All Weapon Upgrade Locations (PS1)

Here you can find a video for all the weapon upgrades in the PS1 version of Iron Man X-O Manowar In Heavy Metal. These drops aren't RNG like in Mega Man, they are always within the same enemies or items. Here is a video with all of them which will be useful for the speedrunning scene of the game. In the Saturn version there are a few changes but not many. 

Zone 1-1: The second enemy on one of the rooftops of the small bases has the first upgrade of the game. He's not easy to take out while in a rush but he's got the first one.

Mr Hyde: Just defeating him gives you 3 upgrades for each category. Keep in mind you do not have to grab it to keep going, so don't waste any time in collecting it.

Zone 2-1: The very first enemy has the next weapon upgrade. 
Titania: Similar to Mr Hyde, defeating her gives you the next 3 upgrades including weapon.

All of Mission 3: I put these together because this is the one where you must destroy the Tacnukes in order to survive. Each Tacnuke gives you a roulette upgrade. The most consistent way in collecting the weapon upgrade is to hit one in the background and just stand below it as it explodes. It will always give you the weapon upgrade.

Zone 3-7: Same logic applies here as in all of Mission 3, but there is an extra one inside a building.

Zone 4-1: This one is a bit tricky to find but one of the Com Units of the level must be completely destroyed in order to find the next one.

Zone 4-4: This one has 2 weapon upgrades. The first one shown in the video is a bit out of the way and is not recommended for runs as it can eat up 15-20 seconds, but you won't be collecting another one for a while after this level, so if you really need it, it is a neccessary time loss. The second one is a much shorter time loss of about 2-5 seconds and it's in the way next to a wall.

Zone 5-1: Zolas Castle has the most hidden weapon upgrades in the game. The first one is past the jump within the segway where you need to open a switch to break a wall. It is hidden next to the fire, you also get a continue here, so if youre running for the first time it is very useful.

Zone 5-2: Another invisible wall when you exit the laboratory. Right to the left, and is a very small time loss.

Zone 5-3: This one is also a small time loss, it is right before you jump into the cage door where the beetles are waiting to attack, a little bit before the Doughboy Battle.

Zone 6-2: The first enemy here has the next weapon upgrade and the only one available freely in mission 6 (barring the boss RNG)

Baron Zemo: This one I'm not sure if it's RNG or not, but if you get uppercut combos (running and punching), you can milk upgrades, health and weapon upgrades mostly.

Zone 7-1: A few of the asteroids have weapon upgrades and you're gonna want to destroy as many as possible.

Zone 7-2: All the green circles from the backdrops have weapon upgrades, similar to the Tacnukes just stand under them while shooting and you should always get one.

Zone 7-3: The ventilators at the top have about 3 weapon upgrades, enough for the final battle against Krytos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAdwVFH9OTU

Passwords For Practice

While passwords are not allowed, they could be used for practice at the very most, to enter the level quickly and not have to go through the whole game just to get to the practice point in this arcade experience. These passwords give you 4 continues and 4 lives just like at the start of the game.

Stark Enterprises (Mission 2) JA72JJGPAGATT-G6CAAATAAAAHJ

Retake New York City (Mission 3) TAL2JJGPJCATT-G6CAAATAAAACJ

Dromak Base Assault (Mission 4) 7AJ6JJGQ4CATT-G6CAAATAAAAAJ

Assault On Zola's Castle (Mission 5) PCC6HJGPHGATT-G6CAAATAAAACJ

Alien Dig; The Cosmic Cube (Mission 6) 0C7HJJGQ2GA12-GOGAAATAAAACJ

Board Dromak Ship (Mission 7) 6CC7JJOPHGATT-G6CAAATAAAAAJ

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