Now, I mentioned the unlocking system in the review but let's get a little specific with this. There's 136 Medals in the game, and each game has 8 Medals available, with at least 2 Green (Easy) and Yellow (Normal) Medals, and at least 1 Blue (Hard) and Red (Insane) Medal. There's also 8 extra Master Medals available which you earn for completing various tasks across several games, such as earning two Green Medals in every game, and that gives you 136 in total- 33 Green Medals, 47 Yellow Medals, 26 Blue Medals and 30 Red Medals. That's quite a lot of unlockable content, which is divided into art, moves lists, music, videos and World Heroes, and while most of it is for Metal Slug artwork, it's still nice to see that Terminal Reality put effort into it. You, too, will be putting effort in, because holy balls some of these are difficult to get.

So, what are these tasks you have to complete? Look below...

And remember, you can sort the table by clicking the heading.

#	Game to Play	Medal	Condition	Unlocks...	Type	For...
1	Art of Fighting	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Hoahmaru Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
1	Art of Fighting	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Ralf Jones Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
2	Art of Fighting	Green	Rip King's top off	Joe Higashi Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
2	Art of Fighting	Green	Rip King's top off	Last Resort Art #1	Art	Last Resort
3	Art of Fighting	Green	Beat the three Bonus Games	How to Unlock Mr. Big	Video	Art of Fighting
3	Art of Fighting	Green	Beat the three Bonus Games	How to Unlock Mr. Karate	Video	Art of Fighting
4	Art of Fighting	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Art of Fighting Music	Music	Art of Fighting
5	Art of Fighting	Yellow	Beat the high score	Samurai Shodown Art #1	Art	Samurai Shodown
6	Art of Fighting	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Art of Fighting Art #1	Art	Art of Fighting
7	Art of Fighting	Blue	Perform the Ryuko Ranbu	Sengoku Art #1	Art	Sengoku
8	Art of Fighting	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Art of Fighting Art #2	Art	Art of Fighting
9	Baseball Stars 2	Green	Get 5 points	Brain Battler Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
9	Baseball Stars 2	Green	Get 5 points	Mai Shiranui Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
10	Baseball Stars 2	Green	Rush the mound	Astro Guy Move List	Move List	King of the Monsters
10	Baseball Stars 2	Green	Rush the mound	Beetle Mania Move List	Move List	King of the Monsters
10	Baseball Stars 2	Green	Rush the mound	Woo Move List	Move List	King of the Monsters
11	Baseball Stars 2	Yellow	Get 10 points	Baseball Stars 2 Music	Music	Baseball Stars 2
12	Baseball Stars 2	Yellow	Win a single game	Baseball Stars 2 Art #1	Art	Baseball Stars 2
13	Baseball Stars 2	Yellow	Don't let the CPU reach any base	Sengoku Art #3	Art	Sengoku
14	Baseball Stars 2	Yellow	Make a double play	Samurai Shodown Art #2	Art	Samurai Shodown
15	Baseball Stars 2	Blue	Get 15 points	Samurai Shodown Art #4	Art	Samurai Shodown
16	Baseball Stars 2	Red	Get 20 points	Metal Slug Art #6	Art	Metal Slug
16	Baseball Stars 2	Red	Get 20 points	Baseball Stars 2 Art #3	Art	Baseball Stars 2
16	Baseball Stars 2	Red	Get 20 points	Baseball Stars 2 Art #4	Art	Baseball Stars 2
17	Burning Fight	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Hanzo Hattori Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
17	Burning Fight	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Clark Still Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
18	Burning Fight	Green	Break all bonus room objects in Stage 1	Robert Garcia Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
18	Burning Fight	Green	Break all bonus room objects in Stage 1	Jack Turner Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
19	Burning Fight	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Burning Fight Music	Music	Burning Fight
20	Burning Fight	Yellow	Beat the high score	Samurai Shodown Art #3	Art	Samurai Shodown
21	Burning Fight	Yellow	Finish Stage 1 in under 3 minutes	Fatal Fury Art #1	Art	Fatal Fury
22	Burning Fight	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	King of the Monsters Art #1	Art	King of the Monsters
23	Burning Fight	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Burning Fight Art #1	Art	Burning Fight
24	Burning Fight	Red	Beat the game in under 30 lives	Metal Slug Art #8	Art	Metal Slug
24	Burning Fight	Red	Beat the game in under 30 lives	Burning Fight Art #3	Art	Burning Fight
24	Burning Fight	Red	Beat the game in under 30 lives	Burning Fight Art #4	Art	Burning Fight
25	Fatal Fury	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Choi Bunge Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
25	Fatal Fury	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Heidern Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
26	Fatal Fury	Green	Beat the arm-wrestling minigame	Chang Koehan Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
26	Fatal Fury	Green	Beat the arm-wrestling minigame	Kyoshiro Senryo Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
27	Fatal Fury	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Fatal Fury Music	Music	Fatal Fury
28	Fatal Fury	Yellow	Beat the high score	Fatal Fury Art #3	Art	Fatal Fury
29	Fatal Fury	Yellow	Beat 3 opponents without losing a round	Metal Slug Art #10	Art	Metal Slug
30	Fatal Fury	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Fatal Fury Art #2	Art	Fatal Fury
31	Fatal Fury	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Fatal Fury Art #4	Art	Fatal Fury
32	Fatal Fury	Red	Beat the game on Normal without continuing	Fatal Fury Art #5	Art	Fatal Fury
33	King of the Monsters	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Andy Bogard Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
33	King of the Monsters	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Galford Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
34	King of the Monsters	Green	Score 25,000 points	Terry Bogard Move List	Move List	Fatal Fury
34	King of the Monsters	Green	Score 25,000 points	Mr. Karate Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
35	King of the Monsters	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	King of the Monsters Music	Music	King of the Monsters
36	King of the Monsters	Yellow	Beat the high score	Burning Fight Art #6	Art	Burning Fight
37	King of the Monsters	Yellow	Get the Power Meter up to full	Burning Fight Art #2	Art	Burning Fight
38	King of the Monsters	Yellow	Get a Destraction score about 50%	Sengoku Art #12	Art	Sengoku
39	King of the Monsters	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	The King of Fighters '94 Art #2	Art	The King of Fighters '94
40	King of the Monsters	Red	Beat the game on Insane	King of the Monsters Art #5	Art	King of the Monsters
41	Last Resort	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Lee Pai Long Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
41	Last Resort	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Sie Kensou Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
42	Last Resort	Green	Beat the Tank on Stage 1	Charlotte Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
42	Last Resort	Green	Beat the Tank on Stage 1	Rocky Move List	Move List	King of the Monsters
43	Last Resort	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Last Resort Music	Music	Last Resort
44	Last Resort	Yellow	Fully upgrade your weapons	Metal Slug Art #16	Art	Metal Slug
44	Last Resort	Yellow	Fully upgrade your weapons	Metal Slug Art #18	Art	Metal Slug
45	Last Resort	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Sengoku Art #4	Art	Sengoku
46	Last Resort	Blue	Get 300 kills without dying	Samurai Shodown Art #5	Art	Samurai Shodown
47	Last Resort	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Last Resort Art #2	Art	Last Resort
48	Last Resort	Red	Get 37,000 points in 1 life, Stage 5 Easy	Metal Slug Art #7	Art	Metal Slug
48	Last Resort	Red	Get 37,000 points in 1 life, Stage 5 Easy	Metal Slug Art #14	Art	Metal Slug
48	Last Resort	Red	Get 37,000 points in 1 life, Stage 5 Easy	Metal Slug Art #15	Art	Metal Slug
49	Magician Lord	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Kyo Kusanagi Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
49	Magician Lord	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Kim Kaphwan Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
50	Magician Lord	Green	Get 5 treasure chests on Stage 2	Secret Areas #7	Video	Magician Lord
51	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Secret Areas #1	Video	Magician Lord
51	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Secret Areas #2	Video	Magician Lord
51	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Secret Areas #3	Video	Magician Lord
52	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat the high score	Magician Lord Music	Music	Magician Lord
53	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat Stage 1 without dying	Secret Areas #4	Video	Magician Lord
53	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat Stage 1 without dying	Secret Areas #5	Video	Magician Lord
53	Magician Lord	Yellow	Beat Stage 1 without dying	Secret Areas #6	Video	Magician Lord
54	Magician Lord	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Samurai Shodown Art #7	Art	Samurai Shodown
55	Magician Lord	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Magician Lord Art #3	Art	Magician Lord
56	Magician Lord	Red	See all 7 Magician Lord forms	Magician Lord Art #2	Art	Magician Lord
56	Magician Lord	Red	See all 7 Magician Lord forms	Magician Lord Art #4	Art	Magician Lord
56	Magician Lord	Red	See all 7 Magician Lord forms	Sengoku Art #2	Art	Sengoku
56	Magician Lord	Red	See all 7 Magician Lord forms	Metal Slug Art #2	Art	Metal Slug
57	Metal Slug	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Goro Daimon Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
57	Metal Slug	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Lucky Gaulber Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
58	Metal Slug	Green	Beat the high score	Metal Slug Art #26	Art	Metal Slug
59	Metal Slug	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Metal Slug Music	Music	Metal Slug
60	Metal Slug	Yellow	Beat Mission 1 without the handgun	Hidden POWs #1	Video	Metal Slug
60	Metal Slug	Yellow	Beat Mission 1 without the handgun	Hidden POWs #2	Video	Metal Slug
60	Metal Slug	Yellow	Beat Mission 1 without the handgun	Hidden POWs #3	Video	Metal Slug
61	Metal Slug	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Hidden POWs #4	Video	Metal Slug
61	Metal Slug	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Hidden POWs #5	Video	Metal Slug
61	Metal Slug	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Hidden POWs #6	Video	Metal Slug
62	Metal Slug	Blue	Use the knife 50 times in under 5 minutes	Hidden POWs #7	Video	Metal Slug
62	Metal Slug	Blue	Use the knife 50 times in under 5 minutes	Hidden POWs #8	Video	Metal Slug
62	Metal Slug	Blue	Use the knife 50 times in under 5 minutes	Hidden POWs #9	Video	Metal Slug
63	Metal Slug	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #20	Art	Metal Slug
63	Metal Slug	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #21	Art	Metal Slug
63	Metal Slug	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #22	Art	Metal Slug
64	Metal Slug	Red	Score 1,000,000 points	Metal Slug Art #23	Art	Metal Slug
64	Metal Slug	Red	Score 1,000,000 points	Metal Slug Art #24	Art	Metal Slug
64	Metal Slug	Red	Score 1,000,000 points	Metal Slug Art #25	Art	Metal Slug
65	Neo Turf Masters	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Gen-An Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
65	Neo Turf Masters	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Chin Gentsai Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
66	Neo Turf Masters	Green	Get Par	Joe Higashi Move List	Move List	Fatal Fury
66	Neo Turf Masters	Green	Get Par	Robert Garcia Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
67	Neo Turf Masters	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Neo Turf Masters Music	Music	Neo Turf Masters
68	Neo Turf Masters	Yellow	Beat the high score	Samurai Shodown Art #13	Art	Samurai Shodown
69	Neo Turf Masters	Yellow	Get a Birdie	Last Resort Art #3	Art	Last Resort
69	Neo Turf Masters	Yellow	Get a Birdie	Burning Fight Art #5	Art	Burning Fight
70	Neo Turf Masters	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Samurai Shodown Art #12	Art	Samurai Shodown
70	Neo Turf Masters	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Baseball Stars 2 Art #2	Art	Baseball Stars 2
71	Neo Turf Masters	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #27	Art	Metal Slug
71	Neo Turf Masters	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #28	Art	Metal Slug
71	Neo Turf Masters	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Sengoku Art #6	Art	Sengoku
72	Neo Turf Masters	Red	Get a Hole-in-One or an Eagle	The King of Fighters '94 Art #5	Art	The King of Fighters '94
73	Samurai Shodown	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Micky Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
73	Samurai Shodown	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Athena Asamiya Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
74	Samurai Shodown	Green	Disarm a computer opponent	King Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
74	Samurai Shodown	Green	Disarm a computer opponent	Takuma Sakazaki Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
75	Samurai Shodown	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Samurai Shodown Music	Music	Samurai Shodown
76	Samurai Shodown	Yellow	Get a Perfect	Metal Slug Art #1	Art	Metal Slug
77	Samurai Shodown	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Samurai Shodown Art #17	Art	Samurai Shodown
78	Samurai Shodown	Blue	Beat the game without continuing	Samurai Shodown Art #18	Art	Samurai Shodown
79	Samurai Shodown	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Samurai Shodown Art #10	Art	Samurai Shodown
80	Samurai Shodown	Red	Beat the game under 40 minutes	Samurai Shodown Art #16	Art	Samurai Shodown
81	Sengoku	Green	Beat the game on Easy	King Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
81	Sengoku	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Wan Fu Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
82	Sengoku	Green	Use the Dog Form's Yellow Orb attack	Geon Move List	Move List	King of the Monsters
82	Sengoku	Green	Use the Dog Form's Yellow Orb attack	Poison Ghost Move List	Move List	King of the Monsters
82	Sengoku	Green	Use the Dog Form's Yellow Orb attack	Andy Bogard Move List	Move List	Fatal Fury
83	Sengoku	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Sengoku Music	Music	Sengoku
84	Sengoku	Yellow	Beat the high score	Sengoku Art #8	Art	Sengoku
85	Sengoku	Yellow	Use all 4 forms in a single game	King of the Monsters Art #6	Art	King of the Monsters
86	Sengoku	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Sengoku Art #7	Art	Sengoku
87	Sengoku	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Sengoku Art #9	Art	Sengoku
88	Sengoku	Red	Beat Stage 1 on Easy without dying	Sengoku Art #10	Art	Sengoku
89	Shock Troopers	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Earthquake Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
89	Shock Troopers	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Nakoruru Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
90	Shock Troopers	Green	Beat a stage in Team Mode	Benimaru Nikaido Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
90	Shock Troopers	Green	Beat a stage in Team Mode	Ryo Sakazaki Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
91	Shock Troopers	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Shock Troopers Music	Music	Shock Troopers
92	Shock Troopers	Yellow	Beat the high score	Samurai Shodown Art #15	Art	Samurai Shodown
93	Shock Troopers	Yellow	Beat Jungle Stage 1 in under 200 seconds	Metal Slug Art #30	Art	Metal Slug
94	Shock Troopers	Blue	On Hard, get 1,000,000 points in 1 life	Samurai Shodown Art #14	Art	Samurai Shodown
95	Shock Troopers	Red	On Insane, get 1,500,000 points in 1 life	Metal Slug Art #5	Art	Metal Slug
95	Shock Troopers	Red	On Insane, get 1,500,000 points in 1 life	Sengoku Art #5	Art	Sengoku
95	Shock Troopers	Red	On Insane, get 1,500,000 points in 1 life	Magician Lord Art #1	Art	Magician Lord
96	Shock Troopers	Red	Get 10,000,000 points (continues are OK)	Metal Slug Art #29	Art	Metal Slug
96	Shock Troopers	Red	Get 10,000,000 points (continues are OK)	Metal Slug Art #31	Art	Metal Slug
96	Shock Troopers	Red	Get 10,000,000 points (continues are OK)	Sengoku Art #11	Art	Sengoku
97	Super Sidekicks 3	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Terry Bogard Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
97	Super Sidekicks 3	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Ukyo Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
98	Super Sidekicks 3	Green	Score 3 goals with the same player	Yuri Sakazaki Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
98	Super Sidekicks 3	Green	Score 3 goals with the same player	Ryo Sakazaki Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
99	Super Sidekicks 3	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	King of the Monsters Art #7	Art	King of the Monsters
100	Super Sidekicks 3	Yellow	Beat the Team Ranking high score	Metal Slug Art #35	Art	Metal Slug
101	Super Sidekicks 3	Yellow	Score a chance shot	Super Sidekicks 3 Music	Music	Super Sidekicks 3
102	Super Sidekicks 3	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Super Sidekicks 3 Art #1	Art	Super Sidekicks 3
102	Super Sidekicks 3	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Metal Slug Art #36	Art	Metal Slug
103	Super Sidekicks 3	Blue	Win a shut-out on Normal or harder	Super Sidekicks 3 Art #2	Art	Super Sidekicks 3
103	Super Sidekicks 3	Blue	Win a shut-out on Normal or harder	Metal Slug Art #37	Art	Metal Slug
104	Super Sidekicks 3	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #17	Art	Metal Slug
104	Super Sidekicks 3	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #33	Art	Metal Slug
104	Super Sidekicks 3	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #34	Art	Metal Slug
105	The King of Fighters '94	Green	Beat the game on Easy	John Crowley Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
105	The King of Fighters '94	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Yagyu Jubei Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
106	The King of Fighters '94	Green	Survive 10 seconds without a hit	Roddy Move List	Move List	Top Hunter
106	The King of Fighters '94	Green	Survive 10 seconds without a hit	Cathy Move List	Move List	Top Hunter
107	The King of Fighters '94	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	The King of Fighters '94 Music	Music	The King of Fighters '94
108	The King of Fighters '94	Yellow	Hit Rugal with King's SDM	Metal Slug Art #12	Art	Metal Slug
109	The King of Fighters '94	Yellow	Get 100,000 points	The King of Fighters '94 Art #1	Art	The King of Fighters '94
109	The King of Fighters '94	Yellow	Get 100,000 points	Metal Slug #13	Art	Metal Slug
110	The King of Fighters '94	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	King of the Monsters Art #4	Art	King of the Monsters
110	The King of Fighters '94	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Metal Slug Art #11	Art	Metal Slug
111	The King of Fighters '94	Blue	Get a place on the high score table	King of the Monsters Art #2	Art	King of the Monsters
111	The King of Fighters '94	Blue	Get a place on the high score table	King of the Monsters Art #3	Art	King of the Monsters
112	The King of Fighters '94	Red	Beat the game on Insane	The King of Fighters '94 Art #3	Art	The King of Fighters '94
113	Top Hunter	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Mr. Big Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
113	Top Hunter	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Tam Tam Move List	Move List	Samurai Shodown
114	Top Hunter	Green	Throw a Powered-up Plasma Buster	Todo Move List	Move List	Art of Fighting
114	Top Hunter	Green	Throw a Powered-up Plasma Buster	Heavy D! Move List	Move List	The King of Fighters '94
115	Top Hunter	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	Metal Slug Art #40	Art	Metal Slug
116	Top Hunter	Yellow	Beat the high score	Samurai Shodown Art #19	Art	Samurai Shodown
117	Top Hunter	Yellow	Beat a stage while powered-up	Top Hunter Music	Music	Top Hunter
118	Top Hunter	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Top Hunter Art #1	Art	Top Hunter
119	Top Hunter	Red	Beat the Forest Planet, Normal, no deaths	Metal Slug Art #38	Art	Metal Slug
119	Top Hunter	Red	Beat the Forest Planet, Normal, no deaths	Metal Slug Art #39	Art	Metal Slug
119	Top Hunter	Red	Beat the Forest Planet, Normal, no deaths	Metal Slug Art #41	Art	Metal Slug
120	Top Hunter	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Top Hunter Art #2	Art	Top Hunter
121	World Heroes	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Hanzo Move List	Move List	World Heroes
121	World Heroes	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Fuuma Move List	Move List	World Heroes
121	World Heroes	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Brocken Move List	Move List	World Heroes
121	World Heroes	Green	Beat the game on Easy	Muscle Power Move List	Move List	World Heroes
122	World Heroes	Green	Beat the Carve the Statue minigame	Dragon Move List	Move List	World Heroes
122	World Heroes	Green	Beat the Carve the Statue minigame	Janne Move List	Move List	World Heroes
122	World Heroes	Green	Beat the Carve the Statue minigame	Jenghis Carn Move List	Move List	World Heroes
122	World Heroes	Green	Beat the Carve the Statue minigame	Rasputin Move List	Move List	World Heroes
123	World Heroes	Yellow	Beat the game on Normal	World Heroes Music	Music	World Heroes
124	World Heroes	Yellow	Beat the high score	Sengoku Art #13	Art	Sengoku
125	World Heroes	Yellow	Beat the Break the Pots minigam	Metal Slug Art #32	Art	Metal Slug
126	World Heroes	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Samurai Shodown Art #20	Art	Samurai Shodown
126	World Heroes	Blue	Beat the game on Hard	Metal Slug Art #3	Art	Metal Slug
127	World Heroes	Blue	Score 1,000,000 points	Metal Slug Art #43	Art	Metal Slug
127	World Heroes	Blue	Score 1,000,000 points	Super Sidekicks 3 Art #3	Art	Super Sidekicks 3
127	World Heroes	Blue	Score 1,000,000 points	Samurai Shodown Art #6	Art	Samurai Shodown
128	World Heroes	Red	Beat the game on Insane	King of the Monsters Art #8	Art	King of the Monsters
128	World Heroes	Red	Beat the game on Insane	King of the Monsters Art #9	Art	King of the Monsters
128	World Heroes	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #4	Art	Metal Slug
128	World Heroes	Red	Beat the game on Insane	Metal Slug Art #42	Art	Metal Slug
129	Unlock World Heroes	Yellow	Earn 10 Medals	World Heroes	Game	World Heroes
130	Well Rounded	Blue	Earn 2 Green Medals in every game	The King of Fighters '94 Art #4	Art	The King of Fighters '94
131	Neo Geo Champ	Blue	Beat all games on Normal or harder	Samurai Shodown Art #9	Art	Samurai Shodown
132	Neo Geo Master	Blue	Earn a Yellow Medal in every game	Samurai Shodown Art #8	Art	Samurai Shodown
132	Neo Geo Master	Blue	Earn a Yellow Medal in every game	Samurai Shodown Art #11	Art	Samurai Shodown
133	Neo Fighter	Red	Beat FF, AOF and SS on Hard	Art of Fighting Art #3	Art	Art of Fighting
134	Neo Soldier	Red	Earn a Red Medal in LR, MS and ST	Fatal Fury Art #6	Art	Fatal Fury
135	Neo Olympian	Red	Earn 4 medals each in BS2, NTM and SS3	Fatal Fury Art #7	Art	Fatal Fury
136	Neo Geo Professional	Red	Earn 80 Medals	Metal Slug Art #9	Art	Metal Slug
136	Neo Geo Professional	Red	Earn 80 Medals	Metal Slug Art #19	Art	Metal Slug
136	Neo Geo Professional	Red	Earn 80 Medals	Fatal Fury Art #8	Art	Fatal Fury

So, you've got the full list, but let's assume, for a second, that you're not a master of SNK games. Hell, you only bought this collection for a legitimate home version of Shock Troopers, admit it. You're asking questions now. "Top Hunter? Sengoku? LAst Resort? What are these games, and why do I have to play them?" And then, it dawns upon you that some of these Medals are tricky to get- how are you going to do it all by yourself when you can't even get past the first stage of Burning Fight without feeling a sense of ennui?

Lemmie help you out here, chief. What follows is a huge list detailing how to get some of the Medals in this collection. Some of the advice here is pretty obvious, but I'll just be assuming the worst about your gaming prowess- Lord knows I'm pretty bad at most of these games. The focus is also on getting the Medals as quickly and painlessly as possible so yeah, some of these methods are a little sneaky, a little underhanded, a little, as the French say, Bartesque. Some of the unlockable art in this is really neat but do you really need to become a master of Burning Fight in order to do so? No, I say, never. So, let's get to it!

★ General Hints - Beware the High Score Medals - Some of the games on this collection let you keep your score after you die (but add a single point to the end of it) but most of the others wipe the slate clean when you continue. As such, beating the high score can be a little tough. Generally, though, the only way to do it is to man up and get better at the game- the second you have to continue, suck it up and say no. It's the only way you'll learn. As for the fighting games, the best way to get points is to get through each fight with as much health and time left as possible- you'll get huge points bonuses for doing so. This is the only way to get the Art of Fighting / The King of Fighters '94 score Medals, in particular. For more help, look at the game-specific tips below.

Here are the games that wipe your score upon continuing:
* Art of Fighting
* Burning Fight
* King of the Monsters
* Last Resort
* Magician Lord
* Samurai Shodown
* Sengoku
* The King of Fighters '94
* Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy

And here are the games that let you keep it, but add one point to your score:
* Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
* Metal Slug
* Shock Troopers
* World Heroes

★ General Hints - Using Checkpoints the Honourable Way - A few of the Insane challenges (Metal Slug and Burning Fight chief among them) might seem impossible at first- 10 lives and no continues for Metal Slug? It's hopeless, it's utterly, utterly hopeless... Or is it? Use the Checkpoints! These are made in every game when you don't continue after a game over except in Baseball Stars 2 (checkpoints made every inning), Neo Turf Masters (checkpoints made every hole) and Shock Troopers (no checkpoints available). Even if you lose all your lives, you can continue from the beginning of the stage where your game ended, so long as you let the game save your checkpoint- you don't have to do it in one credit, so you can relax a little. With enough practice, though, you might be able to pull these off in one credit- I did it with Burning Fight, and got really close on Metal Slug, so they're not impossible without the checkpoints, just much easier.

★ General Hints - Using Checkpoints the Evil Way - The Checkpoint system in this collection is based on the Neo Geo Memory Card system, where you could insert your memory card into a Neo Geo machine or your home console and pick up where your last game ended. Now, for that to work, it'd have to work no matter how the difficulty is set on any machine, right? So if the Fatal Fury machine at your local arcade was set to the hardest difficulty, you could play it at home on Easy, get a Game Over at Geese, then go to the arcade and start on Geese to impress your friends with how quickly he'd kick your ass. The concept is the same in this collection- make your way to the last stage of any game on Easy, intentionally get a game over and quit, then change the difficulty to whichever one is giving you trouble, and you'll have skipped most of the game! This is especially useful in the fighting games and Sengoku.

★ General Hints - Use the Electric Brain - All of the fighting games included here are from a time when the AI was probably doing its best but not the smartest things on the planet, and so they thend to be predictable and easy to manipulate into doing what you want most of the time. For example, in The King of Fighters '94, using certain moves (Sie Kensou's Dragon Fang [half-circle forward and punch] for instance) will result in the same punishment from the computer every time. Try throwing a fireball in the same game and they'll either dodge it (rarely), jump over it (a bit more often) or counter it with one of their own. You can exploit this to either trap them in a fireball competition to waste time, or bait them to come closer and attack them easily. Charge your energy while fighting Rugal and he'll start charging too, but he won't stop until his meter is full- punish him! Amakusa in Samurai Shodown can also be exploited too- in the first round, do some damage then get to the corner and keep slashing. All Amakusa will do is jump straight in the air! When Billy drops his stick in Fatal Fury, get up close and press Throw as soon as he lands after he gets his stick back- it'll work every time. Obviously, there are more quirks like these, and learning these little exploits is absolutely essential for beating the fighting games on higher difficulties if you're as bad at them as I am. I can't list all of them, so practice and learn what you can.

★ General Hints - Practice, Practice, Practice! - This is the big one. You've got to remember that this is an SNK collection, and SNK games have a reputation for being difficult for a reason. You can't waltz in to The King of Fighters '94 and expect to be able to beat Rugal first time. Especially since you have no move lists to start with. Sure, you can credit-feed through a lot of these games (Shock Troopers, Metal Slug and Sengoku in particular) but there's two problems with this. The first is that you won't get better at these games if you do. The second is that this won't help you get Medals. Some of the harder challenges offered here, such as amassing 1,000,000 points in Shock Troopers and killing 300 enemies on Last Resort without dying, cannot be achieved by such methods. If you really want to get all the Medals and prove you are indeed the sultan of slugs, you'll have to sink a lot of time into these games. And if you don't want to, then read below and find out the cheapest, nastiest ways to get these Medals!

However, please note that there's no advice for Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown or World Heroes. There isn't really any advice I can give for these games, as Fatal Fury and World Heroes are quite simplistic and easy to grasp, while Samurai Shodown is more advanced and if I were to give advice, I'd be very much out of my depth. You're on your own for these three games, I'm afraid!



★ Art of Fighting - Beat the game - I said I was going to let you figure out the AI exploits by yourself, but considering how obnoxious Art of Fighting can be for a first-time player, I'm going to share this secret to make things as easy as possible for you. The final boss, Mr. Karate, has an extremely exploitable pattern- at the start of the round, crouch. Mr. Karate will jump at you- quickly stand up and kick him before he jump-kicks you, then duck again. He'll keep doing it, and you can keep kicking him like this until he dies. He'll sometimes launch a fireball at you, but just block it and he'll continue his jumping assault. On the higher difficulties where his fireballs do more damage even when you block, you might want to launch a fireball once he hits the deck after you kick him- he'll probably block it but it'll still do damage. Also, when he's dizzied (which happens quite often) you can move in and throw him. The key fact is if you crouch, he'll go for a jump kick. Exploit it.

★ Art of Fighting - Rip King's top off - The collection is all coy about this, and the Medal is officially called 'Reveal King's secret', but just to spell it out, you can rip King's top off by defeating her with a fireball. The collection implies that you just need to hit her with a fireball, but that's not right. Doesn't matter if it's the first or the second round, but do it in the second round and she gets a different portrait after the fight. Either way, this is easy enough as long as you keep enough spirit in reserve to actually use a fireball or two- she might block it. If you're running on empty, you'll have to charge your energy, so get some distance between you and her and charge as necessary.

★ Art of Fighting - Perform the Ryuko Ranbu - Just to clarify, this isn't the move you have to earn by completing one of the bonus games- that's the Hoah Sho Koh Ken, obviously. This is the Ryuko Ranbu, which can only be performed if you have only 25% of your life bar left and your spirit bar is green. Unless you've already unlocked Ryo's move list, however, you aren't actually told this, which is super useful. The move is quarter-circle forward, let go of the direction pad, then Special (hold it!), then Punch. The timing is a bit weird, but if you do this on the first stage, against Todo, you should have plenty of time and space to pull it off.



★ Baseball Stars 2 - Baseball Terminology & General Hints - For those who hail from anywhere that's not Japan or America, some of the Medals for Baseball Stars 2 may as well be written in Wingdings. Here's some translations for you: The first game of a pennant race is the first game you play when you start the game, so if you're going for Medals, don't load from a checkpoint if you've beaten the first team. To make a double play is to take out two players from the other team in one turn. So, when you're on fielding duties, let one player get to first base- preferably the first player, as they get harder as the game goes on. When the next player bats, don't Out them right away by grabbing the ball before it hits the ground- wait for it to hit the ground, then throw it to first base (outing the current player) then quickly to second base (to get the first player out), nabbing the Medal. Rushing the mound is trickier, but when you get to pitch, throw the ball at the batter! If you move far enough in their direction and hold that direction when you throw, you should hit them. Sometimes they'll just keel over, but one of them will inevitably lose their rag and smack your pitcher right in his puss- the Medal is yours!

As for scoring points, don't forget that you can press the Time Out button and either bring in a pinch hitter (they're usually better at hitting it out of the park, but you only get four of them per game) or use a Power-Up to give your batter a metal bat that sends the ball flying (you start the game off with 5 Power-Ups, and can earn more by scoring Home Runs). One tactic I suggest is to save your Power-Up until you have a few men on bases- that way, you'll be more likely to get a Home Run, and if you do, all your players will score a point. Also, remember that if a particular inning isn't going your way, the game automatically saves a checkpoint when the teams swap fielding / batting duties, so exploit that if you must- get at least 3 points per inning, and all four associated Medals are yours.



★ Burning Fight - Beat Stage 1 in under 3 minutes - Use Billy for this. When there's a lull in enemy activity on-screen, you can use his desperation attack to dash through the stage so you don't waste any time. Ignore the bonus stages and just plough through as quickly as possible. If you're lucky with the boss and you can get a few combos on him before he starts giving you trouble, you should get the Medal.



★ King of the Monsters - Get the Power Meter up to full - You need to grab 10 Power-Up items for this, and the only way to get them is to successfully grapple your opponent and throw them. Set the game to Easy and for the first two stages, just keep throwing your enemy over and over again. Even when their health is completely empty, just keep at it. Once the clock gets to 30 seconds, pin them as fast as you can- they get one freebie, so you'll have to pin them twice. You should easily fill the meter up by Battle 2. Although, to be honest, you're gonna need to beat the game a few times anyway, so you'll probably get this naturally.

★ King of the Monsters - Beat the high score - First, play on Easy so you're less likely to die- this game wipes your score if you continue. Next, for this one, you're going to have to ignore your opponent for a while, and start tearing shit up. Walk on top of buildings, kick them down, smash some tanks, whatever it takes- smashing big buildings in particular is important, as each one gives you 1000 points. In the end, though, the important thing is your 'Destraction' bonus at the end of each fight. Get this as high as you can (which is a Medal in and of itself) and you'll get at least 5,000 points per stage. Get over 90% and you've got yourself over 10,000 points right there. Your target is 100,340, so if you earn roughly 20,000-30,000 per stage (which you should if you're smashing as much as you can) you should reach your target by about Battle 5.



★ Last Resort - General Advice - Obviously, Last Resort is a rip-off homage to R-Type, but there are a few subtleties to it that the instruction manual neglects to mention. First and foremost, weapon power-ups cycle between red and blue, and the colour you pick changes the behaviour of the pod when you launch it out. The red pod travels along any surface it hits, while the blue pod will bounce off the walls. Generally, the red pod is the one to go for as it's far more useful- the blue pod usually won't hit the very enemy you're desperate to kill when you fire it. Speaking of the pod, when you lock in it place and charge it up, it'll always launch out in the direction it's locked, so if it's locked above your ship, it'll shoot upwards every time you use a charge attack. Also, an easy way to rapidly fire the pod is to hold the Fire button, then as soon as it's charged a little, hit the Rapid Fire button- this is handy against tough stationary enemies as you can pelt them with the pod a lot to do huge damage. The main bit of advice I can give you is that, a bit like R-Type, there's a lot of memorisation involved here, so you're going to have to play these stages over and over again. There aren't that many cheap hits, mind you, but some parts- the corridor of cannons in Stage 2, the pillars section in Stage 4, the entirety of Stage 5- will give you trouble the first time you reach them. Just keep playing and justice will prevail.

★ Last Resort - Get 300 kills without dying - From the start of a new game, making it to roughly halfway through Stage 2 without dying and killing as many enemies as possible should be enough to get this Medal. Do it on Easy if you like, and feel free to abuse the dropship spawners in Stage 2 which will spew out enemies forever unless you destroy the generator at the bottom.



★ Magician Lord - Beat Stage 1 without dying - Simple when you know how. The stage itself is pretty easy as long as you grab the Shinobi form (this needs a Red and Green Orb- you can find a Green Orb at the top of the second room) and a Power-Up item (same area as the Green Orb); from there, play carefully and do your best not to get hit in the next section. The flying birds might give you some problems- just jump up and take them out as soon as you can. When you reach the second ladder going down after getting the Shinobi / Power-Up items, go down a little to spawn the next flying bird, go back up the ladder and wait for it to move along while avoiding its shots, then go back down. For the mid-boss, you need to bait him into getting close, step back when he attacks, then fire at him while he's exposed and when he leaps back, making sure to go under him. For the boss itself, the main danger are the falling spikes- the fireballs are negligible, as you can just duck to avoid them. Keep attacking when you get the chance and this Medal is yours.

★ Magician Lord - See all 7 Magician Lord forms - If you're struggling to find one particular Magician Lord form, then there's a sneaky way out. When you reach the final boss, you get to choose one form to start the fight as. So if you missed the Raijin form, you can pick it here and it'll still count for this Medal. If you're really lazy, what you could do is get a game over on the last stage and use the checkpoint system to keep playing the stage a few times to get those last missing forms... But man, that would be boring.



★ Metal Slug - Use the knife 50 times in under 5 minutes - To be honest, if you're going for the high score (which you should be) then you should get this one through normal play, as you get more points with close-range attacks. If, however, you're a bit cack-handed, then there's a simpler way- you can get this Medal nice and easy in Mission 3. Just before you fight Sgt. Allen, there's a ramp where an infinite stream of soldiers roll giant snowballs at you. Just jump over the snowballs, slash the soldier as you land next to him, and repeat until you get the Medal Achieved jingle. This isn't the only area with infinitely spawning soldiers, but it's definitely one of the safest, as you can only be killed by the snowballs and they're very easy to avoid.

★ Metal Slug - Score over 1,000,000 points - The only way you're going to do this is to save as many POWs as you can and hang on to the Metal Slug- POWs are worth 1,000 points each at the end of each stage, a further 100,000 gets added to your score if you have more than 10 POWs, and the Slug is worth 10,000 on its own. Unlock the Hidden POW videos if you need to learn where some of the hidden ones are (look at the chart to find out how to get them) but the important thing is to stay alive. If you die, you lose any POWs you've rescued and so your bonus goes down the drain. Saving all the POWs is pretty easy on the first 2 stages, but Mission 3 is easy to screw up- take the jumps as carefully as you can. Other things that'll help your score include using the knife to slash enemies (it's 300 points versus 100 for shooting them), staying away from all special weapons except the Heavy Machine Gun, and picking up as many bonus items as you can. On Mission 2, for instance, a doll sometimes appears under the electric fences that's worth 50,000 or 5,000 points, and there's always an item on the first bridge that's worth 50,000- ignore the soldier below the bridge, run right for the item then hold left to land in the alcove to the left. Look for items like these and rescue those POWs, and this Medal is yours.



★ Neo Turf Masters - Get a Hole-in-One or Eagle - There's a trick to this one. Pick the Power Golfer (Brazilian with crap stats for everything except Drive) and the German (Baden) course. Play as normal until Hole 4, then do the following: move a tiny bit to the right and get a perfect drive. That doesn't mean hitting 100%- you have to hit the white line on the power bar that's after 100%. The power meter will glow green if you nail it. Try to get a Nice shot while you're at it, and you should land about halfway down the fairway on your first shot. For the next shot, move a touch to the left and go for 100% this time. If all is well, you should land on the green and be on your way to an Eagle. Restart and load from your last checkpoint if you can't do it- the Power Golfer has fast-moving bars, but if you keep trying, you'll nail it soon enough. If you'd like to see this in action, this tool-assisted speed-run shows you what to do at from 2:23 to 2:52.



★ Sengoku - General Advice - Sengoku is easily the worst game on this collection, and as such, you might not be inclined to learn how to play it. That's alright, though, because barring one challenge detailed below, the Medals for Sengoku require absolutely no skill at all- just the patience of God himself. The 'beat the game on Easy / Normal / Hard' Medals allow you to continue as much as you want, so do that. It's much longer than you think it is, but stick it out and you'll finish it. For Insane, play through the game on Easy, get a game over on the final boss, then change the difficulty to Insane and start from the checkpoint. The other three are relatively self-explanatory (you get all three forms on the first stage, so swap between them when you get the chance; switch to the dog when you find a yellow orb and use it for another Medal; finally, the points bonus you get once you beat the final boss, a sick 200,000, is more than enough to beat the high score).

★ Sengoku - Beat the first stage on Easy without dying once - Welcome to Hell.
This is what I personally consider the single hardest Medal to get in the entire collection. Mostly because Sengoku is a dog of a game. At first, I thought this was completely impossible, and I still wonder who at Terminal Reality was good enough at Sengoku to even test this, but while it's almost impossible, with enough practice, it can be done. The key thing to remember here is that power-ups are only activated when you stand still on the ground. You'll see why this is important in a second. Here is a step-by-step guide:

* As the stage starts, hold the Attack button and jump back. You want to take out the group of ninjas as fast as possible, so you can do that with a charge attack. As soon as they're dead, you'll be teleported to the other dimension- take out the topless samurais and grab either the red or purple orb off them. You'll fight some more ninjas (easy), two groups of samurai warriors (the first comes from the right, the second from the left, also easy) then there's a giant stone skull to fight. Take it out by getting behind it and attacking, then jump to the right as it's dying to get back to Earth faster.
* OK, the next section is easy as the old man just gave you a power-up that lets you shoot charge shots every time you press the Attack button. The first wave of enemies comes from the top-right- keep firing until you see the geyser of flame spout out a second time, then walk forward to scroll the screen. Immediately go back to the centre and take out the enemy groups that assault you from both sides. Do not pick up any power-up orbs that may appear here! Scroll a little further and two archers appear from the right- take them out first, then the enemies on the left.
* This is the hardest part of the stage. To stand any chance of success, you must nail this bit, to the letter. First, make sure you're not holding any swords. When the two topless samurais appear, kill them. One should drop a yellow orb- pick it up (preferably while your character is roughly in the middle of the road- not too high up, not too low down the screen) and keep jumping the second you hit the ground so you don't activate it yet. Three ninjas will start heading towards you in the background- get to the left side of the screen and keep hopping. This is so the bastards don't surround you from both sides. They'll approach you and attack- you need to use the stationary jump kick (don't move left or right as you're jumping and hit Attack) to kick them in the head before they hit you. If you're hit, you'll activate the yellow orb and you can't let that happen. If you pull it off, congratulations! Now, wait for the robe enemy to appear, while still jumping. As soon as he lands, you can stop jumping- hammer the Attack button to kill him with your new projectiles, then you'll ascend to the other dimension.
* You're about halfway through now, and things do get easier. Go right and a samurai warrior will attack you- slaughter him with your new toy to get the Dog form. Two more will attack, kill them too but do not grab the red orb- you want to keep your projectiles! More warriors will appear, so take them out too- one of them will give you the Samurai form- then take out the weaker samurai enemies that appear once you've scrolled the screen (one of them will give you a blue orb- you can take it now) and touch down to Earth again.
* Once you're back on terra firma, use the Change button to morph into the Samurai form. When the Samurai has an orb, he gains a projectile attack, so all the enemies here will be absolute cake. At one point, you'll grab a yellow orb- this attack requires two taps to execute, but it goes across the entire screen, so abuse it. About halfway through, you'll find a red orb- be sure to grab it. You'll move up to the other dimension again and will be instantly attacked by two robe warriors. You're surrounded, so you'll have to just deal with them, but defeating one of them will make a goddess appear who will refill your health meter- very handy if you're low! By this point, though, your Samurai form will probably be about to run out- it's best you change, preferably when there's no enemies about.
* OK, nearly there now. The rest of the section is just a bunch of little ninjas attacking you, and they all offer up a load of green orbs- remember, if you collect ten of them, you get one health point refilled- so just go to town on them. The ones you'll want to watch out for are the red ones that show up near the end, as they take up to three hits and are slightly more aggressive than normal. At the very end, there's a lone samurai warrior, but unlike the others, he's a weakling so you can easily whomp him.
* The boss is no trouble at all if you learn one important thing- most of his attacks cannot hit you if you're in Dog form. So, when you land back on Earth and the background changes, get the Change menu up and ready, hovering over the Dog form. Just before the boss lands after jumping into the arena, press Attack to change to the Dog form, losing no precious time in the process. For the first half of the fight, you'll just be scraping at the guy's knees- it's somewhat difficult to successfully land a hit, but you've got to try, as you don't have much time. His normal slashing attack goes straight over the Dog's head, but he has a fire-wheel attack that will hit you- he telegraphs it in advance, though, so just move out of the way. When he changes to his second form, he has a projectile (won't hit you) and a slash attack (will hit you) but by this point, your Dog form may have worn out- change back to a human (or Samurai if you decided to keep it) and finish him off, as he doesn't take that many hits. You will get the Medal as soon as you enter the second stage, so don't quit the second you beat the stage or all your work will be for nought!

This is not easy to pull off in the least. It took me many, many, many tries, but if you try hard enough, you can do it. Follow my instructions to the letter, and the reward (which isn't quite worth it but is pretty bitchin'- the art you unlock is the box art for Sengoku) will be within your grasp. Happy hunting, warrior.



★ Shock Troopers - Knife Rampage 1, 2 & 3 - The clue is in the title. Get up close to your enemies and tap the Shot button to perform a close-range attack that makes the enemy drop an item. Sometimes you'll get health tonics or other health items, red diamonds (which kill everything on-screen) or yellow diamonds (which give you temporary invincibility), but most of the time you'll be getting blue diamonds which give you 30,000 points. For the first two Knife Rampages, this is the way to go- on the first Jungle stage, you should get enough points for the first Medal by the time you reach the end of the opening vertical section, and the second one should be achieved once you've travelled a bit to the right after reaching the top. However, these Medals require you to play on Hard (Knife Rampage 1) and Insane (Knife Rampage 2), and you only get one life with no continues, so you'll need to practice until you can survive long enough to make it that far. Only go in for a kill when you're safe- the enemies in this game don't usually run off-screen, so take your time- and remember that their shots usually have a huge delay after them, so when they fire, roll towards them for the kill. As for Knife Rampage 3, you can do it on any difficulty and continue as much as you like, so go nuts. If you keep going for the diamonds, you should reach your target by Stage 5.



★ Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory - Score 3 goals with the same player - If you want an easier way to do this, then make sure you switch to the captain of your team to score a goal- he has 'CAP' over his head as well as 'P1', so he's much easier to keep track of.

★ Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory - Score a chance shot - When you have the ball and you're heading towards the goal area, the word 'CHANCE!' might appear above your player's head. When it does, press Shoot as soon as you can- the window of opportunity for a chance shot is tiny. Now, there are two types of chance shot- one (when CHANCE! is red) takes an over-head camera angle, and one (when CHANCE! is blue) takes a penalty kick camera angle. I've never scored with the over-head one, but the penalty kick one is easy. You don't have much time, but try and aim as far away from the goalie as you can, and hope you don't hit any passing players (although it's hilarious when you do, as it makes such a satisfying noise). If it hits the back of the net, you've got this one.

★ Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory - Win a shut-out on Normal or harder - Much like KOTM's 'Destraction' bonus, I think this is a spelling mistake, but on the part of Terminal Reality rather than SNK themselves- it should probably be shoot out. To get to it, draw a game, continue, and pick the Penalty Kick Battle option. Just beat the computer and this one's yours.



★ The King of Fighters '94 - Hit Rugal with King's SDM - Just a friendly reminder that you can perform a Super Desperation Move when your power bar is at maximum (hold any three attack buttons to charge your power bar) and you can use it repeatedly when your health bar starts flashing red. King's SDM is back, half-circle backwards then both Kick buttons- King will throw herself at the enemy and if they don't block and she connects, she'll hit them with a kick combo. Use this on the first form of Rugal as quickly as you can- while he is notorious for blocking, remember that you've got as many tries as you can fit into a match as long as you charge up, so keep trying. If you're not very good with the Women's Team, you might want to play through as a different team and make a checkpoint before the fight with Rugal.

★ The King of Fighters '94 - Score over 100,000 points / Get any place on the High Score table - You might wonder why it's not the usual 'get the high score' Medal, and that's because the default score table for KOF '94 is insane. The lowest score is 189,020, and on average, you'll get 20,000 points per team battle, usually because of the Time bonus. So yeah, you've got a long way to go. If you'd like to up your score dramatically, then pick the Japan Team and play in the order Kyo, Benimaru and Daimon. Kyo's SDM (quarter-circle back, half-circle forward and Strong Punch) is easy to land (especially on the early teams) and nets you 2,500 points when you do. Each opponent can usually take two or three hits of it before dying, so that's 15,000 points per character if you can land it three times, and a theoretical total of 45,000 per team (before the health / timer bonus!) so use this as much as you can. If you have to move on to Benimaru, his SDM (quarter-circle forward, down, down-forward and Strong Punch) is less easy to land, but also nets you 2,500 points. If you have to move on to Daimon, his throws are worth 1,000 each. If you follow this method and play well, you should get about 10000-12000 before the Rugal scene (which nets you a Medal) and it should hopefully be in your grasp roughly one or two teams before you fight Rugal. The important thing? Don't lose!



★ Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - General Hints - Top Hunter isn't your bog-standard platformer. It has a very different feel to it, and Roddy and Cathy have Street Fighter-esque moves that you're going to need to learn if you want to get any good at it. So, before you play this, get the 'survive 10 seconds' Medal in The King of Fighters '94 so you can actually see the moves lists. Once you've done that, learn them! Or, alternatively...

* Splash Aura - Punch rapidly - A bit like the Hundred-Hand-Slap from Street Fighter, your character punches straight ahead repeatedly.
* Plasma Buster - Quarter-circle forward + Punch - A standard fireball.
* Rolling Upper - Forward, Down, Down-Forward + Punch - A standard uppercut which travels slightly more forward than most.
* Turn Attack - Hold Down-Forward, then Foward + Punch - A dashing punch, akin to Terry's Burn Knuckle.
* Sliding - Quarter-circle forward + Jump - A slide kick.
* Power Chaser - Quarter-circle from Up to Forwrd + Punch - Essentially Terry's Power Wave, a ground-based fireball.
* Atomic Bomb - Hold Down/Down-Forward/Down-Back + Punch when descending from jump - A drop-attack as your character punches the ground.
* Rolling Attack - Hold Down, then Up + Jump - A super-jump that will damage enemies.
* Roddy/Cathy Storm - With 3 Power Ups, hold Down-Forward, then Forward + Jump - Your character jumps forward, does a huge combo, then an uppercut and two ground-fireballs. A parody of the Ryuko Ranbu from Art of Fighting!

There aren't that many, but they're very useful in a lot of situations- the Plasma Buster is a life-safer in boss battles, and the Splash Aura can kill the annoying pirate mid-bosses very quickly if you get them cornered. The Power Chaser/Rolling Attack and Sliding attacks aren't quite so useful most of the time- a bit like the extra abilities in Charlie Ninja, really- but if the need ever arises, you've got them to use. My other piece of advice is to remember to switch planes. You can use this to avoid traps and obstacles, steal vehicles away from the enemy easily, but most importantly, you can 'bait' the mid-bosses and the final boss with it- switch planes, wait for them to hop over, then strike, switch planes, and repeat.

★ Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - Beat the high score - If you don't really like this game and just want to beat the high score as easily as possible, then pick Hard. Sounds odd, but you're given 25 lives to play with, and since the game resets your score every time you continue, this means that you'll be able to hold onto your score for much longer If you do like this game and want to play on Normal, then you have two priorities: finding the secret bonus rooms in each stage (they're usually pretty obvious, such as the boarded-up hole in the first Forest Planet stage- if not, try attacking every object you can interact with to find them) and practicing them until you can get the 10,000 point Perfect bonus from all of them, and staying alive. Take careful note of the general hints above to help you out here.

★ Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - Beat the Forest World on Normal, no deaths - Really, the best advice is to just keep playing both the levels until you know what's what. An important tip, however, is that on the second stage when you fight the pirate, use the box or the stone to stun him, preferably in the path of the giant stone in the background. When he's stunned, pull the lever. Trying to do so while he's jumping around is extremely hazardous. If you're lucky, he'll be hit by the stone which kills him instantly. From there, just keep going and find the bonus stage (it's some time after the pirate, hidden under a tree trunk) if you need a health boost, and hang on to any vehicles you find for as long as possible. If you're powered-up by the time you reach the boss, then this is a piece of cake.

★ Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy - Beat the game on Insane - This is all fun and games until the final stage. Like it or not, you're going to have to keep playing until you're comfortable enough with it, but here's a few hints, in chronological order:

* When you reach the spikes section, you should be able to see where the spikes are going to emerge from (there's three holes on the floor) so move accordingly. Don't try and rush it!
* When you reach the giant robot mini-boss, jump over him when he dashes, and when he makes his second run, jump over and throw a fireball. If he launches his hand, dodge that and pelt him with fireballs- repeat until he's dead.
* The hardest part is, of course, the boss rush, but if you just remember to dodge, switch planes and throw whatever bombs they drop at you (or abuse the fireballs) then they should go down quickly- the Ice boss in particular is really easy, but when you get to the Fire boss, focus on dodging the fire by jumping, then throwing a fireball when you can.
* As for the dinosaur robot, the most reliable way to attack it is to grab the spheres that make up its neck and throwing them at the head. If you die, get up close to the robot, face left, then hold up and keep hitting Punch- you should do a fair bit of damage, just get out of there before his flames cook you. During the fight, keep moving otherwise he'll use his one-hit-kill attack, and you don't want that.
* Once you beat that, the final boss wants to fight mano-e-mano. I'd say that if you've got about 5 lives at this point, you'll be alright. Abuse plane-switching in this fight- switch planes, bait him into hopping over, then pelt him with a fireball. The only risk is that sometimes he'll do a dash attack if you're too far away, which is why having a few spare lives is beneficial.

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Oh, and as a matter of interest, here's the music tracks that play on the main menu.

They're chosen at random every time you go to the menu or finish listening to music / watching a video:

Art of Fighting King of the Monsters Last Resort Last Resort Magician Lord Neo Turf Masters Shock Troopers The King of Fighters '94 The King of Fighters '94 World Heroes World Heroes

Mac's Bar (Jack Turner's Theme) Entirely Breaker (Geon) Jack to the Metro (Stage 1) Don't Touch Me Baby (Stage 5-1) The Castle of Zephyrus (Stage 4) Japan Course Dark Matter (Boss A) ESAKA (Japan Stage) Unusual Tiger and Dragon (Mexico Stage) The Lord of the Continent (J. Carn's Theme) Final Battle Over Earth (Geegus' Theme)

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Since writing this guide, I have gone on to never ever play Sengoku again.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Wubba wubba. I'm in the pink today.