_____ _ _ _____ _ _ _ / ___| | | | | / ___| (_) (_) | \ `--. ___ _ __ __ _ _ __ ___ | |__ | | ___ \ `--. _ __ _ _ __ _| |_ ___ `--. \/ __| '__/ _` | '_ ` _ \| '_ \| |/ _ \ `--. \ '_ \| | '__| | __/ __| /\__/ / (__| | | (_| | | | | | | |_) | | __/ /\__/ / |_) | | | | | |_\__ \ \____/ \___|_| \__,_|_| |_| |_|_.__/|_|\___| \____/| .__/|_|_| |_|\__|___/ | | |_| © Copyright 2008-2012 Keith Kelly. All Rights Reserved. The websites that are allowed to host this guide is: www.gamefaqs.com - Username = Glacoras www.neoseeker.com - Username = Games_GameFAQs www.supercheats.com - Username = Glacoras =============================================================================== Introduction =============================================================================== Welcome to my fourth Guide without a co-author. I decided to make a guide for this game after I noticed that there was not one. This has been a game that I loved during my childhood, so I decided that I should see how far I had to go to complete it and then try and create a guide for it. I hope you have as much fun playing this game and reading this guide as I had playing this game and writing this guide. This guide can only be helpful if it only gives you information on the order of your enemy when they appear. The rest, excluding Boss Battles, will be up to you. I will also give hints that should help you through the game. =============================================================================== Contents =============================================================================== To find a section quickly, press "Ctrl"+"F" and copy the string of text in the square brackets. 01) Controls ..................................... [SS01] 02) Story ........................................ [SS02] 03) General Hints ................................ [SS03] 04) Level 1 ...................................... [SS04] 04A) Level 1 Boss ........................... [SS04A] 05) Level 2 ...................................... [SS05] 05A) Level 2 Boss ........................... [SS05A] 06) Level 3 ...................................... [SS06] 06A) Level 3 Boss ........................... [SS06A] 07) Level 4 ...................................... [SS07] 07A) Level 4 Boss ........................... [SS07A] 08) Level 5 ...................................... [SS08] 08A) Level 5 Boss ........................... [SS08A] 09) Level 6 ...................................... [SS09] 09A) Level 6 Boss ........................... [SS09A] 10) Raids ........................................ [SS10] 11) Contact Details .............................. [SS11] 12) History ...................................... [SS12] 13) Credits ...................................... [SS13] =============================================================================== 01) Controls [SS01] =============================================================================== Up Arrow = Moves airplane to the top of the screen Down Arrow = Moves airplane to the bottom of the screen Left Arrow = Moves airplane to the left of the screen Right Arrow = Moves airplane to the right of the screen 1/Start = Fires weapons 2 = Switches targets the Smart-Bomb can hit while firing Repeatidly tapping 2 = Uses one of two explosive Smart-Bomb turns =============================================================================== 02) Story [SS02] =============================================================================== From the back of the box: "The Earth has been attacked by extra-terrestrial forces. Their weaponry is fierce and their numbers are almost too great to count. It will take a couple of fearless fighter pilots to bring them to defeat. Feel up to the job?" Yeah, the story for this version seems out of place. What makes this game seem even more out of place, due to the story, is the enemies that you face. Instead of Spaceships and other weird objects, you are facing tanks, ships and basically most vehicals that you would see today. Anyway, I must stop before this turns into a review. =============================================================================== 03) General Hints [SS03] =============================================================================== - You start the game with 4 lives and 2 continues. - Anything that is fired by the enemy can instantly kill you or your Smart-Bombs - Use Smart-Bomb explosive potential as a last resort. You do not need it to get through this game. - Any turrents mentioned should be your focus, as most air units will probably fly into your bullets. - Just focus on one area when encountering the pink airplanes on Level 4. - Focus more on dodging bullets than getting kills. - Smart-Bombs can be changed to fire at ground enemies, use that when in an area of turrents. - Use the Smart-Bomb explosive potential on the green orb on Level 2. - Smart-Bombs do carry over to the next Level. - Smart-Bomb explosive potential can be used twice. - You can not replace Smart-Bombs with newer versions. You have to get rid of the one you want to replace before getting a new one. =============================================================================== 04) Level 1 [SS04] =============================================================================== Air unit from the centre. Smart-Bomb helicopters with a turrent to the right. Air unit from the left. Ground unit from the left, then the right, then the right again. Ground unit from the centre. Air units fro the right, with two turrents at the right. Two turrents at the left, with an air unit from the centre. Ground units from the left, then the right. Turrents at the right with ground units at the left. Raid on Aircraft Carrier - [SS10] Air unit from the left, with an airplane in the centre. Air unit from the top-left, then the top-right. Air unit from the centre, then the left. Ground units from both sides, with Smart-Bomb helicopters. Air unit from the right, with turrents all over the place. Air unit from the top-left, then the top-right. Air unit from both sides, near the bottom. Turrents on the left, with an air unit from the right. Ground unit on the left, then the right. Air units from the top-left and top-right. Air units from the centre, then both sides, starting at the bottom of the screen until they reached half way up the screen. Air unit from the top-left, then the top-right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04A) Level 1 Boss [SS04A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss starts in what looks like a container with a zip. Using your ariel guns, you must shoot the green zipper to the top to open the container. Make sure to dodge any incoming bullets while you are facing the container. Be warned, if you do not consistantly attack it when it comes on the screen, it could be harder to defeat. Once the container has been opened, three airplanes will come out. Looking at the container and the size of these airplanes, you must wonder how they managed to fit inside the container. Anyway, you can only attack these airplanes with your ariel guns when they look larger than normal. If they are at the top of the screen when they "grow" in size, they will attack with an exploding weapon that will fire bullets out in certain directions. You can easily dodge them. If they are at the bottom of the screen when they "grow" in size, they do nothing. Just attack them until they are destroyed, then you have finished level 1. =============================================================================== 05) Level 2 [SS05] =============================================================================== Air units from the right. Air units centre. Air units from both sides. Air units from the left. Air untis from both sides, near the bottom of the screen. Smart-Bomb helicopters with turrents at the right. Turrents to the left, with air units from both sides, heading to the bottom of the screen. Air units from both sides coming from the bottom with turrents at the right. Air units from the right, with a green orb in the centre that fires missiles in all directions. Smart-Bomb helicopter on the left, with an air unit from the centre. Air units from the left. Air units from both sides. Air unit from the right. Turrents are everywhere, with a ground unit on the right. Another ground unit in the centre. Air units from both top corners. Air unit on the left, then the right. There is a short space without turrnets, but you have air units coming from the top of the screen heading in all directions. More turrents will appear in a "^" line. Air unit from the top on both sides. Air unit near the bottom on both sides. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05A) Level 2 Boss [SS05A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any Smart-Bombs, switch them to ground attack, as these tanks and the bonds that keep them together will only be hit by ground missiles. Try to only get one tank loose and focus your attacks on it until it is destroyed. Move on to another tank when the first one is destoryed, hopefully one on the other side of the tank you just destoryed. After you have destroyed the second tank, remove the final bonds and attack in between them, if you managed to get a tank on either side and still have both Smart-Bombs. If not, you can attack while dodging any bullets fired at you. =============================================================================== 06) Level 3 [SS06] =============================================================================== Air units from both sides from the bottom and top of the screen. Air units from both sides. Air units from both sides, heading to the bottom of the screen. Smart-Bomb helicopters with Turrents from the left to the middle of the screen. Air units from the centre. Air units from both top corners, heading to the bottom of the screen. Raid on Secret Base - [SS10] Air units from both sides from the bottom and top of the screen. Smart-Bomb helicopters with air units from both sides from the bottom of the screen and an airplane on the right. Air unit from both sides. Air units from the centre, with ground units on the left. Ground unit on the right, then two ground units on the left. Ground units on the right. Ground units on both sides. Air units from both sides, with a ground unit on the left. Air units on both sides, heading to the bottom. Turrent on the right, then three turrents in the middle. Air units from both sides from the bottom. Air units from both sides near the bottom. Air units from the left, then the right, both heading to the bottom of the screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06A) Level 3 Boss [SS06A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Boss is a pain. You have to attack two fuel tanks that are protected by a Green Ball that keeps getting larger until it explodes, shooting missiles out in all directions, while dodging some homing missiles. You have to try and dodge the homing missles, only firing at the fuel tanks in passing. This is hard as the Green Ball will probably be hit more times than the intended target. However, you could just use any Smart-Bombs that you may have. You are also temporarily invinsible a short time after being killed, so use that to your advantage when possible. Good luck with this Boss and send me an E-Mail if you have a better strategy to beat it. =============================================================================== 07) Level 4 [SS07] =============================================================================== Air units from both sides. Air units from the left, in two sets. Turrents on the right with air units from the top. Turrents will continue to be on the cliff edge that the first one was on. Air unit from the top. Air unit from both sides, heading to the bottom of the screen. Air units from the centre. Smart-Bomb helicopters with an air unit from the left. Ground units from the left, with an air unit from the right. Air unit from the left. Air unit from the top. Pink airplanes from the top, which will probably kill you if you do not have two Smark-Bombs firing air units and focus your attacks on one section only. Ground unit from the bottom-right, then another ground unit from the top-left. Turrents on the left. Ground units on the green area until there is a wide green area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07A) Level 4 Boss [SS07A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are facing three Blimps in this Boss battle. The first Blimp to arrive on the scene is the left Blimp, which should be attacked as much as possible, until the other two arrive. The next one to arrive is the one of the right, followed by the middle Blimp. You should have noticed that the missles are aimed at your current position, as you should have been dodging them trying to defeat the left Blimp. Once all three Blimps are around, keep moving from right to left to avoid the missiles, while attacking each Blimp. When one Blimp is destroyed, (hopefully the left Blimp) focus your attack on the remaining two until one of them is defeated. The final Blimp should be handled the same way as the left Blimp was handled before the other two joined the party, by being consistantly fired on, while dodging the missiles. =============================================================================== 08) Level 5 [SS08] =============================================================================== Air units from both sides with a ground unit at the left. Air units from the right side. Air units from the left side with a ground unit near the centre. Air units from both sides from the bottom and top of the screen with a ground unit between the right and centre of the screen. Smart-Bomb helicopters with a ground unit on the bridge. Ground units on the right. Ground units on the left with one ground unit on the bridge. Turrents on the right. Air unit from the left. Raid on Main Force - [SS10] Air units from both sides from the bottom and top of the screen. Airplane from the bottom-left of the screen. Airplane from the bottom-right of the screen. Air units going side-to-side from top of screen. Turrents all across screen. One Smart-Bomb helicopter on left side of the screen, followed by more Turrents across the screen. Air unit from the right. Air unit from the left. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08A) Level 5 Boss [SS08A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Boss will fire a bullet from each turrent hidden under a grey tile excluding the middle turrent. This middle turrent will fire a shot that will shoot missiles in all directions. Your aim is to hit all those turrents when they are not protected by the grey tile, which is when they are attacking. The best strategy I could give is that you dodge the bullets while keep on firing your guns. If you have any Smart-Bombs, use their explosive potential to make this Boss easier. =============================================================================== 09) Level 6 [SS09] =============================================================================== Ground unit from the bottom. Air units from both sides, heading to the bottom. Air unit from the centre. Another air unit from the centre. Air units from both top corners, with Smart-Bomb helicopters. Groun unit from the centre. Air unit from the centre. Turrents all over until specified otherwise. Air units from both sides, from the bottom. Air unit from the centre. Another air unit from the centre. Air unit from both top corners. There are no more turrent shortly after the last Air unit as retreated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09B) Level 6 Boss [SS09A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the little machine attaches itself to the orange ship, start attacking it with air attacks. The only thing it will do for the moment is fire little grey orbs that block the air bullets from hitting the ship. Once the ship spilts in half, you will have to deal with semi-seeking missiles and normal bullets fired by any ship. Dodge the missiles while trying to hits the pink capsule at the bottom of the remaining half of the ship. =============================================================================== 10) Raids [SS10] =============================================================================== Raids are the easiest part of this game. You have to destroy everything to get a maximum of 200,000 points. If you get hit by a bullet, you only get stunned, not destroyed. Generally, there is no real method to get 200,000 points, as the method of keep moving from side to side while firing works wonders for me. If you destroy less than 100%, you will get the % * 1,000 points. If you are playing a two player game, having each person focus on a different side will destroy the targets, thus making this easier. =============================================================================== 11) Contact Details [SS11] =============================================================================== E-Mail: games_ps2_pc[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk Subject: Scramble Spirits Guide NOTE: Replace "[at]" with "@" and "[dot]" with "." to make the E-Mail address a valid E-Mail address where I will receive your message. Please DO NOT E-Mail me if you can not write in English or you want to ask a question that has already been answered in the guide. =============================================================================== 12) History [SS12] =============================================================================== Version 1.0 First copy of this FAQ Version 1.1 Changed some information before the Introduction Version 1.2 Update of the guide's layout Version 1.3 Moved "Contact Details" and "History" to near the end of the Guide =============================================================================== 13) Credits [SS13] =============================================================================== GameFAQs for accepting this guide. Neoseeker for accepting this guide. ===============================================================================