A Metal Gear-related question:
I feel I'm near the end of the game. But then Big Boss beeps me up, and tells me to shut down my computer. As I do so, the screen instantly turns black and it seems I didn't manage to beat the game. What should I do?
reboot and run scandisk ^_^
IIRC, in Zanac Ex, if you use an Auto-Fire joystick, you will get tougher and more enemies halfway first level.
and in Zanac, somewhere in level 5, I think, there was a smiley face that would massively upgrade your current gun if you shoot at it repeatedly
This might be a 'duh', but in Aleste 2, you can change your speed by pressing <left> or <right> when you have paused the game with <stop>.
Usas: Play the very first ruin with Wit and beat the boss while happy. Then, enter the second ruin and stay happy. This way, you can double-jump to the ledge you'd normally have to push around all those bricks for.
ZENBU in parodius... (introscreen I believe)
key 1,"monty" before loading auf wiedersehen monty then press f1 in the main stage should make you invincible.
Usas --> Harappa Ruins: here in the third ruin you've got to ascend an enormous ladder, more than two screens high. In the middle screen, there are two 'X' coins which come back after you pick them up. Use that ladder for a little while, and you'll buy yourself some upgrades to be nigh invincible (Wit: 3 speed, 4 jump; Cles: 5 speed, 3 jump, both max. vitality). Imho this is the best place to upgrade your characters.
I don't know if it's a valid trick here on this topic but here it goes:
Valis II: If you are going to die, remove the disk from the drive and you won't be killed at all when you lost all your energy (the game will try to load everytime you suffer an impact from a bullet or enemy, but with no success). The music will stop too. Insert the disk again before you arrive to a place where the game loads a new map, a stage boss or you get a refill energy item, and everything will be OK again (music included).
...and you'll buy yourself some upgrades to be nigh invincible...
always loved that, sparse used word, NIGH..
It's been used thrice on this page now...
Maybe Rikusu can shed some light regarding the cheat/debug mode there's supposed to be in Firehawk? He told me there is one while he was translating it, but IIRC he couldn't find out how it's accessed. If we know where it is, maybe someone can find out how it's accessed. I think it'll be quite interesting.