Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:24:51 -0600
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Boss Guide
By Ed the Moogle
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The statistics were taken from the Instruction manual that came with the
game. THIS GAME RULES, BUY IT!!!
Garam MK2
Height: 8.00 Meters
Width: 9.05 Meters
Weight: 29,500 Kilograms
Max Speed: 150 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Madal GSR- 2,250 KG, Madal GSX- 1,550 KG
Pilot: Guido
This guy has a lot of attack methods, but he is easy to beat. A few solid
blasts to the chest should take him out. Be careful of his fist attack.
Blast it when it heads your way. If he's avoiding your shots too much,
aim for his legs to immobilize him. Blast him when he's charging up a
blast to keep him from throwing it. If he gets the blast off, nail it
with a super-shot to destroy it.
Siamang
Height: 6.00 Meters
Width: 6.80 Meters
Weight: 12, 500 Kilograms
Max Speed: 145 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Alfred Particle Engine (A.P.E.) 60-01 1,750 KG
Pilot: Chada
This guy is fast and skinny, making him hard to hit, but unable to defend
well against attacks. Don't bother aiming for the arms or legs, they're
too skinny. Aim for the chest or head to do maximum damage.
Wong
Height: 19.35 Meters
Width: 12.60 Meters
Weight: 30,500 Kilograms
Max Speed: 100 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Anti-Gravity Control System Alfred DM-2A
Pilot: Dayan
Aim for the narrow section under the torso to do a good amount of damage.
For the most damage, aim for the head when it opens up to fire or the
joint holding the shields when he starts to float left or right. When he
fires missiles, shoot them down with rapid-fire shots.
Griffin
Height: 10.13 Meters
Width: 7.98 Meters
Weight: 22,800 Kilograms
Max Speed: 155 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Anti-Gravity Control System Alfred OB-3B
Pilot: Orusoh
Don't bother trying to damage his wings, they're bulletproof. Aim for the
legs to stop some of his more powerful attacks, then aim for the chest to
finish him off. He's very hard to hit, so keep him in your sights.
Viscount
Height: 12.50 Meters
Width: 9.66 Meters
Weight: 37,700 Kilograms
Max Speed: 195 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Xeno-Tech HFE VIS Alpha 4,000 Kilograms
Pilot: Carlos
He has a big bazooka and a shield to block attacks. Aim for the bazooka
first to destroy his main weaponry. After that he'll probably try to
throw his shield at you. Fire it down or you'll lose a lot of energy.
Once both his shield and gun are gone, aim for the legs to immobilize
him. Once that's done, finish him off by blowing up the body.
Thanatos
Height: 12.55 Meters
Width: 9.65 Meters
Weight: 37,500 Kilograms
Max Speed: 165 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Xeno-Tech HFE THN Beta 4,250 Kilograms
Pilot: Anubis
This guy is powerful. Try to destroy his legs to eliminate his power
shots. Once he's taken enough damage, he'll try to charge up a huge
blast, which is capable of destroying you in one hit. When he charges in
three different areas, fire into his head with a fully-charged shot as
soon as he fires. If you do it right, you should stop the blast and
destroy or badly damage him as well.
Arachnus
Height: 8.76 Meters
Width: 8.00 Meters
Weight: 24,800 Kilograms
Max Speed: 158 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Xeno-Tech HFE Spider 4,280 Kilograms
Pilot: Danpe
Whatever you do, don't aim for the stomach. If you do, he'll fire a
zillion shots at once and you'll most likely lose. Instead aim for the
head and fire down the weak shots the body makes. Also try to destroy the
legs and he'll be mostly helpless. When he's down to about 1/8 of his
life bar, aim for the stomach and fire a fully charged shot. It should
inflict enough damage to destroy him.
Cobra
Height: 46.50 Meters
Width: 28.82 Meters
Weight: 18,876 Kilograms
Max Speed: 155 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Xeno-Tech HFE Python 10,000 Kilograms
Pilot: Zephyr
This mech is capable of absorbing energy from your gun (even if you
haven't fired it yet!!!!) and redirecting it to several huge blasts from
it's gun. While it's absorbing energy, you can fire a charged blast into
the red gem in the center of the shield to destroy the mech instantly. Or
you can just fire into the shield after it's done absorbing to damage it.
Destroy the shield, then the gun, then aim for the narrow part near the
bottom of the mech.
Groken
Height: 33.66 Meters
Width: 47.44 Meters
Weight: 237,390 Kilograms (wow!)
Max Speed: 80 Kilometers Per Hour
Engine: Xeno-Tech HFE Trident MK 7,200 Kilograms
Pilot: Pamela
The toughest thing about this boss is that if you don't hit it's weak
point, it will fire right back at you with a charged shot. First, aim for
the glowing red gems at the end of it's arms. Then aim for the arm that
keeps entering and exiting the mech (Bombs work well here). After that,
the middle of the mech will open up and fire charged shots frequently.
Aim for the center of the opening. After this, it may break away to
reveal a big brain thing at the core. Aim for that to destroy it.
Virvius:
Height: ????
Width: ????
Weight: ????
Max Speed: ????
Engine: ????
Pilot: Anubis
This guy's mech looks just like Thanatos, and attacks very similarly. Aim
for the legs first to reduce the overall damage. When it splits into two
or three illusions, fire at them with a charged shot to reveal the real
one. Do it quickly or all three will fire on you. After you defeat
Virvius, it will become...
Virvius 2:
Height: ????
Width: ????
Weight: ????
Max Speed: ????
Engine: ????
Pilot: Anubis
Virvius 2! This guy is really tough, with many guns firing at you at
once. Use a Plasma Bomb if you have it to do major damage to Virvius.
Once you destroy the four small heads, aim for the middle one's mouth and
fire a shot to pry it open, then fire another shot to do major damage to
Virvius. Once Virvius is defeated, the true ruler of the ship will
challenge you.
Giga Desp 1:
Height: ????
Width: ????
Weight: ????
Max Speed: ????
Engine: ????
Pilot: Typhon
It's surrounded by six smaller guns. Fire those down with bombs. you
won't be able to hurt it for a while, so just shoot down it's energy
shots. When it opens up and begins to charge up, fire into the core with
a charged shot. This should be enough to destroy it. Miss and you're
screwed, because it's most powerful shot can kill you in one hit and
can't be stopped.
Giga Desp 2:
Height: ????
Width: ????
Weight: ????
Max Speed: ????
Engine: ????
Pilot: Typhon
You'll notice that Rola is covering the Giga Desp's weakest point. Don't
shoot her if you want the good ending. Instead, aim for whatever blinks
red. First shoot off the arms (and the legs) if they appear. Don't miss
because a bad shot will heal him. Once you destroy the guns, arms and
legs, it will start floating around. Fire at the worm thing that flies in
and out of the Giga Desp. After it's destroyed, a big skull will be
exposed. Fire a few shots at it to destroy the Giga Desp. If you shot
Rola, it takes much less time, but you'll get the bad ending. If you run
out of energy, use the Energy Refill if you're playing as Tornado. If
you're playing as Falcon, Mike will transfer the cockpit's energy to the
weapon systems before he dies.
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