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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love
For Sony Playstation
Developed by Big West Ltd., Bandai Visual Ltd.
This document Copyright 1999 Alan Cheng south_neon@hotmail.co
Version 1.1
All Rights Reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. Legal Disclaimer
4. Version History
5. Interface
5.1 Load
5.2 Difficulty
5.3 Key Config
5.4 Weapon Select
5.5 Exit
6. Playing Screen
7. Main Characters
8. Game Start/Walkthrough
8.1 Phase 01:
8.2 Phase 02: Titan
8.3 Phase 03: In the Macross
8.4 Phase 04: Asteroids Belt
8.5 Phase 05: Assault Enemyship
8.6 Phase 06: Saturn
8.7 Phase 07: Big Escape
8.8 Phase 08: Ocean
8.9 Phase 09: Ruins
8.10 Phase 10: Last War
8.11 Final Phase: Do You Remember Love
9. Ending
10. Secrets/Option Plus
10.1 Finished Easy Mode
10.2 Finished Normal Mode
10.3 Finished Hard Mode
10.4 Extra in Hard Mode
11. Hints
12. GameShark Codes
13. Credits
1. FOREWORD
Finally a classic anime is being integrated into the Sony Playstation and
named as "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love". This
1982 anime had been of great hit around the globe, and although this game is
currently available in Japan, it is possible it will hit the America sooner
or later. Either way, I just can't forget all those exciting shooting
moments, no matter it is inside the anime itself or in the game, especially
Macross signature homing missile trails.
This game, as mentioned, is developed on Sony Playstation platform, although
it was originally released on Sega Saturn also in Japan. Because of the high
replay value and the great love story(ies) lying inside the anime, huge fans
(such as ME!) of course will buy it at any cost.
2. INTRODUCTION
This game is a 2 CD version, jam-packed with tons of FMVs (Full Motion
Videos) and still pictures from the movie version of Macross (it is also
named "Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love"). Because of
all those videos and pictures, the game is not super long but you can still
understand how the story progresses. After all, it's an anime and all you
need is to see the videos and listen to how every character expresses their
feelings. Then you will get the whole picture without even understanding
what they are talking about (Note: In case you don't know, I don't understand
what they are talking about either :Ì).
Because the anime is such a long time ago product, I'm sorry but I forgot the
names of the characters totally. Therefore, general understanding of each
character is required. Preferably, better had watched this anime 17 years
ago, or you will be in great trouble understanding what they are doing, who
falls in love with whom, etc etc. However, I'll still try my best to make
the characters as distinctive as possible so that you know whom I'm referring
to. And if you know the names of the characters (no matter in Japanese or
English), please don't hesitate emailing me =)
**Update**
After doing some research, I finally have found the names of the main
characters. Credits will be followed. For those who also know the names of
the machines, please notify me. Thanks in advance.
3. LEGAL DISCLAIMER
As usual, no one enjoys writing a so-called legal disclaimer, as this is
somewhat useless and tedious. However, in order to protect all the people's
documents, this is still required, so here you go.
This document, in whole or in part of, is the property of Alan Cheng. No one
should ever attempt to use this document to make money, or I'll get you for
sure! This is used to guide gamers on how to beat the game only. If you
happen wanted to print a copy for yourself or your friends, go ahead. But if
you want to put it on your web site, please notify me through email
(south_neon@hotmail.com), no matter it is part of or the whole document. All
the names related to the game and the game console belongs to the property of
the respective companies. All rights reserved. Thank you for your co-
operation. Blah blah blah.
NOTE: If you want to print out this FAQ, please set your margin to 1 inch for
all the four margins, with 10 pt font and Courier New type font. This will
make up a total of 26 pages.
4. VERSION HISTORY
Version 1.0 - This is the beginning of this strategy guide. Future
amendments will be posted (if any).
Version 1.1 û I have done enough research to find the characters' names. No
more singer, captain, main character, etc.
- Changed name for Robot to Battroid.
5. INTERFACE
Personally I think the interface is quite self-explanatory, but in order to
produce a complete strategy guide, I don't mind repeating what is on the game
manual again.
Before you really start the game, hop in the first CD into Playstation.
Prepare yourself a memory card with one free block and plug the memory card
in. Then start the game as usual.
Once started, there will be a girl saying about the background information of
the Macross story. It has text accompanied also, but both are in Japanese.
You can press start to skip it, or you can wait until the "Now Loading"
screen appears. You will then see the starting screen with Fortress Macross
in the background. It prompts you to "Press Start Button". Do so, and you
will be given two options.
The first one, "Start", is to start a new game. The second one is "Option",
where you can set different things for the game. Let's begin with the
"Option" option (eh... somewhat redundant).
- 5.1 Load
The first option in "Option" mode is loading a pre-saved game. Because you
can save your progress after finishing a stage every time, you can load the
data afterwards if you can't finish the whole game in a day (though it won't
take long to complete the whole game actually). Press the Circle button and
you will have the screen to load data. You can save up to 3 separate files
in a memory card. After choosing the one you desired using the D-pad, press
the Circle button again. Choose "Yes" if this is the file you want, or
choose "No" to choose another one. Press Circle button to confirm.
- 5.2 Difficulty
The second option is setting the difficulty for the game. You can set among
Easy, Normal, or Hard mode. I started out playing Normal, though it's
already hard enough. The Hard one is really hard: Super fast enemies, super
fast missiles, and super crazy bosses. But you are not any faster or more
powerful. It all depends on your skills to play Hard. Still, the game
levels among the three are the same, so if you can remember anyone of them,
you can get it through quick easily without continuing (hopefully).
- 5.3 Key Config
The third one is configuring the command keys. Notice that ALL the commands
are in Japanese, so for those who don't understand Japanese, you may have to
experience which button is which. To solve the problem, I'll list all the
buttons here. Please note that these are the default configuration set by
the developers, so edit it at your own risk.
X-button:
Normal Machine Gun. Press and hold this button to have a continuing stream
of bullets. However, one strange aspect is that if you are in different
modes, you can tap this button quickly to unload all the bullets. However, I
don't find any difference for unload all of the bullets or simply holding the
button. Strange design. More will be explained later.
Square-button:
Another important button to learn. This is the most signature weapon in
Macross, in which we usually say it is the Homing Missiles (and let's use it
this way, shall we?). If you see enemies on the screen, quickly press and
hold the Square-button. It will automatically lock on the enemies. Once the
homing-missile bar is full, release the button and the missiles will bomb the
enemies away. However, don't press it if there's no enemies on the screen,
as it won't lock onto the enemies if they suddenly appear.
Circle-button:
Invincible weapon (sort of), or simply Bomb. If you press on it, you will be
surrounded by lots of bombs, and those enemies (and bullets) around you will
be destroyed. However, you are only assigned to four bombs in every stage,
so use this button sparingly. In addition, those boss' lasers can still hit
you if you use bomb. Just use it if you want to get out of trouble or if you
are going die.
Triangle-button:
A funny yet somewhat useful feature, it will make your Fighter and Gerwalk
spin. Use this when people shoot at you and you don't have time to make any
sharp movement to avoid the bullets. However, this move is not totally
invincible, as you will still get hit by boss' arsenals. Also, you can't use
this in Battroid mode. It has absolutely no functionality on it. Remember
that if you are moving with your D-pad, you cannot spin your machine at all.
You have to stay still to spin.
L1/R1-button:
L1 and R1 buttons are used to transform your machine into Fighter, Gerwalk,
or Battroid mode. L1-button works from Fighter?Gerwalk?Battroid, while R-
button works from Battroid?Gerwalk?Fighter. Change form to get out of
trouble. More will be explained later.
L2/R2-button:
Not used by default.
If you are using the default button layout, the best method to play is to
press the X-button with the lower section of your right thumb at all time
(don't even let off!), while using the upper section of the right thumb to
press and release the Square-button. Use the left and right index fingers to
work on the shoulder buttons. Use the right index finger also for the
Triangle- and Circle-buttons, though it is quite difficult to operate this
way. It will also make your thumb sore after a few stages.
In order to solve this problem, I have used the Edit function to change the
button layout so that it can accommodate my needs easily. Here are my
recommendations:
X-button: Still the machine gun.
Square-button: Invincible bomb. You'll seldom use it so don't really bother.
Circle-button: Still the invincible bomb.
Triangle-button: Still the spin button.
L1-button: Transform from Fighter?Gerwalk?Battroid.
L2-button: Transform from Battroid?Gerwalk?Fighter.
R1-button: Homing missiles.
R2-button: Spinning button.
The method to hold the controller is like this: Still use your right thumb to
press the X-button at all time. Use the right index fighter to press the R1-
button whenever you see enemies, and use your right middle finger to press
the R2-button if you are in danger. Transform (i.e. press the L1/L2 button)
using your left index and middle fingers. That will make your "life" super
easier.
- 5.4 Weapon Select
The "Weapon Select" screen lets you configure how each weapon will work.
Because there are three kinds of weapons (machine gun, homing missiles,
bombs), you can set each of them with two settings.
The top panel is for the machine gun. The two doesn't make a great deal of
differences (or maybe I haven't figured out yet), so choose either one with
the left/right D-pad presses. Press Down to move down the item.
The second row is for setting the homing missiles. The first option is to
set it the way when there are many enemies on the screen, press the homing
missile button will lock onto all the enemies. Once released, the missiles
will fly separately. The second option is that if there are several enemies
on the screen, it will lock onto one particular enemy. This one is
particularly useful for the boss-heavy stage, as you can destroy a particular
part of the boss first prior to moving to other parts.
The third row is for setting the bomb. The first option is to make it the
way in which the bombs are mainly to generate a shield-like area to protect
your machine. The second option is more aggressive. It will attack the
enemies ahead, but leaving your machine vulnerable. The first option is
preferable though.
- 5.5 Exit
This will exit the "Option" screen and take you back to the "Start"/"Option"
screen.
6. PLAYING SCREEN
Before we start our flight, let's examine the screen in detail. Because it
is a side-scrolling game that scrolls from left to right (or down to top when
you are in Phase 03: In the Macross), it is quite simple to look at the
environment without confusion. There is one main bar on the top which
complies of all the important legends there. The three most left-hand
symbols indicate which mode you are currently at. The top one is the Fighter
mode ("F"), the middle one is Gerwalk mode ("G"), and the bottom one is
Battroid mode ("B"). Sometimes you will be forced to use a particular mode
and if you attempt to switch, the game will change it back for you.
The top bar near the left labelled "Shield" is your shield level. It starts
out in blue, and if you get hit, it will change colour. It will change from
blue, to green, to orange, and to red, in which red is the dangerous level.
Watch this bar frequently, or you will die suddenly without notice.
The four small neon-green buttons under the shield bar and labelled "B" is
the number of bombs you are carrying. You start out with four bombs. If you
have used up all, you will be in great trouble if you want to get out of
danger. Use it wisely.
There is also something called "SDF" under the "Shield" bar with accompanying
number beside it. The number will drop from 100 to 0 from time to time. I
am not sure what "SDF" is and how "SDF" works, but it seems it will drop
periodically. I'll post further update on this one if I figure out what it
does. For those who don't know, "SDF" is the short-form of "Super Dimension
Fortress". Hmm... Anything related to the Macross itself, or just
coincidence?
The light green bar on the top right is your machine gun level. If you just
depress the button without tapping it, it will not drop in level. However,
if you tap the button and hold it, it will drain the meter quickly.
Specially, if you are in Fighter mode, it will almost be impossible to drain
the meter, no mater how hard you tap the button (you still can deplete it
though). If you are in Gerwalk mode, after tapping the button thrice and
hold at the third tap, it will be depleted immediately, but will refill
itself once it's all gone. When you are in Robot mode, tapping the button
twice and hold at the second time will drain the meter.
The green bar with arrows pointing left, just under the machine gun level and
labelled "Missile" is the homing missiles level. Once you start pressing the
homing missile button, the bar will turn red. You can release it anytime or
until it is full. When it is full, it will give out the maximum number of
missiles (duh!). You will never use up the homing missiles.
Remember, enemies come from any direction, and I mean it. They can come from
in front of you, behind of you, above you, below you, from the background, or
even into the screen! So don't just stay at the back of the screen, or you
will die in a not-so-heroic way. Main strategy: Move a lot. Don't stop.
7. MAIN CHARACTERS
Hikaru Ichijyo:
Macross hero of all time. Macross main protagonist. Quite cool though. He
falls in love with both Lynn Minmei and Misa Hayase.
Lynn Minmei:
One and only female idol/singer in Macross. Young and beautiful, and every
male likes her. She falls in love with Hikaru at first sight. By the way,
is there any idol and/or singer there??
Misa Hayase:
One of the on-board controllers in Macross. Her boyfriend died during an
enemy attack. She has devoted her heart to the job on Macross until she
meets Hikaru.
Bruno J. Global:
Captain of Macross. Always wears his captain cap and has a pipe in his
mouth. He won't let emotional things affect his thoughts.
Roy Fokker:
Another fighter in Macross. He operates the very well-known Valkyrie with
skeleton symbols on it. FiancÚ of Claudia LeSalle.
Claudia LeSalle:
Another controller in Macross, she works closely with Captain Global. She is
in a higher level than Misa. FiancÚ of Roy Fokker.
Maximillian Jenius:
A fighter in Macross who wears glasses. His Valkyrie is blue in colour. He
is also one of the most handsome guy in the anime.
Miriya Fallyna Jenius:
Obviously she shares the same last name as Maximillian, and that means she
will marry Maximillian later on when she gets captured (and diminished to
human size). She has a red Valkyrie in the TV series, which makes a perfect
match as that of Maximillian's.
Linn Kaifun:
Minmei's manager. Nothing special with him in the game except he kisses
Minmei once. For those who don't know, Minmei and Kaifun are both Chinese,
and therefore their first names should be "Minmei" and "Kaifun", not "Lynn"
and "Linn".
Hayao Kakizaki:
Hikaru's best friend on board beside Roy, he is also a Valkyrie operator. A
fat boy who does not have a good ending (sigh...).
8. GAMESTART/WALKTHROUGH
So enough of what I said, right? Ready to get started? So why don't we just
press the "Start" button and begin our adventure!
Because this game is full of FMVs and still pictures accompanied with woman's
voice in the background, I'll indicate when such things will happen and give
a bring explanation of the story as the game progresses. I'll also try to
write this walkthrough in a story style so that it is easy to follow along
and still make the story understandable. However, please note that those FMV
and still picture descriptions are spoilers because they are straight from
the movie version. So read them at your own risk. Start your engine!
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Legend
====== : Indicates where still picture scenes take place. : Indicates where FMV takes place. : Indicates when the level starts. : Indicates the boss fight and strategies to defeat it.
- 8.1 Phase 01:
The game begins with the female announcer saying the background of Macross
again. Press "Start" if you get bored of her, or if you have gone through it
at the beginning.
The very first FMV shows that all the fighters are preparing to start off on
a battleship. For those who have watched the TV series before, this should
be quite familiar for you as it was almost showed in every episode. After
some adjustments and testing, Hikaru Ichijyo starts out with others on their
Valkyries. Just after they have gone, the battleship got destroyed by a red
laser from the sky. They all feel very lucky they can get out in time.
The level starts in a city on Earth where it has been destroyed almost
totally by enemies. At first there are several green battleships in the
background which do not fire. Use homing missile to lock-on and destroy
them. After a while, a couple of those two-leg droids drop down in the
background, and then some more on the same layer as your Valkyries. Don't
use the Battroid mode in here; if you do, you will not be able to jump out of
trouble when enemies come from behind. Use Fighter to remain in the air, or
press Up on D-pad constantly if you are using Gerwalk.
This level is pretty easy as long as you stay in the upper 1/3 portion of the
screen. Whenever you see enemies, hold the homing missile button and release
once a while. Of course don't forget about the machine gun button too; hold
it at all time will make this level easier.
Just before the boss comes to you, there will be two 2-leg droids jumping
from behind. They jump pretty high, so try to stay in the top right corner
to avoid them. When they appear, use the homing missiles to get rid of them.
When the city gets destroyed and the screen shines white, the boss will
approach you.
This is the first time you will encounter a boss. Because those enemies
usually travel in battleships, this boss is of no exception. The boss will
start on the right of the screen, emitting some small red missiles to you.
Watch carefully, as the missiles are aiming towards you. Try to keep the
distance, and you can easily dodge in between the missiles.
After the missiles are dodging. The boss will suddenly dodge to the left of
the screen, but remain in the middle part. Go up to avoid the dodging, and
keep using the homing missiles as your machine gun is of no use to it right
now.
If the head has been destroyed, the battleship will use missiles in the lower
part of its body that goes to three directions. Because they are separated
quite widely, you can go between them. Because this is the first boss, it is
quite easy to defeat it. Just try to use Gerwalk for most of the time and
use the combination of homing missiles and machine gun.
After the boss fight, the FMV shows that the Macross is preparing to go into
space. Because the Valkyrie operators have never seen the actual size of the
fortress before (and I really wonder why they haven't!), they all feel quite
surprised. They immediately fly back to the ship, just in time when Macross
use time travel to transfer itself to the space.
- 8.2 Phase 02: Titan
The woman voice comes up again, saying that Macross has finally gone up to
space and begin its space journey. The year is AD 1999 (hmm... I really
wonder if we have such technology right now.), and because Macross cannot
defend the planet Earth right now, it is leaving for the furthest planet in
the Solar System û Pluto.
Here you go! The theme music of Macross and the logo! Everyone should have
recognised that. However, it just lasts for about 10 seconds before Misa
Hayase starts her speech, telling all the fighters to get prepared for the
space war. Meanwhile, Lynn Minmei is singing and the air raid signals sound.
Everyone in the concert gets shocked.
This phase starts out in space with every Valkyrie dressed in armour. After
Roy Fokker tells his followers to use the homing missiles to track the
enemies down, the Valkyries will do the tracking automatically. Once
finished tracking, they will all fire the missiles (also automatically) and
now you can move the D-pad up or down to control the directions in order to
eliminate more enemies if aimed correctly. However, the default location is
fine, as you will have to fight them anyway thereafter.
When this process is done, all the Valkyries will change to Gerwalk mode and
start moving backward. The two-leg droids will approach towards you, and now
you will be able to control the machine again. Try to shoot them as fast as
you can, or they will hit you when they pass over. Before you see the planet
Titan, some heavily armoured two-leg droids will attack you. They move in
and out of the screen, so don't get too up close and personal.
When you have finished dealing with the droids, there will be a refill ship
helping you out if you get hit during the fight. The ship will usually
provide you with 5 to 6 energy capsules, enough for you to refill your shield
to full strength. Remember to take ALL the capsules and don't leave a single
one behind for later use, as they will disappear after several bounces.
Right after you've taken the capsules, you will see some battleships and two-
leg droids. They are of no big deal, as you can destroy them with either
machine gun or homing missiles or both. Then you will arrive the space ruins
where pieces of defeated droids lie. You will eventually run into some ruins
in which you think it will do no harm to you, but you are wrong. To ensure
you don't go into any of them, use homing missiles from time to time; it can
destroy the pieces totally. Surprisingly, another refill ship will come and
give you more capsules. Although you may not be damaged from last time, take
all of them. Leaving any behind does no good or harm to you.
As the music dies down, the boss will come to you and the music will change
to a tenser one. This boss is also a battleship in green, but it is much
tougher than the first one. After all, it will be of no challenge if it
stays in the same level, right? The boss comes from the left side of the
screen, so try to stay to the right first. As usual, Gerwalk is preferred.
The boss will first fire some small missiles, so go in between the missiles
first.
After several shots, the ship will move into the background. You will be
looking at the back of your Valkyrie. Because the boss still fires small
missiles, try to circle the screen in either clockwise or counter-clockwise
direction. The missiles will simply follow the path you've taken.
It will then move to the right of the screen, but this time it will release
large red laser balls on the screen. The balls will go to the left side of
the screen, so try to go to the top right corner to give yourself more room
to dodge. Once there are three balls there, the first one released will
explode, producing three smaller laser balls. They are quite fast,
especially when all three large ones explode one after one.
When done with the laser balls, it will send out a thick red laser beam from
its mouth. Because the ship now moves slowly, simply go up or down to make
it follows you. The final attack the boss has is the long-range missiles.
It will produce 4 to 5 at the same time, but luckily they are not homing.
You can use your own homing missiles to destroy them, or simply dodge in
between. When the long-range missiles are used, the boss will repeat the
whole pattern.
- 8.3 Phase 03: In the Macross
Even though Macross has a heavy armour and protective shield (though not used
for most of the time as it consumes much energy), enemies start attacking it
and go into it. As people start running for life, so do Minmei and her
manager Linn Kaifun. The enemies have never seen girls before and they sweat
(!). During the time, Minmei slips and she is separated from her manager
when Macross opens up its internal gate to prevent invaders. Now it is about
time Macross transforms!
The level starts where the enemies destroy part of Macross and start sneaking
in. Hikaru follows, and once you have control of him, you will have to fight
those two-leg droids. Again, Gerwalk is your best choice in here. Indeed, I
never use Battroid mode other than in the very last stage, so don't bother
using it unless you want some real challenge. When you reach the road inside
Macross, some heavily armoured two-leg droids will be greeting you with some
missiles from their head gun. They will be in a 45-degree angle, aiming from
bottom right corner to the top left corner. Simply lower your machine to
their level, or go right above them. Then use your homing missile on them.
After those droids, some human droids will be flying around. Because most of
them are in the background, use homing missiles. When all of them are
cleared, the whole Macross will be shaking vigorously because it is going to
transform!
Another popular music from Macross. It is the music when Macross transforms
from battleship mode to robot mode. The physics is very great, but I really
wonder if all the things inside are dropped dead after the transformation.
In the meantime, a human droid try to catch Minmei with its hands, but
luckily Hikaru arrives in time to rescue her.
Once you gain control of the Valkyrie again, you will be in the bottom-up
position in which you have to travel UP to fight. However, because there is
still gravity generated inside Macross, you will be sticking to the ground
(the left side), which maybe quite confusing to control. Some human droids
will attack you in front, and there is also one behind you, so better watch
out. Suddenly everything falls back, and after some glass shattering sound,
some cars and trash falls towards you.
There is no boss fight in this phase. And after some FMVs and still
pictures, the level ends.
Minmei is falling and screaming with the trash to the bottom of Macross.
Hikaru sees her falling, and he immediately goes after her, trying to catch
her in Gerwalk mode. Finally he catches her with the robot's hand very
lightly, but unfortunately he cannot take control of his Valkyrie at that
exact moment and gets trapped behind Macross sealed room.
Minmei and Hikaru finally meet each other. They fall in love almost at first
sight. Minmei probably gets hurt during the fall, but luckily she is fine.
Because Macross is in a tense situation, they are both kept inside the room
and live for a while.
Because they have been together for some time, they frequently exchange
eyesight. Minmei is an idol and has been loved by her followers, but she has
never loved a real person. After some hesitations, they both kiss each other
(of course it is Macross signature kiss: mouth to mouth).
After getting trapped for several hours (or days, I supposed), they finally
get rescued. However, they are both caught by journalists when hugging, and
of course the journalists take a lot of photographs of them to make some
news. Their (love) story soon will be exposed to the whole Macross.
- 8.4 Phase 04: Asteroids Belt
Even though the invasion fails somehow, the enemies do capture some
information during the time people escape from them. Most of them are
couples, including Minmei and Kaifun. The enemy captains feel very
interested in such relationship and want to catch a girl for further
investigation...
This is another short phase after the previous one. Your Valkyrie is still
armoured as of Phase 03, with Macross floating in the background. Some two-
leg droids will approach you, so destroy them using homing missiles and
machine gun to avoid further trouble. When you arrive the asteroids belt,
you will see many asteroids floating behind and in front of the screen. But
some of the very big ones are lighter in colour, meaning that you can destroy
them. To locate them more easily, use your homing missiles. They can be
broken down from very large piece to smaller ones to yet smaller ones before
they get diminished to safe pieces.
During the process you destroy the asteroids, those two-leg droids (both
normal and heavily armoured one) will attack you. The skill here is to avoid
the asteroids and destroy the droids. It is almost impossible to destroy
both the asteroids and the droids at the same time, so get rid of the real
dangerous ones first.
A refill ship will drop off some capsules for you to refill your shield,
followed by several human droids. The human droids at this phase is easier
to fight against, but still be cautious. Believe it or not, a few seconds
later, another refill ship will give you more capsules. Hmm... What a waste
of human resource and energy! Be prepared for the boss fight after the ship
has gone.
This boss has far more different variations in attacking, so better be
prepared to use the bomb(s) if you think the attacks are just too dense.
Again, it is a battleship fight, and it comes from the background on the left
side of the screen. At first it just emits some small red missiles. You
don't even have to dodge; just circle around the ship and attack and you'll
be fine. It will eventually move to the right side and attack with red
missiles. At the same time, it also sends out some red lasers, so watch for
the gaps and dodge.
Once done with the laser, it will go back to the background again and attack
with those small missiles. It seems it is going to repeat the pattern, but
not so fast. It will go to the right side, but this time with 6 red lasers
coming from the centre which forms a fan shape. Stay on the left and look
for the space. Then some big red laser balls will come from the ship, but
because of their slow movements, you can simply move in between.
To catch you in a surprise, the ship will suddenly dodge to the left side of
the screen. Go either up or down, as it is going to move back to the right.
A combination of red missiles and lasers will charge towards you, so simply
follow the same procedures above to avoid. It will then attack you with some
long trail bullets that look like homing missiles but they are actually not.
But since they are closely packed, use the bomb to get out of trouble.
Somehow it gets quite crazy after those attacks, and it will give out
whatever it has to confuse you. It is difficult to tell which follows which,
so try to remain some distance. When it is heavily damaged, it will try to
trace you around. Once you see it dodge towards you, move up and run
clockwise. When it is finally destroyed, you will see a huge ship in the
background. Because your current armour is not strong enough, Misa will tell
you to go back for another "dress".
After the boss fight, an FMV shows a 3D pre-rendered ship moving. Though
short, it's astounding to see the ship in computer graphics.
- 8.5 Phase 05: Assault Enemyship
In order to deal with such a large ship, all the Valkyries have to get more
powerful and durable armour. To assist them inside the enemy's battleship,
some missile-based robots will also be going. They can each give out a
couple tens of missiles from each side. At the preparation time, a 3D
generated Macross hand gets inside the battleship. Now it's about time to
revenge.
Once Macross hand is inside the enemy's battleship (or enemyship as the game
calls it), robots will drop off for an assault. You will now be in full
armour, the armour that is the most powerful ever seen in Macross. You will
take minimal damages, while your arsenals have improved a little bit also.
However, during this phase, you can only use Battroid mode and not the other
two. Still, you can float as freely as you are in other modes, so don't
worry about it.
Many brown human droids will attack you throughout this phase. They have
some simple yet confusing attacks, so don't just think they are of the same.
Also, those human-like enemies who used to operate human droids will use
handgun (!) to attack you. They are fast, they come from different
directions (but stay on the ground), so stay high and use homing.
After the green plant-like tunnel, you will be under the attack of two
spaceships with sharp long nose. They move up and down, and they send out
red lasers. Indeed, they are the helpers of the boss, but they will give you
a showdown before you can see the boss. You will then see the boss with some
spikes at the front. It is actually the core of the whole enemyship. Your
mission is to destroy this core (and hopefully the two spaceships) before it
draws you in and takes you out.
One thing to take note of is that the spikes are invincible; you can't just
use your machine gun and aim the centre of the core. When the core comes out
from time to time, it will try to suck you in, so remember to frequently pull
yourself back (i.e. left) to avoid the suction. It also has some small
missiles coming from the centre of the core, so watch the missiles and the
lasers from the spaceships. Remember, the most powerful weapon to deal with
the core is homing missiles only (and of course the bombs). Use your machine
to destroy the spaceships.
Once destroyed, Misa will tell you to get rid of your armour. You will take
your armour off (automatically), and transform yourself into Fighter and fly
out. Meanwhile, all the ground robots from Macross will give you a hundred
missiles to destroy the ship, and this ends the level.
This FMV only shows that the enemyship is being destroyed from inside to
outside. Nothing much special.
**Disc Change**
Okay, it's about time to make the one and only disc change process. Before
you can change your disc, you have a chance to save your progress. Save as
usual, and a yellow screen with Hikaru's Valkyrie in the background prompts
you the instructions to change the disc. Because I don't understand
Japanese, I had tried several methods to make it happen. The method that
works properly is to turn off your Playstation after seeing the yellow
screen, change to disc B, start your Playstation again, and it will load the
game itself. But you still have to go to "Load" option to load the data up
because it doesn't have the auto-load function.
- 8.6 Phase 06: Saturn
After the long fight (a disc length), Macross seems to be quite safe and
quiet now, and therefore Minmei and Hikaru start going out. Like all the
couples out there, they do some window-shopping and eat together. Their love
towards each other grows rapidly. Still, because Minmei is a famous singer,
she has to wear sunglasses to cover her identity. They can only be secret
lovers for the time being.
In order to have more memories together, Hikaru takes Minmei with him in a
training use Valkyrie. They then go to planet Saturn to have some sight
seeing. During the journey, Minmei sings along to entertain Hikaru. They
even get dressed in tuxedo and bridal dress, but a sudden warning wakes them
up. Enemies are attacking Saturn!
This is one of the most difficult level to encounter, as all your weapons on
the training use Valkyrie are locked: No machine gun, no homing missiles, no
bombs, even no Battroid mode. Whenever you see enemies, you can only use the
D-pad to avoid. Many human droids will start surrounding your Valkyrie, but
they will not attack you for the time being. Still, don't ever try to touch
the human droids as they still take damage from you. Suddenly, they fire at
you, and you have to avoid them, or you will not survive until the end of
this phase.
At the very last moment, Roy comes to assist you, and a FMV starts.
It seems that Roy comes out for no reason, but he is quite drunk due to some
personal reasons. However, he still has a clear mind on operating his
Skeleton Valkyrie.
Back to the battlefield, Roy deals out the all droids with his machine gun.
But because he is drunk, he can only be "the man behind you". What a shame!
Remember to watch out those asteroids on Saturn, as they can damage your
Valkyrie and you cannot fight back. Just notice those brighter colour rocks
and you should see them. In addition, the enemies will try to attack you, so
avoid both asteroids and enemies.
However, because you are as weak as a baby, you finally get captured by the
human droids back to their battleship. In order to give you a hand, Roy
follows you into the ship.
Even though they are captured by the enemies, Roy remains quite calm and
faces their leaders. They originally try to kill them, but they finally
decide to get Minmei instead.
In order to get out of the enemyship, they have thought of a method to stun
the enemies: Kiss. To demonstrate to the enemies the idea of love, Kaifun
forced to kiss Minmei without permission. But this works perfectly. All the
enemies sweat again. They are so frightened about what Kaifun did to Minmei.
Now it is the perfect time to run.
- 8.7 Phase 07: Big Escape
While they try to escape, enemies break in and interrupt. They get trapped
by the enemies, and Roy's Valkyrie is destroyed lightly but still is able to
move. Meanwhile, both Minmei and Kaifun get captured again by the enemies.
Because Hikaru and Misa cannot get out in time, they have to disturb the
enemies somehow. So what's the most powerful weapon? Kiss, that is.
However, Misa seems not to be so enjoyable being kissed by Hikaru and slapped
him afterwards. But because the enemies get distracted once more, they can
get back into their training Valkyrie and leave that room.
On the way out, Roy gives his Valkyrie's machine gun to Hikaru in order to
get out. The homing missile and bomb are still locked, so don't bother press
these two buttons. You can still interchange between Fighter and Gerwalk,
but Gerwalk is always a better choice here.
During the scrolling, those huge humans will attack you from the ground.
Their handguns are still as powerful as before, so watch closely of where
they are firing to avoid. Don't even bother lowering your Valkyrie and shoot
them; you cannot avoid those from behind. Simply stay in the air and make
your way out. Some green and purple human droids will also attack you, so
use your machine gun to take them out.
After some killing, the camera will shift to the right very fast. Three
human droids will come down and shoot as a show off, but our once-an-enemy
Miriya Fallyna Jenius will drive her red machine down and kill them. The
camera will then shift back to you, and you will be taken towards her
automatically. She won't attack you (directly), but you will still take some
damage upon contacting her. She will help you shoot down the enemies for you
and act as a shield, but still try to avoid the enemies' missiles.
When all the enemies are being taken down, Miriya will charge towards you
constantly. Although she won't stay for long, it's still dangerous to stay
close to her, so keep a distance. When she's done, she will shoot the top of
the battleship and escape.
At this exact same moment, Roy arrives finally and tries to escape also. A
green human droid will attack from behind, kicking Roy down. Because the
green droid is coming after Hikaru, Roy shoots it at any cost. The droid is
down, but the huge human comes out and beats Roy up. Roy groans in pain.
While Roy is already covered with blood, the huge human tears up the going-
to-explode Valkyrie. Roy uses his last bit of energy to pull his Valkyrie's
trigger and kill the human. However, Roy still dies heroically.
Both Misa and Hikaru exclaim as Roy's Valkyrie explodes. They feel very
sorry for what they have done to cause Roy's death. But a more important
issue to address is to rescue Minmei and Kaifun, so they travel further down
(right). The background changes to purple suddenly, much like inside a human
body. More green and purple human droids will attack you, so use your
machine gun to shoot them. You will see a huge bulge, and your Valkyrie will
break through the bulge and looks inside.
When Misa and Hikaru peep inside the bulge, they found Minmei and Kaifun
being kept inside a capsule. They both are screaming for help, but suddenly
Hikaru's Valkyrie gets sucked out. They can't rescue Minmei and Kaifun right
now and leave them behind. Hikaru breaks away the armour his training
Valkyrie is wearing and flies towards surface of Saturn.
When they land, they see an old battleship lying on the ground. It seems it
has been there for many years, and Misa feels very sad when she sees that
because her boyfriend got killed inside a battleship before.
Driven by curiosity, they both get inside the battleship. Though old, they
still can retrieve many information and data from the computer. They also
unlocks the secret of the enemies they have been fighting, including the way
they are "produced". In addition, Misa finds a plate with a song imprinted
on it. This maybe the only way to stop the whole war from going on.
While on the ship, Misa cannot cover up her sadness anymore. She nearly
cries out before Hikaru approaches her and comforts her. She has never been
loved for a pretty long time since her boyfriend died, and she finally kisses
Hikaru (without slapping him again).
- 8.8 Phase 08: Ocean
Macross and the whole crew finally locate Misa and Hikaru, and they can get
back to Macross safely. They report to Captain Global what had happened to
them during this period, including the death of Roy.
Claudia finally gets the news of Roy's death, but she tries very hard from
crying. It proves that she is really a tough girl.
While still on planet Saturn, Captain Global sends out Hikaru, Maximillian,
and Hayao Kakizaki to investigate further. While they are having some chit-
chat, Hayao gets hit during some laughs by enemies homing missiles. Another
fighter has died. It is just too dangerous to stay close to each other, so
Hikaru and Maximillian separate.
Throughout the mission, this level is filled with green and purple human
droids. They have much more powerful arsenals and different attacks, so try
to stay calm before you shoot. If possible, avoid most of the direct fights
and use the homing instead, as you need to fly in between the missiles.
Another note is that don't ever touch the ocean when you are in Fighter mode,
or you will suffer some damages.
Because this level is quite tough, the refill ship will come shortly
afterwards. A powerful green human droid will follow, and it even emits
green laser. To dodge, go to the lower right corner; it can't attack you
from there. Because you cannot destroy the droid right now, you have to
follow it into the old battleship Misa and Hikaru went earlier.
On the deck of the battleship, the green human droid will attack you again.
Because this droid has homing missiles (finally!), use your own homing
missiles to counter attack and destroy the enemy's ones. Don't wait until
the meter charges to full, or it will be too late to counter attack. Another
refill ship will arrive after the green droid is destroyed, and you will
start rising to fight the boss after the ship is gone.
Ha! Guess what. You have to fight against Maximillian's soon-to-be-wife
Miriya. Don't underestimate her, as she is as wise as the top pilot û
Maximillian - in Macross is.
Originally she will send out some green missiles to attack. Those missiles
are fast, so watch closely. She also has homing missiles (just like the
green human droid), so again use your own homing missiles to counter attack.
She is much much harder in Hard mode and she will fly around the screen, so
don't panic or you will screw things up. If she gets just too close to you,
use the bomb to take some damage on her.
Not long after, our hero Maximillian will arrive and assist you. He will
fight back for you instead. Eventually the going-to-be husband and wife will
fight out, followed by an FMV.
This FMV shows that Maximillian and Miriya fight each other in turn. Both
machines get hit, but they just won't give up. Husband and wife should not
run into any quarrel, agree?
- 8.9 Phase 09: Ruins
After fighting Maximillian and failing to take any advantage on him, Miriya
returns to the base and reports to the captain (also a female).
An enemy battleship destroys Macross two laser guns, causing it to land on a
ruin. The battle starts again.
Because of the unfavourable attack, all the Valkyries have to fight their way
in the ruins. As with the ocean, don't ever try touching the ground when you
are in Fighter mode; it really hurts. You will be facing some human droids'
attack, so take them down with your homing missiles and machine gun.
Interestingly, you will see Maximillian fights against Miriya in the
background (and vice versa). You cannot lock-on Miriya (or her droid), as
this is one of the husband-wife quarrels. You will eventually get a message
telling you that a refill ship will be coming shortly to give you some shield
refill. However, just before the ship approaches, there will be two human
droids jumping very high to attack you. If you've taken too much damage
previously and cannot afford taking more, go to top right corner of the
screen to avoid them. They do jump really high.
When you are in front of Macross (which now sits on the background), there
will be a very powerful human droid firing homing missiles toward you. But
this is not the end of the story. Three weaker droids will accompany the
droid, so try hard to use homing and destroy the three droids first. You
will then move up to fight in the sky.
On the way up, there will be a human droid on either side of the screen.
They will just fire small missiles so they are quite easy to dodge. However,
because you are travelling upward, you will not notice that easily. Try to
stay in the lower middle part of the screen so you won't go into anyone of
them. A refill ship will come shortly, so take all the capsules as you must
have been damaged heavily somehow (except in Easy mode).
This boss is the toughest boss in this game, I think. It is so unpredictable
and so damn easy to get destroyed (I mean your Valkyrie). Indeed, it is a
huge cross-like battleship in purple, with the top bar closed until after
several attacks.
The boss starts out from the right side. Its first attack is some missiles
from its head. Beware, as they are pretty fast. Remember to go in between
the missiles to avoid them. A safer method is to go to the bottom of the
ship (the bottom right) so the missiles won't bother you.
After those missiles are more missiles. It will first move its "wing" and
release some green missiles, while its tail gives out some missiles patterned
in fan shape. This time the missiles come out pretty slow, so you can dodge
them easily. The missiles from the wing take this strategy: First points
downward, then the middle, then upward.
When it is tired of those missiles, the tail part will fall out. It will
then emit three to four beams of laser, with missiles coming down from its
body. To avoid the laser touching you when it is descending, tempt it by
moving your Valkyrie until you reach the top. When you see three (or four)
green dots concentrating on his tail, start press down on the D-pad until you
reach the bottom. You can avoid the lasers easily.
After the lasers, it will move to the background. This is the hardest part
to fight (and avoid), and if you can't make it, well, it's perfectly okay, as
it also took me twice to find the way to destroy it. The top bar will now be
extended, and it forms just like a cross. It will fire three laser beams
toward you, one from its left wing, one from its right wing, and one from
centre. Here's what you should do.
When it moves to the background, immediately go to the bottom left corner.
When you see and hear the lasers coming, immediately go to the bottom right.
The lasers will miss you on the way you are moving. Next the lasers will
come out again, but this time you have to take your way back to lower left
corner. They will miss you once more. It will shoot you the third time, so
use the same strategy. For the fourth time, the lasers will be quite mixed
up, as the three won't go to the same place again. So try to circle the
battleship to take less damage (since it's difficult to avoid). When the
lasers are done, it will repeat the whole process, so beat the hell out of
it.
After the battleship explodes, you will see the huge main base at the
background. It's time to have the final battle. And this is where many
still pictures and FMVs take place, so be patient if you want to understand
the whole story.
After fighting in the sky for a long time, Miriya finally gets defeated by
Maximillian. She is seriously injured and landed on the ground. Maximillian
approaches her and gets stunned, as he has never seen such a beautiful girl
before. The same also goes with Miriya and thus they both fall in love
immediately. Meanwhile, Macross is in its full throttle and flies towards
the enemy's base. Time for the last showdown.
Captain Global talks in a public announcement that he and the whole Macross
crew are going to fight against the enemy the final time. From the
information Misa and Hikaru gathered during the trip on Saturn, the enemies
seem to be distracted when the song is sang. Therefore, Captain Global asks
Minmei to sing the song (NOTE: I really have no idea of how Minmei got
rescued, as it is not presented in this game), as she is the only singer on
board. Before both Hikaru and Minmei set out for their missions, they hug
each other to say farewell for the time being.
Misa is still holding the plate with the song on it. She sings it with a low
voice, trying to understand the feeling inside. At the same time, Minmei is
talking to Hikaru in the coffee room. Obviously Hikaru's heart is back to
Minmei for that moment. Suddenly, Misa walks in and discovers that, and she
is so shocked by what she saw!
- 8.10 Phase 10: Last War
Now Minmei knows that Hikaru is a real playboy who falls in love with two
girls. She feels so ashamed and runs out of the coffee room. Hikaru does
not know whom he should comfort and leaves speechless.
While the scene takes place, the Macross crew is preparing for the fight.
However, Hikaru does not help with the preparation as he is looking for
Minmei instead.
Hikaru finally finds Minmei at the roof of a building (much like a park from
its surrounding). He hands her a paper with words inside, which is obviously
the lyrics Minmei is going to sing. He explains to her that she is now the
only hope to rescue all the people with her voice and the song. Otherwise,
Macross cannot distract the enemies and attack at will.
Minmei thinks that Hikaru still cares about her and thus she falls into his
chest. In the meantime, Hikaru explains to Minmei about the final attack.
The ground Hikaru and Minmei are standing changes into space, with fierce
battles fighting in the background. Once again, Hikaru asks again if Minmei
is willing to sing or not. After much hesitation, Minmei finally nods her
head and agrees to sing. Hikaru then gives her the lyrics that were on the
plate.
In order to transmit the signals to enemy's ships, Minmei stands on the
platform of Macross to begin her show. Meanwhile, all the Valkyries start
out for the battle. On the other hand, the enemies seem to be very
interested in Minmei's voice. It seems that this strategy is working
finally.
This phase starts in space with Minmei's singing in the background. Besides,
you will now control the Valkyrie with the most powerful weapons ever.
However, this means that the enemies are also tougher than before. In
addition, your bombs will be disabled for the time being, so all you can use
right now is machine gun and homing missiles. Try to stay alive for a while.
During the space battle, you will encounter some green and brown human
droids. There are also some battleships attacking you in the background, so
take them down with your homing missiles. Now Claudia will equip the "RB"
bomb for you so that you can have even more powerful arsenal. This bomb is
crazy; the whole screen will simply be exploding, and all the enemies (except
the Boss) will die instantly.
But don't be too happy with your new bomb, as there will be two droids from
behind and at the front after you are equipped. Stay in the centre to reduce
damage, while you can look at them easily. A refill ship will drop by pretty
soon in order to fill up your shield back again. You will meet some more
enemies afterwards, but don't worry. Another refill ship will come shortly.
Another CG graphics shows the enemy's base. The camera zooms inside the base
very fast, and you can see the core of the base. Now it's the objective in
this phase.
After the first preview of the core, you will have to fight for a while more.
You will then be instructed to go inside the base with all other Valkyries.
Once inside the enemy's base, a large brown battleship will greet you
promptly. It will not attack you immediately, but after a while it will
produce some small lasers from its mouth. Later it will emit some red trail
missiles to you. Don't worry, they are not the homing one. Simply dodge in
between to avoid. This one can be easily defeated.
Next you will meet some more human droids. They are somewhat more powerful
inside the enemy's base. Watch out for the missiles and you will be fine.
Then another brown battleship will arrive, but this time it is not that easy.
Before any of its attack, it will dodge towards the left, so try to move
upwards when you see it. All its other attacks are exactly the same as the
first one.
Now it's time to fight to the core (or fight the core?). As you saw in the
CG movie, it is a spinning core that seems to be quite crazy. You will find
it to be very ridiculous afterwards also.
Right after you see the front part of the core, it will start shooting out
two small lasers in front of you. Don't think that you can simply move up or
down to avoid them; they can trace you! They will simply drop down above you
(or below you depending on your position) if you move down (or up). You have
to lure the lasers by moving down first, and when you see them coming right
above you, move forward to dodge. However, don't get too close to the core,
as it can still inflict damage on you. When you are done with this move,
moving backward a little bit (make sure all the lasers are gone off-screen
first!) so that you can prepare yourself for another shot. It will continue
to fire two lasers for a couple more times, then it will send out three
lasers. The third one (i.e. the last one) comes out a little bit late and
close to the core itself, so you have to position yourself so that you can
get hit by the lasers on the back, while your head is not going into the core
itself.
The core will eventually open after the laser attacks. The centre will
rotate for a while, then many small missiles will come out from the centre.
Don't worry; although there are numerous of them, they are pretty slow and
you can see them coming. Just try to move in between them. Even this attack
in Hard mode is easy to avoid.
When the core closes again, it will shoot out some red lasers at the top of
it. The lasers are separated quite apart, so stay at the bottom of the
screen first. When you see the area right above you is clear, quickly move
up until you hit the top of the screen. The lasers will now be harmless to
you. When you pass the middle of the laser pod, it will stop firing.
Now the strange thing happens. Remember that it is the core of the
battleship? It can now move OUT of the battleship and into the background!
But don't bother how the battleship is going to function. It is not a big
deal anymore. When it stays still in the background, it will shoot some
large blue laser balls toward you. Try to circle the ship around the screen
so the blue laser balls will just be right behind you and will never hit you.
Now the core opens up again, but this time it is shooting two red thick
lasers, one from left and one from right. Does this sound familiar to you?
Of course yes, as you have fought a similar boss in the last phase. However,
you can easily dodge the lasers pretty easily. Just circle the core again,
and the lasers will never be a danger. You don't even have to watch closely
of where the lasers will go.
Before it goes back to its original position and repeat the whole process, it
will fire some blue laser balls at you. Just use the same strategy above to
avoid. Destroy it at your own will. Also, use bombs if you can't get out of
those slow missiles when it is at the right.
- 8.11 Final Phase: Do You Remember Love
Think this is the end of the game? Not so fast. The main boss is still not
defeated, and of course you have to kick its butts first before you can fall
in love with the girls(!). Another FMV will be coming up also.
Since the journey is not at end, all the Valkyries have to go back to Macross
to refill their arsenals. At the mean time, Misa asks Minmei to continue to
sing, as this is the only method to distract the enemies. Minmei seems to
agree with Misa finally and nods, while she is praying for a victory.
Now the final showdown comes, and Macross and the whole crew go towards their
final battleground. Macross simply go inside the battleship with half of its
body stick into it, and all the pilots fly into it. As in the last phase,
Minmei is still singing, and Misa tells all the pilots to destroy as much as
they can within one song duration.
This level is pretty crazy, as there are many human droids attacking you at
the same time, with some more battleships that are difficult to destroy.
Some of the droids will shoot out 3-way missiles, some with a big laser gun
that move up and down, or a combination of the two. Remember not to stay too
close to the left border, as some droids will jump down in a sudden. You
will then fly into the inner core of the battleship.
Two human droids are already here and wait for you. They will fire homing
missiles and normal missiles to you. Aim for a particular one first, and
then take down the other one. Just try to stay alive for a while as you
can't kill any one of them, and Miriya will come and assist you with her
original red droid. She is now one of the Macross member. Maximillian will
come after the two droids are killed, and surprisingly he is also operating
the same droid as Miriya does, but this time it is blue in colour. He job is
to drop down some energy capsules for you, as you should have been damaged
severely.
You will then be surrounded by four human droids in all the four corners.
They will fire missiles toward the centre, and it is very difficult to dodge.
So be prepared to take some damages. If you are in real danger and running
out of shield, use your very powerful "RB" bomb. However, use only one as
you have to save some of the following battles.
To make this stage harder, there will be two flocks of three purple human
droids coming from behind, the top, and down below you. You can move to the
top right corner to avoid. Don't just move back immediately because the
second flock will be coming very soon.
Now you have to face some final battles before you meet the boss. There will
be many drill-like battleships that release red laser balls. Amazingly,
those red laser balls are homing in nature. They can trace you very close.
Try to dodge at the very last moment, and try to stay at the left border to
give you more room. One of the characteristics of the laser balls is that if
you pass the middle of the ball, it will stop completely and won't move
anymore. So you can use this method if you are not too close to the ships.
If you hit a battleship continually, it will be pushed back. So try hard to
aim the ships, not the laser balls.
Another variation of those ships is that some of them will send out red
lasers. They are not difficult to see and avoid, but if combined with the
laser balls, life will be difficult. If you think you really can't dodge
those attacks, use your "RB" bombs. This is where it becomes most useful.
However, try your best first, or you can get through these battles easily as
there are many of those battleships there. And they also appear in a group
of two too!
Ready to fight the final boss? Now here's the chance. As the background
changes, you will be moved up involuntarily and change forms continuously.
You can only shoot during this period, and you can't control your movement.
When you finally see the boss, you will be changed to Battroid mode. Indeed,
this is the most useful mode in here, as this boss is not difficult to beat
after all.
You will see the boss watching TV with Minmei singing on the screen. Go for
its head, as this is the only weak point of the boss. You should have used
up your "RB" bombs by now, but you won't need the bombs anyway. Just give
him all your machine gun bullets and homing missiles. Be warned, as there
will be many laser balls coming from anywhere of the screen. They are not
from the boss body, but just from the borders. Good news is that they travel
in straight line, but the bad news is they are very fast. Another good news
is only one laser ball will appear on the screen at a time, just before the
last one disappears. Moving left or right is fair enough, as you have to
break the glass mask the boss is wearing. For some tighter situations,
simply add slight movements of up and down to avoid the laser balls.
Remember, it is SUPER EASY to beat this boss. He will only duck sit in there
and watch at Minmei before he dies. Now sit back and enjoy the ending!
9. ENDING
WARNING: This ending section is a spoiler. It tells you how the story ends
up, though it is already quite predictable. Still, if you want to enjoy
those great FMV ending, don't watch this section in advance.
A note of the ending is that you can't skip it or reset your Playstation
console with the software reset method (i.e. hold "Start" and "Select" for
three seconds). But it is worth watching it, as you have invested so much
time on this game to beat it totally. Here you go! Enjoy.
Now you have defeated the main support of the enemy's base, it starts to
explode in the space. Some lightning effects are added, but don't expect any
fancy pixelated graphics going around this time. It does take a while to
explode totally.
After the destruction, Hikaru finishes his mission. He turns to the camera,
telling the whole crew inside Macross that the enemy has really gone.
Because he cannot hide his feeling anymore, he tells Misa that he loves her
very much, and he is coming back to Macross shortly. That leaves Minmei
quite speechless, as she is now being dumped by Hikaru. After all those long
years without being loved, Misa at last seeks another true love again.
In order to cover up her sadness and unhappiness, Minmei continues her
singing career. She still holds concerts in Macross, but she has to give the
journalists some good explanations of Hikaru dumping her. She has nothing
much to say but to remain silence. She knows one day she will find someone
who loves her deeply.
Now the credits will start rolling, with Minmei singing one of Macross songs
in the background. Nothing much special after the credits, except... (refer
to the following section: 10. Secret/Option Plus below for further details).
10. SECRET/OPTION PLUS
Of course if you have beaten a game and it does not reward you with
something, you will say that why you need to play the game so hard for
receiving nothing back except looking at the credits, right? Here's what you
can expect to get.
- 10.1: Finished Easy Mode
If you have finished the game in Easy mode, you actually have received the
biggest reward in the game. You will get the "Phase Select", in which you
can play a particular phase instead. You will also get the "Muteki", which
means "Invincible" in Japanese. That should help you get through the
remaining two modes easily. But if you really use this mode to beat the
other modes, you are really cheap and cannot be declared as a real pilot.
Yes, I'm talking to YOU.
- 10.2: Finished Normal Mode
If you have finished the game in Normal mode, you will be able to watch a
particular set of movie in the phase of your choice through "Movie Select".
You can also view the pictures of that phase through "Picture Select". A
good way to see the movies and pictures without playing through the game.
- 10.3: Finished Hard Mode
If you have finished the game in Hard mode, congratulations! You did a
really great job, provided you didn't use the "Muteki" mode to help you out.
So what will you get exactly? Well, you will have the "View Mode" in which
you will see the whole game's still pictures and movies together, but you
don't have to play the game. You will also have the "Game Only Mode" in
which you will be able to play the game only without taking such a long time
to view those still pictures and movies. But this may also make your fingers
go sore too because you can't rest in between (but you can always pause the
game, right?).
- 10.4 Extra in Hard Mode
Actually there is one more secret in Hard mode but you may have not noticed
that if you are not cautious. When you have beaten the game in Hard mode,
and during the scrolling credits, look at the lower left corner. What do you
see? Yes! Minmei is dancing and dressed in Chinese clothes, only that she
is a deformed one! So cute ^_^ Though it doesn't make any difference, it
still proves that you are so great to have such reward. Good job!
11. HINTS
Here is a little section that can help you get through "The Super Dimension
Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love" (and actually other shooting games)
easily. This is just my personal tip. Individual adjustments apply if
needed.
- Don't ever stay still: Staying still in any shooting games is the deadliest
way to die easy. Move a lot and keep on shooting.
- Circle a lot: Although computer AI is becoming more intelligent compared to
those 10 years ago, they still have one big problem of chasing the player
behind. The best way to get around of this is the circle the opponents. You
can be sure you can get out of trouble 90% of the time. The missiles (and
the enemies) will almost always follow you in a circle.
- Stay calm: Another great tips when playing shooting games. Stay extremely
calm, and don't let the environment scare you to death. As long as you
remain calm, you can have a clearer mind to get out of trouble.
- Watch your Valkyrie: What? What's the use of watching your own Valkyrie?
Well, if you think this is useless, think twice. All you have to do is to
keep a close eye on your Valkyrie, not on your opponents. If you watch your
Valkyrie, you will be able to dodge any attack when something is near you.
Don't bother the opponents; you will shoot them during the flight.
- Machine gun: As I said before, hold your machine gun button all the time.
Don't ever try to let go. Although it just travels in straight line, it is
still the most powerful weapon after the limited bombs.
- Use Gerwalk: Gerwalk so far is the best mode you should use. Though you
don't have the great flying ability as in Fighter mode, nor can you actually
walk on the ground like in Battroid mode, you do get the combination of both!
Trust me, use Gerwalk to finish the game 95% of the time (except at the very
last phase).
If you have any other great shooting tips, please feel free to email me.
I'll give you a credit for that :)
12. GAMESHARK CODES
A strategy guide cannot be said to be completed if not all details are put
inside. Therefore, I have included GameShark codes in this strategy guide to
make it more complete. Thanks to Game Shark Code Creator Club for the codes.
I don't have a Game Shark or Action Reply Pro so I don't know if the codes
are working or not, but I believe they will work. So give it a try if you
have time. Cheers!
A FAQ/strategy guide cannot be completed successfully without many people's
contributions. Here's a list of people I would like to take the chance to
thank them, from the bottom of my heard. You guys really help me out.
Thanks!
- First of all, I would like to thank Bandai for producing such a great game.
You guys have been with me since my childhood. And thanks for bringing all
those video games and toys to my memory. You guys are simply great!
- Thank GameFAQs (http://www.gamefaqs.com/) for helping me post this strategy
guide. Your site is awesome! Keep up the good work.
- Thanks to http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6560/ for the names of the
main characters. Without your Spanish site, I won't be able to find the
names myself.
- Also thanks to Game Shark Creator Club (http://www.cmgsccc.com/) for
posting and providing GameShark codes online. Hope this can help gamers out
there.
- Finally thanks to my previous employer who laid me off after the co-op work
term. Because of you, I have a month long holiday to enjoy this great game
and beat all three modes within a week.
Of course, thanks everyone who reads my FAQ. Hope I will hear from you guys
soon, giving me some great suggestions on this strategy guide. Thanks a lot!
See you in the near future.
