SEEK _____ AND ____<_(O)_>____ (==(/_______\)==) \==\/ \/==/ DESTROY SEEK AND DESTROY - STRATEGY GUIDE AND TOWN/WEAPONS LIST v0.9 [2003-02-01] Kirk Israel --INTRO-- Seek & Destroy is an amazing deal for its USA price point of $10, a great blend of mission based tank combat and clever minigames, with a hint of bizarre RPG thrown in to boot (a nation of sentient tanks?), plus lots of cool weapons and devices to bolt on to your tank. Only its lack of multitap support (and, I guess others would say online play) prevents it from scratching that tankgame itch I've had ever since BattleTanx on the N64. Wah, I want a good four player tank game on Gamecube or PS2... (WDL Thundertanks? I said "good") Word has it that this was a full price game in its original markets, but given the amazing release price of $10 for release here. The translation seems rushed in places, but not much that interferes with the game. However, the instructions were a little light, which is why I'm including a POINTERS section in what would otherwise be a simple town and weapons list. --POINTERS-- *Like the manual says, your initial choice of tank doesn't matter too much. *It's easy to miss how much useful stuff is in the "Select Button" menus: -during a battle, you can get a Mission Description...very useful to know what the heck is going on, complete with maps. -you can hit select to skip cutscenes, especially ones you've seen when you have to repeat missions. -you can set the camera under "Options". I find Type-2 much easier to use. (optionally, keep it on Type-1 and press L2 a lot) -there's a City Map when in towns - crucial for locating the Heliport, Shop/Garage, and Arena -Also in cities, there's a "Go Out" option to get out of towns more easily. -on the overland travel screen, you can get to a helpful map as well as a "Garage" option where you can change your tank's configuration. *Losing a battle is no big deal, you can always try it over again with no penalty...same for hitting Escape. *After the first battle you should go straight back to the first city Rivageders and powerup at the Shop. *It took me a while to realize that you can talk to people in the towns by pressing Circle. Most of them don't have much interesting to say, but in at least one point of the game you need to talk to the General to advance. *You can raise the gunbarrel with the right stick. (Something you can't do with the shoulder buttons.) *When you buy a new weapon or part, be sure to go to the garage and customize your tank to use it! *When you're browsing weapons and devices, either to buy or ones you have installed, you can pull up a description of the weapon. *You can get to a "Garage" from a number of places: the Shop, the Arenas, the Overland map, but you can only save at the single proper Garage in each town. *You can sell an add-on for the same price as you bought it, so feel free to experiment. (It might be a good idea to go over to the town's Battle Arena and try out before setting out on missions for real.) Also, prices are constant across cities. *You get about half the original cash when repeating Battle Arena matches you've already beaten. *There seems to be a mistranslation at one point...if it says you "can" bring a certain device into an Arena, it means you can't. So go to the Garage option and take off the offending part. *You'll probably want to sell most of the weapons you don't need... it's sometimes nice to have an arsenal to choose from when its time to equip, but you can always go back to a town and repurchase what you need, and money is sometimes in short supply. *The main factor in choosing a tank body is "Max" That's an indication of how much you can carry before the tank will get bogged down. Also, the "H"eavy, "T"urret, and "B"ody indicates you can mount weapons and devices of that type. *After you start using a new tank body you'll have to re-customize and put all your devices on it. *The Radar is not like most tank games...N/S/E/W are fixed, rather than the "up"="in front of you" rule that you might be more used to. It's more like a map centered around your tank than a regular radar. *The final battle is in the northenmost city on the eastmost continent, so you might want to make sure you finish any other missions and arena games before then. *Your choice of weapons and tools is up to you, though I found a Long Shot and the 16-missile (both available in the first few cities) to be a terrific combination, especially when combined with long range radar and a good computer. *There's a surprising amount of historical information in the "Museum" section...someone really did their homework! *I managed to somehow miss the entire city of Tughl for my first time through. If you ever find a secret part, bring it to the pink truck in this area... *For completing the final battle and for beating all the arena games, you get special wing prizes *There's an oddball pink tank by the heliport in the first town, Rivageders. You give him codes, he gives you rewards. The only code I know how to get fairly is found by poking your nose into the volcano... --TOWNS & WEAPONS-- As I was playing through the game, I got annoyed by not knowing what weapons were in what town, so I decided to compile the information in a browsable form. I didn't duplicate all the weapon info...to a certain extent, you *can* go by price despite what the manual suggests. RIVAGEDERS Main Weapon Shell 100 Super Shell 1200 Torpedo 800 Sub Weapon A Grand Bomb 400 Machine Gun 210 Sub Weapon B Machinegun 225 Missile 900 Chain Saw 1100 Engine Engine 1 10 Engine 2 200 Travel Parts Cat 1 100 Cat 2 470 Turret Gear Slow Gear 50 Low Gear 100 Mid Gear 180 Computer CPU 1 80 CPU 2 200 Radar Sm Radar 200 TUGHL Main Weapon Torpedo 800 Crump 1500 AP Shell 1350 Retro Bomb 2100 Sub Weapon B Chaff 450 Smoke 510 Srch Light 850 Flare Bomb 470 OldSpeaker 280 Engine Engine 1 10 Travel Parts Cat 1 100 Cat 2 470 Cat 3 1300 H Cat 1 2100 Anti Noise 3600 Special Parts Hoverplane 510 Booster 2200 Propeller 5340 Jet 7800 Internal Devices Speed Shot 1230 Hi-Reload 3210 NVG 2260 Turret Gear Lt. Gear 230 High Gear 300 Top Gear 410 Quick Gear 540 Q Hyper 600 Computer CPU 1 80 CPU 2 200 CPU 3 750 Radar Sm Radar 200 Mid Radar 600 Big Radar 1130 Sea Radar 480 Sky Radar 660 Armor Armor-off 200 Lt. Armor 250 Hvy. Armor 200 Strg. Armor 420 BACHERIT Main Weapon Shell 100 SuperShell 1200 AP Shell 1350 Long Shot 8000 Flame Shot 1400 Positoron 12000 Sub Weapon A Protector 650 Side Saw 1100 Machinegun 210 Flame Gun 1750 Blaze Gun 3300 Goliath 2900 Sub Weapon B Srch Light 850 Flare Bomb 470 Machinegun 225 Gatling 1600 Speaker 300 Chain Saw 1100 Engine SP Engine 1300 P Charge 3200 MachEngine 3100 MachCharge 4000 Travel Parts H Cat 1 2100 H Cat 2 3000 H Cat 3 4400 Special Parts Booster 2200 Propeller 5340 Jet 7800 Internal Devices Speed Shot 1230 Hi-Reload 3210 NVG 2260 Turret Gear Slow Gear 50 Low Gear 100 Mid Gear 180 Lt. Gear 230 High Gear 300 Top Gear 410 Computer CPU 1 80 CPU 2 200 CPU 3 750 CPU 4 1130 Hyper CPU 2620 Radar Sm Radar 200 Mid Radar 600 Big Radar 1130 MultiRadar 1410 Armor Armor-off 200 Lt. Armor 250 Hvy. Armor 200 Strg. Armor 420 SP Armor 1200 SP Armor S 2770 NALDNICK Main Weapon Shell 100 AP Shell 1350 Drill shot 4600 Scatter 2300 Sharp Bomb 3400 Beam 2800 Sub Weapon A Grand Bomb 400 Air Shell 1900 Flame Gun 1750 Blaze Gun 3300 Goliath 2900 Blaster 4700 Sub Weapon B Gatling 1600 Missile 900 Launcher 1900 16-missile 2900 Roll Drum 3600 Stun Gun 4720 Engine Engine 1 10 Engine 2 200 Engine 3 900 SP Engine 1300 Q Charge 1630 Speeder 1460 Travel Parts Cat 2 470 Cat 3 1300 H Cat 1 2100 H Cat 2 3000 Snow Cat 3100 Hook Cat 6950 Internal Devices Speed Shot 1230 Hi-Reload 3210 NVG 2260 Turret Gear Mid Gear 180 Lt. Gear 230 High Gear 300 Top Gear 410 Quick Gear 540 Q Hyper 600 Radar Mid Radar 600 Big Radar 1130 ZAMBNEAL Main Weapon Torpedo 800 Crump 1500 Retro Bomb 2100 Sharp Bomb 3400 Burst Bomb 7500 Sub Weapon A Air Shell 1900 Drum Bomb 700 Machinegun 210 Flame Gun 1750 Blaze Gun 3300 Sub Weapon B Chaff 450 Smoke 510 Roll Drum 3600 Stun Gun 4720 Engine Engine 1 10 Engine 3 900 Q Charge 1630 P Charge 3200 Speeder 1460 MachEngine 3100 Travel Parts H Cat 1 2100 H Cat 2 3000 H Cat 3 4400 Super Cat 5800 Anti Noise 3600 Spiky Cat 9500 Special Parts Float 1470 Boat 2530 WaterScrew 2720 Sea Motor 4580 Turret Gear Slow Gear 50 Mid Gear 180 High Gear 300 Quick Gear 540 Computer CPU 3 750 CPU 4 1130 Hyper CPU 2620 Radar Big Radar 1130 Sea Radar 480 Sky Radar 660 MultiRadar 1410 Multi High 1960 NIBELIA Main Weapon SuperShell 1200 Burst Bomb 7500 Satellite 9600 Sub Weapon B Speaker 300 OldSpeaker 280 Engine Engine 1 10 Engine 2 200 Engine 3 900 SP Engine 1300 Travel Parts Cat 1 100 Cat 2 470 Cat 3 1300 H Cat 1 2100 H Cat 2 3000 H Cat 3 4400 Special Parts Propeller 5340 Jet 7800 Float 1470 Boat 2530 WaterScrew 2720 Sea Motor 4580 Internal Devices Speed Shot 1230 Hi-Reload 3210 NVG 2260 Turret Gear Slow Gear 50 Q Hyper 600 Radar Mid Radar 600 Big Radar 1130 Sea Radar 480 Sky Radar 660 MultiRadar 1410 Multi High 1960 Armor Lt. Armor 250 Strg. Armor 420 SP Armor 1200 Heavy Wt. 350 GLOONSTAT Main Weapon SuperShell 1200 Crump 1500 Drill shot 4600 Scatter 2300 Hi-Laser 5200 Graviton 6660 Sub Weapon A Air Shell 1900 Blaze Gun 3300 Goliath 2900 Blaster 4700 Sub Weapon B Gatling 1600 Launcher 1900 16-missile 2900 Roll Drum 3600 Stun Gun 4720 Engine SP Engine 1300 P Charge 3200 MachEngine 3100 Travel Parts H Cat 1 2100 H Cat 2 3000 H Cat 3 4400 Super Cat 5800 Armor Cat 7400 Special Parts Jet 7800 Boat 2530 Sea Motor 4580 Internal Devices Speed Shot 1230 Hi-Reload 3210 NVG 2260 Turret Gear Low Gear 100 Mid Gear 180 Lt. Gear 230 High Gear 300 Top Gear 410 Quick Gear 540 Computer CPU 4 1130 Hyper CPU 2620 Ultra CPU 5980 Radar MultiRadar 1410 Multi High 1960 Armor Hvy. Armor 200 Strg. Armor 420 SP Armor 1200 SP Armor S 2770 MAGSCOPIC Main Weapon Long Shot 8000 Beam 2800 Hi-Laser 5200 Satellite 9600 Graviton 6660 Positoron 12000 Engine P Charge 3200 MachEngine 3100 MachCharge 4000 Travel Parts Anti Noise 3600 Spiky Cat 9500 Hook Cat 6950 Armor Cat 7400 Internal Devices Speed Shot 1230 Hi-Reload 3210 NVG 2260 Turret Gear Slow Gear 50 Low Gear 100 Quick Gear 540 Q Hyper 600 Computer Ultra CPU 5980 Radar MultiRadar 1410 Multi High 1960 Armor Armor-off 200 Lt. Armor 250 SP Armor 1200 SP Armor S 2770 Heavy Wt. 350 --THANKS-- Thanks to Chad Racine, his 1996 ASCII art inspired the tank at the top. --COPYRIGHT-- Copyright 2003 By Kirk Israel . Not to be posted, published, or modified without explicit permission.