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RULES:

This is not your typical light gun shooter. There are 2 screens: the normal screen, and the screen in your scope. For those of you with XBoxes and Pelican rifles, there's only the normal screen. Anyway, the normal screen is what you can see with the naked eye. The other is what you see with the scope, which is MUCH MORE.

Your rifle has a clip of 5 bullets. Between shots, there is a noticeable pause as you cock the rifle. When you run out, you will automatically reload. Reloading takes a short while as well.

Bullets are not instantaneous.

Wind, motion, or other factors can cause bullets to drift off target instead of going straight.

Avoid hitting innocents. Doing so will cost you a full life. They don't die, so you can lose as much life as you hit them.

Many enemies are initially unaware of your presence. However, they aren't stupid. If a bullet piffs by their feet or they see a comrade fall, they will be alerted to your presence and try to counterattack.

Similar to Virtua Cop, enemies have a color-coded lock-on that indicates their danger. However, many enemies don't have any so as to make finding them harder. A blue circle means they are unaware you're even there. Yellow means they're onto you. Red means they are lining up a shot. Doesn't mean they'll hit, but they might be about to.

While in scope view, arrows will indicate the locations of enemies out of view. Sometimes they don't appear to make a segment harder.

If you are hit, you will lose life. Makes sense right? How much life is lost depends on the weapons being used. Anywhere from 1/4 of a life to a full life can be lost. If all lives are lost, you will need to continue.

If time runs out, you will need to continue.

Time is awarded for taking down enemies and bosses.

Extra life is awarded by scoping out (but not shooting) special innocents known as 'babes'. Each babe will give you 1 life.

POWERUPS:

Nope.

BAD GUYS:

Generic Bad Guy: Often found minding his own terrorist business until he notices you. When they attack, they usually have piss-poor accuracy, but some are exceptional. Their weapons will do 1/2 of a life. Enemies will often try to duck for cover if you narrowly miss.

MY TIPS:

Some proper sniper rifle tips, mostly for the Pelican Sniper Rifle. Arcade players only need to see tip 1.

1: You do not need to have your eye practically touching the scope. If you ARE actually touching the scope, you are way too damn close. Keep your distance. In real life, you'd get a black eye when you fired that thing.

2: The biggest problem with the Pelican rifle is that is doesn't come attached to a stand like in the arcade. As a result, most will simply try to hold it up. This is a bad idea. Aside from the fact that the gun isn't exactly light and will wear you down after extended periods of time, it is very hard to hold your rifle (somewhat) still. This isn't necessarily your fault; human hands are no substitutes for a stable stand. Nevermind what you see in Counter-Strike; the real-life pros don't snipe by standing and holding their rifle in their hands. They prop that bitch up on something (the rifle usually has a tripod) to steady it. You don't get one though, so you'll have to find something else such as a TV tray, a box, whatever's the right height. So crouch or kneel (on just 1 unless you hate your knees or something) behind it. Lying down is the most accurate position to fire from, although I don't have anyplace I can lie and still hit the TV, and I kinda doubt you do either. You may get some weird looks from your roommates/family when you set up your sniper's perch in the living room, but just ignore them.

3: You should probably just ditch the scope on the gun. It doesn't actually do anything: the scope vision appears on the screen in a window and the scope is just clear glass. When you go to look in it, the sensor on the back of the rifle is supposed to detect you and activate the scope vision, which gives you the impression you need it. However, my sensor didn't work for shit and the scope would NEVER appear. Plus, I could never get my gun calibrated so that I could actually see the scope window through the scope. If you can get it properly calibrated, do what you like. You'd probably be better off without it.

4: How you activate the scope is critical. There are several ways to do so. One is with the aforementioned scope sensor that theoretically activates when you put your head near the scope. If you had no problem with part 3, this is fine. You can also flip the Scope Trigger switch, and leave it on all the time. Leaving it on all the time is a bad idea for reasons that will be discussed later in this column and the switch's position makes simply flipping it on and off is too much of a hassle. You can pull back the 'shotgun' pump on the rifle to activate it, hold it as long as you want the scope, then release. Good, but pulling back the pump increases tension and that makes holding the rifle steady a little bit harder. Finally, you can simply press the B button. This is the best option since you can rest a finger on the button while holding the rifle steady and easily activate the scope. If you find another method better for yourself, that's fine.

DON'T rely exclusively on the scope window. It may seem like a good idea at first, but it moves much slower than you can swivel the gun around. You can pick out the enemies much faster in the normal view. Move the cursor into the general area, then busting out the scope is quicker than moving the window aaaaaallllllllllll the way across the screen.

Relaaaaax. Or at least as much as you can when there's 5 guys shooting at you and that impossibly tight timer counting down. Firing without aiming is an exercise in futility.

Time is your biggest enemy. You almost never (but not quite) need to worry about life. Try to make all your shots count. If you miss, an enemy may hide and waste precious time. Although you must act quickly, spending an extra second to aim is better than missing and losing 5 as you wait for the man to come back out. Also, a hit ANYWHERE will kill a normal bad guy. Don't try any hotshit stuff, go for the chest.

Headshots end boss battles quickly, but this is obviously one of those 'easier-said-than-done' things. Another tactic that is effective against most bosses (namely the ones with 5 hitpoints) is to simply score a body shot, keep your crosshairs steady, and continue to fire until you exhaust your clip. The more shots you have in your clip after scoring the first hit, the better (as once you reload, the boss will have recovered.) If you get the boss on the first shot, you can pound him with the remaining 4 shots easily. This is known as the "sack of potatoes" technique to some. I personally don't see the relation, but as I don't have a better name, I'll just use it. As said before, this doesn't work on all bosses.

Remember, bullets travel fast, but not instantaneously like in other games. When firing at distant targets (which is often, since you're a sniper) that are moving sideways, you need to fire slightly ahead (called "leading") to hit them. Even if you have them in your crosshairs, they will likely move out of the way of the bullet before it reaches them.

ABOUT THIS GUIDE:

This guide provides a general idea of the offensive attacks you will face. It's main function is boss information, babe location, and any nifty tricks.

CHEATS/UNLOCKABLES:

Unlockable items (not 100% confirmed):

Real-Time Window: Beat the game or play for 2 hours.

Additional Lives: Beat the game or play for 2 hours and you can give yourself up to 8 lives. Seems to be BOGUS. I beat the game and only got the RTW, and I've played for 3 hours and unlocked time extension. But no extra lives.

Infinite Credits: Beat the game more than twice or play for 5 hours.

Time Limit: Beat the game more than twice or play for 3 hours.

Challenge 100: Complete all outdoor shooting range stages.

And now, cheats!

(All versions. The instructions are for the arcade. They also work in the home ports, with a slight difference. Simply hold the trigger (or button equivalent) on the title screen before selecting the arcade mode, then enter code from there.)

Nightvision: Put your money in the machine, hold the trigger and press start. CONTINUE holding it as you highlight your mode of choice, then press start 4 times. Now the entire game takes place at night and you will use the nightvision scope all the time.

Professional Mode: Put your money in the machine, hold the trigger and press start. CONTINUE holding it as you highlight your mode of choice, then press start 5 times. This mode removes your 'aiming ring', the enemy arrows, and the enemy lock-ons.

Professional mode with Nightvision: Put your money in the machine, hold the trigger and press start. CONTINUE holding it as you highlight your mode of choice, then press start 6 times. In case you couldn't guess, now you're playing at night with nightvision, no aiming ring, no enemy arrows, and no enemy lock-ons.

(These codes work on all versions except the arcade. Codes are given in PS2 format, but just 'translate' the buttons for their DC and XBox location equivalents (DC and XBox use the same button labels.) Square is X; Triangle is Y; X is A; and Circle is B.)

Mirror Mode: At the Mode Select screen press: Left, Left, Right, Square, Down, Down, Up, Triangle, Up, Right, Down, Up, Left, Down, Square. Now the game is mirrored.

Hidden Mode: At the Mode Select screen press Right, Down, Right, Square, Up, Square, Square, Triangle, Down, Right, Down, Right, Square, Triangle. Now the enemies are invisible, and you'll have to rely on the lock-ons and arrows to find them.

First-Person Mode: At the Mode Select screen press Up, Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down. Mostly the same, except now when you bring up the scope, the rest of the screen goes black.

Ultra fast mode: On the mode select screen, press: Down, Triangle, Up, Square, Triangle, Down, Right, Down, Right, Square, Triangle. The game willplayreallyfastnow.

No Scope: On the mode select screen, press: Right, Down, Right, Square, Right, Down, Right, Square. Now the scope is disabled and you'll have to shoot everyone in normal view. Have fun!

Night Mode: On the mode select screen, press: Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Square, Triangle. Activates the nightmode as above.

Romantic Mode: On the mode select screen, press: Left, Right, Right, Square, Triangle. Your scope will always be heart-shaped.

No Crosshair: On the mode select screen, press: Press Right, Right, Right, Square. You will not have an aiming ring now.

No Enemy Targeting Mode: On the mode select screen, enter the code below: Right, Right, Right, Right, Left, Down, Up, Right. Enemy lock-ons will not appear.

Sell Your Life: Pause the game and press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X, circle. This trades 1/2 a life for 5 seconds.

Sell Your Time: Pause the game and press Triangle, X, right, left, right, left, Circle, X, right, left, right, left, down, down, up, up. This trades 5 seconds for an extra 1/2 life.


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	Rules Powerups Bad Guys My Tips About This Guide Cheats/Unlockables

	RULES: This is not your typical light gun shooter. There are 2 screens: the normal screen, and the screen in your scope. For those of you with XBoxes and Pelican rifles, there's only the normal screen. Anyway, the normal screen is what you can see with the naked eye. The other is what you see with the scope, which is MUCH MORE. Your rifle has a clip of 5 bullets. Between shots, there is a noticeable pause as you cock the rifle. When you run out, you will automatically reload. Reloading takes a short while as well. Bullets are not instantaneous. Wind, motion, or other factors can cause bullets to drift off target instead of going straight. Avoid hitting innocents. Doing so will cost you a full life. They don't die, so you can lose as much life as you hit them. Many enemies are initially unaware of your presence. However, they aren't stupid. If a bullet piffs by their feet or they see a comrade fall, they will be alerted to your presence and try to counterattack. Similar to Virtua Cop, enemies have a color-coded lock-on that indicates their danger. However, many enemies don't have any so as to make finding them harder. A blue circle means they are unaware you're even there. Yellow means they're onto you. Red means they are lining up a shot. Doesn't mean they'll hit, but they might be about to. While in scope view, arrows will indicate the locations of enemies out of view. Sometimes they don't appear to make a segment harder. If you are hit, you will lose life. Makes sense right? How much life is lost depends on the weapons being used. Anywhere from 1/4 of a life to a full life can be lost. If all lives are lost, you will need to continue. If time runs out, you will need to continue. Time is awarded for taking down enemies and bosses. Extra life is awarded by scoping out (but not shooting) special innocents known as 'babes'. Each babe will give you 1 life. POWERUPS: Nope. BAD GUYS: Generic Bad Guy: Often found minding his own terrorist business until he notices you. When they attack, they usually have piss-poor accuracy, but some are exceptional. Their weapons will do 1/2 of a life. Enemies will often try to duck for cover if you narrowly miss. MY TIPS: Some proper sniper rifle tips, mostly for the Pelican Sniper Rifle. Arcade players only need to see tip 1. 1: You do not need to have your eye practically touching the scope. If you ARE actually touching the scope, you are way too damn close. Keep your distance. In real life, you'd get a black eye when you fired that thing. 2: The biggest problem with the Pelican rifle is that is doesn't come attached to a stand like in the arcade. As a result, most will simply try to hold it up. This is a bad idea. Aside from the fact that the gun isn't exactly light and will wear you down after extended periods of time, it is very hard to hold your rifle (somewhat) still. This isn't necessarily your fault; human hands are no substitutes for a stable stand. Nevermind what you see in Counter-Strike; the real-life pros don't snipe by standing and holding their rifle in their hands. They prop that bitch up on something (the rifle usually has a tripod) to steady it. You don't get one though, so you'll have to find something else such as a TV tray, a box, whatever's the right height. So crouch or kneel (on just 1 unless you hate your knees or something) behind it. Lying down is the most accurate position to fire from, although I don't have anyplace I can lie and still hit the TV, and I kinda doubt you do either. You may get some weird looks from your roommates/family when you set up your sniper's perch in the living room, but just ignore them. 3: You should probably just ditch the scope on the gun. It doesn't actually do anything: the scope vision appears on the screen in a window and the scope is just clear glass. When you go to look in it, the sensor on the back of the rifle is supposed to detect you and activate the scope vision, which gives you the impression you need it. However, my sensor didn't work for shit and the scope would NEVER appear. Plus, I could never get my gun calibrated so that I could actually see the scope window through the scope. If you can get it properly calibrated, do what you like. You'd probably be better off without it. 4: How you activate the scope is critical. There are several ways to do so. One is with the aforementioned scope sensor that theoretically activates when you put your head near the scope. If you had no problem with part 3, this is fine. You can also flip the Scope Trigger switch, and leave it on all the time. Leaving it on all the time is a bad idea for reasons that will be discussed later in this column and the switch's position makes simply flipping it on and off is too much of a hassle. You can pull back the 'shotgun' pump on the rifle to activate it, hold it as long as you want the scope, then release. Good, but pulling back the pump increases tension and that makes holding the rifle steady a little bit harder. Finally, you can simply press the B button. This is the best option since you can rest a finger on the button while holding the rifle steady and easily activate the scope. If you find another method better for yourself, that's fine. DON'T rely exclusively on the scope window. It may seem like a good idea at first, but it moves much slower than you can swivel the gun around. You can pick out the enemies much faster in the normal view. Move the cursor into the general area, then busting out the scope is quicker than moving the window aaaaaallllllllllll the way across the screen. Relaaaaax. Or at least as much as you can when there's 5 guys shooting at you and that impossibly tight timer counting down. Firing without aiming is an exercise in futility. Time is your biggest enemy. You almost never (but not quite) need to worry about life. Try to make all your shots count. If you miss, an enemy may hide and waste precious time. Although you must act quickly, spending an extra second to aim is better than missing and losing 5 as you wait for the man to come back out. Also, a hit ANYWHERE will kill a normal bad guy. Don't try any hotshit stuff, go for the chest. Headshots end boss battles quickly, but this is obviously one of those 'easier-said-than-done' things. Another tactic that is effective against most bosses (namely the ones with 5 hitpoints) is to simply score a body shot, keep your crosshairs steady, and continue to fire until you exhaust your clip. The more shots you have in your clip after scoring the first hit, the better (as once you reload, the boss will have recovered.) If you get the boss on the first shot, you can pound him with the remaining 4 shots easily. This is known as the "sack of potatoes" technique to some. I personally don't see the relation, but as I don't have a better name, I'll just use it. As said before, this doesn't work on all bosses. Remember, bullets travel fast, but not instantaneously like in other games. When firing at distant targets (which is often, since you're a sniper) that are moving sideways, you need to fire slightly ahead (called "leading") to hit them. Even if you have them in your crosshairs, they will likely move out of the way of the bullet before it reaches them. ABOUT THIS GUIDE: This guide provides a general idea of the offensive attacks you will face. It's main function is boss information, babe location, and any nifty tricks. CHEATS/UNLOCKABLES: Unlockable items (not 100% confirmed): Real-Time Window: Beat the game or play for 2 hours. Additional Lives: Beat the game or play for 2 hours and you can give yourself up to 8 lives. Seems to be BOGUS. I beat the game and only got the RTW, and I've played for 3 hours and unlocked time extension. But no extra lives. Infinite Credits: Beat the game more than twice or play for 5 hours. Time Limit: Beat the game more than twice or play for 3 hours. Challenge 100: Complete all outdoor shooting range stages. And now, cheats! (All versions. The instructions are for the arcade. They also work in the home ports, with a slight difference. Simply hold the trigger (or button equivalent) on the title screen before selecting the arcade mode, then enter code from there.) Nightvision: Put your money in the machine, hold the trigger and press start. CONTINUE holding it as you highlight your mode of choice, then press start 4 times. Now the entire game takes place at night and you will use the nightvision scope all the time. Professional Mode: Put your money in the machine, hold the trigger and press start. CONTINUE holding it as you highlight your mode of choice, then press start 5 times. This mode removes your 'aiming ring', the enemy arrows, and the enemy lock-ons. Professional mode with Nightvision: Put your money in the machine, hold the trigger and press start. CONTINUE holding it as you highlight your mode of choice, then press start 6 times. In case you couldn't guess, now you're playing at night with nightvision, no aiming ring, no enemy arrows, and no enemy lock-ons. (These codes work on all versions except the arcade. Codes are given in PS2 format, but just 'translate' the buttons for their DC and XBox location equivalents (DC and XBox use the same button labels.) Square is X; Triangle is Y; X is A; and Circle is B.) Mirror Mode: At the Mode Select screen press: Left, Left, Right, Square, Down, Down, Up, Triangle, Up, Right, Down, Up, Left, Down, Square. Now the game is mirrored. Hidden Mode: At the Mode Select screen press Right, Down, Right, Square, Up, Square, Square, Triangle, Down, Right, Down, Right, Square, Triangle. Now the enemies are invisible, and you'll have to rely on the lock-ons and arrows to find them. First-Person Mode: At the Mode Select screen press Up, Up, Up, Up, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down. Mostly the same, except now when you bring up the scope, the rest of the screen goes black. Ultra fast mode: On the mode select screen, press: Down, Triangle, Up, Square, Triangle, Down, Right, Down, Right, Square, Triangle. The game willplayreallyfastnow. No Scope: On the mode select screen, press: Right, Down, Right, Square, Right, Down, Right, Square. Now the scope is disabled and you'll have to shoot everyone in normal view. Have fun! Night Mode: On the mode select screen, press: Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Square, Triangle. Activates the nightmode as above. Romantic Mode: On the mode select screen, press: Left, Right, Right, Square, Triangle. Your scope will always be heart-shaped. No Crosshair: On the mode select screen, press: Press Right, Right, Right, Square. You will not have an aiming ring now. No Enemy Targeting Mode: On the mode select screen, enter the code below: Right, Right, Right, Right, Left, Down, Up, Right. Enemy lock-ons will not appear. Sell Your Life: Pause the game and press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X, circle. This trades 1/2 a life for 5 seconds. Sell Your Time: Pause the game and press Triangle, X, right, left, right, left, Circle, X, right, left, right, left, down, down, up, up. This trades 5 seconds for an extra 1/2 life.

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