IT'S HERE! The Official Pong Kombat 2 FAQ Ver. 1.2 Written by the authors of the game: Sadwick Productions & Art Entertainment Based on the original Pong Kombat by Gagne Software, used with permission. This guide covers every known secret for Pong Kombat 2. This is the only official guide for Pong Kombat 2, ver. 2.0. Any other guides saying they are "official," they are BSin' you. This FAQ is written by the authors of the game. This guide covers most of the questions we were asked. So read on... CONTENTS 1. Is there a PK3 game secluded? 2. What is planned for SPK2 3. INTERVIEW WITH AUTHORS 4. Neato Stuff 5. Most Frequent Asked Questions 6. SPECIAL MOVES 7. SECRETS 8. SECRET PADDLES 9. RANKINGS 10. Beating paddles and secret paddles 11. SUPER SECRET PADDLES 12. Credits 1. Is there a PK3 game secluded? There is a PK3 for the MAC, but it was NOT AUTHORIZED by Gagne Software and Gagne Software in general disapproves of it. If there ever will be a PK3 game made, it will be made by us. 2. What is planned for SPK2? The works. Over 20 paddles to pick from, more special moves, dismantles, secrets, and more. Arcade like feel. Blood and guts, special fatalities, and much more. This will come out really late (probably when MK4 is out) but expect the works. Now, there is a chance it may not come out at all, we might start up a new fighting game generation or a role playing adventure. 3. An interview with the authors of Pong Kombat 2 Ryan Sadwick, President of Sadwick Productions Arturo Aquino, President of Art Entertainment (RS - Ryan Sadwick, ART - Arturo Aquino) Q: WHAT MADE YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT MAKING THIS GAME? RS: Playing PK1 over and over. ART: Playing PK1. Q: WHAT ARE THE MAIN STEPS IN DEVELOPING A GAME LIKE THIS? RS: Number 1: Get authors permission first if you are making a sequel to their game! You must get along with all your employees or friends. Agree on ideas together. If it sounds stupid, try it. I thought re - rendering every in 3D may of been a bad idea. But we tried it, and the game looks 100X better than it did before! ART: Use storyboard techniques. We sat in a room for about two hours figuring out the name of the paddles, special weapons, backgrounds, ETC. Then we wrote them on a board then we programmed them into the game. Q: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "BEFORE?" RS: PK2 once looked exactly like PK1. We had Pink Paddle, Orange Paddle, and a hole bunch of other boring names. The graphics were just like PK1, which was cool. ART: Then I came up with re - rendering everything in one of Ryan's 3D programs. Then we came up with new paddles too. Once we did that we spent about 4 months coming up with backgrounds and rendering them. It took a while to finish all the backgrounds. Then we took out all the old fatalities when everything was re - rendered. Q: WHAT MADE YOU GUYS USE "DISMANTLE," INSTEAD OF "FATALITY?" RS: Fatality is an old one. So we broke away from "Fatality" and came up with Destructions. But we heard that was in a cool game called "One Must Fall," so "dismantle" just came to mind. Q: WHERE DO YOU COME UP WITH THESE PADDLE NAMES?! ART: We sat in a room for about two hours thinking them up and there special weapons. We joked around with some of the names, put then we drafted some and cut some. Q: WHAT BACKGROUND WAS THE HARDEST TO THINK OF? RS: Shifter and the paddle selection screen. ART: Shifter and Rock Paddle. Q: DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE GAME? RS: YES! There was something wrong with Green Paddle, every time we'd pick her, the game would lock up and give an error message. So we took out a paddle "Tiger Paddle" which was no loss because we had not done his background yet. He would have been a good paddle too. (sniff) Art hated Tiger Paddle... ART: That's right!! Q: WHAT TOOK YOU THE LONGEST TO ACCOMPLISH? TOGERTHER: Dismantles, before that we had combos. Q: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PADDLE? ART: Spike and Magma Paddle RS: Monolith Q: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SECRET PADDLE? RS: Plaid Paddle ART: Wacky Paddle Q: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE BOTH OF YOU TO BEAT THE GAME? RS: Three seconds ART: 3 1\2 seconds. Q: WHO WOULD WIN IN A TWO PLAYER MATCH, HONESTLY? Art: Ryan, he is the king, unless Stefan Gagne wants to try and beat him... Q: WHO IS YOUR LEAST LIKED PADDLE? RS: Rock Paddle ART: Same here. Q: WHAT FEATURES DID YOU LEAVE OUT THAT WERE GOING TO BE IN PK2? ART: Combos, more background finishers, suicidealities (which were done, but erased for memory reasons), Tiger Paddle, and a secret paddle, Shadow Paddle. Q: DO YOU PLAY PK2 EVERY DAY? RS: No way!!! It is boring to us because we designed the game and know everything single, solitaire secret there is to know about it. If we did not make it, I'm sure we'd be playing it everyday, but it is a lot of fun making the game and getting so much response. ART: Well, we played it out when we were testing it. It was a lot of fun working behind the scenes at Sadwick Productions and Art Entertainment. Q: HOW DID YOU GUYS GET PERMISSION? RS: We did not get permission at first. We made the game with "PK2" in mind. It was VERY unwise to do this. Do not repeat our mistake. But I got a hold of Stefan Gagne and asked him. Luckly, we got permission directly from HIM! This is authorized by Stefan Gagne himself!!! Q: WHAT IS SUPREME PONG KOMBAT 2? RS: This game will have everything we left out in PK2 as well as a lot of other stuff!!! Q: HOW DO YOU TWO RATE EACH OTHER ON WORKING ON THIS GAME? RS: Art can draw anything. He came up with the artificial intelligence for the computer controlled paddles, and more! I give him an A+ ART: If you give Ryan something to put in the game, you see within a few minutes. He makes anything playable! He can use any 3D program and come up with something spectacular in a few minutes. Then you see it in his programming. A+! 4. Neato Stuff. -We never got paid a cent. We did not ask for it either -All we ate while developing this game was Pringles, looking at Pamela Lee posters, listening to Bone Thugs ~N~ Harmony, drinking Sprite, (Image is nothing) and playing basketball when we took a break. We also skipped school on half days (every 3rd Wednesday of each month) just to design this game! -Arturo was in Puerto Rico when the game was uploaded. -We wrote notes to each other in school about ideas for the game. -Arturo wanted to make a basketball game. I told him he needed special brain treatment. -Nate Naas made fun of this game, so I beat him in the mile run (4:58) at a track meet and I made him cry, because his best is (5:10). Yes, I made him literally cry. -We were going to have a Jolly Green Giantality. -Katie played this game and got here butt kicked, flawless by Rock Paddle. -Stefan Gagne helped out a lot :) :) :) -We took time off to go to Bush Gardens. (in Tampa, FL) We rode the Montu (World's fastest inverted roller coaster) 7 times and came off with no sense of direction. We hold the record. -The version that has been uploaded every where is version 2.0. 1.0 was the version at look exactly like PK1. 1.5 is the version that had combos, errors, no dismantles, one special move, slow, took up to much space. If you are playing 1.5, most of these secrets are not in there. 2.0 is the best version. And most likely the one you are playing now. There is no way you have 1.0 because we never distributed it and we erased it. We wished we had not deleted it because it was so funny :) -I passed school with the Skin Of My Teeth. -Yes, that is my little sister that yells "SPAM!" -Ryan Sadwick is a black belt in martial arts, Kung Fu. 5. Most Frequent Asked Questions Is there animalities? Nope. There are no Babalities or Friendships either. What is Stefan Gagne's address? I am sure he does not want me to tell you. Who is the best paddle in PK2? Shifter. Is there any Sucidealities? There was in version 1.0, but due to a few changes, they were taken out. How many secrets are in this game? About 91, including special moves, secret paddle moves and dismantles. How old are you guys? We really don't want to tell. How do I get to the debug menu? Defeat Awesome Paddle. Is there any nudealities? Yes, pick Green Paddle, after you kill your adversary hit: F, D, B, U, U, U, U, D, B, F Where is PK2 available at? http://sadwick.simplenet.com/pk2.html Are there Spamalities? Well, YES... Pick Shifter, get a Flawless Victory. Hit the old combo: Button 1 x3, U. The opponent morphs into a Spam "Lite" can! "Spam Lite -ality" Why this there a "parental advisory" sign on the game. Now my mom won't let me play it, thanks a lot... That was a joke, but if you have a little sister that's under three years of age, they really shouldn't play it, at least that's what Congress thinks... LOSERS! But really, we have astablished a rating system. Can I get version 1.5 of PK2? It is available and we have it on disk too, but only my testers can have that version. What other games have you guys done? Well most of them we trashed. But we made an adventure game, O.J. Simpson game, Power Rangers, and a few others that we did before PK2. We really want to do an RPG... What is your web site? sadwick.simplenet.com Can I make PK3? No. Any bugs? Plaid Paddle's ending will go to someone else's ending. If you want a picture of the ending, e-mail us. Loading times are long. Yes, there is nothing much we can do about it. * SECRETS GALORE * 6. Special Moves for the Regular Paddles D = down, U = up, F = forward, B = back x(number) = hit the key that number of times. Ex. button 1 x3 = hit button 1 three times. Aqua Paddle Aqua Freeze: F, F, B, button 2 Ice Pick: F, U, U, button 1 Dismantle: F, F, D, button 2, D (Freezes opponent then rams them with her head) Ending: Killed White Paddle only to marry her lover, Shifter Monolith Star: D, F, B, button 2 x2 Wooden Stars: F, D, F, button 2 Dismantle: B, B, U, D, button 1 (Mashes on adversary) *Nudeality: F, D, B, U, U, U, U, D, B, F (Flashes opponent) Ending: Very pissed off because White Paddle replaced him, he successfully electrocutes White. Now he vows to return the world to it's natural form. Green Paddle Arrow: D, U, D, button 1 Flame Arrow: F, F, F, button 2 Dismantle: U, D, U, Button 2 (Shoots 3 arrows and they stick in adversary) *nudeality* - F, D, B, U, U, U, U, D, B, F Ending: An assassin at heart, she beats the crap out of White Paddle, again. She makes him her captive to return the world back, then pushes him into her acid pit. Cyber Paddle Laser Hot Spikes: B, button 2, F, button 1 Laser: D, D, button 2 Dismantle: F, B, B, button 2, D (Takes out a clamp and smashes opponent) Ending: In his past, White Paddle and Shifter destroyed his family and made his homeland home to twisters. He beats the living paddle guts out of both and returns home. Bloodstone Spinning Blood Stone: F, F, button 1 x3 3 Blood Stones: U, U, D, D, button 2 x2 Dismantle: U, U, U, button 2, button 1, U (Takes off enemy's head) Ending: Once the Pong Lao Cult leader, White Paddle kicks his butt of the throne. Bloodstone gets his revenge and kills White Paddle. He leaves the circuits for personal reasons. Rock Paddle Boulder: D, D, U, B, button 2 Pebble Spread: B, B, U, B, button 1 Dismantle: D, D, B, D, U, button 1 (Throws out a boulder and it goes through the opponent) *Make sure you aim the fireballs. If they don't hit, no dismantle Ending: Rock Paddle, Lord Of The Wasteland takes over the meet. He then turns the world into one big wasteland! (not that it is already) Spike Paddle Spiked Ball: F, B, F, B, button 2 Spikes: button 2 x5 Dismantle: B, B, D, U, button 1 (Rams into opponent several times) Ending: Spike Paddle rampages through the meet and sends White Paddle to is demise. He plans to take over the world! Shifter Sword: B, B, F, button 1 Saber: F, F, F, button 1 x2 Dismantle: D, F, F, B, button 2 (Stabs adversary with fencing saber and pulls it out...) *Spam Lite-ality: Get a Flawless Victory with SHIFTER. Press button 1 three times and press up. Ending: The only reason Shifter turned against White Paddle was for the love for Aqua Paddle, they rules as king and Queen and eat Spam the rest of there lives. Magma Paddle Fireball (s) 1: B, F, button 1 2: B, B, button 1 3: B, B, F, F, button 2 Dismantle: D, D, D, B, U (Shoots two fireballs. When they hit, enemy crumbles.) *Make sure you aim the fireballs. If they don't hit, no dismantle Ending: No one knew is true identify, he quickly takes control. Defeating White, he reveals his true form, the Rainbow Paddle. 7. SECRETS GAME OVER KODE Game Over screen code: The code for the game over screen is: 1 3 7 0 5 2. This will access Art Paddle and you will fight against him. This is the only code for the game over screen. If you do defeat Art Paddle, you get to play as him! Only a few have survived. Art Paddle is actually Arturo's paddle. Art is short for Arturo. It is sort of like a continue code. VS. Screen Lockout Kodes PURPLE PADDLE (playable): 5 2 2 2 2 2 5 BLUE PADDLE (playable): 1 5 5 5 5 5 1 WHITE PADDLE (playable): 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 CIGARETTE PADDLE (playable): 7 1 1 1 0 6 2 ACID PADDLE (playable): 2 5 2 5 0 7 5 10 BALLS: 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 DENNIS RODMAN TOASY: 7 1 2 3 2 3 3 CREDIT SCREEN: 5 5 1 1 0 0 7 CAST OF SECRET PADDLES: 7 7 5 7 1 0 7 After beating White Paddle After you annihilate White Paddle and we congratulate you, randomly incomplete sentences put up. (Sometimes they don't at all) Here are what they mean: "SHIFTER IS THE KEY" - Shifter is the best one to pick if you want to be the best. He is the best one to use to defeat White Paddle. "SECRET PADDLES ARE PLAYABLE" - This one really sticks out. You can pick all the secret paddles, even bosses. "Who is Plaid Paddle?" - A question that deserves an answer. Plaid Paddle leaks in the game. Hit forward and button 1 when Ryan yells "No Guy." If you defeat Plaid, he'll become your slave. "Flawless On White Paddle?$!" - If you do get a flawless on White paddle, you will get a special ending. Very special... "U+B2=WACKY" - This means 'up plus button 2 equal access to Wacky Paddle' when you press this when Arturo goes out and screams "Wacky Paddle" If you manage to defeat Wacky, he'll cherish you forever. "Purple Paddle Transformations" - This means at the VS. screen, you can turn into one of the best secret paddles, Purple. His code is 5 2 2 2 2 2 5. Sometimes if you use "random select" You can get Purple Paddle, but it's very rare. "Cigarette Paddle" - Hard to believe, but there is a Cigarette Paddle. You can gain control over him if you enter this code on the VS. screen: 7 1 1 1 0 6 2. *If you do by chance beat our score,(1510173007) you'll be rewarded by access to the debug menu. Easter Eggs At the first title screen where Gagne Software is and the warning signs, double click on the left or right mouse button. This will change the color of text. 8. Secret Paddles There are a total of 12 secret paddles (including bosses) and all of them are playable. There are two other paddles not shown on this screen. They can be accessed from the debug menu, under "Super Secret Paddles." None of these paddles have dismantles. Plaid Paddle: When Ryan Sadwick comes out and yells "No Guy," hit Right + Button 1. Plaid Paddle is good. He would be easy if it was not for those dreaded balls. If you defeat Plaid, you get to play as him. "No Guy" evolved from when we thought of something so outrageous, we'd say at the same time: "No Guy!" Wacky Paddle: When Arturo Aquino comes out and yells "Wacky Paddle," hit Up + Button 2. Wacky is wacky. Destroy Wacky Paddle, you will get to control him. Awesome Paddle: When both Ryan and Art come out hit, Button 1 + Button 2. Awesome Paddle takes up the whole screen, never missing a ball. Kill him and you'll get the debug menu. To access the secret paddle selection screen type this in at the start & options screen: RYANART This is the maker's of this game names. "Ryan Sadwick & Arturo Aquino." When you key that in, you get the "Secret Paddle Selection Screen." On this screen you can even pick White Paddle who is on the platform. Clockwise: White Paddle, Acid Paddle, Chief Paddle, Blue Paddle, Red Paddle, Plaid Paddle, Wacky Paddle, Cigarette Paddle, Awesome Paddle, Purple Paddle. *None of these paddles have dismantles. D = down, U = up, F = forward, B = back x(number) = hit the key that number of times. Ex. button 1 x3 = hit button 1 three times. White Paddle Specials: 3 fireballs: button 1 6 fireballs: button 2 Ending: As cool as he is, White takes over the world and destroys it. His actions killed that "something" just what his plan was... Purple Paddle Specials: Spinning razor: U, U, U, button 1 Ending: Not know as being a secret paddle, he surpasses White Paddle and butchers him to death. Then he turns into a playable paddle for the next tourney. Acid Paddle Specials: Acid Spit: F, F, button 2 Ending: Made of Acid, she melts her way through the meet only to dissolve White with her acid spit! Blue Paddle Specials: Blue Aura Ball: button 1 x4 Ending: Not known as a secret paddle, he surprises everyone, even you. He strangles White Paddle and becomes the greatest secret paddle in history. Chief Paddle Specials: 3 fireballs: button 1 6 fireballs: button 2 Ending: As stubborn as Chief may be, he is smart enough to kill his own master. He reins supreme! Plaid Paddle Specials: Plaid Shovel: B, B, D, button 2 Ending: Thought to be just a rumor, he hears about this and joins the swap meet. He bashes White in with his shovels and turns the world into plaid. Wacky Paddle Specials: Claw: D, F, button 1 Ending: Insane as he his, he finds out White was going to enslave his race. He goes psycho kills him. He got so crazy, he accidentally exterminated his race and himself, never knowing his true identity. Cigarette Paddle Specials: Smoke: F, F, F, button 2 Ending: White Paddle never knew Brendon Mullis (paddle designer) would make such as thing. White Paddle smokes him up and kills himself. Cigarette Paddle buys all the Cigarette companies and puts in White Paddle's ashes instead of dangerous chemicals. Awesome Paddle Specials: Stone Ninja Stars: B, D, B, button 2 Ending: Big and bad as he his, Awesome Paddle kills White Paddle easily. He plans to marry Chief Paddle. Red Paddle Specials: Shadow: D, U, button 1 x2 Being deformed in Pong Kombat 1, he returns secretly. He goes crazy and kills every paddle, even White Paddle. 9. Rankings Here is where you find out what your favorite paddle or secret paddle ranks. All the secret paddles have the advantage of normal paddles. Regular Paddles: 9. Rock Paddle - Slowest paddle, lots of disadvantages against fast paddles. Good use of special moves will get you some where. 8. Bloodstone - Slow, special weapon is fast, but controlling Bloodstone is sticky. 7. Cyber Paddle - Medium paced speed, nice weapons 6. Aqua Paddle - Fast paddle, can freeze opponent and mash them with her other special. 5. Green Paddle - Fast, slick, beautiful, and weapons are quite fast. 4. Magma Paddle - Slow but with 3 fireballs, you're sure to kick some paddle butt. 3. Monolith - Fast moving, hits ball accurately, fast star like in PK1 but not as fast. Favorite pick of Ryan's. 2. Spike Paddle - Best all around. If you are new at this game, he's the one to pick. Good speed, great weapon use. 1. Shifter - Best paddle period. Fast moving with fast weapons. Nice weapon range too. Secret Paddles These were hard to decide since all the secret paddles are good. 10. Acid Paddle 9. Blue Paddle- If you shoot is weapon and it hits the other SIDE the CPU will lose lives! 8. Red Paddle 7. Cigarette Paddle 6. Wacky Paddle 5. Plaid Paddle 4. Chief Paddle 3. Awesome Paddle 2. Purple Paddle 1. White Paddle 10. Beating the paddles and secret paddles. To be a good PK player, it involves practice. To be a great PK warrior, it involves hours of play. *We made this game and played it over and over and over, checking for errors and other bugs. That's how we got to be the best! First we recommend you pick Spike Paddle or use random select so you can get use to every paddle. It is possible to beat the game with every paddle. We've done it, so can you. *Rules for dismantling the CPU* 1. Always hit the ball. Who gives a hoot if you get nail a few times with specials. (except if you are fighting secret paddles or bosses) 2. Use a variety of specials. All paddles have two weapons, 3 in Magma's case. Aim at your adversary, don't just shoot blindly! 3. When against the CPU, use a move we call a slide hit. This is when the ball is coming at and your paddle is at the top or bottom of the screen. Then go down or up to it and nail it and keep going. Usually the CPU will miss. 4. With slower paddles, keep in the middle and shoot weapons in rapid succession. Use slide hits. 5. Train your eyes to focus the ball(s) and keep aiming and firing without looking at the keyboard or joystick. *Advice to annihilate the bosses* 1. Chief Paddle. Despite his large size, he's fast. Remember that there are four balls to keep track of, so use a lot of slide hits. When he fires his round of fireballs, get down to corner or the top where Chief can hit you. When he has missed, fire! 2. White Paddle. The best of the best, or is he...? He is fast and he can shoot 3 to 6 quite large fireballs and they take away a good amount of life support. There is only one ball, so keep your eye on hit. His weapons are TOO big and your special will not do much. He DOES miss. If you notice sometimes when you dodge and go up or down, he'll nail you. So try staying in the middle. With patients, he'll lose and your the WINNER! *Murdering secret paddles* All the secret paddles are relatively hard the kill, but there are ways to defeat them all. Wacky, Plaid, Art Paddle- Focus on the balls and avoid getting nailed by his specials. Dodge them and if you find a space, aim and fire your specials. You must wait for an opening (when they're not firing) then begin shooting. Awesome Paddle- Hit the ball, I know he'll hit back, but don't miss! He may be huge, but if you shoot out your weapons, you'll almost always hit Awesome. Keep doing that while dodging his weapons. He mainly shoots in the middle, but the intelligence can change and he'll shoot at the top or bottom, sometimes both. *Wisdom for playing against a real intelligent life form (Player 2)* Two player matches can go on forever. Slidehits can work and confuse your friend but it is best to shoot a weapons and aim for the ball. Especially if the ball is going straight, aim for the ball. (Shifter is the best to use for this) Now your opponent has a choice: Get nailed, but hit the ball resulting in a "Force Hit," or missing the ball completely, but not getting nailed by the special. We have found if you miss the ball, just to shoot a special moves, the chances are you'll lose. Keep track of the ball nad know where it is. 11. SUPER SECRET PADDLES These paddles can only be accessed by the debug menu. They even have very interesting endings too. Art Paddle- Arturo's paddle. Can be fought with the code in the game over lock out code (137052) then if you beat him, you'll control him. Shadow: Button 1 (rapidly) Ending: Find out yourself... Ryan Paddle- Mix of every element known to paddle life. Can kill any paddle in 1 hit. Ryan's Paddle. He was used to test the game and we kept him in for your enjoyment. He is by the far the best paddle in PK history. Fireball: Button 1 (rapidly) Ending: Find out yourself... To get the debug menu at anytime: At the title screen, double click on the "right" mouse button in the "middle" of the "P" in Pong. 12. Credits We give Stefan Gagne most of the credit for letting us make the sequel to this wonderful series. With out him, there would not be much of Pong Kombat. We also would like to give credit to the fans of the PK series. Thanks for your letters. We will try to reply to all. If you really want to see the credits, beat the game or get to the debug menu. Thanks for all the support! "There is no knowledge that is not power." These are the words of some weird God-looking dude. "Life is a rendering." Arturo Aquino "Bump that, I'll dunk over you." Ryan Sadwick "Are you done with the game yet?" Thai Hur "Yeeeaaahhh right." Brendon Mullis "Waaaah! Stiff, aaahwwwaaa." Nate Naas "And then you wake up..." Jason Donkin "How was the test?" Troung Le "Thou mama!" Min Luu "Let's go kick E.T.'s ass!" Will Smith Sadwick Productions & Art Entertainment 11319 Palm Pasture Dr. Tampa, FL 33635 or PK2SUPPORT@JUNO.COM sadwick.simplenet.com