___ _ ______ / _ \(_) | ___ \ / /_\ \_ _ __ | |_/ /___ ___ ___ _ _ ___ | _ | | '__| | // _ \/ __|/ __| | | |/ _ \ | | | | | | | |\ \ __/\__ \ (__| |_| | __/ \_| |_/_|_| \_| \_\___||___/\___|\__,_|\___| © Copyright 2010-2012 Keith Kelly. All Rights Reserved. The websites that are allowed to host this guide is: www.gamefaqs.com - Username = Glacoras www.neoseeker.com - Username = Games_GameFAQs www.supercheats.com - Username = Glacoras =============================================================================== Introduction =============================================================================== Welcome to my twenty-second guide without a co-author. I started playing this game for the SMS Completion Project and enjoyed it enough to decide writing for it. I enjoyed the concept of a game where your primary mission is to rescue people instead of kill them. There are few games that I can remember where this was your mission and I would recommend anyone to try this challenging game for themselves. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this guide and the game as much as I enjoyed writing the guide and playing the game. =============================================================================== Contents =============================================================================== To find a section quickly, press "Ctrl"+"F" and copy the string of text in the square brackets. 01) Game Basics .......................................... [AR01] 01A) Controls ....................................... [AR01A] 01B) Weapons ........................................ [AR01B] 02) Walkthrough .......................................... [AR02] 02A) Round 1 - Dangerous Holiday .................... [AR02A] 02B) Round 2 - Fire Storm ........................... [AR02B] 02C) Round 3 - Count Down ........................... [AR02C] 02D) Round 4 - Panic Ocean .......................... [AR02D] 02E) Round 5 - Breakdown Darkstar ................... [AR02E] 03) Contact Details ...................................... [AR03] 04) History .............................................. [AR04] 05) Credits .............................................. [AR05] =============================================================================== 01) Game Basics [AR01] =============================================================================== The objective of the game is to rescue a set number of hostages before the time runs out. Excluding round 3, you need to rescue 8 hostages. Round 3 requires that you only rescue 7 hostages. The time limit should not worry you, as it provides you with more than enough time to rescue the required number of hostages. To rescue a hostage, you can either lower a rope ladder and get them to climb aboard or to land the helicopter near the hostages and wait for them to climb into the helicopter. Lowering the rope ladder can be the only choice with some rescues and should be used when you only need to rescue a single person on a flat ledge. You should only think of using the landing method to rescue any hostages if you are looking to rescue 2 or 3 hostages near each other on a flat ledge, or you are just wasting time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01A) Controls [AR01A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORMAL PLAYING FIELD ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Directional Buttons (normal playing field) = Moves the helicopter around Button 1 (while flying) = Fires selected weapon Button 2 (while flying) = Lowers/Raises Rope Ladder WEAPONS MENU ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Buttons 1/2 (landed at starting point) = Brings up Weapons Menu Direction Buttons (Weapons menu) = Scrolls through the weapons Buttons 1/2 (Weapons menu) = Select ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01B) Weapons [AR01B] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 4 weapons that you can select during the game. MACHINE GUN (TOP-LEFT) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ This gun will fire bullets out in a straight line, where the helicopter is pointing at. Most of the time, this gun will be the preferred choice, as it allows a more accurate aim than the others. It can not be used to attack any enemies above or below your own position, though. SHOTGUN (TOP-RIGHT) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ This gun will fire a missile that will take a diagonal line down until it hits either an enemy or the ground. This weapon should be used if you need to deal with some enemies that you can not get with the machine gun, although this is generally selected automatically whenever you need to use it. WATER MISSILE (BOTTOM-RIGHT) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Only use for this weapon is to put out fires during round 2. It can not harm any enemy. The missile fired from this weapon will shoot out in front of your helicopter and then quickly change direction to fall to the ground or onto some flames. GREEN BOMB (BOTTOM-RIGHT) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ I have tried to find out what this weapon can do, to no avail. It seems to be useless against fire, enemy infantry and enemy helicopters. The missile this weapon drops is the same as Water Missile. =============================================================================== 02) Walkthrough [AR02] =============================================================================== Unless there is a note, this guide has been designed to explain how to rescue a single batch of hostages with every paragraph. I recommend that you pause the game and read the next paragraph after you have taken a batch of hostages to safety. I played this game and wrote this guide for the Hard difficulty. Within this difficulty, you had 5 continues and 4 lives, gaining an extra life whenever you cleared a round. Unless specified, I recommend that you keep the weapon that is selected by default at the beginning of each round. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02A) Round 1 - Dangerous Holiday [AR02A] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fly all the way to the top of the screen and then travel to the right until you are between a monorail and a castle. Drop down through the gap and you will arrive in an underground tunnel. There are 2 hostages on the left side of this cave, with an enemy with a gun in the middle. You can attempt to kill the enemy while going to get the hostages and getting out of the tunnel. Head back to the starting point to drop off the hostages you picked up. Again, fly to the top of the screen and then travel to the right. This time, you want to pass over the monorail and come to a ferris wheel. To the left of the ferris wheel is a gun-holding enemy that you need to kill before you rescue any hostages. There are 3 hostages on the ferris wheel for you to collect (you will not be able to hold more). To get these hostages, stay at the top of the screen, lower your rope ladder, position the helicopter above a hostage and lower the helicopter until the hostage has grabbed onto the ladder. Repeat the process for the other 2 hostages left on the ferris wheel and then head back to the starting point to unload all 3 hostages. Once the hostages have been dropped off, head past the ferris wheel to where the enemy with the gun was positioned. There is a hostage on this ledge and another 2 hostages in a gap to your left. Collect all 3 of them and head back to the starting position to complete this level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02B) Round 2 - Fire Storm [AR02B] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fly to the left and head up when you come to a hostage surrounded by flames. Use your weapon to put out the fire above the hostage and then rescue him. There are another 2 hostages just above you to rescue. Lower your helicopter to the bottom-left corner to reach the starting point. Change your weapon to the machine gun (top-left corner) and fly higher. Save the hostage that you will come to, then head to the left a bit to find another 2 hostages to rescue. Head to the right side of the building and then fall down to the rescue centre. Fly up to the start of a heavy smoke cloud coming from the top of the building. Be careful of an enemy helicopter while you rescue 2 hostages that you should be able to reach with ease. You only need 2 hostages, but you can lower your helicopter down the middle of the building to find another hostage to rescue before dropping off the people you rescued. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02C) Round 3 - Count Down [AR02C] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the left is a damaged airplane. You want to fly as close to the top of this airplane as possible to avoid an eletric ball above and to shoot 2 enemies that are camping on the airplane. When the airplane ends, you want to get to the left side of a tank that will be below your current position. After this has been achieved, turn around, lower your helicopter to the ground and shoot the tank before attempting to rescue the 2 hostages guarded by the tank. Fly up and turn to the left, only stopping when you are level with an infantry enemy that you want to kill. Head back to the starting postition. Fly to the top of the screen and fly to the left. Once you get over a satelite dish, keeping heading to the left until you are past some missles that are shot up to the sky. Lower the helicopter to the ground near where the missiles were being shot up to the sky and destroy a green tube that fired the missiles. Rescue the 2 hostages on the ground and another hostage on a higher ledge on the left. Head back to the safety shack. Again, fly to the top of the screen and then to the left. Once you get to the higher ledge where you rescued a single hostage, be careful as you fly over another missle launcher. Watch out for an electric ball when you get past the missle launcher as you lower the helicopter to destroy the launcher and rescue 2 hostages. Head to the left and get past a final missile launcher. Again, you want to destroy the launcher before you start a rescue of 1 hostage (as you can only carry 3 at a time). Once you have the hostage rescued and the missle launcher destroyed, fly back to the starting position to unload the hostages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02D) Round 4 - Panic Ocean [AR02D] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fly up to the screen and then head to the left to avoid a barrage of missles. When you see a couple of hostages, start lowering your helicopter. There are a couple of hostages in front of the higher set of hostages, then destroy the turret to your right. Rescue 1 of 2 hostages to the right and then destroy the 2 other turrets to your right. With 3 hostages in your helicopter, fly up and then head to the right. When you see an an airplane, lower the helicopter to the starting postition. Again, fly up and to the left until you reach the hostages that you can see without having to lower the helicopter. Now you want to lower the helicopter and grab a hostage on the right. Quickly fly to the right while shooting your missiles to the ground, hopefully killing the 2 enemy infantry on this boat (but, more importantly, killing the trooper on the left and getting away from the heat-seeking missiles). Head back to where the enemy infantry were and rescue the 2 hostages here. The safest way back to the rescue ship is flying to the top of the screen and then head to the right, like before. Finally, you want to fly as high as possible and to the left until you spot the hostages we keep leaving behind. Save the 2 hostages here (although you will only need 1 of them) and take them back the same way as the other rescued hostages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02E) Round 5 - Breakdown Darkstar [AR02E] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Before beginning this round, I would like to warn you to be patient. I have been killed several times trying to rush through this level. The tight tunnels that you have to travel through in this level makes it hard to get any speed to complete the level quickly, anyway. Start by flying to the left side of the screen and you should come across a hole that opens and closes. Position your helicopter in the middle of the gap and lower it down when the hole is as open as possible. I recommend leaving the hostages to your right to be rescued last, as they are the easiest to save. Anyway, lower the helicopter down and head to the right when you can. To make sure you have a safe trip back, use your weapons to destroy the 3 gun turrets to your left before going futher down the tunnels. Once near the bottom, destroy another set of turrets in the left corner. There are also 2 hostages on the ground here to rescue. CAREFULLY head back up through the tunnels and the hole to get to the starting point. Change your weapon to the machine gun (top-left gun). Fly through the hole and keep decending downwards, past the hostages on the right. When you can, take a tunnel to the right. After the ceiling dips down a bit, there will be a turret nearby. The best way I found to get past this turret is to fly as fast as possible over it, then slow the helicopter down as I try to go through a big hole. Within this hole are 3 hostages. When you want to get out of this hole, align yourself level with the turrets on the right and destroy them with the machine gun you selected, then turn to the left and perform the same task on these turrets. You should be able to safely and CAREFULLY return to the start of the level. Finally, head through the hole again and rescue the 3 hostages that you kept going past. You can land on the flat ground near the underground building and wait for the hostages to walk into the helicopter to be rescued. You should know how to get through the hole and to the starting point by now, so make sure you do not mess it up. Congratualtions on completing the game. =============================================================================== 03) Contact Details [AR03] =============================================================================== E-Mail: games_ps2_pc[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk Subject: Air Rescue Guide NOTE: Replace "[at]" with "@" and "[dot]" with "." to make the E-Mail address a valid E-Mail address where I will receive your message. Please DO NOT E-Mail me if you can not write in English or you want to ask a question that has already been answered in the guide. =============================================================================== 04) History [AR04] =============================================================================== Version 1.0 First copy of this FAQ Version 1.1 Fixed the sub-section short codes Version 1.2 Moved "Contact Details" and "History" to near the end of the Guide =============================================================================== 05) Credits [AR05] =============================================================================== Everyone on the FAQ Contribution General Board for help with improving my guides and starting up the SMS and NES Completion Projects. Please check out board 2000094 to see the latest Completion Projects and see how you could help them out. ===============================================================================