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L I E R O F A Q 2.2
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Liero FAQ V 2.2
Written by Justin Bailey
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/ F I L E I N D E X \
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|| Title of Game: Liero |
|| Platform: PC DOS/Windows |
|| Publisher: www.mikrobitti.fi |
|| FAQ Author: Justin Bailey aka Michael Galosi |
|| Last Updated: August, Seventeenth, 2001 |
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This work is written and copyrighted 2000 - Mike Galosi
This FAQ is written and intended for personal and non-business use only.
Only those with express written permission may post this FAQ on their
website except for GameFAQs.com . This FAQ is not to be reproduced
without permission for personal or public use in any way shape or form.
This includes other websites, magazines, or any other type of published
article without express written permission. FAQ created, owned, and
maintained by Mike Galosi aka Justin Bailey .
All copyrights are acknowledged and respected in this FAQ.
This FAQ can only appear on the following websites:
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If you wish to use my FAQ on your website, please email me and I will
more than likely say yes.
Liero is copyright Mets„nEl„imet 1998 (www.mikrobitti.fi)
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Table of Contents
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I. Version History
II. Introduction
III. Weapons
IV. Gametypes
V. Tips & Tricks
VI. Cheat Codes
VII. Frequently Asked Questions
VIII. Special Thanks
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V E R S I O N H I S T O R Y
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Version 1.0: (July 30, 2000)
Initial FAQ worked on.
Version 1.2: (Augest 1, 2000)
Added weapons list and descriptions.
Version 1.3: (Augest 1, 2000)
Uploaded and added effectiveness for weapons.
Version 1.4: (Augest 2, 2000)
Fixed some text errors, added more FAQs and added my own custom game
type, Laser Tag.
Version 1.41: (Augest 2, 2000)
Changed who can host this FAQ.
Version 1.42: (Augest 3, 2000)
Changed who can host this FAQ.
Version 1.5: (Augest 4, 2000)
Added ASCII art to the top of FAQ.
Version 1.55: (Augest 5, 2000)
More tips, another FAQ.
Version 1.6: (Augest 7, 2000)
Another host for the FAQ.
Version 2.0: (Augest 21, 2000)
Changed format of the FAQ for easier viewing. Added two more FAQ's to
the FAQ section and added another special thanks.
Version 2.1: (December 3, 2000)
Added another host for the FAQ.
Version 2.15: (December 6, 2000)
Added another host for the FAQ.
Version 2.16: (December 6, 2000)
Tidied up the place ^_^.
Version 2.2: (August 17, 2001)
Added File Index.
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I N T R O D U C T I O N
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The following taken from my review:
Liero, a mostly cult favored game among the internet crowd, has a large
underground following since it's release in 1998. The game started out
as a freeware programing project for the author and turned out to be a
game that would take hours away from people at a time. The game has
been compared to the most 2D version of Quake that could exist, and
with good reason.
Liero, a real-time spinoff of the game Worms features 40 weapons of
glory to nuke, inflame, blow up, fry, and melt your opponent with. From
the guided missles down to the super shotgun every weapon has it's
tactical advantages and disadvantes and a certain situation where it
will become indispensible. Liero is a two player game, play against the
CPU or blast your best friend to peices with your vast deadly arsenal.
Several completly customizable game style ranging from Kill Em All
(classic deathmatch) to Capture the Flag and Death Tag. You can
customize your worms colors and even appearance via a custom graphics
editor available. You can choose weapon reload rate, player health and
the number of deaths (or captures or minutes) per round.
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W E A P O N S
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Astericks (*) next to weapon indicates effectiveness on a scale of 1-5.
Bazooka ***
Weapon Classification: Highspeed Missle
Description: Fires a large missle (non-guided) at the enemy.
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Big Nuke *****
Weapon Classification: Nuclear Explosive
Description: After a few seconds it explodes into exploding gibs.
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Blaster **
Weapon Classification: Explosive Shell
Description: A brown ball that explodes into dangerous peices.
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Booby Trap ****
Weapon Classification: Booby Trap ^_^
Description: Look like normal powerups, but blow up on contact like
mine.
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Bouncy Larpa **
Weapon Classification: Bouncing Shell
Description: A white starish bouncing object that leaves a trail.
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Bouncy Mine ***
Weapon Classification: Bouncing Mine
Description: Small mines that keep bouncing around. They blow up on
contact with a worm.
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Cannon ***
Weapon Classification: Lead Cannon
Description: Fire a lead ball of death towards your enemy. This weapon
is affected by gravity, watch out.
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Chaingun **
Weapon Classification: Highspeed Gun
Description: Second fastest weapon, fires bullets at high speed.
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Chiquita Bomb *****
Weapon Classification: Bannana Bomb
Description: After it is thrown, RUN! It launches tons of bannana
bombs in all directions that explode on contact.
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Cluster Bomb ****
Weapon Classification: Particle Bomb
Descritpion: Similar to the Chiquita Bomb, but is a smaller radius
particle blast.
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Crackler ***
Weapon Classification: Spit-fire Shell
Description: Spits out small bullets as the brown shell spins
around the area.
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Dart *
Weapon Classification: Metal Dart
Description: Fires a small metallic dart at the enemy.
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Dirtball (N/A)
Weapon Classification: Mud Pie
Description: After a few seconds, the dirtball explodes into a mound
of landscape around itself.
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Doomsday ****
Weapon Classification: Dual Missle
Description: Two missles that slowly seperate, has a high reate of
fire.
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Explosives ***
Weapon Classification: Dynamite
Description: Throws three sticks of TNT that explode on contact or
after about three seconds.
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Fan (N/A)
Weapon Classification: Propellant
Description: A high powered fan that can blow everything away (ie;
bombs, bullets, the other worm).
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Flamer ***
Weapon Classification: Flamethrower
Description: Sprays a powerfull flame that expands as it goes on.
Gauss Gun *****
Weapon Classification: Highspeed Cannon
Description: Fires a cannonball at ultra highspeeds causing serious
damage. Suffers from very slow reload.
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Grasshopper ***
Weapon Classification: Chain Effect Grenade
A green grenade that explodes then launches another one. Effective
for about 5-6 grenades.
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Greenball (N/A)
Weapon Classification: Snot Pie
Rebuilds the landscape as a green gooish substance.
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Grenade **
Weapon Classification: Grenade
Your everyday average green grenade of death.
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Handgun **
Weapon Classification: Bullet Shooter
Medium damaging laser guided handgun. Fires bullets at very high
speeds.
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Hellraider ***
Weapon Classification: Hell's Fury
Description: The cannonball type missles shoot in a curve and lob
other bombs away from itself. Very large area of impact.
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Larpa ****
Weapon Classification: Missle
A small medium speed, medium damaging missle.
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Laser *****
Weapon Classification: Concentrated Light Beam
Beam a concentrated energy of light at the enemy. Cuts away dirt
and the enemy at the same time.
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Mine ****
Weapon Classification: Camo Mine
Blends in with the landscape, explodes on contact with a worm.
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Minigun *****
Weapon Classification: Ultra-high Speed Gun
Description: Fastest firing gun, shoots bullets at ultra-high speeds
causing medium damage.
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Mini Nuke ***
Weapon Classification: Nuclear Explosive
Description: The Big Nuke's little brother.
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Mini Rockets ***
Weapon Classification: Missle
Description: A larger, singular Doomsday missle, causing more damage.
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Missile *****
Weapon Classification: Guided Missle
Description: Fires guided missles that can be controlled and flown
where needed. Medium damage, but the guiding system makes this my
favorite weapon of them all.
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Napalm ***
Weapon Classification: Molotov Cocktail
Description: Lobs a molotov cocktail of sorts that explodes with
flames upon impact.
Rifle ****
Weapon Classification: Highpowered Gun
Description: Highpowered and ultra-high speed gun causing serious
damage. Includes laser sight.
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Shotgun **
Weapon Classification: Spitfire Gun
Decription: Ma' grab the shotgun, we got sum varmits round the front
yard!
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Spikeballs ****
Weapon Classification: Spike Mines
Description: Mines with spikes on them. They cause mucho damage when
the whole lot of them hits. Expire after a while.
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Super Shotgun *****
Weapon Classification: Super Spitfire gun
Description: One of the best weapons in the game in many peoples
opinions. Fires a blast of BB's at high powered forces.
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Uzi **
Weapon Classification: Highspeed Gun
Description: Similar to the Chaingun, but less powerful.
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Winchester ***
Weapon Classification: Highspeed Gun
Description: Super highspeed gun, single shot causing serious damage.
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Zimm **
Weapon Classification: Ball of Death
Description: A ping pong ball that bounces around the area. Avoid this
at all costs! It causes mucho serious damage to your worm.
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G A M E T Y P E S
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Liero features several different types of gameplay, each offering a
different set of rules and a different set of strategies used in that
particular game to achieve the ultimate goal of victory.
Kill 'Em All: Your standard deathmatch type game. You can set the
frag limit for the match.
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Game of Tag: Everytime you frag your opponent, he or she is "it". The
goal is to be the one that isn't it for a set amount of time.
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Capture the Flag: Everyone knows this game. Capture the flag and
bring it back to your base for a point. You can set requied number of
captures to win.
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Simple CTF: Same as Capture the Flag, except you don't need to bring
the flag back.
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Laser Tag: This is my own setup within the game to play Laser Tag.
-First, set all weapons disabled except for the Laser.
-Second, set reload to 0.
-Third, set each worm's health to 1%
Can be played with any game setting you'd like (I prefer Game of Tag or
Kill Em All).
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T I P S A N D T R I C K S
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-Set reload time to zero for a great fastpaced match.
-If you are about to be killed, suicide :) The opponent won't gain a
frag that way.
-Weapons can take on new properties when they have no reload for
example:
*You can use the rifle as a jetpack by shooting yourself around
the room.
*A napalm into the ground is a cool looking way to suicide.
*Missles at zero reload are a GREAT way to clear some land.
-Use the rope swing like a third arm, or a tail if you prefer, it is
the best and fastest way to move around.
-If you hold up while guiding a missle it will go twice as fast.
-If the enemy is coming after you, plant a cluster bomb or a chiquita
bomb in the way and swing out of there.
-The key to survival is to keep moving, never stop, a moving target is
harder to hit than a still one.
Last but not least, the most important trick of them all:
-If playing against a friend, tell him to "Look over there" and then
cream the pants out of him, hehe. ^_^
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C H E A T C O D E S
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Cheat codes? You want cheat codes? Well..
THERE ARE NONE!
*GRIN*
If you want to cheat, you can set almost everything about the game in
the options section (ie; enemy health, reload, etc.)
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F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S
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Q:Can you play with four players?
A:No
Q:Can you play over the internet/LAN?
A:No
Q:Are there any cheat codes for Liero?
A:No
Q:How do you use the ropeswing/ninja rope?
A:Hold change weapon and press jump.
Q:Is there an official website for Liero?
A:Nope.
Q:Can you run Liero in Win95?
A:You can run Liero from an MS-DOS box.
Q:Are their any other ports of Liero (Linux, Solaris, BeOS)?
A:No, but search the web for NiL (Nil Isn't Liero, a Linux clone.)
Q:How do you use custom graphics?
A:Download the custom graphic pack (along with the Wormhole Level
Editor, Blood Increaser and level packs) at :
http://hem.passagen.se/otterud/wormhole/
Q:Can you use more than five weapons at a time?
A:Nope, but if you pick up new weapons, they replace the old ones.
Q:Can you disable certian weapons?
A:Yes, check the Weapons section in the Options menu.
Q:What would Brian Boitano do if he was here today?
A:He'd probl'y kick an ass or two, that's what Brian Boitano'd do.
Q:How do you load custom maps?
A:It's in the options.
Q:Can you set a timelimit on gameplay?
A:The only "time limit" that can be set is availible in Game of Tag.
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S P E C I A L T H A N K S
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[--
-My parents for buying my new PC!
-GameFAQs chat crew for the encouragement and good times.
-The WormHole webpage for hooking me onto Liero.
-And most of all, you, for taking you're time to look at my work
--]
Any feedback (positive or negative) can be sent to theraven@kiski.net
