SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron/Getting Started

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is fairly simple to figure out, but if you don't want to have to think for yourself, or if you're a little confused, then review the basic elements below.

Power-ups
Throughout the stages you'll find power-ups laying around or hovering in place. Touching them will give you one of the following benefits:

Combat
Fighting in this game is very simple: shoot to kill, and don't get touched. However, there is an exception to the rule as each character has a special move that can be used to damage an enemy with a flying melee attack.

Experience
This normally comes as a surprise, but in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, you can level up your character so that the damage increases significantly.

Game options
At the title screen of the game you can select the options menu where you'll be able to toggle the following:
 * Rank: this adjusts the health of enemies and how much damage you receive.
 * 'Time: this affects how much time you have per area to move on. Normal is generally four minutes per area.