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Beginner Notes by Plywood
Based on Jaguar King's Tutorial.
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 airtanks - 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 CAR
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
rush thru, go to the elevator door equip punch, card 3 punch guards go to top, to avoid spot wait until guard comes left door, card 6 go down, save final POW backtrack to elevator shoot guard one screen before elev
go back up, equip knife, pistol, card 6 get detected, knife guards at cable car corner of grid
go up the next cable car
SIDESCROLLER #6
stand on the right edge of car
wait for next car
SIDESCROLLER #7
stand on the right edge of car/top
Fort 3
Equip Punches to farm for resources loop around the spiral to elevator
Fort B1
punch bottom guard equip card 2, go right stack 7 oxy tanks run back to elevator
B2 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 the first mine at least wait for camera to rise then run crawl into next screen run and gun run and gun
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 run down right side wait for guard to come in and punch him go up, then left, then down
room card 4, to pick up card 7
SEQUENCE BREAK
go to bottom right corner as soon as the trap activates, select equip card 7 farm the mine room, 5 packs
go up, punch or kill guards
go up one floor 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 pick up 30 missiles
go right then up, card 4 card 8 pickup
go up then left,
head up elevator shoot the dude, wait for second equip card 8
avoid gekkos 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
card 5, return to big boss room save jennifer in room, up cable car use smoke bomb when hitting termination card 7, rc missiles
go up mid, left, left, follow path, 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
the moment the block opens up, shoot hit the eye