As your ship evolves, its ability expands and its collision area gets smaller. At a ship level 3 or higher, you can attract items to your ship while you aren't holding Z key.
Level 1 | ![]() |
[Movement Area] : Only horizontally [Shot] : Only 2 shots at a time |
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Level 2 | ![]() |
[Movement Area] : Lower half part [Shot] : Only 5 shots at a time |
Level 3 | ![]() |
[Movement Area] : All [Shot] : 3-way bullets [Bomb] : Press X key to launch |
Level 4 | ![]() |
[Movement Area] : More widely (the screen scrolls horizontally) [Shot] : 5-way bullets [Bomb] : More wide range and power [Homing Laser] : Lock on enemies while holding L-Shift key (then your ship becomes slow) [Slow Movement] : Move slowly while holding L-Ctrl key |
Level 5 | ![]() |
The basic specs are the same as level 4. [Shot] : 5-way & 2 options' bullets [Bomb] : More wide range and power [Reflection] : Reflect grazing bullets back at enemies. |
GENETOS' bomb system is unusual. The bomb acts 1 sec after you press X key. In acting area enemies are damaged and bullets change to score bonus items. After pressing X key, your ship will be invincible for 4 sec.
Bomb attack is very useful.
You earn the Combo Bonus by bomb attack. For example, if you defeat 10 enemies by bomb attack, you get 10 times the points. If you use the new bomb successively within 4 sec from last bomb attack, Combo continues.
Hold L-Shift key to lock on enemies. The homing lasers are fired when you release the key. It also make combo in the same way as bombs. So you can get big combos when combined with bomb and laser.
Laser attack is pretty cool!
The lock-on area of laser is upside and downside of your ship. If you move to the right, the area also move to the right. This rule is given as follows.
To lock on right side enemies, hold L-Shift key and press right key.
At a ship level 5, you can reflect enemy's bullet which is grazed by your ship for some little time. The reflected bullets defeat enemies. This ability might find a means of survival when you are in the bullet hell.