Before publishing this blog entry, I took a quick look at Battle Rangers, the arcade version of this game. Turns out, there are a LOT of differences between the two versions. There was a stage added (I'll mention it when I get to it, which is very soon), and the stages are not only in a different order, but also vastly different between the arcade and console versions.
Stage 3
You'll find Powerful Grenades at the start.
Watch out near the cliff edges. If you fall off any edges, it's instant death.
Watch out for the logs. You can destroy the logs for big points, but you're better off jumping over them as they can take off three units of health.
Afterwards, you'll find a series of cage. The second cave has a hostage who tells you about the key as well as a bazooka and Muscle Emphasis Tablets. The first cave after the barbed wire you have to jump over contains a shotgun and a flamethrower. The flamethrower is a secondary weapon that burns enemies to a crisp. The second to last cave contains two hostages and flash bombs, another secondary weapon that stuns all enemies for a few seconds.
Another cave soon after contains a hostage who tells you to watch out on the bridges as well as Medicine. The bridge afterwards contains pits that will be instant death if you move into them, and you'll have to deal with two pits as you face the Big Sniper.
Wait for the Big Sniper to jump in order to shoot him. You can only hit him as soon as he lands after jumping. When he charges up his laser, be ready to jump to avoid being shot at it. Watch where he jumps and keep your distance to jump the lasers, and you should do okay.
Stage 4
You're now in the enemy camp. Go up to the wall and keep going up to climb the wall. Stay away from the center to avoid being shot at, and keep moving.
After the climb, enter the first building you see and take out everybody to get Muscle Emphasis Tablets.
The second building you can enter has five hostages, and one of them tells you that the President is being held in a building somewhere in the enemy camp. Another one tells you that the High Commander is in the asylum and to watch out for him. You'll also find a shotgun, a bazooka and grenades.
The motorcycle guys are back and they will move in and out.
Tread carefully when you enter the base. There will be a lot of soldiers. The flamethrower soldiers face and shoot one direction while walking downwards across the side of the screen. Stay to one side, as the flamethrowers have limited range.
Use the grenades to take out the enemies that your machine gun can't reach.
The all-black soldier takes a lot of damage from a grenade. Hit him with a grenade, then keep shooting him to kill him. He explodes when he dies, so keep your distance at all times.
You'll soon face the High Commander. He will disable your gun with his boomerang, forcing you to fight him with your knife. You can't even use your grenades; this fight is knife-only. Get up close at the start of the battle and keep attacking with the knife to knock away as many boomerangs - that will return and come after you eventually - as possible. If you hear some sort of charging up sound, get away from him; he will shoot a fireball at you that you'll want to get away from. Thankfully, the boss can only fire in eight directions and the fireballs don't home in on you.
When you beat the High Commander, this is where the game ends...on the arcade version. Turns out, you have to talk to the President in order to get him to follow you out. Your life will get refilled, but it's not over yet. You're still forced to use your knife against the enemies on the way back, but you can use your grenades this time. If you see any soldiers show up, stop progressing and take them out. When you make it to the cliff's edge, the chopper will show up to extract the President, but not you, as the chopper only has room for one other person. After the President is helped out of the enemy base, the enemy surrounds your current player and takes him hostage. You'll now have to play as the other one - who you can also name - and rescue the first guy. Now you see why there's no two-player mode!
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