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Bangai-O
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Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Crave Entertainment
Translation: Conspiracy Entertainment
System: Dreamcast
Release: March 2001
Genre: Action
Players: 1

FAQ by MrMonkeyMan
mrmonkeyman@hotmail.com
Updated January 21, 2002
Version 0.60

  
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Contents
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1.  Story
2.  Characters
3.  Controls
4.  Game Basics
5.  Tips
6.  Walkthrough
7.  Cheats
8.  Credits
9.  Legal Info
10. The End


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1. The Story - Source, Instruction Manual
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The future, 200 years from now.......
A planet called Dan Star, populated by hot-blooded guys.

At the edge of the known universe lies the planet Dan Star, a USH (United
Stars of Humanity) colony populated by hot blooded guys.

Here Riki Makishi, an impetuous teenager, operates as a rookie officer in
the People's police (PP) - Dan Star's civilian peace keeping force run by
his father, Ban Makishi. Riki spends all his spare time working for the PP
(much to the detriment of his school grades), vigorously pursuing his dream
of becoming the chief of the PP like his father before him. However, Dan Star
is a peaceful planet, and because Riki's low rank he is mostly assigned to
trivial civilian emergencies like finding stray pets or sewage inspection.
But all that is about to change.

The notorious intergalactic crime syndicate, the SF Kosmo Gang, is moving
its operations into USH space. According to USH intelligence reports, the
syndicate has already established a commanding presence on several USH stars,
and is expanding its criminal empire at an alarming rate. It looks like Dan
Star is the next planet to be targeted.

The source of the SF Kosmo Gang's power is their control of the Space Fruit
trade. The syndicate has set up a network of well defended space ports on
planets across the galaxy, and uses them to secretly smuggle these precious
Space Fruits, selling them on the black market at super inflated prices. They
then use the profits of space fruit peddling to produce new weapons and
equipment with which to enforce their regime of terror.

Can Riki, the self proclaimed "Man of all Men", defend Dan Star against the 
evil SF Kosmo Gang? Can he shut down the gang's Space Fruit trade smuggling 
operation? Will his school grades ever improve?


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2. Characters - Source, Instruction Manual
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Riki Makishi
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Impulsive, arrogant, but good natured, Riki is a typical Dan Star teenager.
An officer of the People's Police force, Riki pilots Bangai-O into battle
against the SF Kosmo Gang.

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Mami Makishi
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A quiet, intelligent girl, Mami is always in a good mood. She is loyal to her
family and aids them in any way she can.

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Ban Makishi
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Ban Makishi is the father of Riki and Mami who tends to be rather useless as
an inventor. He is supposed to manage the People's Police in order to use his
inventions as often as he can. His hobby is hacking.

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Bangai-O
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Bangai-O is a super robot controlled by Riki and Mami. Ban hacked into the
data of the robot production of the SF Kosmo Gang and built a robot which
fights for justice. 

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Gai
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The leader of the evil SF Kosmo Gang crime syndicate. He is the heart of
their criminal activities. He is a cruel, powerful man who values the loyalty
of his subjects. However, he will not tolerate any form of treachery or
disobedience. His persistent assaults on Riki and Mami make you wonder if he
has an ulterior motive for attacking them. 

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Sabu
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As his reputation suggest, Sabu is one of the lowest rankings members in the
SF Kosmo Gang. He appears and disappears constantly. Nobody knows if it is
the same person, or if he has a double. He dreams of running his own
restaurant in the future, but unfortunately, he is not very talented when it
comes to preparing Takoyaki and simply cannot resist the waffles of the
goldfish game salesman.

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Mrs. M
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An attractive woman whom provides Riki and Mami with information via the
satellites positioned throughout the levels. The information is sometimes
useful, sometimes stupid. She is very greedy and demands unreasonably high
information fees. Mrs. M is really a bored housewife residing in Minami
Senju, who has been married for 3 years. She keeps her activities as an
informer hidden from her husband.

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Tasogare Deka
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An experienced official of the Nasugamama Guard who infiltrated the SF Kosmo
Gang undercover to find his lost daughter whom he believes has been abducted
by the syndicate. He is very trustworthy, even though his younger colleagues
mock his conventional methods of investigation. His diet is limited to Anpan
and milk.

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Mr. Saraman
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Saraman is a teacher at Riki's and Mami's school. He exclusively teaches
health education. He hates violence, but believes there are no excuses for
truant pupils whom he tracks down and drags back to school. His desire to
catch Riki borders on the unhealthy.

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Miss. W
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The sister of Mrs. M is a high priestess on Osore-zan where she channels the
spirits of dead leaders and lets them communicate with Riki and Mami. Her
personality is irritable, yet she changes noticeably as soon as a ghost takes
possession of her. As a child, she went missing for more then eight years
after disappearing with her sister in the mountains.

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Pai Yohsi
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In the name of a rival gang, the Realm of Darkness, Paikichi joined the SF
Kosmo Gang to learn about their robot technology. He steals technology when
he gets the chance, He is always interested in the personal affairs of
others.

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Kenji
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The lawyer of the SF Kosmo Gang. He charges obscene amounts of money for his
services and uses loopholes in the law to legally protect his criminal
clients. He spent much of his youth in France and is intimately familiar with
criminal law. He likes baking bread and eating snails.

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She used to be one of the leaders of the New York mob but was dismissed due
to re-organization. She joined the SF Kosmo Gang and quickly worked her way
up the ladder. Even though she grew up in New York she does not speak any
English, and instead chooses to communicate using pictures! She loves Jazz.

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Hashioka
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Hashioka owns the construction company which builds all the illegal space
stations for the SF Kosmo Gang. He has numerous contracts with the gang, but
he still lives in a shed since, so far, not a single station has been
completed! He looks like a barbarian, yet when talking about construction,
he displays a refined knowledge of modern architecture and machinery. His
true hobbies are harp recitals and art collecting.

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Nisegai
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Nisegai is a Gai look alike, which the SF Kosmo gang uses sometimes to pose
as Gai during battle. A professional doppelganger must be very committed to
his work, since they must give up their lives to become someone else. Nisegai
became Gai's doppelganger at the age of 10, and nobody remembers his true
identity. His motto is: "You must fool your co-workers before you can fool
your enemies."

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Black Riki
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Black Riki appears to be Riki's double, but in truth he is Riki's younger
brother Saburo who wants to take revenge on the Makishi family for abandoning
him when he was just a baby. When Black Riki discovers that Riki is the star
of a hit videogame (a dream of Black Riki's for years) he snaps and goes
looking for Riki.

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Stevens
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Stevens is a soldier of the 16th battalion, a special military unit dubbed
the Yamada killer troop. Well 'troop' would be more accurate, as Stevens is
in fact the only soldier in the 16th battalion! He is an expert in all forms
of armed and unarmed combat and is equipped with state of the art weaponry.
He is completely dedicated to his missions and would rather die then fail.
His unit is one of the most feared in the entire galaxy, despite consisting
of only a single soldier. 

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Miss Weather
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Miss Weather presents the weather forecast at a local TV station. She is very
successful, and is considering starting her own business since she is
currently in such great demand! In the past, she had a unique experience when
she performed as a singer together with two colleagues from the local TV
station. Once she was involved in a scandal surrounding an actor. Today she
regrets a little that she picked her career over love.

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Bitter Student
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This guy is an impoverished student. He studies in a rural branch of the
school so he can keep a close eye on his many brothers and sisters, whom he
looks after. His parents divorced after a big fight and abandoned their
children! He is so concerned for their mental welfare that he lies to his
brothers and sisters and tells them their parents were eaten by Guwanji! He
dreams of becoming a famous scientist and someday traveling into space to
conduct his research.

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Montgomery
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Montgomery is a sheep from Mongolia who speaks like a narrator in a pulp
fiction novel. He is mostly harmless, but will ramble all day long if you
let him.

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Representative of Gimunema
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He is a representative of Gimunema. He is completely convinced that Gimunema
is the finest food on earth and the solution to the world's food shortage.
His strength is his hobby because he loves to eat Gimunema on rice. His true
strength only emerges when he eats Gimunema on rice.

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Harumage
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Harumage is the secret head of Dan Star's shadow government. He rules cruelly
with an iron fist, and is even feared by government officials. He is so
powerful he could trigger a war by simply snapping his fingers. He dreams of
marrying a geisha called Otomi and loves Cuban cigars.

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Yomeiri Maske
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He is the star of a popular kids TV show about a hero who saves the day by
halting secret weddings organized by an evil wedding syndicate! He saves the
day by spoiling the celebrations, normally by pretending to be the bride at
the altar. Weird!

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Sukedachi Zukin
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Zukin is one of the biggest stars of the Eihoh film production company that
was huge during the early Showa ages. He has been performing on state since
he was a one year old and has become an excellent actor. At the age of 30 he
suffered from a severe illness and his career declined. But a few years later
he managed a miraculous comeback. He takes acting very seriously. When asked
to participate in a TV advertisement for a popular brand of cup noodles he
was so insulted that he stabbed the person responsible to death.

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Koa Zo
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Koa Zo is a sentient AI being created by a division of the SF Kosmo Gang
called Core to manage different parts of the gang's computer infrastructure.
Koa Zo is so advanced he has developed basic human language skills and
emotions. Currently, there are around five different characters at Core, all
of whom are all completely useless and offer no resistance to Riki and Mami
at all.

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Koa Mi
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Koa Mi is one of the most useless characters at Core. She loves occultism,
and her hobbies include witchcraft and magic. She sees the future and past of
everyone she meets, even if she doesn't want to.

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Koa Susumu
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Another useless Core character. At the end of the Edo era, as an incompetent
Samurai, he believed in his sword and fought against the new wind of the
Meiji era. Unfortunately, he wasn't a particularly good fighter and didn't
help much. He does not admit to himself that he is weak, so instead he claims
that all his enemies are unusually strong.

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Neo Koa
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Another useless character at Core. Someone at Core asked the question: "Can a
cat become a guard dog?" So Neo Koa was designed at great length and great
expense. But it is, and always will be, a cat, and thus doesn't give a damn
about what is going on around it.

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Core King
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The Core King is one of the most deadly enemies in Bangai-O. Just kidding.
Like his Core companions, he too is completely useless. In reality the Core
King is the much feared King of Darkness who landed secretly in Ugamo
sometime in 1999. He was supposed to land on the Vesuv but missed. He loves
joke telephone calls which he feels inspired to make at least once a week.


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3. Controls
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ABXY Mode

A Button      Shoots down
B Button      Shoots right
X Button      Shoots left
Y Button      Shoots up
Joystick      Shoots in respective direction
D-Pad         Moves Bangai-O, double tap to dash
L Trigger     Selects firing mode
R Trigger     Fires Scatter Bomb

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XA Mode

A Button      Dash up
X Button      Shoots in direction you are facing
Y Button      Fires Scatter Bomb 
Joystick      Shoots in respective direction
D-Pad         Moves Bangai-O, double tap to dash
R Trigger     Shoots in direction you are facing
L Trigger     Switch's firing mode

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Firing Modes


Riki Mode - This firing mode shoots off homing missiles that will attempt to
            hit anything that happens to be near them. Good for open areas.

Mami Mode - Fires off ricocheting lasers, that will bounce off walls until
            they disappear. Good for closed in areas that allow for lasers to
            bounce all over the place.

Scatter Bomb - The scatter bomb fires off anywhere from 40 to 400 of the
               selected firing mode weapon. The amount of bullets are
               determined by the danger that you are currently in. The faster
               bullets are moving at you, and the closer they are the more
               bullets you'll fire off when you use the Scatter Bomb. 
 

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4. Game Basics
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The Game
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The basic premise of the game is to fight your way through the 44 levels, and
face off against the boss at the end of each of those levels.  It's rather
straight forward gameplay, and it's all about how you complete your mission
that makes this game so good.

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The Game Screen
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The screen contains many different numbers, and doodles along the top and
bottom of the screen.  Along the top you have your health bar with a picture
of the character whose attack you are using.  Above the health is your
current score for that level.

Next to your health is the explosion counter, which displays the number of
explosions that are happening at that exact moment.

At the bottom left corner of the screen is your scatter bomb meter.  The
number shows how many scatter bombs you have and the small meter shows how
many more explosions you need to earn another scatter bomb.

Next to the scatter bomb meter is your time limit for the level.  It's not
really a timer because you can take all the time in the world to be a level,
but if you do run out of time, for every second over the limit you lose 10000
points from your final score on the level, so it's wise not to go over the
limit.


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Game Objects
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There's lots to see and collect in this game, and here's where I tell you all
about everything you'll see.

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Fruit
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Whenever you blow something up it will leave you fruit behind, and depending
on the amount of explosions at the time, the fruit will get better.

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Orange - 50pts

These are your basic fruit, and it's what you'll always get if you don't get
lots of explosions.

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Apple - 100pts

Now your points are doubled, and these will appear when the explosion counter
is above 50.

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Banana - 500pts

Now the points are getting high.  When the explosions counter is at, or above
100, you'll start to make bananas.

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Pineapple - 1000pts

These things require you to have 200 or more explosions at once before
they'll appear, but the points they give make it more then worth it.

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Watermelon - 10000pts

The best way to get points.  When you get 400 or more explosions, these 
puppies begin to appear, and there's nothing better then filling the screen
with these, and then grabbing them all filling the screen with 10000pts
messages.

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Enemies
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In the game you will see a fair amount of different enemies, each with it's
own attack and maneuverability.

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Red Robots - 200pts

The basic red robots are your most common enemy.  They can fly around just
like you, but they only shoot a single bullet at a time, and their rate of
fire is incredibly slow.

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Blue Robots - 500pts

The blue robots are nothing like your red enemies because they cannot fly,
but rather hop around, so they can't reach you if you are above them.  Their
rate of fire is far faster then the red robots, though, and can easily fill
the screen with enemy fire if you have a bunch of them on screen at once.

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Purple Robots - 400pts

These are your upgraded red robots, yielding more points, but also firing off
far more artillery then your basic red enemy.  They fly around just like the
red guys, they just shoot a lot more, and have more health.

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Yellow Robots - 500pts

The strongest regular enemy you'll find in the game.  These guys are
basically an upgraded form of the blue guys, just like purple is to red.
These guys can't fly, but their rate of fire is incredibly high, and if you
get caught in their stream of bullets, you can take quite a bit of damage.

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Orange Striped Turret - 100pts

These turrets fire off a single homing missile at a time, and are easy to
take care off.  Just make sure not to fly right in front of one because
you'll likely take a hit from it.

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White Striped Turret - 100pts

These turrets fire off a single bullet like the enemy robots.  They're no
problem except for when they are in high numbers, and can hit you from
every side at once, but that's always a good time to release a scatter bomb.

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Orange Turret - 400pts

These turrets sit on the wall, and fire off a bunch of homing missiles which
can hurt if you aren't paying attention to them.  They also provide a very
good source of scatter bomb charging because all of the missiles come for
you.

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Grey Turret - 300pts

These turrets sit on the wall and fire of a bunch of regular bullets.  There
not much of a problem, just use them to get some good scatter bombs out.

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Spinning White Turret - 500pts

These are those turrets that sit on the wall and right before the shoot, they
lift up and spin around.  They shoot out tons of regular bullets, but you
barely ever see these things anyway.

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Floating Orange Turret - 300pts

These are those turrets that just sit in the middle of nowhere and shoot out
dozens of bullets at once.  Just be careful not to be too close when they
fire, or you can get hit by a lot of bullets at once, although you can use
them to get out a powerful scatter bomb.

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Flame Thrower - 100pts

These guys are the best source of getting a max scatter bomb.  If you go and
sit inside the flame and launch a scatter bomb right when the flame would hit
you, you'll launch off 400 missiles, and get an incredibly high explosion
count, and watermelons along with it.  If you time it right, you can get the
bomb off without even getting hit.

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Lasers - 100pts

These aren't really enemies, since they just sit there and shoot out a laser
in the same direction until you destroy them.  Just watch out for when you
first run across them because they don't start shooting their lasers until
they've been on the screen for a second, and that can surprise you.

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Items
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You'll come across a few items in the game that'll help you in your grand
quest to vanquish the mighty SF Kosmo Gang!

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Blue Health Box - 500pts

These little guys replenish your health meter slightly and can be found at
dispensers, just lying around on certain levels, or for every 100th explosion
you make one will appear.  When they are in their crates, destroying the
crate is worth the 100 pts, and getting the health when your health is full
awards you with the 500pts.

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Red Health Box - 1000pts

These health boxes fill up your health bar completely, but are only found on
a few levels.  Destroying the crate they are in yields the 100pts, and
getting the power up when your health is full gives you 1000pts.

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Invincibility

These things make your ship invincible for a couple seconds or so by
creating a shield around Bangai-O that destroys anything it touches.  You can
get these from the V crates lying around on levels, or sometimes
automatically get it for reaching 500 explosions.  Sometimes you don't get it
for reaching 500 explosions, and I'm not sure why, but it's usually a bad
thing when it happens anyway.

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Misc Objects
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These aren't enemies, or something to collect, they're just there.

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Dispensers - pts vary

These things sit on walls and create enemies or objects when you fly near
them.  They can be used to fill the screen with enemies to give you lots of
points, or to create a real problem for you.  You decide what you want to do
with them.

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Houses, and scenery - pts vary

Every level is littered with building to destroy and the points for doing so
ranges from 10 to 500, so it's wise to destroy everything you can.

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Mines - 20pts, 50pts, 100pts, 500pts

Mines are thrown into certain levels and can be used to your advantage.  Once
a mine is shot, it explodes.  If other mines are hit by the initial explosion
it can create a chain reaction that causes lots of mines to explode.  Mines
come in 4 colors, orange, blue, green, and yellow and the explosion get
bigger with each color in that order and are worth 20, 50, 100, and 500pts in
that same order.

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Spiked Mines - 40pts

These mines blow up just like the regular mines, but they are bigger in size,
and can be made at dispensers.  They also hurt you if you run into them
because they explode if you do.

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Crates - 50pts

Crates are just all over the place in the game, and should really be included
in the houses and scenery, but you see these so much that they get there own
little section.

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Metal Crates

These are like regular crates except you can't destroy them, and they are
often positioned in a way that if you aren't careful you can lock yourself
in, or block off certain passages.

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Small Metal Crates - 10pts

These are those little metal crates that are about 1/4 the size of the
regular one.  These ones can also be destroyed if you set off a mine and the
explosion hits them.

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Green Dot Things - 10pts

These green dots things are like destroyable walls.  It just takes one shot
to destroy one of these.

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Blue Dot Things - 10pts

These are quite similar to the green dot things except they only take one
shot to destroy, and they don't stop your bullet when they are hit.

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Blobs

I don't know what to call these things.  They sit around and spin in circles
and will absorb any bullet that hits them.  They absorb these bullets and
grow, until they explode into a whole bunch of bullets that keep shooting in
all directions for a few seconds.  Good for getting powerful scatter bombs,
or getting smacked around.

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Blue Boxes - 10pts

These are those little hollow boxes that are found on certain levels, and
allow your missiles, not lasers, and enemy fire to pass through, but not you,
or the enemies.  These can be destroyed by explosions from mines.

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Green Boxes - 10pts

Just like the blue boxes except you can't shoot through them at all, only the
enemys fire will pass through these, so be careful.  These can be destroyed
by explosions from mines.

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Info Satellites

There's one of these on every level, and if you run into one, M or her little
sister will talk to you, and sometimes give you little hints on how to play
the game.  You can turn of the conversations started with these in the
options menu.

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Red Doors

Red doors are passages that open and close as you progress through a level.
If you fly through an open red door then all the open red doors in the level
close and all the closed doors open.  If you fly through another red door,
they will all switch back.

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Blue Doors

Unlike red doors, these doors stay open for good, once you open them that is.
Blue doors open when you destroy a certain enemy, or enemies in the area
before they open.


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5. Tips
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 - Before I start, make sure you're using the ABXY control style, otherwise
   you'll have a hell of a time dodging and shooting everything at the same
   time so go and change it now.

 - Using the counter attack
   If you don't know, the power of your counter attack is determined by the
   amount of danger you are currently in, so the more fire power headed your
   way the more missiles you launch, and ultimately, the more points you'll
   get.

 - To get the most points, I suggest you try not to attack anything unless
   you can't get around without getting shot, so that you can get dozens of
   bullets headed your way to unleash 400 missiles and then collect your
   pineapples and watermelons.

 - Getting points
   To get lots of points, find the dispensers that make those blue robots
   that can't fly, and just sit around and make lots of them appear. After a
   while you can get tons of them on screen, and when they're all shooting
   it's easy to get multiple 400 missile scatter bomb attacks out to get tons
   of watermelons and tons of points.

 - You can also use those warp pod majigers, to just sit there and get a
   couple hundred points every time something warps in, although it would
   probably be better to allow a couple things to warp in so you can get some
   better fruit then oranges.

 - At the end of each level, you're also awarded points for the most
   explosions on screen at once, 100 points for each explosion, and 100000
   points for making it through a level without getting hit once, so it's
   wise to try and make it through a level without getting hit to get the
   highest scores possible.

 - Bosses
   Most of the bosses are simple, but for the ones who play more like you,
   with homing missiles and scatter bombs, the best way to defeat them is to
   use your own scatter bomb to make them use their scatter bomb, but make
   sure youre far enough away so that you can pull out a second scatter
   bomb, to hit the boss with a massive amount of missiles, as long as
   you're using Riki mode that is.


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6. Walkthrough - Basically just how to get the most points
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Level 01 - The planet Dan Star. Your mission begins here.
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To get the most points on this level, just blow up every building you see,
except in the top and bottom right corners with those turrets on the wall.
Use those turrets to get some quality scatter bomb attacks out to collect
some much needed apples and possibly bananas.

More points can be collected right by the boss where there's a full health
spawner which give you 1000 points a piece, so just sit there for a while to
get the highest score possible

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Boss - Sabu

There's nothing special happening here. You can simply keep shooting towards
him and win, but to make it even quicker, let a stream of his bullets get as
close to you as you can and unleash your scatter bomb to get a fair amount of
explosions, and some fruit if you left some buildings alive in the small area
you fight in.
 

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Level 02 - Cyber Command Center. Hi-Tech Carnage!
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There's not much you can do on this level.  The best thing to do is to make
sure you blow everything up, and collect all the fruit there is.

In the first room with a couple enemies in it, try to get them surrounding
you and firing at you.  Unleash a counter attack in Mami mode when your
surrounded by as much fire as you can take, and then you'll make a couple
apples and bananas to add to your collection, just make sure you don't get
hit.

After you fight your way through a few more lasers, there's another small
area where you can get a few apples using your scatter bomb, just make sure
to get all the fruit there is.

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Boss - Sabu

It's Sabu again.  This time he just shoots more bullets then before.  Do the
same thing as the first fight.  Let him shoot a stream of bullets straight at
you and use them to power up your scatter bomb, to blow up the buildings in
the small arena and do some massive damage to Sabu as well.


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Level 03 - Moon Base Alpha. Defeat the Robot Armada.
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There's not much that can be done on this level.  Really, all that you can do
is sit around the warp pods on the top and bottom of the level, and try to
get as many enemies as you can to spawn, and then use your scatter bomb to
blow everyone and everything up, and collect the fruit.

You should also try not to get hit, as the 100000 points you get will likely
be more then half the points you're going to get on this level

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Boss - Sabu

Yes, it's Sabu again, and yes he just shoots more bullets this time.  This
time around, though, you've got lots more to blow up.  You're best bet is to
get between one of the two sets of bridges and try to get him to launch a
scatter bomb, which you will use to launch a very powerful scatter bomb in
Mami mode, to pretty much destroy everything on the half of the area you are
in.  Just repeat this on the other side, and you'll get quite a few bananas
because bridges blow up into lots of fruit.


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Level 04 - The Space Cemetery. Plenty of fruit for the picking!
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This level offers the first chance you're likely to see your scatter bomb at
full power.  First thing you should do is shoot just a few boxes below you,
and drop down.  Now release a scatter bomb in Mami mode and you'll get
yourself a few apples.  Now just blow everything up around you and get all
the fruit, but leave that area with the large amount of boxes for now.

After blowing everything up above those boxes, make a small path to the
middle, leaving most of the boxes intact, and then launch another Mami
scatter bomb to collect a whole bunch more apples.  Now collect that fruit
and head down.

In this area, you've got a fair number of turrets and enemies firing at you,
so you should be able to get off another powerful Mami scatter bomb to get
even more apples.  After using one scatter bomb in here, you should just go
clean up everything else before you enter the room with the boss.  Note the
small passage to the right, that's above the entrance to the bosss room.

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Boss - Sabu

Guess what, it's Sabu again!  This time, he shoots even more, ooo.  Before
you start the fight, though, you should go and take out those two turrets on
either side of this area because you might forget about them and get shot,
losing out on your 100000 point bonus.  Now, get into the fight and try to
get him to use his scatter bomb without destroying to many buildings around
you, and then unleash a Mami scatter bomb to counter.  You should destroy
pretty much everything and get lots of bananas and apples.  Now just make
sure you've gotten all the fruit and buildings out of the way, and try to get
him to scatter bomb once more, and this time use a Riki scatter bomb to
counter with a possible 400 missile max and get a major amount of explosions
for plenty of bonus points.


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There's actually more to this level then you would think.  To get the most
points out of this level, don't shoot anything at first.  Let all the enemies
surround you and try to get into the middle of the area, and then unleash a
powerful Mami scatter bomb, to clear out the entire area hopefully, and then
go and collect the fruit.  Remember, get as close to the center of the room
as you can, so you blow everything up at the same time.

Now move into the next room, and repeat the same process as before, and you
should get a whole bunch more fruit to build up your score, and make sure you
didn't get hit because you'll want that extra 100000 points.

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Boss - Koa Zo

Umm, as the title of the level implies, all CORE bosses are harmless.  This
guy just sits there and does absolutely nothing.  The only thing you have to
do is shoot him, and if you have all the buildings around him still in tact,
you can use a Mami scatter bomb to get about 2 apples, nothing big.


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Level 06 - Base under construction! Warning: Men at work!
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Right away, go to the top of the first area, and try to get of a good Mami
scatter bomb, and get the fruit.  Next, go and clear out all the red robot
spawners, and turrets, but leave the spawner at the bottom that makes the
blue guys.

When everything is clear, keep flying around the small island in the middle
to make a whole bunch of blue robots fill up the bottom area, and once you
have as many as you can handle, try to get a 400 max Mami scatter bomb out
down there, and hopefully make yourself some pineapples.

Next, just go into the next area and kill everything and then head straight
to the boss after the red doors.  You can kill those two turrets if you like,
but leave everything else.

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Boss - Hashioka

This boss makes it very easy to get off a 400 max scatter bomb, just sit
between the two drills and launch one, and you'll get it.  To use this to
your advantage, get in the center of the room, and try to launch a Mami
scatter bomb right in the center of the room between the two drills to pretty
much destroy everything.  Next, repeat with a Riki mode to get a whole bunch
of explosions for more bonus points, after you collect all your fruit that
is.


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Level 07 - Moon Base Beta. Different shots penetrate different barriers!
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First thing you should do is fly straight up and kill everything and get all
the fruit using Mami mode, so as not to destroy anything on the other side of
the blue boxes.  Next fly down and use a Mami mode scatter bomb in that tight
space by the bridge, and hopefully get some apples, and just kill whatever
survives the attack.

Now you can fly down where the bridge used to be and use another Mami scatter
bomb in this small area too.  Now you can fly over two where those two
turrets surrounded by blue boxes are to get off a good Riki scatter bomb off
to hopefully destroy everything around the boxes.  Collect everything you
can, but don't go right of those boxes, you'll want to save what's over there
for a little later.

You should head back left and fly up by the info satellite, and then head
over to where all the enemies and turrets up there are sitting and get off a
good Mami bomb, to get some more good fruit.  Now you can continue right into
a fairly large room, and you should be able to get off two good Mami bombs in
here to get some more much needed fruit before heading on.

When that room is clear head into that small area surrounded by spikey mines
and metal crates.  Kill all the buildings and turrets in that small space,
and then shoot the top mine and the bottom mine as quickly as you can, so you
make as many explosions at once as you can.  Now fly into the next area and
keep launching scatter bombs whenever necessary and collect all the fruit.

Keep moving when that room is clear and kill those two turrets in the next
area and then let the dispenser fill the screen from top to bottom with
mines.  When the tower of mines is complete, strafe either from top to
bottom, or bottom to top while shooting the mines to get a few apples.  Now
simply kill and collect what's left and then head off to the boss.

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Boss - Koa Zo

It's the same boss from stage 5, and just like last time, he just sits there
and talks.  Just kill him, and end the level.

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Right off the bat quickly fly left and use that turret that's sitting there
to get off a good Mami bomb and then simply clear out that room and collect
everything.  Now you can simply continue down and left destroying everything
that's in your way, and use scatter bombs whenever you want.  You won't get
much fruit down at the bottom, but get whatever you can.

Now you should be underneath a long line of mines and mini crates with a
turret above them.  Try to time it so that when you set off the first mine
you can fly up to the turret and release a good Riki or Mami bomb right away
with that turret because you'll get better fruit with the added explosions
from those mines and crates.

After that room is clear you can head right until you see some lasers and
just use another scatter bomb and destroy and collect everything around the
boss but don't start the fight.  You can destroy everything but the dispenser
that's by the info satellite which makes those tough buildings that give you
500pts.  Just sit there next to the dispenser and keep killing those
buildings.  If you get on the higher ground to the right of the dispenser you
can just keep firing lasers to the left and keep destroying them.  When you
have around 40 seconds or so destroy the dispenser and go start the boss
fight.

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Boss - 86

This will be the strongest boss you've had yet to face.  If you're not
careful she can kill you really quickly, but you can also kill her really
quickly.  What you need to do is just sit there and let her shoot a stream of
lasers straight at you and then you use a Riki scatter bomb to get a max
power attack, and well over 200 explosions for plenty of bonus points, as
well as doing a lot of damage to 86 as well.  Just keep at it and try not to
get hit.


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Level 09 - The Explosion Store. Shopping with a bang!
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Level 10 - The Bomb Maze. Avoid the deadly explosions!
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Level 11 - Desert Outpost. A one way street?
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Level 12 - The Gun Star. A blast from the past.
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Level 13 - Racing the fuse! Hurry or you'll get stuck!
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Level 14 - The Nebula Fortress. Mission Impossible?
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Level 15 - Lunar Eclipse. Duel in a mine field.
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Level 16 - Think first, shoot later. Or face the consequences!
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Level 17 - Perimeter Lasers. Force your way in!
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Level 18 - The Laser Drome. Watch out, they burn!
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Level 19 - Non-stop Destruction! Free path selection!
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Level 20 - Burning Heaven. Stopping prohibited.
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Level 21 - The Cage. Watch out!
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Level 22 - The Robot Factory. You are not alone!
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Level 23 - It's raining robots! Did you bring your umbrella?
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Level 24 - The Robot Maze. Claustrophobopolis!
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Level 25 - Shadow Battle. The Dark Reflection.
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Level 26 - The Vice. Caution: Falling objects.
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Level 27 - The maze of many dangers. Feel the pain!
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Level 28 - Galactic Duel. Forbidden Love!
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Level 29 - Robot Hunt! Destroy every last one!
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Level 30 - Fruit Sale! Bangai-O under fire!
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Level 31 - Run the Gauntlet! Don't give up!
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Level 32 - Buried Alive! Dig or die!
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The best method for gaining points in this level is to simply go straight to
the right or left, and then make your way up to the very top. Once at the top
make your way over to the boss, and try to get rid of those red guys before
you start the fight. Now start the fight.

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Boss - Stevens

Get right above the boss and keep firing down until he launches a scatter
bomb, which you will now use too but you'll be in Mami mode.  The game will
slow down immensely at this point, and you will make hundreds of explosions,
and hundreds of watermelons for millions of points. Just get all that fruit,
and keep blowing everything up that you can. Once you've gotten all the
points you can, just keep firing at the boss with Riki mode, and launching
your scatter bomb whenever he does and the fight will be over in no time.


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Level 33 - Family duel. Just roll with it!
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Level 34 - Dangerous Descent. Take the plunge!
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Level 35 - Chamber of Horrors. Death in small spaces!
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Level 36 - The Danger Room. Domestic dispute!
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Level 37 - Defensive Perimiter. A tight fit.
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Level 38 - The SF Kosmo Battleship. Take the fight to them!
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Level 39 - Red Planet. Motherly Love.
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Level 40 - Blockade. Don't let 'em stop you now!
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Level 41 - Stockade. Almost there...
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Level 42 - Ground Zero. Go Bangai-O Go!
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Level 43 - The Last Great War. Finish the SK Kosmo Gang!
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Level 44 - The Final Challenge. Good luck - you'll need it!
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Ending - It goes so fast you can't read it.
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Did you beat the game, only to realize that those screens at the end fly by
way faster then you can possibly read?  Well don't worry because I've
bothered to beat the game and record it so that I can tell you all about
what's going on in all it's wonderfully written glory.

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Do you understand? You from the Kosmo Gang! From now on peace reigns
throughout the universe!

The, the man...

Ha? What's wrong, Father?

Ga-Gai?! My younger brother, Isn't that Gai?

Your brother?! What do you mean, Father?

I suppose things have gone This far I must tell you what happened on that
fateful day long ago.

Well... It all happened about 80 years ago. It was the middle of winter and
an unforgettably icy  wind was howling.  Gai and I were running along a dark
alleyway. Around then there was a popular play with the title "The Gods of
South East Asia, their rise and fall." Back then we were both young...

...but they didn't even open their mouths. Gai and I sobbed thick wet tears.
Even the then when we were completely desolate, a young woman came to us.

We couldn't breathe. For her face was just like that of Hiroko's. The light
from the evening sun went down on us.

"Gai, Gaiiiiii", I called as I ran up to him. But it was already too late.
The sea appeared to tower up like a mountain and a massive youth appeared.
His body stood in the way of the beaming sun and cast a huge shadow. Then the
huge lad opened his mouth and said: "The paradise for business".

Father, I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulderss.

So everything is well. It is well. Everything was thus over.

So, from now on we are six in our family. Long live friendship for all!
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And there you have it.  The ending to Bangai-O, my favorite game on the
Dreamcast, as well as that from Treasure.


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7. Cheats
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Cheat Menu

To enter the cheat menu, first enter your initials as three gophers. Now
confirm your name, and then exit back to the main screen. Now enter the
options menu, and leave and you'll be at the cheat menu. As far as I know,
you only have to leave the options menu from now on to access the cheat menu.

The options include:

 - Turning invincibility on and off
 - Changing the size of explosions
 - Changing the size of your bullets
 - Turning on and off the backgrounds


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8. Credits
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Me, MrMonkeyMan because I made this, email me at mrmonkeyman@hotmail.com

CJayC for hosting my FAQ at his site, GameFAQs, http://www.gamefaqs.com/

Treasure because they made this game, http://www.treasure-inc.co.jp/

Crave Entertainment for bringing it to North America.

Conspiracy Entertainment for translating the game.

I think those last two are right.


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9. Legal Info
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This FAQ may only appear on these pages

My Treasure Fanpage http://www.geocities.com/treasurefp/

and

GameFAQs http://www.gamefaqs.com/

This FAQ is copyright of me.  Don't steal it because that's illegal.


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10. The End
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