AstroAvenger The Bonuses: ------------ Every once in a while, youll be able to snag a bonus after destroying an enemy ship. Bonuses are usually extra money or missiles but you can also get special shields that make you invincible for a short time or repair bonuses to your shields. The key is to snag the bonus without getting hit by enemy fire. The best way to do that is bide your time youll have a little bit of time to snag the bonuses so wait until it gets a little closer and then zoom in, grab it and zoom back out. The Missiles: ------------- There are 5 different missiles you can buy (or earn as bonuses). As you can probably guess, they increase in price and damage factors. NOTE: The prices Im listing are different that the prices in the screen shot. They are: - Straight Cost = $120 This fires two missiles in a straight trajectory so you need to be lined up with your target. - Smart Cost = $400 The Smart Missile seeks out the enemy target on its own - Medusa Cost = $750 (approx) Bigger missile causes bigger damage. - Swarm Cost = $1200 The name says it all. This unleashes a swarm of short-range missiles that do heavy damage - Nuke Cost = $2400 This is the Big Kahuna! These are expensive so save em for the bosses. The Boss: --------- Every round, youll come up against a bigger enemy ship thats hard to destroy. This little sucker will dart around and fire three different weapons at you: - Straight Lasers: Two solid streams of lasr fire that last for a few seconds. These lasers are spaced pretty close together so if you try to position yourself between them, no dice your wings get fried! - Scatter shot A bunch of lil green plasma balls Theres pretty much no way to dodge these but the damage is less than the straight lasers. - Missiles A slew of missiles that fly in arrow formation. Chances are that youll be able to dodge most of em but dodging all of em takes skills! The key to destroying the boss is to learn the timing of each weapon being fired at you and dodging as much fire as you can while laying down some thick weapon fire while blasting it with your missiles. Weapons: -------- It is wise not to use overly powerful weapons as it changes what shows up when you blow up the drones. Some of those upgrades will not show if you start blasting with nukes or over blasting with weapons. It helps to be frugal with your weapons. Nukes: ------ There are only a few times to use nukes, for example during the second battle of world 4, there are two rocks that go by after the first large ship that spits out the little people in front. Only the nukes will destroy those rocks (asteroids). Easy money: ----------- Hit all rocks with anything except nukes. You will get paid for hitting rocks. If you use nukes, you will not get any points or money credits.
