Galloping Ghost Arcade recently got the massive 3 monitor dedicated arcade cabinet for this game, so I though it would be a good time to learn this one! I really enjoyed Darius Gaiden and this one plays very similar, and is a bit easier to clear, as well. :)
The route I took in this video is decent route to use for a first time clear, although there are easier ones. This one isn't too bad for scoring purposes, either - a little under 4 million points is pretty good for this game.
Scoring very high in this game involves taking a few specific routes that have more scoring opportunities in them, and then either "milking" a checkpoint (like in level M, which is really hard without autofire) or milking the bosses.
The boss at the end of this route on stage X is pretty good for an ending level if you're trying to score, you can destroy his limbs and beat him pretty easily even with a powered down laser. Using this tactic, I've scored over 5.3 million at the arcade; It's pretty boring to watch, to be honest.
A-B-D-H-M-R-X path taken, 3.972.880 points, recorded with wolfmame version .185.
As with all of my replays - no cheats, autofire, save states or tool-assistance (TAS) is used.
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