achievement guide

Overview

everything you need to 100% that game

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• for that achievement you have to unlock the final level, Zone 50 (“Vilio’s Wrath”), but you don’t have to beat it (or even play)
• to unlock that level you need to collect 5,500 EXP. you get EXP by completing the zones in required time, rescuing a certain number of survivors and getting a highscore. all and all – just play the game, try to get as many PERFECT levels as possible you shall unlock Zone 50 when you reach ~Zone 40
• the max possible EXP in the game is 7,515 EXP (all levels are PERFECTED, and all bonuses are collected/finished)
  

• …and now you have to finish the final level, Zone 50 (“Vilio’s Wrath”). no need to PERFECT it, just finish

• easy enough achievements, that will, very likely, earned during a normal playthrough – just quickly activate 2-3-4 switches in a row. you have ~3 seconds to activate them all
• if you still struggling to get them, then play Zone 12 (“Eldredge Boundary”). near the end of level you will come across four yellow switches very close to each other – teleport between them and activate in a rapid succession
  

• to earn a PERFECT medal for a Zone, you need to do the following at the same time:
  • beat it under required time
  • rescue all survivors
  • get the best high-score
  • don’t die
• if done right, then there will be a big shiny PERFECT label below a medal
  
• for the most levels time-par is not an issue, game gives you quite enough time to spare, like 10-20 of free seconds per level. but it is not a case for “Critical Urgency” zones – in those levels you barely have enough time to finish them under a cap and you have to use boost non-stop
• rescuing survivors is not an issue too, but keep in mind that some of them are hidden in isolated areas away from main path. use the map (E) to find them
  
• getting a high-score is a big trouble, because of some many little quirks. in order to get a high-score you need to:
  • use BOMBS (not blaster!) to activate switches. seriously, how the hell I suppose to know that?
  • collect all pickups (health, firearms, lazers, ammo) even if you are full, just don’t leave anything behind
  • destroy all turrets
  • destroy all enemies in the wave (cluster), especially those little ships, which fly away after shooting you once
  • funny enough but you can sorta abuse the score system by the following: bomb a right switch, then bomb a wrong one (game will reset the counter), then bomb right one again, then wrong one again – doing that over and over gives you some extra points each time

• that achievement is part of “Perfectionist” and if you are going for the latter, you will unavoidably get this one too
• for that achievement you need to reach at least second highscore (which gives +20 EXP) on every zone:
  

• another part of “Perfectionist” achievement. just rescue every single survivor in each level, really nuff said
• that achievement is a little glitchy – you may not receive it after rescuing you last survivor. if that happened, just replay any zone and collect some survivors in that level (aka gently poke the game into knowing that you already hit the counter)
• you do not need to rescue survivors in Bonus Missions for that achievement

• I am not sure why there is a separate achievement for this, but you need to PERFECT levels 4-10-14-21-25-30-34-38-42-46-50. needless to say, that task is a part of “Perfectionist” achievement
• as with “River” achievement above, game may not figure out that you PERFECTED all those levels. in that case just PERFECT Zone 4 one more time

• 5000 enemies seems a lot, but honestly, you will get those achievements in no time – during some levels you kill 500+ enemies at once. you will likely get that near ~Zone 35. after grinding all achievements I have ~22,000 enemies killed
• despite saying “destroy ships” – turrets DO count

• multikill – killing two and more enemies with a single bomb. very easy task, just press SPACE whenever you see a fleet of ships moving vertically close to each others, like this
  

• very easy and comes WAY before you finished the game, like in ~Zone 30. there are plenty of glass blocks in the game, sometimes ~100 per level
• PS. makes me wanna to watch “Die Hard”

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• funny little achievement that you will unavoidably get – simple let the screen scroll kill you (for example, trap yourself into some deadend and don’t teleport further/back)

• from the very start of the zone hold SHIFT to activate boost and never let it go until the end. you will, likely achieve that goal during PERFECTING some zones, but if you still struggle with it, then just replay Zone 1 or Zone 4

• an odd achievement, but here we go – during a single level press SHIFT (boost) x100 times

• easy task – just replay Zone 18 (“Kerridge Gate”) without collect the weapon upgrade (Lazer-gun on the right side of the level)
• no need to PERFECTING that level, just play through

• easy task – just replay Zone 21 (“Ka D’Argo”) without rescuing any survivors. there is no trick here or any outside-of-box thinking, the task is straightforward
• no need to PERFECTING that level, just play through

• here I will talk not only about “Secret Area Medals”, but also about “Bonus Mission Medals”, since they are quite similar and you need the latter to get all achievements in the game
• in some zones you will find the pickups, collecting which gives “Secret Area Medal” or “Bonus Mission Medal” message. for “Discoverer” achievement find at least one “Secret Area medal”, for “Explorer” collect all x10 of them
• they are usually hidden in various places away from main path:
  
• there are x10 “Secret Area Medals” and x20 “Bonus Mission Medal”
• to find which “Secret Area Medals” you have collected, go to “Flight Computer” -> “Progress” -> and look for “Explorer” medals
• to find which “Bonus Mission Medals” you have collected, go to “Flight Computer” -> “Progress” -> and look for “Unlock Bonus” medals

• the whereabouts of all “Secret Area Medals” and “Bonus Mission Medals”:
  Zone 2

  – Unlock Bonus #1

  Zone 21

  – Unlock Bonus #9

  Zone 34

  – Unlock Bonus #15

  Zone 5

  – Unlock Bonus #2

  Zone 22

  – Explorer #2

  Zone 35

  – Explorer #6
  – Unlock Bonus #16

  Zone 6

  – Unlock Bonus #3

  Zone 23

  – Unlock Bonus #10

  Zone 39

  – Explorer #7
  – Unlock Bonus #17

  Zone 9

  – Unlock Bonus #4

  Zone 25

  – Unlock Bonus #11

  Zone 40

  – Explorer #8

  Zone 12

  – Unlock Bonus #5

  Zone 26

  – Explorer #3

  Zone 44

  – Unlock Bonus #18

  Zone 14

  – Unlock Bonus #6

  Zone 27

  – Unlock Bonus #12

  Zone 45

  – Explorer #9

  Zone 16

  – Unlock Bonus #7

  Zone 28

  – Explorer #4

  Zone 47

  – Unlock Bonus #19

  Zone 17

  – Explorer #1

  Zone 30

  – Unlock Bonus #13

  Zone 49

  – Explorer #10

  Zone 19

  – Unlock Bonus #8

  Zone 32

  – Explorer #5
  – Unlock Bonus #14

  Zone 50

  – Unlock Bonus #20

• first, find “Bonus Mission Medal” #5 (Zone 12)
• then play “Flight Computer” -> “Missions” -> “Viper’s Trial” mission
• this is more or less a Snake-game[en.wikipedia.org], where you need to collect 33 “fruits” and survive

• first, find “Bonus Mission Medal” #6 (Zone 14)
• then play “Flight Computer” -> “Missions” -> “Smith’s Challenge” mission
• this is more or less a Lunar Lander-game[en.wikipedia.org], where you need to finish all 10 levels (not in row!)
• there are two difficulties: “Casual Gamer” and “8-Bit Gamer”, or in plain and simple: “Easy” and “Hard”. play on “Casual Gamer”, no need to make it any challenging
• the premise is simple: collect all survivors and escape the area (via the entrance). use gun to destroy enemies and use shield to get a temp protection from their projectiles
• this minigame will be extremely frustrating for the first 10 minutes – you will hate every single thing about it. just be patient

• “Flight Computer” -> “Mines”
• this is more or less a Minesweeper-game[en.wikipedia.org]
• if you never-ever played Minesweeper and don’t know the rules, then it is time to learn them =D
  

• “Main Screen” -> “Credits”. control the spaceship (above) and destroy as many letters as you can before the credits end
• minigame is quite lenient, even with quite a terrible shooting you still can beat it, so don’t worry
  

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• those two achievements you will earn at the same time, and they, roughly, mean “complete everything in this game“
• “Flight Computer” -> “Progress” -> here you can check all the in-game awards and see what left
• grinding all other achievements will help you to finish most of the awards, but there still would be about a dozen left after finishing the main campaign
• the list below explains how to get in-game awards that are not related to achievements

• finish the campaign (not need to PERFECT it)
• “Flight Computer” -> “Missions” -> beat all missions here. there are two types of mission
  • various minigames, which are discussed above/below
  • red/blue challenges. red challenges area about speed, blue challenges are about maneuvering your ship and using bombs

• open “Flight Computer”
• while holding RMB (teleport), click on “Powerlev OS 3.1” in top-left)

• highly likely you get those awards during a normal playthrough, if not then just spam RMB (teleport) until you obtain them all

• highly unlikely you get those awards during a normal playthrough
• the best option I have found is during the zone with Telepod hold LMB (attack) and rapidly press E (map). you can use an auto-fire software to make it a bit easier

• first, find “Bonus Mission Medal” #4 (Zone 9)
• then play “Flight Computer” -> “Missions” -> “Crab Nebula” mission
• you don’t have to collect items – they are just for a highscore. concentrate on avoiding coconuts instead
• first four areas can be beat by standing in safe place for all along:

• you need to beat only the 10 level (the final one) on hard difficulty (“8-Bit Gamer”)
• thankfully, 10 level is one of the easiest in this minigame

• “Main Menu” -> “Options”
• press and hold SHIFT + E + S (boost + map + down), if done right a new option “Ship Trail” will appear

• “Flight Computer” -> “Hostiles” -> open “Krait” page
• press and hold SHIFT + E + RMB (boost + map + teleport), if done right a red “CONGRATULATIONS” message will appear at the top

• first, find “Bonus Mission Medal” #20 (Zone 50)
• then play “Flight Computer” -> “Missions” -> “Enders Game” mission
• this is more or less a Space Invaders-game[en.wikipedia.org], where you need to beat 4 levels (not in a row)

if you want to thank me…

…then check my guide about fixing various game issues: launching, crashing, optimization, stuttering, gamepads, etc. the guide is huge, but the topic is broad to begin with
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