********************************************* Cubix Race'n Robots PSone FAQ/Walkthrough Final (9/26/02) By: nnguyen11490 Email: nnguyen11490@yahoo.com ********************************************* ____ _ / ____\ | | | / _ _ | |____ _ /\/\ | | | | | | | __ \ / \ \ \/ | \____ | |__| | | |__| | | | /\ \ \_____/ \___,_| |_,____/ \_// /\ \ \/ \/ By: nnguyen11490 Copyrighted 2002 nnguyen11490. None of this writing may be reproduce in any way without the writer's permission. If you want to put this FAQ on your website, magazine, etc... email me first. You might be sue if you don't have my permission!!! Remember plagiarism is a crime. Cubix Race'n Robot is a trademark of 3DO Company (c) These are the website that will always have my latest update and have my permission: Gamefaqs.com Psxcodez.com Neoseeker.com nnguyen11490.tripod.com If any of these site use my FAQ they might be sue: Timsvault.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Version (updates) 2. About Walkthrough 3. About Game 4. Control 5. Story 6. Robots and Status 7. Items I. Upgrading a Robot II. Pick Up Items 8. Hazards 9. Tracks 10. Credits 11. Contact Information ----------------------------------------------------------------- Versions ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 First Version (8/5/02) Added Control Added the story sectoin Added about the characters Added the first eight robots Added all race track Added Items and upgrading robots Added Credits section 1.1 Update for the FAQ (9/3/02) I went through the FAQ and make it better to read. Added the ASCII art at the front and the end of the FAQ. Added the Contact Information Section. Added more information about the Items in the game. Fix some typos. Fix the About FAQ section. Final (9/26/02 As if today this FAQ will no longer be updated. I've replay the game and gone through all the FAQ to make sure evrything is just perfect. If you still see a problem with the FAQ feel free to email me so I can fix it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- About FAQ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why did I made this FAQ? Well the reason I made this walkthrough is because there are not a lot of guides for this ame and I was bored at the moments. With this guide you'll know some robots, strategy for all track, and many more. If you have question or comments please email me. ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Game ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bubble Town's high-octane racing championships is about to start. Choose to race as Cubix or the other threee robot as you compete against the most extreme robots. Cruise by the Bubble Town Botties Pit to upgrade your robot and unlock new characters to give you the chance to race as your Bubble Town friends. Your final goal is to out-race the compitition and become the ultimate racing champion of Bubble Town. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Controls ----------------------------------------------------------------- Up Move forward Down Reverse Position Left Turn left Right Turn right Triangle Go to previous menu Circle N/A Square N/A X Acept selection/ fire pickup Analog Left stick Steer Right stick N/A ----------------------------------------------------------------- Story ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cubix is a large and powerful robot created by Professor Nemo. Like all of his robotic, Cubix is equipped with an EPU allowing him to experience human-like emotions. One day, the evil sciencetist, Dr. K, cause an explosion that results in the disappearance of Proffessor Nemo and causes major damage to Cubix. Professors Nemo's daughter, Hela, and her group at Bubble Town's Botties Pit attempt to fi Cubix but are Unsuccessful. Four year later, a young boy named Connor moves to Bubble Town with his father.Being a true Robot enthusiast, Connor and Cubix become friends. Connor and his Botties Pit friend set out to protect the town from Dr. K and his team of Robots. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robots and Status ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cubix How to get it: You can use it at the begining of the game. Description: Action Hero-famous transforming-Robot. Big and strong but he's not very fast while racing. --------------------------------------------------------------- Maximix How to get it: You can use it at the begining of the game. Description: All-round Robot, Maximix. Can turn very well in a race, but not very strong or fast. --------------------------------------------------------------- Dondon How to get it: You can use it at the begining of the game. Description: Friendly flying custom Robot, Dondon. The fastest robot of them all, but sometime it can be very hard to turn. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mozzarelix How to get it: You can use it at the begining of the game. Description: The pzza delivery Robot Controlled by Chip. A robot mix with speed, strengh, steering. --------------------------------------------------------------- Pesticide How to get it: Beat the game once to get this secret robot. Description: This is thefastest robot you'll ever met. He's also the best robot in the game, good luck getting him. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrading a Robot ----------------------------------------------------------------- To upgrade a robot you need alot of credits. To earn credits you must finish first in a race. After each race you get 500 credits. Why should you upgrade a robot? Simply because it makes the race easier for you to beat. Here's is all the items you can buy. --------------------------------------------------------------- Nitro Scoop Price 500 credits Description: Start off the line faster than ever! Combined with the Gav-grip, this upgrade will turn any robot into a highly agile racing machine. --------------------------------------------------------------- Grav-Grip Price 1000 Description: Grav-grip gives your robot extra traction. Turn coners faster than ever before, dodge other racers and take shortcuts at high speed! Stopping distance a real so greatly reduced. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Horn Price 1500 Description: This powerful noisemakers emits a blast so loud that it cause all other robots around you to become momentarily confused. Use this at key moments during the race to pull into the lead. (notes: If you have picked up any other items you'll use them first). --------------------------------------------------------------- Zero-G Engine Price 2000 Description: This is for the robot with a need for speed, stoping distances will also be longer. It's best used in conjunction with Gav-Grip. (note: you need Grav-Grip to use this). ----------------------------------------------------------------- Picked Up Items ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pick up items are items you pick up in a race. --------------------------------------------------------------- Speed Boost Boost your robot speed for a limited time. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Horn This powerful noisemakers emits a blast so loud that it cause all other robots around you to become momentarily confused. Use this at key moments during the race to pull into the lead. --------------------------------------------------------------- Shield Temperarely protect your robot from any hazard. --------------------------------------------------------------- Missiles Use your missle to shoot robots in front of you. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mines When you drop a mine anything that touch it will be stuck for a while. --------------------------------------------------------------- Solex Solex are items you can collect while racing. The more solex you have the faster your robots will go. --------------------------------------------------------------- Speed Strips When you drive on a Speed Strip you lose a lot of speed. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hazard ----------------------------------------------------------------- There are many hazardous thing that will make you lose a race. Here are all of them. --------------------------------------------------------------- Crusher A giant steam-power hammer that will crush your robot. --------------------------------------------------------------- Pits A huge whole on the ground, once a robot fall in it'll take some time to get out. --------------------------------------------------------------- Water and Oil These things can cause you to spin out of control and lose alot of speed. --------------------------------------------------------------- Crossroads Slow down when going near a cross road. If you hit another vehicle youwill lose alot of speed. --------------------------------------------------------------- Rams Same as Crusher. It will squash you. --------------------------------------------------------------- Speed Zap When you drive on these thing you will lose alot of speed. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tracks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Legend This is how I'm gonna write the track and strategy. Track # Name of the track Length: How long is it. Difficulty: Easy, Meduim, or hard. Hazard: What to watch out for Strategy: --------------------------------------------------------------- Track 1 Solex Trail Leght: 490m Difficulty: Easy Hazard: Water, Speed Zap Strategy: The first race is the easiest. The only thing you need to watch out for is water, and speed zap. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 2 Pushed Around Leght: 480m Difficulty: Medium Hazard: Rams, Crushers, Oil, Speed Zap. Strategy: This one is way harde than track 1. Because Rams, Hammers, Oil, Speed Zap. You should slow down a bit on this one. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 3 Lectrix Shock Lenght: 580m Difficulty: Easy Hazard: Curve, Speed Zap, Cars Strategy: The most dangerous thing about this track is the turn. If your not careful you'll hit a building and it'll slow you down a lot. There is not a lot of speed zap and cars so don't worry. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 4 Building Blocks Legnth: 420m Difficulty: Hard Hazard: Hole, Crusher, Ram, Speed Zap, Car Strategy: This one is very hard. Why? because there is a lot of Crusher and Rams so be carefule. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 5 Somewhere New Length: 490m Difficulty: Medium Hazard: Water, Hole, Speed Zap, Car Strategy: Same as the other track. This track isn't very hard. You should have all items by now. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 6 Closer to Home Length: 590m Difficulty: Easy Hazard: Water, Hole, Speed Zap, Car Strategy: This isn't very hard. But now there is some holes nd hard turns so wath out. You should come out of this race easy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 7 The Bomb Length: 520m Difficulty: Meduim Hazard: Speed Zap, Water, Hole, Curve, Cars Strategy: This is your hardest race yet. Watch out for hole because they can make your robot very slow. There are also more Curve than track 3. Other than that you'll be find. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 8 Lectrix Shock Legnth: 580m Difficulty: Easy Hazard: Water, Curve, Speed Zap, Car Strategy: Just like the other track except it's at night. See strategy for track 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Track 9 Kolossal's Lair Lenght: 740 Difficulty: Meduim Hazard: Rams, Crusher, Oil, Speed Zap Strategy: This is the last and longest race. This track has alot of hazardous thing. But this time there are a lot of crusher and rams so be careful. You should have enough credits to buy some good stuff by now. Good Luck! Congratulation you just beaten a very easy game. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Credits ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thank to myself for writing this. I want to thank all website (with my permission) that except this FAQ. Thank you 3DO for making this game. And last thanks whoever was reading this. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information ----------------------------------------------------------------- Got a comment or a question about the FAQ? 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