First of all, there is a fairly accurate list of moves which the various
surfers can do, and the special powers. It's from memory, but should be
pretty well entirely correct.
Tricks and what they do:
Up and the trick button:
// ollie for alana - jump over stuff (really hard to do) or land on the
top of the wave to do a floater for extra points
// headstand for bucky - slowly repair damage to board (in contest mode only)
// hang ten for lee - gravity has only half the normal effect during his air
// arch for sandy - can go though the break
// kickflip for todd - jump over stuff (really hard to do) or land on the
top of the wave to do a floater for extra points
// luge for vic - can go through the break
Down and the trick button:
// duck for alana - slowly repair damage to board (in contest mode only)
// scorpion for bucky - summons the UFO (semjase) if held!!! - there is
more chance of this working if you are in the air.
// quasimodo for lee - slowly repair damage to board (in contest mode only)
// split headstand for sandy - slowly repairs damage to board (in contest
mode only)
// noseride for todd - slowly repairs damage to board (in contest mode only)
// duck for vic - slowly repairs damage to board (in contest mode only)
Right or left and the trick button:
// 360 slide for alana
// 360 slide for bucky
// walkaround from for lee
// kick for sandy
// powerslide for todd - if held, this will slow you down, but you can
slide around obstacles.
// 360 slide for vic
How to get more points:
- All trick-button tricks give you a bunch of points depending on how long
you hold them.
- Do airs
- Do spins in the air - the more spins you do, the more points it's worth.
And using the trick button does NOT help this value at all as it is scored
separately. To really spin, haul ass accross the wave, and just before you
launch, hold down the turning button and a direction. Work on timing out
the landings. You should be able to do at least a 900 with every surfer in
this manner. Do lots of these in a row for quick points.
- Go though the tube, and do tricks while you are in it
- Go under the pier and the oil rig
- Don't hit the dolphin! (this costs you a lot of points and hurts your board)
- Try to stay on your board (wiping out costs you points and hurts your board)
- Hit the UFO - this gives you a lot of points(7500), but causes everyone
but bucky (who doesn't get near as many points - 1000, or 2000 if he is
doing the scorpion at the time) to wipe out.
How to get crazy amounts of points:
- Air over the pier at the end of your run (hard) - 10000 points
- Air over the break (hard) - 10000 points
- Air over the oil rig (bloody impossible!) - 20000 points
- If you time it right, you can air over just the corner of any of these
and get the full amount of points! This is the only way to clear the oil
rig that I know of.
Other notes:
- When the UFO is over top of you, all scores are doubled!
- If you do a trick in the air, it's score value is doubled!
- Bucky can 'bounce' off of the UFO without wiping out. This is one of the
only ways to do a ridiculous insane! (2 900s)
- In contest mode, wiping out damages your board. Especially bouncing all
the way across the oil rig.
- Each character plays different. They all have different speed,
acceleration, and steering capabilities, which become impaired as the board
condition worsens.
- Save your game after every run, you never know when you'll have a crappy
run.
- Watch the timer! Important stuff like the pier, oilrig and breaks happen
at the same time, every time. Use this knowledge to your advantage.
Surfer Stats:
turnability - the speed at which the surfer can turn
acceleration - the rate at which the surfer can pick up speed
top speed - the surfers top speed
traction - the amount of sideways slide the surfer experiences during sharp
turns in inversely related to this attribute, and this also has a small
amount to do with their ability to land a big air
Please note that sometimes a high value in a stat can work against you, so
the following chart may be a little misleading. Although it may seem that
the points are distributed unfairly in the below chart, all of the surfers
behave uniquely in certain situations. The highest scores are not always
achieved with Bucky or Lee, I've seen all of the surfers decimate the 30000
point mark on one run at one time or another. And without cheating,
either.
Well, I suppose now that you have read all this, you have decided that you
still want to know the cheats. Well, there are some. at any time during
your game, type:
holyheck!
exactly like that, with the exclaimation mark. Now a dialog box will pop
up. This is leroy, our friend who will help you out when you need it.
Here's what he can do for you:
re-entry -> You got kicked out of that contest? No problem. He'll pay
off the judges and let you back in.
extra-life-> Running low on runs in thrash mode? Once again no problem.
score-> Want some free points? go ahead.
summon semjase-> How's about inviting that UFO over to have some fun?
alright!
cheat keys numpad-> Enable the use of the in-game cheat keys on the number
pad. More about them later.
beach nav mode-> Screws up the beach scene navigation, making in
navigatable
in a way similiar to doom. You cannot actually do anything
in this mode.
tron mode-> The name speaks for itself.
Try clicking on leroy himself for some better info on the music on the cd.
Numpad Cheat Keys:
numpad9 - speed up
numpad3 - slow down
numpad1 - wipe out
numpad2 - wipe out and lose a life
