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Genre: Fighting
Console: Playstation
Version: 1.0
Author: Grand Master Jay
e-mail: gmj@djsentisongs.cjb.net
Shao Lin: The Story Mode Walkthrough
Contents:
Part A: The Basics
1. Introduction
2. The Controls
Part B: The Story Mode - What You Need To Know
1. The Basic Form Of A City
2. Level Gaining
3. The Talk-Fight-Travel Cycle
4. The Bandits
Part C: The Story Mode - Walkthrough
1. Shaolin - Guangzhou City (Southern Part)
2. Jeet Kune Do - Shanghai City (Southern Part)
3. Tai Chi Chuan - Taiyuan City (Northern Part)
4. Eight Extremities Fist - Cangzhou City (Northern Part)
5. Hung Gar - Fuzhou City (Southern Part)
6. Drunken Boxing - Changsha City (Southern Part)
Part D: More Tips On The Story Mode and Versus mode
1. How to quickly level-up
2. How to beat multiple enemies
3. How to get free items
4. How to win one on one battles
5. How to beat the Shaolin style
6. How to beat the Jeet Kune Do style
7. How to beat the Tai Chi Chuan style
8. How to beat the Hung Gar style
9. How to beat the Eight Extremities Fist style
10. How to beat the Drunken Boxing style
11. What happens when you complete a particular story
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A: The Basics
1. Introduction
Shao Lin is a game which mixes the themes of an rpg and a fighting game
extremely well. It is set in China, where bandits are the most feared people by
all, for they kill and take without mercy.
When playing, you actually "grow up" according to what you do in the game.
And with that, you also gain new skills, become more powerful and speedy.
Quests vary from avenging your parents' death, stopping a demon from world
domination, finding the perfect lover, being a bad guy, and even finding
"Heaven" on earth as something connected to eternal youth, but whichever path
one takes, they have to stand tall and overcome bandits with all they've
got...for to reach their ultimate goal, they have to go to the Black Lotus
Temple...alive.
2. The Controls
(Moving Around The City)
- To move, use the direction pad.
- To talk, choose an option, and open doors, press the X button.
- To see your stats, you can simply stand still for 2
seconds, or press the TRIANGLE button.
- To run, hold down the SQUARE button then push the direction you wish to run
to.
(When In A Battle Scene)
- To move, use the direction pad.
- To punch, press the X button.
- To kick, press the CIRCLE button.
- To block up-waist attacks, press the SQUARE button.
- To block below-waist attacks, press the SQUARE and R2 buttons at the same
time.
- To jump, press the R1 button.
- To face an enemy when they attack in groups, press the L1 button.
- To charge up your special stance, hold down L2 until the aura explodes.
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Part B: The Story Mode - What You Need To Know
1. The Basic Form Of A City
- A city consists usually from 5 to 6 buildings.
- The two most important of the buildings are: The Inn and The Restaurant.
- The place that you need to go to in order to finish your work in that city is
the City Temple.
- The city only has one entrance, which also serves as your exit.
- Temples are characterized by large structures, and are usually guarded by its
students.
2. Level Gaining
- It is one of the most important things that you will want to do, as
increasing your level means increasing your life, strength, skill, defense, and
speed.
- You can gain levels by defeating bandits that roam around town.
- The increase in life, strength, skill, defense, and speed depends on what you
do and how well you fight in the battle. The slowest aspect which increases is
the defense. The fastest one to increase is strength.
3. The Talk-Fight-Travel Cycle
- Finishing the game revolves around this cycle: Talk-Fight-Travel.
- The first step that you should do in a city is to talk to everyone that is
standing in place.
- Enter every building and talk to everyone inside.
- After doing that, go to the city's shrine and challenge the person guarding
it. After defeating all the students, you may then challenge the Master of that
shrine.
- After defeating the Master of a shrine, you may then travel to other city's
in order to defeat the masters.
4. The Bandits
- Bandits are the people who walks around town. If you talk to them, you will
enter battle mode.
- It is random if you are going to fight one, two, or three opponents in a
battle scene.
- There's a point in the game where the bandits are just standing still because
you have to HUNT for them.
- Bandits usually look like egyptian kings, wearing cloth on their head.
- Some bandits are girls wearing school uniform with mini-skirts.
- Some wear blue kung fu clothes.
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Part C: The Story Mode - Walkthrough
*It doesn't matter if you choose to be a male or female, since the plot for each
technique will always be the same.
1. Shaolin - Guangzhou City
You start out in Guangzhou City. Talk to everyone. You will soon learn about
your past and what the evil Han Lao Tai and his gang did to your parents,
family, and friends. Roam around the city and you'll soon find two bullies on
the upper-right part of the city. Beat them. After that, decide to forgive
them or not. If you don't you will fight them again after your decision. Else,
they'll just leave you alone and act like babies.
Roam around and beat up a few bandits to gain some level. Don't worry about
spending money because as long as you're in this city and haven't left yet,
everything is FREE.
Don't forget to check your health and endurance status since you're still
starting out and a few good punches from your enemies will instantly knock you
out.
Also, don't spend to much time gaining levels because it has its drawbacks
also. Spending too much time in one city speeds up your process of age. It is
important to stay as much as possible as a child up to young since these levels
will earn you more of everything. Being old will only increase you in strength.
After you've gone up to level 5, it's alright to visit the temple just behind
the inn. Talk to the man outside the temple then select fight. After you beat
him, you will have to deal with the other students. Proceed on beating them.
After you're through, check on your health, if it's still ok, then go inside the
temple then talk to the master. He will challenge you and you will have to beat
him. After beating him, you will learn new special skills.
Press TRIANGLE twice to bring up the obtained moves screen.
This is a nice time to SAVE YOUR GAME. Go into the inn then talk to your
grandpa. You will save your game.
After the defeat of the master (and saving your game), talk to everyone in
town for they will give you 50 copper each. Sometimes more.
After collecting the money, go to the man located down south and talk to him.
He will also give you money then he'll ask you if you want to leave or stay.
Choose leave.
You will be presented with a screen showing a map and you. You can select any
of the southern cities. Don't go to Shanghai City just yet because you won't be
able to accomplish anything as long as the four southern temples haven't been
beaten yet.
Go to Fuzhou or Changsha City.
I suggest that you go to Changsa first.
Upon arriving in Changsa City, walk around and beat up bandits as usual. You
better gain 5 more levels here or more, but keeping in mind the past advice
about over staying in one place for too long.
After checking your health and everything else and doing something about it.
If you're beaten up badly, quickly go to the restaurant and eat. If your
endurance is getting low, go rest in an inn quickly.
Go around the city again. You may encounter a doctor on the north-east part
of the city. But he won't be of any help....YET. Walk around until you find a
man on the ground. Talk to him and he'll tell you that he's hurting. Go to the
doctor and talk to him. Doc will ask about the symptoms, so go back to the
hurting man. Talk to him and remember what he'll say (for the record...Stabbing
pain, Sweating, and Bowels).
Go back to the doctor....OH NO!!! The doctor is missing! Well, just go to
the south-east part of the city then enter the house there. You'll find the
doctor is inside! Talk to him and tell him all of the symptoms correctly. Pay
him up then head back to the hurting man. Give him the medicine, and he'll
thank you. Now that was a good deed.
By now, you should've leveled up already. If not, do so. Now head to the
Drunken Boxing Temple. Talk to the man and he'll challenge you. Beat him, and
as usual, his fellow students will fight you. Be careful, after beating all of
them one by one, the next challenge will be to beat all of them. You against
ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME! This is the reason why I told you to level up.
After overcoming the obstacle, go inside the temple then beat the master. He
will challenge you again so beat him up again. You will then have another
technique learned!
It's nice to SAVE YOUR GAME BY THIS TIME.
Now it's time to head to the next city...Fuzhou City!
Upon entering Fuzhou City, you may roam around and beat up bad guys again. If
you want, you may head straight to the Hung Gar Temple.
Challenge the guy and you'll fight. Beat up the other students. Enter the
temple then face the master.
After beating him up, you'll have a new technique!
You may SAVE THE GAME if you want.
Now we're ready to head for Shanghai City!
Of course, after checking your stats and health, you may talk to everyone in
there. If you head straight to the temple, the student will say that the master
is out and will return in a few days. Well, since the master's gone, better
build up some levels.
You'll face two school uniformed girls. Beat them up and they'll admire you.
Walk around and you'll find a would-be theif. Beat him up. Walk around some
more and you'll see the captain of the ship. He'll say you should pay 2000
copper if you're to go north. Since you don't have that money yet....or even if
you did you would just be wasting it, better head to the nearest inn.
After saving your game and resting, go out and head for the temple. If the
master's still out, go back to the inn and sleep. Return to the temple.
By this time the master will be inside the the student will challenge you.
Beat everybody up then beat the master. You'll earn yourself a nice new
technique!
Now it's time to head north! But wait...you don't have 2000 copper yet.... no
need to worry! After beating up the master, you quickly became popular the the
people, even the captain's impressed. His gift to you is a free ride north!
Your first stop there is the city of Cangzhou.
Walk around and you'll learn that there's a tournament going on. Luckily for
you, you won't have to spend your time in the prelims. Beat everybody up in the
tournament and become the champion. It should be no problem as every match is a
one on one combat. After that, head for the Eight Extremities Fist Temple.
Beat everybody up at the temple and you'll earn yourself a new technique!
It's nice to SAVE YOUR GAME at this point.
Next stop is the final city...Taiyuan City.
Go with the usual stuff. Beat up everyone. Go to the temple and beat them
all. You'll learn a new technique.
Walk around the city and you'll find a man who will guide you to your most
awaited place to go to...the SHAOLIN SHRINE!
By this time, you should atleast have a level of 30 or above. If not, better
start building up levels first because you're going to be in a really almost
impossible challenge. The higher your level is, the better your chance of
SURVIVAL.
Upon arriving at Shaolin Shrine, head to the south-eastern part and you'll
meet an old man. Talk to him twice and you'll get into a fight. Beat him up.
After that, he will be your friend. He will offer you free food and lodging.
After doing what you should, go into the shrine. You will meet up with two
people. They will direct you to the left door. Head for the entrance of the
shrine then choose the left path. Follow it until you reach a door. Get ready
you are about to take the Shaolin Test!
There's no turning back now. Just follow the path, but expect danger at every
corner. You will have expect trouble four times. In every corner, there will
be wooden people who will drop from above. Magically, they seem to have the
liking to beat you up. Well, you shouldn't be beaten up by puppets so destroy
them all. Do this on every corner.
When you arrive in a room with a horse statue steaming with heat, just stand
in front of it. You will automatically pick it up. When your character does
this, immediately mash on all the buttons of your controller since the goal here
is to turn around the statue. Your health will decrease as you carry the hot
thing, that's why you should have a lot of health left when arriving to this
point.
After overcoming the almost impossible test, you will earn about 5 level ups.
Go to the old man in the south-eastern part of the shrine and refill your health
then save your game.
Return to the shrine then talk to the hermit. He'll tell you that you
succeeded and he'll tell you about Han Lao Tai, the killer of your family. Talk
to him twice and he'll tell you about the ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE. You should go to
the door on the east side of the shrine. Again, head for the gate then follow
the right to the right until you reach the door.
Prepare yourself. Even if you had level 50, you will still have a hard time
with this test, for you will be facing the Test of The 100 Sentries!
Enter the door and you will battle 100 martial artists..including powerful
pandas!
After mirculously beating them up, you should have atleast 10 level ups
because of the toughest challenge so far.
Go back to the old man. Eat and save. Go to the shrine and talk to the
hermit. He will teach you the ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE!
The final destination awaits....it's the Black Lotus Temple, home of Han Lao
Tai!
BE SURE TO SAVE NOW!
Talk to the old man in the south-eastern part of the shrine and choose LEAVE.
On the map, if you really are ready,
enough to ready anyone>, head to the Black Lotus Temple.
There's no turning back now....no more time for meals...and no more time for
saving your game.
Upon arriving, you will be rudely greeted with attacks from all of the
temple's students. Beat them up but be sure to save your health for Han Lao
Tai.
The next opponent will be a guy who looks just like M. Bison from the Street
Fighter series. Beat him up.
Now this is the final opponent. Han Lao Tai! It's time to make him pay for
all of his crimes, especially to you and your family!
It is important that you have the most health that you could save because Han
Lao Tai is almost super human! The only way to beat him up easily is if you
reach level 66. Even at that level, you'll need a lot of health!
Be careful since Han Lao Tai uses the same style as yours, the only thing is,
he's a lot better because he can counter most of your punches and kicks. Even
flying kicks!
The best thing to do is charge up your stance then do your Ultimate Technique.
That's an almost sure way of beating him.
After beating him up...the ending will show up....
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE
MASTERED THE SHAOLIN STYLE!
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2. Jeet Kune Do - Shanghai City
Han Lao Tai is planning to break open the six seals located in each temple to
release the demon and possess its powers, will you be able to stop him?
Talk to all the people and you'll learn about Han Lao Tai. Talk to the guy
near the inn and you'll prepare to spar. Beat him up. Bandits are not that
much in this place. After doing that, go to the exit of the town and talk to
the guy who seems hurt. He'll tell you that he's been beaten by Han Lao Tai's
men. Head for the temple and enter. You may find one of Han Lao Tai's people
stealing the seal. Fight her. You probably will get beaten up because you do
so little damage since you're still in level 1. If you get beaten, choose EXIT
instead of recover hp and just leave. Sleep.
The next day, you will be called for by the master of the temple so talk to
the guy. Beat the master. You'll gain a new technique.
If the master doesn't appear, then head to the next paragraph.
Now what you do is head to Chansha City. Gain some levels and roam around.
After building up your level, you'll get to encounter a bunch of drunkards just
outside the Drunken Boxing temple. Beat them all. After that, the student at
the temple will challenge you. Fight him and defeat all of the other students.
Beat the master. You'll get a new technique and a secret scroll.
Next head for Guangzhou City. Talk to the student and they'll be surprised
that the seals have been broken. Fight them and beat the master.
After that, go to Fuzhou City. Go to the temple. They won't fight you since
they're too ashamed that their seal had also been broken. Talk to the man just
in front of the exit. You'll fight. Beat him for some points.
Head back to Guangzhou City and you'll find out that the master there was
killed by Han Lao Tai's men.
Go back to Fuzhou City and go to the temple. This time, they'll understand
you and fight you. Beat them all up, also the master. You just got the new
technique plus a scroll.
Go back to Shanghai City. If the master didn't appear the first time, he will
be there this time. Beat him.
Go around and find the captain of the ship. You'll get a free ride north.
Enter the city of Cangzhou.
The city is being harrassed by bandits. What you will do is find all the
standing bandits and kill them all. After doing that, head north and you'll
find a man. Talk to him and he'll be thankful. Head for the temple and beat
everyone up.
Go to Taiyuan City and beat all the bandits. The people will be thankful.
You'll get free things from them. Go to the temple and beat everyone up.
Find the man who will guide you to the Shaolin Shrine.
It seems that you're too late, since the seals have all been opened and Han
Lao Tai has the power of the Demon! This means BIG TROUBLE FOR YOU!
By this time you need a level 30 atleast.
Talk twice to the guy just east of you. Beat him, eat, then sleep.
Enter the shrine then talk to the people there.
Follow the left path and enter the door for the Shaolin Test!
Every corner has the wooden people so beat them up. In the final room, stand
in front of the horse statue and start mashing on your controller to turn the
statue around.
You'll be returned outside the door. Go to the man you have defeated and
refill your life and sleep. Talk to the hermit in the shrine twice.
You may want to enter the door to your right. It's the Test of the 100
Sentries. Beat them all and you get the Ultimate Technique.
Talk to the hermit. He'll tell you where Han Lao Tai is. Talk to the old man
that you've beaten and he'll teach you how to go to the Black Lotus Temple.
Don't forget to save.
Upon arriving the at the temple, you'll be attacked by the students there.
Beat them all up. The next enemy is the one who has beaten you up when you were
just starting your journey. Make her pay big time. Beat her up until she can't
talk.
Han Lao Tai is next, you should have lots of health since you're going to die
a lot. Beat him the first time but be careful of all his counters.
After defeating Han Lao Tai, you find out that he is the one who has been
possessed by the DEMON! The Demon rips out of Han Lao Tai's body. The Demon is
just like Han Lao Tai, except that he's uglier and looks more bony. Defeat him
and you have just saved the world!
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3. Tai Chi Chuan - Taiyuan City
You learn that Han Lao Tai killed your parents.
Roam around the city until you have enough levels to beat the entire Tai Chi
Chuan temple.
Go to the next city and beat everyone up again.
Head south and head to the other cities. The master isn't in yet, as they
say.
Beat all the temples then head back to Shanghai City. You'll learn that your
foster grandpa just got killed by Han Lao Tai! OH NO!!!
Go to the inn and talk to the man. The guy will tell you more about your
grandpa. There are rumors spreading that your grandpa actually killed your
parents. Oh what a dillema!
Beat the Jeet Kune Do master then head back up north to your city.
The people will tell you that your grandpa was a bad guy but some of them
don't believe it. Head to the next city.
Be sure that you have beaten every school. You'll need to find the guide in
Taiyuan city.
By the time you reach Shaolin Shrine, you should have atleast level 30. Talk
to the guy just to your right twice. Beat him up. Head into the shrine then
talk to the two guys. Enter the door to your left, just follow the left path.
Beat the Shaolin Test. Next, talk to the hermit in the shrine. Beat the 100
Sentries inside the door to your right.
Talk to the hermit again and he'll point you out to the Black Lotus Temple.
He also tells you that you are actually Han Lao Tai's SON!!! It seems that when
Han's wife got pregnant, she didn't want it so you were being treated as if you
were not there. Han's right hand man took you and you both escaped from Han,
but the mom tried to kill the both of you so in defense, the man killed the
woman. The man was the one who raised you up...your grandpa!
Talk to the man on the south-eastern part of the shrine. Choose Leave and
you'll head out for the Black Lotus Temple.
Defeat the guards then proceed to beat up the Tin Man. Actually, its only
real weapon is its ability to take a transparent form, although it's still
pretty obvious where he is. He has a LONG LIFE so you may want to stick to a
strategy that is a sure hit.
The final opponent is Han Lao Tai! You will be presented with some choices.
If you choose to join him, it will show that you both spread terror in the world
and it will be Game Over. Choose not to join. Beat him. No problem!
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4. Eight Extremities Fist - Cangzhou City
You start out as a bad guy. Just beat all of the temples, just like in the
previous stories.
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5. Hung Gar - Fuzhou City
You start out as a young man who is looking for the most beautiful girl in
china. Just beat all the other temples. In the end, you'll find out that the
most beautiful girl is actually Han Lao Tai's daughter....but then there are
three of them! So what you do is beat the three of them, then you get to choose
who you want!
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6. Drunken Boxing - Changsha City
You are searching for the "heaven" on earth which is somehow connected to
immortality. The problem is, Han Lao Tai is also looking for it! Will you be
able to stop him in time? Find out after you beat all of the temples.
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Part D: More Tips on The Story Mode and Versus Mode
1. How to quickly level-up
Grand Master Jay says:
In Cangzhou City, the Restaurant there has an overly optimistic chef who will
fight you anytime. If you beat him, he'll give you free food, of course, you
also gain levels that way! Do this as long as you need to level up.
2. How to beat multiple enemies
Grand Master Jay says:
When the fight starts, the enemies will usually rush towards you. You should
use this to your advantage, especially when you have a combo attack. When
they're within reach, perform your combo! You'll have the first advantage
there!
If you're still starting and you are faced with impossible odds, what you
should do is do the jump-away technique, especially if you're being surrounded.
It is most important that you are not surrounded because if you are, attacks
will come from all sides and it will be hard to defend against. Just away from
the enemy then wait for them to rush towards you. When they're within reach,
hit them, then jump away. Just repeat until they're all dead.
Another way to deal with them, which is also more fun to watch is to use the
betrayal technique. Jump over them and run furthest from them. In time they
will be hitting each other accidentally. If one of them hits someone, the other
gets back at him in revenge!
3. How to get free items
Grand Master Jay says:
Getting free items can be done by helping people out when you see them in
terrible situations. You can also try impressing them by winning tournaments or
beating them when they challenge you. They usually give out money or advice.
4. How to win one on one battles
Grand Master Jay says:
One on one battles are by far the easiest battles you'll ever wish for. Even
on hard mode, the A.I. isn't that good.
When the enemy just stood up, hit him with a combo that will bring him down.
Repeat the process until he's out of consciousness.
5. How to beat the Shaolin style
Grand Master Jay says:
The Shaolin Style is very well balanced. It has a package of punches and
kicks for you. You will want to stay out of the punch and kick combos since
they usually come out with 5 to 6 hits.
When you see someone starting the spin kick, move away or block high, then
low, then high. Attack afterwards since they'll be open.
The punch techniques can be just be blocked also, but it has a fast recovery
time so watch out, you might get hit with a surprise hit, which can lead into a
barrage of punches again.
Also watch out for the sweep kicks.
When dealing with the Ultimate Technique, better side-step out of the way
since it seems to be unblockable.
6. How to beat the Jeet Kun Do style
Grand Master Jay says:
Jeet Kune Do focuses mostly on rapid kicks, then a few uppercuts.
When someone begins to punch, begin to block since they're usually going to
follow it up with an uppercut.
Do not be tempted to rush towards a Jeet Kune Do student since he may easily
kick you out of the road with a vertical spinning kick.
The Ultimate Tehchnique is a barrage of Muay Thai kicks which gives you a lot
of pain.
Attack only when you are sure that he is open since Jeet Kune Do students are
usually fast on the feet.
7. How to beat the Tai Chi Chuan style
Grand Master Jay says:
Tai Chi focuses on using your Chi, or spirit power. The attacks are not
thrown out heavily, but when they hit, the power is immense!
Beware of low hitting attacks since they usually are followed up with punches
that end up with a Chi push, which will really blow you away.
Don't continue your attack if you see that they have blocked already the first
attack since there is a big chance that you'll get countered with some kind of
chi attack. Even flying kicks can be countered!
Tai Chi is truly a powerful style.
8. How to beat the Hung Gar style
Grand Master Jay says:
Hung Gar is an art of many styles. It imitates animals, even dragons, and
uses their movements for attacks.
This style often has a blend of fast AND powerful attacks, so beware
especially if the opponent has changed his stance.
You should be careful about blocking since different styles mean different
blocking techniques to use.
Hit them after a combo that they missed.
9. How to beat the Eight Extremities Fist style
Grand Master Jay says:
Eight Extremities Fist style, as the name suggests, focuses on rapid, strong
punches.
You can just move out of the way and forget about their kicks since the
primary weapons are the arms and fists for students of this style.
Also beware of their long range attack! Don't get caught off guard even when
you're far away since they can reach you with that attack.
Attack quickly and take advantage of missed combos.
10. How to beat the Drunken Boxing style
Grand Master Jay says:
The Drunken Boxing style uses a technique of teasing. They will want you to
rush in, and by doing so, they can easily play fool since you will be surprised
that they can attack you in the weirdest position!
You should always block when fighting someone using this style since their
attacks are hard to read.
Also beware when they're just sitting. It's also an attack.
11. What happens when you complete a story
Grand Master Jay says:
When you complete a story, you will be awarded with characters found within
that story. You will be able to use them in Versus Mode.
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Copyright 2000 Jay Anthony M. Encarnacion
