This games seems to be coin waster arcade style (pay to win) until you get to stage 5. At that point it sets you back to the beginning of the stage if you waste your lives.
This is one of many games in progress, so there is no guarantee I will revisit it, but technically it is a game in progress since I saved on the emulator, as well as it appears to have infinite continues.
Default diffculty setting. Wasted continues will be edited out in any future videos of this game. Initially it didnt matter because the game allowed me to keep playing from where I left off at.
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