Walker Boh's Guide to:
Abadox on NES
E-mail: DruidOfShannara@attbi.com
Contents
Preliminaries
I: Legal Note
II: Game Story
III: Controls
Walkthrough
I: Stage 1
II: Stage 2
III: Stage 3
IV: Stage 4
V: Stage 5
VI: Stage 6
VII: Stage 7
Other Stuff
I: Cheats
II: Review of Abadox
IIII: In Closing
Preliminaries
Legal Note
This document's mine and no one else's. You're free to post it on your
site, so don't write to ask me. No, you may not store it in password
protected areas or publish it in any magazines. You may not make profit
off of it either. You may not change anything. Changes are to be made
only by me, Walker Boh-Ohmsford. You may let me know of any mistakes or
suggestions. Also, when you write me about a game, stay on topic! I don't need
to hear about your everyday life and the issues with your significant other.
With the legal stuff
out of the way, enjoy!
Game Story
In the year 5012, a cytoplasmic entity is sighted in your galaxy. This
creature is called Parasitis, and it is a shapeless mass that engulfs
those it wishes to consume and then assumes the form of its prey!
Parasitis rapidly advances on Abadox, your homeworld, and digests it,
assuming its form. The WAF, World Alive Force, launches a full scale
assault on the entity from nearby spacestations, but Parasitis destroys
and eats all but one soldier, you. You are Second Lieutenant Nazal, who
got out of being Parasitis' next meal by a lucky chance,as your ship's
energy drive wasn't working properly and you couldn't join the battle.
But a hospital ship that was orbiting near the battle wasn't so lucky.
Onboard was Princess Maria. Your mission: Fly into Parasitis on your
jetpack and make your way to the entity's core, to destroy it!
Controls
A: Use this button to adjust the radius of your protective shields once
you get some.
D-pad: Move Nazal.
B: Fire weapon.
Start: Pause game.
Walkthrough
Stage 1
I just love the music here! Too bad it's used a little too often. Fly
through the level and kill the enemies, while avoiding obstacles. One
hit and you're dead. Soon you'll reach the level's Mini-boss, Bau.
Miniboss: Bau
Easy. Just fire away at him and avoid his attacks. He should be gone
in under a minute.
Continue on and destroy the monsters and you'll reach the stage boss.
Stage 1 Boss: Death Face
Simple. Avoid his attacks, keep firing on him and he'll die.
Stage 2
The music hear kinda reminds me of Life Force, but it's not the same.
Just fly around and kill the monsters and you'll reach the Miniboss.
Note: Bau and Death Face are the only names listed in the manual, so
chances are I won't be naming names from now on until the last boss.
Anyway, fire on this disturbing creature to destroy it.
Now continue on and you'll soon reach the boss.
Stage 2 Boss
Once again,just avoid his attacks and keep shooting at him to finish
him off. Then it's time for stage 3.
Stage 3
This one's got cool music. It's kinda starting to sound a little bit
like Life Force. Same routine, fly around and destroy the enemies,
collecting any upgrades if you can. Destroy the miniboss in whatever way
works for you. Time for the boss.
Stage 3 Boss
The same rule, avoid attacks while keeping your own coming. It might
take a while but you'll win. Now it's on to level 4.
Stage 4
What? Level 1 music again? What's up with that? I think it starts to
heat up from now on. The enemies get nastier the farther on you go, so
be careful. Destroy the miniboss and get ready for the boss.
Stage 4 boss
Just fire on it and avoid its attacks. On to stage 5.
Stage 5
This stage has possibly the best music in the game. I think this one
gets nastier as far as enemies, but the miniboss isn't that bad if you
learn its pattern.
Stage 5 Boss
Do I have to say it again. Just be careful not to get hit and to keep
hitting him and you'll be fine.
Stage 6
Why they included a stage after this is beyond me, but oh well. And
couldn't they have come up with some sort of menacing tune to go along
with it? I mean, this is basically the last level! Yes, it's the level 1
theme again. Fly around and you'll reach the miniboss. Destroy him
however you can and move on. Now it's the last battle.
Final Boss: Parasitis Core
Different music would have been nice, but oh well. Fire on the core to
destroy it. Note: Don't read on unless you want the ending in advance.
Ending: After the boss blows up it shows you holding an orb and it
takes you into what the instruction manual calls level 7. This is simply
you avoiding all the obstacles as you fly toward the exit. The music, or
lack thereof, is pretty good. It's simply the sound of your engines as
you excelerate. When you escape, you watch from a distance as Parasitis
explodes. Then the credits roll.
Other Stuff
Cheats
This isn't a Konami game, but it does feature its own fair share of
cheat codes. This section will list these codes.
Legend
U=Up, D=Down, L=Left, R=Right, A=A and B=B.
Be Invincible
Press start at the title screen to bypass the intro. Then press: A, A,
U, B, B, D, A and B. Press start to begin the game. You will be
completely invincible.
View Game Ending
To see the ending, press start at the title screen, then press: A, A,
U, B, B, D, A B, B and Start. You don't even have to steer out of the
planet. It seems to automatically do so if you use the code.
Stage Select
This is a fairly unique way to select the stage. I can't say I've seen
it in many games. The very last button in the code sequence will
determine your starting point. Here's how to do it. Bypass the intro
with Start, then press: L, U, R, D, U, R, L, D, then one of the
following to determine where you start:
Stage 2: Up
Stage 3: Left
Stage 4: Down
Stage 5: Right
Stage 6: Select
Stage 7: B.
After modifying the code to start you at the desired stage, press Start
to begin the game. If you do it correctly you will start on the stage
you selected.
Review of Abadox
There's only one other game I know of that shares this storyline, and
that's life Force. Well, it doesn't really share the storyline. It
shares environments. Both games have you flying into the body of an
alien to destroy it. Also, Abadox's music has a Life Forceish feel to it
that is very fitting to the environment. To name a few in particular,
well, all the stage musics had a somewhat Life Forceish sound to them,
but the ending theme reminded me most of Life Force, because it's got a
very similar rhythm to it. The SFX in Abadox also sound similar to those
heard in Life Force, but in my experience a lot of NES space shooters
have similar sound, some exceptions of course being Fantasy Zone and P'radikus
Conflict.
The control is very good. See the controls section.
The story is akin to that of Life Force in that in both games you
destroy the evil from within, but Abadox thankfully doesn't feature that
endless loop Life Force did. Life Force had a final boss that had two
parts, and unless you were sure to destroy them both you could never
beat the game. Other than that though, these games are twins.
In Closing
Once again, if there's anything you think I ought to know, feel free
to drop me a line. I'll try to answer your questions as best I can. The
names of the enemies and the rest of the bosses would also be
appreciated. Enjoy!
