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#1 - Escaping Astronaut.

In Cyclades. Right in the beginning there's the downed spacecraft with a pilot next to it. Fly close to ground to pick up the pilot.

#2 - Jumping Flower.

In Dunarys, second section, after the part where there are two columns of moving platforms, one going up, one going down. Go past the six-legged...things where the sand's coming down from the ceiling, don't go down the hole and the item is waiting in a nook in the wall behind a force field. You need to blast it away with a special weapon or sacrifice a shield in order to get it.
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#4 - Real Pink Elephant

Most obvious one, on the ice level (forget the name) appears at the bottom under a little roof. Bomb the roof off with tail and collect.

#6 - Backwards Spanish lyrics (?)

Equip light and play the last stage; the secret replaces the three rotating fireballs that spit out rocks, you can't miss it.

Anyone know what the deal is with the extended map that appears at the end is? What's the thing it says at the end about killing the dark seeds all about? I suspect some secret levels, perhaps unlocked by getting the six secrets.
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Ravid wrote:What's the thing it says at the end about killing the dark seeds all about?
Enter the 'black gate' stage (the one at the lower right corner of the route map) with light equipped. At the bottom of the level you'll destroy the last seed (one of those red balls you found in earlier levels), get a new weapon and see the hero ending when you finish the game.
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Special Item #3: Galactic Inferno - Once the core has been defeated, instead of grabbing the gold orb wait around 30 or so seconds - a floor panel will drop revealing a hidden passage to Secret Item #3. (Special thanks to Youtube)

Special Item #5: Black Gate - After the second horizontal pass, the first hole in the wall you see will contain secret item #5. The lower half of the hole in the wall is fake where you must fly your ship through to obtain the secret item. (Special Thanks to Geona)
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Found them all, thanks.

The reward for finding them all: you start the game with all weapons. Every time you beat a level you get an extra save option.

I was hoping for a new mode :(
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<Ghegs> Actually, I'm not sure if there's an ending to get from getting all the secrets in a single game...
There could be something to this. Maybe just some point bonus, but hey.
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lgb wrote:
<Ghegs> Actually, I'm not sure if there's an ending to get from getting all the secrets in a single game...
There could be something to this. Maybe just some point bonus, but hey.
Judging from the videos others have posted there's no special ending for that or even doing it without saving. Whether you beat all the stages or not determines which of the two endings you get.
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Could some1 do me a favor and paste their key_config.ini here ?
Im missing the right line for the "reversed spanish lyrics" secret .

[secrets]
escapingastronaut=collected
jumpingflower=collected
shininggiantegg=collected
chestofgrialia=collected
realpinkelefant=collected
reversedspanishlyrics=collected --- doesnt work

thanks in advance
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Trying to cheat aren't we?

[secrets]
realpinkelefant=collected
escapingastronaut=collected
jumpingflower=collected
reservesong=collected
shininggiantegg=collected
chestofgrialia=collected
[achievement]
iamatruehero=yesyouare
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Ruldra wrote:Trying to cheat aren't we?
Who, me ? never.... i just.. had..to format my pc! don't want to do it all over again... :o

On a serious note, i tried, i really did. But the path to skyzilla(?) and it's boss are just too hard, so i wanna see if i can make it with the best equipment at least. (i doubt it tho)
I really like this game, but i just reached my breaking point :)
(same with R-TYPE and the likes back in the day.. without savestates ? no way.)

thanks

edit: well the vulcan is unbelievable, i made it to NoMercy in no time... lost all my 9 lives there tho :d
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