~Tyrian

A few hints and secret areas.


~Rear Weapon PowerUp Pod 

At the very beginning of the game, a batch of U-fighters zoom down 
dead vertical to the bottom of the screen and then track back up 
again on a diagonal.  Without destroying any of them, let them 
reach the bottom and move back in the diagonal and then kill the 
leader with a sidekick.  He will drop a PowerUp (Note: you will 
not get the pod if your sidekick weapon kills any other ship in 
the wave at the same time as the leader.)


~Level One Secrets

After you are told "Danger", and the screen displays "Approaching 
enemy platforms", a wave of circular ships enters on the left.  
Getting to the level seems to have something to do with that
wave, and/or the platform they are guarding.



After you fly through the spikes on the first level, you are 
attacked by several waves of small ships, followed by a wave of 
five ships heading across the screen travelling at different speeds.
Sometimes there will be a second ship behind the one in the centre.  
If there is, shoot it to reveal a glowing sphere, and pick it up 
for the secret level.  I'm not absolutely positive as to what makes
the second ship appear, though.  My current guess is:  Earlier in 
the wave, near the very beginning, an identical wave of ships 
appears.  If you do NOT shoot any of them, the second ship will 
show up (makes sense).


~Asteroid 1 Secret.

There is a small platform with a face on it.  Destroy this face with
a sidekick to reveal the orb.



~Asteroid 2 Secret.

There is a place where there are three faces on a platform arranged 
like this:  ,',  .  Shooting the one on the maximum right with a 
sidekick will reveal the orb. 



~Other tips.


In Arcade Mode, the faces take on a new meaning, destroy any one 
WITHOUT using a sidekick to get four power-up orbs.



On the Bonus level, do not touch your sidekicks.  The awards are 
FAR greater for shooting down the layouts with a standard weapon 
than for gunning the lot down with specials!



Sometimes, (it may be something to do with your difficult level 
selection), immediately after you complete the game in Full Game 
mode, you will be returned to the start as usual but the layout 
of your ship will have changed!  If you examine the upgrade ship 
display, you'll discover your ship has been changed to type "Super
Carrot", and your front and rear weapons have become "Banana 
Blasters".  The Super Carrot actually has a higher armor level 
than any other ship available in this mode!
  
Do not sell the Super Carrot.  If you sell the Banana Blasters, you
can get them back, but if you sell the Super Carrot, it's gone for 
good!
