Star Soldier/Stage secrets

Secret Tiles

In addition to the six secret ZEGU tiles that you can collect for bonus points, each stage has at least one extra type of secret tile hidden in the stage. Some stages have as many as three. See below for the locations. This table explains each tile, what they do, and how to make them appear in their locations. For some of the tiles you will get the score by simply revealing them, while some need to be collected or destroyed.

Tile	Description	Instructions
	Find it in stages 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 16 to collect 40,000 bonus points.	You can only make the Milon tile appear if the digit in the 1000's place is an odd number. Just fire at the position and it will appear if your point is correct. Otherwise it will keep absorbing your shots.
	Find it in stages 3, 5, 8, and 10 to collect 40,000 bonus points.	You can only make the Whale tile appear if the digit in the 1000's place is an even number. Like Milon, just fire at the position.
	Warp tiles are located in stages 1, 5, 9, and 12. If you collect them, you will advance three stages.	In order to make the Warp tile appear, you must shoot at it when the digit in the 1000's place and the 100's place must be the same. Then shoot it four times after it appears to activate the warp.
	These extra lives can be found in stages 4, 9, and 13. They add to your remaining lives.	You can only make a 1-Up appear by shooting at it when the digits in the 1000's place and 100's place of your score add up to 10. Then touch it after it appears to earn the extra life.
	This power up is known as Takahashi's expert thumb, and it is only available in stage 3. If you collect it, you will earn the ability to rapid-fire 16 bullets on to the screen at one time.	In order to make it appear, you must shout into the microphone of the second Famicom controller while you shoot at its location, and then it will appear after taking enough shots. In this sense, it is not possible to make it appear in the American version; the programming was not changed at all. On the real NES hardware, there's no way to get around the lack of a microphone, but it can be done using any emulator that allows you to map a control key to the microphone.
	This is the Super Laser power-up, and it is only available in stage 6. If you collect it, you will earn the ability to fire a long powerful laser across the screen.	In order to make it appear, you must press while you shoot at its location, and then fire at it 16 more times to reveal it. Notice that the laser is even narrower than your initial shot, and the 16-shot above doesn't affect it, but you can use to switch between laser and normal shots at any time.
	This icon is the portrait of Hudson Soft programmer Nozawa who developed Star Soldier. His face can only be found if you make it to the final stage of 16. If you destroy it, congratulate yourself for earning a whopping 2,000,000 bonus points.	In order to collect this sizeable bonus, you must first shoot at it's location 9 times just to make it appear. After it's been shot a total of 17 times, your score will sky rocket by two million points.
	If you make the Power-Up icon appear, you will instantly be given five-direction shooting and full shields.	To make this power boost appear, you must actually fly under each tile's location. You will immediately experience the effects of the power up as soon as you make it appear, since obviously, you can't shoot at it while you are beneath it.

Stage secrets

Stage 1

Warp	Power-Up

Stage 2

Power-Up	Milon

Stage 3

Rapid-Fire	Whale	Power-Up

Stage 4

Milon	1-UP	Power-Up

Stage 5

Whale	Warp

Stage 6

Laser

Stage 7

Milon	Power-Up

Stage 8

Whale

Stage 9

1-UP	Warp

Stage 10

Milon	Whale

Stage 11

Power-Up	Milon

Stage 12

Warp

Stage 13

1-UP

Stage 14

Milon

Stage 15

Power-Up

Stage 16

Milon	Nowaza