This shows the process of repeated reloads and attempts. Near the end I had my best attempt and almost got to the next checkpoint, which I believe is at the claw bosses.
Just got a foot pedal for reloading states hands free. With brutal games the rapid resets and reloads can be a bitch on a keyboard each time. This makes it much easier to reset fast without looking for the keys each time. I was thinking about a solution like that since Gun.Smoke arcade which was BRUTAL with the reloads.
In this game Im using rapid state reloading just to reset the checkpoint instead of suiciding each time. You dont want to take damage early on in this checkpoint. I never use save states to cheat, mainly only for practicing isolated segments and rapid resetting of checkpoints.This is the US version of the game which doesnt fuck around. I havent seen any playthroughs of this version with the default lives and health, except a 1 CC run which I didnt check.
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