From: tsr@atarihq.com NES-FO-USA Tecmo(tm) Star Force(tm) Instructions --- 1. Game story In the year 2010 of Dimension Almanac, there was a mysterious planet named GORDESS which was moving in the darkness of the cosmos for the purpose of mass murder and plunder. Everyone gave up fighting against GORDESS because of its awesome power. One day a brave soldier riding a space patroller challenged GORDESS to fight. People called this space patroller "FINAL STAR", wishing to be saved. You must bring an end to the murders which have been committed for the past 2,000 years. --- 2. How to operate the controller - Names of controller parts and operating instructions - This game is only A(1) player only! - Select Button Not used. - Start Button Pressing this button starts the game. [Pause Function] Pressing the start button during the game causes the game to be stopped temporarily. And pressing it again restarts the game. Operations for Final Star - Control Pad Controls Final Star in eight directions - A button, B button Pressing one of those two buttons fires a Star Beam Gun. --- 3. Mission Your mission is to attack GORDESS by controlling FINAL STAR. GORDESS is divided into 24 areas. FINAL STAR will encounter enemies in each area. FINAL STAR is armed with a Star Beam Gun, which he uses to destroy the enemies. This is a powerful weapon enabling FINAL STAR to attack GORDESS. --- 4. Enemies There are a number of enemies. The following gives a brief description of each along with their attack patterns and point values. - GALLI 100 pts Intercepter fighters which appear on the opposite side against FINAL STAR over the center line on the display. They fly in zigzag directions in formation. Moving FINAL STAR to right and left, fire upon them immediately. - TITTA 200 pts High-speed fighting vessel which makes a straight advance and then after passing FINAL STAR changes its direction at a high speed to make a direct frontal attack. Fire upon it at your first opportunity. - ETTORI 100 pts Vintage unmanned fighting plane allowed to change its direction at a right angle. As it is an old-type fighter, it stops for a short period of time for directional change. Fire upon it when it pauses. - ZOFF 100 pts Fighter-bomber which appears at any place from upper zone of the display and flies in zigzag directions. - FAILLAR 100 pts Heavy bomber which shoots a bullet while making a straight advance. - MEEUWS 300 pts Ultra-magnetic torpedo boat destroyer coming up to the side of FINAL STAR and then turns at right angle to attack him. Shoot it before it nears FINAL STAR. - OBSESS 500 pts Automatic guided space mine. As far as you run away without attacking it, you will be chased indefinitely. Shoot it now. - LOPE 100 pts New type unmanned fighting plane which appears in the same way as GALLI and flies slowly in large or small circles on the right hand and the left hand alternately. - QUIRI 100 pts Heavy bomber which is an improvement upon FAILLAR and makes a straight advance prior to turning to attack FINAL STAR. Destroy it by successive shooting in the lower zone. - RIVA 200 pts Fighting plane which appears in the same way as GALLI. It does not scroll out downward, but turns reversely in a circle. - SPLITTA 500 pts Hard reflecting plate mine. Each time a bullet is shot, SPLITTA is subject to fission. After three times of fission, shooting it again causes it to explode. Failure to shoot it allows it to chase FINAL STAR. - GADOHA 500 pts Unmanned scout plane which flies in waves in an unexpected manner and stops in the center of the display. After pausing for a few moments, it flies away shooting bullets. Shoot it before being shot. - GIRARD 1,000 pts Floating mine which moves in zigzag directions to the right and left. At least eight bullets should be shot to destroy GIRARD. Your success in destroying it leads to the explosion of all the enemies displayed. - AMARA 100 pts High-speed bomber which flies down to a point just below FINAL STAR in a slanted direction and then flies up. Move FINAL STAR to the right and left quickly to shoot bullets successively. - NEIRA 500 pts New-type fighting plane appearing at a point-symmetrical place against FINAL STAR. (If FINAL STAR is in the lower corner on the right hand side, NEIRA appears in the upper corner on the left hand side and starts to attack him.) - TOPPER 1,000 pts Barrier-type fighting plane. Despite its three-layer barriers, shooting four bullets destroys it. Each hit causes it to move wider horizontally. - SULTAN 100 pts Magnetic fighting planes which appear on the opposite side against FINAL STAR over the center line on the display. They fly in a slanted direction and stop for a short period of time for directional change. - SUPER SONIC 300 pts Small magnetic weapon making a straight and high-speed advance. - ZMUDA 1,000 pts An object on the surface used as an energy storage atation. Shooting it four times destroys it. - BIGO 100 pts An object on the surface serving as an energy station and an entrance/exit leading to and from an underground world. - GUILER 1,000 pts Huge airplane carrier which flies up from the lower part of the display, drawing waves. - BIGORRA 300 pts Fortresses on the surface. There are airplane sheds, control systems, power sources and weapons, and also powder magazines. In the inner area, idols for GODS and demons are deified. What an unearthly sight it is. --- 5. Ultra-techniques - Saving PURSER to be combined into one Fighter! After the combined floating fortress named LALIOS is destroyed, the prison convoy "CALDERON" appears. PURSER, your ally is imprisoned in CALDERON. FINAL STAR can be combined with PURSER into one by destroying CALDERON and saving PURSER, thus making the speeds of FINAL STAR and star beam 1.5 times faster. - Side attack to destroy an enemy beside FINAL STAR! FINAL STAR cannot be destroyed through the light touch of the wings. So it is best for him to near an enemy sideways and upon light contact, shoot a bullet at the enemy. the destruction of an enemy beside FINAT STAR is feasible. This technique is effective to attack OBSESS. --- 6. Seven mysteries 1. Hidden (H) 2,000 pts Hidden in the underground invisible to the naked eye. Shooting a bullet causes HIDDEN to appear and shooting four bullets causes its destruction. 2. Bonus target 500 pts There are bonus targets in certain areas. You can obtain the bonus of 10,000 points by destroying all the bonus targets (B) (b) in each area. 3. Magikka (happy face) ? mark on the surface. Shooting four bullets causes it to be overturned and then two pictures will appear. If one of the two pictures is "KERA", additional FINAL STARs will be stored. KERA is liable to appear at any place each time. 4. Alpha target Computer-control command ship appears at the end of each area to hinder FINAL STAR. You cannot clear an area without destroying it. Shooting eight bullets causes ALPHA TARGET to be destroyed. It moves to the right or left. 5. Larios Super-magnetic combined floating fortress. First, a blinking red core appears and allows eight fortresses to be combined into a huge fortress. Shooting eight bullets destroys LARIOS after the fortress formation. In this casae, you can get no more than 1,000 points. But before the fortress formation, the destruction of LARIOS by shooting eight bullets allows you to get the bonus of 50,000 points. In this case, you must shoot bullets after the center of the core is illuminated. If you shoot them before the illumination of the core, the number of the bullets you shot is added to eight and you will have to shoot that many times at LARIOS to destroy it. 6. Zmuda Stegui ZMUDAs are standing in a double line. This place is called ZMUDA STEGUI. Shooting ZMUDAs at random and destroying all of them will give you a high score. On the other hand, you can get the bonus of 80,000 points by shooting 10 ZMUDAs which stand on one side successively. But failure to shoot one or shooting the other line by mistake requires a restart. --- 7. Solving the mystery of the earthly picture to unmask Gordess A mysterious picture is hidden deep in an area. It is said to provide clues for unmasking GORDESS. Your final mission is to locate this picture to debunk GORDESS. You can find the place where CLEOPATRA is hidden by solving the mystery of this picture. A bonus of one million points will be yours if you succeed in making CLEOPATRA appear and destroy it. ---