The complete guide on mastering
Alien Breed 3D II

This guide is all you'll ever need to conquer Alien Breed 3D II -The Killing Grounds! Read it and become a master on blasting aliens, you too :) Lots'a stuff in here are also accurate when playing the first game, Alien Breed 3D, the brilliant precursor to this exellent game!

Tactics:

Move alot! The enemies will not be able to hit you if you run around the stage like a lunatic :) Hold down the shiftkey (=run) as much as possible. It is important tha you master the "strafe" technique! Preferably use the "real" strafekeys, ie "." and "/". You could also use the "force-strafe" technique ("right Amiga"), but then you will have to keep up the fingerwork! Anyway, the important this is for you to take the corners, without loosing the view forward, to always be prepared if an enemy should turn up and ruin you day. It is possible if you use the "strafe" keys in the right way: eg, to take a 90° corner to the left in a small corridor. When turning press "left arrow" and "/" at the same time, and you will slide around the corner like never before! And the front-view was clear all the time! Remebmer: practice makes perfect; don't give up!
Configure the control so that it fits you perfectly! I for example don't like jumping with "0", so I use "/" instead, since I think you get much better control in the air that way! Furthermore I use "Del" and "Help" to look up or down! It is very personally how one likes the controls. Experiment! The reward is perfect control over the game, and maximum playability!
If the ammo or energy should run out: play a couple of stages behind you again, or start from scratch again! Du will notice that you have gained experince, and you will have fun when with ease playing stages you before thought of as impossible; the result is more ammo and health!
You have to learn every stage by heart, where the enemies are hiding and how many they are. One tip is to start every new stage with running and fooling around as far as possible (ie until you die) the first times, to get a picture of the stage before taking on the task of completing it. Mae sure you know were the "big and bad" enemies are, so that you don't get surpriced and loose control over the situation.
Use the map! Let the map be your eyes when you cannot see whats infront of you. The map can also reveal secret rooms (ie walls that can be opened)! If you can't find a way of opening such a room, it's probably not a bonusroom, but a room filled with horrible enemies that will open when you least expect it!!! (never forget such a room!)
If you thinkteh game is to hard on you, you can play the 2meg version! Ok, it might not be quite as good looking as the 4meg, but it's easier; First of all the cool lightning effects dissapear and the floors turn into one colour and everything gets lighter. All this makes it easier to see what's in front of you! The best thing though, is that the gray and teh green robots gets exchanged with only one type of robot; the blue (and easy) robots are all that is left! This will make the game alot easier! The red robots with the assualt rifles are still there though :( If you still can't complete a stage, then download AB3DII-Ed from Aminet. With this you can edit your saved games, and for example give yourself 10000(!) in health.
Secure the areas you have been to. You have to make sure 100% that there are no enemies left behind! There is nothing worse than a red rodent from behind when trying to fight a priest! Avoid fighting against many enemies at once in a big open space. The best thing is to fight one enemy in a small area where you are in full charge over the situation!
The enemies can't shoot you though walls! It may sound obvious, but it gives us the best technique when slaughering aliens; araound corners! Use your strafe-knowledges and take a peek around teh corner, shoot and then back again! Make sure you are using the correct weapon, and be prepared to back if the alien should come to close! Use the same technique with doors that are automaticly closed! Often when you get hit by an enemy bullet, you are turned around a random number of degrees. It is important to quickly beeing able to straighten up and continue fighting in such a situation.!
The degree of difficulty seems infinite at the beginning, and is increasing (hmmm... bigger than infinity :) until stage 8, to lower quite a bit, and then increase again until stage 15, where it is really difficult. When playing stage 15 you think that stage 3, wich is very hard the first time, is a piece of meat!
When opening a door *or in any other way entering an unknown territory) you should back out of it right away. Many aliens seem to hear you and are standing there waiting for you! Back out quickly and be ready to squeeze the trigger! If you come out of a teleporter you can, when entering it, turn so that you come out of it in the best possible angle!
The jetpack can take you to places never seen before. Experiment and use the map to eg find bonus rooms ! When flying you may look up or down to get a better view.
For maximum effect play the game a dark autumn-night with the wind blowing outside your window, in a completely black room. Turn down the brightness on your 28 inch tv and turn up the volume. Enjoy!!! You will loose the grip on the keyboard every time you bump in to an enemy! Oooky Spoooky...

Weapons, hehe:

Shotgun:

A very good weapon. Make sure you always have ammo for the shotgun, since it's needed everywhere in the game. Use the fact that the bullets hit their targets immediatly, and that the weapon aims automatically. Good "acute-weapon", ie have it ready when you don't know what's in front of you.

Plasma/Tripple Plasma:

Quite slow, but very powerful! Most efficiant in close up situations; it mashes your opponent fast! Use the tripple plasma in emergencies, when hords of enemies are attacking. This too is a weapon you should always have ammunition for.

Grenades:

Together with the rocket launcher this is the most powerful weapon. Try to gather many aliens at one place then launch a grenade towards them for maximum destruction :D Beware of the explosion; it will hurt you. If you look up or down you can controll the grenades flight in a better way. Eg look up and the grenade will fly further away.

Assault rifle:

Like the shotgun, only much faster. The best place to use the assault rifle is in small and narrow corridors where enemies rush towards yo.

Blaster:

Weak and slow weapon. Fits best when you can hit the baddies and they cannot hit you. Since you often have a lot of ammo for this gun it is recommended to use it when you need to save your other ammo, or as a long distance weapon when it's hard to get a clean hit!

Rocket launcher:

Powerful and fast! Goes in a straight line until it hits a wall or an enemy. Use it one the big and bad enemies. Be careful so that you not launch a round straight into the wall in front of you in a stessy situation :o

Laser/Mega Laser:

quickly

Mines:

A powerful explosive with a delay. Best tactics: Run in front of a door with hords of enemies behind that is automatically opened when you pass, and put a mine there. Hopefully you will kill every single baddie when they run out the door chasing you! Beware of the explosion!

Enemies:

Arnie the alien:

Cute little rodent... or? Arnies favourite occupation is to gnaw and to howl! Give him a mine to gnaw and he will stop howling... hehe. Seriusly, Arnie howls when he sees you. If you can hear him, but not see him, turn around quickly! Shoot him at long distances with the shotgun (one shot) or with the assault rifle (two shots)! Don't let him come near you. Sometimes he is impossible to hit when he is gnawing your leg...

Triclaws:

has

Blue robot:

There is not much to say about the blue aliens. Use as weak weapon as possible (eg the blaster), to save up ammunition. Two shots from the shotun is enough to kill the sucker. Use the strafe-technique to avoid his shots.

Gray robot:

fast

Green robot:

not as dangerous as the gray, but quick! They shoot plasma-shots, and many at a time! Use eg the shotgun at a far distance, and avoid their shots by strafing sideways, or by using a corner.

Red robot with headlights:

RUN

Blue Insect:

Like the blue aliens, only faster and they shoot more! At a very close distance they can be really annoying, so make sure you shoot them before the reach you! If you blow them full of lead they may some times have difficulties shoting back at you!

Yellow insect:

Woops, you will wet you pants the first time you get blown away by one of these. They shoot very quick, and their shots take a great deal of your energy, as well as they spin you around 5Ľ turns :) Therefore you will have to shoot them before they can manage to throw a couple of rounds at you. Best put to death using a well aimed bazookashot!

Red insect:

Shoot plasmavballs, and lots of em' if he sees you! Can only be found on two stages - D & O (I suppose thats a goot thong!).

"Floating ball of jelly with arms":

This one shoots plasmaballs at you, and you shound do the same thing against it. They will quickly float towards you, so be prepared for a closeup fight with lot of strafing. Watch out when you can't see the one you where just chasing... he might be just above you!

Killer Bees:

Can take a great deal of damage! And they are quick too. Try to throw grenades towards them (look a bit up) and get a rythm. Plasma does also work. If you get the right rythm, the bee cannot shoot back. If not it will shot cascades of plasmaball towards you that may be hard to avoid (although strafing works mostly).

Inca-priest:

Dangerous fellows... They can shoot directly at you with no visible bullet; and the shot takes a temendous amont on your life! Best way to avoid the shots is to stand in a narrow corridor, with the priest outside in an open area. He may then have difficutlies aiming at you; he will hit the wall instead. If he sees you he will shoot directly! Take him out with the rocket launcher, or with grenades if possible. Best though, is to avoid him completely and take another way ( although this is not possible most od the times :~( ).

Spiders:

you

The boss:

Not Springsteen, but the grean mean bastard in the end of the game :) He will throw hords of bazookashots at you in he sees you! Read more about him on the last stage.

The stages:

Level A:

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Level B:

Now the degree of difficulty increases strikingly! I have heard of many not making it beyond this stage. You must first take cover somewhere. Run to the left at once, after killing the first robots. You should come to a room in which you will find a robot and a rodent. Kill them (what else :) and wait for the enemies/carefully go back to clean out the corridor. The next problem is the red robot. He cannot go very far, so if you are a bit lucky you can quickly strafe infront of him and then back out again to the "entrance" where he cannot see you. If you stand infront of him he will splatter you, so don't do so! You might want to use the map to orientate on this stage. Remember that aliens like attacking from behind on stages designed like this one; be on you guard!

Level C:

RUN

Level D:

not

Level E:

Good, You made it here! Now things get harder. First of all, don't wait for the red robots. Instead quickly jump over the ravine. Get rid of all the trash and grab the first key. Now go stand next to the door that is furthest away from the starting point, with the yellow insects behind. Open the door and step aside. Be ready with the bazooka; fire if you should see an enemy. You don't have any time to think, so don't stand still too long, or you'll be barbeque! Don't waste your ammo, especially not on one of the triclaws, which are also in the room. Repeat the "sidestepping" procedure until all the three insects are dead. You'll now get the next key. In the next room you will find a door that is automatically opened when you pass infront of it. Behind are loads of enemies that pour out of it (I bet you'll find it :). you should run infront of this door and place a mine outside. With any luck you'll kill all of the enemies in one big blam! After this shoot the yellow insects with the bazooka, and locate the switch. Just beside this is a secret room filled with goddies! Pull the switch and seek cover in the secret room. From here you can fairly simple kill the two priests with grenades!

Level F:

After the first teleporter run to the "room". Stay here and try to kill the enemies; they will come to you! When finished go to the next teleporter, but continue straight on, and then up the wall using the jetpack, and you'll find a nice place... In the labyrinth you should use the assault rifle. Learn to orientate and use the map. There are two red ones that may cause trouble, and an extra one in one of the rooms!

Level G:

red

Level H:

running

Level I:

them

you

Level J:

Take out the red robots with a grenade or the bazooka, otherwise you may get in trouble. When you take the green key, a door very close by opens and a red one gets out. Put a mine in front of the door before you quickly take the key! In the "elevatorroom", kill the insect with a basookashot, aim carefully. In the same place there is a "jelly", that seems to be stuck behind an elevator. Either you will have to wait him out, which may take a while, or just ignore him! With a little luck he won't see you! In the second part of the stage the plasma gun is prefered. Don't forget the hidden room with the medipac. Not to forget too is the water, that's a sight you won't see everyday!

Level K:

too

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Level L:

This is a battlearena! Start with collecting the ammunition and medipacs (ofcourse), and then go and try to shoots as many slimy aliens as possible from your legde. Beware of bullets from far far away. When you think you've mashed enough enemies, jump down and run around shooting everything that's moving. Now go for the tough bit :) Place yourself on one of the platforms that are right next to the big one in the middle. You should now be halfway up compared to the one in the middle. Up there are two red robots and one spider(!). They can hardly ever see you where you stand right now! Quickly jump up into the slime. If you think you see an enemy right in front of you, fire a bazooka and something towards it! With any luck you'll hit the sucker. Time for a quick retreat! Stay down until the shots fired at you have all passed, and then repeat the procedure again until all three are dead. Never stay in the slime! You'll get badly hurt either by the enemies, or by the slime! The exit is in a tunnel in the middle of the slime. It will not open until all enemies are dead.

Level M:

You can avoid large part of this stage by doing it in this way: Star with going into the slime, straigh ahead to the right (yes, I know, it stinks! =:). Here are two important things; a teleporter and a key. the key might be hard to find; when walking around, look up for a tunnel into the wall above you. When you've got the green key, teleport back and go into one of the tunnels right after the slime. You'll get a yellow key. Now head back to the start position and go straigh ahead to the left. Here are two doors with yellow insects behind, that opens by pressure sensitive buttons in the floor. If you sneek right next to the left wall all the time you can avoid opening these doors! Take the red key, and walk back to the room before the slime. Here is the "exclamation mark" key to the right. Now you can open the door that is straigh to the right from the start position. Beware of the priest! Never bother going to the left from the start, there are only trouble in there. By The Way: Charge up the jetpack before you exit the level; you'll need it soon!

Level N:

Pretty tough stage, but there is a way of cheeting: if you have a fully charged jetpack you can avoid big parts of the stage! In the "silo" you shall fly up to the to ledges. Ohterwise you would have had to activate the elevator in the silo, and that requires more rooms to visit. With a little training I don't think this stage should cause any trouble. You should do the stage this way (in order to "cheat"): Start with cleaning out the enemies that are rushing from the tunnel infront of you. The go down into the silo. Kill the baddies and teleport up again. Now fly to the higher ledge of the two in the silo. Take everything. Go down into the silo again and take everything here aswell. Now fly up to the lower of the ledges, and once again grab all that you see. Now go straight ahead from the start, detroy the communication-centre, and wander on the next level!

Level O:

"Two Spiders"
No tactics here, just run and waste all of your power-weapons. You will loose alot of energy here, and most often die. Thats why you should take this one first!
"Two killer bees"
The bees are a bit tricky. Run around alot like a lonantic until they are both down at your level, otherwise they will hurt you alot. Try to cocentrate on one at a time, and paralyse him. With one dead there should not be to much fuzz about destroying the other one.
"Two killer insects"
In this room you'll bump in to two red insects, like the one at stage four. This means that they are really quick and they shoot alot. Run to the left or right and in to a teleporter. You'll appear at the teleporter on the other side. Stay and wait until you see an insect, fire a couple bullets and then quick into the teleporter again, otherwise you'll get hurt. Repeat this until the two are blown away. Go down into the slime and destroy the communication-centre to get out of the unplesant place!
"Lotsa rodents"
This is the easy one of the four. To get to the ending you will have to choose the right teleporter, otherwise you'll teleport to the beginning again :( This is the right way:
- "Forward - Left - Right"
- "Forward - Left - Left"
- "Forward"
- "Forward - Left"
- "Forward - Right"
- "Forward - Left"

You should do the stage in this order. After every part you'll recieve a key in the middle of the stage! After four keys you are ready for the final stage!

Level P:

backwards

CONRATULATIONS

Final words:

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The complete guide on mastering Alien Breed 3D II

Tactics:

Weapons, hehe:

Shotgun:

Plasma/Tripple Plasma:

Grenades:

Assault rifle:

Blaster:

Rocket launcher:

Laser/Mega Laser:

Mines:

Enemies:

Arnie the alien:

Triclaws:

Blue robot:

Gray robot:

Green robot:

Red robot with headlights:

Blue Insect:

Yellow insect:

Red insect:

"Floating ball of jelly with arms":

Killer Bees:

Inca-priest:

Spiders:

The boss:

The stages:

Level A:

Level B:

Level C:

Level D:

Level E:

Level F:

Level G:

Level H:

Level I:

Level J:

Level K:

Level L:

Level M:

Level N:

Level O:

Level P:

Final words:

The complete guide on mastering
Alien Breed 3D II