================================================================================ A K U U S E N K I R A I J I N ( F D S ) FAQ/WALKTHROUGH BY DOOMMASTER1994 V E R S I O N 1 . 0 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS? E-MAIL ME AT: D O O M M A S T E R 1 9 9 4 @ Y A H O O . C O M ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS 01. Introduction 02. Copyright 03. Storyline 04. Controls 01. In-Game 05. Playing The Game 06. Walkthrough 01. Stage 1 02. Stage 2 03. Stage 3 04. Stage 4 05. Stage 5 07. Ending 08. Cheats 09. FAQ 10. Special Thanks ================== 01. Introduction ================== This is a FAQ/walkthrough/strategy guide for the Famicom Disk System game Akuu Senki Raijin. The title roughly translates to: Aku Military History Raijin. Akuu Senki Raijin is a top-down action game that plays in a similar fashion to The Legend of Zelda, though Akuu Senki Raijin is a lot more linear and easier to figure out. The game was developed by a little-known game developer in Japan titled "MicroCabin", and the game was published by the very-well known developer/publisher in Japan titled "Square". =============== 02. Copyright =============== This guide is copyright ©2015 Doommaster1994/Nick Kalata. This strategy guide will NOT be duplicated, nor shall it be uploaded to any site without the prior written consent of its author, Doommaster1994 (Nick Kalata). If you would like to upload the guide to your website, all I ask is that you PLEASE contact me and wait for my approval. If you upload the guide to your website without my consent, you have violated international copyright law, and I will make sure you do not get away with it. The following websites are banned from using my guide: Cheat Code Central (http://www.cheatcc.com/) If you feel your website was wrongly banned, please contact me. My e-mail is located at the top of this guide. =============== 03. Storyline =============== Unfortunately, I know little about the game's story. I can only go by what the ending tells me. There was a planet (or some place) called Galem. Something known as The Black Raijin ============== 04. Controls ============== ============= 01. In-Game ============= A - Use machine gun B - Use special weapon Start - Pause Select - Toggle Fly Mode/Land Mode =================== 02. In Pause Menu =================== A - Nothing B - Confirm Start - Press twice to return to game Select - Move cursor ====================== 05. Playing The Game ====================== Insert the Akuu Senki Raijin disk (Side A) into the Famicom Disk System and wait for the game to load. Press START at the title screen in order to access the menu. You will then be taken to a menu that looks identical to the menu from The Legend of Zelda. Press SELECT to cycle through the saved games and options. Press START to choose the option. When entering your name, press A to input a character, and choose END when you are finished. After you have created your "profile", so to speak, press START after you have selected it. The game will then ask you to switch to disk side B, so eject the Akuu Senki Raijin disk from your Famicom Disk System, flip the disk to Side B, and insert the disk back inside of the Famicom Disk System. The game will then load you into the first stage, and thus, the walkthrough officially begins... ================= 06. Walkthrough ================= The game is linear for the most part, and the maps are small, so it shouldn't be too hard getting through this game. Fortunately, this game is COMPLETELY in English. This gives me a strong suspicion they were going to release the game in the USA, but didn't for some reason, but I could be wrong. There are three items you must find before you complete a level; a star, an orb, a computer, and a bomb. After you collect all of these, it will trigger the boss battle the next time you try to go to the boss area. In the room with the star, you will have to wait about 30 secons for it to appear. It will then float across from the right side of the screen to the left at a slow pace. If you happen to miss the star, you can get it to appear again by simply walking out and re-entering the room. Through the four levels, the way to kill each boss is to first kill the enemies on the wires/conveyors, whatever they are. There should be two of these. After killing them, the boss can be hit, even though there is no clear distinction you're hitting it. You can use your normal gun to kill the main boss. When playing a level, you can press START to access the menu. It will show your FP (your currency) and how much time it has taken you throughout the level. There is also WEAPON, SHIELD, and CONTROL. Weapon and Shield select your weapon and shield. You can buy a weapon and shield (if you have enough money) after you have completed a level. I read my own walkthrough a few times to make sure all the directions are correct. Here is a quick rundown of the capitalized instructions: FLY - Press select on a screen that has small arrows on the ground. Face the direction that you are supposed to fly and press the select button and your character will turn into a jet. UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT - This means to go the said direction one screen. So for example, if I say "Go UP" it means go up one screen. If I say "Go DOWN six times", that means you must go down six screens. The FLY (direction) is a bit more complex. If I say "FLY RIGHT", it means to face right on the ground and press select as stated earlier. However, you want to land on the next platform you see, so press select right after you take off. LAND should appear in the bottom right corner. ============= 01. Stage 1 ============= FLY UP and LAND. FLY RIGHT and LAND. Go DOWN. Kill the enemies to get the star to appear. Collect the star and go UP twice. Collect the orb and go DOWN. FLY all the way LEFT and LAND. Go UP (either path is fine). Get the bomb and go DOWN the left pathway. Go DOWN the left pathway. Shoot the switch and go UP. Go DOWN the right pathway. Get the computer and go UP twice. Go DOWN the right pathway. FLY RIGHT and LAND. FLY UP, kill the boss and LAND at the end. Kill the boss. (See the beginning of the walkthrough to find out how to kill the bosses in each level (except stage 5).) Before proceeding to the next stage, you'll be brough to a "store" of sorts. Press SELECT to cycle through options and B to confirm them. Press A on a selected weapon/shield to purchase it (again, if you have enough money, or rather, F P.) Here are the options: ENERGY - Buy health or energy for your weapons/shields. EQUIPMENT - Buy weapons and shields. DATA - Just tells you how much of the game you've completed. This is pointless because it already tells you on the top-right corner of the screen. SAVE - This will save your data. If you do this, you will be prompted to eject the disk, switch to side A, and insert the disk to save. After the game have saved your progress, you will be prompted to switch back to side B to continue the game. WARP - Goes to the next level without saving your progress. ============= 02. Stage 2 ============= FLY UP and LAND. Kill the enemies to make the star appear. Get the star and FLY DOWN and LAND. FLY LEFT and LAND. FLY UP and LAND. Go UP the left pathway. Get the bomb and go UP twice. Shoot the switch and go DOWN three times. Go UP three times. Get the orb and go DOWN three times. FLY DOWN and LAND. FLY RIGHT and LAND. FLY UP and LAND. Get the computer and FLY DOWN and LAND. FLY RIGHT and LAND. FLY UP, kill the boss, and LAND at the end. Go UP and kill the main boss. ============= 03. Stage 3 ============= Go UP. Go DOWN the right pathway. Go UP the right pathway. Go UP. FLY left and LAND on the next platform. Kill the enemies to make the star appear. Get the star and FLY all the way right and LAND. Go UP the right pathway. Get the orb. Go UP the left pathway. Shoot the switch and go back DOWN. Go UP the right pathway. Grab the bomb and go DOWN twice. FLY all the way left and LAND. Get the computer. FLY right twice and LAND. FLY up, kill the boss and LAND at the end. Go LEFT. Kill the main boss. ============= 04. Stage 4 ============= Go UP twice. Kill the enemies to make the star appear. Get the star and go UP the left pathway. Shoot the switch and go back DOWN. Go UP the middle pathway. Go UP the right pathway. Get the orb and go DOWN. Go UP the left pathway. Go UP the middle pathway. Go UP the right pathway. Collect the bomb and go DOWN six times. FLY all the way right and LAND. Get the computer. FLY left and LAND. FLY up, kill the boss and LAND at the end. Go LEFT. Kill the main boss. NOTE: After you complete this stage, DO NOT skip the shop. You NEED to buy a certain item. To get it, press B on the menu, press SELECT twice, and the cursor should be on the top-right item (a lightning bolt). Buy as many of these as you can, you will need some for the boss in Stage 5. Before you can continue to Stage 5, the game will ask you to switch to disk side A, so eject the Akuu Senki Raijin disk from your Famicom Disk System, flip the disk to side B, and insert the disk back into your Famicom Disk System. ============= 05. Stage 5 ============= Kill all the enemies to make the star appear. Get the star and go UP. Get the bomb and go UP. FLY all the way right and LAND. Go down twice. Go UP the right pathway. Get the computer and go back DOWN. FLY all the way left and LAND. Go UP twice. FLY UP, kill the boss and LAND at the end. Get the orb and FLY DOWN and LAND. FLY RIGHT and land. FLY UP and LAND. BOSS BATTLE (The Black Raijin): This guy is tricky. If you try to shoot him, you won't do any damage to him because of his protective shield. To disable his shield, press START, B, SELECT four times and your cursor should be on the lightning bolt icon. Now press start twice to return to the game. Press B to use the lightning bolt weapon. This will disable the Black Raijin's shield. Now all you have to do is fire your normal machine gun at him until he dies. After this, all you need to do is go UP and kill the boss the same way you killed the previous four bosses. Then you have completed the game. After you've beaten the game, the game will prompt you to switch to disk side B. Congratulations, you have completed Akuu Senki Raijin! ============ 07. Ending ============ WARNING! THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS! DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SPOILERS! Anyway, here's the ending: THAT BLACK RAIJIN THE MOST STRONG DIED OUT AND THE LAST BLAIN OF GALEM CEASED TO EXIST YOU HAVE WON JUST NOW BEFORE LONG THAT WE MANKIND WILL EXPAND AKUU AGAIN BUT BE ON YOUR GUARD ANOTHER GALEM MAY WAIT FOR US IN THE UNKNOWN AKUU Cue the staff credits: PLAN MICROCABIN ORIGINAL BILL MASASHI KATOU PROGRAM YOUZI KAWAKAMI GRAPHIC MASASHI KATOH YUKI IMAI TAKO PRODUCT SQUARE MICROCABIN That's a shame, I was really hoping to see audio credits of at all, since this was an early FDS game, when game credits were very uncommon. Anyways, the game will then end on a screen with half of the earth (or is it Akuu) and the word "END" will appear under it. Well, since you beat this game, you may as well treat yourself to some ice cream, or a cold one, or something. ============ 08. Cheats ============ Here are some cheats that will make your life easier. 0121 C0 - Infinite Energy 013B FF - Infinite Shields 05D0 FF - All Bosses Die Instantly 05D1 FF 05D2 FF ========= 09. FAQ ========= Q - Where can I buy this game? A - eBay, or import game stores. Q - How did you hear of Akuu Senki Raijin? A - I like to play through games that have credits, so I know about the geniuses (or mad scientists) who were behind them. AdamL had an NES/FDS endings guide, in which this game was mentioned, which is how I was introduced to it. Q - Can you send me the ROM? A - No, sorry. That is illegal. Q - I can't find (item name here). Where is it/What do I do? A - Either you are doing something wrong, or your copy has a bug. Maybe try leaving/re-entering the room the item is in. Also be sure to check your inventory. There were a few times where I picked up a certain item and I didn't even recognize it. Q - The enemies keep kicking my butt. A - Maybe this is the reason why there's only 5 stages in the game, and they're all short. Unfortunately, that's up to you to figure out. You just need really good reflexes and good timing to avoid enemy fire. Q - The exit is not opening. Why/What do I do? A - You must collect the four items; the star, bomb, orb, and computer. Q - How do I get P R (money)? A - Simply kill enemies to get points. I haven't figured out how many points each enemy gives you, but if you own a physical copy, I'm sure the instruction manual would tell you that. Q - What is your real name? A - Nick Kalata, but that's not really relevant to this guide. Q - Where do you live? A - In the Pacific Northwest. Q - What is your address? A - 12345 I Just Blocked You Avenue! Q - What is your phone/cell number? A - 1-800-123-4567 Q - I like your strategy guide. May I upload it to my website? A - Contact me and wait for my approval. Q - Do you own a physical copy of this game? A - No, and I don't really intend on it, sorry. Q - Why is your e-mail address spaced out in this guide? A - To prevent spam bots for sending me e-mail. Sorry for the inconvenience! Q - How do I contact you? A - I have accounts pretty much everywhere; YouTube, Skype, Steam, etc. They are all under the name Doommaster1994. Your best bet is to send me an e-mail, which is located at the top of this guide. I check the spam folder before cleaning it out, so I should get your message. If you send me a message, please relate the e-mail subject to the game (IE: Akuu Senki Raijin Guide, etc.) Thanks! COMMENTS AND RESPONSES C - I see you uploaded this on Halloween. Happy Halloween! R - Thank you! You, too! C - Thank you for the guide, it was helpful. R - Thank you! I appreciate the kind words. C - I did not like this guide. R - I'm sorry you feel that way. I'm always open to suggestions on improving my strategy guides. Tell me why you did not like the guide and I will do what I can to improve it. ==================== 10. Special Thanks ==================== There are a few people I would like to thank: The readers, for taking the time to read my strategy guide when they could be doing other things, such as drinking, doing drugs, reading someone's guide, etc. In other words, you. My mother and father for... well... you know... *That* and raising me to be a good little boy. MicroCabin and Square coming together to produce this game. I'll be more specific: Youzi Kawakami, Masashi Katoh, Yuki Imai, Kouzou Sawada, Yutaka Huruta, and "Tako", whatever your real name is. The GameFAQs team for approving my guide. Anybody who has taken the time to ask to use my guide on their website and received my approval. The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. © 2015 Doommaster1994/Nick Kalata. END OF GUIDE.