Xenon II - Instructions 1) Si vous avez un Autofire sur votre Joystick, enclenchez le... effet Garanti! 2) Recolter les boules 'C' pour avoir du credit afin d'acheter dans les magasins. 3) N'hesitez pas a utiliser la Marche arriere pour temporiser... 4) Shootez tout ce qui bouge... Unga! Voila des conseils en anglais(merci Sewer Doc !=)). XENON 2 THE MEGABLAST WHAT TO BUY AND WHEN :- Level 1 : 1st shop buy Health, Super Nashwan. 2nd shop sell Rear Shot, buy Double Shot, Side Shot Level 2 : 1st shop buy side shot 2nd shop sell side shot Level 3 : 1st shop buy Health, Rear shot 2nd shop sell all Rear shot. Buy side shot, laser, Power up Level 4 : 1st shop sell side shot, buy rear shot,laser(WIZZ Addition) 2nd shop sell all Rear Shot, buy side shot, don't buy Power Up, Buy Macro lasers, Extra Life. This shop has EVERYTHING you can buy ! You will have usually over 12,000 REALCASH !! Level 5 : (Colin's Bargain Basement) Everything is HALF Price ! 1st Shop (Last Shop) Buy Power Up twice, Extra lives if necessary PLEASE NOTE: Try to stick with your best weapon, and end up with 2 Cannons and 2 Lasers and either Side Shot or Rear Shot.Buying small weapons to spend all your money is advisable as it can be sold in the next shop. If you have higher than 1 power on a weapon like Side Shot Power 3, the first power you will be give half the retail price, then the subsequent powers are full price. Full power Side Shot(Power 3) is worth 2500. E.G Side Shot costs 1000 :- 500 + (2 * 1000). REMEMBER! ALWAYS SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY IN THE SHOPS AS YOU CAN'T TAKE LEFTOVER CASH WITH YOU. WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST :- Sea Worms : Annoying, found in level 1. Don't die easily. Drains energy when touched. Blows up in seperate segments. Eyes : Found on level 2. Very fast- collision is almost inevitable. Usually appear in large groups. Slugs : Found in level 3, in the 'MAZE'. Try to shoot them before they ricochet shots. Eels : Found on level 3. They enter the screeb regularly, usually from the bottom. Wall Snakes : Found on level 3. Difficult to spot at times. Go below head in order to kill. Dinosaur Heads : Found on level 4. Similar to wall snakes except they don't pop out. Fire : Found on level 4. Similar to wall snakes. Impossible to kill ? HALFWAY AND END MONSTERS :- Level 1 : Half - None ! End - Snail : Shoot at eye. Avoid mines. Level 2 : Half - Alien : Shoot at eyes at either side at the top. Scroll backwards and shoot eyes. Avoid snakes. End - Spider : Destroy as much web as possible. Move close to the spider to wake and fly down to face spider. Shoot continously. Avoid fireballs. Level 3 : Half - Crayfish : Travels in figure of eight. Stay below and fire in it's face. Avoid claws. End - Snake : Attacks from left of screen. Circle round, shooting head as it goes in and out of alternate sides. Level 4 : Half - Dragon : Shoot the side heads first, then tail, then main head. End - Head : Shoot both eyes, avoiding laser fire and extending tongue. Shoot at head when tongue goes in. Level 5 : Half - Tank : Use heat-seeking missiles ?! Macro Lasers ! End - Grand Spaceship : Shoot all cannons until totally destroyed. Specific hints :- Level 1 - The perfect cash score is 1100. Level 3 - Second half is the 'MAZE', go left then right, left, right ECT. Level 4 - Shop 1. Be careful even though you have enough cash to buy a Macro Laser DO NOT sell your cannon to buy another as you are wasting plenty of money. ITEM COST COMMENTS Advice 200 Only useful after level 1 Speedup 500 Essential to survival (you get this on Lvl 1) Half Health 500 Restores half your energy Autofire 500 Essential if your joystick hasn't got one Nashwan 600 10 seconds of sheer heaven Full Health 1000 Restores all energy Rear Shot 1000 Very effective on later levels Small mine 1000 Useless. Laid by holding down fire button. Side Shot 1000 Cannot be used with rear shot Electroball 1200 Too sensitive to control Power-up 2000 Doubles size of your bullets Large mine 3000 Useless as above Double Shot 3000 Recommended on later levels Cannon 4000 Effective when using two Dive 4000 Waste of money but fun Missiles 4000 Weak to start with Laser 4000 ***BEST*** Awesome when 2 or more are used Drone 4500 Shoots out weak bullets from the back. Flamer 5000 Extremely limited ramge Bomb 5500 Limited range but very powerful Extra life 6000 Speaks for itself Homers 6000 Four slow but powerful missiles Protection 6000 Doesn't do much Bitmap Shades 6000 Darkens screen - utterly useless This info came from C+VG magazine December 1989 No. 97 Additional notes :- The WIZZ!