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| All aircraft | Rating: 24% | |
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Use the following steps to unlock all aircraft, including special colors. First, acquire an aircraft by destroying it in battle. This is easy, except for three aircraft. Forget the ground targets and dogfight instead, which is the true nature of an ace. You can acquire three different paint schemes for each aircraft. Two of the paint schemes can be acquired by destroying that color aircraft in battle. To acquire the special brightly colored third aircraft, you must find and kill the pilot flying it. On each level of the game there is a single hidden aircraft (eighteen total hidden aircraft). Each one of these aircraft has a specific pilot. When you see the aircraft in front of you and lock on, it will display the pilot's name next to the aircraft name and lock on square. For example, "S-37A SMIRNOVA". The hidden aircraft will not show up on radar until you get nearby. On radar, the aircraft will be marked with a red triangle instead of yellow. Each hidden aircraft is always in the same place on their specific level. This is always in an empty spot on the map away from the main combat zone. The aircraft can usually be found directly behind the main combat zone. Last but not least are the three remaining aircraft. To acquire the Yellow Squadron fighter (SU-37) of your nemesis Yellow-13, you must kill all of the pilots with names flying the special colored aircraft (eighteen total). To unlock the X-02 Stealth, get an "S" rank on all 18 missions under normal mode. In order to get the second X-02, finish the game getting an "S" rank under the hard difficulty setting. This will unlock a black plane. Finish the game under the expert difficulty setting with an "S" rank on all missions will unlock the last X-02. This one is silver. You can get the Tiger Striped F-4E by completing the game once under any difficulty setting, then using the Sp. Continue option. To unlock the second X-02 aircraft you must get an "S" rank on all eighteen missions under the hard difficulty setting. The third X-02 is unlocked by getting an "S" rank on all eighteen missions under the expert difficulty setting. Did this work for you? or 6 of 25 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Bonus options | Rating: Pending | |
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Note: This game is also titled Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder. Successfully complete all 18 missions, then save the game. Load the saved game to unlock the following new options at the main menu. The "Special Continue" option allows the entire game to be replayed with new fighters and weapons, plus the money earned in the first game. The "Free Mission" option allows any mission to be played. The "Trial Mission" option allows the game to be played in either score attack or time attack modes. The "Scene Viewer" allows FMV sequences to be played. The "Music Player" option allows any of the 36 songs in the game to be played. Did this work for you? or 16 of 21 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Expert mode | Rating: Pending | |
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Successfully complete the game under the hard difficulty setting to unlock the expert difficulty setting. Did this work for you? or 11 of 15 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Ace mode | Rating: Pending | |
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Successfully complete the game under the expert difficulty setting to unlock the ace difficulty setting. Did this work for you? or 10 of 13 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Alternate colors | Rating: Pending | |
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Successfully complete the game in ace mode. Note: You may also need to obtain S-class for all missions. Did this work for you? or 4 of 10 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Aircraft list | Rating: Pending | |
The following is a complete aircraft list (in order)F-4E (fighter) Did this work for you? or 5 of 12 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Shattered Skies: Shoot down SR-71 | Rating: Pending | |
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In the "Shattered Skies" mission, the fast moving plane you are locked onto when the mission first starts is an SR-71. You can shoot it down by heading towards the back of the combat area and climbing to about 30,000 ft. Head it off and you should be able to shoot it down. Quickly tap the Analog-stick Down as the mission starts. If done correctly, the SR-71 (which is the orange triangle) should still be blinking. This is the chance to get the Sr-71. Using the X-02 is recommended, due to its powerful speed. Did this work for you? or 16 of 23 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Whisky Corridor: Second SR-71 | Rating: Pending | |
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There is a second SR-71 Blackbird on this mission. At any time during the mission, fly to the southwest corner of the map at about 15,000 feet, just north of the RTB line. Did this work for you? or 12 of 17 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Breaking Arrows: XB-70 | Rating: Pending | |
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There is an XB-70 at the top left at about 30,000 ft. The enemy XB-70 can be shot down to earn extra points. The plane can be found all the way at the back of the combat area at high altitude. The plane is visible on radar to the left on the first target. Did this work for you? or 8 of 10 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
| Easier X-02s | Rating: Pending | |
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There is an easier way to get the three X-02s rather than going through the entire game. After the game is completed, the "Free Mission" option will be unlocked. Select this option and choose a difficulty setting (normal for the gray X-02, hard for the black X-02, or expert for the silver X-02). Select any mission to play on that difficulty setting. If you get an "S" rank on all the missions, the X-02 becomes available. This allows you to skip all of the missions you got an "S" on when you went through the full game. For example, if you got an "S" on all but three missions, you only have to play those missions instead of the entire game. Did this work for you? or 5 of 16 people have said this worked for them. |
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| On: October 1st 2002 | ||
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