Version 1.00 Welcome to my first attempt at making a game FAQ. The game is Jurassic Park: DNA Factor for the awesome Game Boy Advance! I am going to try and make this as spoiler free as possible for obvious reasons. Version History: 10/3/01: Guide Started 10/4/01: Guide Publishable Needs: Walkthrough of Clear Game Some little info here and there People to send me question so I can have an FAQ section -==============================================================================- -=======================================LEGAL STUFF============================- -==============================================================================- Game is made by Konami. All content is their creation. GBA made by Nintendo, copyright them. FAQ written w/o consent from either company, nor shall either company be held responsible for the contents of this FAQ. Jurassic Park 3 copyright Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment. No portion of this walkthrough can be reproduced in any form without the express written consent of the author. That includes rewording. This document and all content are original works by myself, so therefore they are copyright by me. Love the movies? Get off your ass and read the books, they WILL knock your socks off. After reading that, I will be straight forward, and assume that you have 1/4 a brain, which the average american lacks, and can put 2 and 2 together and get 4, not 3. IMPORTANT: because this is a no spoiler walk through, plus I don't really have that much time, I am not going to waste putting in extraneous info that is irrelevant to the game such as character or dino stats. -==============================================================================- -=======================================CONTACT INFO===========================- -==============================================================================- Name: curtis Wilson e-mail: wwwvampire@yahoo.com ICQ: 64032088 (never on) Yahoo messenger: wwwvampire (generally on after 11:00 pm est) AIM: LoASiegfried (get on once every few days) Questions about the game? Go ahead and message me. I want to add an FAQ section to this, and only you can help -==============================================================================- -=======================================THE GAME===============================- -==============================================================================- System This is one of the first complete dual-layered side scrolling system I have played. While in one layer, enemies in the other layer cannot hurt you. Conversely, you cannot pick up items in the other layer. Gameplay You run around, shoot dinosaurs, find dna, make dinosaurs(?): need I say more? Graphics On par with everything else on the system. Sound I still have nightmares about those raptor sounds! Control Game takes a hit here. The characters seem jerky, but other than that, it is fine. Also, why is the same button used for picking up items, crouching, and sliding/rolling? Controls D-pad left and right: Moves character D-pad up and down: switches layers Start: pauses (gee, surprise there!) A: Jumps, shoots dna in between stages B: Shoots weapons, drop kick if done in air R: Picks up items, crouches, slides or rolls, moves DNA strand L: moves DNA strand -==============================================================================- -=======================================CHARACTERS=============================- -==============================================================================- Mark: Seems to take less damage. Lori: -==============================================================================- -=======================================MOVES==================================- -==============================================================================- Character Moves Slide/Roll: While running, tap R. Useful to get under things. Drop Kick: Useless. Tried for 10 lives trying to hit a galimimus. No success. -==============================================================================- -=======================================WEAPONS================================- -==============================================================================- Knife: Only weapon with infinite ammo. Short range. Use on compys. Gun: 6 shots. Good damage. Tazer: 6 shots. Moderate Damage. Bomb: 6 bombs. One bomb will kill any dino, except Spinosaurus. -==============================================================================- -=======================================DINOSAURS==============================- -==============================================================================- This section explains the dinos, how to kill them, and how to avoid some of the harder ones. Compys: Fairly easy to avoid. One hit with knife will kill. Also, they are distracted by meat. If you get to close, it will chase you. - To kill: I don't, unless it is with a knife, where one hit will kill them. - Damage: Light Galimimus: Runners. Switch layers (preferable), or shoot them if you can't switch. Just run back and forth. You are safe standing directly on the other side of the log that they are running towards, but watch out for them turning around. Territorial, only runs in a set place, on one layer. - To kill: One shot will do the trick. - Damage: Moderate Brachiosaurus (boss): Explained in game section. Velociraptor: If the raptors in the movie were this smart, they would not have ... ... alive! (spoiler for movie) These things will chase you until you are they are dead, they will switch layers, sometimes coming right into the place you are standing on, they take 2 shots to kill from tazers, and they can jump. - To kill: Two shocks from the tazer, or 3 shots from the gun. - Damage: Moderate, but will attack multiple times Triceratops: Just like a bull. Will charge you. Simply switch layers, or run. - To kill: Three shocks from the tazer. - Damage: Medium Tyrannosaurus Rex (boss): Thankfully, just one. Explained in the walkthrough. Pteranadon: More of a nuisance than anything. I always just avoided them and saved my ammo for the bigger guys. They follow one of three patterns below. One unusual note, they can hurt you on either layer, so keep that in mind! 1: Will move in a wave pattern 2: Stands still, swoops when you get close. Just get close, then turn, run, and jump away. 3: Stands still, swoops when you jump. Only one of these, I think. Jumping away from it should do the trick. - To Kill: One gun shot - Damage: Moderate Pachycephalosaurus: Talk about a battering ram on legs! Not too bright or difficult. Will charge whenever you are close to them on the same layer. Just switch layers to avoid them if you can. - To kill: 3 tazers, 4 knife stabs, 3 or 4 gun shot, or one bomb - Damage: Moderate - Medium Dilophosaurus: Spitting dinosaurs! Woohoo! Not too hard to avoid their spit. Just jump then stab or shoot them - To kill: 4 knifes, 3 gun shots. - Damage: Moderate Stegosaurus: Just wanders around dumbly. When you get close, they will whip their tail at you and shoot a "typhoon" of sorts on the ground. Just jump it. - To kill: One bomb, but save it if you can by avoiding them - Damage: Heavy Ankylosaurus (boss): Explained in walkthrough Spinosaurus (boss): Explained in walkthrough -==============================================================================- -=======================================GENERAL TIPS===========================- -==============================================================================- - Save ammo if you can, it is limited a lot of times. - Safety comes first over DNA. Health is much more limited. Avoid or kill a dino that might get in your way of the DNA - Explore - Switch layers when around a lot of dinos. You are invincible while you switch layers. -==============================================================================- -=======================================WALKTHROUGH============================- -==============================================================================- One last note: I am NOT going to list the locations of all the DNA capsules in plain sight. I am going to list the ones that are hidden and/or hard to reach. Also, I consider this to be more of a "guide" than a "walktrhough" because I am not going to hold your hand and tell you to go right, jump on the logs, get DNA, get off log, jump across cliff..... Half of the fun of playing games is doing this on your own, so I am not going to tell you that. Instead, I will summarize the levels and point out the tricky or hard parts, the total amount of DNA, dinos in the stage, tips/tricks and stage notes. Good luck! One final Note: Some info is missing here and there. I will be working to get them together in the few days. -=============================Stage 1: Jungle of Giants========================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Compys DNA B: 9 R: 13 Y: 14 G: 13 Weapons: Meat, Knife Health: 1 Tricky DNA Green: On ledge near the 2 trees extending over pit. Jump and land on it, or hang on the cliff. Hidden DNA None Boss None Stage Notes: Good intro to the game. Gets you used to the basic controls and gameplay. Really easy level. -=============================Stage 2: Grasslands==============================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Gallimimus, Compys DNA B: 21 R: 18 Y: 17 G: 15 Weapons: Gun Health: 1 Tricky DNA: None Hidden DNA: Green: Although not tecnically hidden, I had to play through 5 times to find this one. It is camouflaged with the trees on the upper layer off a tree stump before the rocks. Blue, Green: hidden behind first set of rocks that seperate the two layers Boss: None Stage Notes: Stay on your toes. Gallimimus could come from either direction on either layer at any time. -=============================Stage 3: Return to the Jungle of Giants==========- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Gallimimus, Compys, Brachiosaurus DNA B: 9 R: 13 Y: 15 G: 13 Weapons: Gun Heath: 1 Tricky DNA Green: This one seems to be floating in space. Jump off carefully, and arrange it so your hands catch the ledge. You should get the DNA. Hidden DNA None Boss Brachiosaurus Ok, big is an understatement. Avoid his legs. Easier said than done. Jump before a leg lands, the shock hurts. When a leg on the same layer as you lifts up, run and slide/roll under it, then get ready to do the same to the second one. If you are Lori, watch out if you have half life or less, one hit from a leg will kill you. Once you get to his backside, just time your jumps to avoid the shocks, and you have it made. End of stage Stage Notes: Ok, why do I get hurt when I run into his leg? Doesn't make sense does it? -=============================Stage 4: Raptor Pens=============================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Raptors DNA B: 10 R: 10 Y: 10 G: 10 Weapons: Tazer Health: 2 Ok, I know I'm half assing it here, but since I cannot beat this stage with the ammo provided, my only advice is to run through the stage, switch layers constantly when a raptor is chasing you, and don't miss the tazer. Hopefully, I can find out more info on how to beat this stage with 100%. Sorry. Stage Notes: I hate this stage! They should give you more ammo! -=============================Stage 5: Hatchery================================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Compys, Raptors, Triceratops DNA: B: Forgot to write these down, sorry R: Y: G: Weapons: Tazer (4) Health: 2 Tricky DNA Green: Right above you from the start. Impossible to jump to it. Progress through the stage until you see DNA leading up a wall. There is a ladder there and you can climb it. Make a few blind jumps towards any DNA you see in the air, and you will get the green and be back at the beginning. Blue: Up in the air again! This time in a valley between two diagonal wooden ramps. You guessed it, climb again. I hope you have your tazer, because there are 2 raptors on the ledge! Don't worry about using all the tazer, there is another one and a health on the edge of the ledge! Anyway, you will see DNA to the right of the ledge. Make a blind jump and you will get 4-5 DNA on the way down. Hidden DNA Blue and another color: Before you jump to the ledge w/ the raptor, jump and have your hands catch his ledge. Drop down, and you will get the two. ? color: Behind the hatchery machines on the lower level (level, not layer) right after the diagonal piece of wood w/ the compy. Blue: Behind hatchery machines with the raptor and the heart. It is on the front layer. Mini Boss/Checkpoint: Triceratops: I suggest running past them to save your tazer. Well, checkpoint for the guide. Here is the DNA I have at this point when I ran into the trikes. B: 12 R: 11 Y: 11 G: 11 Stage Thoughts: An easy stage compared to the last hellish one! Anyway, if you are with me, and you have beaten the DNA mini game, you are thinking the same thing as me! Holy S***! Not only that, but the next stage as well!!!! -=============================Stage 6: Return to the Raptor Pens===============- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Galimimus, Triceratops, T-Rex DNA B: 10 R: 10 Y: 10 G: 10 Weapons: Gun Health: 2 Hidden DNA: None Tricky DNA: None Note: After you drop down the big drop, there are DNA and a gun to the left. You will need the gun. Just avoid the trike. Boss: Tyrannasaurus Rex Attacks: Bite, tail whip This dude is easy once you know what to do! First of all, it will take your entire clip to beat him. In other words, miss once and you have to do it again! The only vulnerable point on him is his open mouth. You have to run up close to him, quickly run away, he should bite, turn around, then fire. Switch layers often. With this strategy, I beat him without getting hit, so it is possible guys. Stage Notes: Helluva lot easier than last time!! Not one raptor! Woohoo! All DNA is in plain view. -=============================Stage 7: Savage Lands============================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Pteranadon, Raptors DNA: B: 10 R: 16 Y: 12 G: 14 Weapons: Tazer (3) Health: 3 Tricy DNA: Yellow (2), Red: after the second pteranadon, just go back and forth between the branches for health and the 3 DNA. Hidden DNA: (3): uptop of the mountain after the tricky DNA. Just climb the next tree for another pteranadon, and jump to the left. Tips/Tricks: You can only climb trees on the side that has moss on it. If you go through the trees for a distance, make sure to backtrack on the land for any missed DNA Boss: None Stage Notes: Interesting. Climbing trees give you a sense of avoiding the raptors, which is a good thing. -=============================Stage 8: Perilous Highlands======================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Pachycephalosaurus (Pachys) DNA: B: (Sorry, forgot to write these down! Probably the same as stage 11) R: Y: G: Weapons: Bombs Health: 3 Tricky DNA: Off the ledge by the wooden building, you have to be in the upper layer to get the DNA on the way down.Off the ledge on the very edge of the map, be on the front layer as you drop, but watch out for the pachy on the bottom! Hidden DNA: On first ledge with pachy, there is a wall. Lead the pachy to it and he will break it for many DNA. Tips/Tricks: While jumping to very first ledge, there is a pachy there ready to head butt you Boss: None Stage Notes: Interesting stage. Not nearly as complex as it first seems. -=============================Stage 9: Ingen Lab===============================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Dilophosaurus (Dilos), Raptors DNA: B: 18 R: 22 Y: 17 G: 17 Weapons: Knife, Gun (2) Health: 4 Tricky DNA: Just the ones by the ladder are the only ones tricky. Explained below Hidden DNA: None Tips/Tricks: When you see Danger signs, watch out for lasers that shoot out along the ground. They hurt! Find the switch that will turn them off! Watch out for the green acid on the floor. The long vertical shaft with the ladder has steam pipes that spurt out steam. Carefully climb up. Jump off then get back on the ladder quickly to avoid getting hurt. When you find the big DNA, the stage isn't over, there are more DNA and a dilo up and to the right. Boss: None Stage Notes: Cool, and industrial level! One of the scariest moments from the movie. -=============================Stage 10: Ancient Forest=========================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Pachys, Stegosaurus (Stego) DNA: B: 12 R: 14 Y: 14 G: 9 Weapons: Bomb Health: 1 Tricky DNA: Hidden DNA: Blue, Yellow: Behind a tree on the first pit, there is a blue and a yellow DNA on the upper layer. There is a hidden DNA right before the first stego on the upper layer on the upper level. Red (2): After the ledge that takes up both layers, there are some red DNA on the upper layer. Tips/Tricks: None, really Boss: None Stage Notes: Hmmm, a lot of levels with their own layers. Interesting -=============================Stage 11: Return to Perilous Highlands===========- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DInos: Pteranadon, Ankylosaurus (Anky) DNA B: 12 R: 12 Y: 13 G: 11 Weapons: Bombs, Gun (3) Health: 3 Tricky DNA: None Hidden DNA: None Tips/Tricks: Damn, choice right off the bat! Bombs or gun! I personally chose the gun. Boss: Ankylosaurus. He just makes boulders fall from the sky. Watch for shadows and avoid them and grab the big DNA. Stage Notes: Just the same as the previous time, except with pteranadons. Still easy for the second to last stage of the game. -=============================Stage 12: Return to Savage Lands=================- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dinos: Spinosaurus DNA: None! Weapons: Bombs, lots and lots of bombs. Ok, here he is, the grand finale boss! Easy there, he's not THAT hard, you just have to learn his pattern. If he disappears, he is going to reappear on the side you are closest to and lunge halfway across the screen and bite! Solution: Stay in the middle of the screen. Always!!! When he starts to reappear, run in the opposite direction while switching layers! He will follow you through the layers, and it will slow him down as he comes out giving you enough time to reach safety, but don't goto far! He'll more than likely do it again. If he disappears and the screen stops scrolling, he will use his spine! Solution: Goto the top layer. He will try to use his spine coming from the bottom of the screen! All you have to do is run the opposite direction he is heading. Also, if you time your jumps right, he will miss you! That's it for his strategys and your counters. Now here is your offense. When he is chasing, get 1/4 way from the left of the screen, turn, chuck a bomb, then run away. The bomb will get him. While you are dodging one of his 2 attacks, don't worry about bombing him. He is powerful and 3 hits will kill Mark! After Spinosaurus: A little story persues, and you are on the run. All you have to do is dodge missiles and dinos. Heh, easier said than done. Here is a tip I didn't figure out until I was about 3/4 way through. White missiles will land on the lower layer, and gray ones will land on the top! Also, don't run on the far right of the screen. Dinos will come out! Don't worry, they won't attack, they are just heading to their graves via a missile! Make it and you beat the game. -==============================================================================- -=======================================Clear Game!============================- -==============================================================================- Wow, it is not too often a side scroller has this. Beat it, and you play through a second time! Big replay bonus. This time is much harder with more DNA, dinos, weapons etc. After playing this game and making this walkthrough for 30+ hours in the past 2 days, I am going to put off on doing the clear game for a while. Sorry. However, if you message or mail me that you want it, I will be more motivated to make it! -==============================================================================- -=======================================Afterthoughts==========================- -==============================================================================- Ending was decent. One of those endings where you don't feel like you accomplished a whole lot, but not where all your hard work was for nothing. At first, I thought this game sucked and I wasted $40 on it. After a few levels of doing this walkthrough (this is the only motivation that kept me from selling it back), I changed my mind. It has a lot of collecting and is actually quite fun! Overall: 8.5/10. Would have given it a 9, but the control knocked it down a little bit. Also the repetition gets old. Find DNA, kill or avoid dino, make DNA strand. Also, the clear game is hard as hell! The dinos are everywhere, massive amounts of DNA, and the dinos are stronger! That makes it that much more worthwhile!