Star Force
NES-FO-USATecmo(tm)Star Force(tm)Instructions---1. Game storyIn the year 2010 of Dimension Almanac, there was a mysterious planet namedGORDESS which was moving in the darkness of the cosmos for the purpose ofmass murder and plunder. Everyone gave up fighting against GORDESS because ofits awesome power. One day a brave soldier riding a space patroller challengedGORDESS to fight. People called this space patroller "FINAL STAR", wishing tobe saved. You must bring an end to the murders which have been committed forthe 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. MissionYour mission is to attack GORDESS by controlling FINAL STAR. GORDESS isdivided into 24 areas. FINAL STAR will encounter enemies in each area. FINALSTAR is armed with a Star Beam Gun, which he uses to destroy the enemies. Thisis a powerful weapon enabling FINAL STAR to attack GORDESS.---4. EnemiesThere are a number of enemies. The following gives a brief description of eachalong with their attack patterns and point values.- GALLI 100 ptsIntercepter fighters which appear on the opposite side against FINAL STAR overthe 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 ptsHigh-speed fighting vessel which makes a straight advance and then afterpassing FINAL STAR changes its direction at a high speed to make a direct frontal attack. Fire upon it at your first opportunity.- ETTORI 100 ptsVintage unmanned fighting plane allowed to change its direction at a rightangle. As it is an old-type fighter, it stops for a short period of time fordirectional change. Fire upon it when it pauses.- ZOFF 100 ptsFighter-bomber which appears at any place from upper zone of the display andflies in zigzag directions.- FAILLAR 100 ptsHeavy bomber which shoots a bullet while making a straight advance.- MEEUWS 300 ptsUltra-magnetic torpedo boat destroyer coming up to the side of FINAL STAR andthen turns at right angle to attack him. Shoot it before it nears FINAL STAR.- OBSESS 500 ptsAutomatic guided space mine. As far as you run away without attacking it, youwill be chased indefinitely. Shoot it now.- LOPE 100 ptsNew type unmanned fighting plane which appears in the same way as GALLI andflies slowly in large or small circles on the right hand and the left handalternately.- QUIRI 100 ptsHeavy bomber which is an improvement upon FAILLAR and makes a straight advanceprior to turning to attack FINAL STAR. Destroy it by successive shooting in the lower zone.- RIVA 200 ptsFighting plane which appears in the same way as GALLI. It does not scroll outdownward, but turns reversely in a circle.- SPLITTA 500 ptsHard reflecting plate mine. Each time a bullet is shot, SPLITTA is subject tofission. After three times of fission, shooting it again causes it to explode.Failure to shoot it allows it to chase FINAL STAR.- GADOHA 500 ptsUnmanned scout plane which flies in waves in an unexpected manner and stops inthe center of the display. After pausing for a few moments, it flies away shooting bullets. Shoot it before being shot.- GIRARD 1,000 ptsFloating mine which moves in zigzag directions to the right and left. At leasteight bullets should be shot to destroy GIRARD. Your success in destroying itleads to the explosion of all the enemies displayed.- AMARA 100 ptsHigh-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 leftquickly to shoot bullets successively.- NEIRA 500 ptsNew-type fighting plane appearing at a point-symmetrical place against FINALSTAR. (If FINAL STAR is in the lower corner on the right hand side, NEIRAappears in the upper corner on the left hand side and starts to attack him.)- TOPPER 1,000 ptsBarrier-type fighting plane. Despite its three-layer barriers, shooting fourbullets destroys it. Each hit causes it to move wider horizontally.- SULTAN 100 ptsMagnetic fighting planes which appear on the opposite side against FINAL STARover the center line on the display. They fly in a slanted direction and stopfor a short period of time for directional change.- SUPER SONIC 300 ptsSmall magnetic weapon making a straight and high-speed advance.- ZMUDA 1,000 ptsAn object on the surface used as an energy storage atation. Shooting it fourtimes destroys it.- BIGO 100 ptsAn object on the surface serving as an energy station and an entrance/exitleading to and from an underground world.- GUILER 1,000 ptsHuge airplane carrier which flies up from the lower part of the display, drawing waves.- BIGORRA 300 ptsFortresses on the surface. There are airplane sheds, control systems, powersources and weapons, and also powder magazines. In the inner area, idols forGODS 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 prisonconvoy "CALDERON" appears. PURSER, your ally is imprisoned in CALDERON. FINALSTAR can be combined with PURSER into one by destroying CALDERON and savingPURSER, 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 isbest for him to near an enemy sideways and upon light contact, shoot a bulletat the enemy. the destruction of an enemy beside FINAT STAR is feasible. Thistechnique is effective to attack OBSESS.---6. Seven mysteries1. Hidden (H) 2,000 ptsHidden in the underground invisible to the naked eye. Shooting a bullet causesHIDDEN to appear and shooting four bullets causes its destruction.2. Bonus target 500 ptsThere are bonus targets in certain areas. You can obtain the bonus of 10,000points 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 andthen 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 placeeach time.4. Alpha targetComputer-control command ship appears at the end of each area to hinder FINALSTAR. You cannot clear an area without destroying it. Shooting eight bulletscauses ALPHA TARGET to be destroyed. It moves to the right or left.5. LariosSuper-magnetic combined floating fortress. First, a blinking red core appearsand allows eight fortresses to be combined into a huge fortress. Shootingeight bullets destroys LARIOS after the fortress formation. In this casae, youcan get no more than 1,000 points. But before the fortress formation, thedestruction of LARIOS by shooting eight bullets allows you to get the bonus of50,000 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 SteguiZMUDAs 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 shooting10 ZMUDAs which stand on one side successively. But failure to shoot one orshooting the other line by mistake requires a restart.---7. Solving the mystery of the earthly picture to unmask GordessA mysterious picture is hidden deep in an area. It is said to provide cluesfor unmasking GORDESS. Your final mission is to locate this picture to debunkGORDESS. You can find the place where CLEOPATRA is hidden by solving themystery of this picture. A bonus of one million points will be yours if yousucceed in making CLEOPATRA appear and destroy it.