_______________________________________________________________________________ =============================================================================== |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____| Cosmic Commuter |_____|_____|____|____| |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯| Atari 2600 |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____| FAQ/Walkthrough |_____|_____|____|____| |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯| Version 1.00 |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____| Mike Truitt |_____|_____|____|____| |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯| Monday, January 19, 2004 |¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯| |_____|_____|_____|_____|_______________________________|_____|_____|____|____| =============================================================================== ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Contents: I About this FAQ I I Version History I I I Game Modes I V Game Goals V Srategy V I Enemy List V I I Notes & Thanks •============================================================================• | I ABOUT THIS FAQ | •============================================================================• _________________ Mission Statement ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ I was looking through a bunch of my older games and was wondering to myself why I didn't write any FAQs for these classics. So I decided to write a guide for one of my favorites. That is why this guide is here today. I hope it can help you out. ____________ Legal Notice ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••• ••••• ••••• This FAQ is copyrighted information of Mike Truitt. Any ••••• ••••• using of this FAQ without permission granted by the ••••• ••••• author, Mike Truitt, is strictly prohibited. To obtain ••••• ••••• usage of this FAQ, simply send an e-mail to this address ••••• ••••• miketru@earthlink.net . Please include your name, what ••••• ••••• website / publication you are representing, and I will ••••• ••••• surely grant you permission. ••••• ••••• ••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •============================================================================• | I I VERSION HISTORY | •============================================================================• ____________ Version 1.00 I have got just about all of the FAQ completed. There may ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ be some more updates in the future. _____________ Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2004 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ •============================================================================• | I I I GAME MODES | •============================================================================• ______ Normal Normal is the easiest of the two game modes. The overall ¯¯¯¯¯¯ speed of the gameplay is much slower than that of the Advanced mode. Along with the slower gameplay, there are also fewer enemies, and less of those enemies. All around, it is a much easier setting of the game. ________ Advanced In Advanced mode, there are much more enemies that you ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ encounter. The screen scrolls to the side much faster than it does in the normal version. In order for you to be successful in this mode of play, you will need to practice quite a bit, and use the best strategy possible. •============================================================================• | I V GAME GOALS | •============================================================================• _______________ Land Your Craft It may seem like a kind of basic objective, but unless you ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ have played the game a few times you might have some problem landing the mothership that you are in. To be successful landing your ship, make it go up first and then bring it down softly. Otherwise, you can smash your ship and loose one of your lives. ___________ Stay Fueled On the screen, you will see a little odometer looking thing ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ that counts down from 9 all the way to zero. Once the meter reaches zero, you will loose one of your ships. To avoid this horrible death, periodically look towards the top of the screen and you should see a pill-like object with the letter "F" in it. Once you run into it, your fuel should be completely refilled. ______________ Pick Up Humans While you are flying, you should be looking at the bottom of ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ the playing field and you should see a couple of things: mountains, flags, and humans. Whenever you see a human, fly your aircraft down to the bottom of the screen and fly as low as you can directly over the human. This should pick them up. _________________ Re-Dock Your Ship At the bottom of the screen is a long meter that you will ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ often see on older racing games. As soon as you start, the meter will be filled with dots. As you progress through the level, the dots will slowly disapear. After the last dot disappears, fly low on the screen and look towards the bottom of the screen. You should see the mothership again. Try to land your ship directly on top of the mothership and drop off the humans. ______ Repeat After docking your ship and unloading it, you will need to ¯¯¯¯¯¯ go through the whole process over again until you run out of ships to fly. •============================================================================• | V STRATEGY | •============================================================================• _____________ Point Scoring For those of you who do not wish to finish the game as quick ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ as possible, then this method of beating the game is for you. Basically, to score many points you will need to shoot down every enemy plane possible. This is often achieved by hitting the Shoot button when their ship is in front of you. Every time you shoot down one of the enemy's ships, you will gain another 10 points. Also, if you are not running low on fuel, then the game permits you to shoot down the fuel to get another 10 points. ________________ "I Was Abducted" In the "I Was Abducted" method of playing the game, you will ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ want to pick up as many humans as alienly possible. This way will have a downside, you will not get many points. You should stay as low as possible on the screen, and, as the Germans would say... "Fueur Frei!!" whenever some mofo tries to pop a cap in yo azz. Also be aware of your fuel, it is never any good to pick up a poo-load of humans, and end up loosing them all because you didn't feel like picking up some free fuel. ____________________ Please Don't Hurt Me This strategy is most often used when you are in the ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Advanced level of play, and you have absolutly no skill. To correctly perform this, bring your knees up to your chest. Then, simply put your head in between your knees, and one of your thumbs in your mouth. •============================================================================• | V I ENEMY LIST | •============================================================================• _____________________________________________________________________________ | # | Enemy Name | Point Value | Speed | Description | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 1 | Yellow Death | 10 Points | 7/10 | This enemy appears to | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| be a yellow box... | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| But is actually, a | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| Yellowish Box (bum bum)| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 2 | *Blue Man Death* | 10 Points | 7/10 | This enemy is a blue | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| box.... Or is it? | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 3 | *Charlette* | 10 Points | 7/10 | Named after the lovable| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| spider who spun her web| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| This enemy looks like a| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| yellow spider. | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 4 | *Spyder* | 10 Points | 7/10 | Very similar to its big| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| sis, Charlette, Spyder | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| is your basic albino | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| arachnid. | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 5 | *Plasmatica* | 10 Points | 7/10 | Like the Ghostbusters, | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| you will have to get | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| of a large white object| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| but you don't get to | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| roast marshmellows | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| after your game is over| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 6 | *Your Yella* | 10 Points | 7/10 | A large blob of mustard| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| has just flown into the| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| sky and it is your job | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| to shoot it down. | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 7 | *Pinky* | 10 Points | 7/10 | A long pink tube has | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| just gotten into space,| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| and is ready to kill ya| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________________________________________________ | 8 | *Wiffle Ball!?* | 10 Points | 7/10 | The long yellow bat has| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| returned, and wants its| |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| revenge for all of the | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| times you left it out | |¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| in the rain.... | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Note: All enemies with *Asterixes* on the outside of their names signify them only being accessable through the Advanced level of gameplay. •============================================================================• | V I I NOTES AND THANKS | •============================================================================• A great deal of gratitude is expressed towards all webmasters on the Internet that spend their priceless time and hard earned money for the sole purpose of allowing people from all different walks of life, come together and discuss and help each other with video games. 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