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Pterattack 2 Guide
Written by minka22
Power Ups
Blue Power up
Lv 1 - small blue beam (default weapon).
Lv 2 - stronger beam with faster reload rate.
Lv 3 - stronger beam, even faster reload rate.
Lv 4 - strong rapid-fire beam.
Red Power up
Lv 1 - small red fireball.
Lv 2 - 2 stronger fireballs shooting in a V formation away from you.
Lv 3 - 3 strong fireballs shooting away in a V formation with an extra fireball
in the middle.
Lv 4 - 3 fire waves (best weapon out there!).
Green Power up
Lv 1 - three-way shot 9very slow but effective for killing enemies on your
sides).
Lv 2 - 2 green balls shooting in a V formation away from you.
Lv 3 - 2 faster green balls shooting in a V formation away from you.
Lv 4 - purple beam shooting directly in front of you. This only reaches 1/2 of
the screen yet reloads on contact. Very strong but horrible range.
Purple Power up
Lv 1 - 1 boomerang slightly to the left. Path is not straight.
Lv 2 - 2 boomerangs shooting in a V formation away from you.
Lv 3 - 2 boomerangs with faster rate of fire.
Lv 4 - 2 huge boomerangs with a fast rate of fire.
Hope this helps people choose their weapons in this new game!
Pterodactyls
Brown Dactyls - killed by one shot of any weapon. Appear on all levels.
Green Dactyls - killed by 2 shots of starting weapon and 1 shot of any level 4
weapon. Appear on all levels.
Blue Dactyls - killed by 1 of the 3 waves of red power up before level 6, after
Level 6 you need 2 out of 3 waves to kill it. Appear on all levels after lv 4.
White Dactyls - moves horizontally and diagonally only and gives you no
points/power ups. Requires full shot of 3 out of 3 fire waves of lv 4 red power
up. Appear on all levels after level 5. Only comes from left side. Note: For
some bizarre reason they appear not to hurt you. Still needs more in-depth
confirmation. Could be a temporary glitch since when the game first came out
they did hurt you.
Gold Dactyls - these are strong and require a full volley of a lv 4 red power up
shot. avoid if they come in large groups. They appear everywhere after level 6.
Red Dactyls - These are the most powerful dactyls. They require 5/3 of a lv 4
red power up volley. Avoid them especially if they are in large groups with gold
and other red dactyls. Beware their power! only attack them if there is no other
way! They appear after level 7.
There are seven levels total. The levels are determined points:
Level 1 = 0 - 200 pts.
Level 2 = 200 - 300 pts.
Level 3 = 300 - 500 pts.
Level 4 = 500 - 800 pts.
Level 5 = 800 - 1,200 pts.
Level 6 = 1,200 - 1,700 pts.
Level 7 = 1,700 - until you die from there on.
Recommended to use the red power up due to its massive forward range. Crowded
areas are easy with that weapon. I like to stand lower/mid center but not to
close to the bottom as to not be hit by a Grarrl. It is also recommended to go
up to mid-high portion of the right side so your weapon can recharge faster.
Also on later levels be alert as the dactyls will move horizontally and
diagonally near the bottom and that could get chaotic. be alert, shoot and dodge
if they are too close or there are too many. in very crowded areas, shoot an
opening so you don't have to shoot each dactyl (thus saving a life or 2 for
later).
Grarrls can be a problem but if you already have a level 4 weapon (preferably
red) wait till they get to the top of the screen and start shooting his tail
while moving down and then get out of his way at the last minute. If done
correctly this could get you 100 (since each hit gives you 10 points). NOTE: do
not try this method unless you have a level 4 weapon. shooting him makes you
move up levels quicker thus you don't want to keep doing this and end up at
level six with a level 1 weapon.
Also whenever you see a power up avoid it unless it is the same color as he
weapon you are using. This is deadly if you pick up a different powerup on later
levels. Its pretty much game over. It is better to lose a life than pick up a
different power up on high levels. If you have a level 4 weapon, don't stop
picking up powerups of the SAME color. It gives you an additional 10 points and
rapid fire for a short time. (This is amazing if you have the red level 4
gun!!!)
Every so often you get an extra life. You get your first bonus life at 500, then
at 1500, then 3000, then 5000, 7500, 10500 and so on. Up until 5000 I can vouch
for, the rest are just predictions based of the pattern I saw. If you are
running short on lives and are about to give up, always check your score to see
if you are near a life check point! Note: it seems that you don't get any more
extra lives after 3000. I still am trying to confirm it but so far I haven't got
any extra lives after 3000. This could be a temporary glitch. (Thanks to
nothingtodobutplay for this info.)
Frequently Asked Questions
c3cill3 - I can play the game but it gets annoying when there's too many of
them thingy (dactyls) it (the weapon) just wont fire.
Answer - It happens. Most of the time I just move out the way or keep moving
down until my weapon fires. his mostly happens if you are at a high level and
many things are going on screen. Also pick up the power up of the same color you
have, it gives you an additional 10 points and rapid fire for a short time.
(This is amazing if you have the red level 4 gun!!!)
meleenewb - Well, I knew about pretty much everything in the guide, but I
always have trouble with GETTING the red power ups. They just don't appear for
me. It would be easy to just dodge dactyls until they appeared on level one, but
they only appear from dactyl corpses. Is there a way to for sure get †4 by the
time the blue/orange dactyls start coming?
Answer - If you shoot down every dactyl you see then you should have it by then.
The more dactyls you shoot, the higher the chance of you getting power ups.
Otherwise it is random.
meleenewb - But every dactyl is worth the same, so to get the the next level,
you have to shoot the same amount of dactyls. It shouldn't matter whether or not
you shoot them all at once, right?
Answer - still I find that if you shoot many in a row then you get a much higher
rate of power ups. My theory is that dactyls that have a power up are
predetermined when they come on screen, thus shooting as many as you can in a
row increases the chance of shooting a pre-selected power up carrier. I can't
prove this theory, but I can say that I get much more power up this way. Maybe
I'm just lucky.
donna111117 - If you don't kill the Grarrl doesn't he destroy a village or
something like that?
Answer - The Grarrls destroying the villages does not affect you in any way.
This is just a cool feature.
donna111117 - I just played 2 times and leveled up to 4 on the red weapon.
The weapon seemed to slow down it's firing ability as time went on. Is that my
imagination?
Answer - All shots slow down on later levels because there is too much going on
at the same time on the screen. Also it won't fire again until it hits something
or goes off screen unless you have rapid fire which lets you fire 2 volleys at
instead of one.
donna111117 - How do you get rapid fire? I got the red 4 times and 3 waves
were coming out of the weapon.
Answer - If you have a level 4 weapon and u see another power up of the same
color pick it up and it will give you rapid fire for a short time. with the red
power up, this means you could fire 2 volleys per screen instead of 1.
Tips from the Masters
nothingtodobutplay - If you are playing and it's your first 3 games that you
send, you can get any score. Anything over 5000, the info. that comes up, says
that the staff will review your score (make sure your not cheating) and give you
the score several days later along with your neopoints and trophy (if high
enough). *Always* If you are playing an open or world challenge (even if it is
one of your first 3) it WILL NOT count if you go over 4995 (I don't remember if
it counted towards the one of the first 3 (I was busy being made about my score
not being accepted and then realized (see below). This is why you see all the
good players - armyofvahalla - babyson - etc. Stop at 4,995. It's not because
they can't do better, it's because a score over 4,995 will not count. The end
message says something like they are having problems with their server. (I
played an open challenge for 5000 neopoints. I scores 5015. Sent it in. thought
it counted. The next score I sent in was 3875. The open challenge took the 3,875
and sent that one in and I lost to the guy who sent in 4995. Lesson learned.)
minka22 - This Also applies to the High scores Tables since I sent in a score of
6,940 and may score was updated much later and I missed out on the gold trophy,
while players with scores of 4995 got the gold.
Thank you for reading this guide. Hope it helps you with getting a new and shiny
trophy or at least beating your high score.
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