R-TYPE FINAL (JAP) MINI-FAQ FOR UNLOCKING SHIPS for PS2 Version 1.2 Last updated 09/26/03 Written by: Mike Maraldo daimaou mike For comments, corrections, contributions, etc. send a succinct email to: mike_box@hotmail.com (I receive, daily, junk mail in numbers that need to be expressed in powers to the ten. If you want your mail to make it to me make the title "FAQ" anything else stands a good chance of getting erased without being read.) ********** CONTENTS *********** 0) Introduction 1) Unlocking Requirements 2) Codes 3) Gallery 4) Help 5) Credits ******** 0. INTRODUCTION ******** Unlocking the 101 ships in R-type is an extremely time consuming and fun sucking experience, and that’s IF you can read Japanese. If you can't then it makes it impossible to decipher the requirements to unlock the various ships. This FAQ is meant to ease the pain a little so the hours that you will put in unlocking, will at least be guided. This is of course a guide for the Japanese (& Korean) versions of the game, Requirements for unlocking may be different for other releases. ********** 1. UNLOCKING REQUIREMENTS ********* Each unlockable ship has its own requirements for unlocking it. Many have multiple requirements, use the below key and guide to determine what you have to do. You will not be able to unlock a ship if its empty stand is not visible yet in the R’s Museum. Some of the fighters have ridiculously long flight time requirements to unlock them, to those at that point I suggest turning on invincibility (see the codes at the bottom of the FAQ), and then letting the game play itself, All the bosses are on timers and will Self Destruct or leave after an amount of time so all you have to do is come back and advance the game to the next level from time to time. Key: N/A. = You have this fighter from the beginning of the game. Password 1234 5678 = You must enter this password at the R-Museum screen. Stage 1.1 = You must have cleared Stage 1.1 After #1 Exp 10 = After Unlocking #1 get 10 minutes of flight time with any fighter. Exp 10 = Get 10 minutes of flight time in any fighter. Exp 10 #11 = Get 10 minutes of flight time in fighter #11. (“flight time” means the time you spend in the air playing the game) So, After #51 Exp 61, Have #71, Stage F-A means: After Unlocking #51 get 61 minutes of flight time in any fighter, have already unlocked #71, have cleared Stage F-A. Got it? # Model Requirements 01. R-9A N/A 02. R-9A2 Stage 1.0 03. R-9A3 Password - 4170 4170 04. R-9A4 Exp 60 #03 05. R-9AF After #04 Exp 120, Have #54, Stage 3.5 06. R-9AD After #05 Exp 60 07. R-9AD2 Exp 60 #6 08. R-9AD3 Exp 120 #7 09. R-9C Stage 3.0 10. R-9K Exp 15 #09 11. R-9S Exp 30 #09, Stage Unknown 12. R-90 Exp 30 #11 13. R-902 Exp 60 #12, Stage 6.2 14. R-9AX After #02 Exp 120 15. R-9AX2 Exp 15 #14 16. R-9Leo Exp 60 #15, Stage F-A 17. R-9Leo2 Exp 60 #16 18. R-9Sk After #15 Exp 15 19. R-9Sk2 Exp 30 #18 20. R-9W After #18 Exp 15 21. R-9WB Exp 5 #20 22. R-9WF Exp 15 #21 23. R-9WZ After #20 Exp 180 24. R-9B Password - 5050 1060 25. R-9B2 After #24 Exp 15 26. R-9B3 Exp 30 #25, Have #32 27. R-9D N/A 28. R-9D2 Exp 15 #27 29. R-9DH Stage 2.2 30. R-9DH2 Exp 15 #29 31. R-9DH3 Exp 30 #30 32. R-9DV After #29 Exp 45 33. R-9DV2 Exp 30 #32 34. R-9DP After #32 Exp 120 35. R-9DP2 Exp 30 #34 36. R-9DP3 Exp 30 #35, Stage 6.1 37. R-9E Exp 5 38. R-9E2 Exp 45 39. R-9E3 Exp 120 40. R-9ER Exp 360 41. R-9ER2 Exp 540 42. R-9F N/A 43. RX-10 Exp 90 44. R-11A Exp 30 #43 45. R-11B Exp 30 #44 46. R-llS After #45 Exp 60 47. R-11S2 Exp 60 #46 48. TX-T After #43 Exp 20 49. OF-1 Exp 90 #48 50. OFX-2 Exp 15 #49 51. OF-3 Exp 30 #50 52. OFX-4 Exp 60 #51 53. OF-5 Exp 60 #52 54. TW-1 After #48 Exp 15 55. TW-2 After #54 Exp 30 56. TP-1 Exp 15 #54 57. TP-2 After #56 Exp 30 58. TP-2H Exp 30 #57 59. TP-3 Password - 5959 5959 60. TP-2s After #57 Exp 15 61. TP-2M After #60 Exp 15 62. TL-T After #56 Exp 30, Have #10 63. TL-1A Exp 15 #62, Have #44 64. TL-1B Exp 30 #63, Have #21 65. TL-2A After #64 Exp 30 66. TL-2A2 Exp 15 #65, Have #03 67. TL-2B After #65 Exp 60, Have #71 68. TL-2B2 Exp 30 #67, Have #72 69. RX-12 Exp 60 #43, Stage F-A 70. R-13T Stage 3.5 (to get to 3.5 beat stage 3.0 with #69) 71. R-13A Exp 30 #70 72. R-13A2 Exp 30 #71 73. R-13B Exp 120 #72 74. BX-T Stage 6.1 75. B-1A Exp 5 #74 76. B-1A2 Exp 5 #75 77. B-1A3 Exp 15 #76 78. B-1B After #75 Exp 30 79. B-1B2 Exp 5 #78 80. B-1B3 Exp 15 #79 81. B-1C After 78 Exp 30 82. B-1C2 Exp 5 #81 83. B-1C3 Exp 15 #82 84. B-1D After 81 Exp 30 85. B-1D2 Exp 5 #84 86. B-1D3 Exp 15 #85 87. BX-2 After #64 Exp 30 88. B-3A Exp 5 #87 89. B-3A2 Exp 15 #88 90. B-3B Have #88, Stage Unknown 91. B-3B2 Exp 15 #90 92. B-3C After #90 Exp 30 93. B-3C2 Exp 15 #92 94. BX-4 After 92 Exp 30 95. B-5A Exp 5 #94 96. B-5B Exp 5 #95 97. B-5C Exp 15 #96 98. B-5D Exp 30 #97 99. R-99 After Have 1-98 Exp 1 100. R-100 Password - 9910 0101 101. R-101 Exp 30 #100 ******** 2. CODES ******** Invincibility – Pause and hold L2, Right, Right, Left, Right, Left, Left, Right, Left, R2, Up, Up, Down, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down, R2. You will hear a chime when you enter the code correctly. You can enter this code again to turn it off. Charge Dose to 99.9% - Pause and Hold L2, R2, R2, Left, Right, Up, Down, Right, Left, Up, Down, Triangle. You will hear a chime when you enter the code correctly. Full Red Power, Missiles & Bits – Pause and Hold L2, R2, R2, Left, Right, Up, Down, Right, Left, Up, Down, Square. You will hear a chime when you enter the code correctly. Full Blue Power, Missiles & Bits – Pause and Hold L2, R2, R2, Left, Right, Up, Down, Right, Left, Up, Down, Circle. You will hear a chime when you enter the code correctly. Full Yellow Power, Missiles & Bits – Pause and Hold L2, R2, R2, Left, Right, Up, Down, Right, Left, Up, Down, X. You will hear a chime when you enter the code correctly. ******** 3. GALLERY ******** The artwork gallery has 32 images that can be unlocked by fulfilling the below requirements. 1. Clear Baby Mode 2. Clear Kids Mode 3. Clear Human Mode 4. Clear Bydo Mode 5. Clear R-Typer Mode 6. Clear Championship Tier in AI mode 7. Unlock all Fighters 8. 100% “Bydo Labo” 9. Use R-9A 10. Use R-9D 11. Use R-9E 12. Use R-9W 13. Use OF-1 14. Use TL-T 15. Use R-99 16. Use R-100 17. Clear Stage 1.0 18. Clear Stage 2.0 19. Clear Stage 2.1 20. Clear Stage 2.2 21. Clear Stage 2.3 22. Clear Stage 2.4 23. Clear Stage 3.0 24. Clear Stage 3.5 25. Clear Stage 4.0 26. Clear Stage 5.0 27. Clear Stage 6.0 28. Clear Stage 6.1 29. Clear Stage 6.2 30. Clear Stage F.A 31. Unknown 32. Unknown ******** 4. HELP ******** This took forever, and to get to the level of accuracy that you see here was a lot of work, there are still a few holes, on #’s 90 and 11, as well as the last two gallery entries. Feel free to contribute if you have the info this FAQ needs. ******** 5. CREDITS ******** Some information was taken from the Irem “Ura” (hidden) site: http://www.irem.co.jp/official/rfinal/ura/index.html The rest was lots and lots of experimentation and work for you, you’re welcome. v. 1.2 - 09/26/03 – Added gallery and made a few corrections. v. 1.0 - 09/24/03 – Complete except for two hidden stage requirements. Way too many hours put into this thing, Good enough. v. 0.2 - 09/18/03 – No one is helping so it looks like I’m going to have to do it all myself, thanks guys.