Dynamite Dux- FAQ Version 0.2 : Arcade- Written by the Golden Vortex aka David Wilson Dynamite Dux is a trademark of Sega Enterprises inc. This FAQ is copyright of David Wilson and should only be on one Website which is Gamefaqs.com If you wish to contact me about this FAQ to add any information then feel free to e-mail me at Unleashed Vortex@aol.com. If you do give me any information I will say you did. However if I find out that anyone (for some pointless reason, I mean who's going to play this game now) has taken this FAQ and put it on another website then I will be VERY angry. (and you won't like me when I'm angry) You have been warned!!! Updates: Version 0.1 ( 9th June 2004) Verison 0.2 (addition of enemy and weapon listing 2nd September 2004) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents 1. Introduction 2.Basic controls 3. Walkthrough 4.Enemy and Weapon list 5. Bye ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Dynamite Dux was an old school side scroller which no one except me has actually played. It was released in 1987 in the Arcades, the Sega Master system and the Commodore-64. This FAQ is for the arcade version of the game, mainly because it's the best version out of the three. If you have no idea what Dynamite Dux is then I don't blame you because it wasn't that popular a game, although it has to be one of the best platform games I've played. Anywho,if you have found this game in arcade before and enjoyed it then this is dedicated to you! No takers! Didn't think so! The storyline of Dynamite Dux is about a young girl named Lucy and her two pets Bin and Pin. One day they were all happily playing in the flower garden when all of a sudden the evil monster, Achacha the Great stole Lucy and dragged her into the Achacha world. Her brave pets Bin and Pin opened a door to this mysterious world and followed the demon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 The basic controls are as follows: Joystick-Tilt Left- Walk left Tilt Right- Walk Right Diagonal up/down & left/right- walk in the direction the joystick points at Button A- Jump+ press B while jumping to kick in the air. Button B- Punch, fire gun, throw weapon Holding down Button B will allow you to charge up a super punch. You can only charge your punch ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Walkthrough Stage 1.1 Walk right down the street and you'll be attacked by a group of 5 dogs. Punch or dropkick them all and continue forward. Collect the rock lying on the floor, this can be used as weapon but you'll only be able to use six times. You will be attacked by a group of 3 dogs,use the rock as a long distance weapon to kill them or avoid them by simply jumping over them or walking down to the other end of the street andjust mosey on past them. At the don't walk sign there is a treasure chest. Approach and open it, it will give you points. Follow the road, diagonal right and down where you will find five more dogs. Punch them all or walk round them As you continue down the street another dog will approach you with a new enemy, a sausage moose. Kill them both easily with the rock (if you still have it or use your fists) You will then be attacked by a group of 5x Sausage Moose. Charge up a punch to get multiple kills. There will water spurting from the ground on various places and there will be a bomb on the ground near them so collect the bomb, which will throw the rock away. Three more Sausage Moose will approach. If you throw bomb in the middle of them then you will take all three of them out at once. A new enemy will attack, a wolf on roller skates. Kill when they are close, or use a bomb/rock (recommended). You can jump over him and collect the burger on the floor which will top up your health. After collecting the burger a group of four skater wolves will come forward, avoid or kill! You will see 3 manholes emitting water, lined almost vertically across the road and behind these will be a wolf holding a grenade launcher. Avoid all of his shots and walk through the gap in the water spouts and trounce the wolf with a punch. Two groups of mice will dart towards you suddenly so quickly jump over them or hit them, but only if you're exceedingly fast at doing so. Collect the bazooka lying on the ground and avoid the two skater wolves who come at you or shoot them. 4x dogs will appear as you continue on so kill them all if you wish or avoid them. Replenish any lost health with the burger on the ground and get some points by picking up the chest. Kill the dog and moose that approach you after this. Two Sausage moose will appear so avoid them to save ammo (recommended) or kill them if you desire. They will drop a cake so collect it get any health back if you need to. Walk around four water sports and kill all 3 moose who appear as you proceed. 2 more moose will appear so kill them along with 2 dogs that come after to face the first boss. Boss 1-Fireball As the fireball appears pick up the waterpistol on the ground put leave the other one until later. The fireball will randomly throw fireballs towards you so move all of the time to avoid the projectiles. Stop occasionally and squirt water on the fire, avoiding all projectiles. If you run out of water collect the other pistol to continue. The fireball will shrink after 13 hits and fall apart spitting out a pile of fireballs which you should avoid. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 1.2 After the fireball dies proceed right. Two giant rabbits with springs on their legs will leap towards you. Cut through the middle of them if you want but killing the top one will give you a cake to boost health. Collect the rock again and go down the stairs. Pick up the bomb, which will throw away your rock. At the bottom you will be attacked by a group of seven Sausage moose. Kill them with a well aimed bomb. Collect the cake afterwards and proceed down the steps where you will find a railway line and a platform. As you go on the track eight skater wolves appear. Kill them normally, you'll find that some of them will appear on the track below. Eight Sausage moose will attack you afterwards so prepare yourself for that. Four red crocodiles will appear so kill them in the normal fashion. Jump off the platform onto the railway track and trash the group of eight crocodiles and the further 3 crocodiles and six skater wolves. Open the treasure chest and kill the three more crocs that approach. Then collect the flamethrower and kill the two moose that appear. Twelve crocodiles will then come after you but they'll be a cinch if you flame them all. Then two sets of mice will come charging in so burn them or just jump over them. Six skater wolves will abruptly follow so flame or punch them. Then open the treasure chest to get some points. Walk on the Railway track and collect the burger. Look out the for the three moose and the rabbit with springs. Two groups of mice will fly towards you so kill or avoid them and then dodge the incoming group of mice who are double the size than normal. You will then be attacked by eight crocodiles, wipe them all out and collect the treasure chest. Go up the stairs, back to the street but look out for 6 dogs that are coming up after you. You'll find a machine gun, pick it up and avoid the water spouting from the manhole. Kill eight more crocs and one wolf with a rocket launcher to get to the boss. Boss-2 Rock A cluster of rocks will appear- looking like this 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 The rocks encircling the rock in the middle will spin round and spread out/return in a pattern. The rock in the middle(the one with the face) is the one you have to destroy so use the machine gun (or fists) to break the rocks away. If you destroy all of the rocks encircling the one in the middle the boss will die but if you destroy three rocks and then attack the centre one it will be more effective. Keep on hitting the centre rock (the expression on the rocks face will indicate his health) but jump over any other rocks that he rotates round at you.) When he dies a doorway will appear and you'll be sent to...... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 2.1-Japan Go forward and kill 3 dogs then collect the bomb lying on the floor. Use the bomb on the four dogs and then kill the mole when he pops out of the ground. After that you will be attacked by 3 more dogs and 5 Sumo Pigs. Hit the pig once to make them go red then they will charge at you. Two punches should kill them easliy without the bomb. Collect the burger to replenish lost health and look out for the two pigs that come towards you. Kill then like you did the last time and proceed to pick up the machine gun. Kill the four pigs with the gun and shoot the mole when he appears. You can collect the rock but it is recommended to just keep the machine gun. Boss-3 Chinese Dragon What's a Chinese Dragon doing in Japan? Anyway, keep hitting the head of the dragon but be quick to avoid the fire that it breathes out. If you wish you can pick off the sections of the dragon bit by bit. This, however takes a very long time to do so the best thing is to hit the head a number of times until it dies. The colour of the head will tell you what the health status of the boss is. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 2.2 Walk down the ramp and make sure you don't go too close to the edge. On the ramp you'll be attacked by two moles and two dogs which are fairly simple to overcome. Collect the bomb and proceed forward and defeat four dogs. Pick up the homing launcher and kill the next four dogs or avoid them to save ammo. Look out for a mole and a dog. Also a new enemy-the ninja who will appear for an instant and attack you. Be quick and clock him one. Then a pack of five dogs accompanied by a mole will show up and you can dispose of them in the usual fashion. Then a group of 7 sumos with a ninja will come at you so be careful. Kill the sumos and just jump over some of them after you hit one or two and then simply beat the rest with a flying kick or a super punch. The ninja may prove tricky so when appears be ready to avoid his projectiles and when he reappears smack him one. After that you'll get a group of six sumos which will be relatively simple to defeat. Charge a super punch so you'll hit the first three and jump over them when they charge at you. Also collect the bomb on the ground when you have killed them all. After that a huge group of fifteen dogs will approach. Easy stuff when you know how but be careful to look out for the ninja but kill him the same way as before. One of those giant springy rabbits will approach but he'll just skim past you so its easier to avoid him but kill him if you must. Four dogs will come out and a rock lies on the floor behind them. Collectthe rock and proceed. Avoid the homing missle fired by the wolf by punching them and then kick that guy in the head. Nine pigs will appear and the two ninjas will follow. After they have been trashed pick up the flamethrower. Burn the two ninjas and then torch the four dog. Six moles will surface and so smoke them out and walk up the ramp. Six pigs and two dogs will come after so punch them and continue. Collect the rock and use it on the three pigs and two dogs that comeafter you. Get ready to fight nine dogs and one spring rabbit as you continue, although the bouncing bunny may go straight past you it's fun to kick his ass. Three wolves with homing launchers will be sat in a circle and a chest will lie in the heart of the circle. Defeat all three and open the chest for some points. Keep going until you come across two moles which you can choose to kill or just walk past. Kill the one dog and the two sumos that come past. Pick up the bomb and proceed to... Boss-4 Clouds He's laid out a lot like the rock boss and will rotate the cloudsencircling him. He will also throw out lightining towards you as you walk past. Hitting the individual clouds will obviously kill him a lot slower than hitting the centre circle but I recommended taking two of the clouds away and hitting the middle one until he dies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 3-1 Jungle Go forward and jump into the pit but make sure you jump over the four dogs. Kill all four dogs with a well charged super punch and jump out of the pit. Pick up the rock and avoid the incoming grenades Destroy all of the five dogs and kill all the wolf with the grenade launcher Six more dogs will appear so defeat them in the usual fashion. Two more dogs will come after that. Collect the bomb and defeat seven more dogs. After 3 more dogs appear, defeat them and walk across the bridge. Kill 3 crocodiles will be on the bridge and pick up the cake that they drop when you kill them. Avoid the incoming grenades and kill both of the wolves that are on the side of the screen. Six dogs will come after that and two more. Collect the bomb and defeat seven more dogs and three more dogs after that. Walk across the bridge and kill the three crocodiles that appear and collect the cake that they drop. Avoid the grenades and kill the two grenade launcher dogs that hide behind the rocks. Punch all of the homing missles that come at you and then kill the three homing launcher wolves that appear. After that, kill a grenade launcher wolf and then collect the burger he drops. Then go on ot defeat five crocodliles. Continue on and avoid all of the projectiles that are fired at you and then kill the moles and spring rabbit that comes from the right. Top up your health with the cake and burger dropped. Walk up the stairs to open chests and jump off the cliff to the lower platform, kill the homing wolf and open the chest. Proceed onward and kill the two crocodiles to get to the Boss-5 Rock statue Keep on punching the legs of the rock man but don't stay in the same position for too long because fire will rain down on you. Also the rockman may punch you if you get too close so hit and back off. When the rocks become really cracked hit them with a super punch to end this reasonably easy boss. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 3-2 walk down the ramp and kill the crocodile on the ramp. At the bottom kill yet another four crocs. Collect the flamethrower and use to burn down seven crocodiles and then use it to burn out five moles. If you wish you can collect the machine gun instead of the flamethrower. Open the chest and continue. You'll be attacked by an unlimited amount of moles so just kill all the ones that get in front of you. Collect the burger and walk up the ramp where you will be attacked by tw dogs and 2 wolves with homing launchers. After defeating these walk up the ramp and kill five dogs and two moose. Then replenish health by collecting the burger. Jump into the pit to avoid the homing missiles and jump up and kick the three homing launcher wolves. Fall into the next trench and jump kick the next set of three homing wolves. Kill five dogs and collect the cake, open the chest and look out for moles. Then proceed, but look out for the fire that spurts out of the ground. The fire shooting up first will look like a mole emerging. Avoid all the flames and continue until you get to Boss-6 Fire Wheel Pick up the water pistol and shoot the wheel as it spins round the area squirt the fire, which will turn to rock. If you avoid the fire and keep shooting the parts of the wheel that are on fire then you'll have no problem. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-1 Brooklyn Kill four rhinos, watch out for the tackle that they do and collect the homing launcher. Kill one rhino and two skater wolves. Continue and kill the nine wolves that come out one after another. Use the homing launcherand kill the four grenade wolves sitting on the drums. Collect the burger that the first one drops. Avoid or kill the dogs that approach One dog and six homing launcher wolves will block your path, so charge up a super punch to kill them all. After that one spring rabbit will come from the right so jump kick him or just let him go by. A group of four rhinos will attack and once you've defeated them another group of four will follow. Kill them with a charged up punch to kill them all. After that reasonably quick level you'll fight Boss-7 Star The star will throw out heaps of little stars in any direction but from behind. If you go behind the star and keep hitting it with charged up punches then you'll defeat him easily. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 4-2 Avoid the falling grenades that the wolves at the top of the stairs are throwing at you. Kill 1 rhinos and the kill the 3 grenade launcher wolves Then kill 3 dogs, two grenade launcher wolves are on a set of drums, so jump-kick them to kill them. Open the two chests on the ground. Collect either the bomb or the machine gun (recommended) Kill the three homing launcher wolves and open the chest. Then proceed and defeat 4 rhinos, 3 dogs and look out for the 2 grenade launcher wolves on the upper platform. Then you will be attacked by six rhinos and as you continue you'll be able see two homing wolves and five dogs. After crushing them three more dogs will appear with a homing wolf. So defeat them and go on forth to fight 2 skater wolves and 7 dogs. The go on to kill 4 more wolves, collect a treasure chest and go up the stairs. The you'll be attacked by 4 wolves and then 9 more individually after that. Pick up the flamethrower and contine to the bomb-man. When he explodes jump over the shrapnel. 5 more skater wolves will follow and then one spring rabbit. Follwed by nine dogs and then, after that you'll have to deal with 6 homing wolves and 3 dogs. Another Bombman will appear so just jump over him when he blows up. Boss-8 Fireball This guy is identical to boss one. No kidding! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 5- Texas Collect the bomb, kill the four moles and the two chilli dogs, but they'll shoot you so when they stop moving be ready to jump over. More moles will appear so keep on walking or kill them if they get in your way. Two homing wolves are hiding behind rocks to look out for them and kill them if need be. Pick up the rocket launcher and shoot the two chilli dogs, two homingwolves who are hiding in the rocks and two moles that come after you. Jump over the spike pit and kill the 2 homing wolves and three grenade launcher wolves.Go on the lower route and kill the two red Indians that come after you. Look out for the homing missiles. Kill the two dogs and look out for another dog that falls out from the upper platform. Kill another dog and jump over the fire. Look out for the cow as it will suddenly charge at you so be prepared to leap over it. Two Wolves, three dogs and two chilli dogs will come at you so charge up a punch to kill them. Boss-9 Penguin King Avoid all of the other penguins and ice cubes by jumping over them and continually hit the King Penguin the the middle until he dies. Just keep on avoiding the bad guys that attack from all sides. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 5-2 Kill the two grenade launcher wolves and look out for two moles. Collect the falmethrower and torch the seven dogs that approach you. Five homing wolves will block the path so just trash them all. Two dogs will come out and three indians will follow, who are reasonably easy to beat.Five dogs will then appear, followed by three indians Four homing wolves are next so defeat them and open the treasure chest that they drop. Kill the two grenade launcher wolves and collect the burger. Kill two dogs and three Homing launcher wolves Kill two homing launcher wolves and one grenade launcher wolf. Jump over the pit and kill two Homing launcher wolves and the grenade launcher wolf Collect the treasure chest. Walk up the ramp and kill the four dogs. Kill the three homing wolves and four moles. Collect the rocket launcher and kill the four dogs and three cows. Kill three more cows to get to Boss-10 Rock- This boss is the same as the second boss of stage 1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stage 6- Achacha Kill 8 dogs and pick up the rock. Kill 13 dogsand continue until you see a flamethrower. Pick up the flamethrower and kill 13 moose One grey mole will appear so kill him with a punch and aviod oncoming homing missiles. Fall in the trench and jump and flame the three homing wolves Collect the bazooka in the trench and kill all three of the homing wolves. Fall in the trench and kill the three other wolves. Collect the rocket launcher and kill the twelve skater wolves. Walk upstairs and kill the crocodile and the ninja. Kill two other crocodiles and another ninja. Jump over the first group of mice that charge, one comes from the top and the other attacks the bottom. Kill the six chilli dogs and avoid the two ninjas that will appear in a wisp of cloud so hit them when they appear. Jump on the platform and killl the three homing wolves. Collect the bomb and kill three grenade launcher wolves. Walk off the step and kill three more launcher wolves. Kill five indians but beware of the fourth one down as it will fire a projectile at you. Kill five more indians Avoid 19 charging cows, who will appear in sets of three and then on by jumping over them or hittin them with a super punch. Kill the grey mole that pops up and jump in the trench to allow the missiles to pass over you. Avoid the missiles and jump into the next trench. Collect the machine gun and kill three sets of three homing launcher wolves. Kill the three grenade launcher wolves and seven spring rabbits. Kill six rhinos that approach and avoid more homing missiles. Collect the bomb and defeat six pig sumos and three wolves. Kill three more sumos and continue, avoiding the homing missiles. Eight homing wolves will be in two groups, four on one side and four on the other. Defeat them all A group of mice will fill up the whole path so jump over them or perform a super punch. Final Boss-Achacha A statue will appear that is similar to the rock man in the jungle except that he is now made of metal. Achacha will be perched on the bosses hand. Jump and hit Achacha and avoid the attacks by the robot, which moves and breathes fire like the rockman. After hitting him 12 times the robot will collapse and Achacha will begin to run around on the floor. He will run through the field to a corner where he will stop and fire projectiles from all sides, which are simple to jump over. When he stops hit him and keep on hitting him until he dies. After this he will shrink to a little devil and start to chase you. The best thing is to jump so he runs underneath you, therefore you'll land behind him, so clock him one after this. Repeat. And congratulations, you've just beaten Dynamite Dux. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Enemy list Enemy Difficulty Dog: Easy, The dog is slow moving and can be killed with one quick punch easily enough Crocodile: Easy, will attack in large groups which may produce a problem but with a charged up punch or a good weapon they will fall easily enough. Moose:Easy, this enemy will attack in a group also and will move quite fast,one hit will destroy him so he is nog big deal although in large groups they can be a hazard. Wolf: Normal, these enemies tend to be quite fast and will go zipping across the screen in large groups, if many attack at once it may be difficult to attack one while dodging another G-Wolf: Normal, will fire a weapon that will attack you form far away, the projectiles are fast but can be dodged easily enough if you follow the shadow of the grenade on the floor. Mice: Hard, these mice will run across the screen at breakneck speed and can catch you off guard sometimes they can be in large or multiple groups that make them very hard to avoid. Rabbit:Normal, these enemies are fairly big and go at a medium speed. They also have no special attacks so just punch them if they jump into you H-Wolf:Hard, these will fire homing missles at you which are fairly hard to dodge, jump over the missiles and hit them but they attack in groups so you may have four missiles coming at you at once. Mole:Hard, since they travel underground it is very difficult to follow them, they may pop near you making it hard for you judge there whereabouts. Kill them as quick as you can. Pig: Hard, at first they are slow and leave themslves open for attack but when you hit them they'll charge without warning which will do a lot of damage. Ninja:Hard, will appear in front of you without warning and vanish again quickly. Rhino: Hard, they will walk forward and jump into you, althouhg when alone they are normal but they attack in large groups which makes it harder to conquer them all. Bombs:Normal, they flash to indicate when they are going to explode and throw shrapnel in every direction so just jump over them when they come close. Chilli dog: Normal, these attack in groups and fire very fast projectiles without any warning.To defeat them use a jump kick to avoid getting shot Indians:Hard, they run past you at high speed without warning giving you little time to get out of the way. A quick hit will stop them though Cows: Hard, they seem docile at first and will move around slowly but as you go near them they will charge at you with extreme speed without warning. Jump kicking them is the best option. Bosses:For full boss descriptions and tactics look at their respective areas in the FAQ Weapon guide Bomb: effective throwing weapon which can do damage to those who are close to it's explosion Double Bomb: Does twice the normal damage of a regular bomb Water Pistol: puts out fires and kills fire type enemies Tommy Gun: Rapid firing machine gun that kills anything in its path Rocket Launcher: Fires slow yet powerful projectiles that do impeccable damage on enemies Homing Launcher: Similar to the previous weapon although it locks on to enemies Homing Gun: Fires a set of three blue balls that lock onto enemies and kill them in a shot Flamethrower: Great weapon that sweeps large amount of enemies off the map. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bye This was my guide for Dynamite Dux. Pointless yet fun! Thanks go to: CJayC: for putting the FAQ up. Everyone at the RCB! Sega, for making one cool game!! IGN, for the FAQ format This FAQ Copyright David Wilson June 2004