Zanac
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Be fully powered-up
Weapon tip
Upgrade your standard gun
Throw a big blast wave
Enemies turn into 1ups
Warp
1up
Find a fairy
Stage 8 tip
Continue
Area select
Second ship
Sound test
Extra lives
Secret message
Game Genie code
Be fully powered-up
Sent in by Bryan Cord
At the beginning of any given level, three blocks arranged in a triangle
will drift by just after the start of the level. If you crash your ship
into the middle one, its guns will immediately be fully powered-up for
some odd reason (you usually have to grab four yellow orbs to do this).
Weapon tip
Sent in by R.Dones
Know your weapons: Weapons in Zanac show on screen as floating
numbers. Your weapon will upgrade if you pick the same number
several times. Except for weapon 2, all others upgrade to do very
powerful stuff. For example, if you pick weapon 5 many times your
ship will get a laser cannon which is one of the most powerful weapons
in the game.
Upgrade your standard gun
Sent in by R.Dones
Very often you will see blue squares floating around which if shot
releases yellow coins. If you pick a lot of them without being killed
(and I mean a lot) your standard gun will upgrade to a big three shot cannon!
Throw a big blast wave
Sent in by R.Dones
If you want to win the game easy, upgrade weapon 7 to its max. Your
ship will throw a big blast wave which covers about 2/5 of the screen!
Enemies turn into 1ups
Sent in by R.Dones
If you pick weapon 6 many times, you will eventually get one special
blast which will turn all enemies on screen into 1 ups!
Warp
Sent in by R.Dones
There are pillars spread throughout the levels which if shot several
times will release an energy ball that if your ship touches it destroys
all enemies on the screen. However, there are special pillars with happy
faces carved on them which can be shot for other effects. Some will
release a energy ball that if you leave alone for a few seconds it will
become hollow. Touch it and you'll be able to warp! Every stage has one.
Be careful though, some hollow energy balls warp you BACK instead
of forward.
1up
Sent in by R.Dones
If you destroy the before mentioned pillars, you are awarded with an 1up.
Find a fairy
Sent in by R.Dones
Somewhere at the beginning of Stage 2, there is a small square plate that
if you shoot will free a fairy. The fairy will accompany you to the first
enemy base and will destroy it for you automatically.
Stage 8 tip
Sent in by R.Dones
On Stage 8, you have to crash with some enemies instead of shooting them
to destroy them.
Continue
Sent in by S.P.
To continue on Areas 11 and 12, press and hold Up,
Select, A, and B and press Start when the ship cursor
is next to Continue.
Area select
Sent in by Bobby Levitsky
Turn the game on. Press reset 13-14 times and move the d-pad. Look
on the top left corner where it says area. You will be able
to change its number!
Second ship
At the Title Screen, hold A and B when starting a new game for
a second ship.
Sound test
Hold A and B and press Reset for a Sound Test.
Extra lives
Power up the number six weapon six times and when you use it,
all the enemies on the screen will turn into extra lives.
Secret message
During the ending when the fairy stops moving, press A and B
simultaneously on both controllers for a secret message.
Game Genie code
ENEKOLLE Start with 247 lives