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I didn't create this file so that some hack-writer can just slack-off and get paid for it!!! ======================================================================== HISTORY OF THIS FAQ July 4, 1999 ------------ Los Angeles Machine Guns: Rage of the Machines have been out for half a year now and I'm hoping that much of my knowledge lost within time can still help beginners play the game properly. I'm going to point some important tips on how to play a well-built linked game since much of this document will assume that you are on one-player. Happy Independence Day. And remember, don't drink too much. October 31, 1999 ---------------- Just an update based upon legal considerations. That's all I'm going to spit out. I gave out a review that you will be seeing at GameFAQs.com during the next day or so to see how well I rate the game. So far I didn't bother give the game a good rating because of its frustrating gameplay but the Model 3's capabilities save the game's butt. ======================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS * Newsflash * What is LA Machine Guns * MY LA MACHINEGUNS REVIEW EXCLUSIVE ON GAMEFAQS!!! * Story of LA Machine Guns * How to play LA Machine Guns * Android Types * Mission to destroy ROM (Rage of the Machines) - Los Angeles, Downtown - Alcatraz, Military Prison - Las Vegas, the Strip - Yosemite, Underground Nuclear Plant - Death Valley, Altitude 6000 Feet * Comparison between Bear EX and Rage of the Machines * Comparison between SAAF and SIFAT * Do's and Dont's * How to suggest all tralala * Acknowledgements * One Final Warning ======================================================================== NEWSFLASH As always, newest versions of this file can be found at my own website located at http://www.verasnaship.net. If you have any fixes, suggestions, or other tralala you want to throw out, then please use my web-based mailform at http://www.verasnaship.net/emailme.html. The desired text to view this document is a Monotype Font like Courier New. If for any reason this document isn't aligned correctly, please do the following: * On Netscape Communicator 4.5, go to Edit->Preferences * Go to Appearance->Fonts * For the Fixed Width Font, select Courier New and select a Size of 10. * Now check these sampled type to see if your document has been aligned correctly or not: 1234567890 ********** ======================================================================== WHAT IS LA MACHINE GUNS? Like Gunblade NY, LA Machine Guns is a first-person, air-travelling chase, dual-player Machine Gun Deluxe Game where you defend a huge city against a horde of androids. However, the similarities between the two Anti-Android Games ends here. Let me tell you why: * Unlike Gunblade NY, LA Machine Guns only has one game with 5 missions, in which 4 missions are selectable at the start of the game. * The game takes place 20 years after Gunblade NY * Gunblade NY uses Model 2, LA Machine Guns uses Model 3 Step 2. To tell you the truth, the Dreamcast-derived Naomi Board provides as much power as the Model 3.2, but at a lower price tag. LA Machine Guns uses the same light gun controller as with Gunblade NY which vibrates as you fire ammunition right at the androids. Both Gunblade NY and LA Machine Guns are available in both 50 inch and 27 inch cabinets, but LA Machine Guns' 50-incher features a simulated SIFAT Platform that you step on that vibrates as you kill an android. The simulated Platform gives you a feel that you are actually riding along a SIFAT Aircycle. LA Machine Guns now have innocent bystanders that you need to avoid in order to keep your score very high. This was necessary so that you don't tire yourself with the vibrating Machine Gun after the game is over. Now holding the trigger all the way isn't the answer to all of your android headaches. Sadly, the gameplay is far from perfect in this one because sometimes you get confused at "which android" you are tagging along. Enough said, let me give you my review as stated on the next section ======================================================================== MY LA MACHINEGUNS REVIEW This review won't be shared with Seganet (in which I submitted a review of their own), but based upon my thoughts submitted at GameFAQs.com: Gunblade NY has been AM3's answer to Yu Suzuki's acclaimed Virtua Cop. While Gunblade features androids causing trouble at a big city, LA Machine Guns takes that to the next level with Model 3 Type 2 with a so-so story and only one storyline to follow. The gameplay is reminicient of Gunblade NY's, but the terrorists are now easier to defeat, thanks to the 60FPS capacity. The terrorists will escape if you have to tag them along, and at times you have to slam on them repeatedly until he goes down. Unfortunately, many terrorists will try to come out at you and the cam only targets one terrorist at a time, causing big frustration at times. Sometimes there are far away targets and it's hard to get a good shot because each shot is not channeled at the same spot your mouse was pointed at. Also, the crosshairs are not visible on the game, making clean shots difficult. The graphics and the animation are a real improvement over Gunblade NY's. Like I said before, the 60FPS is a welcome feature, with only minimal slowdown. Unfortunately, the innocent bystanders would use a little work as there are far too many polygons on them. Otherwise the polygons are smoothened up in almost all cases, such as fighter helicopters, fat androids, and such. You won't be satisfied to find out that LA Machine Guns only have one storyline to follow, but you can select from one of the first four stages from the beginning of the game, depending on how good you are on this game. I'd just wished that there would be two storylines instead of 1. However, the mission on Stage 1 is overused, as some new concepts must be used in order to give this game some originality. AM3 doesn't score high on originality on this one, though. To conclude, you really don't have to play this game unless you want some fun at your arcade, and unless you are at GameWorks and other high-end arcades. The enemy lock-in confusion is for the hardcore strafer, but if you are into more of the steady firing, then stick to either Yu Suzuki's Virtua Cop series, Namco's Time Crisis, or Konami's Silent Scope. ======================================================================== STORY OF LA MACHINE GUNS August 7th, 2025 ---------------- We are now looking at the blue sky housing plenty of android terrorists planning to attack Los Angeles by surprise. The only way they can launch an effective attack is to cause a distraction while the President of the United States is making a speech to the citizens residing at the Los Angeles Area. And guess what?! The President happens to be at the brand new building that isn't seen in present-day Los Angeles!!! The Androids are now attaching themselves within the skyscrapper waiting for a right time to "bomb" the place and cause a distraction. It seems that their first objective is to kidnap the president!!!!!!!!!!!!! As the President makes the crowd cheer at him, the building explodes, and the Android Terrorists are now scaring the citizens away!!! WTF are these sicko Android Terrorists were doing remains the question but as I'm seeing two green-suits closing in on the President, a scientist is examing the President hoping that he will get some Military Secrets from him!!! The Scientist (leader of this sicko mess) orders the Androids to abduct the President by Helicopter. Is there anybody who can teach these sickoes a lesson?! Same Date, SIFAT Helicopter --------------------------- We are now inside one of SIFAT's helicopters housing two SIFAT Agents. As the SIFAT guys are charging up their Air Cycles, they are now receiving a distress signal from their leader stating that a group of unidentified terrorists are attempting to kidnap the president straight from Downtown Los Angeles. Orders are given to extract from the President from the grasp of the terrorists immediately. Enter Wild Bee, an operation that has been initiated to defend the Pacific US from a group of unidentified sickoes called "Rage of the Machines". Can you save the government and the Pacific US from these disgusting Android Terrorists? It's up to you if you want to go to your nearest GameWorks, Dave and Buster's, or any other arcade that honors Deluxe Machines and supress these sick hostiles!!! ======================================================================== HOW TO PLAY THE GAME Insert the amount of tokens required to play the game (For Enchanted Castle Pizza at Lombard, IL USA, 4 Tokens or $1.00 US; Dave and Buster's Addison, IL US 5.2 Chips or US $1.72 for Regular Cards, 4.7 Chips or US $1.55 for Gold Eligible/Gold Cards; for GameWorks at Schaumburg, IL USA 7.5 Game Points or $1.50 US) and press the start button to start playing. Use the gun to move the Gun Sight around the screen. Pull the trigger to fire unlimited 20-millimeter ammo and strafe right at the Androids. The Android is destroyed when you land enough shots on him or if you hit the Android directly in his head. The Missiles can be shot. However, if you get hit by any of the Enemy Missiles, you will lose one life. The game ends if you lose all three lives (four lives for Dave and Buster's). If you clear the stage before time expires, then the mission is successfully completed. If time expires, then the mission is unsuccessful. In order to reach Stage 5, YOU MUST successfully complete the other 4 missions. If you accidentially hit cops and/or innocents, you will lose 5000 points so BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERSTRAFE THE GUN!!! Always try to hit something that will keep the score multiplier intact. If the multiplier meter runs to "0", then the multiplier will reset to "1" so make sure that whatever you aiming at will extend the multiplier for periods of time. The maximum multiplier value is "50". I was able to verify this because I've reached 54 Chain Hits at Alcatraz one time! If you successfully complete a mission, here is how you will receive bonus points: * Your points go up for every unused second * Your points go up if you achieve higher Chain Hits overall * Your points go down with every life you lose, so MAKE SURE THAT YOU HIT THE ENEMY MISSILES AT ALL COSTS!!! * Your points go down with every innocent bystander you accidentially hit, SO TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN USING YOUR 20-MILLIMETER THIS TIME!!! This isn't like Gunblade NY, where you hold the Trigger and continue to strafe until the Androids perish!!! If the game ends because you lose all given lives, you can continue. Be sure that you plunk in the money and press the start button before the 20 second countdown expires. Pulling the Trigger rapidly will only cause the countdown to go faster. All cinemas can be cancelled by pressing the Start Button. ======================================================================== THE ENEMY ANDROIDS In the future, I will try to explain the Gunblade NY's Android Types. For now, let me try to explain much of LA Machine Guns' grotesque sickoes who tried to kidnap a president, help a human convict escape, and rob a bank-armored vehicle. Shannon Type 35 (Green Suits): The weakest androids in the game. They don't move to avoid your gunfire so hitting their missiles shouldn't be that tough. You should dispose these sickoes pretty easily. Jason Type B880 (Flying White Androids): Possibly the weakest flying androids in the game. They can be disposed of like you would with the Shannons, but they might have a little bit more ferocity than the Shannons. Elias Type 106 (Airbike Androids): Appearing exclusively at the Los Angeles chase scenes where you try to locate the kidnapped President, these guys attack you while they are commandeering. Hit the Eliases at their heads and/or bodies to dispose of them quickly. If you try to drag the Elias off his bike by hitting the Bike, then they can take pretty damn long to off. John Type 55 (Red Suits): They're a lot tougher than the Shannons. They can dodge your gunfire and they even shoot missiles that are a lot harder to destroy than the easy-to-destroy missiles. Ron Type G51 (Waterproof Androids): A lot weaker than the Shannons, you can just beat these lame bozos by just giving them the ooze at the head since they don't dodge your shots and just shoot weak missiles at you. These guys show up exclusively at Alcatraz. Sometimes they jump from the water and throw missiles at you so you may need to neutralize them before they even fire a single missile at you. Barry Type 902 (Waterbike Androids): They're similar as with the Eliases you might have encountered at Downtown Los Angeles except they take longer to be defeated. Also, they will dodge your gunfire, so be prepared to hit them at their bikes (though it takes longer this way). They tend to position themselves at a place where you can't get a clean shot at their bodies. Jeff Type 39 (Yellow Androids): Appearing exclusively at Las Vegas, these jokers will dodge your gunfire and will use only close attacks to punch you directly at your bike!!! Let them come close (since there may be innocents that you don't want to hit anyway) and hit them in the head for the best results. Craig Type G335 (Obese Androids): These Obese weapon-haulers fire oodles and oodles of missiles at you, making survival really difficult. They can take a lot of pounding before being defeated, so try to get some shots at the head. Jim Type 332 (Red-Suit Flying Androids): Stronger and more ferocious than a Jason, Jims have a bad habit dodging your gunfire and tend to appear in large groups, making survival and android neutralization difficult. Deal with a Jim like you would with a Jason. Ryan Type 908 (Black-Suits): They're bad news since they use acrobatic skills to dodge your gunfire and they can also fire missiles at a variety of positions, even sometimes taking you out by surprise. Las Vegas Tanks: Exclusively appearing at Las Vegas, these tanks fire rounds of powerful missiles at you. Hit them at the turret to dispose of them. Robert Type 115 (White Suits): Even a lot deadlier than the Johns but not as acrobatic as the Ryans. They seldomly need to jump and relocate since they fire really powerful missiles at you. Some Roberts are housed in a really powerful turret. Aim directly at the Robert's head to destroy the Turret as well. Gary Type 104 (Naked Androids): Punitively weak, deal with them like you would with a John and a Shannon. Missile Platforms: Two Shannons are firing powerful missiles at you. If you can dispose the Shannon commandeering the flying Missile Platform, then the platform itself is finished. Turrets in an Airplane: Powerful Missiles Galore!!! At the Final Stage, the enemies are heavily armed and you must dispose as many of these chachinaters to reduce the resistance done by the ROM! Terrence Type 9955 (Hanglider Androids): The most powerful flying androids in the game. They fire oodles of really powerful missiles at you and they will take plenty of beating to be destroyed unless you hit them at the head part that is!!! ======================================================================== OPERATION WILD BEE: DESTROY RAGE OF THE MACHINES AT ALL COSTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Los Angeles=Downtown (Beginner) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: August 7, 2025 Time over Target: 15:00 Hours Operation Time Limit: 240 Seconds Mission: Extract the President ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have received reports of Military Aggression somewhere in Downtown Los Angeles. They are a full-strength army, but we have not been able to settle in the details. Their aim is to kidnap the President, who is now around the Downtown District. Your mission is to rescue the President from the Combat Zone Immediately. You are permitted complete destruction over unidentified Android Terrorists. We value your success. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opening Scene: This is Adam 12!!! They're all over 6th and Flower!!! They're Monsters!!!! Can't stop them!!!! Uh-oh, looks like the LAPD are in deep trouble. Approaching the area where you see poor LAPD Officers beaten to death by two Shannons, you decided to help out. These Shannons are wimpy, just hit them in the head for the best results. Now the LAPD wants you to help them find the President at all costs, so let's get going!!! Shoot the cars to keep the Multiplier in place. When you turn right, you will approach three Jason-type Androids. You will encounter another trio of Jason-type Androids. Be careful that you don't hit any innocent bystanders here as you try to destroy the 6 Jasons. We've finally confirmed enemy reinforcements at the Parking Lot. Try to hit the cars and gang up on the eventually-coming helicopter but be careful not to hit the innocents that show up somewhere at the streets. Destroy the helicopter first, then the Jasons, Shannons, and the Robert right in the Turret. Still no sign of the President. Well, we've got to continue search efforts anyway. Until the point that we can see the President, you will fight mainly Jasons and Eliases. Don't worry: Just shoot their missiles and aim for the head of the Eliases. The Jasons shouldn't be that bad, though. After fighting through Jasons and Eliases, we've finally got a fix of the President. These sickoes are now trying to force him inside the Helicopter!!! I personally would try to destroy the Helicopter first. Be careful that you don't accidentially touch the President as each shot counts as an Innocent Bystander and will deduct 5000 points for every shot. The shots should only land on the Shannons and Johns that try to throw the Pres inside the Helicopter. Be careful of the Johns since they tend to dodge and throw powerful missiles at you. Once you take rid of the Shannons and Johns (and prevented the President from being taken away from Los Angeles), it's not over yet. WARNING: Large hostile aircraft is headed your way. --------------------------------------------------- Aim at the Missile Launchers first, and take care of the engines. When the Aircraft loses 25% energy, then it will throw an array of missiles by using some sort of Missile Container. Destroy the Containers before the screen is laden with missiles. The weak point of this boss is the Cockpit. Try to land all shots right at the cockpit. When it loses 75% of its energy, it will try to escape and throw several Jasons to prevent you from securing the President. You can destroy the Aircraft right away and secure the President in a flash, but I personally would take some time to destroy at least 4 Jasons before going ahead to secure the Pres. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alcatraz=Military Prison (Intermediate) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: August 8, 2025 Time over Target: 07:00 Hours Operation Time Limit: 350 Seconds Mission: Prevent the Enemy Androids from taking a convict with them, assist friendly forces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have received reports of heavy damage from friendly forces at Alcatraz Military Prison. Enemy Androids are apparently armed and dangerous. Some Androids are infiltrating the compound underwater while others are infiltrating through Water Bikes. Your mission is to assist the authorities at all costs. Prevent the Androids from taking a convict with them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We receive a message from the Warden at Alcatraz that he can't stand any longer. No worries as the SIFAT are coming up. You will face a few Rons atop a battleship and then you will face several Rons jumping in and out from the water shooting missiles at you. You will face two-three more Rons atop a battleship before facing the first group of Barry-types of three. After destroying the first group of Barry-types, you will face a group of four Barries. Now you are in Alcatraz. However, you have to face a few Jasons who found out that you've arrived to assist the authorities. Off these Jasons. Now the authorities are having trouble trying to kill several Rons at the bridge. After finishing your assistance at the Bridge, several more Jasons will come to attack you. Now you can go back assisting the poor cops in the destruction of the Ron-types before finding out that the ROM has went inside the shore for some reason... Now it's time to go inside the shore (finding out that cops are having trouble defeating the Johns and Rons that are slamming on them) but another group of Jasons are interfering with you. Off the Jasons and then rid the Johns and Rons before anymore cops can suffer. If you hit the barrel, then your Score Multiplier will extend longer. Be careful that you do not hit any cops by accident. As you rid the Johns and Rons that are overwhelming the cops, several Rons will be jumping in and out of the water to throw missiles at you. Once you rid the Johns and Rons at the shore, you will have to destroy four Rons that are trying to get a convict out of the Rock. Kill these John-types before they try to do so. A hovercraft is coming and two Shannons found out that you are assisting the cops in halting their efforts to grab one of the Convicts. Rid the Shannons, and then face the Johns and Rons that are still trying to get one of their convicts out of the Rock. After defeating all the Johns and Rons, it looks like that the Shannons have finally succeeded in taking one of the convicts with them. The hovercraft is now escaping, and it's time to chase them and prevent the convict from escaping before it's too late!!! As you chase the escaping Hovercraft, three Eliases will guard the Hovercraft. Shoot only the missiles and the Hovercraft as none of the enemies are easily defeated since they are hard to see. Unfortunately, there's been quite a commotion as the convict boarded the inside of the Hovercraft to release the high energies from within. WARNING: High energy readings detected from the hovercraft's cargo. ------------------------------------------------------------------- This guy is tough. Not one of the easier bosses, this obese android moves with great agility. This obese android has five stages of attack. The first stage involves him hovering around the water while shooting missiles at you. His second stage only happens when he's underwater. Hit all of his missiles as soon as you see them. However in his third stage, he will shoot 6 missiles at the same time, making survival difficult. Once he loses about 45% of his energy bar, he will go onto his fourth stage of his attack. He will fire missiles while jumping, leaping, and so forth and you must try to tag him and make sure he doesn't dodge or he may play a little hide and seek. Once he's down to about 15%, he'll dive onto the water and charge up for his fifth stage. As soon as he comes out of the water, hit him and when he charges up for the shot that can't be destroyed by your shots, hit him at the head part of his body until he can't take it anymore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Las Vegas=The Strip (Advanced) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: August 8, 2025 Time over Target: 23:45 Hours Operation Time Limit: 360 Seconds Mission: Stop *reinforced* Android Bank Robbery ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unidentified Enemy Androids are now approaching the Mountain Time Zone. Apparently, Terrorists have offed a Bank Armored Vehicle and have seeked to steal $500 Billion US for their Military Funding. Enemy Reinforcements are approaching the strip in order to complete the Armored Vehicle Robbery Mission. Citizens are panicking at this grotesque Armored Vehicle Robbery backed by reinforcements to retrieve all the monies inside the downed Bank Armored Vehicle. While you are trying to bring Vegas under control (and to prevent a possible robbery) by destroying the Android Robbers, BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO HIT THE PANICKING CITIZENS BY ACCIDENT. The final reinforcement of the Terrorists will be made by a Multi-Ped Tank called "Spike Head", which will carry all the stolen money from the fallen Armored Vehicle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK Now what's up with the ROM anyway?! A Bank Armored Vehicle downed in front of the Citizens' faces?! Poor citizens. Now I got it. These Androids are trying to rob an armored vehicle with some reinforcements!!! As you try to approach the scene of the robbery, several Jeffs will try to prevent you from reaching the scene of the robbery. Wait until a Jeff comes up to you and then slam the android because if you carelessly strafe around the strip, chances are that you will be hitting a panicking citizen by accident, which reduces points. Once you finish the first wave of Jeffs, you will have to face 5 Johns. Your main concern while trying to destroy the 5 John-types is to watch out for citizens getting in your way. Now let's go to that scene where the start of the panicking began. The only androids who will be attacking you are the John-types. The Shannon types are just trying to pick up the cases they are supposed not to touch anyway. Off these sickoes and you will see three helicopters not apparently happy to see what you have done to their lead-off men. You can destroy the choppers if you want to. Remember, the more choppers you destroy, the less Craigs and Johns you have to face. If not, then be prepared to defend yourself from a horde of Craigs who attack with plenty of kinks while travelling backwards. After you defeat the first wave of Craigs, you will have to face a horde of Johns at the Parking Lot and some incoming Craig-Types that will interfere with your hostile-suppresion flow. Again, be careful of the citizens that are walking around the area. With the Johns and Craigs down (and the Armored Vehicle Robbers downed), you will face three tanks who are not happy due to the fact that you've destroyed their lead-off men. Hit the tanks at the turrets. Now after you defeat the tanks, you will have to face several Jeff-Types and a few Ryan-Types. The Jeffs are easy, but the Ryans are bad news since they use acrobatic skills to dodge your gunfire and can also catch you by surprise during one of their acrobatic skills. Off the Jeffs and Ryans and you will see three more choppers coming only to find out that you destroyed their lead-off men. On the air, you will fight the Jims for the first time. They are more ferocious than the Jason-Types and they appear in rather large groups, making survival difficult. To top all of that, you will be facing several Craig-Types. I personally would dispose the Craigs before going on to fight the Jim-Types. Now we got the Multi-Ped Tank Reinforcement, and they are not happy to find out that their plans are ruined. TARGET CONFIRMED: Spike Head Approaching, Watch out for their formations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Since their formations vary from corner to corner, it's important that you know how to keep your Score Multiplier up if you want a higher score. Try to slam them while they are moving. When they are ready to attack, their weak point (the flashing Energy Rod) will be slammable. Slam at their weak point for greater damage. However, if you destroy one tank, then the tanks will attack with more ferocity, with one tank being the worst since one tank can launch lots of kinks through the air, making score maintenance difficult. It's best to weaken all the tanks and when each tank has only 5% energy left, just keep on killing and killing until Vegas is finally under control. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yosemite=Underground Nuclear Plant (Expert) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: August 9, 2025 Time over Target: 10:30 Hours Operation Time Limit: 400 Seconds Mission: Destroy the Underground Stronghold ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recon Reports have stated that the enemies are thoughtful of running their operations under this Nuclear Plant. Their identity has not yet been revealed. Your mission is to infiltrate their stronghold and destroy the master control that runs this Nuclear Plant at all costs. There are hostages that you need to avoid shooting while disposing the terrorists. The androids seems to be heavily armed. We expect your very best in this mission. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have confirmed that the transport belongs to the Enemies. However, it seems that the enemies are heavily armed so we'd better hold our ground. As we enter the cave, it seems that the turrets and three Jasons have tracted us down!!! Shoot the missiles and then the turrets, then the Jasons. Now we are going to fight three Shannons, followed by four Garies, then followed by three Shannons. When fighting the three Shannons following the four Garies, be careful as it becomes easy to hit an innocent by accident. Now it's time to do battle at the reception port! Before you dig deeper into their domain, you will fight a horde of Johns, Garies, Roberts, and Jasons. Try to hit a drum barrel as that can take care of some John and Robert Types. However, it becomes really important that you avoid hitting an innocent by accident. Once you destroy the wave of foes at the reception port, we are going to dig deeper inside the base. The majority of your enemies will be Jims, who will be appearing in very large groups. You will be facing turrets, Craigs, Garies, Roberts, and Johns for at least the next 200 seconds. On top of that, be very careful when destroying the androids that you don't hit any innocents that get into your way. You will also be facing three Flying Gun Platforms piloted by two Shannons each. Destroy the Shannon piloting the gun platform to destroy it. Also, use the Barrels to your own advantage and definitely try to keep your score multiplier up. Once you destroyed all androids, you've finally found the source to all of the mess you've encountered in the first three missions. TARGET CONFIRMED: Control Source of this Nuclear Plant is located from the bottom of the base ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This boss isn't too tough. This guy has three stages of attack. The first stage involves a straight line of missiles that can be easily destroyed. If you can destroy the hands, then you receive points. The only time the hands comes out is when you destroy it or if it loses about 33% of its energy. All you need to do in Stage 2 is to destroy the Black Logs before the missiles come out. That is--everytime you see a red sighting, hit it until you hear a BOOM-BOOM. When you destroy enough Black Logs, then the Black Log Generator will blow up. Once both Black Log Generators blow up, Stage 3 is a cinch. Shoot the missiles coming at you and hit the chicken-hearted Robert in the head to drain lots of energy away and for an easy completion of the Enemy NP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Death Valley=Altitude 6000 Feet (Insane) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: This mission will only activate if you SUCCESSFULLY complete the first 4 missions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: August 9, 2025 Time over Target: 19:30 Hours Operation Time Limit: 360 Seconds Mission: Finish Rage of the Machines off!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have confirmed that the army responsible for the four previous missions are called, "Rage of the Machines". The heart of the organization are holed up in a very powerful aircraft with a brand new AA System. The aircraft is heavily armed with severe-attack Turrets, elite enemy troopers, and tough androids. Their aim is to attack Los Angeles for a second time. Launch immediately and finish Rage of the Machines once and for all by destroying their aircraft at their own turf!!! God bless you all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It looks like the scientist is inside the aircraft. Time to down them before they even reach Los Angeles!!! You will face a horde of Jims and you will face an Enemy Tank alongside four Garies. Now you will face several more Jims and you will contend with five Johns and three Shannons at the left side of the Aircraft. Now you will face lots of resistance from the Turrets who does nothing but shoot Missiles. Try to destroy as many Turrets as you can to lessen the resistance. Throughout the fight on the ground, you will face nothing but Ryan-Types who will show up in a higher number than at Las Vegas. Always shoot the missiles before doing anything else. You will face a lot of Jims throughout this mission so keep that in mind. Take one Jim at a time as it's easy for several Jims to launch a tag attack against you. Once you reach the cockpit, shoot at the bottom of the bullet-proof window to do damage. If you are unable to destroy the aircraft, you will face resistance by a group of Terrences. These guys are hard to kill, so try to get a good shot at their heads. They attack heavily so be sure to think twice before going ahead to destroy the Terrences. After you will destroy the Terrences, you will repeat the cycle until either you or the aircraft falls down (The only time you can fall down is when a Terrence lands a few successful hits at you). ======================================================================== BEAR EX AND RAGE OF THE MACHINES COMPARISON OK I know that talking about Gunblade NY is off-the-file but since Gunblade NY and LA Machine Guns are similar as far as gameplay is concerned, maybe I'd better do a comparison between the two Android Terrorist Groups. Bear EX (Gunblade NY) --------------------- * Caused a panicking at Times Square in an attempt to take over the United Nations Headquarters. * Their AA Site isn't complete. They are trying to complete their very own AA Site at Midtown Manhattan. * After failing to take over the UN HQ, they tried to escape at their Cargo Ship. However, SAAF finished them off at their own turf. * Again, they tried to take over the UN HQ by reinforcing at the following areas: Brooklyn Bridge, Battery Park, and Grand Army Plaza. We managed to finish off the terrorists at these areas but the backup were holed up at Midtown Manhattan. * The Midtown backups were tough and were no pushovers: Many of these backups were Female Androids. Rage of the Machines (LA Machine Guns) -------------------------------------- * Bombed a future-looking building that isn't seen in Present-Day Los Angeles just to scare off some poor citizens (Dumb showoff) so that they can kidnap the President through a helicopter. =P * Tried to assist a convict in his own prison-breaking effort. Rage of the Machines makes me sick because of their plead to assist a convict to escape. * Robbing a Bank Armored Vehicle!!! Not only this scares the panicking citizens, but reinforcing the robbery in order to retrieve all the monies inside the vehicle makes me throw up!!! Why a reinforced bank robbery? I would understand if it is inside a bank and human terrorists robbed it (and eventually Anti-Terrorist Units came in to save the day with the least possible danger) but a robbery supported by Androids is DEFINITELY OUT OF THE QUESTION. * Running their operations at two places: Inside Yosemite and while they are flying an aircraft, especially 6000 Feet above Death Valley. As you can see, Rage of the Machines are a lot more disgusting than the Bear EX Cargo Corporation. ======================================================================== SAAF AND SIFAT COMPARISON As with the Android Terrorist Organizations, this is definitely off the topic as stated in the file, but since we are fighting to destroy the sicko androids, maybe I'd better talk on how the services we serve in both Gunblade NY and LA Machine Guns operate. SAAF (Special Air Assault Force), Gunblade NY --------------------------------------------- The SAAF is a terrorist control force run under the authority of the United States Air Force. The SAAF specializes in aerial attacks throughout use of a helicopter and two 20-millimeter Machine Guns. The dual-machine gun platform, Gunblade, is only summoned whenever all innocent bystanders have evacuated the area and the field is wide open for complete destruction of the terrorists. Members of the SAAF are trained through simulated chase scenes while riding around a helicopter through several terrains. Air Force Enlistees must have a grade of E-5 or better to join the SAAF. Officers must be AT LEAST First Lieutenant to join the SAAF. There are several tests that hopefuls of the SAAF must pass before being accepted in the team. SIFAT (Special Independent Force Against Terrorism), LA Machine Guns -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Special Independent Force Against Terrorism is operated under the Department of Naval Operations, United States Marine Corps. The SIFAT specializes in virtually the same operations SAAF would but the SIFAT does not rely on a helicopter carrying two snipers. Each SIFAT member rides an air and/or a water bike and assaults through use of a 22 millimeter Machine Gun designed to destroy Androids with ease. Unlike the SAAF, the SIFAT is specially assigned to rid android terrorists with the least possible danger. In order to join the SIFAT, an enlisted member has to be a Sergeant (E-5). Officers MUST be a Second Lieutenant (O-1), and Warrant Officers must hold a rank of W-2 or higher. SIFAT members are trained through simulated chase scenes while on either an Aerial or a Water Speed Bike. Like the SAAF, the SIFAT has several tests hopefuls must pass before being accepted onto the team, although the SIFAT is a lot more strict than the SAAF. SAAF's aim is to only protect the government while SIFAT's aim is to go all out against the Terrorists at anytime. ======================================================================== THE DO'S AND DONT'S I just don't like it when people have the outdated versions of my FAQs. In order to put an end to all of this, from now on (as of today and lasting forever), this file can ONLY BE stocked on the following websites: * Verasnaship Interactive, http://www.verasnaship.net * GameFAQs, http://www.gamefaqs.com * Secrets of the Game Sages, http://www.gamesages.com * Cheat Code Central, http://www.cheatcc.com * Game Shark Code Creators Club, http://www.cmgsccc.com * Seganet: http://www.seganet.com * Segaweb: http://www.segaweb.com You can always get the latest version at Verasnaship first since I run the website for myself. 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Linking to GameFAQs is goverened by the Legal Disclaimer as foretold under the statement, "Linking Rights". I highly recommend that you make a link to my website so that people will always have the latest version of this work viewed right through their screen. The only permissible link that you can use to link to this file is as outlined as in the following: * http://www.verasnaship.net/text/arcade.html (The Arcade Stable) Part of the reason why I'm doing this is because if you don't view an HTML Site, then you may not be able to run the ads that appear on top of the HTML Document, which IS NO FAIR TO THE WEBMASTER. For details about linking rules, visit http://www.templetons.com/brad/linkright.html which is Brad Templeton's Linking Rights Essay. ======================================================================== RULES FOR GIVING SUGGESTIONS One time when I was forced to update another FAQ for Super GT by Sega, I was surprised to see that I was driving from Helen Keller. That is why you MUST follow the protocol as described in the Newsflash section of this document. ======================================================================== RESOURCES * http://www.seganet.com * http://www.sega.co.jp ======================================================================== ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - Sega for creating a game dedicated to Chase Scenes in association to AM3. - Dave and Buster's, GameWorks, and Enchanted Castle Pizza for having this game on display. - My own Time Crisis FAQ for being the first document published by myself. - Jarno Kokko and Eugene Moon for being the first two authors to create an FAQ dedicated to a Deluxe Machine - Kao Megura for being the most prolific FAQ Author - GameFAQs for being the stable of all original work This document is dedicated to the loving memory of Princess Diana of Wales and Fashion Designer Gianni Versace. We need to stop destroying people for a stupid reason right now. ** END OF DOCUMENT AND ONE LAST WARNING ** This Electronically Published Document is copyrighted (c) 1999 Mark Kim. All Rights Reserved. This document is protected by applicable copyright laws and international treaties. Unauthroized reproduction, retransmission, and/or a breach of copyright, partial or full, may result in civil and criminal penalties and is subject to maximum punishment and prosecution to the highest extent possible by law. Please credit Mark Kim as Vesther Fauransy where credit is due. This document is the sole property of Mark Kim. LA Machineguns (c) 1998,1999 Sega. All Rights Reserved.