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Round III: Gravity Zero % +Records % +Victim Locations +Rescue List % +Hidden Crystals % +Tips % +Boss Strategies % % #7... Round IV: Winged Cradle % +Hidden Crystals % +Tips % +Boss Strategies % % #8... Lyrics % +"I JUST SMILE"" +"WE ARE BURNING RANGERS" %% +"ANGELS WITH BURNING HEARTS"" #9... Secrets/Codes % % #10... Miscellaneous % +Various Trickss +Mysteries of BRR +BR sitess %% #11... Subgame % % #12... Next Revision/Comments % % #13... Credits % % %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%% % % % ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- a d d i t i o n s / c h a n g e s 00 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- release #2 to release #33 (release #2 was also rushed)) -Burning Rangers websites addedd -japanese voice actors(seiyuu) addedd -lyrics updated(although it's still not 100% complete)) -more crystals in Round 4. Check section 1, #44 -updated recordss -fixed a statement in the credits which made it sound like Sega licensedd the FAQ :)) -fixed # of letters recieved by Brown Epstein & M. Setsumaru(Round 3)) -more passwords for hard to find peoplee -new strategy for the first bosss -fixed some more typoss release #1 to release #22 (release #1 was released extremely early just to make sure there were noo other FAQs around)) -BR review removed to save spacee -location of missing victim in Round 1 addedd -made it more Windows friendlyy -slight cosmetic changes here and theree -reformatted to 75 chars. per linee -I read through the victim locations, made corrections and made it a bitt easier to understand.. -marked the victims found in the original mapss -logo slightly redrawnn -movie test revealedd -more hidden crystals revealedd -confusing subgame walkthru addedd -revised high scoress -a few spelling and punctuation errors fixedd -original Round 3 code addedd -Rare victim passwords addedd -Reed Round 2 code addedd -lyrics to "WE ARE BURNING RANGERS" addedd -tips added to almost every sectionn -miscellaneous section addedd -all survivors foundd -# of letters each victim sends you addedd ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- i n f o r m a t i o n 11 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- Burning Rangers is a futuristic firefighting game from Sonic Team forr the Sega Saturn. It's similar to the SNES game, The Ignition Factor, butt it's 3D and contains gameplay elements from NiGHTS and Sonic the Hedgehogg such as a grading system, crystals(similar to rings), a limit bar(sort off like a time limit), and 2 characters to choose from. You play one of twoo rookie firefighters fighting fire and rescuing people in 4 levels. Thee first level takes 15 minutes to beat, but if you try finding everything,, it could take up to 30 minutes. Each level after the first getss increasingly shorter, but they'll all take at least 10 minutes. Burningg Rangers has taken a lot of criticism for being so short, but people don'tt seem to know about all the replay value it has. There's also a Voicee Navigation System that keeps you from getting lost(although it's wrongg sometimes). You even get mail from the people that you rescue(there'ss 108 victims and some of them send out more than one letter.) Once youu beat the game, a random generator is activated and it randomizes the levell you choose. Victims, gas tanks, crystals, backdrafts, rooms, doors,, switches, and enemies are ALL randomized in a preset way.. The grading system grades you in four areas: victims rescued, crystals,, boss time, and the fire limit. The grades start from D(lowest) too S(highest). To get a total rank of an S, you need S's in all categories.. Rescued - the number of people you rescued.. Crystals - the number of crystals you beat the boss with including thee number of crystals used to save people.. Boss - the time it took you to beat the boss.. Limit - the limit percentage you end the level with.. After you beat the game, you are able to use the password feature. Thee english manual is wrong when it says that the password at the end of eachh mission is used to disable the random generator. It's actually thee password to the EXACT mission you just played. For example, if you gett the first mission with the front door blocked off and use the password att the end of the level, you'll play that exact same mission again.. ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- t i p s o n h o w t o g e t a n S r a n kk ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- -remember that jumping will charge up your laser faster.. -memorize the level so that you'll be able to find all the crystals andd victims when the game's random mode kicks in.. -pay attention to the light sourcing as well as the sound to dodge fire.. -practice thrusting because you can do it infinitely. It's fast andd better than backflipping in certain situations.. -remember that you need 100% of the survivors.. -don't play this game after playing Dracula XX -remember that rescuing people also acts like a save spot and crystall bank. *new** ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- c h a r a c t e r s 22 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- >= s h o u a m a b a n e =<< Japanese voice actor: Hikaru Midorikawaa also played Zelgadis(Slayers) & Hiro(Lunar: Eternal Blue)) sex: MM age: 211 hgt: 185 cmm wgt: 86kg (approx. 189 lbs.)) bday: August 7, XXXXX origin: Japann the following was taken from the BR english manual >> As the flames whip and intensify, the exhausted ten-year old Shou lets outt a desperate cry. A shimmering outline appears, extending a blood-soakedd glove to hurl the young boy to safety. Then- and in the countlesss haunting dreams since then- Shou looks back to witness the phantasmicc Burning Ranger vaporize in a ball of flame... That was the day thatt changed Shou's life, the day he recognized his destiny. Ten years later,, he too has earned the right to call himself a Burning Ranger, and maybee someday he'll be able to repay his debt. << Shou is one of the characters you can play in the beginning. He's ann egotistical rookie that Reed treats like a kid throughout the game. Evenn though he's 21, his english voice actor sounds kinda Matthew Lawrence. Hee also does this fruity thing with has fingers and says "Chill Out" one tooo many times. For some reason he pronounces his name like "Shou I'm AA Barney"" >= t i l l i s =<< Japanese voice actor: Yoko Miyamuraa also played Asuka(Evangelion)) sex: FF age: 199 hgt: 164 cmm wgt: 47kg (approx. 103 lbs.)) bday: Unknownn origin: Unknown for no apparent reasonn the following was taken from the BR english manual >> After a blaze mercilessly snatched away the lives of her loving parents,, the young and bewildered Tillis was taken into government foster care.. The cold and impersonal environment spawned in her a desire to savee others from the pain of untimely loss. Strength of character, limitlesss compassion, and extraordinary physical dexterity made her a perfectt candidate for the Burning Rangers- her new family. << She's the other character you can play in this game, but she has the samee moves as Shou and the rest of the team. Her english voice actor is justt as high-pitched as her japanese voice actor. It doesn't really make sensee that her birthday is unknown and that she has no last name. Yes, she iss annoying.. >= r e e d p h o e n i x =<< Japanese voice actor: Tomokazu Sekii also played Touji(Evangelion) & Gai(Nadesico)) sex: MM age: 222 hgt: 185 cmm wgt: 76kg (approx. 167 lbs.)) bday: January 23, XXXXX origin: Europee the following was taken from the BR english manual >> Reed joined fire-fighting after graduating high school- more for thee experience than out of any real desire to help people. However, once hee got involved in the job of actually saving lives, he quickly gained aa healthy respect for the business... Reed has nurtured himself thee perfect temperament for the role of a Burning Ranger. He's a cooll intellectual who always thinks before he leaps, thanks to an intensee awareness of the value of every life. << Reed is one of the two half decent voice actors in the game. He soundss just like his japanese counterpart. Throughout the game, he'll botherr Shou about being a rookie. It's annoying because Shou keeps answering withh his annoying voice. Reed has the coolest looking gun in the game, thee "ICEMAN". He's also a cat lover, but I hate cats and I wish they hadd cancer. Lead Phoenix, yeah right.. >= b i g r a n d m a n =<< Japanese voice actor: Ryuuzaburou Ohtomoo also played someone in Dragonball ZZ sex: MM age: 355 hgt: 230 cmm wgt: 245kg (approx. 539 lbs. no he's not a fatass)) bday: April 29, XXXXX origin: Africaa the following was taken from the BR english manual >> Big is the eldest and most experienced of the Burning Rangers. Hiss enormous strength and incredible sensory perception have come to thee rescue of many hundreds who had lost all hope. Big was badly injured inn a terrible accident early in his career, but thanks to his iron will andd unbending sense of purpose, he now operates with a body rebuilt usingg neuro-sil and carbo-limb implants. < He also sounds almost like his japanese counterpart, but it isn't thatt hard to sound like a big tough guy. No, he's not gay like Barret in FF7,, but he looks pretty stupid with his carbo-limbs and such. Big carries aa big bazooka.. >= c h r i s p a r t o n =<< Japanese voice actor: Hiroko Kasaharaa also played Armitage(Armitage III), Fuu(Magic Knight Rayearth), && Melody(Virus).. sex: FF age: 244 hgt: 172 cmm wgt: 52kg (approx. 114 lbs.)) bday: September 10, XXXXX origin: Americaa the following was taken from the BR english manual >> Chris was only thirteen when her father- a first generation Burningg Ranger- perished while trying to rescue survivors of a chemical explosion.. Chris grew up with enormous pride in her pride in her father and hiss ultimate sacrifice, yet she always felt that his work had been leftt unfinished. Chris decided to continue her father's legacy, despite herr mother's tearful objections. Her razor-sharp judgment and ability too remain calm in the searing heat of the moment were talents quicklyy recognized as being perfectly suited to the job of Burning Rangers Teamm Navigator. << The american voice actor for Chris pretty much sucks. There's absolutelyy NO emphasis or feeling put on any of her lines so everything she sayss sounds dumb. For some reason almost half her navigation is wrong. If youu didn't notice already, she has crystal earrings! Groovy.. >= i r i a k l e i n =<< Japanese voice actor: Aya Hisakawaa also played Sailor Mercury(Sailor Moon)) sex: FF age: 166 hgt: 136 cmm wgt: 34 kg (approx. 75 lbs.)) bday: I don't wanna botherr origin: Europee At the age of 16, Iria was diagnosed with an incurable disease. Herr father decided to put her in hypersleep and send her into space.. Installed in the ship is a computer designed to "protect" her whichh contains his conscienceness. The computer "evolved" and started collectingg pieces of debris and space. A signal from Earth was sent to tell thee computer that a cure had been found. The ship, which is now the size off your mom, is returning to Earth, but there's a possibility that it'lll crash. Remember, I wasn't the one who made this up. Why'd her dad even botherr to make a spaceship? Where the hell is he anyways? She pronounces herr name as "Ilia" in the FMV sequences.. ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- c o n t r o l s / t e c h n i q u e s 33 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- [Best Control Scheme: Type C or D]] 3D Control Pad is preferred. Although it's more sensitive, it's moree precise so jumping is easier.. ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ---- >>Basic Controls(the stuff they teach you in training)) D pad/Analog pad - guides character(you can only run)) A button - jumpp B button - fires pulsee Hold B - laser blast(destroys all crystals)) (holding B in the air charges up faster) C button - jumpp Tap back - backflip(depends on where your character is facing and must bee pushed when you hear a whistling sound. ex: if you're facing right, presss left)) X/Z button - navigationn L trigger - moves camera left 90 degrees(Type C or D)) R trigger - moves camera right 90 degrees(Type C or D)) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >>Advanced Movess Tap A/C twice - double jumpp > you can get more distance on your jump if you're pushing forward and iff you're holding the button.. [ground]] Up + A/C - forward thrustt Down + A/C - backflipp Left + A/C - side rolll Right + A/C - side rolll > these moves are useful in dodging fireballs thrown by certain greenn flames and for traveling faster because thrusting is faster than running.. [air(right after you press jump)]] Up + A/C - forward thrustt Down + A/C - back thrustt Left + A/C - left thrustt Right + A/C - right thrustt > these moves are useful if you're in a room full of fire. You can thrustt an infinite number of times, but they must be timed near the end of thee thrust.. [water]] A/C button - swim upp B button - swim downn > if you just sit there, you might float up a little. So if you'ree getting sucked down into a tunnel, go to the corner of the tunnel and wait.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- It's recommended that you practice all the advanced moves to enjoy thee game more and to keep yourself alive. Plus, you'll look pretty damn cool.. ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- r o u n d 1 : f a l l e n m e m o r y 44 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- Personal Records:: (you can beat them right? Or am I really the best?)) Crystals: 577 *new** Boss: 19s "555 Limit: 1%(strangely I can't end with 0%)) ---------- -- -- ------------------------------------------------ NOTE: certain areas that weren't accessible before are opened up after youu beat the game. Remember, victim locations are random too. All you reallyy need to do is memorize the level and explore every place if you want too find all the survivors.. The number next to the victim's name is the amount of mail you get.. * means there's someone usually theree @ means that person is in the original mapp -- - -------------------------- -- ---- -- - ------------- According to the scraps of information that are coming through, there'ss been a breach of the core reactor at the power plant. The central computerr has somehow taken complete control of the plant and its HST-series robots.. You've been sent in to run the gauntlet of blazing passageways, searingg generator rooms, and superflammable fuel cells in an attempt to shut downn the reactor before the whole place is blown to smithereens.. This level is huge! That's only if you try to look for all the survivors.. There's plenty of gas tanks lying around so be careful. It's easy to gett lost because most of the level looks the same in the 2nd section.. [Par time: 5:00]] [S rank Par time: 25:00]] >>Possible Victim Locations<<< starting from the beginning of the levell -s e c t i o n 1-- 1. in front of the first door you enter*@@ 2. the upper level of the exploding room*@@ 3. after you open the shutter, go through the door and go down the hole.. 4. If you're attacked by a fireball, above you.. 4. somewhere along the perimeter of the reactor*@@ 5. in one of the rooms in the bottom level of the reactorr 6. in the other room in the bottom level of the reactorr 7. in the room in the middle level of the reactor** 8. on the ground in the room in the top level of the reactor@@ 9. see hidden crystal #1@@ 10. on the ground in the room after that(2 green flames /w 5 gas tanks)@@ 12. on the ground in the room in front of that@@ 13. enter the door of the exploding room(the one with the switch) and takee a left. Fall into the hole, there should be someone.** 14. Follow the tunnel and enter any room. This place might even be changedd to have a big fireball attacking you.. -s e c t i o n 2-- after you press the switch/restore powerr 1. get out of the room you're in and go to the top part. Then follow thee hall. When Chris says "turn left" enter the room nearby.*@@ 2. keep following the tunnel until you hear Chris say "you're going thee wrong way", enter one of the two doors at the end of the tunnel.. 3. go the correct path and you should see two paths(one to the left andd one in front). Go forward and hop over the hole with the big pipe.** 4. enter the room to the left of victim 33 5. enter the room to the right of victim 33 6. go right of victim 3 and skip the room, there's a path to the right.. Fall down the hole.** 7. jump out of the hole, I think there's another room nearby. STAY ALERT,, trust me.. 8. go back to the hole with the big pipe(victim 3), fall down. Follow thee path and turn left. Enter the room.** 9. Turn around and follow the tunnel. Go right and enter the room.. 10. Go back to the upper level and turn right. Follow the path to ann intersection with 1 room. Enter the room(there's 3 green flames), falll down, enter another room, at the intersection turn right.@@ 11 & 12. At the intersection go forward if they let you. Enter the room,, enter another room, then another, there should be 2 victims.** 13. Go all the way back and jump back to the top level. Go past the reactorr and enter the room on the left. There should be one on the top part.@@ round-1-- ---- ----survivor-list----------- -- ------ -------- page 1 page 2 page 33 Peter Smith 3 Prince Lemmon 1 Nancy Keaton 22 Joe Bradley 3 Sophie Rosay 1 Jennifer Fox 11 Curt Eisler 3 Paul Freeman 1 Anne Connery 11 Linda Wirgman 1 Marie Moore 1 Ahmad Khan 22 Gena Austin 1 Mira Redford 1 Emma Kensit 11 Richard Wells 1 Erika Pinter 1 Janet Day 11 Lucille Crawford 2 Danny Hackman 1 Satoshi Okano(S) 22 Oliver Landon 1 Christine Fowles 2 James Green 11 Rose Bergman 2 Simone Darrieu 3 Arnold Leyden 33 Lily Johnson 1 Frank Williams 2 Hideaki Moriya(S) 22 Yasushi Nirenburg 1 Kathy Margret 2 Hiroko Losey 33 Mary Foster 1 Takao Miyoshi(S) 3 Florenz Ranke 11 --- ------ ---- --- ----- -- - ---- ----- Note: The crystals can be found easily by just going to every room.. Memorize the level. It's not hard. Really.. >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<<< 1)Remember the part where the power shuts down in Section 1? Well, beforee you start that part, turn around and follow the path and you'll see twoo doors. Go to the bottom door.. There really aren't any crystals that are hidden well in this level. Justt check the entire level if you haven't already memorized it.. >>Boss Strategy: Anemoth<<< There's two ways of doing this:: 1) Keep running right and left while shooting laser blasts. You have too shoot them when he's almost facing you. You have to keep constantlyy running so that means no STOPPING. Run in an oval. This method requiress practice. The boss timer starts when you enter the room so double jumpp onto the platform to the right to get to the boss FAST.. 2) The safer, but slightly slower way of beating it is when you climb upp to the top level, go to the blue light in the left corner. Just stay theree and start shooting. The yellow flames will not touch you. *new** ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- r o u n d 2 : s i l e n t b l u e 55 ----------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- Personal Records:: (you can beat them right? Or am I really the best?)) Crystals: 825 *new** Boss: 35s "35 *new?*(I don't recall getting this time, but it was labeledd as my best time)) Limit: 1%% An unexplained accident has occurred at an undersea marine researchh laboratory. The Burning Rangers must access the research facilities andd rescue the trapped researchers. Watch out for the lab's Guardian-seriess robots- it seems they've started to attack anything that moves. Soonn afterwards you will discover that there are also visitors trapped in thee park. Using your superior brain power, you figure out an idea to rescuee all 200+ visitors by destroying the joints connecting the researchh laboratory to the park which probably wouldn't work in real life.. This level also takes forever to finish with an S rank. Usually there'ss 16 people to rescue, but it can go up to 18! The swimming sections off this level are really boring, but there are some places where the entiree tunnel explodes towards you, kind of like the escape scene of Descentt which is cool.. [Par time: 7:00]] [S rank Par time: 30:00]] >>Possible Victim Locations<<< starting from the beginning of the levell -s e c t i o n 1-- 1. To the left of you, there's usually a wall in the way.. 2. After you press the switch keep going straight.@@ 3. There are three rooms to the upper-left, the first one on the right.. 4. the second one.** 5. when you press the switch near the elevator, go back to the dolphinn tank. There's a room nearby that just opened.*@@ -s e c t i o n 2-- outside the elevatorr 1. Follow the path and keep going straight(it might be closed off). In thee original map, there's a bunch of water nearby. There's also a room to thee right.@@ 2. Go the correct path and enter the room.** 3. In the big room with the whale and dolphin statues, go to the top level.. There's a door that leads to a room with a water tank. Jump to the rightt of it.*@@ 4. Check the entire perimeter of the top level.@@ 5. On the bottom level, there's a hall. Chris will say "that's not wheree the director's office is". There might be someone there.. 6. After you save the director and press the switch follow the path andd enter the room nearby.*@@ 7. The room that opens after you press the switch in the monitor room.*@@ 8. Go in the vent and go to the top level.@@ 9. Get out of the vent and follow the path. There usually isn't someonee around.. 10. The 1st room you see.** -s e c t i o n 3-- after the dolphinn 1. Go to the top level.*@@ 2 & 3. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. After you see Shou or Tillis, there will bee two doors. Go to the one in front. Then go to the one on the left. Get thee victim. Turn around and keep going until you see an air duct to your right,, go in the air duct and get the other victim.*@@ 4. After swimming with the dolphin go to the room on the left and falll down. Go to the room on the left with the victim.*@@ 5. In the big area with all the green flames, go to the room on the leftt (not the one if the corner) to press a switch. There's a room in the cornerr of the water area that just opened.*@@ 6. Go to the top level and there's a room with a victim somewhere.*@@ round-2------ --------- ----- ------ --- --------- page 4 page 5 page 66 Marco Martini 3 Marcia Weber 1 Naomi Parton 11 Leonard Kennedy 1 David Weber 1 Kanako Parton 11 Ellen Kelly 3 Bob Fisher 1 Manabu Parton 11 Janet Campbell 3 Fumie Kumatani(S) 1 Yasuhiko Nagamichi(S) 22 Nico Pernas 1 Meg Tracy 1 Sonia Mortin 11 Marc Tyler 3 Diane Tracy 2 Martin Mortin 22 Scarlet Fonda 3 Bill Klein 1 Julie Sanda 33 Shinichi Higashi(S) 3 Elizabeth Klein 2 Mark Brando 33 Will Jones 1 Yasuhiro Watanabe(S) 1 Mira Ringwald 33 Owen Eastwood 1 Yumy Bouwer 1 Hanne Ringwald 33 Michael Eastwood 2 Tohru Watanuki(S) 3 Claris Sinclair 22 Bella Eastwood 1 Betty Forrest 1 Elliot Edwards 22 - -- -------- -- --- -------- ------ ------------------ >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<<< Note: The obvious crystals will not be listed and never EVER use laserr blasts.. -s e c t i o n 1-- 1. In the room with the 4 gas tanks. It's right after you press the 2ndd switch.. 2. On a balcony near the dolphin tank.. 3. In the room with the circulation controls.. 4. They're in the air near the switch.. 5. There's a vent nearby the switch.. -s e c t i o n 2-- 1. Enter the vent to the left.. 2. Go straight and enter the room with the survivor. It's in the air.. 3. There's two rooms nearby, one will explode when the door is opened, andd the other has plenty of gas tanks.. 4. Enter the room with the whale statue. Go to the top level. There's 33 crystals nearby.. 5. There's a room in the top level. Enter it and jump to the left.. 6. Go down to the bottom level again. Go to the directors office hallway.. There's a room next to his.. 7. In the tunnel with the robot, there's crystals around.. 8. Enter the vent, grab all the crystals in the room you're in. Checkk every corner.. 9. Get out of the vent and follow the tunnel and check EVERY room beforee entering the water.. 10. Take the left tunnel underwater.. -s e c t i o n 3-- 1. Grab every crystal you see.. 2. When you see your partner, keep going straight. Enter the room in front.. Enter the room to the right, there's a green crystal in a corner.. 3. In the room with the two green flames, there's 2 crystals behind thee table.. 4. Run behind the robot and grab all 3 crystals.. -s e c t i o n 4-- 1. Grab the crystals to the right, but don't go down that tunnel. Take thee other tunnel.. 2. Go to the up next tunnel and turn around. 2 crystals.. 3. After going through another tunnel, you'll see 3 tunnels. Enter thee middle one and keep grabbing all the crystals.. 4. After talking to the dolphin, go through the tunnel and grab thee crystals OUTSIDE of the left tunnel. Don't go in. Enter the tunnel inn front, keep trying until you can.. 5. There's a tunnel above you with tons o' crystals.. 6. Keep going and finding crystals until you see a red crystal and somee green crystals going up a line. You're near the end, but don't touch themm yet. There's a passageway to the right that takes you to a room of crystals.. 7. Grab the last ones.. -s e c t i o n 5-- 1. Grab all the crystals you can see. In the big area full of greenn flames, go to the left and enter the room with the switch. There'ss crystals.. 2. Go back and jump up to the top area, there's a room full of crystalss somewhere.. 3. There's crystals sitting around on a tiny balcony in the area.. 4. Enter the room with the water, but don't jump in the water. Jump to thee platform to the left. Then jump to the other platform nearby and jump upp again to enter a room full of crystals.. 5. In the room with the 3 robots, there's 2 green crystals in the air.. It's OK to use laser blasts unless you're jumping.. >>Boss Strategy: Undalatus<<< All you really have to do is aim and shoot. If he's too close, jump andd shoot because it's faster and you can't shoot him close up. You also havee to learn how to jump from platform to platform.. ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- r o u n d 3 : g r a v i t y z e r o 66 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- Personal Records:: (you can beat them right? Or am I really the best?)) Crystals: 3333 Boss: 11s "855 Limit: 0%(trust me, it's EASY)) A huge silent space colony drifts helplessly in the void. Inside, thee scene is not so peaceful. Flames are beginning to spread throughout thee vessel, fueled by the precious oxygen onboard. Your mission is to rescuee any survivors from an untimely death, and eliminate the cause of thiss terrible incident.. This is the shortest level. The highest number of survivors I'vee encountered were 8. At the end of the level, you'll have to rescue a boy,, but since you can't transport him, you have to carry him through ann exploding room on a thin pathway. In this level, you can find Yuji Nakaa and Naoto Oshima if you're lucky.. [Par time: 4:00]] [S rank Par time: 16:00]] >>Possible Victim Locations<<< starting from the beginning of the levell -Section1-- I haven't seen any victims around the first section.. -Section2-- 1 & 2. In the room with all the robots and fire, jump up to the topp level.*@@ 3. At the top level, jump forward all the way and enter the door to thee left.*@@ 4. There's a room with 2 green flames to the right of Gate B03.*@@ 5-7. There's a room in that room with 4 switches. Use you ID card to use aa switch. Enter all the rooms you find and keep going back here to press moree buttons if you get more ID cards. One of the switches leads to victim 3 soo don't press it.*@@ 8. Refer back to #3, but go right this time. There usually isn't anyonee there though.. -Section3-- 1. Remember the two room full of crystals that you can get into if you havee two ID cards? The second one will have Ami Shibata if you're lucky.. 2. Oh, you'll know if you'll find Yuji Naka. Remember that room with 55 doors before you save the kid? It's random, but if you're lucky, a doorr that has never opened will finally be opened. If you want Yuji, refer too the Secrets section of this FAQ.. round-3-------- ---- - ----- ------------- -- - -- --- page 7 page 8 page 99 Neal Belmondo 3 Brown Epstein 2 Bette Temin 11 Gerardo Vanini 1 Akio Setsumasa(S) 3 Tim Leary 11 Ridley Thomson 3 Grace Turner 1 Kayo Shimizu(S) 11 George Beck 1 Eric Howell 2 Charles Smyth 22 Casper Wyld 2 Elvis Douglas 1 Jill Woods 11 David Jackson 1 Alicia Howard 3 Takuya Matsumoto(S) 33 Henry Pierce 1 Joe Negrin 1 Jason Mark 22 Loretta Compton 1 Elena Eldon 1 Luke Scala 11 Susan Gray 3 Sam Murray 1 Mimi Follows 33 Tyron Fage 1 Matilda Kasdan 1 Naoto Ohshima(S) 22 Tomonori Dobashi(S) 1 Masaru Setsumaru(S) 3 Yuji Naka(S) 11 John Sweet 2 Naofumi Hataya(S) 1 Ami Shibata(S kind of) 11 --- -- - ----------- ------- -- ---------------- ----------- >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<<< -s e c t i o n 1-- 1. After you experience zero gravity, you'll be in a room with a door onn the left and right. Double jump and you'll find another area.. 2. Double jump again on the left and right sides to find some greenn crystals.. -s e c t i o n 2-- 1. These aren't really hidden, but if you have 2 ID cards left, go to thee place with the little flying robots and press the switch in the first room.. >>Tipss *In the room with the switches, press the following 3 buttons:: +----------++ |x o|| |o o|| +-------you++ *When a wall collapses, thrust in the opposite direction, don't try runningg because turning is too slow(unless you're running, if that's the case,, don't stop)) *In the part where you have to carry around the kid to the other side, justt remember to jump if you see the ground under you light up. No need too press the jump button to hop over the small gaps. If you fall, just headd back towards the beginning and hop on the little box and start over.. >>Boss Strategy: Argoyle _G<<< Jump and shoot, jump and shoot. You can try to break off all his trash too expose the crystal, but that's a waste of time. Stay a little to the rightt to dodge his rocket punch.. ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- r o u n d 4 : w i n g e d c r a d l e 77 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- You're stranded in a big floating piece of waste. The Burning Rangers aree unable to contact you so you'll have to be navigated throughout the levell by the voice of some skinny little girl. The level seems to be headingg towards Earth so you must destroy the central computer and save the girl.. You don't get a grade at the end, or do you? There's plenty of hiddenn crystals.... [Par time: 10:00]] [S rank Par time: n/a]] >>Hidden Crystals(Original Map)<<< -s e c t i o n 1-- 1. there's a small ledge to the left of you.. 2. look around underwater because there's a room where you'll find with 77 crystals.. 3. there's two little gaps in the 2nd room. One of them will explode.. after activating the switch and entering the doorr 4. there's a hole in the ground.. 5. in the hallway to the right, go to the left path and jump to get them.. -s e c t i o n 2 (after beating the subgame)-- 1. Jump up ON ALL the platforms then turn around, there's a room /w tons o'' crystals.. 2. in the room in front on the broken bridge(beware of enemy).. 3. If you're fast enough to kill the eye, your partner hopefully didn'tt destroy the crystals behind you in the air.. >Tipss *In the room with the big fireball, just stand on the end of one of thee ledges and shoot lasers at it till it dies.. *In the swimming part, if you get lost, just follow the crystals.. *In the part where there's falling rocks, all you have to do is rememberr the pattern, right, left, right. If you don't make it to the end by thee third rock, then you're doomed.. *At the area where you say "I don't even wanna think about falling off...",, once you master the controls, don't be afraid to jump onto those bigg blocks of fire(get rid of the fire first.) It saves A LOT of time. Myy record is 53.??s. *new** *To beat that big eye guarding Iria's hypersleep chamber fast, just standd right in front of it and when it opens its eye, shoot it, then run awayy like a monkey on fire. Be careful. Your teammate might shoot you for noo apparent reason aside from the fact that it's cool. Try to stay area fromm the area that your teammate is shooting at because they are lots o'' drones flying about.. >>Boss Strategies<<< Boss 1: The Crystall This is the easiest boss in the game. Stand in one place and keep shootingg laser blasts. Don't jump because for some reason, his bullets don't hurtt you. If you think you're falling off, just move forward a little.. Boss 2: Diamond Lasers(Best Time: 13"??)) Pretty simple. Just dodge the lasers with your side rolls. If they shoott twice in the same spot or if you jump around a lot, that probably meanss that they're gonna move around in a circle so jump. If you jump around aa lot, the lasers will probably start moving in a circle.. Boss 3: The Final Boss(Best Time: 1'34"??)) To actually hurt it, you have to destroy the two shields by his side andd then shoot him. When he drops meteors, just jump, double jump, and thrustt if needed. For the tornado, stay in the back and shoot at open spots(left,, right, left). Beware the 2nd tornado because it's fast. If he uses thee flame walls, find an open spot and shoot right after it passes you.. ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- l y r i c s 88 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- -- ----------------------------------- ---- -- - ---------- After reading the jap. manual, I discovered that ALL the songs except for onee were dubbed in English.. Note: I edited some of the words from the original source.. ------------- -- - ------------------------------------------ "I JUST SMILE"" Words by Talking Moonn Music & Arrangement by Naofumi Hatayaa Vocal Performance by Pamela Driggss I don't know why,, but I knoww I was here beforee in the flow of time.. I caamee from the timee can't be reached,, gone too far awayy only in life in my dreamss In my dreamss I have seen by myselff I wandered through the starss But it's not anymoree I SSMMMMMIIIIILLLLLEEEEEEE for the people I need..... every day every nightt for the warm smiles they give mee Love of people holding mee AAAANNNNNDDDD IIIIIIIIII don't feel lonely againn they are always with me.... for the warm smiles they give mee love of people holding mee in their arms..... Soooundd of the rain falling downn fills my heart with joyy the sounds I heard in dreamss scent of the wind all aroundd whispers of the treess hold me, I fall asleep(no this is not a typo)) It's the rainn It's the windd people hearr have been loving for all time feelingg noooooowwww I can shaaree IIII SMMMMMIIIILLLLLEEEEE for the soft breeze I feell every wind every shinee for the warm smiles they give mee Love of people holding mee AAANNNNNDDDD IIIIII find the gifts from the starss shining bright through the nightss for the warm smiles they give mee Love of people holding mee I just smile..... I just smile...... I just smile...... ----------------- --- -- ---------- "WE ARE BURNING RANGERS" *new** Words by Talking Moonn Music & Arrangement by Naofumi Hatayaa Vocal Performance by Marlon D. Saunders(also in NiGHTS)) > Who are they? Where are they coming from?? Risking their ooown liiiives Only one .....thing we knoww They are always with us fighting for dangerr They are Burning Rangers Go!! They will never let youuuu down... Hyper Burning Rangers Wow!! Don't you lose your hope noooowww They will wipe out raging fire without fear and they'll light up our futuree Don't worry just believe they will be with yooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu The Rangers have nothing to hidee So as they fight they stand side by sidee For what's right attacking with pridee Protectin' the people from more source of evill Trouble in those who do wrongg Sore, violated, get your back tornn The acts, what's this? Is it just this?? Supposed to save lives. Cyber-scratch thiss Darkness which is a tight mistt Combos, blows, doctor might misss So see 'em and prepare descentt To handle dares then proceed to stepp To the next stage and to a next phasee Given nightmares like Wes Cravee So violate a ?suresmic? wavee Cause the Burning Rangers is here to stayy Don't give upp Don't say you wanna cryyyy Don't forget yooour smiile Coming in! Hold on tight! Power of our teamworkk overcomes alll Yes, we are Burning Rangers Go!! They will never let you dooownnnnnnnn Max Power Burning Rangers Wow!! Don't you lose your hope noooooooww We must be the light of hope for the ones counting on us in the darknessssss Don't worry just believe we will be with yooooouuuuuuuuuuuu ------------- -- - ----------- - ------------------- "ANGELS WITH BURNING HEARTS" *new** Words by Tomoko Sasaki & Naofumi Hatayaa Music & Arrangement by Naofumi Hatayaa Vocal Performance by Dennis St. James(I think)) Though fast we deliver to the future landd Throw the growing world up tomorrow in strifee Passing through the matrix of dataa Driving you into cyber-divee Even when you're lost in darknesss You must believe in tomorrow, it will comee Just like Angels with Burning Heartss We'll face the risk of our lives.... Starting now I cheer to embrace the magic;; Visions displayed on the monitorss Can you see the moon and the stars and the sun?? Could they be in our imagination?? Starting now I cheer to embrace the magicc Starting an adventure for our futuree We are all hoping forr Setting out to lead us to the new universe!! BURNING RANGERS! To the brand new sky we divee BURNING RANGERS! Wings we have of shining whitee BURNING RANGERS! Aquamarine-colored skyy Fly high with grace and pridee BURNING RANGERS! We're gonna make it rightt BURNING RANGERS! True of people we're powered by(I think this is wrong)) BURNING RANGERS! Running at the speed of lightt Just do it! Just Burning Rangers.... Don't you feel like you've just lost your way?? We're always watching over youu Seems I kept it a secret placee Cradles rockin' with love!!!(ewww)) Sometimes a piece of our dreams have fallen offf Together we can make everything rightt Just like Angels with Burning Heartss We'll face the risk of our lives.... Starting now I cheer to embrace the magicc Melody from the distance -- can you hear it?? Like the song of an angel with a tear in her eyee With an affection for her guardiann Starting now I cheer to embrace the magicc Starting an adventure for our futuree We are all hoping forr Setting out to lead us to the new universe!! BURNING RANGERS! Shining through the starry nightt BURNING RANGERS! We'll always stay by your sidee BURNING RANGERS! Nights under a soft cool lightt Fly high with grace and pridee BURNING RANGERS! We're gonna make it rightt BURNING RANGERS! Toward this dream of ours we must tryy BURNING RANGERS! Keep this hope of ours alive.... Just do it! Just Burning Rangers..... > BURNING RANGERS! To the brand new sky we divee BURNING RANGERS! Wings we have of shining whitee BURNING RANGERS! Aquamarine-colored skyy Fly high with grace and pridee BURNING RANGERS! We're gonna make it rightt BURNING RANGERS! True of people we're powered byy BURNING RANGERS! Running at the speed of lightt Just do it! Just Burning Rangers.... ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- s e c r e t s / c o d e s 99 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- If you manage to rescue any of the Sonic Team in the game, they usuallyy give you passwords, pictures, and some information. Remember, you aree usually able to rescue them more than once to get more mail. Kickass.. Play Round 3 twice and you'll get a letter from that kid. He gives you thee subgame which is like the Sonic tunnel except you can shoot missiles.. Navigation Sound Test: NAVIXXTESTT FMV Test: MOVIETEST?(insert a letter A-I to choose the movie)) A - Introo B - Mission 1 Debrieff C - Mission 2 Debrieff D - Shou Mission 3 Endd E - Tillis Mission 3 Endd F - Shou's Endingg G - Tillis's Endingg H - Shou & Iria Conversationn I - Tillis & Iria Conversationn Note: There are no differences between characters besides their looks.. There won't be any audio cues, but music will be playing. When you beatt the level, it's GAME OVER, no grade so basically there's no point in usingg the passwords below or is there?? Shou(music playing, no audio cues)) Lv1 G2SHOU2JKYY Lv2 3SHOU5GHJKK Lv3 GFGF5SHOU55 Tillis(music playing, no audio cues)) Lv1 NM3TILLIS55 Lv2 B5TILLIS2DD Lv3 5TILLIS4KLL Chris Partonn Lv1 DH5CHRIS5HH Lv2 K3CHRIS4ASS Lv3 ADG2CHRIS55 Reed Phoenix(I refuse to call him Lead)) Lv1 GS4LEAD2ZUU Lv2 J5LEAD4XGAA Lv3 2LEAD6DHUYY Big Randmann Lv1 3BIG2BPLCKK Lv2 VZ5BIG5PGWW Lv3 J6BIG3OJYSS Iria Kleinn Lv1 KB3IRIA5KFF Lv2 HTL2IRIA5OO Lv3 GHJK3IRIA22 Original Map passwordss Lv1 D2H5P4IO2VV Lv2 DYJSP4IK2VV Lv3 D42GP4IG2VV Christine Fowles: BKAWM5NOSYY Hiroko Losey: BVROL4B5XOO Satoshi Okano: DBMOM6M5ROO Mixed-up Round 1 /w Hideaki Moriya and Takao Miyoshi: GOM1NMB5XGG Lots of Sonic Team in Round 2: B1SSHXZ1V55 Claris & Elliot: F13CLWBLGBB Claris alone: HD5KM5ELDBB Elliot alone: EFWOHHALF55 FHRCJ3E2GRR Yuji Naka & Naoto Oshima: BC31G3ZWWJJ Ami Shibata: AOJ4NPNWTEE Akio Setsumasa: DIW5LZEVDGG Elena Eldon & Ami Shibata: AWBWLHZFCOO ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- m i s c e l l a n e o u s 100 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- ---- - - ----- -- >>various tricks<<< ------ - - ------- This section contains some stupid tricks that you can do in this game.. 1) At the title screen, press A to make the words spin.. 2) To surf fire, jump directly on top of the fire to make it look likee you're surfing. Beware, usually you have a limited time to stay on top off it.. 3) Press the Navi button after you get hit by fire to say that you're OK.. 4) If you didn't already read the controls section of the FAQ, jumping willl make your laser charge up twice as fast.. 5) Pressing the Navi button in the 2nd Boss stage will make Iria give youu stupid advice.. 6) When you choose Story Mode while it's loading, press A or C repeatedlyy and rapidly. Tillis's character select picture should be discolored or thee pictures will disappear.. 7) Remember the dolphin in Round 2? Well, if you try hugging the front partt of the water tank, the dolphin will run away and start staring at a tunnell nearby and if you go to him when he's staring, he'll just go back to hiss normal routine. Hm...... 8) Tired of doing the training when you start a new game? All you have too do is start the training, and then reset or turn off the system. When youu begin your game again, you'll start on the first mission.. 9) Having trouble hanging on to ledges and air ducts? All you have to do iss jump to where you want to hang on and then just don't press anything.. You'll automatically grab on. Hey, it's better than holding forward.. 10) Rescue ALL 108 victims and you'll get a special message from Iria whenn you access the Rescue List.. 11) Hold X+Y+Z while the game is paused to get rid of the word "pause".. ---- - - ----- -- >>mysteries of BR<<< ------ - - ------- This section contains the biggest questions for Burning Rangers.. 1) 2P Vs Modee (I emailed Sonic Team and they didn't reply ;_;, might as well give up)) There are rumors floating around about a possible 2P mode. There's plentyy of proof that confirm its existence. Listen around in the Voice Test. Iff you've read Gamefan, then you know that they mentioned that there was ann option for the subgame and 2P mode. Look around the Internet for moviess of Burning Rangers. If you find the right one, you'll see Shou and Tilliss running side-by-side(no split screen). There's that space left in the menuu for another option too..... If anyone really knows if it exists then email me. If you have somee Japanese Saturn magazines, then look around for it.. 2) Collecting the Hidden crystals in Round 22 That idiotic Sonic Team member in Round 2 tells you "there are crystalss hidden all over Mission 2. Find them and..." I could swear that I've foundd them all, but who knows. Maybe he's trying to be funny.. Read through the hidden crystals list in Round 2. If you think I'm missingg some, tell me.. 3) Disappearing records *new** I have no idea what's going on with my Saturn, but my high scores keepp disappearing. First, I noticed that my subgame score was much lower thann in the FAQ. I could have sworn that I had let the game finish before II turned it off and I remember seeing it on the high score list severall times. This has happened several times with my other subgame scores too.. Same thing with some of my boss times and crystals. It could be becausee of my Radio Shack battery.. ---- - - ----- -- >>BR sites<<< ------ - - ------- 1) http://www.videogamers.com/ggibbon/br/br.htmm 2) http://members.aol.com/tifazal/brangers.htmm 3) http://www.din.or.jp/~koryan/sco_br.htmm 4) http://www.videogamers.com/br1087// 5) http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~hueyt/br.htmll ----------------------- - - - --------------------------- s u b g a m e 111 ---------------- ------ - ------------------------- --- The subgame is very similar to the Sonic 2 bonus level where you have too collect rings, avoid stuff, and hit zippers. In Burning Rangers, you mustt shoot debris, dodge huge walls, collect crystals, and hit speed jumpers.. Too bad there's only one level because it's pretty fun.. USE THE ANALOG PAD! The digital pad is too slow.. >>Personal Record: 2715300<<< >>Fastest Time: 1'00"15<<< To get this score, just do the following(it's hard to understand, butt you'll get the idea):: Right when the tunnel opens, fire your missiles. Follow the trail off crystals and press up to dodge the wall and then press down to get moree crystals. Immediately go right to hit the speed jumper and go left a bit.. You'll see a lot of walls so go in BETWEEN the half hexagon and cornerr wall. Right when you think it's safe, press left immediately and stay down.