# # # ###### # # ### ## # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # ###### # ###### # # ____________________________________________________________ A WALKTHROUGH FOR ALIEN 3 ON THE SEGA GENESIS / MEGA DRIVE Written by Rob McGregor (mcgregorr@xtra.co.nz) Version: 1.0 10:12pm 14/01/02 ____________________________________________________________ No portion of this walkthrough may be reproduced without written or e-mail permission from me. You may contact me at mcgregorr@xtra.co.nz for any authorizations, comments, or corrections or additions. If you wish to put this walkthrough on a web site, you may do so at your own choice, only as long as this document stays as it is, with full credit. If you do wish to use this on a page in HTML please make sure you tell me through e-mail before doing so with information on how and where it will be used. This document may not be sold or used for profit. This walkthrough is not authorized by, endorsed, or associated in any way with Arena, Acclaim, Probe or any associated or affiliated company(ies). This walkthrough should not be confused with any publication that is distributed or authorized by Arena, Acclaim or Probe or any associated or affiliated company(ies). Alien, all characters, locations, etc. (c) & TM 1979-2002 by 20th Century Fox. ____________________________________________________________ 1.0 - Table of Contents 1.0 - Table of Contents 2.0 - Introduction/Updates 3.0 - The Basics 4.0 - Weapons and Items 5.0 - Enemies 6.0 - The Walkthrough 7.0 - Cheats and Secrets 8.0 - Legal Stuff/Credits ____________________________________________________________ 2.0 - Introduction/Updates I'll keep this one short :) I first played Alien 3 for the Genesis back in 1992 I believe and enjoyed every moment of it. While the system itself used for the game wasn't the best (I didn't always have fun having to rescue prisoners with a clock counting down) I enjoyed the action and the game was the closest to the Konami arcade Aliens title at open for me at the time. I later played the Super Nintendo version of the game, and found it to be far better than even the Genesis version however. Still the Genesis version was a game I played over many times. Now 10 years on since I first played the game, I've pulled the old cart and notes I had out and decided to make this guide. ________________________________________________________ | | | Version 1.0: Fixed and ready to post, finished on the | | 14th of Jan at 10pm. Ready to go. | | | | Version 0.9: Went back and finished of some minor | | changes, then wrote up the final Guardian | | level. Finished the remaining missing | | sections, a final tidy up will mark | | Version 1.0 and be ready for a full | | release (Private Release) | | | | Version 0.6: Finished the guide to the levels, final | | Guardian level left. Need to remember the | | pattern required. Played the game through | | again using my guide and fixed errors. | | (Private Release) | | | | Version 0.5: Finished .4 until Mission 10. Again went | | back and fixed errors. Also worked on | | the enemy section. (Private Release) | | | | Version 0.3: Finished .2 guide until Mission 08. Went | | back and fixed up various errors (Private | | Release) | | | | Version 0.1: First version, everything is new.... but | | old :) Guide completed to Mission 04 | | (Private Release) | | | | Version 0.0: Rough notes found, text guide begun on | | the 5th of Jan 2002. I'll have to take | | this in steps because writing a guide for | | these levels are tedious work. | |________________________________________________________| Let's continue shall we. :) ____________________________________________________________ 3.0 - The Basics Alien 3 is a side-scrolling action title. The game focus is to rescue prisoners from a location within a certain length of time. After so many completed levels you will be faced with a boss err... "guardian" battle. In short a very uncomplicated film license game. The controls are as follows: D-Pad - Controls movement. Used with B fires weapon in a selected direction while on ladders. A - Select Weapon B - Fire C - Jump Start - Pause Please note you can adjust the use of the buttons in the options menu. Before you start I also suggest you adjust the number of retries to 9 (the maximum) to make the most out of your game (and also feel free to change the difficulty if you're not happy with normal). You will gain points for just about everything you do, as well as when you finish a level. When you do you will be given points for each of the prisoners, your remaining time, remaining ammo and if you're on normal or hard, a difficulty bonus. ____________________________________________________________ 4.0 - Weapons/Items --== Weapons ==-- - M41A Pulse Rifle A nice little rifle that, by it's name, fires pulsed shots from the pull of the trigger. It's your default weapon and holds 99 bullets. - M240 Flamethrower A lightweight flamethrower which uses a pressurized fuel load. It shoots a large stream of flame at long distance and will ignite anything which is touched. - M40 Grenade Launcher From your Pulse Rifle. It also doubles as a grenade launcher, firing M40 Grenade Rounds from a tube under the barrel of the rifle. - Hand Grenades These charges explode on contact with any surface. If your being surrounded by a large group of aliens also, one of these can't go wrong. Just don't allow them to be set off too close or else you'll feel the explosion also. --== Ammo ==-- - Pulse Rifle Ammo Looks like a grey clip with bullets sitting beside it. Refills 50 pulse rifle bullets. - Flamethrower Fuel Looks like a blue gas can with a flame beside it. Refills 30 bursts of flame. - Grenade Rounds Looks like fuel tanks, but is actually rounds standing up, adds 10 rounds to your total. - Hand Grenades Looks like black and red canisters in a group, adds XX grenades to your total. --== Health & Misc. ==-- - Medic Packs Square pack with a white cross on a red background, health increases by half a bar. - Battery Pack Runs your motion tracker for a limited amount of time. Helps you locate both enemies (white dots) and prisoners (bright red dots) around you. Fairly pointless because when they appear on your motion tracker, usually they are within your screen too. ____________________________________________________________ 5.0 - Enemies - Soldiers Your run of the mill Aliens, you can find them everywhere. They run, jump, and crawl... hide in the ground, run through airducts, run around in circles. They can be blown up, shot at, crushed by doors. - Eggs Eggs will sit there by themselves at distance and allow themselves to be blown up, however if you approach them a Face Hugger will burst outwards and try to latch on to you. Once a face hugger has jumped out, the egg is harmless, but it is best you blow it up anyway to make sure it doesn't come back to haunt you. - Face Huggers Once a Face Hugger has jumped out, it's best to crouch down to avoid it from latching on. A quick burst from any weapon will kill them easily. If one manages to latch onto Ripley, toggle the D-Pad left-right or up-down and she'll shake it of. The quicker you do this the quicker you'll remove it and the more health you'll save. - Guardians After every three levels you'll come into a boss battle with this hulking mass of an alien. Not quite a mutant, not quite a queen, the "Guardian" bosses require a bit of ammo to beat within a certain amount of time to get to the next section of the game. ____________________________________________________________ 6.0 - The Walkthrough Here's the walkthrough for Alien 3. Spanning numerous levels, countless Aliens, dark tunnels, lifts and switches, I've tried my best to bring as many details about the game as I can. For each level I will detail your prisoner locations, items, ammo and health pick ups, and aliens you'll run into. However, this is just an overall guideline and you shouldn't go searching for something if you don't have the time to do so. ____________________________________________________________ 6.1 - Mission 01 Time To Complete: 4 minutes / Prisoners: 8 ------------------------------------------ From the start head right, and shoot the alien which runs at you. Grab the items and continue to the first ladder you find. Climb down watching out for the aliens in the area and rescue the prisoner. Go back up to ground level, and run back to the first ladder you passed. Climb down and grab the battery pack and ammo, then drop off onto the platform at the left. Walk off the left of the platform and kill the aliens, on the right wall you'll find your second prisoner. Go back to the left wall and climb up the ladder behind the door. At the top here you will find prisoner #3. Take the middle platform back up to the top, and jump to and follow the path at the right. Here is prisoner #4. Continue, pressing up at the switch to get the door open, and then jump over the fan shafts to get to the other side. Climb into the air ducts at the end, and watch out for the aliens in shafts. While on the ladders, and in the shafts you can still fire your weapons. If you want to shoot at an alien above or below you press that direction and the fire button. Also grenades will bounce around making them good use in this area. The tricks on the ladder will also work with all other normal ladders in the game. Follow the shaft through, past the first ladder (it just leads back to the surface) and onto the second. Climb up it and exit. At the top you'll find a prisoner in front of you as well as an alien on the roof across the other side. Kill it then jump off the platform while running to the right. You'll find the sixth prisoner here. Slide down the ramp, and climb down the ladder at the bottom. Kill the aliens in the area, and rescue the two remaining prisoners at the left end of the hallway. Return to the right end and exit through the door to finish the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.2 - Mission 02 Time To Complete: 4 minutes / Prisoners: 5 ------------------------------------------ Shoot the alien at the start, then jump at the wall on the left. You'll find an extra room with an alien and some items. Go back to the start and continue forward to the first ladder and go down. Kill the alien and get the prisoner, then return up a level. Climb up the ladder at the end, killing the aliens in your path, and getting the two next prisoners as you climb up. Kill the alien at the top, then follow the path across to the left, and climb up the next ladder along. Go along to the left again, opening doors and killing any aliens until you find the prisoner. Return to the right and follow along, jumping across the gap and killing the alien beyond. Climb down the first ladder you come to and follow this hallway. Shoot the aliens and climb the ladder at the end. Jump up onto the platform and you'll find the last prisoner at the top. Return to the area where you found two prisoners one above the other, and continue on to the ladder leading to the air shafts. Once inside go straight ahead and grab the items in the small room gap. Return and go down the ladder, then crawl left and go down again (killing the alien in your way). Exit at the end there, and follow the hallway killing aliens in your way, until you reach the exit. ____________________________________________________________ 6.3 - Mission 03 Time To Complete: 5 minutes / Prisoners: 5 ------------------------------------------ This one is fairly simple because one area always leads back to another, instead of being a constantly largening level. Grab the ammo and shoot the alien, then head down the ladder right in front of you. Head to the left, jumping over each of the open fan pits to reach the first prisoner. Return back along the right, and continue following the fan pit path to the left by timing your jumps. At the mid of the ladder, there will be a path to the right. Follow the right path to find another prisoner, then return and climb down the rest of the ladder. Enter the air ducts. Follow the ducts forward, down, left, down (killing the alien first), then to the right (again killing another alien) before exiting into a large chamber. Kill the alien which charges at you then climb the ladder right where you are. Follow it to the top, get onto the next ladder, go up two levels, go onto the ladder at the right, and up to the next level. Kill the alien here, and rescue the prisoner to the left. Take the last ladder up to the ground level and go to the right, killing any aliens who jump at you. Climb down the ladder, and go down the ladder on the left. Kill the alien quickly and rescue the 4th prisoner. Go back up and climb down the right ladder. Jump over the long pits until you find the last prisoner. Return to the large chamber you were in when you came out of the air ducts. Kill the aliens, then get on the right platform and ride it up. Stay to the right side of it and crouch so you don't get hit by the jumping alien. Kill the croucher and climb into the air ducts. Follow them through down to the bottom, where there is two exits (and one alien). Kill the alien, then follow the left path for some items, then go back and follow the right to get to the exit. ____________________________________________________________ 6.4 - Guardian 01 Time To Complete: 1 minute, 30 seconds -------------------------------------- A simple fight. Arm yourself with the Grenade Launcher and move to the middle of the room. Fire away with the Grenades as the Guardian walks towards you. It will then jump over you, allowing you to repeat the process. It's only attacks are to either walk/jump into you or spit at you. Being in the middle and occasionally moving around should remove #1 as a problem and getting hit by the spit isn't too bad as most times by moving it misses. After a so many Grenade hits (I think it's around 20-30) it'll blow up. Don't forget to grab any remaining items before going through the exit. ____________________________________________________________ 6.5 - Mission 04 Time To Complete: 5 minutes / Prisoners: 9 ------------------------------------------ One of the first tough levels, there are a few pitfalls in here that require you to get it right to continue. Most of them have to do with distance jumps. Prisoner #1 is right beside where you start. Move to the right (jump over one of the health packs, you may need to come back and get it) and climb down the ladder one level. Kill the alien that jumps out and then climb up the ladder at the end. To avoid loosing a lot of health here, jump out over the sliding ramps here (you'll still land before their end, but won't get hurt doing so). At the end, jump over the spikes, and jump up onto the moving platform and follow it up to the top. Following the path along, rescue the prisoner then return to the top platform, killing the alien that appeared. Now the fun part, you need to get on the moving platform then jump onto the black platform to the left. From there you need to do a running jump to the left to land on one of the mid platforms between ramps. Here will be another moving platform, so get onto it and again get onto one of the black platforms to the left. Run and jump off this to the left again to land where there is a ladder. Climb down the ladder all the way to the bottom and enter the airshaft. Follow it to it's exit, killing the alien, then climb down the ladder to the next level down. Follow the two ladders to the right to find prisoner #3, then climb back up and jump down into the room to the left side. Kill all the aliens, then use the moving platform at the end to jump over to the exit, and climb into the next airshaft. Kill the alien and climb up to the top of the shaft. In the room at the top will be an alien egg and your next prisoner. Re-enter the shaft and climb down to the bottom. Open the door in the hallway, get the prisoner, and continue following along until you reach the ladder at the end. Climb up, killing the aliens around, then hop on the moving platform to the left. At the top jump off to the right, and follow the hall along. Here you will find two more prisoners. Return back onto the platform, and ride it down. When you see a platform moving from left to right, jump over to it. Ride it until you see a platform with another prisoner on it, and rescue him. Jump off to the right and continue to the right end wall. Climb up the long ladder to find the last prisoner, and the exit door. ____________________________________________________________ 6.6 - Mayhem 01 Time To Complete: 4 minutes --------------------------- Welcome to your first Mayhem level. In these levels you just need to make your way through killing aliens in your path to reach the exit. There are zero prisoners you need to save to exit, it's already open for you. To make this short I'll just give directions to the exit from the start, aliens are a constant threat so be ready for anything. From the start go right to the end, then use the lift to go down twice. You'll be in a brick area. Grab the health, kill the aliens, and go down one level using the ladder at the end. Head to the right and use the lift down. Climb down the ladder, and follow the hall to the airshaft. Climb through the shaft and out to the next hall. Kill the aliens in your path and go through the exit. ____________________________________________________________ 6.7 - Mission 05 Time To Complete: 5 minutes / Prisoners: 12 ------------------------------------------- Lots of prisoners, lots of ways to loose health, normal amount of time. This is one hellish level. Grab the health, then go up the ladder. Move along to the end, killing the alien, and go up the ladder. Move left, killing the aliens in the path, and grab the prisoner. Move back along to the right, and when you reach the end jump to the first black platform. Drop back off the left side and you'll land below, while not being hit by the alien. Climb down the nearby ladder and grab the prisoner. Climb back up and drop off to the level to the right. Kill the aliens while moving right and get the next prisoner. Continue to the right end, and climb up the ladder into blackness. When the screen no longer moves, press right to find some hidden extras, then left to come out on the area to the side. Shoot the egg, rescue the prisoner, then follow the steps up to return to the large room. Grab the health if you need it. Once back down on the bottom, go back along the right to the previous ladder you climbed up, but instead go down the ladder two levels until the ladder stop. Follow the path to the right, and go down the next ladder. Use the door on the right (watch out for the face huggers) and rescue the prisoner. You can follow the path to the left if you wish, but only if you need the ammo (there is hidden rooms you need to "jump" into). Go back up a level, and along to the left, over the spikes and grab the prisoner. Climb up the ladder and go along the hallway getting the two prisoners and killing the aliens. Go down the ladder and kill the next alien, and get the next prisoner. Watch out for the alien which jumps across, and ride the platform to the bottom. You need to jump over to the left side and explore the area to find yet another prisoner amongst the aliens. Get back to the platform and ride it to the top. Jump to the right side and kill the alien. Rescue the prisoner then shoot at the alien who should have dropped on the other side. Jump across and rescue the final prisoner there. Now to make it to the exit you need to return to the large ladder that lead between this section and the large room at the start. Halfway up the ladder will be an area you went past with a pit of spikes. Jump this and the next one and exit through the door. ____________________________________________________________ 6.8 - Guardian 03 Time To Complete: 2 minutes --------------------------- Next Guardian level... it's not too different from the last except that the Guardian now has two small platforms to jump to. This time you need a strategy to occasionally run from one side to the other when the Guardian gets in a pattern of jumping down from a platform and then right back up to the one on the opposite side. Running across makes it change tactics and allows you to shoot at it. ____________________________________________________________ 6.9 - Mission 06 Time To Complete: 5 minutes, 30 seconds / Prisoners: 12 ------------------------------------------------------- From the start run forward and blow up the barrels, doing so will kill an alien beyond them. Go back and climb up the first ladder. A alien will drop down for you to shoot, then get up to the top to kill the other alien and collect the items. Go back down the ladder all the way to it's bottom, then go down the lift. Shoot the alien then go all the way down to the bottom of the next ladder. You'll find a prisoner at the left end of this level. Continue to the right past the door, kill the alien, and jump onto the moving platform to the top. At the top jump off to the right and climb up the ladder to the top and kill the alien. Go right and up the next ladder. In this room you'll find an alien and the next prisoner. Go back down right to the bottom for a room with ammo, then go back to the level where you landed after jumping off the moving platform. Kill the alien here and rescue the prisoner at the right end before going down the ladder. Kill the aliens and collect the next prisoner on the right, and continue downwards. Kill the aliens again, and get the prisoner to the left. Follow the hall to the right and ride the lift down. Shoot the alien as you arrive and run to the far left end being careful about another alien along here. You'll find two prisoners to rescue. Return back a bit to a ladder you just passed and head down it. The mid level here has three medic packs if you need to heal, regardless in the end go right to the bottom of the ladder. Shoot the barrels to clear the path (and kill an alien) then climb up the ladder you come to. The first stop has a prisoner to save, and the top stop has two more. Go back down the ladder to the bottom and continue to the right. Go down the ladder killing the alien and rescuing the 11th prisoner. Follow the path killing the aliens and blowing up the barrels in the way, and climb the ladder at the end... stopping off to get the last prisoner on the way of course. Go up the elevator shaft and through the exit to finish the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.10 - Rescue 01 Time To Complete: 6 minutes, 30 seconds / Prisoners: 19 ------------------------------------------------------- The opposite to the Mayhem level, the rescue level is where you have a lot of prisoners to rescue but no enemies to worry about. Again, this will be just a directional thing, but seeing as there is no enemies this is the only way to do it anyway :) From the start head right, down the ladder, right again, at the next ladder head up, then right. The ladder here has some hidden items at the top (you need to go to the left and right to pick them up). At the right even of this level is a prisoner, and the exit door you will need to return to. Head back to the last ladder and go down, get the prisoner, go down to the next level, left, and down. On this level there are prisoners to both the left and right, then continue down the ladder and to the left. Hop onto the moving platform. Here is where we have multiple stop points, so I'll start with the top left and work my way down. The first left platform leads to a large room. There is a prisoner here at the left wall. Go down the ladder and get the prisoner below, then go up the ladder. Get the prisoner at the left of the first level you come to, then go up to the next and use the lift. Get the prisoner at the top then return to the moving platform. On the first right platform you'll find a prisoner sitting there, and a lift at the end leading to a room with another prisoner. Return to the moving platform and go to the bottom level. At this level you'll find another moving platform to the right with plenty of it's own levels, leading to the remaining prisoners. The first right platform is right across from you, and has one prisoner on it. The first left platform leads to a hall with a prisoner, and a ladder. Going down the ladder leads to a room with a single prisoner, going up leads to another. The second right platform across from the first left has a ladder at its end. Going up leads to two different levels each with a prisoner. Going down leads to a room with one more. The final two prisoners are located at the bottom of the main room, one at the left and one at the right. Once you have them you need to use all the moving platforms and ladders to make your way all the way back up to the exit I pointed out earlier to finish the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.11 - Mission 07 Time To Complete: 6 minutes / Prisoners: 8 ------------------------------------------ You can't get the items above you, so don't bother trying. Instead there is a secret area with the exact same items later in the level. Run left and you'll drop and land on the left side where a prisoner is. Run over to the ladder at the right and go down. Go down the next ladder and the one after that. Take out the alien and go down another level. Kill the next alien and remove the barrels from your path. Go down the next ladder and down the lift to a room with a prisoner. Go back up to where you cleared the barrels and continue down the ladder taking out the aliens in your way. Follow the path taking out aliens and barrels and go up the ladder at the end. Kill the aliens and head left, go up the ladder. At the top switch to your grenade launcher and fire a grenade or two at the alien on the other platform. Do it again for the next one and head up the ladder. Jump onto the moving platform in this room, then jump over to rescue the prisoner. Drop back down and go up the ladder then the lift. Run along the hallway at the top then take the ladder down. Rescue the prisoner to the left, then run left and drop down the gap (we don't want to take the ladder past the gap-it leads to a later area, but it's the bad way to go). You'll land on a platform with a prisoner on it. Rescue him then jump at the wall... you'll find there is a gap. The alien on the other side will block your way though. Drop back down onto the left side and throw a hand grenade though the gap to blow him up. Jump through and rescue the prisoner then jump back into the left side. Jump across and go down the ladder, watching out for the alien. Continue down to the next level, and after killing the alien there, go up the other short ladder to the right and rescue the prisoner behind the square grid thing. Go back to the long ladder and continue down to the bottom. Jump at the left hand wall to find the hidden room I mentioned earlier (you also have to jump twice to get back out) and continue following the hallway to the right. When you reach the lift at the end of the hallway jump at the rightwall for another hidden room, this time containing the final prisoner. Return back to the lift and take it up to the next level. Here, using the moving platform, go up to the top. You need to remove the alien running around at the very top right pathway. Fire a couple of grenade launcher shots in the aliens direction, if they are well timed you should head it's death. Jump across and follow the hall to the ladder, take that down, then head down the lift, and walk through the exit to finish the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.12 - Guardian 04 Time To Complete: 2 minutes --------------------------- Again, same as usual. Grenades. This time there are multiple platforms which the Guardian can jump around on, although you can stay at the bottom and beat it just fine. You also won't have to move as much, you'll find it walks a little more often than earlier ones when it's using the bottom platform and the ground level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.13 - Mission 08 Time To Complete: 5 minutes / Prisoners: 9 ------------------------------------------ Welcome to the first of the alien hive levels. This is where things become a little more interesting as the hives are in short, very hole filled... and finding items and sometimes the prisoners is a task. Aliens come out of everywhere and you have the added annoyance of the acid drips in various places (10 years on and I'd still love to smack whoever thought they were a good idea). Head to the left, shooting the alien that pops out, and head up the ladder. Grab the items while shooting the alien which jumps out and rescue the prisoner. Head up the next ladder being careful to watch out for the alien which jumps at you at the top. Continue on up another level, killing the next alien and get the prisoner. Head back down a level, grab the items and head along to the right. Kill the next alien, then run straight forward to the wall. Here jump up and you'll find a gap leading to a room with an egg and a prisoner. Jump back out and head down the ladder beside the exit. Shoot the egg and grab the prisoner, then head down again and do the same. Head back up both ladders, and go right up to the top. Head along to the right and enter into the air shaft. Follow forward past the first ladder down, shoot the alien in the way then go down the second ladder, right, down (killing the alien), and exit. Shoot the egg, grab the health, and go down the ladder. Kill any aliens or eggs around and get the prisoner to the right. Head all the way left, killing the aliens, and you'll find another prisoner. Head down the ladder you previously passed and get the final two prisoners, one to the right, and one along to the left. Kill any aliens or eggs in the way and head all the way left to find the exit. You'll need to keep jumping up along some "steps" hidden behind part of the wall though. ____________________________________________________________ 6.14 - Mission 09 Time To Complete: 7 minutes / Prisoners: 11 ------------------------------------------- A lot of prisoners, but this level is rather straightforward in it's approach. Head left and down a level, killing the face hugger and egg, and grabbing the first prisoner. Head down two levels and do the same. Head down yet another level, and go to the left though before reaching the prisoner jump left, as there is a gap in the platform. Rescue the prisoner and then drop down the gap to the level below. Rescue the next prisoner and then climb up ladder back to the level above. Head to the right and climb down the long ladder. Watch out for the alien that drops down and shoot it before you get off the ladder. Shoot to the right to blow up a hidden alien egg and then move left, killing aliens, and rescue the prisoner here. Return up the long ladder to the level above. From here head to the right, shoot the alien egg, and rescue the prisoner at the end. Head down the ladder and head to all the way to the right, to get another prisoner. Go back towards the left and drop down, killing the aliens, while heading back along to the right. Rescue the prisoner and keep heading along, dropping down to the next part, and getting the prisoner at the far right end. Climb up the ladder, being careful of the aliens around Climb up the next ladder and rescue the prisoner here as well. Climb up again to the next level, and you'll find two prisoners here, one at the far left end and one at the right end. Climb up the ladder closest to the right end (where you first came to this section-the ladder at the left only leads back to the start of the level) and rescue the prisoner to the left. Climb up yet again, and rescue the prisoner by the exit door. Climb up AGAIN (last time I promise) and get the prisoner here, before heading left and getting the prisoner at the end. Climb down one level and head left, to get the final prisoner. Jump back up the little gap you dropped down, and head all the way to the right and out the exit. ____________________________________________________________ 6.15 - Mission 10 Time To Complete: 5 minutes / Prisoners: 9 ------------------------------------------ Head left and kill the aliens, and rescue the first prisoner. Head up one level, and save the second to the left. Go up again and wait at the top of the ladder for an alien to drop and scuttle away. Once up on the level head to the right, while watching out for an alien hiding behind one of the walls in front of the level. You'll see a ladder in one of the gaps for you to climb down. Go down two levels, and head left to kill some aliens and get your third prisoner. Go all the way back up and head all the way to the left, killing aliens in the way, and get the prisoner at the end. Climb down the nearby ladder and rescue the prisoner here as well, watching out for the aliens lurking around. Head back up the ladder, but go up two levels, being careful of another alien which drops down onto the ladder exit. To the right you'll find another prisoner to rescue past an alien egg. Head left, dropping down the small step, kill the aliens and rescue the next prisoner. Climb up the near by ladder you just passed, kill the alien, and grab the next prisoner. Head to the right, up the next ladder, kill the aliens, grab the health, and rescue the final prisoner. Head back down the ladder, and head right into the airduct and go all the way right, killing the two aliens in the way. Once out of the duct, blow up the two eggs, and run all the way through the exit. ____________________________________________________________ 6.16 - Guardian 05 Time To Complete: 3 minutes 30 seconds -------------------------------------- Climb up the small steps and start firing away as the Guardian with your grenade launcher. Same patterns as before apply, and the exit is found at the top ____________________________________________________________ 6.17 - Rescue 02 Time To Complete: 4 minutes / Prisoners: 10 ------------------------------------------- The first of the lead smelt levels, these sections are a pain in the ass. The gaps that happen from falling floors, mechanical conveyor belts, the shafts, multiple smelting pits. Ugh... what a nightmare. Not to mention some of the locations of the prisoners are trick locations, requiring you to find the one and only way to get them. And you'll probably find yourself falling down things a lot. Anyway, I'll try my best to guide you around, but if you get lost you're basically on your own. From the start head to the first ladder, and go down. Go down the next one and get the prisoner here. DO NOT slide down the ramp to the right. Go back up to the top level and head all the way right, waiting for the moving platforms, and get the first prisoner at the end. Head back to the left and go down the ladder, then head down one level. To the left is only health so jump on the moving platform going down. To the right is a platform w/ladder leading to another prisoner. Return to the moving platform and head down to the bottom where there is a platform to the left. Head along it, grabbing the prisoner on it, and jump onto the next moving platform. At the top there will be another prisoner. Now you need to return to the platform between the moving platforms, and jump outwards at the right end. Here you will land on another platform suspended against the wall with a prisoner on it, this is they only way to reach this platform, and if you've fallen down to the bottom, there is no way to get back up to reach this prisoner (and any you've missed from those I've already mentioned). Drop down onto the ramp once you've rescued this one. As you slide, hold left. As you fall into a tube you'll land on a platform to the left. Head across the moving platform to find the next prisoner. Head left still and go up the next moving platform all the way to the top. Head left again and jump when you go through the tube or else you'll fall down it. You'll find the next prisoner here. Continue left and ride down the moving platform at the end. Head right and go down the ladder you come to, then down the next to reach the floor. Follow the floor level along (you'll have to do quite a bit of jumping) until you reach some lead pools with a prisoner you can save. Return all the way back along to the ladders and go back up them both to the platform. Head all the way to the right and drop down the tube at the end while holding right, you'll land on another platform. Head all the way to the end and go up the ladder to another platform. Here you will find the final prisoner. Go back down the ladder and backtrack just to the nearby ladder which leads to the floor. However watch out for the alien which jumps out. Kill it then ride the elevator all the way up to the top and climb into the airduct. Follow the airduct through (you can only end up going to one other place regardless of the way you take) and climb out. Run through to the exit to finish the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.18 - Mission 11 Time To Complete: 4 minutes / Prisoners: 6 ------------------------------------------ If you wait about a second before heading back to get the batter pack, the door will close and crush an approaching alien. Run forward to the ladder and head up. Stop before the top and shoot at the two aliens that run past until they were both dead. Climb up and head left, at the end you'll find a prisoner to save. Head all the way to the right until a section of the floor drops out. Drop down this gap while holding right. You should land on a moving platform at the end, ride it down until it stops. Ride the moving conveyor belt across and jump onto the platform. Grab the items and jump across onto the stack... you have to land on the far side of it. From there jump across to the next platform and from there to another one with a prisoner on it. Rescue him then drop off the right end. Head to the left and kill the alien and rescue the next prisoner here, then return to the right and drop down the first shaft holding left to land on the left side. Jump across the moving platform (or ride it down if you really want to) and then climb down the ladder. Kill the alien, rescue the prisoner and hop on the moving platform. Ride it down and kill the alien at the platform you'll want to get on to. Run across and jump past each of the tubes and ride the platform down. Get off and wait for it to go back up then drop off the right side. You'll land on a platform below and be ready to jump across to rescue another prisoner. Drop off the side and get ready to do a lot of running and jumping towards the right. Jump between the platforms and then jump onto the on with the final prisoner. From there jump onto the moving platform and then jump into the exit to finish the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.19 - Mission 12 Time To Complete: 7 minutes / Prisoners: 7 ------------------------------------------ The end is near, here is the final mission level of the game, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easy. This level has the most annoying prisoner setup in the entire game... numerous times had I worked my way to this point only to waste all my lives left trying to beat it. Ride the lift down and shoot the alien which comes along as you head towards the right. Ride the moving platform up, head left shooting the alien, and go up the ladder. Head right again, killing the alien, and move to the end. Now here is the tricky part, you need to jump to the platform instead of sliding down the ramp... once you manage it, continue jumping the various ones until you can drop down onto a platform with a prisoner on it. Once the prisoner is saved, jump onto the ramp and slide down. You'll drop down a pipe and land on a platform. Head left and ride the moving platform down (don't bother about the moving conveyor belt). Head right at the bottom and you'll find a prisoner. Head down the ladder and then head left until you reach other moving platform which you can ride on. Follow it half way down, ignoring the level with the lead poring, down one more and head onto the right platform. Here you will find another prisoner. Now you need to jump onto the platforms on the left side and follow them until you reach the far end. Climb down the ladder and rescue the next prisoner. Ride the moving platform down, and head to the right until you find the next prisoner. Head back to the left and down the ladder you just passed. Head left and climb down the ladder here. Head to the right and you'll find the final prisoner. Head back up to the platform above and head to the right until the next ladder along, climb down and it'll take you far down to the ground level. Head to the left, killing the aliens which jump out, until you reach the exit of the level. ____________________________________________________________ 6.20 - Guardian 06 Time To Complete: 3 minutes --------------------------- The final battle is here. This time you have two Guardians to beat in 3 minutes. You can try to develop your own strategy, but this is the one I personally use. Run out of the door onto the platform below and run to the near end. At 2:54 jump outwards as far as you can go to land on the platform moving upwards, then run across to the far one and grab the two lots of Grenades. Drop down the side one level to the flamethrower fuel, then again to the ground level. Arm the Grenade Launcher then fire anytime the guardians are in range. The first time you'll always get hit by some acid but afterwards, the guardian will come close, then turn and run off. When it turns to run off, start moving forward... the acid it spits will miss you. Repeat this pattern until the 1st Guardian is dead. Ride the moving platform up and jump off to the first platform to the left. You can grab the health here (you'll probably be needing it) then you'll either find the Guardian up there or it will arrive. Keep shooting at it with the Grenade Launcher (there is 10 more at the end of this platform if you need them). If you run out of ammo, use the pulse rifle. Hopefully if you've managed to keep enough health and ammo you'll kill the second with enough time to spare to hop on the moving platform and get out the exit at the top right of the room. Congratulations you've finished Alien 3. ____________________________________________________________ 7.0 - Cheats and Secrets There is only one code for Alien 3, a Level Skip code. On the options screen, use Controller Two and press C, Up, Right, Down, Left, A, Right, Down. To activate, pause the game while playing and press C, A, B to skip to the next level. ____________________________________________________________ 8.0 - Legal Stuff/Credits Umm, I'm not much for end legal disclaimers, so I'm just going to say this guide is (C) 1992, 2002 Rob McGregor and this document may be used freely as long as credit is displayed. Ah, thanks to my parents who gave me the cash for the game over 10 years ago... I should actually repay them like I said I would at the time. Thanks to my friend for talking me into buying the console in the first place. And my desire to clean up a messy area which lead me to finding my notes and making me pull out the old console to play for a while. I hope you enjoyed the guide. mcgregorr@xtra.co.nz ____________________________________________________________