Phantis (Game Over II)

Starting a Game

To play the game using a controller, press the Select joystick button.

To start the game with the selected input option, press the prompted start button on the keyboard.

Gameplay

Phantis (Game Over II) consists of two separate chapters, each with different gameplay.

Chapter One

Press the Fire button to attack ships and asteroids in your way. Carefully manoeuvre using the movement keys to avoid contact with any objects. If the ship is hit by another ship or asteroid, a life is lost.

Chapter One is split into four phases:

Phase One

Smaller enemy ships appear on the right-hand side of the screen, attacking the player. Destroy attacking hordes of enemies and survive to Phase 2.

Phase Two

Your ship moves closer to the planet of Phantis, swooping over a volcanic area with more enemy types and environmental dangers. Avoid the balls of magma which shoot from the ground periodically by timing flying under them when they reach their apex.

Phase Three

Phase three takes place inside an underground cavern which leads to a landing area for your ship. The cavern contains a MULTIAPILIER serpent, a larger enemy which winds through the tunnels.

To kill the serpent, shoot its head three times using the ships blaster, then shoot the remaining body sections until it is fully destroyed.

Phase Four

Phase 4 takes place on the planet after a successful landing. The player takes control of an ADREC, a creature which lets you pass through the swamps. Use your photonic blades to attack incoming enemies by pressing the Fire key with the correct timing.

There are two enemy types in phase four - enemies mounted on giant toads, and aerial variants mounted on pterodactyl.

Destroy the aerial units by moving up and pressing the Fire key once they are close enough to perform an attack upwards.

Once the end of phase four has been reached, chapter two will be available to play on the carousel.

Interface

1. Lives
2. Score

Chapter Two

Chapter two takes place on land, with the player in control of the pilot of the ship from chapter one over six unique areas.

Surface Level

Move to the right of the screen to progress. Find the entrance to the alien base, avoiding being hit by the PELOTRONE inhabitants.

A single PELOTRONE will follow the player, bouncing behind them. The Pelotrone can attack enemies for the player.

Alien Base

After entering the alien base, walk over the proton laser to equip it.

Press the Fire key to shoot the proton laser in the direction the character is currently facing. Aliens and other creatures are destroyed when hit by the proton laser.

Search the rest of the alien base to find the proton loader to increase your firepower.

Underground Forest

Find the access medallion in the forest’s depths.

Once the medallion has been found, find the blue door to the inner lake.

Inner Lake

Escape from the PLENTOSAURUS in the thermal waters of the inner lake. Avoid the piranhas, and reach the heliport to progress.

Magma Level

Enter a helicopter to reach the magma-filled entrance to the prison. Use the platforms to cross the lava, avoiding magma rocks bouncing from the pools.

The Prison

Reach the prisoner in the dungeon, and defeat the red devils guarding the entrance to finish the game.

Interface

1. Lives
2. Current items
3. Health
4. Score

The current health is displayed as a beating heart, and changes depending on the player’s current health.

Lives

In Chapter one, the player begins with four lives. Bonus lives are given for every 25,000 points earned.

In Chapter two, the player begins with five lives. An extra life is given for each heart pickup found.