The Special Weapons are weapons which cannot be obtained normally during gameplay. Unlike the regular weapons, they can't be purchased between missions, only being dropped randomly by specific enemies at predetermined points in the game. Some of these offer passive attributes to your ship, while others add to the ship's firepower. They are fired with the main shot button and must recharge, but the player must not hold the fire button.
Special Weapons list[]
| Icon | Name | Recharge | Effect | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astral Zone | yes | Changes the background to a starfield and fires a forward barrage of Level 1 Zinglon Laser projectiles from random positions on the screen for about 3 seconds | Super Arcade Mode (Nort-Ship Z); SHIPEDIT | |
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Attractor | no | Moves all collectibles towards the player ship | Random drop in Story and Super Arcade Mode; SHIPEDIT |
| Banana Bomb | yes | Fires a Level 9 Banana Bomb Rear spread from the player ship, consisting of 3 low-damage non-explosive bananas to the sides and a single, slow-moving banana forwards that causes a large explosion on impact | Super Arcade Mode (FoodShip Nine) | |
| Dragon Lightning | yes | Fires a short burst of Level 10 Lightning Cannon shots from the player ship | Tyrian 2000 only, Super Arcade Mode (Dragon) | |
| Dual Vulcan | yes | Fires a short burst of dual Vulcan rounds from the player ship | Random drop in Arcade Mode; Super Arcade Mode (Captured U-Fighter); SHIPEDIT | |
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Flare | yes | Turns the screen red and causes multiple missile explosions at random locations on the screen for about 1 second | Random drop in Story Mode; Super Arcade Mode (Stormwind - The Elemental); SHIPEDIT |
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Ice Beam | no | Fires a medium-range blue slug forwards from the player ship that "freezes" an enemy or boss part it hits, preventing it from firing for a few seconds | Random drop in Story Mode; SHIPEDIT |
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MegaLaser Dual | yes | Fires a short forward burst of dual Level 2 Laser streams from the player ship | Guaranteed drop at ICESECRET in all modes; SHIPEDIT |
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Pearl Wind | yes | Fires a medium-sized bluish-white sphere from the player ship in a forward spread sequence | Random drop in Story Mode; SHIPEDIT |
| Protron Dispersal | yes | Fires a barrage of Level 1 Wild Ball shots from the player ship in a spiral pattern | Guaranteed drop at ICESECRET in all modes; Super Arcade Mode (Nort-Ship Z) | |
| Pulse Blast | yes | Fires a pair of forward medium-sized pulse shots from the player ship | Picking up a Pulse Cannon powerup in Arcade Mode; SHIPEDIT | |
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Repulsor | no | Pushes all enemy shots away from the player ship; does not affect destructible projectiles | Random drop in Story Mode; SHIPEDIT |
| Sandstorm | yes | Turns the screen brown and fires multiple small red bullets forwards at random locations on the screen for a few seconds | Super Arcade Mode (Stormwind - The Elemental) | |
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SDF Main Gun | yes | Fires a wide forward laser from the player ship that greatly damages and passes through everything in front of it | Guaranteed drop at ICESECRET in all modes; Super Arcade Mode (Nort-Ship Z) |
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Soul of Zinglon | yes | Fires an expanding screen-high pillar of light from the player ship that slightly damages all enemies hit by it | Random drop in Arcade and Story Mode; SHIPEDIT |
| Super Pretzel | yes | Fires a large forward pretzel that slightly damages and passes through everything in front of it | Tyrian 2000 only, Super Arcade Mode (Pretzel Pete Truck) | |
| Xega Ball | yes | First shot fires a single large brown ball forwards from the player ship; second shot fires two large brown balls diagonally forwards from the player ship; third shot fires two large brown balls to the sides of the player ship; subsequent shots repeat this firing sequence | Super Arcade Mode (TX Silvercloud) |