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* LAND MAKER *
FAQ Version 0.98
For The Taito F3 System Arcade Game
and the PSX Version
"Builder's Block"
(c) Steven Ives 2000
Send Comments & Suggestions To
saives@gameoverdude.com
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Table of Contents
00) Trademarks
01) Legal Crap
02) History
03) About Land Maker
04) Game Start and Character Info
05) Game Play
06) The Pusher Gauge
07) Dumped Blocks
08) Power Blocks
09) Extra Modes In Home Version
10) Shout-Outs
11) The Pillory
12) Final Disclaimer
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00) TRADEMARKS:
Land Maker and all related trademarks are property of Taito Corporation.
Any other trademarks are those of their respective owners.
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01) LEGAL CRAP (Terms & Conditions):
This FAQ is Copyright (C) Steven Ives 2000. All rights reserved.
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OK, I think I've bored you enough with this legal crap. Let's go!
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02) HISTORY:
October 04, 2000 Added a credit for Paul Morton who told me about the
"Another World" code. A few character details are
added. Permission is granted for Cheatcc.com to use
this FAQ on their site, and the FAQ is released as
V0.98.
October 03, 2000 Added code for "Another World" and a few tidbits to
Game Play.
September 20, 2000 Work starts on my 4th Game FAQ. This time, it's
Land Maker aka Builder's Block.
September 25, 2000 I think this is ready for its first release.
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03) ABOUT LAND MAKER:
Taito, known for their Puzzle Bobble (Bust-A-Move) series, tries something
a bit different. It is a puzzle game, but uses a different play mechanic than
BAM. Now you're shooting blocks to make buildings with.
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04) GAME START & CHARACTER INFO:
Eight characters are selectable by the players:
1) Hiryu-
2) Aifa-
3) Soumei-
Master of Ice
His attacks freeze the opponent.
4) Renki
Mummy
5) Youen
Flute player
Her attacks cause opponents to dance theirselves dizzy. ^_^
6) Kouko
Knight
His attacks cause a rock to fall on the opponent.
7) Rinrei
8) Roushinshi
Priest
His attacks cause lighting to zap the opponent.
In the 1P mode, you challenge all 8 characters in the order in which they are
listed above. If you chose the Easy (Training) mode, the game will be over
after you beat three opponents.
Here are the 2 boss characters, which you cannot select:
9) (No Name)- A sorceress.
10) Gaila- Looks like a minotaur and is the final boss. The name is not shown
but I learned it from Roushinshi's ending on the PSX version "Builder's
Block."
If you can clear the game WITHOUT continues:
11) Bonus Stage- You face your doppelganger again.
High Scores:
The top 5 scores are listed daily. When the power is turned off, they will be
purged. Your highest stage reached will be shown next to your name and score.
If you finished the game, it will show "ALL" for the stage number.
PSX version: I don't think you can save high scores in the Arcade mode. Shame.
Another World:
If you clear a game in arcade mode, you are shown a command to input. Paul
Morton mentioned this code:
Shot Left Right Shot (PSX players, replace shot with L1)
Like some of the Bust-A-Move games, this gives you a mode with different
stages. You do this command before starting a game. A character will appear
in the corner of the screen if you got it right.
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05) GAME PLAY:
-Quick explanation-
The controls consist of a joystick and 1 button. You're controlling a
launcher at the bottom of the screen- instead of rotating it, you move it
horizontally along the bottom row. A "Next" indicator shows you the color of
the next piece that goes onto your launcher after you fire the current one.
As in Bust-A-Move, your time is limited to make a shot and a countdown will
appear on the last 5 seconds. If it reaches 0, the piece will be
automatically fired no matter what.
Your goal is to cause a piece to be pushed over the opponent's bottom line.
The arcade game operates on a "Winner Stays, Loser Pays" principle.
-Getting Rid of Pieces-
If the bottom vertex of a piece is open, it will have a glowing dot on it.
Shoot the same color of piece at it, and it will disappear.
The blocks come in different colors. You are to arrange them in square
patterns of the same color.
Unjoined Block: Worth 10 points
1x1: Looks like a small house. If you connect a piece to others of the
same color but it doesn't form one of the below structures, it
becomes this. These are worth 20 points when gotten rid of.
2x2: "The Bronze Structure"
This is worth 1,000 points on formation.
When gotten rid of it gives you:
- 5,000 points
- Power Block with an "UP" arrow
3x3: "The Silver Structure"
This is worth 10,000 points on formation.
When gotten rid of it gives you:
-50,000 points
-Power Block with a Star
4x4: "The Gold Structure"
When gotten rid of it gives you:
This is worth 100,000 points on formation.
-500,000 points
-Power Block with a Moon.
5x5: "The Platinum Structure"
This is worth 1,000,000 points on formation.
When gotten rid of, it gives you:
-5,000,000 points!
-Power Block with a Blazing Sun.
When you have a "building" formed, you can shoot a block of the same color at
one of its glowing vertexes to make it disappear. The Power Blocks' effects
will be explained later in the FAQ.
-Making Pieces Change Color-
If you shoot a piece and its path up the board is obstructed, it will change
adjacent pieces to its own color when it stops.
-Diagonal Walls-
If you shoot a piece into a Diagonal wall, it will slide along until stopped.
-Round End Time Bonus-
When you defeat an opponent, you will be given extra points ranging from 0 to
999,900 based on how fast the win was.
-Barging In-
A 2nd player may join the game at any time. The current match with the CPU
opponent will be aborted and 2P Match Play then commences.
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06) THE PUSHER GAUGE:
If your opponent gets rid of enough blocks, the message "Pusher Damage" will
flash above this gauge and it goes down. Your pusher will go down a line after
each shot you take until it reaches the gauge level. KIM that if this causes
one of your pieces to go over the bottom line, you will lose.
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07) DUMPED BLOCKS:
Eliminating enough blocks or structures will cause pieces to be dumped upon
your opponent's field.
You should get familiar with each character's Attack Patterns so you have an
idea of what can be dumped upon your field. These are shown at the Player
Select screen. Quickly take a peek at each character's patterns. In the
arcade version, make it QUICK because you have 9 seconds to pick a character.
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08) POWER BLOCKS:
These are gray blocks with a symbol on them. You can activate them with ANY
color of regular block.
UP block- Moves the pusher up one increment.
Star block- Any blocks that match the one you shoot into it will disappear.
Moon block- All blocks will change to the color of the one you shoot into it.
Blazing Sun block- Your pusher goes ALL THE WAY back up, and several joined
structures will appear, all the color of the block you used to eliminate
this block.
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09) EXTRA MODES IN HOME VERSION
The home version (called Builder's Block in the USA) has a couple added
modes.
Puzzle Mode- You have no opponents to compete with here. Various stages
require you to create certain structures like a 3x3, 4x4... all the way up
to a 7x7. Certain blocks will be laid out for you to work with or around.
A Shot Limit gauge in the lower left corner tells you how many blocks you
can put up before the pusher moves down again, but you can reset it by
meeting the stage goals. You do not play as any of the Land Maker
characters in this mode.
The power ups are similar to the Arcade mode ("Land Maker") with these
exceptions:
- There is NO UP Arrow.
- There are three different Sun items for 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7. Each one
offers its own formations of blocks for you to work with.
If you exceed the stage goals, you can get further ones as follows:
"Wonderful" - Exceed the stage goal by one unit (i.e. being asked for a
5x5 and making a 6x6)
"Excellent" - Exceed the stage goal by two units. This is not possible
on stages whose goal is 7x7 or 6x6.
"UNBELIEVABLE" - You exceed the stage goal by 3 units. Since the largest
structure you can make is a 7x7, this is possible only on
stages with a 4x4 goal.
After a round, you get bonuses:
Difficulty- Stages have different difficulty levels from A-E.
Harder stages will give you more points here.
Retry- Clear a stage with NO retries for a larger bonus. More
retries will mean a lower bonus.
You have 12 different "cities" that you play on. Six are available at first
but more open up eventually. After finishing a city, you are given the
option to save to the memory card. The grand total "Population" (score) from
all the cities you have played will be shown at the map screen.
This mode uses a 3D graphics engine- the camera will pan as you move the
launcher left and right. You can use the L1 and R1 buttons to raise and
lower your camera view.
Each city has six stages, each with three levels. After a stage is over,
you are shown a 3D rendered city whose growth depends on your score. Try
to at least get this checkerboard grid covered with buildings.
BATTLE MODE
This is a special 2 player mode using the 3D engine of Puzzle Mode. The
rules are changed from the arcade game. I have not yet tried this mode, but
as soon as I do, I will give some more info on it here.
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10) SHOUT-OUTS (The Credits):
If you supply me any information that is used in this FAQ, you're going to
be credited here. Corrections are welcome as well, if something is wrong.
Paul Morton, for mentioning the "Another World" code.
Taito Corporation, for making this a killer game.
Zuntata, for another cool game soundtrack.
Ving, for porting many Taito games to home systems and assisting on some other
ones.
Jaleco, for bringing the home version out here in the USA.
Jeff Veasey of Game FAQs ( gamefaqs.com ) for hosting a great FAQ site.
You, for checking my FAQ out. Thanks!
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11) THE PILLORY
A few guilty parties are here to be subjected to public shame. You may
now throw your rotten tomatoes at:
Megagames.com - For ripping off more than a few members of the Game FAQs
community. ( Ripping en masse)
Gamesdomain.com - Ripping en masse.
CNET Games Center
games.netscape.com/Faqs - Ripping en masse.
If anyone violates copyrights on my FAQ, they will be listed here as well.
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12) FINAL DISCLAIMER
This FAQ publication is (C) Steven Ives 2000. All Rights Reserved.
Breaking the Copyright is a prosecutable offense subject to applicable
civil & criminal penalties. Using this FAQ in an attempt to profit from it
is strictly forbidden. Web sites who host it must be accessible without
paying fees for the viewing of the FAQ. It is not to be used to aid in the
preparation of a commercial strategy guide. The FAQ is NEVER to be altered.
If this FAQ is ever ripped, the guilty party will be going into The Pillory
above with all the other FAQ rippers.
Taito Corporation is the sole owner of all copyrights and trademarks that
are relevant to RayCrisis or the Taito G-Net Arcade System. Any other trade
marks are the properties of their respective owners.
Last note: If you find something out about the game that I've not covered
in this FAQ, I'd like to hear about it. Please give me any comments or
suggestions you may have as well.
