The Guardian Legend/Walkthrough

Game flow
To complete the game, the player must alternate between flying through corridors to defeat bosses posted at the ends and possibly obtain new labyrinth keys, and exploring the labyrinth to obtain new power-ups and locate more corridors to clear. The game begins by having the player fly through Corridor 0. When the boss is defeated, the player will arrive in the center of the labyrinth, in a section known as. In all areas but, there are two corridors for the player to visit.

For area n, there is corridors n and n + 10. For example, contains Corridor 2 and Corridor 12. The gate to corridor n + 10 is always open and available to the player as soon as he or she finds it. It is also typically the easier of the two corridors. Corridor n on the other hand is locked and usually a little more difficult. To unlock these corridors, the player must find a hint somewhere in the area that reveals the secret to unlocking the gate. Two of the hints are found in Area 0 rather than their respective areas.

The Guardian Legend is fairly non-linear. You are not required to play through the areas or corridors in a particular sequence. That being said, it is highly recommended that you attempt to follow the path through each area in numerical sequence to ensure that you are sufficiently powered up to survive each section. Advancing to a difficult area too soon can result in a quick demise. The game is complete when all of the areas have been explored, and all of the corridors have been cleared. When this occurs, the final corridor, becomes available for players to access.

Blue Lander checkpoints
Throughout the game, you will find rooms that contain large Blue Landers who will speak with you. They offer to provide you with a password that will allow you to continue your game. To receive a password, you must set your special weapon selection to "NO USE" on the sub-screen, and press. However, you do not need to obtain a password to get the benefit of visiting these rooms. If the Guardian loses all of her health and dies in a corridor or in the labyrinth, and you choose to continue, you will continue from the last Blue Lander checkpoint that you visited. If you never visit a checkpoint, you will resume in the center of the labyrinth, where you appeared after completing Corridor 0. You will always return with all of your items and upgrades in tact.

Labyrinth blocks
Each room in the labyrinth may contain different blocks arranged throughout the room. This table presents a guide to those blocks.

Despite the fact that red pyramids are indestructible, there is a way to pass through them. By walking toward them with the controller held in a diagonal direction, it is possible to walk laterally through walls. This trick can be used against yellow pyramids and item capsules as well, but not green pyramids.