Game:Panzer Bandit(PSone) Developer:Banpresto Genre:Action Player#:1-4 Memory Card Space:1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- FAQ Version:1.0 Created:12/16/2001 By:Raymond Zhou(GundamDX9900@hotmail.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- COPYRIGHT This document is copyright of Raymond Zhou.You can only use this document on your website if you ask me first.You cannot sell this document or anything else not respecting this FAQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- Table Of Contents 1.Story 2.Menu 3.Characters 4.Gameplay 5.Codes,Tips,Hints 6.Characters 7.Boss Strategies 8.Please contribute 9.Special Thanks/About Me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- Story The story seems to be about terrorists trying to take over the city of the main characters by way of a giant whale ship.(!?)The four elite fighters, Kou(with his robot buddy), Kasumi, a girl with knives as her weapons and her robotic cat(fox maybe?), Miu, a little girl with her robot(whom she can control), and Ein, a robot with a lot of weapons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Menu After the anime intro, you will be brought to the title screen.Press Start and it will give you four options. A. Story Mode(which will take you to Start and Record) B. VS Mode(obvious!) C. Options Mode D. Memory Card a. Load b. Save a. Story Mode 1. Difficulty(Easy, Normal, Hard)(Default being Normal) 2. Lives(0-5)(Default is 3)NOTE:You cannot get any more lives in any other way! 3. Marker(shows sign where you are during Story Mode) b. VS Mode 1. Time Limit(00-80)(Default is 00) 2. Win Requirement(1-2)(Default being 1) 3. Marker(shows sign where you are during Story Mode) c. ? 1. I don't know what this is, please tell me if you know what it does 2. Change Controls ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ Characters Kou-(with his robot buddy) Kasumi-a girl with knives as her weapons and her robotic cat(fox maybe?) Miu-a little girl with her mech(whom she rides on) Ein-a robot with all kinds of weapons on him ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- Gameplay Title Screen Start-confirm for character selection and title screen to select the four options. Select-nothing L1-nothing L2-nothing R1-nothing R2-nothing Square-nothing Triangle-nothing Circle-confirm X-cancel In-Game Start-Pause Game Select-nothing L1-switch between foreground and background R1-switch between foreground and background L2-heavy attack R2-special Square-heavy attack Triangle attack on both sides Circle-special X-weak attack Towards(x2)-dash Up(x1)-jump(x2, while in air-jump again) Down,Up-super jump QCF-down to towards DD-down down Towards+Square-Throw/Grab Attacks 1. Towards(x2)+Square(dashing heavy attack)X(dashing weak attack) 2. Circle-special attack Super Moves can be performed when special meter is glowing yellow. Kou (Special Moves) 1. QCF+Square or X-Ki Ball(hold square or X to charge, bigger it is longer it reaches. also, it will charge your special meter, but if you get hit while your charging it won't do anything.) 2. DD Square or X-Kick Upper(square makes you go up farther) 3. DD Square or X(midair)-Down Kick(square makes you go towards farther) 4. Circle-robot shoots a few energy balls 5. DD Circle-robot flies toward enemies like a thrusting sword (Super Moves) 1. DD R2(Multi Energy Ball)-shoots multiple energy balls at enemies 2. DD Circle(Volt Thrust)-robot flies toward enemies like a electric thrusting sword(no effect if enemy is to close) Ein (Special Moves) 1. QCF+Square-throws two small bombs into the air(hardly in the air!) which rolls on the floor if it doesn't hit anything for about 2 seconds.(explodes after a few seconds) 2. QCF+X-rolls one small bomb on the floor(explodes after a few seconds if it doesn't touch anything) 3. DD+Square-(shoots uzi, limited range, hit square repeatdly for more shots, works best when you got enemies cornered) 4. DD+X-(shoots uzi(short time), limited range, hit x repeatdly for more shots, works best when you got enemies cornered) 5. Circle-shoots laser beam 6. DD+Circle-shoots laser beam diagonally upwards(depending on which way your facing) (Super Moves) 1. DD-R2(Multi Laser)-shoots stronger blue laser beam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Codes, Hints, Tips 1. With Kou if you keep pressing X on an enemy it'll start an automatic combo. 2. You can juggle an enemy successfully by hitting them in the air than double jump and whoop them. 3. With Kou it's more useful to use Dash+Square then Dash+X. 4. Don't do anything to block 5. The meter that looks like a speedometer is your special meter.When it is glowing yellow you can perform a super move.The bar next to it is your health meter.Once the yellow bar is gone.The red one will appear, and once it is drained, you are forced to use a continue. If you have any. 6. If you use a special or hit triangle, it will drain some of your special meter. 7. If you're thrown, you can recover quickly or gain control again by moving the D-pad and hitting the buttons. 8. Just to note, Stage 7 has some puppets on jetpacks which throw bombs at you.You can use Ein's uzi to knock it away(when the white part isn't red, It worked for me at least)I also think it's possible for the bombs to hurt your enemies.(the puppets on jetpack's) 9. Sometimes when you and your enemies normal attacks collide, it will make a small purple shockwave.(Reminds me of DBZ)I think whichever one uses the heavier attack takes some damage.But even if you use a weak attack, the shockwave will still come out.But you'll still take a little damage. 10. Throughout the game there will be boxes.In them can be red or blue crystals or heart capsules.The red crystal grants you invulnerability for a limited time,(glowing red)the blue one automatically fills your special meter(glowing yellow, I think if you use it up and your still glowing it will refill)(If your special meter is already glowing and you stumble upon this item, and if you use it, your past meter will still be filled.)The heart capsule gives you small health back.(Note:this is the only way to regain health.)If you don't pick these items up soon, they'll be gone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Characters(So far I only use Koh and Ein) Kou(Pros)-His Ki Ball is useful for knocking enemies away(better when fully charged) He's a mix of speed and strength.He's your average hero with the normal arsenal. His Multi Energy Ball is pretty tough to dodge because it's so fast. His Kick Upper is a good Anti-air move and it can be useful when you have a lot of enemies cornered, and you can do the Down Kick for pizzaz. Kou(Cons)-Although his pros outweigh his cons he still isn't Mr. Perfecto. He can get pretty beat up because he doesn't have to much endurance.His Volt Thrust has no effect if the enemy is to close, thus draining his special meter for know reason.Also it takes a while to charge up his Ki Ball.If you get attacked while charging, not only will the Ki Ball be gone, but you're open to attack.(NOTE) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT USING DASH+X ON ANYTHING!!!!! (On bosses his Ki Ball doesn't always knock them away even if it hurts them.) Ein(Pros)-This robot is pretty tough.His bomb attacks are great for knocking the enemies away, and they can juggle the enemy if timed properly.His uzi is especially useful when you use it against cornered enemies and even better when you repeatdly press square for more shots.His laser beam can also shoot diagonally upwards and he has high defense.I only had to use about 2 continues for medium difficulty.None of his special attacks (with the exception of his laser beam attack)drain any of his special meter.And the uzi fills up his special meter to almost full when using the extra shots. Ein(Cons)-He hardly has any cons but I'll list them anyway.He is pretty slow and lacks anti-air attacks(with the exception of his laser beam attack upwards, but you can't use it unless you have some of your special meter around, but you could be using it for something else.)Plus his bombs can be dodged pretty easily and his uzi has short range making it useless if the enemies are way over on the other side.Plus he seems pretty susceptible to the bombs in stage 7.Be careful when using bombs because bosses can counter sidestep a bomb explosion and hurt you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- Boss Strategies Stage 1(Boss)-This mech can be pretty annoying and can even make you use a life even in easy difficulty.I wouldn't recommend using a dashing strike against him because he'll normally use his machine cannons(which can hurt really bad)or launch missiles in your face.Kou can hardly charge a Ki ball and launch it at this guy without being stopped by missiles.Be careful about throwing him in midair because sometimes he'll grab you and throw you down, or he'll shoot missiles downward or use his machine cannons downward. What you should do is move away from him while he's in the air and go behind him and hit him in the air or whack him before he turns around, that's when you can do whatever you want on him.He's pretty susceptible to air attacks because he has no anti-air moves. So you can use Kou's Down Kick on him. Stage 2(Boss)(Sephiroth/Cloud wannabe!?)-This guy looks like Sephiroth fused with Cloud or something.He's even got Cloud's huge sword!Good thing about this guy is that he doesn't have any of Cloud's or Sephiroth's moves(phew!:)This guy may look tough but he is beatable.First off he'll probably start off with a dashing slash which he uses most of the time.When he does do this, wait until the slash ends then immediately do a dashing strike.(Dash+Square)(Definitely not Dash+X!!!For Kou)When he uses his Super Move where he launches energy balls(like Kou!)stay still so if you get hurt your chances of getting cut by him will be low.Be careful about throwing him because normally when he's in the air he doesn't just jump for fun, he'll do a downward slash which if you get caught in it trying to throw/hit him, it'll send you flying down and away.(DBZ style!cool!)He also has a slash upward(I think in midair)Be careful if you get hurt and you damaged him quite a bit, he'll probably use a super(mainly a super version of his slash downward)With Kou, you can just switch between foreground and background when you knock him away once then charge a Ki Ball and let him have it when he gets close. Stage 3(Boss)-This seems to be the only boss that is a girl.(If you watch the anime intro, you could see her tits!)She's actually one of the toughest bosses.If you just attack her with a regular attack(square/X)she'll normally counter with a hit from her fan.(paper that is) Try to get out of the way when she jumps over you because she might do a spin and her paper fan will make the ground under you explode.(which can send you flying)Also try to only do a dashing strike when recovers from the ground, because if she spins her fan it will shoot a mini tornado out which will send you across the screen.She also has this attack which a energy ball comes out, only that it follows you across the screen and when in alignment with you it will call a lightning bolt(thin) from the sky and shock you.Although it will dissispitate as it moves.There is no definite way to beat her but throwing is a good tactic. Stage 4(Boss)-Whatever this thing is it's pretty stupid.This thing can shoot some projectiles at you like a dark matter ball which can "knock a heart capsule out of you"(literally!)and you can't take it back.It also has homing energy balls(this is getting annoying!)This guy can also do a rolling spin into the air(with a weird laughing)which if you get caught without countering, can hurt you pretty bad.You might not have enough time to charge Kou's Ki Ball.But you can use the Volt Thrust when he's almost close.Ein can use his bombs when he's rolling toward you, or use his uzi which might knock him out of the attack.If you can't seem to hit him, use Ein's Laser Shot when he immediately falls back down. Stage 5(1st Fight* Boss)-This weird robot(reminds me of Big O for some reason)is actually pretty easy in this first run-in with him.He also has machine cannons and bombs.His Exploding Bash(when he charges his elbow into you causes an exploding hit)is potentially dangerous.Be careful because he likes to use his Machine Cannons when you're near, and after that probably dash toward you with his Exploding Bash.The best startegy I've used is to jump behind him when throws his first bomb, then do whatever you want after that. Stage 5(2nd Fight*Boss)-This time he's harder, with more health, and 2 laser attacks similar to Ein's.Don't have Kou charge because he might get hit by the laser.He pretty much uses the same tactics he used in the previous fight just with new moves.This is the first time I've seen him use a super(I whomped him to fast in the 1st fight for him to be able to use it)which launches in arsenal at you.Just use the same stuff as before and you'll do just fine, that is if you watch out for his upward laser. Stage 6(Boss)-Now this guy reminds me more of Big O then the other robot.This guy can headbutt you so jump when he does that.He also can stretch his arms around so watch it.He also pounds the ground which makes smoke clouds, so if you're within the radius you'll get knocked away.He also hovers above the ground a few feet and sometimes punches downward. Sometimes he'll stretch his arms outward into the air and a electric field will spread and surround him for a while. Stage 7(1st Fight* Boss)-This mad scientist seems pretty long and stretchy.His weird spider walker has an attack like that monkey's from Stage 4, except he hovers up with the spider legs spinning around.His super is a laser beam.(like Ein's)Out of the spider's mouth are multiple bombs and mini-me's(Austin Powers is hilarious!!)If a mini-me touches you, it'll most likely attach to you and blow up.Just watch out for his spinning attack in midair because it's a good combo.After you beat him prepare for his second form...... Stage 7(2nd Fight* Boss)-This time the Dr. Stretch is in a tank type thing.He has a bigger laser and his super is a multi hit laser beam.His only special attacks are those flails that he flails(LOL) around.All I did was keep jumping up and and hitting him. Stage 8(Multiple Boss Fights*)-You just fight the bosses from Stage 1-4, Stage 5(2nd version*), and Stage 7(2nd version*), Stage 6, and Kou's counterpart.Most of the previous enemies you fought before have downgraded health, but they all seem to be smarter.(Note*:Up to the fight with Kou's counterpart, you'll sustain all the damage from the beggining.) Stage 8(Final Boss* Kou's Counterpart)-This guy acts just like Kou.He even has the same attacks!(I'm not sure about the Down Kick though.)All you have to do is pummel him before he can do anything.Just be careful of his robo buddy which can transform into a sickle and thrust toward you.His Kick Upper can be dodged if you stay a few feet away from him.Only thing I find annoying is his amount of health.After you beat him, he escapes and you leave off with the good Dr. via airplane. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Please Contribute 1. Please tell me anything you know that's not in here(I don't mean walkthroughs) and I'll put your name in the Special Thanks. 2. I heard there is a way to play as the bosses in story mode.If you know please tell me. 3. Tell me if you know any other moves for Kou or Ein. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Special Thanks/About Me 1. My Mom-for letting me have a PSone. 2. My Dad-for paying for my next console. 3. Gamefaqs(www.gamefaqs.com)-for most of my walkthrough info I need. 4. IGN(www.ign.com)-my source for video clips 5. Gamespot(www.gamespot.com)-for my game reviews 6. Banpresto-for making this game and the greatest strategy games!(Super Robot Wars forever!!!!!!!!!)