BOLD - STAGE 3 Walkthrough Bold is a Basic GFA game Originaly created in 1989 and 1992 Released to the public in 2004 Bold is copyright © Laurent KERMEL We are now in the gigantic gardens of the space station. Beware of those huge robotic worms which get out of the suspended red flowers. Same as Stage 2, every part of the scenery is fatal here. There is much more space here and Golem may be used. I personnaly prefer to stick to Wasp mode. Those creatures just bounce in front of you and fire in your direction. I am nearly sure I had another kind of enemy there, kind of shell attached to the ceiling which would drop when you get too close. I am wondering what happened to them. No no, this is not the end of stage boss already. Just a bigger enemy. Still you will have to destroy it to carry on as the way is now blocked. There is nothing special here. This giant squid will drop series of gelatinous pods which can easily be destroyed. I do not know what is going on inbetween me and squids but I always like to have some of them in my games... Here we go, the way is clear now. In a way identical to the boss from stage one, it is recommended to destroy this mini boss when it is at the left edge of the the screen to get more money. However this squid will run away after a while and you may lose everything if you wait too long. Series of Nautiles now attack you. I created them and put them there as a clin d'oeil, a passing reference at the Bitmap Brothers' Xenon 2 first boss. Things start to get tricky here, those big organic rocks are indestructible, and they are fast. They just fly straight at the moment, but they will later aim towards you... Do not try to destroy them, just avoid them. Usually moving up screen to attract them and quickly moving down does the trick. I usually lose my first life there. Another tricky challenge. Here you need to make sure you can pass through the tinny space. I think Golem is too big to go through this hole. Another one, a bit harder as enemies fly towards you at the same time, is right after... After a few more Naultiles and other flying gelly fishes, you finally encounter the boss. It won't do anything at first, you need to shoot at its head to wake him up. Keep shooting at its head. It should now fire different kind of creatures at you. Just keep firing until his back jaw explodes. At that point, be ready for a change. Its neck now expands and you have to move fast out of the way to avoid it ! You have now to keep shooting but also to keep moving, otherwise you will certainly be hit by its constant attacks. The fight is finally over. At this point, you have probably access to all the available weapons. I usually buy another Auto Fire and the Bold Laser, but also the Line Laser if I didn't already had it. Finally, do not fill up all of your Thunder Bombs as you will get one at the beginning of Stage 4. Time to rush to Stage 4 ! BOLD is ©1989,2004 - Laurent KERMEL