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   01-10-2008, 2:38 AM
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Exterminator Achievement

Wow this achievement is hard and only worth 10 points. Is there a trick to it? Can someone please give advice for killing all of the spiders? They multiply too fast.


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   01-10-2008, 3:57 AM
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i'm surprised it's only worth 10 pts too.  having tried a couple dozen times already, it ain't gonna be easy.  only tip i can offer so far, if you didn't happen to figure out yet, is that you can sorta pre-position your shooting direction before your character goes live.  i say "sorta" because it's all feel since you won't really know where his arm ends up until it's go time, but you get a feel for it eventually.

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   01-10-2008, 4:30 AM
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I got it by killing the bugs along the two sides, and then going after the ones on top.  They seem to have more trouble breeding up there.  It's still pretty annoying, though.
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   01-10-2008, 6:52 AM
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thanks... that worked for me!
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   01-10-2008, 7:57 AM
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It really just relies on your luck, unless you can't get the aiming system down.

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   01-10-2008, 8:53 AM
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 SnapDragon wrote:
I got it by killing the bugs along the two sides, and then going after the ones on top.  They seem to have more trouble breeding up there.  It's still pretty annoying, though.

That's the way i did it as well.

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   01-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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So pissed.  I shot the last bug and then time ran out.  The explosion hadn't finished displaying yet so I didn't get the achievement.  Should have USER tonight.
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   01-10-2008, 10:34 PM
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I'm not getting even close to getting this one. Doesn't matter how fast I shoot these spiders or what route I take to get them, they multiply almost as fast as I can shoot by the time I get to the last section... And I thought getting into the MCP cone with only 6 shots was gonna be the tough one here...Embarrassed [:$]
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   01-11-2008, 12:16 AM
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Go left and up while shooting, then run downand right with arm straight up and shoot them, then go to top and finish it off, it took me about 25 minutes to get it.
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   01-11-2008, 4:44 AM
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Another quick tip, you can actually change your settings and give yourself the max number of lives (5) while going for this achievement. It doesn't say on the achievement description to use default settings. This just saves some time.

 

I also put the difficulty down to '1' when I got it, but unfortunately, I noticed absolutely no difference in difficulty for any games in the first level with this setting.

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   01-11-2008, 6:41 AM
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This is really hard!  

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   01-11-2008, 12:17 PM
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Yes, you just have to shoot all the ones on the left, than all the ones on the right, and then make a dash for the ones on the top. It takes time and a bit of luck, but it can be done. Try absolute aim and go straight at them, getting right up in their faces, get totally aggressive, give yourself 5 lives and lower the diffculty to one.

 

Without a doubt the hardest achievement in Tron.

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   01-11-2008, 12:30 PM
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Magnus... Wow dude major props on being the first to get 200/200 in Tron. You must have played that game alot back in the day am I correct? Also, would you mind giving us some tips for the USER achievement? I can only get to level 5 currently.
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   01-11-2008, 3:15 PM
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practice. all the light cycles except assembly and basic level you go to the right .

The red tanks, fire up until you kill one, then go up and down as needed, killing recognizers as you got, then retreat to the top to kill the last one.

Be prepared to face the PL1 level mcp cone which descends very fast and rotates left to right. attack this aggrssively!!

The bit that sometimes appears on grid bug stages is worth 5000 points. don't miss it!

Tanks, always go up when you begin your pattern, learn to shoot around cornersand make your shots bounce off walls. you can fire diagonally, they cannot.

After you beat the user level, the levels are all called user after that, so the patterns repeat. they are:

rpg, cobol, basic, fortran, snobol, PL1, pascal,assembly, OS, JCL, user

 

Team up with me in Co-Op to see these things n action.

 

 

 

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   01-11-2008, 3:36 PM
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oh yeah and Algol level lol
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   01-11-2008, 4:16 PM
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OMG...thats you...my god lol, congrats on being the best tron player ever. If you don't mind add me to your friends list. I never thought that anybody would ever get this so congrats.
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   01-11-2008, 4:27 PM
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 Magnus Diridian wrote:

practice. all the light cycles except assembly and basic level you go to the right .

The red tanks, fire up until you kill one, then go up and down as needed, killing recognizers as you got, then retreat to the top to kill the last one.

Be prepared to face the PL1 level mcp cone which descends very fast and rotates left to right. attack this aggrssively!!

The bit that sometimes appears on grid bug stages is worth 5000 points. don't miss it!

Tanks, always go up when you begin your pattern, learn to shoot around cornersand make your shots bounce off walls. you can fire diagonally, they cannot.

After you beat the user level, the levels are all called user after that, so the patterns repeat. they are:

rpg, cobol, basic, fortran, snobol, PL1, pascal,assembly, OS, JCL, user

 

Team up with me in Co-Op to see these things n action.

 

 

 

Nice tips. We definitely will play co-op sometime :)


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   01-11-2008, 9:46 PM
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Man.  Magnus beat me to 200/200 by about 45 minutes.  And then, after I was all stoked that I finally got the Exterminator and 200/200, I go back to the leaderboard and see that he broke 300k.

Regarding USER, it's pretty much an endurance match.  The patters are all pretty similar.  He goes right on the light cycles, I go left.  Once you find a patter that works for you, it's not too bad.  Even on the hardest difficulty levels (level 10 and later) the general patterns still work for all levels.  Here's a quick summary for what I do:

Light Cycles:  I go to the left on all of them, and alternate between two patterns.  One is a little box in the lower left corner, and the other sort of looks like a lowercase h.

Tanks:  Except for the recognizers levels, I sit in the little alcove right above the transporter.  Sometimes you might have to peek around the corner and kill a tank before making a dash for it, but this general pattern works on all tank levels (except recognizers).  Just don't get twitchy and accidently move into the transporter.  For the recognizers, just find a pattern that works and use that on all recognizer levels.  I immediate move up through the center lane and end up in the top right corner.

Grid Bugs.  Pretty basic.  For the one where you start surrounded by them, I shoot two of them on the right side and break through as quick as I can.

MCP:  Same pattern every level.  The difficulty here is to know asap which way the MCP is spinning and react as fast as you can.  It's all a matter of having enough time to shoot enough shots to make a big enough hole for you before you get pushed up too far.

Good luck!

P.S.  On the exterminator achievement, I shot all of the ones on the left, came below the center to the right, killed the bugs there, and finished off the bugs on top with about 25 on the timer left at the end.


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   01-25-2008, 8:16 PM
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I'm having a tough enough time...As I was 9 when this game released...And spent almost as much if not more than my monies on this addictive console...But couldn't get past snobol...Anyone have access to a user guide?
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   01-29-2008, 6:18 PM
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How I got Exterminator: I went left, then right, then top.  I had on 5 lives and Difficulty level 1 (though I don't feel like the difficulty changed any).  While skill is definitely required, there is a fair bit of luck involved with regards to how many bugs spawn and when.

Before the action starts, point both sticks at a 45-degree angle to the left (Northwest).  Once you start moving, pop off one quick shot and you should kill the bottom left-most bug.  Immediately adjust the aim to point Northeast and shoot the other bug on the bottom while moving closer to the bugs.  Make sure you are as close as possible to the bugs so that your rate of fire is as fast as possible.

Once you have about two bugs remaining on the left, start moving back around the bottom edge of the central core (try to hug it to save as much time as you can).  Your aim needs to be fairly accurate, as you should be killing the last bug or two while you are already moving back towards the right side.

On the right side, stay almost directly underneath the center of the bug groupings and keep popping off left-right shots (not quite straight up, but close) while making your way towards the top.

Along the top, just keep as close to the bugs as you can, and don't stop firing.  Make sure every shot counts though, because if you miss, it takes a moment before you can fire again.  Good luck!

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   06-27-2008, 6:22 PM
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I recently got this.  I honestly didn't think this was possible - never did it in the arcades.

Obviously best to try on basic.  Run full bore at bugs on right-hand side and don't waste any shots (should kill all four without missing).  Run to left, hugging the bottom of the I/O tower.  The bugs on the left should be hugging the side of the tower, making easy to clear them out with a straight-up aim.  Alls thats left then are the ones on top.

Remember:  Once all bugs are gone, you automatically are drawn into the tower (you don't have to shoot all bugs, and THEN try to enter before time runs out), so you can use the full timer to kill them all (I had like 21 left when I killed my last bug).

On a side note:  Interesting that you can set on easier difficulty.  Is this why some of the leaderboard scores are so high (I have left on whatever the default is)...?

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   11-09-2008, 2:38 AM
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 pacmantab wrote:

I recently got this.  I honestly didn't think this was possible - never did it in the arcades.

Obviously best to try on basic.  Run full bore at bugs on right-hand side and don't waste any shots (should kill all four without missing).  Run to left, hugging the bottom of the I/O tower.  The bugs on the left should be hugging the side of the tower, making easy to clear them out with a straight-up aim.  Alls thats left then are the ones on top.

Remember:  Once all bugs are gone, you automatically are drawn into the tower (you don't have to shoot all bugs, and THEN try to enter before time runs out), so you can use the full timer to kill them all (I had like 21 left when I killed my last bug).



Congrats on being an Exterminator! Smile [:)]
I'm still working on it.

Did you get the achievement on Basic or on RPG (1st level)?
I ask this because the achievement details say, "Kill all the Grid Bugs in the 1st level IO tower."


 pacmantab wrote:

On a side note:  Interesting that you can set on easier difficulty.  Is this why some of the leaderboard scores are so high (I have left on whatever the default is)...?



The description of the USER achievement is: "Advance to level 12 using the default settings."
Also, when the default settings are changed a warning appears when you try to enter a Single Player game. NOTE: Settings changed. Scores will not be uploaded. (Maybe you've seen this already)

I think the high scores are legitimate. Actually, I think they are MORE than legitimate because of the controls or should I say lack of controls - the pistol-grip joystick and the radial dial for aiming.


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   11-24-2008, 10:39 AM
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Those high scores are definitely legit.  I used to be able to score over 2.5 million on a real arcade machine.  The controls for the XBLA version leave a lot to be desired, but once you get used to them it's pretty easy to be pretty precise with them.  I had the #1 spot on the leaderboards for a while ... haven't attempted to try again since I lost it.  :-)
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   02-15-2009, 3:29 AM
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Congratulations! 560k is a great score considering the lack of a joystick with a trigger and the lack of a dial that always fires in the direction that you aim.

2.5 million is also a great score considering that 4,313,565 was the world record until 2001. How many hours does it take to get 2.5 million?

I think my high was only about 720k back in the day. Does the score counter roll over on the arcade game?

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