------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------[Zaxxon 3-D]--------------------------------- ------------------------------[by Ice Queen Zero]------------------------------ -----------------------------[ Sega Master System ]---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o---------------------o INTRODUCTION o---------------------o One of Sega's famous arcade games is on the Sega Master System in 3D. You will need 3D glasses to play this game properly as you'll need it to judge depth a little better when fighting the enemies. Unlike it's predecessor, this sequel is not an isometric game. You view the level from behind the ship and everything comes at you. Update: Thanks to Glacaros for telling me that you can play the game in 2-D mode by pressing the button on the console and going to the menu to enable 2-D. With this possibly being my last month before parenthood I decided to call this the beginning of "Operation Letters Will Fall" and the first to fall is Z. By fall I mean that as part of the SMS Completion Project, there is one Z game left to FAQ and I just took care of it. Others I got sights on is 4Pak AllAction (#), Earthworm Jim (E), James Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing and Joe Montana Football (J), Nekkyu Koshien (N), Xenon (X) is a maybe, Ultima 4 (U) is an "I don't know" o---------------------o DISCLAIMER o---------------------o Zaxxon 3D is a trademark of Sega and all copyrights belong to them. This FAQ/Walkthrough is the sole copyright of Andrea "Azul Fria" Castillo aka Ice Queen Zero and cannot be put on other sites or posted without my given permission nor can it be reproduced w/o proper consent. For more guides by myself visit this link: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/74803.html o---------------------o STORY o---------------------o You'e played it in arcades. Now, play Zaxxon™ at home on your Sega System...in SegaScope™ 3-D! Two thousand years of galactic peace are coming to an end. The Vargan Military Empire has declared war on Earth. They have Death Fighter ships.. immense battle bases...and a fleet of heavily armored Motherships. But Earth has you..and the Zaxxon war ship. You'll shoot it out with waves of Vargan Death Fighters...blast fuel tanks and floating cannons in enemy battle bases...and go one on one with heavily armored Motherships. And you'll do it in the most lifelike 3-D ever to hit the home video game screen! With SegaScope 3-D, your space battles take on new dimensions of fun and challenge. o---------------------o CONTROLS o---------------------o D-pad = move around the area in any direction 1 button = Start game/Shoot 2 button = Switch weapon speed o---------------------o GAMEPLAY o---------------------o Note: You know what? I had planned to make a walkthrough but I'm going to make this a general FAQ because everything is so redundant throughout the whole 9 levels with a few changes as levels go on so I will start with a thourough guide through Level 1 and then I will list any changes. After level 9, your mission is complete then it loops. -You start off with N Shots and as you progress, you get the ability to shoot H H shots and then M shots. One thing I've noticed is that N shots are red and slower. H shots are yellow and faster. M shots are white and faster. The faster bullets will also drain fuel faster so it's best to save the faster shots for the inner arena. They also pack more punch against the bosses. -Each level starts off with you shooting and enemy jets who will fly in random patterns and shoot at you at least once before they fly past you. You have the option of killing them or avoiding their shots altogether. If you are good at shooting then you can go ahead and choose option 1 but if your aim is bad, then choose option 2 as shooting will drain your fuel. -After a certain number of jets, you will enter an inside arena which is a 3D version of the Zaxxon that everyone grew and loved. In this spot, it's best to fly low and shoot at all the turrents and tanks while you avoid the turrets' shots. Shooting the tanks will refuel your tank. You will also have to fly over or through openings in walls that block your flight. The last wall has a high opening to fly though to get out of the arena. For wall that you are uncertain of the spot, you can shoot the wall and whatever bullets go through, that is where you want to fly through. -Once outside of the arena, you will fight a boss. The first boss is a giant jet that will shoot easily avoidable bullets at you. It will go down in only a few shots. -The second boss is the same as the first one except it will take more shots to kill it. -Round 3 will introduce a new enemy that skates back and forth across the floor in the arena and there will be more walls than usual here. The third boss looks like on of those Star Wars warcrafts. It fires average bullets just like the first two bosses. -In Round 4, the jets start attacking in bigger packs. When you reach the arena, the low walls now have an electric barrier above them so shooting to find the opening is recommended so you don't risk crashing into the electric barrier. The fourth boss is the same as the third boss with faster shots and taking more shots to kill. -Round 5 has nothing much to talk about here except you will meet up with your first missile launcher here. The fifth boss is a tougher version of the first two bosses. It takes more shots to kill and its bullets are faster. -Things start to get serious in Round 6. You not only have to deal with the jets but now you got to deal with homing missiles that you must shoot with several bullets to destroy. On top of that, more jets will come in from the rear to challenge you. You face two missile launchers in the arena and the sixth boss is the same as the third and the fourth. -As of Round 7, the homing missiles can appear inside the arena and the boss is the same as the first, second, and fifth boss except it will also shoot homing missiles at you. -Eighth boss is the same as third, fourth, and sixth and it shoots the homing missiles too. It falls easily to M shots. -Round 9 is the last unique level. The game throws the whole kitchen sink at you and there is a nasty twist in the end. You fight not one, not two, but three boss. The first two are exact same as the ones you've faced before and they take more M shots and shoot homing missiles. The very last boss is unique. It looks like a beetle with its wings spread. It shoots bullets and missiles but falls easily to M shots. Mission Complete. -The game loops from here but the difficulty increases. o---------------------o CREDITS o---------------------o Sega for making this game. GameFAQs and others for hosting. Glacaros for telling me how to play this game in 2-D You for reading this FAQ. o---------------------o CONTACT ME o---------------------o azulfria[at]hotmail[dot]com [at] = @ and [dot] = . Don't want any email bots. Visit my website at 1ccgaming.com Here is my Youtube account I share with my sisters. http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTrio - retro gaming entertainment http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTunes - game music entertainment Check me out on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/icequeenzero or at http://www.facebook.com/pages/PurrfectTrio/151169454928013 Thank you for reading -Ice Queen Zero