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~Arcade Game Tips
The following tips have been compiled for use on the ARCADE
versions of these games, but they will more than likely work on
the PC version of the game. All of the games listed here have
been released on the PC, so are worth having a look into if you
have a collection of older games.
~APB
There are two villains that aren't worth wasting your time on:
Fake Frank and Sid Sniper.
~Alien Syndrome
Shoot and grab everything as quickly as possible. Finishing a
level before the timer reaches 100 will give you 60,000 bonus.
~Golden Axe
If possible go to a different level of ground than your
opponent. If you are lower you can cut up his legs and he can't
hit you. If you are higher he will jump after you and you can
hit him in mid-jump. (He won't attack until he's on your level).
Make things fall off ledges. Best with skeletons on eagle's
head on last level.
Two Player health restoral:
If a player's health is at zero (no life bar visible) when the
bonus level/intermission ends, s/he will begin the next level at
full health (three life bars). So if you CAREFULLY hack one
another, you can restore your health. You should allow the
other character to recover after each swipe, otherwise you may
throw or kick and actually kill the other player.
~Hard Drivin'
To gain a VERY FAST lap time, go onto the test track (circle)
and veer off to the left and you'll come back on near the end.
~Ninja Gai-Den
On the first stage, there is a popcorn stand (or whatever you
want to call it...) at the end of the walking stage, right
before you get onto the bars which you have to cross to get to
the sumo wrestler at the end. This is somewhat difficult for
beginners, because the bars are kind of tough.
However, there is a leap of faith you can take to avoid the bars
entirely. Do not destroy the popcorn machine. Kill all the
enemies, then hop on top of it. Pull down until you are on the
lower half of it (this is just to insure that the people on the
bars can't hit you).
Now, walk forward until the machine takes control (there is a
point at which, if you let go of the joystick, you continue
walking forward. this is what you are trying to do). Note that
you don't fall when you walk off the popcorn machine. Neat,
hunh? Do NOT jump at this point. A vertical jump is suicide.
Normal forward jumps might be safe, but I make no guarantees.
When you finally float within range of the final level, you can
get off by jumping straight up, or by moving down on the screen
until you 'fall off' of the popcorn machine...
~Toobin'
Picking up a six-pack gives you unlimited cans, until you lose
your life. A beach ball speeds you and your cans up.
Since the six-pack gives unlimited cans, you can take advantage
of it by placing your character in a little crevice right next
to a bad guy on shore and fire away. You're able to shoot very
fast since you're very close. It is a very good way to rack up
points and extra lives.
Other tips: Always try to go through the gates you encounter in
the river without touching the poles. This'll increase your
score multiplier (up to 5X).
Also, be sure to shoot as many twigs and other obstacles as you
can (get the six-pack for this), because there are hidden
letters and extra lives in them. Catch the letters for extra
points given at the end of the level.
To be able to turn *fast* alternately press buttons on the
corners, e.g.
` 1 2
` 3 4
Use 1-4-1, or 2-3-2, this'll greatly improve your playing.
Pick up letters whenever possible, and make sure your multiplier
is high at the end of the board, for maximum points.
A small thing is that if whenever you see mines, if you can get
to the left side of it and turn so that you face it, you can
shoot as many times as you like in rapid succession (hitting the
mine rapidly), you can continue to cause explosions going up to
the right wall. Most of the time, a prize of some sort will
result along that path. Sometimes patches, sometimes beach
balls, etc.
~Trog
Watch the corner of the screen opposite from where you start.
At the beginning of each wave except #1, one of your eggs will
sparkle for a second. Get this egg last, and without dying. If
you do, a pit with white squares in it will open up somewhere on
the board. Fall down this pit rather than going home, and you
will warp ahead 3 levels and get a bonus of 300,000 pts. (well,
actually, everyone gets the bonus pts.)
Every player has his own warp egg. Only one player has to get
the egg last without dying to activate the warp. On the levels
with the striped eggs, the color of the sparkle distinguishes
the warp eggs.
The warp will take you forward 3 or 2 levels, often 3, but
sometimes 2. It's deterministic; island X will always warp to
island Y, so it's possible to figure an optimal warp path.