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Achievement Guide Author: ikki5

1) Synopsis

Set Difficulty: 3/10
Approximate time to Master: 30 – 60 minutes
Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed: 1
Number of Missable Achievements: 5
Does Difficulty Affect Achievements?: N/A

2) Introduction

Last Action Hero is a video game based off a movie which involves a kid getting a golden ticket to enter a movie. In the movie, the main character is Jack Slater, a kick ass cop who is trying to stop the evil bad villain.

3) Walkthrough

Step 1

Really, in this step, I would suggest going for everything on your first play through. That however can be rather difficult, especially if you do not know the game. So really for your first step, just play the game, it isn’t very long so you can play it, get familiar and then go for the damageless/deathless next time. So first step, beat the game.

School Evacuation
Let em’ Rip
Going For A Drive
Strollin’
Elevator Rides
Racing to the Movies
Gotta Find My Seat
Gonna Drop In
Screen Time

Step 2

Once you are familiar with the game, go back and do everything else including the score achievements if you did not get them on your first play through.

Deathless Action -=MISSABLE=-
Scoring Some Points
The Name’s Slater
Sacked Ripper -=MISSABLE=-
Watch Out For The Choppa -=MISSABLE=-
Rippen Mad -=MISSABLE=-
Take That Bene-Dick -=MISSABLE=-

4) Achievements

School Evacuation
Complete Scene 1.

{Story related}

Just make it through the first level.

Let em’ Rip
Complete Scene 2.

{Story related}

Beat the Ripper by punching or kicking him until you knock him off the roof.

Going For A Drive
Complete Scene 3.

{Story related}

You will need to driving and pick up all the items to get the turbo. If you do NOT get the turbo, you will not have enough speed to make the jump a the end and you will die.

Strollin’
Complete Scene 4.

{Story related}

This is a short level, just go left. You will eventually get to a spot with a big gap too big to jump. Pick up all the tickets to get the grenade launcher and when you get close, launch one which will make a platform fall so you can jump across.

Elevator Rides
Complete Scene 5.

{Story related}

You need to climb the elevators going up, be careful as they do not seem to have much pattern. Just make sure you’re high enough before jumping to the next platform. At the top, you’ll fight the elevator so you need the rocket launcher so make sure you gather all the tickets you need. There is a bit of a delay with this shots so place them where the helicopter will be.

Racing to the Movies
Complete Scene 6.

{Story related}

This is another driving level. You need get to the movie theater before Benedict’s car so get as many tickets as fast as you can and turbo your way there. At the end, you’ll do a chicken race which involves button mashing so get that finger ready!

Gotta Find My Seat
Complete Scene 7.

{Story related}

This is another straight forward level, get the tickets, use the items as you need and get to the end.

Gonna Drop In
Complete Scene 8.

{Story related}

Another fight with the Ripper, this time, get all the way to the right of the screen where you see the windows and knock him in.

Screen Time
Beat the game.

{Story related}

Basically the final boss, he’ll shoot fireballs and you gotta kick them back at him. Keep doing that until he dies.

Deathless Action
Beat the game without dying.

-=MISSABLE=-

This can be tricky, while instructions are self explanatory, the worst levels are the two driving ones and the Elevator level. They are easy to die as so make sure you get good at driving and getting those tickets for the turbo and watch your jumps when going between elevators.

Deathless Action
Beat the game without dying.

-=MISSABLE=-

Scoring Some Points
Earn a score of 50,000.

See The Name’s Slater for more details.

The Name’s Slater
Earn a score of 100,000.

This is easier than I anticipated. Killing, grabbing, doing stuff pretty much gives you points. You get this through normal playthrough, especially when going for deathless.

Sacked Ripper
Defeat the Ripper without taking damage (No Pausing).

-=MISSABLE=-

This one can be annoying. You need to be care of his attacks here and don’t get too close other wise he will hit you with his axe. A tactic is when he jumps, go towards the end of the building and wait for him to jump over you again so he is only one or two hits away from falling off.

Watch Out For The Choppa
Defeat the Helicopter without taking damage (No Pausing).

-=MISSABLE=-

This is at the top of the elevator building. This actually isn’t too hard, just avoid the shots from the helicopter and launch your rockets as you see fit.

Rippen Mad
Defeat the Ripper the second time without taking damage (No Pausing).

-=MISSABLE=-

Same strategy as the first one but go to the right where the window is. This is actually a little easier since he’ll walk into the sweet spot to hit him and only really needs one hit. So wait for him to get near the window and hit him and he’ll fall in.

Take That Bene-Dick
Defeat the Benedict without taking damage (No Pausing).

-=MISSABLE=-

This one is easy; the hard part is the number of hits it takes. There is a spot where he will not be able to hit you so you can just go back and forth between dodging and kicking the fire balls back. Just… don’t screw up.