Mega Blast/Round 7

Once your (or both) Mega Blast have reappeared on the screen, a group of six Type 1 enemies shall come flying towards them from that right side of the screen while firing projectiles at them; once you have fired off a shot at each of them to kill them the sixth one will leave a blue device pack behind. Once you have collected it, your (or both) Mega Blast will start moving downwards as a group of six Type 5 enemies comes flying up into view from the bottom of the screen while firing beams at them - and once you have fired a shot at each of these to kill them, the sixth one shall leave another blue device pack behind. Once you have collected it two groups of four Type 4 enemies shall come flying towards you from the right side of the screen while firing homing missiles (which can't be blocked, and must be avoided) at you; once you've fired a shot at each of the Type 4 enemies, to kill them, the fourth and eighth ones will leave a third blue device pack and a green device pack behind. Once you have collected them, another group of four more Type 5 enemies will come flying up into view from the bottom of the screen while firing beams at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the twelfth one will leave a fourth blue device pack behind. Once you have collected it another group of six more Type 1 enemies will come flying towards you from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them the twelfth one will leave a fifth blue device pack behind. Once you collect it, your (or both) Mega Blast will start moving to the right again, as a group of six Type 8 enemies flies towards them from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at them - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to destroy their barriers and kill them, the sixth one shall leave a sixth blue device pack behind. Once you have collected it, your (or both) Mega Blast will start moving downwards again, then upwards as another group of six more Type 8 enemies comes flying towards them from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at them; once you have fired enough shots at each of these to destroy their barriers and kill them, the twelfth one shall leave another green device pack behind. Once you have collected it, your (or both) Mega Blast will stop moving as the round's mini-boss (which is Bubblun, from 1986's Bubble Bobble) flies into view from the right side of the screen (but he is initially hidden by fifteen protective bubbles) then starts flying diagonally up and down across it while spitting more bubbles (which can be blocked, for 100 extra points apiece) at them - and once you fire off enough shots at each of Bubblun's protective bubbles to destroy them, he will grow to twice his original size, as four more spikes appear on his back, and he will then continue flying diagonally up and down across the screen while spitting more bubbles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at this (second) formerly heroic Taito character to defeat him, he shall explode and fall off the bottom of the screen; your (or both) Mega Blast will then undergo a seventh dramatic increase in speed (which, for the seventh time, means that a boss fight is coming, and for a third time, just after you have defeated the mini-boss as well!) as the following text appears:

'EMERGENCY! B.W. PROGRAM ACTIVATED'

TARGET :CONFIRMED

DISTANCE :H.P 66B4 V.P 2B32

FILENAME :MATTOCK

WEAK POINT :BLUE CORE READY

"Crab Hand" (filename: Mattock) will then fly into view from the right side of the screen; it attacks by firing missiles at you from its side-mounted cannons and projectiles at you from its blue core (which can only be hit by upward shots), and much like "Flying Medusa", it will follow the Mega Blast around the screen (which, again, means that you'll have to keep moving to stop it from trapping you). Once you have fired enough shots at its blue core to defeat it, it'll explode and fall off the bottom of the screen - and your (or both) Mega Blast will then fly off the right side of the screen as the text "ROUND 7 OVER. NICE PLAY! GO TO NEXT ROUND." appears on the screen and proceed to Round 8, which is the last round in the game but has five bosses to defeat.