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The sidescrolling bonus mode consists of the player controlling a unit, which is running towards the right side of the screen. The objective is to kill 100 enemies in order to get a Moonstone. After doing this, the objective changes to kill 200 enemies. The player can attack using the 'Sword' icon, jump over obstacles with the 'Sun' icon (this needs essence), and move up and down the lanes with the 'Arrow' icons. The sidescrolling modes are unlocked after completing a certain amount of story missions in the main game, in that specific region.
The first sidescrolling mission takes place in the Sun Kingdom. The player controls a Tier 2 Elfy (Strider), and attacks with arrows. The enemies here are typically Skullies, Skully Archers and Zombies. The multi-lane obstacle that the player has to jump over is a fallen log. Several wooden boxes also litter the lanes, destroying them counts towards the 'Monsters Killed'.
The second sidescrolling mission takes place in Frostburn. The player controls a Tier 2 Dwarf (Des), and attacks with thrown bombs. The enemies here are typically Skullies, Skully Archers, Zombies, Vampires and Wolves. The multi-lane obstacle the player has to jump over is, again, a fallen log or an icy abyss. A number of snowmen also appear in these lanes, killing them offers no bonus.
The third sidescrolling mission takes place in The Oasis. The player controls a Tier 1 Golem (Golan), and attacks by rolling into the monsters. The enemies here are typically Skullies, Mummies, Gargoyles and Skully Archers. In this mission the multi-lane obstacle is a fallen column. Boxes make a reappearance and again counts towards the 'Monsters Killed'.
The penultimate sidescrolling mission takes place in the Valley of the Myst. The player controls a Tier 1 Wizard (Felix), and attacks with magical bolts. The enemies here are typically Zombies, Mutated Zombies, Bats, Skullies, Spiders and Trolls. The large obstacles here are a fallen log and a poisoned river. Failing to jump it offers inital damage and then posion damage for a few seconds after. This also happens with the smaller, one lane pools. While there are boxes on this stage, destroying them offers no bonus.
The final sidescrolling mission takes place on Magma Mountain. The player controls a Tier 1 Unicorn (Spike), and attacks with a Rainbow Charge. The enemies here are typically Skullies, Skully Archers, Gargoyles, Spiders Elite and Zombie Trolls. The unavoidable obstacle here is a lava river. As with the previous stage, boxes are present but again offer no bonus to 'Monsters Killed'.
The obstacles in each stage vary from location to location. For example, in the Valley of the Myst there are several poisoned puddles of water, which are specific to that place. In terms of gems, the amount of monsters killed will give you that number of gems, with a bonus of how long the player has survived.