,not on top below him,he will also shoot ammo to try to kill you.He quite
fast so when you are on top of him,be careful of him as he might shoot,once
you have a wrong footing,you lose a life.
Bomb attacking:
Once he on top of the platform,and you are the other side,it's likely to throw
bombs at you.Note that his bomb has stronger aftershock then yours so note that
as you may be killed by the aftershock.
Knife/whipping attack:
Not sure when he will knife you since this attack appear at the same time.Once
he knife you,you lose a life.If he whips you,you be hit to a corner and you
will get stun and take a while before you get up.
Strategy:
Jump up on the top of the platform and see him appear,avoid his bullet and he
will move down.Then jump over another plaform and use rocket to damage
him.Don't try be offensive,always try to be on top of him so that he won't
shoot his ripper chain gun shooting.After a while,he will turn darker in color
and become a robot.Then he will be faster and more aggressive and he at times
might trick you(you are on top of him),by making you believe his moving to
another side,but he will make a u-turn and jump to one platform to try to use
ripper chain gun shooting to kill you.So always note where he is before you use
your rocket.Don't get too offensive and continue to damage him until he's
defeated.Take his ammo for heavy machine gun and move on to face the final boss
of the game.
Final boss:
This boss is divided into three parts.
First part:
The missile attack:
It will shoot two sets of two missiles each before it proceeds to its second
attack.Note of the blinking missiles,it might drop some heavy machine gun for
you to get.The machine hand may try to kill you in this attack also.
The green ball attack:
It will release some green balls on the top,whenever you are below it,it will
drop and try to kill you once one of the balls hit you.
The green rope attack:
The mahine will release some rings of green rope to move around to try to kill
you.Note that only the green stuff will kill you,so you can dodge around and
move around in order not to let the green rope touch you.It release three
vertical ropes then two horizontal ropes as it attack pattern.
Attack pattern:
The attacks are in order,after the missile attack will be green ball
attack.Then finally the green rope attack.After the two horizontal ropes
finish,the first attack will start over again and the process is repeated until
you have the boss is defeated.
Strategy:
For the first attack,be close to the machine and not to close or the machine
hand will kill you.Shoot the missiles if there are blinking to have some heavy
ammo.When the green rope attack appear,go to the left corner and continue to
damage it.When green rope attack appears,stay where you are and jump in the
first rope and jump to the left as the first green rope comine with each
other,then jump back to the second rope and follow where it moves as the third
rope disappears.Then jump through the two horizontal ropes at stay close to the
machine again.Then continue to use this tactic until the first part is
destroyed.
Part 2:
Combine ball attack:
It will shoot some balls in pattern and try to kill you.Note that the machine
hand may try to kill you if you get too close to the machine though.
Flying machine:
It will shoot up some flying machine and it shoots out green bullets.When you
destroy some of them,sometimes you get the enemy chaser as well as the bomb
will be given to you if you destroy them.
Driller attack:
The machine will release a driller towards you to the end of the screen.Then
after a while it will retract the driller back to the machine where it
belongs.Once you touch the spike,you will lose a life so take note of that.
Attack pattern:
It will release the combine ball attack,then the Flying machine,then the
driller attack.Then Flying machine attack will be there as the driller heads
back to the machine.Then the Combine ball attack will attack and the process is
repeated ubtil the part 2 form of the boss is defeated.
Strategy:
For the first two balls stay near the machine,the third one,go to the back and
jump a u-turn to avoid the bullet and stay there until the gun points to your
direction.It will use the Flying machine attack,destroy them and hope for some
weapons or bombs to drop for you to take.Then the Driller attack will
occur,jump over it and the Flying machine attack will attack again,destroy them
and at the moment the driller starts moving,jump over it or the timing is wrong
the machine combine ball attack will attack to kill you.Then crouch down after
one combine ball attack is over your head and move a bit to avoid another
combine ball attack and go back the corner and jump a u-turn to avoid the third
one and continue to use the tacitc until the boss part 2 form is defeated.
Part 3:
Left and right laser attacks:
The left and right lasers will shoot at your head level or your feet level.So
crouch down and wait and determine and see where they are shooting.Sometimes
they will try to fake you so don't fall to their trap.Don't stay at the corner
as the laser can still reach you.
Bouncing laser attacks:
It will release many lasers that bounces around the screen as tries to fill the
screen up and try to trap you to let you lose a life.
Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack:
The lasers will all come out and shoot and stay there at the same time and the
orange ball attack will be attacking you shortly after that which will cover
throughout the screen to try to finish you off.
Robots attack:
Two robots will appear from left and right and try to kill you as it shoots out
beam if you don't destroy it.Sometimes it will drop some weapons for you as
well as some more bombs for you to take.
Blasting attack:
A big machine above will shoot blast a small portion of the screen at a certain
range and take a while before it disappears and gone.
Attack pattern:
There is no certain attack pattern,but it will try to combine one or two
attacks together in order to try to finish.Example is after the Bouncing laser
attacks, Robots attack will appear to try to trap you or the Blasting attack
will occur with
Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack to try to trap you and force you to
lose a life.
Strategy:
I will only teach you how to counter each attack.But dump all bombs you have
and whenever you get the chance so that the boss will get more damage and be
defeated faster. Continue to attack and use the tacitc below and you will
finish the boss final part in no time.
For Left and right laser attacks:
Watch where it shoot,it either the head level or the feet level,so at the last
moment then jump unless you anticipate its moves.Note that they can fake you so
don't fall to their traps,when the left right lasers some at the same time or
the whole lot comes at the same time,high chance is a fake in order to kill
you.
For Blasting attack:
Just move away where it's shooting and you should do fine.
Robots attack:
Just destroy them and hope for useful items to take.
Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack:
Stay in the middle where's there's a gap between the three lasers at the left
and the two laser at the right,when the orange attacks comes,just jump to avoid
being killed.
Bouncing laser attacks:
Just go to the corner and wait for laser to bounce,then do a short u-turn jump
and go back to the corner,then head to the middle to fully counter the move.
Tough attacks combinations:
For Bouncing laser attacks and Robots attack:
Robot will appear before you try to move to the middle,quickly jump on top of
the robot head as it appears,then bounce on its head and try to bounce to the
left to stay at the middle and destroy the robots to counter this move.
For Blasting attack and Mulitple laser attack plus orange attack:
Since it at time might blast at where you want to stay,you will have no choice
to stay between any lasers,then time your jump with a diagonal jump so that
you won't get killed by the lasers.
For Bouncing laser attacks and Left and right laser attacks:
After you counter the bouncing attack,just stay at the middle and get focue of
the Left and right laser attacks with the same tactic of countering the left
and right lasers listed above.
After you beat it, you will move able to try to escape from the
aftershock,shoot up for some items to get or shoot at the boxes for some
coins.When you reach the final box,shoot up quickly to save three hostages then
escape the after shock and you complete the game.I won't spoil the story for
you,if you want to know the ending,just drop over an email to me.
Bad ending:Get hit by aftershock,no hostage bonus.
Good ending: Escape from the aftershock,bonus hostages will be there if you
have any hostages.
Enjoy the ending and watch the credit roll.Good day everyone and good luck and
peace out to all readers.
---------------- :Route that score high points: -------------------------
Suggested routes:
Stage 1: Route 2
Stage 2: Only one route
Stage 3: Route 2
Stage 4: Route 2
Stage 5: Route 1
Stage 6: Only one route
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Summary of all routes:
Stage 1:
Route 1: Metallish plus 8 hostages
Route 2: Metallish plus 12 hostages(Explorer bonus)
Stage 2: Metallish plus 7 hostages plus tank bonus
Stage 3:
Route 1: 5 hostages
Route 2: Metallish plus 7 hostages
Stage 4:
Route 1: Metallish plus 10 hostages
Route 2: Metallish plus 10 hostages plus unlimited mummy respawn(depend on
time)
Stage 5:
Route 1: Metallish plus 16 hostages
Route 2: Metallish plus 7 hostages
Stage 6: Metallish plus 12 hostages
Note: Any corrections on my mistakes, please notify me at once and I will
ammend it and credit you.Thank you.
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5. Q & A
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Is there any new things introduced on the game?
Yup.being able to turn into monkey and the metallish system, introduced to the
game are some of the features added in this game.
How do I play this game?
Read the above FAQ.
How is the controls like?
Very easy,just peep over the controls section and you will grasp it fast.
How fun is the game?
Well,go to me review section fo my thoughts of the game.
How come you do not respond to my email enquiry?
Well,either I'm busy and have not logged into the net for days or simply I have
change email.Try posting to my board for quick answer to your questions.
Will you compile a boss section?
Yup,as long as I can find some time,I will do it so will I try to finish up my
FAQ,as you can see,I have created an weapon guide as well as a enemy guide so I
will try to finish everything soon.
Can you roughly explain the metallish system?
There are different emblem for you to get called the metallish system to get
and each of them represent the time combo for you to score:
Green emblem: 30 seconds
Red emblem: 8 seconds
White emblem: 15 seconds
Blue emblem: 10 seconds
4 white badges = metallish is the highest you can get.Badges will change color
when you reach the color's fourth badge and will continue as long a you attack.
Is there a basic control section in the game?
Yes, refer to the FAQ.
How many different endings are there?
Two,I will not spoilt it for you.
Can you provide me the storyline of the game?
Go over the introduction section or you can go over to metalslug4.com to know
the storyline of the game.
Why do you not reply to my email?
Read the contact info for details on why you or should not do.
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6.Contact Info
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Any comments or strategies or anything I have left out, please drop me a mail
at maxidestroyer@hotmail.com. You will be credited and please don’t be annoyed
when I don’t reply because I quite busy at school at times. Thanks for reading
this guide. And don’t give stupid questions or I won’t answer them. Once again,
thank you for reading this guide.
. You also can post at my forum at www.members4.boardhost.com/Thanos. Thank you
and please be polite if you have posting on forum or emailing to me.Take note
that I'm changing email soon and do if you want to contact me,drop me a mail
and I'll give you my email address. If you plan to give constructive
criticisms,DO NOT bash the FAQ,just plain suggestion or email will be
ignore.Yeah one more thing,do not ask me about rom stuff and cheats as I won't
reply to the email.
Emails I will take:
· Constructive criticisms(must be valid)
· Boss strategies
· Any things I miss out
· Requesting the FAQ to put on certain website(no longer accepted,refer to
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· Questions regarding the gamefaq
· Useful information
Email I will not take:
· Spam mails and hate mails
· Stupid questions which is irrelevant to the game FAq
· Useless information
· Questions that’s covered in the guide(if you are polite,I might help but I
will try to stick to this point though)
· Questions that is listed in the Q and A section
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7. My thoughts of the game
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Metal Slug games always been entertaining,great,super and all the positive
words I can think about.The game's mainly to destroy enemies and bosses of each
stages to reach the final boss to take them down.It is mostly I think a
strategy based game which needs strategies to beat each stage easily and
problems/difficulties easily. Having played MS,MSX,MS3, I look forward and
waited very long for the next installment,MS4. Having played the game a few
times,I thought the game was great as since Playmore been developing SNK games
now(Rage of the dragons etc), I think they would bring some new games to a new
direction. And I hope I'm right so that there would be more great games coming
up.I'm actually glued to the game when it first came out though I still play
this game because personally I think the game is great.
Story line:
Games mostly has a storyline and this game is no different.The story is like
this: In the year 2000X, the world trembles in the year of cyber terror crimes.
Then, early reports of the new CPU virus via hit the net: '' Code name White
baby'', this virus aim is to take over all the world's military computer
system. The terror organization called itself Amadeus proclaims its capability
to breach any security network using the ''White baby'' virus.So Tarma and Eri
are assigned to dispatch as bodyguards to the unit as well as to develop a
vaccine to the virus while Marco, Fio and two new members, Nadia and Trevor are
going to take Amadeus down.
Gameplay:
They have added some new features to the game:metallish system,some new enemies
plus slugs,slug improvment etc.
The new feature is added to the game which is the metallish system.Let me
explain it clearly,whenever you get a emblem,you will need to attack in order
to get badges and at the end of the round,you will get a lot of bonus points
which depends on what color of badges you get.To me,it's a nice feature added
to the game.Under the new enemies plus slugs feature,they added new enemies,new
slugs like the bradley,ton truck,walking machine and enemies like robo
Moden,scientist etc which makes the game more fun and more improvment to the
game features.
Furthermore,they keep some enemies from the previous games like the
zombie,mummy etc.They have added an extra ability to turn the character into
animal which is the monkey in MS3(you can;t play as it,but I expect that
already) whenever a dart from the scientist hits you!!Some features have
improve:like your good old pal, the slug.It is now able to get to hit more
damage compared to the earlier installments.And there's more:A new weapon is
added to the game;the dual machine gun, nice weapon I think with speed and more
power of that of the machine gun.Some weapons have improve like the iron lizard
and the flame chop,they have after shocks now which allows to kill more
enemies.A new bomb is introduced which is the stone which you throw at
enemies,not great but creative though.
The game's also creative in some aspect like when you flame the grunt
alive,they will scream and struggle around before they die or when they are
being shotgun they will fly to one direction which makes the game
interesting!!! Hostage can now be able to say help and thanks whenever you come
across them.The hostage helper is also there which is in stage 5 which he helps
you to kill enemies.But the hostage bonus points still stays though.And there's
also a cute option which stays which allows you to turn fat whenever you
consume you get too much food.Being fat as its advantages like more powerful
attacks but you are slow in movement.Secrets are there as ever which makes the
game great.Alternative routes makes the game look great too but it is also
lacking a bit from the previous installment MS3. Bosses are as tough as
ever,but it will be very easy once you know the way and you can even beat the
game without losing a life.You can also now be able to knock down enemies with
your slug and also some slugs have some interesting cannons like homing
missiles etc.
The game's missing some features:like the much missed enemies like the
aliens,plants,the stages are rather short like the final mission which was
suppose to be rather long from the previous installment MS3 except for some
stages so I hope they have some improvements in these areas.The difficulty also
drop from the previous installment MS 3 and they have a lot to be done to make
MS games best yet. I think they also should added more new enemies to entertain
players and make the game play more interesting and also add more kind of
weapons or improve weapons like super shotgun,acid rain symbol to help you kill
more enemies for better creativity.
Controls:
The game controls are easy to learn but some moves like escaping the slug you
will need to learn to fully grasp the basics of the game.If you are the MS
player all the while,you won't have much to learn though.In any aspect,you
won't find much difficulty in the controls department of the game. They have
also added a fourth button which is crashing the slug which is absent from the
other metal slug games.
Difficulty:
The game's going to be hard if you don't have strategy,but the game going to be
easy if you have that. So it make take some time to be a pro player of the
game,but I think the game is fairly easy though. Relax,it will take some time
for you to adapt to the game difficulty and become a good player of this game
as it does not really require much skill just strategy and knowing the basics.
Video and audio:
Video:
The video is great,the enemies,bosses,background is nicely portrayed and I have
no qualms with that.I think they can still improve with some decent backgrounds
although I like most of the MS4 backgrounds very much.Enemies can still be
portrayed better to make the game better in my view.
Audio:
Again,this area in terms of audio is also great.The audio musics of each stage
is great and I like the musics very much like the stage 3 music theme.The sound
effect are also great,which those arhggg..,those pain sounds effects are cool
in my view.Great job on this area and hope they keep this up. But the sounds
effects can be made more interesting like oww.... etc.:)
Replay value:
Once you complete the game,players tend to play again and again to get better
as well as uncover some secrets of the game as well as go for high scores as
playmore game machines can retain high scores so the replay value feature will
be good unless you played the game a lot of times and you get sick of the game.
Should you play this game?
Yup,go to if you are a MS player all the way.New players can also try the game
out on the arcades as I think a new company will bring the games to a new
direction(if you like dodging and strategy type games like cannon spike,a
capcom game).So go for the game,it only needs a token so DO try the game out.
Critics:
The pros:
* New features
* Nice gameplay
* Nice video
* Nice audio
* Nice replay value
The cons:
* Replay value can improve
* Not much improvement
* Sound effects can improve
* Stages can be longer
* Some nice enemies like alien are missing
* Some features are not that great
Game score:
Gameplay: 9/10
Video and Audio: 9/10
Replay value: 7/10
Entertainment: 9/10
Overall score: 9/10
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8. Credits
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I will like to thank:
· Myself
· CjayC (for putting on his website,the first one to thank of course)
· WYT(for the tips me on the bosses)
· Playmore,the company which created the game
· www.metalslug4.com(for story line and offical tank names and character
info)
· Cody_2 for mummy infinite trick
· Rokkaku(for the suggestion for metallish for last stage which I modified his
way)
· Wen Da(for mission 4 boss attack)
· Anders(For pointing out secrets for stage 1 and a stage 2 boss strategy)
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