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README.NFO
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Present:
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_ __ FORAXiAN __ _
___ EX ___
iNTRO
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We found it! Nestled deep in a Port Armstrong garage, the Foraxian EX prototype
sat, unplayed, for decades. We found it. We opened it. We dumped it, we
emulated it, we massaged it and we loved it. And it terrified us. Foraxian EX
will tear you a new star hole.
Foraxian EX is the unreleased prototype for a sequel to the arcade bullet hell
quarter thief Captain Foraxian. It's hard. It's really hard. You won't beat it.
HOW TO PLAY
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Just fly and shoot. There are no smart bombs, no barrel rolls, no combo attacks
and no power ups. This is head on, no apologies, SHMUPping at its best. Defeat
each wave to move on to the next. Defeat a set of four waves to repair 33% hull
damage or earn 1000 bonus points if hull is unscathed. Extra players can join
at any time, but they will probably hold you back.
Keyboard Controls:
Move - Arrow keys
Shoot - Left Shift, Left Ctrl, Z, X, Space
Service Menu - Escape
360 Gamepad Controls:
Move - Either stick or dpad
Shoot - A button, Left Trigger, Left Shoulder, Right Trigger, Right Shoulder
Service Menu - Back
Player Mappings:
P1 - Keyboard or Controller #4
P2 - Controller #1
P3 - Controller #2
P4 - Controller #3
HOW TO PLAY BETTER
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There are fourty waves in Foraxian EX, and most people can't beat the first
ten. Be better than most people.
#1 DON'T GET SHOT
You can only take four hits before your ship explodes, and you only repair
one point of damage every four waves. If you take more than one hit per set
of four waves you're heading in the wrong direction.
Since enemies can spawn from any direction, don't sit on the sides or bottom
of the screen. If an enemy spawns there you won't be able to avoid it.
Before each set of four waves the game will speak, giving you a clue about
what to expect. Listen closely. This may tell you where the enemies will
spawn from. ECHO waves, for instance, spawn directly behind you!
#2 SHOOT OTHER SHiPS
Some games let you fly merrily along as enemy ships scroll past, off the
screen and into oblivion. Foraxian doesn't do that. Until you kill an enemy
ship it will stay in play, and it will keep firing. Other ships will
continue to spawn, and soon you'll see a huge angry swarm of ships buzzing
around the middle of the screen, drowning you in a torrent of laser fire.
To avoid this, take every chance you get to knock out enemy ships. Don't
relax when there aren't many ship on screen, or there soon will be.
#4 DON'T MiSS
You can only have one pair of laser bolts on screen at a time. If you miss,
you'll have to wait for them to sail off the edge before you can fire again.
If you hit, you can fire again immediately. You can't SHOOT OTHER SHiPS
if you can't shoot, so DON'T MiSS.
#5 GET UP THERE
The sooner your shots leave the screen, the sooner you can fire again. If you
fly up close to a wave you can release a torrent of firepower as your shots
hit their targets and reload again and again and again. Similarly, if you're
closer to the far edge of the screen then any missed shots won't have so far
to go.
#6 GET EVEN
If, somehow, you fail at #1 and get hit, you'll see that your ship is
temporarily invulnerable. Use this. Fly straight into the heart of the
battle. GET UP THERE, and DON'T MiSS. A well executed retribution strike is
like a smartbomb, and it can make you feel an awful lot better about taking
that hit.
#7 KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOiNG
It's really, really tempting to focus on your ship while you're playing.
Don't. You know where it is. You put it there. Instead, pull back and look
at the entire screen. You might not need to react to one of the 200 shots
on screen right now, but in half a second you'll wish you'd planned for it.
Pull back, and watch the whole screen.
#8 STRATEGiZE
Waves come in sets of four, designated yyyyy WAVE xxxxx, where x changes
every wave, and y changes every set. The four x variants play differently,
and you should play differently against them.
yyyyy WAVE ALPHA - Single ships. Pick these off with single shots.
yyyyy WAVE BETA - These ships follow each other like little snakes. Since
they fire at the same locations their shots form straight
lines. Don't move unless you have to, and rely on their
fire pattern to keep you safe even when up close.
yyyyy WAVE CHARLiE - These ships fly in wall-like formations. When they
fire they fire all at once, creating terrible nets of
death. Focus on knocking out a few ships in each
formation to create holes in these nets, rather than
destroying entire formations at a time.
yyyyy WAVE DELTA - Vee formations with large squadron leaders. These are
HARD! Try to knock out the smaller ships, since they
are just as deadly as the larger ones. If a larger ship
gets close, however, GET UP THERE and knock it out,
since larger ships effectively shield the smaller ones.
#9 CHEAT
We added Reflex Assist, and we enabled it by default. We couldn't imagine
anyone beating the game otherwise. Use it. Really. If you think you can beat
the game without it you're wrong.
HOW TO WiN
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We don't know.
GREETZ
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Shout outz and a pile of <3 to:
LAN/Zippy
Rhinosaur
BLU-MAN-CHOO
IndeeSkrip
Rob Remakes
Gary
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