Originally posted by: Gloves
Originally posted by: mbd39
Originally posted by: arch_8ngel
Originally posted by: arnpoly
Originally posted by: gutsman004
Originally posted by: arnpoly
I've never played past the first loop and it's been awhile since I've even cleared that. Long attempts kind of bum me out too since it's hard for me to fit time in these days. I think I'll be able to post a respectable participation score.
Just pause it and take a break after each loop if you don't want to play the whole shebang.
If I can loop the game I'll probably have to do this. Or stay up super late!
You'll be able to loop it, with no problem.
Making it through the first loop without dying isn't particularly bad, at all.
(only the escape sequence at the end is risky/tricky, IMO)
I gather the later loops ramp up pretty quickly, but the first loop was a breeze when we had a 1-life contest a couple years ago.
I watched a playthrough of Life Force and the escape sequence at the end reminds me of Battletoads. It looks like you'll definitely lose some lives there until you have it memorized. But you'll probably have a bunch of lives by that point anyway.
When you get to the end sequence, you can just stay at the top of the screen. The first 10 or so bars that come at you you'll have to be to the left/right a bit, but everything after those you can sit in the middle and never get hit at all.
Plus side: even if you die once or twice on this section, just go to the middle at the top of the screen and you'll lose 2, MAYBE 3 lives, and make it to the next loop. Loops start over with your weapons etc. all back to zero anyway, so aside from maybe a few lives lost, no harm done!
On the final gate area right after you kill Zelos's,line your ship up between the first and second digits of your score then move to the top of the screen. Count the gates as they appear and before the 10th gate appears,move right just a tad,then as soon as you pass it tap back over to the original position. If done correctly,you won't get touched.
