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Contents 1 Controls 2 Characters 2.1 The Player's Ship 2.2 Enemies 2.3 Powerups

[edit] Controls

• Joystick: Use the 8-way joystick to direct your ship around the lower half of the screen.
• Firing Button: Use this button to make your ship fire at the enemies. If you have captured any enemies with the tractor beam, they will also fire with you.
• 1 or 2 Player Buttons: Push these buttons to begin a 1 or 2 player game.

[edit] Characters

[edit] The Player's Ship

The protagonist of the game. Unlike the ones from the previous games, it can move vertically as well as horizontally (but only around the lower half of the screen).

[edit] Enemies

There are three different types of each enemy. They change every ten stages and are all worth 100 points if killed in formation.

Zako - 100 points if killed while attacking.

Goei - 200 points if killed while attacking.

Cap - 300 points if killed while attacking.

Ado - 400 points if killed while attacking.

King - 500 points if killed while attacking.

[edit] Powerups

The Kings sometimes yield these when they appear. You'll have to kill them while they're attacking in order to get them. Once you've killed the King, the powerup will fall down into your ship.

• Red: A tractor beam will activate for a short period of time. Try to capture as many enemies as you can with it in order to make them work for you.
• Blue: Your ship can move around the screen faster and has a more powerful shot.
• Green: A cyclone will activate for a short period of time. Try to capture as many enemies as you can with it, then fire at them to kill them. The point value you get for killing an enemy like this doubles every time you do it.