PURPOSE OF ADVENTURE MODE:
Find the 'Dark Planet' and destroy it.
MAP:
SELECT button to open map, move cursor and hit A button to jump. E=Enemy, *=Planet, B=Base, #=Asteroids. In Adventure mode, you can fire photon torpedoes by B button for long range attack. It can destroy an enemy unit with 4 to 8 hits, but number is limited.
COMBAT:
D-pad to turn, A to thrust, B to fire beam. Primary use horizontal turns and thurusting, and use vertical turns just for aiming purpose. There are 3 types of enemy units: Cyan: weak, Gray: medium, Purple: strong.
IMPORTANT: You can have only two beams on screen at once. If you fire third beam when you have two beams on screen, 1st beam disappears to have 3rd one on screen. Thus, you can not hit far enemy. DO NOT TAP B BUTTON TOO RAPIDLY!
FINDING BASE/PLANET:
1st, turn obliquely to find a blip. 2nd, turn horizontally so that bilp moves to just above of center of the radar. 3rd, thurust with A button and make blip close to the center of the radar. 4th, turn upward or downward so that blip moves upward. If blip moves very little when you turn vertially, stop turning. 5th, thurust with A button and you should see base/planet. In Adventure mode, you can get power ups at bases. Visit all bases so that you can get all types of power ups.
GETTING A 'KEY' (Adventure mode only):
When you destroy an enemy unit (without using photons), you get a right to get a 'key'. Then visit a planet and you can get a 'key'. Each of 7 planets have a unique key, you must correct all keys. If one of those planet is destroyed before you get the key from it, you are no longer able to complete adventure mode. But a planet is destroyed after you get the key from it, it is no problem.
FINDING THE DARK PLANET (Adventure mode only):
You can not get a key from cyan planet. But this planet is the 'door' to the dark planet. Once after you collect all 7 keys, visit the cyan planet. Players often call this planet 'Earth'. And open map, you see a flashing blip. Move cursor carefully so that it points exactly on the blip, an error of 1 pixel is not allowed. And jump, you finally enter the area around the 'dark planet'!
Dark planet appears in the area after you destroyed some enemies. But because dark planet does not move, you must find it by using same method to find base/planet.
TIP: A important thing to complete the adventure mode is to find good map. Maps are randomly generated, and sadly, it is very difficult to complete the game in most of maps. Restart the game again and again to find a good map. But even with a good map, it is still difficult to complete the game. But it is a great fun to challenge it if you understand the game completely!