=AEROFIGHTERS ASSAULT mini FAQ 2.0= Compiled and maintained by Duros Bith duros@geocities.com Please send me any Aerofighters info/secrets you do not see here Screw the reviews, this game ROCKS! CONTENTS: 1)SECRETS 2)SPECIAL MOVES 3)GAME VIEWS 4)PILOT/PLANE WEAPON LIST 5)BOSS/LEVEL STRATEGIES 6)FUTURE UPDATES ==================================================================== Added cool stuff in the SECRETS section. (Thanks to Ken at Paradigm.) Added BOSS/LEVEL STRATEGIES ==================================================================== 1)SECRETS ENABLE SPANKY: Find and compete all bonus missions. ENABLE MAO MAO: On the title screen, press: C-Left, C-Down, C-Right, C-Up, C-Left, C-Right, C-Down SECOND PAINT JOB: Press R at the plane select screen. (Only works in Main Game and Boss attack)To select the alternate color in Death Match, Hold the R button while selecting your plane. (Only works for the four original planes.) ENEMY PLANES IN DEATHMATCH: For each level you beat, you will enable an enemy plane in deathmatch. There are 6 in all. BONUS LEVELS: Aero Fighters Assault Bonus Stages...What it Takes! AIR DOCKING To reach the first bonus you must complete Tokyo and the Pacific Ocean stages with a very high score. SHUTTLE DEFENSE To reach the second bonus stage you will need to complete Tokyo, Pacific Ocean, and Air Battle very quickly. If it's sunset when you reach the Desert stage you're already too late to save the shuttle. GOLIATH DEFENSE The third bonus stage is played after Fortress if you have already won the first two bonus stages. SECRET STAGE! There is a secret stage after you win the Ice Cave stage. It waits for a player who can complete all three bonus stages and all seven regular stages. ==================================================================== 2)SPECIAL MOVES FSX/SU-35 COBRA: Pull back on analog stick and push bottom C Button. Then pull back on Joy Stick and push top C Button. CULBIT(backflip): pull back on analog stick and push bottom C Button. Then pull back on Joy Stick and push top C Button, continue to hold JoyStick back. To Execute: Two simultaneous actions are required to perform the maneuver. - Tap the analog stick back twice. - During the first tap, press the Down "C" button. - During the second tap, press the Up "C" button. If you release the analog stick after the second tap, you will do a Cobra maneuver, which will drop your flight path, and slow you down. If you keep the stick back, you will do a CULBIT(backflip). (Caution: these moves will decrease your elevation, don't perform close to the ground.) F-14 / A-10 / F-15 RUDDER REVERSAL: Slow down and pull back until the nose of the plane is at 30 degrees or more, then tap the left C Button or right C Button twice. You will make a hard turn in the direction you pressed. (If you can't pitch your nose to 30 degrees you are too high. Decrease your elevation.) To Execute: - Pull back stick to pitch nose to at least 30 degrees. - Slow down. - Tap the Left or Right "C" button twice quickly. ==================================================================== 3)GAME VIEWS There are several different views in this game. There seems to be a couple ways of choosing them. Because of this my info may be slightly inaccurate. If so, please inform me. R button-Cockpit view/Trail view(normal) Up on control pad-Rear view Down on control pad-Enemy boss/cockpit Left on control pad-Enemy support vehicle Right on control pad-Nearest enemy plane PADLOCK (TRACKING) VIEWS While in Trail or Cockpit View, press the down on the Control Pad. Your view will lock onto targets in this order: 1. Nearest Enemy Fighter 2. Enemy Boss 3. Enemy Support Vehicle 4. Friendly Boss 5. Nearest Friendly plane If there are no threats, (Pilot control in practice) your views will not padlock. ==================================================================== 4)PILOT/PLANE WEAPON LIST AEROFIGHTERS ASSAULT TEAM FS-X/HIEN F-14 Tomcat/HAWK DEFENSE: Makibishi mine DEFENSE: Chaff MAIN: Kunai shot MAIN: 20mm machine gun MISSILE: Tornado stars MISSILE: Phoenix missile SPECIAL: Ninja beam SPECIAL: Tomahawk missile A-10 Thunderbolt/GLENDA SU-35/VOLK DEFENSE: Chaff DEFENSE: Air mine MAIN: 30mm machine gun MAIN: Fire ball MISSILE: Rocket MISSILE: Fire arrow SPECIAL: Fae Bomb SPECIAL: Fire wave SECRET PILOTS F-15 Eagle/MAO MAO ????/SPANKY DEFENSE: Jamming Chaff DEFENSE: ???? MAIN: 20mm machine gun MAIN: ???? MISSILE: Phoenix missile MISSILE: ???? SPECIAL: Ninja beam SPECIAL: ???? ENEMY PLANES SU-25 MIG-31 DEFENSE: Chaff DEFENSE: Chaff MAIN: 30mm machine gun MAIN: 30mm machine gun MISSILE: Fire arrow MISSILE: Fire arrow SPECIAL: Fae Bomb SPECIAL: Fire wave KFIR C2 F-22 DEFENSE: Chaff DEFENSE: Air mine MAIN: 30mm machine gun MAIN: 30mm machine gun MISSILE: Rockets MISSILE: Rockets SPECIAL: Fire wave SPECIAL: Fae bomb RAFALE C01 EFA DEFENSE: Makibishi mine DEFENSE: Chaff MAIN: Kunai shot MAIN: 20mm machine gun MISSILE: Tornado stars MISSILE: Phoenix missile SPECIAL: Ninja beam SPECIAL: Tomahawk missile ==================================================================== 5)BOSS/LEVEL STRATEGIES SPRIGGAN: First, take out the two red things at the tip of each wing. The wing tips will appear charred and twisted if you did it correctly. Then approach from behind and shoot at the two remaining red things in the middle. When close, unload a special or two and keep moving to avoid fire. FORTRESS: The only way I've ever beat the fortress is with Mao Mao. I take all the shield generators and enemy planes out first. Keeping just within lockon distance I then take out all the surrounding ground threat. Quickly take out the ground threat around the spike on a couple passes and then fire your ninja beams at the red bars on the middle spike. The beam will not normaly fire until your time runs out. However, the beam will sometimes fire if it is very low on energy or if it does not have any defense, so leave one of the guns around the base of the the spike undestroyed, then ninja beam it before it beams you! ICE CAVES: Again Mao Mao comes in very handy here with her Ninja beam and good armor, but anyone should do. The caves aren't much of a problem as long as you keep your airbrake on all the time. Be prepared to take sharp turns up down left and right while avoiding giant icicles. Once you get to the boss, just start blasting the frozen eye with missles and guns. When the eye is open, pop a couple specials in him. Kablamo! you're done. (Ninja beams work the best.) ==================================================================== 6)FUTURE UPDATES On page14, the manual says the game has 11 levels, but on page17-23 it only lists10. There must be a hidden bonus mission. More info later as I get it. Is there a way to enable Spanky with a simple code? What do you get if you collect all stars? There might be more secrets to this game. If you find any let me know... Duros Bith duros@geocities.com