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04-09-2008, 07:44 PM
A Quick Guide on obtaining the Dot Eater Achievement.
For those who are having trouble obtaining the Dot Eater achievement, I thought I'd throw in some tips to ease it abit. Just in case anyone needs it. ;)
First, select Chapter 1. From this menu, go to settings, adjust lives to 5 (better chances of course. :P) and changing the difficulty to easy. A notice will mention High Scores not being saved, proceed. (Settings do not matter in obtaining this achievement.)
Prelude:
You don't even have to move. Once your ship is active, just let all the enemies fly their path and you won't get hit if you're still. Do not panic when they get close. :D
Chapter 1:
Beginning
A bunch of different ships will appear. Easily dodge them. Eventually they'll stop at the top and start to fire their respective polarity. Switch to that color to absorb their color bullets.
Middle
You'll then dive down to the surface and a set of both Black & White will appear before a swarm will appear on the top portion of the screen. There are many ways to do this (including being in the middle of all of them) but an easy way is to just absorb the shots. The shots start Black.
Two big ships of each color emerge. Each ship will start shooting in clusters before shooting in a comma , formation. Absorbing is key here. You can also do what I did and stay one color and dodge the other.
Five ships will emerge (3 Black, 2 White), then a huge White ship will appear and shoot a beam at you. Adjust polarity to White and absorb.
Then two ships (One of each color) will appear and rotate around the screen borders. The trick here is to stay on one corner section of the screen. I perfer the top-left section. (Pretend there are 4 sections, or squares, of the screen, one in each corner) The ships rotate around, shooting sideways. Little ships will appear in the middle flying downward. Keep in your section, rotating around the ship and switching polarity after they cross each other.
Boss
The Boss has little Black Orbs on the top corner of the screen while he shoots White bullets at you. Stay White and dodge the Black. He will then use his shield and shoot Black and switch the Orbs to White.
He will then toss grenades of each color (in sets). Time your switches so you don't get frustrated when the next set explodes. He will also do a polarity switch with the Orbs to shoot both White and Black. He will then shoot homing missiles at you in White. The grenade process and missile process is repeated again. Do your best to dodge, absorb (as needed) and stay alive until the time runs out.
Quick Notes:
*As most of you will probably have the urge to dodge instead of absorb, remember that absorbing is a key feature you will eventually have to master. You can absorb one color and keep dodging the others, of course. :P
*When doing this achievement, if you have to pause, REMEMBER TO PRESS START, NOT A! If fire is A, you may accidently fire a shot if you choose to resume game with A instead of Start.
~Thanks to Korix for these extra notes!
*You can still die and get the achievement, but you cannot continue. (Continue note verified by Alexaundre)
*If you're having trouble doing it alone, play with a friend who is shooting. Let them clear the enemies, chaining the stage if he wants, and just sit in the bottom corner yourself. There'll be a lot less eating/dodging necessary. I (Korix) just did it with a friend; he didn't have the achievement, so I chained the level (only 79) and he blocked for me when the boss came. We finished with an A+ and he got the boo-doop.
Hopefully this rundown will help you guys and gals abit. Enjoy! ^^
I know you can YouTube the videos, but text tips don't hurt either. :p
For those who are having trouble obtaining the Dot Eater achievement, I thought I'd throw in some tips to ease it abit. Just in case anyone needs it. ;)
First, select Chapter 1. From this menu, go to settings, adjust lives to 5 (better chances of course. :P) and changing the difficulty to easy. A notice will mention High Scores not being saved, proceed. (Settings do not matter in obtaining this achievement.)
Prelude:
You don't even have to move. Once your ship is active, just let all the enemies fly their path and you won't get hit if you're still. Do not panic when they get close. :D
Chapter 1:
Beginning
A bunch of different ships will appear. Easily dodge them. Eventually they'll stop at the top and start to fire their respective polarity. Switch to that color to absorb their color bullets.
Middle
You'll then dive down to the surface and a set of both Black & White will appear before a swarm will appear on the top portion of the screen. There are many ways to do this (including being in the middle of all of them) but an easy way is to just absorb the shots. The shots start Black.
Two big ships of each color emerge. Each ship will start shooting in clusters before shooting in a comma , formation. Absorbing is key here. You can also do what I did and stay one color and dodge the other.
Five ships will emerge (3 Black, 2 White), then a huge White ship will appear and shoot a beam at you. Adjust polarity to White and absorb.
Then two ships (One of each color) will appear and rotate around the screen borders. The trick here is to stay on one corner section of the screen. I perfer the top-left section. (Pretend there are 4 sections, or squares, of the screen, one in each corner) The ships rotate around, shooting sideways. Little ships will appear in the middle flying downward. Keep in your section, rotating around the ship and switching polarity after they cross each other.
Boss
The Boss has little Black Orbs on the top corner of the screen while he shoots White bullets at you. Stay White and dodge the Black. He will then use his shield and shoot Black and switch the Orbs to White.
He will then toss grenades of each color (in sets). Time your switches so you don't get frustrated when the next set explodes. He will also do a polarity switch with the Orbs to shoot both White and Black. He will then shoot homing missiles at you in White. The grenade process and missile process is repeated again. Do your best to dodge, absorb (as needed) and stay alive until the time runs out.
Quick Notes:
*As most of you will probably have the urge to dodge instead of absorb, remember that absorbing is a key feature you will eventually have to master. You can absorb one color and keep dodging the others, of course. :P
*When doing this achievement, if you have to pause, REMEMBER TO PRESS START, NOT A! If fire is A, you may accidently fire a shot if you choose to resume game with A instead of Start.
~Thanks to Korix for these extra notes!
*You can still die and get the achievement, but you cannot continue. (Continue note verified by Alexaundre)
*If you're having trouble doing it alone, play with a friend who is shooting. Let them clear the enemies, chaining the stage if he wants, and just sit in the bottom corner yourself. There'll be a lot less eating/dodging necessary. I (Korix) just did it with a friend; he didn't have the achievement, so I chained the level (only 79) and he blocked for me when the boss came. We finished with an A+ and he got the boo-doop.
Hopefully this rundown will help you guys and gals abit. Enjoy! ^^
I know you can YouTube the videos, but text tips don't hurt either. :p