This ended up taking several hours of on and off play the last two days. It was harder than expected to get it on one credit. I could have minimised this since I kept fucking up on the later stages, particularly stage 7. Had I practiced that and the final stage some more I would have beaten it sooner. I could have used save and load states to practice, but mostly I just kept replaying until I got it on one credit.
Almost beat the second loop with the faster more difficult car, but mainly I was just going for a 1 cc win on the first loop, since that gives the ending. The way you die in this game is by running out of fuel, which you collect while driving. The meter is shown at the top along with how close you are to the goal of the stage.
I just completed a Double Dragon 1 CC run as well but dont normally do these. Now that I started a 1 Credit Arcade Playthroughs playlist I may be tempted to do them occasionally.
As always I play games from all time periods with a variety of challenges, including hardest modes, games that are extreme to begin with, scoring for Ninja Gaiden Black, and now 1 credit runs and the occasional speedrun, though very rare. I am mostly into completing hardest modes and games that are extreme to begin with. Now that I have capture capabilities I may do some other types of runs down the road, as I have been doing occasionally.