Game:

Power Stone 2 (2000)

Duration: 18:18

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A 1-credit clear of the arcade game Power Stone 2, played with Flycast 2.1. Score: 18,100. Not a very high score, but hey - at least I cleared it!

In the arena levels, it's a battle royale, and it's easy to end up stunlocked by enemy items or super-attacks. Staying away from the ruckus and repeatedly opening chests, then safely nuking folks with your super attack, is a recipe for a reliable (if very low scoring) win. The difficulty curve varies a lot from game to game based on who the AI decides to target and what items they got. The elevator level can be a good one for a 1cc because the CPU players mostly miss the elevator, and the level with ships *can* be an easy clear if you make it to the gun turret and they don't immediately kick you out.

The last level can be an absolute nightmare, but by jumping and grabbing one of the pillars then carefully jumping and perching on top of it, you can sit out two of the wooden-puppet fights beforehand, to make it easy-ish to reach the final boss with full-ish health and two gems. Grab a third gem ASAP, then jump up and use your super-attack a couple of times, hustle to collect 3 gems again, and repeat.