User manual SEGA PLAYSTATION 2 GAMES GUNGRAVE

[. . . ] Front Cover WARNING: READ BEFORE USING YOUR PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM. A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a television screen or while playing video games, including games played on the PlayStationc2 console, may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, has an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to playing. [. . . ] This icon displays the type of Demolition Shot currently selected. 11 TARGET MARKER This marks a key enemy or target you must defeat in order to proceed to the next stage. If no targets are on the screen, a "GO!" sign indicating where to go should appear. SCORE The current score. The score goes up by defeating enemies or destroying objects. LIFE GAUGE This gauge shows the physical strength of Grave. If it drops to 0, the game will be over. SHIELD GAUGE This gauge shows Grave's defensive power and it drops when he is attacked. The Shield Gauge will replenish when Grave is not being attacked. BEAT COUNT This count goes up if you attack enemies or hit destroyable objects in rapid succession. When the count reaches a certain point, the Demolition Shot Gauge goes up (Refer to P. 12). GUNGRAVE S O F T W A R E M A N U A L S O F T W A R E M A GUNGRAVE N U A L DEMOLITION SHOT DEMOLITION SHOT DEMOLITION SHOT DEMOLITION SHOT The Demolition Shot is a special technique using a powerful weapon hidden in a coffin on Grave's back. Press the Demolition Shot button(D button) to launch a shot when there is at least 1 charge shown in the DEMOLITION SHOT counter. TYPES OF DEMOLITION SHOT Choose a Demolition Shot from various types within the DEMOLITION SHOT Menu that is displayed by pressing the START button during gameplay. The skulls obtained per stage will be accumulated, and when enough are accumulated, a new Demolition Shot will become available. C O L U M N 14 DEMOLITION SHOT specially designed for Boss Battles After damaging the boss a certain amount, you will see a skull surrounded by blue flame in the center of the DEMOLITION SHOT Gauge. When you see this blue flame, press the Demolition Shot button(D button) to use a super technique specially designed for boss battles. THE DEMOLITION SHOT YOU GAINED 15 BEAT COUNT DEMOLITION SHOT GAUGE surrounded by blue flame Displays the best Beat Count score on this stage. Displays how cool you were in defeating enemies. KILL RATE CLEAR TIME REMAIN LIFE ARTISTIC BONUS GUNGRAVE S O F T W A R E M A N U A L S O F T W A R E M A GUNGRAVE N U A L BASIC TECHNIQUES BASIC TECHNIQUES BASIC TECHNIQUES BASIC TECHNIQUES Techniques of Shooting There are two main techniques for shooting. The first is called Burst Mode: while standing still, press the F button rapidly to begin a burst. There is a lot of power here against groups of enemies, but it is more difficult to move. This method allows you to target enemies on all sides more easily. BEAT To do well, save as many Demolition Shots as possible!For example, in an unfavorable situation you can pause the game with the START button and consider how to fight back. Figure out patterns of how enemies appear as well as locations of destroyable objects to raise the Beat Count continually, and keep the flame behind the BEAT COUNT blazing. Shoot with style!Use the coffin to your advantage! You can use the coffin Grave is carrying on his back to defeat enemies around you. Swing the coffin around only once to attack normal-sized enemies, and to defeat big-sized enemies, swing it twice. If you have defensive power to spare, approach enemies while shooting and when the enemies surround you, use the coffin to attack them all. As mentioned on P. 15, the ARTISTIC BONUS displayed on the Result Screen after clearing a stage shows how well you have defeated enemies. Make a stylish pose. 16 17 Good-looking shots or attacks add more points to the ARTISTIC BONUS. Note that unfavorable attacks such as shooting enemies from a distance deduct points. [. . . ] HIDENORI TANAKA(IKUSABUNE) TAKAFUMI IEIRI, MARIKO NAGAHASHI, TAKASHI KASHIWABARA, NAOKI CHARACTER MODELING . RYUJI SUZUKI(IKUSABUNE) MORITA, SYUNTARO ASHIDA, TAKAHITO MIYAO, MASAKI OKAMOTO, KENZABUROU HIRAI AYAKO TOH, MASAYA HYODO, KOHJI MOMIOKA, HIDEHITO SUZUKI, KATSUSHIROU HIRAI MITSUO IWAO AND ALL RED STAFF MAIN CHARACTER MOTION . KATSUKI HISANAGA JIN SHIMAZAKI, OSAMU SHIBAMIYA, SHAWN DOBBINS MAIN STAGE MODELING . NAOKI KUMAGAI SEGA of America Product Marketing & TSUYOSHI AZUMA MIKE FISCHER, RICH BRIGGS, NOAH MUSLER, KIRSTEN MERIT, OBJECT MODELING . [. . . ]