I, Cyborg | |
Developer | George Pelonis |
Publisher | FURY |
Release dates | 2004 2011, 2018 (re-release) |
Genres | Adventure Shooter |
Mode | Single player only |
Media | Cartridge |
Related titles | I, Cyborg: Edition X I, Cyborg: OMEGA |
To be followed by | I, Cyborg II |
I, Cyborg is a shooter set in a partial 3-D environment viewed in a behind the player perspective. Somewhat presented in the same manner as the unreleased Dark Tower, the player moves a big cyborg throughout several levels, seeking revenge after being wrongfully imprisoned and either avoiding or destroying everything in its way.
As the player moves throughout an Area, at various times a trap will be triggered, releasing an enemy (or a set of them) from the top or side areas of the screen, which will then attack the cyborg. Enemies either come out in a set number, while others will keep on reappearing indefinitely until the player moves forward a certain amount until the trap deactivates itself. Enemies can also shoot or ram into the cyborg, causing damage, which is denoted by a number on the cyborg's back. The cyborg starts each area or phase with 10 health units, which a collision with an enemy or its weapon will drop the cyborg's health down by one, except for an encounter with Decapitators, which will instantly end the game upon contact. Meanwhile the cyborg can counterattack with an acid mist weapon that can be aimed in three directions.
Each Area (except for the final one) is comprised of four Phases, plus an end of Area boss, which the player is granted a special weapon that can only be used against that boss in particular (the player's regular weapon's firing range will not reach any of the bosses). Keycodes are awarded to the player after defeating each Area so they can just skip to that level, rather than starting each game over from the beginning. The codes are unique to each game and were released by creator FURY once all copies of I, Cyborg sold out (during its initial run; see Trivia).
Controls, in-game[]
- Joystick or D-pad: move cyborg (forward, backward, left and right)
- Fire: button three
- Aim fire: buttons two and four while holding down fire button
- Special weapons, aiming: buttons two and four
- Activating and detonating special weapons: button three
- Start next area: button 1
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- Select code: buttons 3 and 4
- Enter code: corresponding buttons (1-4)
- Confirm/send code: button 4
Areas, enemies and bosses[]
Area 1: Corridor[]
This could be the corridors of the prison the cyborg is trying to escape from. There are a series of archways, several of which have Shockers that will fire a shot at the player, taking away a health unit when making contact with the cyborg. Firestars are also present, being wide and swooping at an arc towards the player and cannot be destroyed; they will also take away a health unit if they collide with the player. Decapitators have to be shot or else just coming into contact with the cyborg will end the game right then and there, no matter how much health is remaining.
Phase end boss/special weapon[]
At the end of the first Area, the player is presented with their first special weapon of Remote Grenades, which its icon resembles a guitar pick. Pressing button three launches a grenade straight up, and pressing three again detonates it. This end area boss is the Eye of Fury, which shoots rays out of its eye at the player and takes 20 hits with the Remote Grenades to send it away, which the player is awarded a keycode and then allowed to proceed into the second area of the game.
Area 2: Trench[]
The player walks in a trench with a mountain and what appears to be two stars in the sky that change position with each Phase. The player faces Flying Filth, which attack the player from the sides, Cycloptic Arachnoids, which are like giant spiders that jump from side to side and then hover directly over the player while shooting a ray from its underside, and Warbirds, which appear over the horizon like the Cosmic Dragon in Web Wars, then flies over the player and shoots a ray that covers part of the player’s walking area. The Warbirds are too far out of the cyborg’s firing range to be shot.
Phase end boss/special weapon[]
The player’s special weapon at the end of this Area are Remote Hover Grenades, which pressing button three will fire them, pressing it again will cause them to hover in the air, and then one final press of the button will detonate them against one of The Binary Orbs, which move quickly while shooting down at the player, first at diagonal angles, then straight overhead. Each Orb takes several hits each (15 total to destroy each one) before they change their attack patterns, which they have three different patterns in all (they attack first in the upper corners of the screen, then overhead, then the last one will move side by side while firing).
Also, at the beginning of this boss showdown, it is revealed the Orbs are the two “stars” in the background in the sky.
Area 3: Gallery[]
Some of the elements in this Area are a bit of a rehash of the first one. The player walks down an almost identical corridor (although the arches are shaped differently) and Rods behave identically to the first Area’s Firestars. However, Rings of Fire resemble flaming Hula Hoops and cannot be destroyed, while Electrochasms appear at the ends of corridors and suck the cyborg to its death (no matter how many units of health are left) if not dealt with quick enough.
Phase end boss/special weapon[]
The player is presented with Omega Disks here, which only need one press of the button to throw. Vectoria is this end of area boss, who seems to have disks of her own that she hurls at the player and requires 40 hits to be destroyed, which she will then fall apart in an almost identical manner to one of the player’s death animations.
Area 4: Skywalk[]
This is a short Area, only having one Phase, as the player’s cyborg appears to be walking on some kind of catwalk in the sky. Falling Stars attack from the side (like the Flying Filth from the second Area) and PR-1572 Units are robots that will shoot beams at the player from the sides of the screen. However, if the player damages them enough, they will raise they heads up and pass the player by without attacking.
Game end boss/special weapon[]
The final special weapon in this game is The Cosmic Boomerang, which, like the previous Disk, only needs to be thrown. However, caution must be taken, as if it is not caught, it will not return and the player will be totally defenseless against Prince Thunderhead, a huge entity (that vaguely resembles Kryten from the British tv comedy Red Dwarf) who relentlessly, quickly fires at the player from his mouth. He takes 50 hits before he is sent away and a congratulation message is presented onscreen when he is defeated.
Extras[]
Along with playing the game from the beginning, there is also the choice of entering a keycode to skip levels and creator FURY's address can also be accessed from the menu screen.
Trivia[]
- This was a limited edition cartridge with a run of only 250 copies made when it was initially released in September, 2004. It was re-released in mid 2011, with an extra 50 copies made, making a total of 300 copies of the game[1]. The I, Cyborg: Edition X was released on June 18, 2005, having a level selector instead of keycodes and some slight gameplay changes, such as the cyborg having a mohawk in this version, and then the I, Cyborg: OMEGA version was released on August 19, 2005, having its only copy sold on e-bay for $510.00.[2] A final cartridge, #000 was sold on the 10th anniversary of the game (part of a series of #000 carts). The "budget" series of FURY games (being sold as a board with no cartridge shell or packaging) included I, Cyborg in 2018. All versions of the game are for one player only.
- A sequel of I, Cyborg II is slated for a future release.
Links[]
- FURY site
- All keycodes listed
- Click the appropriate tabs below for two reviews and a strategy guide.
Review[]
I, Cyborg was a very unique game for the Vectrex, although it borrows (but very slightly) from the behind the person perspective of the unreleased Dark Tower game, along with being able to shoot in several directions. However, that’s pretty much where all comparisons end, as the firing mechanism is different, as well as the objectives and the gameplay not being anywhere near the same as with Tower either.
Here the player must control their cyborg while avoiding or destroying whatever obstacles come their way in a series of four Areas, each divided into several Phases (except for the last one). The first Area is in the cyborg’s jail (where he [she?] was wrongfully imprisoned), which the player must deal with a few enemies that will either knock down their cyborg’s health units or totally destroy it upon contact.
At the end of each Area, the player is given a special weapon to deal with a boss, all of which are totally unique to the Vectrex (actually by that I mean the weapons AND the bosses, come to think of it!), as the first boss is a giant eye. Once an Area is conquered, the player is given a keycode in order to skip to the next Area before proceeding if they wish to the next time they play the game without starting over at the beginning.
The second Area is pretty awesome-looking, taking place in a trench with a mountain in the background, and a certain enemy is really cool to look at as it appears from afar and comes closer (a bit like the Cosmic Dragon in Web Wars though, but still cool!), although I shudder to think about what this ‘Flying Filth’ is that also appears there (bleah!). There’s also a giant spider (also a first for any Vectrex game) and the Binary Orbs are also a unique boss pair.
Unfortunately the third Area gets to be a bit of a rehash of the first one near the end, with Rods that behave exactly like the Firestars from the first Area, although the Vectoria boss at the end is tricky and (once more) unique, and then the fourth Area only has one Phase before leading to the final boss of Prince Thunderhead (laugh all you want at the name, he lives up to it, as he’s pretty ruthless!).
There’s nothing wrong with the controls or sound or anything, and about the only shortfall to the game (as well as its brief, crappy ending, although that's probably due to programmer George Pelonis taking up a full 32K with the game, as he had to cut out entire levels as it was) is that it probably won’t have much replay value to most. Occasionally I like to go through it myself here and there, but not necessarily the third Area, as that’s annoying (except for Vectoria).
Hopefully the game will be made available for emulators at some point, as it is currently not available for those that don’t own a copy of the cartridge themselves. 7/10 (review by Darrylb500)
vectrex.nl review
It's not everyday you receive a brand new Vectrex game in the mail let alone one wrapped in purple bubble-wrap with the distinct postage mark as coming from sunny California in the US. The Vectrex community hasn't had a lot to rave about lately since the release of the excellent Protector/YASI (Herbert) in 2003. Let's face it, not many people are programming for the Vec anymore. This is why I was eager to plug my new I, CYBORG cart into the grand old girl.
The first thing that strikes you about I, Cyborg is the packaging. This has got to be some of the most practical packaging I've seen. And the little black case houses the authentic GCE Vectrex cart and a nice little instruction manual which fits snugly so as to make up a package which will look good next to any other packaging from any other console be it commercial or homebrew. The manual is very well set out with an introduction paragraph, which sets the tone for the game, plus every bit of detail you will need to know to use the vast array of special weapons and face the deadly bosses.
When the title graphic appears and the trademark Geofury soundtrack begins you are faced with 3 options, which include starting a new game, entering a key code or viewing the credits. What is unique to this game is the key code system. Once you progress to a certain level of the game you receive a key code. This system favours the gamer as he/she need not go back to the start of the game once completing a certain section but input a key code to go right back to where he/she left off. There is space for 3 key codes so as you can probably tell this game is quite long at around 32k with many levels.
Once beginning a new game the cyborg appears on the screen surrounded by a huge corridor, which appears to be never ending up ahead. Pushing forward on your control panel's joystick let's the cyborg walk forward. Once walking forward, so as to try to reach the end of the corridor, the cyborg encounters enemies coming at him from front on and from the roof. ‘Decapitators' are the most deadly enemies in the ‘corridors', which need to be shot by the cyborg's very impressive ‘electrified-acid mist' that does the job on these guys plus helps kill other enemies. The lasers firing from the roof in the corridors also add excitement and a certain amount of strategy to the game as you try and guess which side of the corridor the laser will try and shoot you at.
If you manage to get past the ‘corridors' you will reach other levels. There are 4 corridors in all. One of the earlier levels, after the corridors' is called ‘trench'. There are 4 trench levels and for me this is where the game really starts. Once out in the trenches the graphics really shine as the cyborg heads toward a beautifully drawn sci-fi mountain range and comes up against ‘Warbirds' and ‘Flying Filth". In order to shoot the warbirds the cyborg can turn his head left or right and shoot his mist while continuing down the trench. What I really love here is that the game utilises nearly all aspects of the Vec's control panel and firing upon enemies requires using buttons 2,3 and 4. The trench levels really give the game the full feeling of an actual 3-D gaming environment. The enemies that come at you are very well animated and this must have been quite time consuming for the maker of the game George Pelonis.
There are many levels after the ‘corridor' and ‘trench' levels that will entail, as mentioned previously, the destruction of the bosses and enemies. Special mention must be awarded here to the vast array of characters in I, Cyborg. There must be around 10 different sorts of enemies. Some can be killed but some just need to be avoided to progress. I, Cyborg is set at about the right difficult level. Experienced old-school gamers will find the game challenging and not easily mastered. Newer gamers will have to get used to the button configuration of the control panel but if he/she has played Gravitrex (Dondzila) or Protector (Herbert) before then he/she should know their way around a Vectrex control panel and how to use it.
Overall I, Cyborg is an excellent game which will have you spending many hours at your Vectrex just trying to get that little bit further so as to find a special weapon or view the beautifully rendered characters and surroundings. The graphics are top-notch and to sustain this amount of graphical detail for so many levels is simply astounding. Wait till you see the animation of the huge bird-like creature that flies overhead in one of the later levels. The sound is also very good with chunky arcade-like sound effects. Protector and Gravitrex now have a brother, as I, Cyborg joins these two games at the top of the Vectrex gaming tree. Buy this game today!
Graphics : 7.5 Sound : 7 Gameplay : 7
Score 7/10
Review written by Daniel Foot
Strategy guide[]
As it is with most games, the first Phase is just an introduction to the game without a lot going on. This will give you a chance in becoming familiar with how slowly your cyborg moves (which is crucial in being able to dodge certain enemies and/or attacks, once you get used to how he moves) and shoots.
Starting at Corridor 1, at first the only thing you'll have to deal with are Shockers, which kind of look like a vector version of a cow skull located at the top center of the screen in an archway. These will attempt to shock you via sending a damaging bolt of energy down to the bottom of the screen at you. Your mist weapons cannot reach it, so there's no way to shoot these. Their bolts also fire at a random location, so there is no pattern to follow there; just keep on moving and don't back up after passing an archway with a Shocker on it. If you move back far enough after passing one, it could shock you again, so just keep on moving forward and take as little damage from them as possible (one unit of damage per Shocker is enough).
Firestars will be your next enemy, which, like the majority of adversaries you face in the game, falls into two categories, being either a limited or infinite enemy. As you should notice while moving throughout the game, the vertical lines along the Corridors and Galleries (the third Phase) or marks throughout the Trench and Skywalk (second and fourth Phases, respectively) aren't just for decoration, they also mark areas where traps can be set off. Firestars are limited, where only a few will come out, and that will be it; other traps are infinite, where they will constantly come out (like the Decapitators in the next Corridor) and you will either shoot them until the end of time, get killed by them, or if you advance far enough through the Phase (usually just to the next marker will do it) you will deactivate the trap and they will cease to come out at you.
When a Firestar appears, they will swoop at you in a circular motion, traveling either clockwise or counterclockwise. They will swoop once, then with the second swoop they will either bash into you or pass you if you move forward. Use the second swoop to move forward to dodge these (since you can't destroy them) if you are on the opposite side of a Corridor from them, i. e. if they appear at the left side of a Corridor, move to the right, wait for it to start to make its second approach, then move forward and you should be able to pass it without taking a hit to your shields.
Afterwards, Corridor 2 brings about a rather nasty enemy with the Decapitators, as making contact with one will end your game, no matter how much energy you could have left. Being an infinite enemy, they will continuously emerge from the end of the Corridor until either you are destroyed or you advance far enough down the Corridor until the trap is deactivated and they will stop appearing. These are a very formidable enemy, which constant fire and patience will dispel them. You will have to constantly shoot them until they are destroyed, then with the split second (more or less) from the time one is destroyed and the next one appears, move forward a little; with each time you move, you are closer to advancing to the next wall segment that will deactivate the trap. If you are afraid that you won't destroy a Decapitator in time for it to kill you, move back a little while you are firing, but make sure to move back forward when you can! The longer you take in deactivating this trap means the greater the chance one of these could spell your demise.
The hardest part in these Corridors are when you have to face them along with Firestars at once, which comes next. Practice and patience are the main things here, as it can be difficult to advance far enough to stop the Decapitator traps. Also remember that, due to having your hands full, at times you're probably going to have to take a hit from a Firestar, which is better than being hit by a Decapitator, which means instant death. And also remember that Firestars are limited and it won't be long where you'll just be dealing with Decapitators.
Once you enter the final fourth Corridor before encountering the first boss, it begins with Firestars instantly coming your way, so be on the alert for them. This is also the hardest Corridor of the entire Phase, as there are many Firestars and Decapitators in this one. Not much can be said here except that practice is the key to trying to make it through all the way in dealing with everything.
Eye of Fury boss
The first thing you will do here is pick up your special weapon of the Remote Grenades. Practice with how these work, which the fire button will launch them, then pressing the button again will detonate them.
On the way to the Eye, all that you will encounter is a Shocker, which you already know how to deal with those as it is (luck!), so just keep on going as per usual.
Once the Eye appears, unless you're a real whiz in firing diagonally, it's in your best bet to remain in the center and just fire upwards. The Eye will fire rays that, at times, will have a gap in the middle, so chances are you won't take that much damage. Just try to time the Grenades correctly so that the moment the Eye opens (it will open, attack for a few seconds, then close for a few seconds) you will hit it; shoot these off fast enough, and you could get up to three hits with every attack. Do this quickly enough (along with gaining experience in doing battle with the Eye as it is) and it shouldn't be too long before you'll send the Eye away.
Once the Eye is defeated, you will get a key code for the next Phase area. Like when there is nothing attacking you at any given moment, there is no time limit to write down the code before it disappears. It is a seven digit number, which each digit represents a corresponding controller button, i. e. if part of the code is 2331, that means in that sequence you press button 2, button 3 twice, then button 1 once, etc. if you want to skip to another Phase the next time you start up a game. These codes can be selected by pressing button 2 on the title screen, buttons 2 and 3 will cause the onscreen cursor to select which code you wish to enter, then pressing button 4 after entering the code will confirm it. If you miss or write down the keycode incorrectly, you can go here to look it up on the FURY web site. Just note that the last 50 produced carts are all one number (i. e. you press buttons 1, 2 or 3 seven times each for a certain Phase to be skipped to) if you got one of the later I, Cyborg re-releases.
(And as a side note, there is no dedicated pause feature in the game. However, like several other FURY games [such as Sectis and Continuum], if, at any point in the game where you are not currently being attacked, there is a pause there in cause you need to go tend to something. You can come back an hour later and your cyborg will still be waiting for you. So that's something to keep in mind during the majority of the game, even if you're at a boss stage, since, as long as you're not in attack range of the boss, you won't take any damage!)
Trench (Phase 2)
Flying Filth will be your first, infinite enemy, coming in from the sides at a diagonal. With every few wall segments you pass as you are walking along and not being attacked, you might want to hold down the fire button, then quickly use the appropriate side spray button (two or four) to get rid of them. Keep on walking forward in order to cancel out the trap.
Cycloptic Arachnoids start on Trench 2, which will jump off to the side, out of your firing range. As soon as they do, get underneath them; i. e. if they jump off to the left, move your cyborg to the left so they can't shoot at you; if you're in the middle of the screen they'll definitely get a shot off of you. Keep moving forward the entire time though, since if you stop moving forward one after the other will come out, since this is an infinite enemy. Once they jump to the middle of the screen, start shooting forward, but don't move forward any more. Move left and right while continually shooting forward and it might only take one unit of damage off your shields; if you fire with sideways bursts it will shoot you several times (for some reason). These also come out after dealing with Flying Filth, so be on the ready for whenever you finish those off.
The next adversary of the Warbirds debuts on Trench 3, flying high out of your mist range. Pick a far side of the Trench (lets say to the right) and be on the lookout for when they fire a beam; they could fire at just the opposite side and spare you, or the beam can switch sides. Be on the ready to try to move in the opposite direction when this happens to make your damage minimal. And with all enemies on this Phase, they are an infinite one, so keep on moving forward, or else Warbird after Warbird will appear until you navigate yourself down the Trench far enough to stop them from coming out.
Flying Filth will also make an annoying combination with Warbirds on this Trench, so you'll have to deal with both at the same time. Like how a drummer uses a different speed beat from their hi-hat or ride cymbals as opposed to their snare, try to keep a rhythm of going forward and shooting while dodging the beam from the Warbird, if possible. The main things to keep in mind is to keep moving and the Filth only needs one hit from your mist in order to be knocked away.
The Binary Orbs boss(es)
As per usual, get used to how your new weapon works before engaging the enemy, as firing will launch a Remote Hover-Grenade, pressing the same fire button again will initiate it into a hover mode, and pressing the button one final time will then detonate it.
First the Orbs will take up positions in the top corners of the screen – one at the top right and one at the top left corner – and start shooting diagonally at you. Safe points are slightly to the left and right at the center of the screen. Aim diagonally at an Orb and wait for the opposite one to fire; I. e. aim at the right one and wait for the one at the left to fire. Once it does, maneuver the cyborg to the point where you think it is in the line of fire of a Grenade and launch it. Press the fire button again to initiate hover mode. If your Grenade is lined up with it correctly, detonate it. If you try shooting a Grenade at an Orb as it fires on you you will receive damage.
One thing to keep in mind is the vector drift that can occur, as all Vectrexes are different (hence the calibration requirements for games such as Y*A*S*I and Vector Pilot). So getting a hit on an Orb might differ for you than it does with myself. For instance, a hit on an Orb will register for me when I hit it at the bottom or the middle; if I detonate a Grenade and hit the Orb on the top, it will do no damage. If for you the hits occur at the middle or top of an Orb, then keep in mind where the damage works for your setup and work with that.
After the Orbs have taken several hits, they will drop down to different positions. Things change a bit here, even though you will probably still be shooting diagonally, although there is now a safe spot in the center of the screen (since they're right overhead now, rather than in corners) where you won't get hit by anything (which can work as an aforementioned pause if you need it). Also, you'll be able to creep really close to a line of fire from one of the Orbs while firing on the other; i. e. creep really close (and slowly!) to the line of fire to the Orb on the right and fire up to the left Orb. Also, if you found yourself favoring shooting at one Orb from during the first line of attack (say the one on the right, like I usually do), then perform several hits on the other Orb to try to even them up. Because once you are down to one Orb, it is very difficult to shoot, and you don't want that Orb to take 10 hits before destroying it, lest it destroys you first. So try to even it up a bit there. Meanwhile, keep shooting diagonally until they change positions again.
The next time the Orbs move, you will be shooting straight up at them. Again, wait for one to fire, then launch a Grenade at the other one, as now they will be firing faster and you will definitely get hit if you try to shoot at the one that is currently firing at you. Again, if you found yourself favoring one Orb, keep sending multiple Grenades to the other one to try to even out the damage they receive, as once an Orb takes its 15th and final hit, it will disappear, and the last Orb will start moving quickly across the screen horizontally. This part takes severe hand/eye coordination and concentration, so try to launch a Grenade when the Orb is headed away from you, which that way you won’t be launching a Grenade, trying to initiate hover mode AND dodge its fire all at once. Here you’ll just have to launch a Grenade and try to make it hover at the right time, THEN detonate it the next time the Orb crosses its path.
Gallery (Phase 3)
Rings of Fire are the first ones up as an enemy here. Try to stay in the center for as long as possible for when they show up and just move left or right enough to try to dodge them, then move back towards the center and forward; if you get stuck to the left or right side of the screen, with as slow as your cyborg moves, it can be difficult to dodge the Rings without taking damage. Back up a little as well along with moving from side to side to avoid them if you have to, but don't back up too much to negate moving forward until you're past them, since they're an infinite enemy that will keep on appearing until you can get past the trap.
Gallery 2 is when the Electrochasms make their first appearance, which can suck you in and cause the game to end with no matter how much shield strength you had left. All you have to do is shoot them to keep them at bay and move forward to get past them, as they are also an infinite force.
Gallery 3 is where Rods appear, which, once you're familiar with dealing with Firestars, then you pretty much know how to deal with these, as they behave in the same manner. Unfortunately it's not long until they get combined with Electrochasms, although, again, you pretty much just use the same strategy as dealing with the earlier Firestars and Decapitators together: keep moving and shooting to keep the Electrochasms at bay while trying to keep track as to which direction the Firestars are going so you can get to the safe (opposite) side of the screen so you can duck underneath them. Gallery 4, meanwhile, combines Electrochasms with Rings of Fire, so just try using the same strategy for the most part: keep firing to keep back the Electrochasms while trying to maintain a rhythm of moving towards and to the left or right of the Rings.
Vectoria boss
There's not much to learn about your Omega Disk weapon, as all you'll do is throw it. As far as dealing with Vectoria though, she will fire a Rod-like weapon (although they don't swirl around, they just travel straight) at you. She will throw them from a side; when she does this, move to the opposite end of the Gallery, i. e. if she throws one from the left (/her right), move to the right to dodge it. Aim at her middle when it's your turn to attack. Learn when it is too late to try to throw a Disk at her: if you have to move over to get her into range to throw a Disk right when she's throwing her weapon, chances are you're going to get hit and take damage. If you're able to throw a Disk and are in the process of moving out of the way right as she's throwing her weapon then you should be safe. Repeat until she disintegrates into nothing.
Skywalk (Phase 4)
This Phase begins immediately with Falling Stars bearing down on you, so be alert for those. Just firing one burst of your mist will take care of them. These are an infinite weapon, so keep on walking until they stop coming.
PR 1572 Units are next, which you'll need to head towards them in order to reach them with your mist. Do this quickly enough while firing and they won't be able to get a shot off of you. Next they'll be combined with Falling Stars, which, depending on the situation, it's usually best to shoot Stars first, since they only take one hit, whereas the PRs take a little more firepower in order to be knocked out of commission. And keep on moving forward the entire time to deactivate their traps.
Prince Thunderhead boss
Do NOT miss catching your Cosmic Boomerang or else Thunderhead will finish you off if you let your Boomerang go. Dealing with him is tricky, but if you're able to get a rhythm on him he can be dealt with and sent away with practice.
First off is that you HAVE to keep moving, as it's best to alternate firing the Boomerang from one corner of his mouth to the other in order to score hits off of him, plus if you get caught in the middle when he is shooting you'll take damage from his rays. Another thing you HAVE to do is hold down the fire button, since that saves you the 1/10th (or however much time it is) of a second that is needed to score hits off of him. I tried it several times with pressing the fire button over and over again and was never able to defeat him until I just held down the fire button. It works!
And with all this in mind, good luck with defeating the evil cyborg empire who did you wrong.
(guide by Darrylb500)References[]
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