Beginner Notes by Plywood
Based on Jaguar King's Tutorial. This is what I wrote during the 12 hour challenge to keep track of the details. A better guide would use screenshots, etc. But this may help you in getting started.
Basics
- Line of Sight is a straight pixel.
- To increase rank, rescue POWs or interrogate officers.
- We'll be saving POWs, not interrogating.
- You'll need to get 4 rank ups for the run.
- Press A once to skip text box
- Elevators are checkpoints for continues
- If you are at max rations and a ration drops, eat a ration, then pick it up.
- Single Exclamation Mark Alerts mean you are fine to go into the next screen. Double Exclamation Mark Alerts stick between screens.
- Alert guards don't drop stuff
- Button controls are flipped on Sidescrolling sections
JUNGLE
- Second Copter screen, go to left edge of dark
- Green path, then move up once the Copter leaves
- First spotlights, go left for rations
- After ration detour, hug tower on right
- Go up for POW #1
- hug right wall when exiting from 1st POW
- Continue right
- Watchtower car, three spotlights
- Enter from bottom to the main gate
- Answer Codec for the only time in the speedrun
FORT 1
- First 2 guards in Fort 1, right guard viewpoint is random
- Get Card 1 in the left room
- Revisit the Jungle to get the silencer by going north
- After silencer, go up for POW #2, up at Watchtower
- Return to Fort 1
- Go down the right path
- Upper path for POW #3
- Next guard is a single ! alert, so run up and right to exit the alert
- Card 2 is in the far right door
- Go up on the left side for POW#4
- Run upleft for the elevator
Fort 1 B1
- These guards turn randomly
- Hug the shadow wall
- Kill enemies if you get an alert
- Take the left path
- Enter far left door for explosives, you need 15 (3 trips)
- Punch guard outside of long hallway for ration potential drop
- At camera junction, go down
- Card 2 Door, get 3 each of grenades and ammo
- When going right for cameras go up on then the wall, then go right once the right camera goes down
Fort 1 B2
- Can punch guards for rations/ammo
- Try to max out for 4 rations
SIDESCROLLER 1
- Equip pistol and shoot the first guy
- don't bother with the knife
- Use i-frames of losing hp from water to walk through last mine
FOOTBALL TACKLERS
- Equip explosives
- the moment you hit return, plant bomb
- Go right, when they hit you, go left
- Plant bombs on the opposite corner of the alcove, go to corner and turn
- When they start running, go to opposite side
- 1 guy left,finish him with the pistol
- re-equip pistol at end of fight
- Can punch guys for resources
- The blocks before boat, position perfectly
- pay attention to block above
- punch, then open the door immediately (downright movement)
- Alternatively, knife the block until it breaks
- When exiting to outside, go up immediately
- go right, shoot dudes, enter the ship
SHIP
- Shoot or punch the dude
- Enter the elevator
Ship B1
- Go right path, but enter next room at bottom
- can punch or shoot the guy
- hug right wall, go up top
- Card#1 to enter fight room
- Equip grenades/ration before entering
KARNOVs
- Grenade explosives have huge hitbox
- Kill middle, then left, then third
- Go left then up, you can throw 2 nades
- Do a rectangular movement for each pair of throws
- Finish with explosives on sandbags
- Get card #3
- Open left door for mine detector as you go back (optional)
- Retrace your steps to elevator
Ship B2
- Run up to the guy and punch him (Single ! Mark)
- Can use a ration before entering Metal Gear room
- Sensors can be random
- up, right, down, right in movement
- enter the door to blow up ammo
- Plant explosives as close as possible to the door
- Return to elevator
- Equip card 2 entering elevator
- Top floor
- Go right
- Enter door
- Go right
- Go up
FORT 2
- Hug left bricks, go up
- Hug left wall, go up
- Go left after corner, hug wall, go up
- go up, along the wall
- Equip Card 1
- RC missiles and rations
- Optimal just 4 for each
- Playing safe, max rations to 9
- You can move a bit down to avoid RC missiles
- Hug the sandbags
- Enter up room for POW#5
- Go right, up, get max oxygen tanks - 5
- Optimal is 4
- stand by left wall and destroy sandbags
- RC the dude
SIDESCROLLER #2
- Equip pistol
- Mine movement is random
- Dip down under the camera
- Jump to next screen
- Watch out for sensors
- Shoot the sensor, space out shots due to i-frames, 4 bullets needed
TRAIN
- Shoot guard blocking you from train l
- You can farm the first two guards, Single ! area
First Needle Room
- Go right, up
- Wait on first box on right
- Going optimally, be patient
- If you have extra rations, blast thru
- Careful on bridges with your movement, or you can die
- Shoot that guy on the train car
- Punch or shoot these 2 guards
- Punch or shoot guard at door
Second Needle Room
- Go up the right side, stand by the box
- Enter first room for POW#6
- Second room, TRAP, go down immediately to pick up card 4
- Backtracking in Second Needle Room
- Hug box, go down, left, down
- Enter the room in next car
- Equip RC missile, card 4
"John Turner" Spy
- Hold right when entering room, activate TRAP
- Hold left when trap is activated
- Need at least 4 hp to touch spy
- Time your shots, due to i-frames
- Stand middle, shoot , shoot, shoot
- Ration up after two hits if at max
- If you run out of RC missiles, finish with explosives
FORT 3
- Go up, exit car from bridge
- Punch guy
- Go to door, equip card 4
- Need 2 explosives, but pick up 3
- Equip armor
- Go left
- Push block by holding the direction
- Plant an explosive between two black windows
- Equip the knife!
- Card 1 Door, POW#7
- Enter next screen, stand on right edge, shank 'em
- Blow up left wall and rush in
- Blow up right wall equip armor, push bottom block
- Card 2 Door, POW#8
- card 3 Door on right
Platforms
- Be careful on the platforms! It stinks to die here.
- Time last platform correctly
- Plant explosive on right wall
- Plant explosive on left wall
- Plant explosive on bags
- Stab dudes while you wait
SIDESCROLLER #3
- Stab the dude with a jump
- Crawl into second screen, stab 'em
- Continue crawling in next screen
- Crawl into next screen
- Random looking for 2nd guard
- Jump and knife
- Crawl into next screen
- Crawl into next camera, walk, drop back to crawl for next screen
- Switch to pistol for rock guards
- Wait for both to face right
- Shoot first guard, duck
- Jump shoot the second guard, run afterwards
FORT 3 CONT.
- Armor, go left
- Punch dude for resources
- Card 1 door for ammo, optional to 150
- Enter left door, card 2
- Need four mine packs
- Card 3 and explosives
- Blow up left wall
- Hop on immediately to platform (UP)
- As screen transitions, on 2, go on platform
- Blow up sandbags, don't exit screen
SIDESCROLLER #4
- Crawl in, shoot
- crawl in next screen, stab
- If spotted, shoot the guards from the block
- Enter screen, shoot dudes and cross
- Equip mines & card 4 before fighting…
TANK
- Most random fight in game
- One hit kill on missile
- One hit kill on roll over
- One hit kill falling into water
- Stand at upper right block
- Lay one mine
- AND THEN MASH once the tank enters screen
- 18 mines to kill
- Can lay 3 mines in advance, next to each other
CABLE CARS
- Punch enemies for resources
- Enter door for elevator
- Equip knife run past lasers,
- Stand on bottom right grid, knife 'em
- Enter left cable car
- Watch your footing
SIDESCROLLER #5
- Stand on the right edge of car
CABLES CARDS CONT.
- Rush thru, go to the elevator door
- Equip Punch, card 3
- Punch guards
- Go to top, to avoid getting spotted
- Wait until guard comes left
- Enter Door, card 6
- Go down, save final POW
- Backtrack to elevator
- Shoot guard one screen before elev
- Go back up, equip knife, Card 6
- Get detected, knife guards at cable car at the corner of grid
- Ride next cable car
SIDESCROLLER #6
- Stand on the right edge of car
- Ride next car
SIDESCROLLER #7
- Stand on the right edge of car
FORT 4
- Equip Punches to farm for resources
- Loop around the spiral to elevator
Fort B1
- Punch bottom guard
- Equip card 2, go right
- Stack 7 oxygen tanks
- This is a good area to farm rations
- *Run back to elevator, go down
Fort B2
- Go into Up room
SIDESCROLLER #8
- Crawl in immediately
- Crawl to next screen, shoot both
- Crawl to next screen, shoot when turned
- Crawl to next screen
- Crawl to next screen
- Shoot or knife the guard before pool
- Destroy sensors quickly
- Crawl after camera
- Shoot dude after jumping, cross it
- Equip explosive, blow top wall
- Enter from left side
- Pick up ammo, and card 5, can farm ammo
SIDESCROLLER#8 BACKTRACK
- When entering, equip gun and shoot
- Crawl into next screen
- Run forward past camera
- DUMB SCREEN >:(
- Shoot sensor first
- Tank damage from the first mine at least
- Wait for camera to rise then run
- Crawl into next screen
- Run and gun
- Run and gun
- Go to elevator if needing checkpoint, or…
- Go into Right room
SIDESCROLLER#9
- Enter first screen crawling
- Crawl
- Crawl, jump into pool
- You need at least 7 explosives
- Remember to crawl away from explosion
- Keep your back to the final explosion
- Give yourself space, but not too much
- Careful of screen, don't jump into the final pool screen
- Go up one floor
Fort B1
- Run down right side
- Wait for guard to come in and punch him
- Go up, then left, then down
- Equp card 4 to enter room, pick up card 7
SEQUENCE BREAK
- Go to bottom right corner
- As soon as the trap activates, press select
- Equip card 7
- Farm the mine room, 5 packs
- Go up, punch or kill guards
- Go up one floor
Fort 1F
- Can punch or shoot guards
- Wait until second guard turns
- Go right path
- Go into room, pick up smoke bomb
- Shoot the dudes
- The left guard is NOT random, looks left, down, right on loop
- Go left, equip card 6 for door
- Pick up 30 missiles
- Go right then up, card 4 door for Card 8 pickup
- go up then left, head up elevator
Fort 2F
- Can farm for rations here, or…
- Shoot the dude, wait for a second
- Equip card 8
- Avoid gekkos
- Follow path down, then left
- Card 3 Door far left
- Card 4, top door
- Card 5, top door
BIG BOSS
- Go top right, RC missile him
ROBO BOSS
- Exit room
- Equip mines, eat ration if needed
- Hit him at his feet
- Stand by him, and MASH your mines
- Tank the damage with rations
- One hit, ration, rinse repeat
- Equip Card 5, return to big boss room
- Save Jennifer in room, up cable car
- Use smoke bomb when hitting termination
- Equip Card 7, RC missiles
- go up mid, left, left, follow path,
- Equip Card 8
METAL GEAR 2
- Pattern of blocks are the same unless you hit them
- Pace your shots
- If you hit, adjust timing
- You can exit then re-enter to bring timing back, but full hp returns to Metal Gear
- The moment the block opens up, shoot, hit the eye
WORLD PEACE DAY!