Around 4 hours 30 minutes to beat. This footage is from my 1 CC playthrough (No continues used). In that playthrough I died 2 or 3 times. I edited the deaths out as well as edited out the ending since this is just a gameplay demonstration video. To see the full successful attempt checkout the Dragon Spirit 1 CC run on the channel. Searching Dragon Spirit will also bring up the full unedited practice session and some of my other failed attempts. In this video I break down what I did. This game has limited continues so make sure to practice stages and any difficult segments with save/load states on an emulator if possible.
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