Hidden message and bonuses in Blue Lightening

[CrazyImpmon]

In level 4 (password: BELL) there's a couple of hidden messages and a bonus. If you enter the first canyon with afterburner on, you get the message "You've got gut!" and later on if you're crazy or good enough, you could use the afterburner again in the second part of the canyon, you'll get the message "You're crazy!"

 

Finally, there seems to be 2 different kind of bonuses at the end of stage 4: "Gutsy Bonus!" worth 30,000 points or "Lunatic Bonus!" worth 60,000. It seems if you go through the whole stage without firing a single shot, you get the bonus but i can't figure out how to get the 60K and not 30K.

 

Also any other hidden message or bonuses in the game?

 

I could try and get some screenshots next time I play to see if I can catch them. It's really hard to get the second message as you have no room for error and reduced manuverability with afterburners.

[CrazyImpmon]

Ok I've played around a bit and I found a certain order in stage 4. If you go the whole way without hitting a single enemy target, you could be awarded 3 different points.

 

10,000 is what you get if you go quietly. No message or anything.

 

If you use afterburner in the begining of this stage, you will get this message. And you will be awarded 30,000 points at the end of the stage along with "GUTSY BONUS!" message.

 

If you blast through the second part of canyon, you will get this and you will be awarded 65,000 points (WOW! )

 

The actual message with the 65K bonues.

 

I couldn't get a clean shot of the 30K bonus message (still experimenting with Lynx screen shots as I don't have Lynx emulator or roms) and I haven't checked to see if you still get 65K or less bonus if you used afterburners through the second part only. I think the scoring may be:

 

10K for not hitting enemy target plus

20K for using afterburner in the first part plus

35K for using afterburner in the second part.

 

I'm still checking to see if there's hidden message or bonus elsewhere in Blue Lightening.