Rygar

Rygar
Katakana	アルゴスの戦士
Rōmaji	Arugosu no Senshi
Developer	Tecmo
Publisher	Tecmo
Release date	1986
Genre	Sidescroller
Media	Dual layered PCB
Orientation	Horizontal
Display	15KHz

Rygar is a scrolling platform game where the player assumes the role as the "Legendary Warrior", battling through a hostile landscape. Only with the attack and movements mastered would the player stand a chance of progressing through later stages. The main feature of gameplay is using a weapon called the "Diskarmor", a shield with a long chain attached to it.

Artifacts and Powers

Artifacts

All the below items can be found hidden in the stones. Some like the explosion item are always hidden in set places every game, but most of the rest are placed randomly. The stones are always in the same places each game though and are never found in random locations.

Artifact	Reward
	200 pts bonus. The ones that shoot out of fire pits on some levels can be shot instead of collected but doing this gets you only 100 pts.
	500 pts bonus. Nothing else special about this item.
	1000 pts bonus. They also start to appear randomly after you've collected 4 powers.
	Kills everything on the screen and gives you 10k pts bonus. Note you don't get extra pts for what you kill. These items are in the same set places every game, except the random one on round 6.
	This is very rare but can appear on any level. It's worth a random amount of points if collected or keep shooting at it and it will turn into the four items above (in that order) and then the Cross power.
	Time Item. Adds twenty "seconds" to the clock. If you collect one after the timer has already reached zero the extra time is added on but doesn't go down again.
	Extra life. These can sometimes be found in the stones on rounds 4, 12, 18 and 26. On the Japanese version there's one on round 14 on the righthand side of the log bridge. Grab it quick as it flys off the screen!
	Collect any 7 stars for a 70,000 pts bonus.
	Hidden Parchment worth 1,000,000 pts! There's only one of these in the game and it can only be found above the star tree on round 13 (see bonuses & scoring).

Hidden Powers

How long it takes you get get all the powers depends on the difficulty setting of the machine. On the hardest setting its possible to get 4 powers on one level if you've got enough time. On the lower difficulty settings it can take as long as 4-5 rounds before you get all 4.

If you get the Cross power while you have the other 4 powers you gain a huge 160,000 pts bonus! If you don't die and get another cross you don't receive another 160k though :( The Cross power only appears on set levels or in the question mark object. Once you have got the powers, the blue 1000 pts objects start to appear randomly.

Each one of the powers are also hidden in various stones - two only appear in the Japanese version of the game. Click here if you want to know their locations. The Cross Power is only ever found on set levels (7, 17 and 25) or from the rarely found ? object.

Power	Result
	Star Power - Increases your weapons range to nearly the length of the whole screen! See the tips page about the more powerful shooting.
	Crown Power - Increases the fire power of your weapon, letting you kill several enemies with a single shot!
	Tiger Power - Let's you kill ANY enemy instantly by jumping on it (see bonuses & scoring).
	Cross Power - Limited invincibility lasting 10 - 45 seconds depending on the round. If you collection a second Cross power and the first hasn't expired extra invincibility time isn't added on nor do you score another bonus.
	Sun Power - Allows greater control over vertical firing. See the tips page about this.

External Links

• Rygar.info website - Way Back Machine