Gunstar heroes hints and tips

 

Gunstar Heroes

Note:  There are a lot of weapons to choose from in this 

game.  The weapons that work best are the Star Chaser( 

two chaser items), and the Chaser Lightning (one chaser 

item and one lightning item).  You should also use the 

free shot, because with certain weapons, it is easier to 

shoot the enemies from all sides.

2nd Note:  For your convenience, the bosses have been put 

in bold throughout these tips.

The Ancient Ruins

At the beginning of the round, walk right and use your 

chaser to take out all the enemies.  Walk past the two 

piles of sandbags, and keep moving right.  When you get 

to a house on a tree limb, destroy it and a red soldier 

will jump out.  Shoot him and get a Vitality-up item.  

Keep walking right and you will come to your first boss    

-Papaya Dance-. Shoot the top of the tree that looks like 

an asparagus.  Watch out for the mother ant.  Once you 

defeat it, continue right until you see a pyramid of 

blocks and flying mercenaries.  Jump up the pyramid 

towards the right. When you get to the top, you will 

encounter- Bravoo Man-(man made of blocks).  His damage 

is 3421, so shoot him quickly.  Watch out for his glowing 

legs and hands when he spins around.  If he flies through 

the air doing 360 degree spins, his vitality will 

regenerate.  After you defeat him, you will slide down 

the right side of the pyramid.  Be sure to jump over the 

laser shot the yellow soldier fires at you.  When you 

reach the bottom, walk to the right and shoot the bird to 

get him to drop the weapon.  Walk to the right.  Try not 

to shoot the bee hives or the bees will get pesky and 

chase you.  Shoot the bees and continue right until three 

yellow guards attack you.  Shoot them and the boss will 

appear.  When -Pinky Roader- hops onto the screen, you 

must shoot the body of the vehicle (not the legs) to 

inflict damage and clear the stage.

The Underground Mine

In this stage, you are riding a mine cart at high speed 

through an old mine.  You must use any chaser weapon in 

this stage if you are going to survive the boss 

characters in this stage.  Remember to push the jump 

button twice to jump to the wall above or to the side of 

you.  Continuously shoot all the enemies that come onto 

the screen, and always keep moving.  When the train rolls 

onto the screen, be sure to shoot the soldiers when they 

stand up.  When the tunnel turns downward, watch out for 

the long laser strip that goes up the screen.  Wait until 

it disappears and then move through it.  When the train 

comes up the left-side wall, shoot the soldiers as 

quickly as possible.  When the tunnel turns toward the 

right, shoot everything.  A train will roll onto the 

bottom of the screen with soldiers in it.  You can stay 

on the top or bottom track, and shoot them when they 

stand up.  Shoot three groups of soldiers, and the train 

will roll backward to the engine.  Don't worry about the 

soldiers running around the train that is exploding.  

When just the engine room of the train is left, you must 

shoot Colonel Red to defeat the train.  

The Underground Mine (cont...)

Now you will encounter the last boss of the stage, -Seven 

Force-.  There are seven different bosses you have to 

defeat. 

Soldier Force - When the running robot appears on the 

screen, stay in the lower right corner.  When he fires 

his hand at you, jump straight up to avoid it.  When he 

throws his arms, move towards him (to the left) to avoid 

the arms.

Tails Force (green boss with discs for a tail)- Stand on 

the right side wall and avoid him by jumping to the other 

wall.  He will chase you, so just avoid him by moving up 

and down.  Watch out for his tail.  When it starts 

floating in the middle of the screen, do not go above it.  

It will start shooting balls at you.  Watch out when he 

spins around in a circle.  Continue shooting until 

defeated.

Blaster Force (gun)- Keep moving while the gun is 

spinning.  When it stops and cocks the hammer on the gun, 

keep moving in the direction you were going in.  It will 

miss you every time.  If you are feeling really lazy, you 

can jump up to the ceiling and position yourself directly 

above the circle that does not move when the gun is 

spinning.  If you stay there and use your weapon, you 

will never get hit.

Urchin Force (spinning spiked disc)- When it starts 

banging against the wall, watch out.  Which ever side of 

the mine he tilts his body on, that is the side he will 

slide down.  Go up to the top and repeat the procedure.  

At about 1500 hit points, it will have white globes 

appear on the sides of the disc.  When it stops spinning, 

they will fire at you.  All of the orbs go in a straight 

line from the middle of the spinning disc, so position 

yourself accordingly.  Continue shooting to defeat it.

Crab Force (big red wall)- When this boss appears, stay 

on the far right side of the screen.  Red squares will 

start flashing on the sides of the boss.  That means a 

wall will be coming down that wall.  Quickly jump twice 

to avoid the wall.  Constantly shoot while avoiding the 

walls.  When the white orbs come at you, move back and 

forth on the bottom of the screen to avoid them.  When 

you see the discs at the top and bottom of the screen 

start to flash, watch out.  Jump over them as they come 

at you.  He will start mixing up his weapons when you are 

close to defeating him, so keep after him.

Eagle Force (blue boss with three discs in body and a 

four-pronged tail)- This boss will move his arms back and 

forth and he moves up the screen slowly to crush you.  

When it is safe to move past the opening made by his 

arms, do so.  Watch his tail.  When he comes up sideways 

in the tunnel, go along the wall close to his head when 

it is safe.

Tiger Force (the running tiger)- When he appears on the 

screen, jump to the top wall and stay there, constantly 

shooting the robot.  When the crosshair is trying to lock 

onto you, move back and forth on the top of the screen, 

and he will never hit you.  When the line of diamonds 

starts moving around from his tail, stay in the corner to 

avoid the laser shot.

Note:  Sometimes you do not have to fight all the bosses 

in this stage.

The Flying Battleship

When you start this level, you will be on the left side 

of the screen with a huge ship on the right.  The object 

is to jump up as fast as you can and chase the ship as it 

flies upward.  When you see an enemy, it is not a good 

idea to throw him.  It will waste too much time.  Try to 

jump up on the far left side of the ledge, and if at all 

possible, use the Chaser weapon.  Right above the orange 

boss is an orange platform with the numbers "99" on the 

side.  You must jump onto this platform when you are 

safely above it.  When you jump on it, flying yellow 

soldiers will come out and throw bombs and lasers at you.  

Avoid the shots, and shoot them.  When the ship flies up 

into space and comes back down, you now can walk on the 

ship to the right.  First destroy the flying soldiers and 

grab the Vitality-up item.  Walk right and shoot the 

soldiers.  If you shoot the engines that are vibrating, 

you will have a nice choice of weapons. Continue to the 

right and you will encounter a boss -Swapping Reg-.  If 

you are using the Chaser, avoid him and let your ammo 

fly.  If not, you can stand on one of the robots feet and 

fire directly up at it.  Continue to the right and shoot 

the soldier on the moving pole.  Pick up the Vitality-up 

item and keep moving right.  Pass the two big propellers 

and jump on the wing of the airplane with Colonel Red on 

the other side of the plane.  Continuously shoot him 

while he is flying around.  When he is defeated, -- will 

jump on the plane with you.  When you fly off, you will 

be fighting the last boss of the stage.  If he charges at 

you, jump over him. Try not to touch him or he will toss 

you in the air like a rag doll.  When he jumps on the 

propellers, walk back and forth on the wing and do not 

stop.  Continuously shoot him to beat the stage.

Black's Dice Maze

At the beginning of this round, all you have to do is run 

to the far right door and enter it.  Be sure to destroy 

the pods with the soldiers in them.  When you walk in the 

doorway, you will be in Black's dice maze.  The object is 

to toss the dice and to move the mini figure of yourself 

to the Last Boss square.  Here is a square by square walk 

through of the maze.

-Valvalion- To defeat the orange snake, you must shoot it 

in the head and body to destroy it.  It is best to stand 

a little to the right of the center of the screen.

-Item room-

-Timeron- Shoot directly up at the green spaceship.  

Watch out for the exploding melon balls.  Jump right 

before they explode.

-Rush and Go- In the room where you have to hit the orbs 

on the wall to make the doors open and close, it is best 

to go straight up from the starting point to the upper 

left corner.  The trick is when you are jumping up to the 

next wall, press right on the D + pad and walk towards 

the wall on your right to stay on the ledge.  Punch the 

orb on the right through the wall to make the proper 

floor appear beneath you and the wall above you 

disappear.  Reach the upper right side to exit.

-Minion Soldier- When the mini soldier walks into the 

room, continuously shoot your weapon at him.  Do not get 

to close to him, or he will toss you.  When he throws 

stars at you, duck down to avoid him.

-Melon Bread- You have to shoot the smiling face in his 

teeth to inflict damage to him.  There is no retaliation 

from him.

-Rush and Go- Shoot the pad that the soldier is sitting 

in.  Be sure to shoot the box on the left to receive a 

Vitality-Up item.

-Pit- In this room, you must shoot the orbs that are 

bouncing on the wall.  Avoid the wall in the middle of 

the room that grows and shrinks.  Shoot all four balls to 

escape.

-Rush and Go- In this room, you have to make it through 

the maze to get to the exit.  First, shoot the soldiers 

through the wall and then stand directly next to the 

wall.  Press the jump button repeatedly to climb between 

the two walls.

-Phantom- Continuously shoot the yellow soldier until he 

is destroyed.  Grab the Vitality-Up item and roll the 

dice. 

-Vortex Base- Shoot the machine on the bottom of the 

floor directly in the bright orange circle.  It is 

usually good to hang from the top beam, but watch how the 

discs flash.  That is usually the pattern of the laser.

-Curry and Rice- It is normal to not have any weapons for 

this stage, so don't worry.  It is best to jump at the 

pumpkin head creature, and perform the body slam by 

pressing jump twice.

-Abarenbou Gel- When the big drop of goo pops out and 

starts wiggling around, shoot it as it wiggles.  If you 

start out at the far right side you should get him before 

he jumps on top of you with the Chaser Lightning weapon.

-Super Gondola- To escape this room, you must shoot all 

the guns at the top of the screen.  There are six 

different guns to destroy, so be careful.

-Final Boss-

-Black Beat Stepper- Start off on the upper left ledge.  

Shoot the big bubble-shaped body and watch the dice.  

They tell you what weapon is coming.  Watch for where the 

wall is blinking.  Whatever color is flashing, that will 

be the weapon.  When you are using the Chaser Lightning 

weapon, be sure it is hitting it in the body, not the 

feet.  It doesn't do much damage there, so keep pressing 

the fire button.  When the red fire balls come out of the 

wall, stand directly next to the wall to avoid it.  

-Black Beat Stepper- (cont...)

When you see the blue part of the wall flashing, jump to 

the middle of the room to avoid the bombs.  When the 

green laser fires, try to get to the lower right corner 

to not get hit.  When the yellow laser fires, attach 

yourself to the ceiling to escape the laser beams.  At 

the end of the stage, Black will throw a fake gem at you 

that will explode.  Shoot him one more time to make him 

give you the real gem.

When you have completed all four levels, yellow will be 

kidnapped.  At the beginning of the round, move right and 

shoot.  Shoot the boxes to find Vitality-Up items.  When 

you get to the soldier on the moving platform, shoot him 

and continue right.  You will eventually get to a red 

soldier.  Defeat him and get a Vitality-up item.  

Continue right still shooting all the soldiers that come 

up on the screen.  Shoot all the boxes to get them out of 

the way.  When you see the skyscrapers in the background 

with the sun, you are getting close to the end.  Defeat 

the big walking machine, and when you see the big 

building in the background, you must fight the boss.

-Smashing Daisaku- When Colonel Red starts flying around 

the screen, continuously shoot him.  Duck while he flies 

toward you.  After you diminish his hit points, he will 

regenerate and try to fight you "mano y mano".  Watch out 

when he jumps in the air, or he will get you with his 

feet.  When he pulls out his gun, you can stand in 

between the flames that come toward you.  If a single 

flame comes out, jump over it.  Continue shooting to 

defeat him.  You will have to give up the four jewels to 

get yellow back, but you have one more stage to go 

through.

-Empire's Space Craft- When you start this level, you 

will be in an orange spaceship.  The object here is the 

same as the whole game.  Shoot anything that moves 

(except asteroids).  Keep on flying and shooting and you 

will encounter -Timeron- who is very easy to defeat.  

Once he is gone, watch out for the asteroids, and shoot 

the lasers on the ship.  Take out the big green 

spaceship, and watch out for the blue lasers coming from 

the left side of the screen.  When yellow laser bars 

start moving down the screen, position your ship between 

them, and move the ship to the left side.  Shoot the 

green mines in the path.  When you see the circle of 

mines appear, try to be in the middle when they spread 

apart.  Eventually, there will be five lasers on the 

spaceship you will have to shoot.  After that you will 

come to another boss-1000mm Gun-.  If you have the Chaser 

weapon, the gun will not be a problem.  Be careful of the 

pink bullets it shoots out.  They spread out into eight 

bullets that are hard to avoid. Stay in the middle of the 

screen, and watch out for the robots coming from the 

upper and lower left of the screen.  Obliterate 

everything on the screen, and continue until you get to 

the next boss,-Seven Force-.

Just like in the mine shaft, you have to shoot the seven 

different bosses to escape the stage.  They are a lot 

smaller, but a lot more meaner.  Avoid everything they 

throw at you (your hyperspace move(button B + C) is very 

much needed here).  After they are defeated, you will be 

out of your spaceship and on a platform inside the 

spaceship. Walk to the right and you will encounter blue 

soldiers.  Shoot them and continue right.  When you get 

to the doorway, walk through it.  The next boss is the -

Core Guard System-  First, You must shoot the long rod 

coming out of the core.  Shoot at the end of the rod with 

the red dot.  After the hammer is defeated, a row of orbs 

will be flying around the room like a snake.  You have to 

shoot the orb in the front (the head of the creature), 

and watch out for the blue smoke.  

-Core Guard System- (cont...) 

When the mechanical faces come from the core, do not 

stand in front of them when they materialize, or it will 

be curtains for you.  When the running green orb man runs 

close to the platform you are on, shoot him in the head 

to do damage.  Be careful when he swings his arm around.  

Quickly get out of the way and continue shooting.  Once 

you defeat him, that ends the stage.

-Last Stage-

When you appear on the screen, all the boss characters 

will be watching a huge T.V. screen of your character 

going through the level.  The object here is to destroy 

all the bosses again.  When you walk to the right, you 

will encounter the first boss,-Duck Battalion-.  If he 

shoots his arms at you, jump and use your body slam 

attack.  Otherwise, keep shooting at the body to defeat 

him.  After the machine blows up, one of the men on the 

machine jumps off and tries to shoot you himself.  If he 

jumps toward you, run in his direction to avoid the shot.  

Keep shooting.  Once he is defeated,  continue right.  

After you shoot the wall down,  be careful of the white 

orbs floating toward you.  Climb on the ceiling and use 

the gaps in between the walls to avoid them.  When you 

get to the far right, jump up to the top as quickly as 

possible.  Walk to the right and you will encounter -Pink 

Lobster-.  To defeat it, you have to shoot the body of 

the machine while avoiding the claw and bubbles.  You can 

walk right underneath the machine without getting hurt.  

If the lobster is just standing there and not doing 

anything, walk close to him to provoke him.  Once he is 

defeated,  the next boss -Orange- will come out.  Stay on 

the upper level and walk back and forth shooting him.  

When he jumps up to your level, jump down to the bottom.  

Avoid the blue firewall, by jumping up to the top level.  

If he starts sliding on the top level, shot him from 

below.  When you defeat Orange, walk to the right and 

jump on the platform.  This is where you will meet -Black 

Fly-.  When he flies off the screen, you will have to 

maneuver through the white walls of orbs (you can shoot 

the center of them to make them disappear).  When Black 

comes into the screen, he will make three  walls of white 

orbs that move around the screen counter-clockwise.

You can jump on the platforms on the sides of the screen 

and walk on Blacks ship to stay out of their path. Keep 

shooting the ship to destroy it.  When the platform 

stops, walk to the right.  -Green-  will be there waiting 

for you.  He does not use a machine in this battle.  He 

walks around and throws  stars at you.  Shoot him 

continuously and keep jumping up and down, off the 

platform.  After Green is defeated, walk into the doorway 

on the right.  You will now face the last boss in the 

game, -Golden Silver-.  When the golden robot jumps down 

to your level, the object is to shoot the crystals at the 

top of the screen.  You can jump over the blue flame the 

robot fires at you.  Remember, hitting the robot will not 

help you.  When the jewels start flying around the room, 

you still have to shoot them.  When he jumps back onto 

his platform, watch out for the one jewel that fires a 

laser at you.  Continue to shoot the jewels, and you will 

finish the game.

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