Rolling Thunder 2/Stage 8

Time: 280 seconds

Once Leila and Albatross have reappeared on the screen (they'll start this final stage with 70 bullets), start walking to the right and jump over an oil drum as a Orange Type 2 Masker comes walking towards you while firing bullets at you; once you have fired off two shots at him to kill him, a Purple Ninja will jump down from the walls and come walking towards you from behind. Once you have turned back to the left and fired off eight shots at him to kill him, a Blue Type 2 Masker will emerge from door on the balcony you are standing upon, and come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a Red Ninja will jump down from the walls and come walking towards you from behind. Once you have turned back to the left and fired off four shots at him to kill him, you'll have to drop down to the ground as a second Orange Type 2 Masker comes walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a Blue Type 1 Masker will jump down off another balcony above, and come walking towards you. Once you have fired a shot at him to kill him, a Green Type 2 Masker will emerge from the door on the ground and come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, you will have to jump up to that aforementioned second balcony, as a Silver Type 1 Masker emerges from a door on it and comes walking towards you. Once you have fired a shot at him, to kill him, a third Orange Type 2 Masker will emerge from another door on that aforementioned second balcony and come walking towards you; once you have fired off two shots at him to kill him a Violet Ninja will jump down from the wall and come walking towards you from behind. Once you have turned back to the left and fired off three shots at him to kill him you will have to drop down to the ground again as Green Type 1 Masker emerges from the first of the three doors on it, and comes walking towards you from behind. Once you have turned back to that left and fired off a shot at him to kill him, you will notice that the second door is marked "BULLETS" - and once you have entered it, you will gain 40 pistol bullets (they are indicated by the number that has appeared above the door going down to 0) Once you have come out of it, second Blue Type 2 Masker will emerge from the third door upon the ground and come walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at him to kill him you will have to jump up to a third balcony as second Silver Type 1 Masker comes walking towards you. Once you have fired a shot at him to kill him, a Blue Ninja will jump down from the walls and come walking towards you from behind - and once you have turned back to the left and fired two shots at him to kill him, you will have to jump over a second oil drum as three more Ninjas (one Light Blue and two Violet) jump down from the walls and come walking towards you. Once you have fired one, three, and three more shots at each of these three to kill them, a third Blue Type 2 Masker will come walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a Yellow Type 1 Masker will come walking towards you. Once you have fired a shot at him to kill him, another Red Ninja will jump down from the wall, and come walking towards you from behind - and once you have turned back to the left and fired off four shots at him to kill him, you will have to drop down to the ground once again, as another Green Type 2 Masker emerges from the first of two doors on it and comes walking towards you, from behind. Once you have turned back to the left, and fired two shots at him to kill him, a fourth Orange Type 2 Masker will come walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a third Red Ninja will jump down from the wall, and come walking towards you from behind. Once you have turned back to the left and fired off four shots at him to kill him you will notice that the second door is marked "BULLETS" - and once you have entered it, you will gain 50 (final) pistol bullets (again, these are indicated by the number that has appeared above the door going down to 0). Once you have come out of it you will have to jump up to a fourth balcony as another Blue Ninja comes walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a fifth Orange Type 2 Masker will emerge from the door on that aforementioned fourth balcony and come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at him to kill him another Purple Ninja will jump down from the wall and come walking towards you from behind. Once you have turned back to the left and fired eight shots at him to kill him, you will have to drop down to the ground yet again as the Yamaha YM-2151 song changes.

A third Silver Type 1 Masker will now emerge from the first of two doors on the ground and come walking towards you; once you have fired a shot at him to kill him, third Green Type 2 Masker will emerge from the second of the two doors on it, and come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a fourth Red Ninja will jump down from the wall and come walking towards you from behind - and once you have turned back to the left and fired four shots at him to kill him, two more Type 2 Masker (one Orange and one Purple) will come walking towards you. Once you have fired off two shots at both of them, to kill them, two more Type 2 Maskers (one Green and one Blue) will come walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them a third Blue Ninja will come walking towards you. Once you have fired off two shots at him to kill him, two more Type 2 Maskers (one Orange and one Purple), will come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them, two more Type 2 Maskers (one Purple and one Blue) will come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at both of these two to kill them, two more Type 2 Masker (one Purple and one Orange) will come walking towards you; once you have fired off two shots at both of them to kill them, another Green Type 1 Masker will come walking towards you. Once you have fired shot at him to kill him a fifth Green Type 2 Masker and second Yellow Type 1 Masker will come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at the Green Type 2 Masker to kill him, and a singular shot at the Yellow Type 1 Masker to kill him, you will come to a third door that is marked "BULLETS". Once you have entered it, you will gain 40 more pistol bullets (once again, they are indicated by that number that has appeared above the door going down to 0); once you have come out of it, four more Ninjas (two Red and two Blue) will jump down from the walls and come walking towards you from both sides. Once you have fired four shots at both of the Red ones to kill them and two shots at both of the Blue ones to kill them, sixth Green Type 2 Masker will come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at him, to kill him, two more Ninjas (one Red and one Blue) will jump down from the walls and come walking towards you from behind. Once you have fired off four and two shots at both of these two to kill them you will have to jump over a box as a ninth Orange Type 2 Masker comes walking towards you while firing bullets at you; once you have fired off two shots at him, to kill him, seventh Green Type 2 Masker will come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, an eighth Red Ninja will come walking towards you - and once you have fired off four shots at him to kill him, two more Purple Type 2 Maskers will come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them, a seventh Blue Ninja and a tenth Orange Type 2 Masker will drop down to the ground from above and come walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them, you will have to jump over a second box as an eleventh Orange Type 2 Masker comes walking towards you while firing bullets at you. Once you have fired off two shots at him to kill him two more Type 2 Maskers (one Blue and one Green) will come walking towards you - and once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them, a eighth Blue Ninja will drop down to the ground from above and come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at this one to kill him, you will have to jump up over third box as a twelfth Orange Type 2 Masker comes walking towards you while firing bullets at you; once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, a seventh Purple Type 2 Masker will drop down to the ground from above, and come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at him to kill him, thirteenth Orange Type 2 Masker will come walking towards you - and once you have fired off two shots at him to kill him, a fourth Silver Type 1 Masker will come walking towards you. Once you have fired off a shot at him to kill him, you will have to jump over a fourth box, before walking onto an elevator (as mentioned upon the previous page, it is similar to that one from the second stage of Konami Industry Co.'s Aliens - which is also from 1990).

Once you have walked onto the elevator it will start ascending as an eighth Green Type 2 Masker and an eighth Purple Type 2 Masker emerge from the doors on that first platform on the left side of it and that first platform on the right side of it and walk onto it; once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them, third Green Type 1 Masker will drop down onto that second platform on the right side of the elevator from above and walk onto it and a ninth Green Type 2 Masker will emerge from the door on the second platform on the left side of the elevator, and walk onto it. Once you have fired single shot at the Green Type 1 Masker to kill him and two shots at the Green Type 2 Masker to kill him, a seventh Blue Type 2 Masker will drop down onto the third platform on the left side of the elevator from above and walk onto it and a fourth Yellow Type 1 Masker will emerge from the door on the third platform on the right side of the elevator and walk onto it. Once you have fired two shots at the Blue Type 2 Masker to kill him, and a single shot at the Yellow Type 1 Masker to kill him, eighth Blue Type 2 Masker will drop down onto that fourth platform on the right side of the elevator and walk onto it and a ninth Purple Type 2 Masker will drop down onto that fourth platform on the left side of the elevator and walk onto it - and once you have fired two shot at both of them to kill them two more Blue Type 2 Maskers will drop down onto the sixth platforms upon the left and right sides of the elevator and walk onto it. Once you have fired two shots at both of these two to kill them, two more Blue Type 2 Maskers will drop down onto the seventh platforms on the left and right sides of the elevator and walk onto it; once you have fired off two shots at both of these two to kill them, two more Blue Type 2 Masker will jump down onto the eighth platforms on the left and right sides of the elevator from above and walk onto it. Once you have fired two shots at both of these two to kill them the elevator will stop ascending and the stage will continue from its stopping point as the song generated by the Yamaha YM-2151 changes for second time.

You will now have to continue walking onto the left as two more Type 2 Masker (one Orange and one Purple) come walking towards you; once you have fired off two shots at both of them to kill them, two more Green Type 2 Maskers will come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at both of them to kill them, fifteenth Blue Type 2 Masker will come walking towards you - and once you have fired off two shots at him, to kill him, two more Purple Type 2 Maskers will come walking towards you. Once you have fired two shots at both of these two to kill them two more Blue Type 2 Maskers will come walking towards you; once you have fired two shots at both of these to kill them, you will meet up with Gimdo himself!. He attacks by firing lasers at Leila and Albatross which must be crouched under as you are firing at him; however, they'll curve around once they have reached the right side of the screen, so you will also have to jump over them as they are coming back towards you. Once you have fired thirty shots at him to defeat him, he will explode and jump off the platform - and that text "STAGE 8 CLEAR" will then appear upon the screen. You will then receive 10 bonus points for every second of time you have remaining, and 50 bonus points for every pistol bullet you have remaining; you can now sit back and enjoy the ending, which depicts a NASA-type rocket blasting off into space with two pictures of Albatross and Leila upon the left and right sides of it, and the text "CONGRATULATIONS!! ONCE AGAIN PEACE HAS BEEN OBTAINED IN THE WORLD. NOW WE WILL PRAISE YOU.", at the bottom of the screen. The rocket will then drop the two missiles that are mounted upon either side of it, as the game's credits appear at the bottom of the screen (but this is one of Namco's smallest staff rolls):


 * Directed By: T. Negoro
 * Programmed By: K. Nikaido
 * Designed By: H. Kuwabara
 * Music Composed By: A. Saso

After the word of "END" has appeared in the bottom-right corner of the screen, the game will go into high-score mode; your scores will most likely be the two highest ones on the cabinet to date, so you should enter your names at the top of the table with pride, regardless of which way round the scores are positioned on it. Once you have done so, the game will go back into attract mode - then replay your performances from the first half of the second stage.