Welcome to my walkthrough for StarTropics for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This
walkthrough takes you step by step from the beginning to the end. I hope you enjoy
it, and please feel free to email me at harring@student.umass.edu with any questions
or corrections. Thanks.
THE COMPLETE STARTROPICS WALKTHROUGH
*CHAPTER #1: PRELUDE*
Start by walking left to the village from the helicopter pad. Inside the village,
talk to everyone, then go to the Chief's hut in the upper left. He will explain the
preliminary story and give you your first weapon, the Yo-Yo. Exit and talk to the
tunnel guard in the upper right. He'll let you pass. The Shaman will talk to you for
a bit before you head off into the very first cave.
Cave
1. Start by going up from the entrance.
2. Kill the Slugs, and continue up.
3. Kill some more Slugs, and up again.
4. Kill Slugs. The upper tile in the far right causes the door switch. Kill the Rat
and go up.
5. Kill Rats. Jump across the tiles. The lower tile below the door causes its
switch. Go up.
6. Kill the Rats and Slugs. Go up.
7. Kill Slugs. The two center tiles in this room cause the door switches for the
doors to the sides. The upper left causes the switch which opens the upper wall.
Go up, because the left and right doors lead to dead-ends.
8. The upper right tile in the bottom set causes the chest switch. The chest contains
25 Fires. The lower right tile in the top set causes the door switch. Go up.
9. Kill Bats and Rats. Go up.
10.Kill the Slug and Snakes. The second tile from the right in the upper set causes
the door switch. The tile just above the door switch causes the switch that opens
the right wall. The second tile from the left causes the chest switch. The chest
contains 25 Fires. Go right.
11.Get the Potion. The lower tile on the right side causes the switch that opens the
upper wall. Go up.
12.Get the Potion. The lower tile on the right side causes the switch that opens the
upper wall, but do NOT go up, because you will die. Go back to the room with the
Slug and Snakes.
13.Kill the Slug and Snakes again. Open up the door again and go up. (The chest is
empty now.)
14.Kill Bats and Snakes. Go up.
15.BOSS: BIG SNAKE - Use the Fires. Stand on a side tile until he opens his mouth.
If he breathes fire, stay on the tile. If not, jump to the center and shoot fire
into his mouth. When he closes his mouth, jump back to the side. This takes a
really long time, but you shouldn't get hit this way. When he's dead, go up.
16.The lone tile in this room causes the door switch. Go up.
17.Go up through the exit.
Follow the path and talk to Baboo, Dr. J's assistant. He will give you the ID code
with which to start up Sub-C. Go to the lab. Talk to Nav-Com, Sub-C's computer.
You'll give him the ID code automatically. Sub-C will then start up and sail off to
the east.
*END OF CHAPTER 1*
*CHAPTER #2: DOLPHINS*
Travel east and talk to the dolphin. Continue east. Go through the small tunnel,
dock, and go into the Lighthouse. Talk to the man there. Get back in Sub-C and go to
the east wall. Look for the spot where the bubbles appear on the surface of the
water. This indicates there's a secret passage in the wall. Pass through two walls,
and then dock. Go into the single hut. Talk to the woman. Leave, and go down to the
sand. Walk as far north as possible, then turn west into the mountains. It's another
secret passage. Come out the other side and grab the Bottle; it's got another ID code
in it. Go back to Sub-C and you will give Nav-Com this new ID code. It activates
Sub-C's diving capabilities. Look for the black waves in the water. These indicate
where you can dive down. Press B when you're over them to dive. Surface on the other
side, go through the tunnel and dock. Walk south to the mountains west of the Big
Heart, and go through the secret passage to get the Heart. It's like a Heart
Container in Zelda. Go back through the secret tunnel and then head north and go into
the cave.
Cave
1. Go up from the entrance.
2. Kill the Mudfish that rise from the water as you travel right. Grab the Baseball
Bat, and go up.
3. Kill the Bats and Snake. Jump across the Up/Down tiles when they're up, or else
you will fall into the water and die. Go left.
4. Kill Mudfish. Go left.
5. Kill Bats. Go up.
6. Kill the Spinner. Jump across the Up/Down tile. Kill the Octos. The tile just
left of the Up/Down tile causes the door switch. Go up.
7. Kill Snakes. Walk to the left side of the room. Look for the black spot on the
ground. This is yet another indicator of a secret passage. Walk right through the
wall. Kill the Bat. Get the Double Hearts and Baseball Bat. The lower right tile
causes the door switch, but it appears in the part through the next wall. Travel
through the next wall. Kill the Bat. Go up.
8. Kill the Spinners all at once by running up to the center of them and swinging the
Baseball Bat. You must be very fast. Go up.
9. Jump quickly across the tiles to avoid the fireball-spewing giant head. Kill the
Octos. Go up.
10.Get the Double Hearts. The lower right tile in the upper set causes the door
switch. Go up.
11.Kill Bats. Go up.
12.Kill the Spinners by using the center method you used before. Go up.
13.Go left in this empty room.
14.Kill Snakes and Bats. Go down.
15.Get the Potion. The lower tile on the right side causes the switch that opens the
right wall. Go right.
16.The Spinners are back so kill them anew or just run through the secret passage in
the right wall. The right tile causes the chest switch. The chest contains the
Snowman doll. The upper tile causes the door switch. Go up.
17.Kill the Octos but watch out for another giant head in this room. Go up.
18.Kill the lone Octo. You now see the baby dolphin crying for help. Don't worry,
you're about to free him. Go up.
19.BOSS: GIANT OCTO - First, jump left and right to avoid his bullets as best you
can. When he approaches, quickly use the Snowman doll. It will freeze the screen,
including Giant Octo, and you must now hit him rapidly with the Yo-Yo. Hit him as
many times as you can. You will have to use the Snowman twice no matter how fast
you are. When he's dead, the baby dolphin will be freed.
Go back to Sub-C and talk to the baby dolphin. The mother will show up as well. In
return for saving her son, she will offer to lead you through the coral. Sub-C will
automatically follow the dolphins through the coral. Afterwards, the dolphins say
goodbye, and Sub-C continues eastward.
*END OF CHAPTER 2*
*CHAPTER 3: STORM AND CALM*
A storm has passed, but during it Sub-C got wrecked. You have washed up on the shore
of an unfamiliar island, your sub no longer operational. You must now search this
island, in hopes of finding a miracle to save your sub. Follow the path to the single
hut. The man inside will give you some coconut milk, which will refill your energy.
Continue following the path to the cave.
Cave
1. Go up from the entrance.
2. Kill Dodos, and go up.
3. Kill Dodos. The upper right tile causes the chest switch. The chest contains 40
Bolas. Go up.
4. Kill Winged Monkeys. Go up.
5. Kill Winged Monkeys. Go up.
6. Kill the top Snake first. The left tile in the bottom set causes the chest switch.
The chest contains 40 more Bolas. Kill the two remaining Snakes. Go up.
7. Jump across the Up/Down tiles. The left and right tiles both cause Double Hearts.
Go up.
8. Kill Dodos and Skeletons. Go left.
9. This room is dark. Try and catch a glimpse of it when you first enter. Kill the
Bats (which are visible). Stand 2 squares left of where you first entered the
room. Jump up (meaning north, not straight up) to find the Light tile, which
illuminates the room. The tile above that one causes the door switch. Go up. Do
NOT go left, the stairs in that room are a false exit and you will have to come
back around and start from the beginning of the cave again.
10.Go up through the exit.
Walk up to the village of Miracola. Talk to everyone here. Go to the hut on the
right side of the village and pass through its left wall to find a man who will give
you a life refill. Talk to the Chief, who will explain the problem with his daughter.
To see her, go to the north side of the hut (on the outside), and pass through the
wall 4 squares from the left. Go upstairs, talk to the people and see the Chief's
daughter, Bananette. You will now be allowed to exit the village to the right so do
that. Follow the path to the next cave.
Cave #2
1. Go up from the entrance. (surprise)
2. Kill Snakes. Go up.
3. Kill Skeletons. Go left.
4. This room is dark. To find out where the land is, trigger the Snakes to charge at
you and see how far they go. The third one down is the one that is close enough
for you to jump to. Kill these Snakes and now watch the Octo jumping. Again,
where he is jumping is where land is. Kill him and then jump across the tiles that
he was on. One of them is the Light tile and will illuminate this room. On the
left side, grab the Slingshot and the Baseball Bat. Go to the lowest tile in this
room and jump down into the next room
5. The left tile in this room causes the chest switch. The chest contains a Potion.
Go back up.
6. Just go left, don't bother killing anything.
7. Kill the Bees. The left tile causes the door switch. Go up.
8. Jump across the Up/Down tiles. The left tile causes Double Hearts. Go up.
9. Go downstairs twice.
10.Go right.
11.Get the Try Your Luck sign, the odds are in your favor. Avoid the fireballs being
shot at you. The upper left tile causes the door switch. Go up.
12.Kill Bees. The second tile from the left in the bottom set causes a Stopwatch if
you need some help against the Bees. Go up.
13.Watch out for the lava monster in this room. You can kill him if you want, but
it's not necessary. The far right tile causes the door switch. Go up.
14.The lower right tile causes Bolas. Jump across the left tiles, going up into the
next room.
15.Get the Double Hearts, but don't go up any further. Go back down to the previous
room, jump across the right tiles this time, and go up two screens.
16.Jump across the Up/Down tiles (carefully). Go up twice.
17.BOSS: LAVA KING - You can't kill this boss with conventional weapons; he is immune
to them. What you must do is release his perch so that he falls into the water.
The upper left tile causes the switch which destroys the left link of the perch.
The lower right tile on the perch itself causes the switch which destroys the right
link. Simply hit these two switches while avoiding fire and fireballs and the boss
will die. Go right.
18.Go upstairs twice, then up through the exit.
Follow the path to the Castle. You can't get in because you're male, so instead
travel around the perimeter of the castle to the right to eventually find the Fortune
Teller's camp. Talk to the Teller to be asked a favor. The Teller will get you into
the Castle if you can find the Crystal Ball. Leave. Walk up through the secret
passage in the mountains to the north, going downstairs in the passage to find a Big
Heart. Follow the path to the lone hut. This is the Ghost Village. Look for the
tombstone which is a slightly different color from the rest. It's the entrance to the
next cave.
Cave #3
1. Go up from the entrance (where have you heard that before?).
2. Kill the Dog Skeletons. Go left.
3. Kill Skulls and Dog Skeletons. The tile on the far left causes the lower door
switch. Go down. If you go up, you'll find Double Hearts, but you'll have to take
the false exit and reenter the cave again.
4. Quickly jump across the water to avoid the invisible ghost coming at you. The
right tile causes the door switch. Go down.
5. Kill Mummies. The tile causes the chest switch. The chest contains the Rod of
Sight, which allows you to see invisible creatures. Go down.
6. Use the Rod of Sight here to see the ghosts. Kill them. The tile causes the door
switch. Go down.
7. Kill Skulls. The upper tile on the right wall causes the switch which opens the
right wall. Go right. If you go down, you again find Double Hearts and a false
exit.
8. Use the Rod of Sight to see the ghosts. Kill them and go right.
9. Get the Double Hearts and go back left.
10.Use the Rod of Sight once again to see the ghosts. Kill again and go down.
11.Kill the one Slug here. DO NOT GO UP THE STAIRS!!! This is actually quite tricky.
The Slug was concealing a secret passage in the right wall. Make sure you go
right. The stairs, of course, are another false exit.
12.Use the Rod of Sight one last time. Kill the ghosts which appear. You'll have to
go through the wall in the bottom left to get the last one. Killing them opens up
the lower wall. Go back to the room on the left and then come back through the
first passage. Go down. You don't need the Rod of Sight again because the ghosts
won't get in your way when you come back.
13.Get the Double Hearts and go back up.
14.The left tile on the upper wall causes the door switch. Go right.
15.Avoid the fireballs being shot at you. The tile causes the door switch. Go right.
16.This room is dark. Kill the Bats. Don't worry about that Up/Down tile which you
hear. Jump to the right to cause the switch which opens the lower wall. Go down.
17.Kill Mummies and the Skull. Go down.
18.Kill the Skull. The bottom left tile causes the Lantern, which lights up the dark
rooms for a short period of time. Go back up.
19.Kill Mummies and the Skull again. Go up.
20.Kill Bats again. Go all the way to the right and walk through the right wall.
Follow these directions very carefully now. Jump down to get the Rod of Sight.
Jump right. Walk up and through the right wall. Jump down, down, right, up, up.
The switch will open the far right wall. Walk through the next wall. Now use the
Lantern so you can see the Up/Down tiles. Carefully jump across them. You can go
slow if you want because you have 5 uses of the Lantern and this is the only room
you need it in. Once you get across, go right.
21.Kill the Arms. Go right.
22.The right tile in the center of the bottom wall will open the right door, but it's
just a dead end. Instead, go to the top center of the screen and jump up and off
the screen.
23.Kill the Dog Skeletons. Go up.
24.Kill Mummies. The left tile causes a Stopwatch if you want it. Go up.
25.Get Double Hearts. The lower right tile in the upper set causes the door switch.
Go up.
26.Go left here.
27.Kill Arms. The upper left tile causes the Rod of Sight. Go back to the right.
28.Use the Rod of Sight to see Ghosts. Kill them and go right.
29.Use the Rod of Sight to see Ghosts. Kill them and go right. (deja vu)
30.Kill the Dog Skeletons. The left tile in the upper right causes the Magic Mirror
which you must have for the next room. Go right.
31.Use the Mirror to deflect the Wizard's fireballs back at him. Kill them all and go
right.
32.Kill Mummies. Go down.
33.Use the Rod of Sight here to see a Ghost. Kill it and you can go left.
34.Get the Double Hearts and go back right.
35.Get the Bola. The tile causes the door switch. Go down.
36.Kill Skulls and Wizards. The lower switch on the right wall causes another Rod of
Sight. Go left.
37.Use the Rod of Sight. YIKES!
BOSS: MAXIE - He shoots ghosts at you which you can kill. Avoid the fireballs and
shoot Bolas at Maxie. When he stops moving, fire rapidly at him. If you run out
of Bolas, you can Yo-Yo him at the extreme left and right edges, but it's a pain.
He will speed up very fast when he is close to dying. When he's dead, go left.
38.The tile causes the door switch. Go up. (Note: There's a ghost in this room if
you use the Rod of Sight. Why the hell is it there?)
39.Jump on the top tile 3 times. The lake will drain.
Get the Crystal Ball from the drained lake and leave the Ghost Village. Go back to
the Fortune Teller and give her the Crystal Ball. She will now disguise you so you
may enter the castle. Talk to the people inside, and then go upstairs and talk to the
Queen. She will give you a new weapon, the Shooting Star. You must have at least 6
red hearts to use it, otherwise you'll use your Yo-Yo. Go back downstairs and talk to
the Head Warrior (in the upper right). She'll tell you how to get through the cave to
the west. Go back outside, and the Fortune Teller will change you back to Mike.
Leave the Castle. Now go west along the sandy path and into the next cave.
Cave #4
1. Go up from the entrance. (really?)
2. Remember what the Head Warrior told you here. If you forgot, she said shout
"Abracadbra!" and jump on the switch 10 times. Do that, and then go up. (Note
the Abracadbra part is optional.)
3. Get Double Hearts. Kill Octos. Jump across to the left. Go down.
4. Kill Octos. Go left.
5. Kill Mudfish. Go left. (Shooting Star's cool, yes?)
6. Kill Octos and Mudfish. Go up.
7. Go up through the exit. (That's it??)
Yes, that was it. Walk down and left through the secret passage in the mountains.
Talk to the guy in the hut. Now go down into the NEXT cave. (sigh...)
Cave #5
1. Guess what you do first.
2. Kill Snakes. Go right.
3. Kill Skulls. The tile in the upper right tile causes the Baseball Bat. How do you
get there, you ask? Simple. Stand underneath it and jump towards it. Seriously.
A tile will appear to save you from falling into the water. Get the Bat and go
right.
4. Kill Skeletons. Go right.
5. Jump very quickly across the Sink tiles. If you linger for even a moment, you will
die. Kill the Skull. The tile on the right of the right Sink tile causes the door
switch. Go right.
6. Jump on the right tile to cause the chest switch. Leap towards it, another tile
appears. The chest contains Bolas. The upper tile causes the door switch. Go up.
7. Go downstairs.
8. Go right.
9. Jump across the Sink tiles, then jump across the Up/Down tile. Kill the guys
jumping out of the lava. The tile near the Up/Down tile causes the door switch.
Go up.
10.Kill the Bee and the Lava Monster. Go up.
11.Jump across the Up/Down tiles. The left tile causes Double Hearts, but you need to
utilize the Stopwatch to get them safely. Get them and go up.
12.The bottom left tile causes the door switch. The upper left tile (jump towards it
from the right) causes a Sign. The left tile causes the switch which opens the
left wall. Go left, because up is a dead end.
13.Get the Potion and Double Hearts. Go back right.
14.The right tile causes the switch which opens the right wall. Go right.
15.Kill Lava Guys (not to be confused with Lava Monsters). Go right.
16.Kill Eyes. Go right.
17.Go upstairs.
18.Go up.
19.Kill Water Monsters. The tile causes the door switch. Go up.
20.Kill the Purple Demon. The tile causes the door switch. Go up.
21.Kill the Eye. The tile causes the switch which opens the right wall, but don't go
that way. Go up.
22.Kill the Purple Demon. Go right.
23.The left tile causes the switch which opens the right wall. The upper tile causes
the door switch. Go right, down is a dead end.
24.Kill the Purple Demon. Go down.
25.Kill the Snake, but do not go down. Look for a secret passage about the middle of
the left wall. It's unmarked so you have to search for it.
26.Jump on the geyser to be propelled to the top of the mountain.
Here you'll meet the Mountain Hermit who will give you the Scroll to wake up
Bananette. Now you'll run back to the village (through some unknown dark route) and
read the humorous scroll to wake up the girl. She will immediately be hungry and ask
for a banana cream pie, but that's not your concern. In return, the Chief has ordered
the repair of Sub-C and when you leave you find it is indeed repaired. You will then
sail off to the east yet again.
*END OF CHAPTER 3* (finally)
*CHAPTER 4: CONFESSION*
This chapter is blessedly short, compared to that last marathon. Sail east, dock, and
enter the hut. Talk to the residents of Tunacola and then head out again. Sail east
and you will be swallowed by a huge whale! Inside, travel left and you will find
Baboo once again. He will explain to you some interesting details about what happened
to Dr. J and then come up with an idea about how to get out of this blasted whale.
Let's start a fire! Sure, just need a lighter. Follow these directions as best you
can to get the Lighter: Right, right, down, right, up, dive, up, left, left, down,
left, dive, up, left, up, left, left, down, right, down, through the secret passage
(bubbles), down, get out, down, right, right, and presto! There it is. Now go back
exactly the same way and talk to Baboo again. You'll start the fire (where'd the wood
come from?) and the whale will spit you out. You'll land on an island. Baboo will
talk some more to you. Then go back to Sub-C and input the frequency. Wait a minute,
what frequency? Remember the letter that came attached to the instruction manual? Oh
wait, maybe you bought a used copy of this game from Funcoland and didn't get that or
just simply lost it. Well, if you still have the letter, get it and dip it in water.
Input the number that you see. For the rest of you, the number is 747. What this
does is allow Nav-Com to track Dr. J's signal. (I didn't know Dr. J had a homing
device on him.) Anyway, you sail east once again.
*END OF CHAPTER 4*
*CHAPTER 5: CAPTAIN BELL*
Start by sailing to the dock. Get out and go to the village. Talk to everyone and
then the Chief of Bellcola. He will say how you need the help of Peter to get rid of
Captain Bell's ship which is blocking the strait. Leave and go west. Meet Peter, the
parrot. Of course, he requests a gift. ("No gift no chat!") Let's see, what would
a parrot want? Go back to Sub-C, travel east and then south until you find a place
you can dive. Dive and then dive again moving north. Find the secret passage and
dock. Go to the hut to the north. The guy will try and get you interested in fishing
and give you a fresh worm. A worm! Just what a parrot would want. So, head on back
to Peter and give him that nice tasty worm. What's that he's saying now? Sounds like
notes. Hmmm. Well, go on back to Sub-C and then go back to the dock near the hut.
Look for a secret passage in the mountains going west. At the end of the first secret
tunnel go west instead of north to find the second secret tunnel. Go through this to
get to Captain Bell's memorial. Inside, talk to the woman. Now see the giant organ.
Hmm, now what do you do with a giant organ? Play music, of course! But what to play?
How about those notes Peter was saying? Do you remember them? Did you write them
down like any good adventurer would, knowing that it was a clue? No? Okay, well the
notes are Do Me So Fa Do Me. Play them on the organ. Through a strange coincidence,
the fire blocking the stairs will now go out. Go down the stairs. Go down the next
set of stairs that you see. Look for a false wall on the left side of the small room.
Get the Big Heart in the secret room. Go back up and continue outside. Follow the
path to get to the requisite cave.
Cave
1. This is a really really long one so make sure you have plenty of time. We break
the monotony of just going up at the entrance by killing a Slug at the entrance.
But, it's not hiding anything. However, there's a secret passage on the right wall
that leads to Double Hearts. Get them and now go up.
2. Kill Bats. Go left.
3. The upper right and lower right tiles cause Double Hearts. But this is an
earthquake room. Jump quickly across the tiles because they will fall. The upper
left tile causes the door switch, make sure you hit it quickly. Go for the Double
Hearts if you think you can make it. Go left.
4. Run to the left. The Spears will just miss you. Jump on the tile fast before the
Spear hits you. It causes the switch which opens the left wall. One square right
of the opening in the purple blocks, jump up so the Spear passes under you. Go
left.
5. The Silver Ball can't be killed, but you can hit it so it moves. The upper right
tile causes the switch that opens the left wall. Jump over the ball when it comes
close, and go left.
6. Go left. Grab the Double Hearts quickly to avoid the Spears. Quickly go back to
the right to avoid the Spears again.
7. Go down. Kill Snakes and the Bat, and get the Sign. Go back up.
8. Go up. Kill the Rat. This isn't a dead end, there is a false floor in the upper
right corner of this little section. Fall through it, and quickly run to the lower
right stairs to avoid the Stakes. Back in the room again, search along the wall to
your left to find the secret passage that leads to the other side of the room. Go
left.
9. Kill Snakes and Bat. Go down.
10.Go left.
11.Kill Bats, but stay on the tile you're on while you're doing that. As soon as you
move, the earthquake starts. Jump straight to the left quickly. The lower left
tile causes the door switch. Go left.
12.This giant Bowling Ball will kill you instantly if you touch it. So, don't touch
it. Avoid it by moving left one niche at a time when the coast is clear. The
upper left tile causes the door switch. The lower left tile causes the Mirror,
which you will again need. Go left.
13.Kill the Pirates by using the Mirror like you did on the Wizards. Also kill the
Snake. Go left.
14.Hit the Silver Ball right in front of you. Grab the Rod of Sight, go into the
upper passage, and hit the Silver Ball. The left tile causes the upper door
switch. Go up.
15.Jump immediately forward off of the Sink tile onto a solid one which causes the
door switch. The left and right tiles cause Double Hearts. This room demands
exact timing with all the Sink tiles in it. Be careful. Grab the Double Hearts
and go back down.
16.Get into the left passage. The upper tile causes the switch which opens the left
wall. Go left.
17.The upper tile on the left side causes the Baseball Bat. Use the Rod of Sight here
to reveal a Ghost. Kill it and go down.
18.Get the Potion. The lower tile on the right side causes the door switch. Go up
and then back right.
19.Get into the lower passage. The left tile causes the door switch. Go down.
20.Kill Snakes and the Bat. Go down.
21.Kill Dodos. Go left.
22.Another bowling ball. This one is harder. The right tile causes the switch which
opens the left wall. Of course, the switch appears on the left side of the room.
Follow after the Bowling Ball as it's still going left (don't get too close), and
duck into the upper passage. As it passes again, run to the switch. DO NOT GO UP!
It's a dead end and when you come back you will be faced with an extremely
difficult task of trying to hit the tile again. Just go left like you're supposed
to.
23.The tile causes the door switch. Go up.
24.Just jump quickly across all the tiles to avoid the Bats. Go up.
25.Kill the Purple Demons, but don't go right. That way leads back to the room with
the Baseball Bat. And you will have to come all the way back around again.
Instead, use the Rod of Sight to reveal a Ghost. Kill it and the left wall will
open. Go left.
26.The upper left tile causes the door switch. Go left.
27.Avoid the Stakes in this room by watching what line they're moving on and getting
out of the way. Be careful, they CAN come through tiles. The center tile causes
the door switch. The right tile causes Double Hearts. Go left.
28.Run to the left to avoid both the Stake chasing you and the Spears. But don't jump
straight to the Up/Down tile because it will be going down. Instead, jump in place
(over the Spear repeatedly) until you can jump across the Up/Down tile safely. Run
to the left to avoid more Spears. The first tile causes the door switch. Go left.
29.One more Bowling Ball. This one is very smart. You can't outrun it, nor can you
use the strategy of moving up one niche at a time. What you actually have to do is
stop it with your weapon. First, get it so that it's on your right side, then
freeze it, run to the left, freeze it when it gets close, and keep running to the
left until you reach the tiles. The upper left tile causes the door switch. The
lower left tile causes the Mirror, which hopefully you will not need to chance
getting since you should already have them unless you died along the way. Go left.
30.Kill Pirates and Snakes. Go up.
31.Lots of unmarked secret passages here. Go through the one to the right, then walk
all the way up, and back to the left through the other passage. Jump on the tile
three times to start the water flowing. The ship will fill with water and sink.
You'll then get back in Sub-C and travel north through the previously blocked
strait.
*END OF CHAPTER 5*
*CHAPTER 6: REUNION*
This area is very large, so follow these directions as best you can to try not to get
lost. These directions are probably vague in some parts, simply because everything
looks similar. Oh well, those are NES graphics for you.
Go east between the two islands. There's a secret passage, find it and go through it,
and then dock. Talk to the people in this village. Go back to Sub-C. Nav-Com will
give you coordinates as to the whereabouts of Dr. J's location. His coordinates are
in relation to where you are. Travel north and west until you can find black wavy
water you can dive in. Dive and then dive in the wavy water east of you. You'll
surface near an island with stairs. Go down the stairs to get a Big Heart. Go back
in Sub-C, travel east and find the secret passage through the land. Travel south and
you'll see a bunch of wavy water. Take the second one from the left. When you
surface, travel south and dive in the bottom most wavy water. Then, take the wavy
water just west of you. When you surface and start moving, Nav-Com will start
screaming coordinates at you. Look for the secret passage going east through the
land. Follow Nav-Com's coordinates until it says the signal stopped. Dive down.
This is a little underwater tunnel. Go north through it. Just keep walking north and
don't worry about the darkness. Follow the path until you find the cave entrance.
Cave #1
1. Go up from the entrance.
2. Kill Snakes. Go up.
3. Get the Anklet. It increases your jumping power so you can now jump two squares
instead of one. The tiles in this room cause chest switches. The chests contain
Double Hearts. Go up.
4. Kill Mummies. Go left.
5. Jump across the bottom tiles to get the Anklet. Then kill the Octos. Go left.
6. Jump across the Sink tiles. Now carefully kill the Mummies. One of the tiles
causes the chest switch. The chest contains Double Hearts. See the tile in the
upper right? Jump from the top Sink tile towards it. Two tiles will appear. That
tile that you're jumping towards causes a Potion. Go up.
7. Kill the Sea Creature. Go up.
8. BOSS: SPIKED SEAHORSE - He's just like the Giant Octo boss. Kill him the same way
(except of course, you don't have the Snowman's power). The lower right tile
causes the Anklet. Go left.
9. The tile causes the door switch. Go up.
10.Thought you were done? No way. There is more than one boss in this cave. Kill
Sea Creatures. Go up.
11.This is tricky. There are three secret passages on the left wall, in the top,
middle, and bottom. Go through the bottom secret passage. The tile causes the
switch which opens the upper wall. Go back into the previous room again.
12.Go through the top secret passage. Get the Anklet. The tile here causes a chest
switch. Jump down to the middle strip of land. Hit the Light tile and illuminate
this room. Now hit the switch. The chest contains Double Hearts. The tile below
the chest causes another chest switch. This chest contains Baseballs. Go up.
13.Get the Spikes, and use them to kill the Lobsters. (Neat, huh?) Go left.
14.Avoid the fireballs being shot at you. Kill Sea Creatures. The upper tile on this
side of the room causes the Anklet. The lower tile causes Double Hearts. Go over
to the left side of the room and kill more Sea Creatures. The lower tile causes
Double Hearts. Go up.
15.Kill Mummies. Go up.
16.Kill Snakes. Go up.
17.BOSS: FACE STATUE - Wait until he comes out of the wall. Jump over his
projectiles while throwing Baseballs into his open mouth. When he's dead, go up.
18.Go up through the exit.
Follow the path all the way to the east, then go north until you reach the stairs. Go
down them to find a Big Heart. Go all the way back to the beginning and then go
north, east, and north again to find the big rock. Look at it and then go around it
and then north to reach the next cave.
Cave #2
1. Do NOT go up from the entrance! Instead, go through the secret passage to the
right. The third tile from the bottom causes the door switch. Go up through this
door.
2. Kill Rats. Get Double Hearts. Go up.
3. Kill Bats. Avoid the Knives the same way you avoided the Stakes earlier in the
game. Go up.
4. Get the Asterisk. It's a weapon that fires out in front of you, then splits into
two and goes perpendicular to the original flight path when you press the button
again. Use this weapon to kill the Snakes easily. Go up.
5. Use the Asterisk again to kill the Snakes. The Purple Urchin is like the Silver
Ball of before. Get past it the same way and go up.
6. Kill Bees. The second tile from the left causes the switch which opens the upper
wall, but go left first.
7. Get Double Hearts and go back right.
8. Kill Bees again or just run up.
9. Kill Bats. Go up.
10.Kill Purple Creatures. Avoid the Fuzzies. You can't kill them, and they don't
hurt you, but they will cause you to be unable to use your weapon for five seconds
if they touch you. Go left.
11.Go up, around, and down. Get the Double Hearts. Walk left through the secret
passage (don't go up). Get more Double Hearts. The tile causes the door switch.
Go left.
12.BOSS: WEIRD CREATURE - Jump over his projectiles and fire with the Shooting Star.
You can use the Asterisk too but it's more difficult. The tile in this room causes
a Sign. When the boss is dead, go up.
13.The tiles cause Double Hearts, an Asterisk, and the door switch. Go up.
14.Use the Asterisk to kill the Snakes. Get past the Purple Urchin and go up.
15.The Invisible Creatures can only be killed when they're firing, but they can still
hurt you when they dash across the room. You might want to use the Asterisk and
"lead" them into the shot. Go up.
16.Kill Bees. The left and right tiles cause Double Hearts and an Asterisk. Go up.
17.Kill Invisible Creatures. Go up.
18.Kill Bats. Avoid the Knives and get the Double Hearts. Go up.
19.Kill the Purple Mummy. Go up.
20.Kill Purple Mummies. Avoid the Fuzzies and go left through the secret passage.
21.Go to the bottom of the screen and jump down.
22.Get the Potion. The left tile causes the Asterisk. The right tile causes the
switch that opens the lower wall. Go down.
23.BOSS: 2 WEIRD CREATURES - Same strategy. When dead, go left.
24.The tile causes the door switch. Go up.
25.Don't worry about the darkness. Go up.
26.BOSS: TWIN STATUES - Basically stay at the bottom and jump over their bullets.
The Asterisk is the perfect weapon against them. Make sure you're centered when
you fire. When dead, go up.
27.Go up through the exit.
Follow the path and you will finally meet none other than Dr. J. He'll explain what
the heck's going on and let you pass. Continue along the path and go up the stairs
when you reach them.
*END OF CHAPTER 6*
*CHAPTER 7: ALIEN SPACESHIP*
An alien spaceship? Of course! Walk north into it.
UFO
This spaceship is very large and confusing, so follow these directions for the easiest
route through it. You're going to skip some sections of it simply because you'll just
fight tough battles with little reward. So here we go:
1. Go up from the entrance. (Yes, even in an alien spaceship.)
2. Destroy the Turrets while jumping over their bullets. Get the Quadruple Hearts and
go up.
3. Kill the Spaceman by shooting him while timing your jump over his bullets. Your
timing has to be good against these guys, but if you've made it this far in the
game, I imagine it's good enough. Go up.
4. Destroy the Turrets. Get the Pill. It will recharge your life to 22 hearts, but
the extra hearts will gradually diminish until you get down to your actual maximum.
Destroy the wall above the turret (it's weak). Go up.
5. Get the Spikes. Go back down.
6. Destroy the Turrets once again. Go right.
7. Kill Spacemen. Note the green ones are more powerful. Go right.
8. Destroy the Turret and Spacemen. Get the Ray Gun. You can use this effectively as
a substitute for the Shooting Star if your life dips to below 6 hearts. Go back
left and then down.
9. Kill Spacemen and grab another Ray Gun. Go into the Warp.
10.Take the upper Warp.
11.Destroy the Turret and Spaceman. Get the Quadruple Hearts and Potion. Go right.
12.Destroy the Turret and Spaceman. Destroy the weak wall above the Turret. Go up.
13.Get the Pill and go back down.
14.Destroy the Turret and Spacemen again. Go all the way to the right and then down.
15.Run quickly down to avoid the Flying Ships screaming at you.
16.Kill tons of Spacemen. Get the Quadruple Hearts. Go left along the bottom.
17.Jump across the bottom quickly. Shoot/jump any Flying Ships that get in your way.
There's an infinite number of them so just keep going. Get the Ray Gun and go into
the Warp.
18.Go into the Warp right next to you.
19.Go left.
20.BOSS: TWIN ROBOT SOLDIERS - Get the Anklet. You'll probably want to get rid of
the Turret first. Then simply jump around avoiding bullets while firing at them
with the Ray Gun. Don't let them touch you. When they die, go up.
21.Go up through the exit.
You'll have a choice of three stairs to take. Two of them lead to each other. Take
the one in the lower right corner to proceed. You'll find the first Magic Cube. It
will turn your Shooting Star into the long-awaited Supernova. This weapon has full-
screen range and twice the Shooting Star's power, but requires 11 red hearts (one full
row) to use. Go into the next section.
UFO Part II
1. Go up from the entrance.
2. Kill Spacemen, but get the Quadruple Hearts first so you can use your brand
spanking new weapon. Go right.
3. Kill Spacemen and a Green Creature. Get the Ray Gun and Quadruple Hearts. Go
right.
4. Kill Spacemen. Destroy the weak upper wall. Go up.
5. Get the Potion and go back down.
6. Kill Spacemen or just run right.
7. Kill Green Creatures and the Spaceman. Go right.
8. Kill the Spaceman. The red Stars don't stop coming from the hole, so shoot just
enough to get past. Get the Ray Gun and Quadruple Hearts. Go up.
9. Kill Spacemen. Go into the Warp.
10.Kill Green Creatures. Go right.
11.Kill Flying Robots. Destroy the weak upper wall. Go up.
12.Get the Super Ray Gun and go back down.
13.Kill Flying Robots or just run right.
14.Kill Spacemen, avoid the Red Stars, and grab the Pill and Ray Gun. Go right.
15.Kill Flying Robots. Watch out for that nasty beam. Don't try and jump over it;
you can't. Wait on the far left until it shuts off and then run for it. Go right.
16.Kill the Spacemen while staying on this narrow strip of land you're on. Run past
another beam and go right.
17.Kill Flying Robots. Get the Quadruple Hearts and Super Ray Gun. Go up.
18.BOSS: FAT SPACEMAN - Shoot at him from the center with either the Supernova or Ray
Gun (the regular one). When he charges at you, jump to the sides and over his
bullets. Return to the center when he flies back up. When he's dead, go right.
There isn't anything in the secret room.
19.Kill the Spaceman. If you want that Ray Gun, be careful when you go after it.
Destroy the weak upper wall and go up.
20.Get the Super Ray Gun and go back down.
21.Kill the Spaceman or just run right.
22.Kill Flying Robots. Jump across the Opening Tiles, which are sort of like Up/Down
tiles. If you jump on them when they're open, you'll fall through the trapdoor and
die. Get the Double Hearts and go right.
23.This part is tricky. Jump back and forth across the strips of land avoiding the
Heat Panels. Try to alternate which side you jump to, that seems to work better.
The Heat Panels cause 7 1/2 hearts of damage so be extremely careful. Gradually
work your way to the right until you can go that way.
24.BOSS: GREEN ROBOT - You can't kill him with conventional weapons. You'll have to
kill him another way. Shoot him with your Supernova or Ray Gun. They won't hurt
him, but they will drive him back to the right side. Jump over the projectiles he
shoots at you while laying down constant fire. When you can reach the tile, jump
on it. Now go back to the left and hit the switch, which drops the right side of
this platform you're on. During the time you went back to hit the switch, he may
have recovered and managed to get onto the part that didn't fall. If this happens,
shoot him rapidly, driving him back to try to make him fall over the edge. He'll
be very reluctant to go, but it's not an impossible task. Just fire away. When he
dies, go up.
Follow this maze around and you'll eventually stumble upon the second Magic Cube.
This one will give you as many hearts as possible (22). The spaceship will now take
off and begin orbiting the planet. Uh-oh!
*END OF CHAPTER 7*
*CHAPTER 8: FINAL BATTLE*
Walk up and you'll talk to this strange being named Zoda. (I think he's trying to use
the telekinesis strategy that Andross used in Star Fox.) He tells you how pitiful you
are, etc. Jamming bananas in your ears, you enter the tunnel.
Tunnel
1. Go up from the entrance. (for the last time)
2. BOSS: ZODA - The boss already? Yes! He's really dangerous so don't mess around.
Quickly grab that Ray Gun and prepare to use it. Do not touch this boss's hand or
head because you will die instantly. Also, you may take, at most, one hit from the
eyes he shoots at you. So here's your strategy: Stand in the center. If his hand
appears, run to the screen opposite where it came from. It'll just miss you if
you're fast. If his head appears, shoot it. Don't get too close because it moves
randomly and can catch you by surprise. Jump over the eyes he shoots at you like
every other projectile. Go back to the center after each of his attacks. With
patience and a clear head, you'll win this battle. After Zoda retreats (and
changes forms) go left.
3. Yes, you have to fight through one last cave/tunnel. Grab the Pill for a welcome
life boost. Kill those Spacemen. Go all the way left and down.
4. Kill Spacemen and the new Window Spacemen. Go left.
5. See the trapdoor? JUMP INTO IT when it opens. You won't die. Trust me.
6. You'll fall into this crowded room with a bunch of Spacemen already in it. Kill
them all. You'll probably take some punishment but don't worry about it. Try and
save the Pill until this battle is over. Get the Ray Gun also. Go up.
7. Get 3 Potions (you'll need them) and the Super Ray Gun (you'll need that too). Go
back down, right, and into the Warp.
8. You'll end up back in the first area again so head back to the room with the
trapdoor. This time don't fall in but go left instead.
9. BOSS: ENGINE - Here's a toughie. Don't go all the way to the bottom because Red
Stars will constantly hit you. When the trapdoors open, quickly shoot the Spaceman
who jumps out. Then, stand on the center trapdoor and fire at the core with the
Supernova or Super Ray Gun. It changes appearance as it's taking damage. The main
problem is, it heals itself a certain amount each time it closes up. You have to
"stay ahead" of its healing enough. Just shoot as fast as possible when it's
open. But, when the bottom trapdoors open, quickly jump off the center one and
kill the Spaceman. You don't want to fall into the trapdoors because you'll land
back in that room with all the Spacemen and have to warp all the way back to the
start again, which is very frustrating at this point. When you finally best the
Engine, go left.
10.You can shoot this constant stream of red creatures to recharge yourself since they
often leave Hearts and Stars. You'll need all your health for the next battle.
11.Go up as far as possible into the next room.
12.BOSS: ZODA II - Oh boy. The last boss. Ya psyched? Here goes. Stay as far away
from him as possible, but keeping him on the screen. Fire at him with the
Supernova. You'll want to make every effort to keep your life level above 11
hearts because you need the Supernova's range against him. Jump around to avoid
his bullets. Be very careful when jumping, it's very easy in this room to make a
mistake and jump into a pit. You would then need to start all over again, which is
a giant pain, so stay focused. Zoda can jump long distances too so be prepared.
Just play keep away with him and don't ever let him get close to you. You can use
the regular Ray Gun if you can't use the Supernova. Don't use the Super Ray Gun
because its range is too short. After enormous punishment, Zoda will finally die.
Go up to the exit.
13.Get the last Magic Cube and then, well, see what happens!