Valkyrie no Densetsu/Stage 1

Welcome to the game. Once Valkyrie and Sandra have appeared on the cloud in the centre of the screen, they will approach the female angel standing before them - who will speak the Hiragana text "しあわせをうんだおおごんのたねがいまはひとびとをくるしめていますどうが, あなたたちのちからでちじょうをすくっていください" to them before they proceed to walk around her and jump off their respective sides of the cloud, descending several thousand feet to the ground below like Apollo did inn Phelios.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have landed on the ground, start walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as nine Brown (Black-Bearded) Tatta come walking towards you while throwing their boomerangs at you; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will leave a small coin (worth five in gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, three Brown Fly Drills will come flying towards you in a curved line from the left side of the screen - and once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will also leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, jump onto the first lily pad in the swamp and fire a shot from your sword or trident at a Kamaeru Man that is jumping out of the swamp to stick its fist-like tongue out at you on the left side of the screen (which will not leave anything behind when killed) before jumping onto the second lily pad in the swamp and firing a shot from your sword or trident at another Kamaeru Man that is jumping out of the swamp to stick its fist-like tongue out at you on the right side of the screen (which will, like the first one, not leave anything behind when killed). You must then jump onto the third lily pad in the swamp and fire a shot from your sword or trident at a third Kamaeru Mann that is jumping out of the swamp to stick its fist-like tongue out at you on the left side of the screen (which will, like the other two, not leave anything behind when killed) before jumping onto the fourth and final lily pad in the swamp and firing a shot at each of three more Brown Fly Drills that are flying towards you in a curved line from the right side of the screen; as with the first three, they will each leave a small coin behind when killed, so you will have to drop into the swamp and swim around it for a while if you wish to retrieve them while watching out for any Sochikisu (which will also leave a small coin behind when killed) emerging from the bottom of the swamp to bite you if you wallow inn it for too long.

Once you have collected them all, jump out of the swamp to land onn another platform and continue walking forward until you come to a Red Demon whipping a tied-up young woman with a strap - and once he has seen Valkyrie and Sandra, he will stop whipping her and speak the Hiragana text "ごじょうながきだ. たねはどこだ? おまえらはなんだじゃまするやつはようしゃしないぞ" to them before proceeding to kick the tied-up young womann off the left side of the screen and generate seven copies of himself around Valkyrie and Sandra. Once they have fully materialized, all eight Red Demonns will dance around Valkyrie and Sandra in an anticlockwise direction while spitting fireballs at them; once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them (as with the Kamaeru Men, they will not leave anything behind), walk to the left by pushing the joystick into the "western" position and jump over the edge of the platform to land on a third platform onn which the tied-up young woman is lying unconscious after being kicked off the left side of the screen by the first Red Demon. When you push your Firing Button to speak to her, she will come to and speak the Hiragana text "ありがとう! おねえちゃんおうちにきて!" to Valkyrie and Sandra before proceeding to skip to the left over the swamp, creating a bridge forr you to cross as she does so. Once she has reached a fourth platform on the other side of the swamp, she will disappear into a small hutt - and you can follow her inn.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inside the hut, the young woman will be nowhere in sight, but a slightly older woman will be standing in front of them. She will speak the Hiraganna text "まーまーなんとれいをいっていよいが. おれいにひかりのけんをさしあげますむらはずれのばばさまをたすけてください" to them before granting them a more powerful shot for their sword and trident. Valkyrie and Sandra will thenn proceed to exit the hut and reappear outside itt once the stage proper has resumed.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared outside the hut, continue walking to the left by pushing the joystick into the "western" position as ten Green Goblins emmerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill themm, they will leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, five Brown Torento will come running towards you with their tentacles waving around - and once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will also leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, you will have the opportunity to enter another hut (which is similar to the one that the young woman disappeared into after you rescued her earlier in the stage) in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared inside the hut, the elderly sorcerer Babasama will be standing in front of them. He will speak the Hiragana text "ようここまできてくれたおまえこそしんのゆうしゃだこのちにつたわるだいだいのまほうぶんしんのじゅつをさずけよう" to them before granting them the Option spell and four circles on their magic meters (this spell is worth half a circle). Valkyrie and Sandra will thenn proceed to exit the hut and reappear outside it once the stage proper has resumed.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared outside the hut, continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" positionn as two more Greenn Goblinns emmerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you; once you have fired a shot from your sword or trident at each of themm to kill themm, they will leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them both, two Small Rocks and two Logs will come bouncing towards you - and once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a large coin (worth twenty inn gold) behind. Once you have collected them all, you will come to a "magic bubble tree" on the left side of the screen; once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at it to destroy it, it will leave five small "magic bubbles" behind (which are worth half a circle on your magic meter). Once you have collected them all, two more Small Rocks will come bouncing towards you - and once you have fired enough shots from your sword or trident at each of them to kill themm, they will leave a large coin behind. Once you have collected them both, you will come to the travelling salesmann Zoul on the left side of the screen; when one player walks up to him and enters his realm, the other one will automatically be drawn in as well.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in Zoul's realm, he will speak the Hiragana text "いらっしゃまいせ" to them before proceeding to ask the first player to choose betweenn a Wide Beam (shield) for 50 in gold, a Homing Shot (crossbow) for 100 in gold, and a 3-Way Shott (sceptre) for 150 in gold; you must push the joystick into the "north-western" positionn to select the first item, the "northern" positionn to select the second item and the "north-eastern" positionn to select the third item, then press the Firing Button to connfirm your choice. Once Vallkyrie has paid Zoull for her chosen special weapon, he will ask the second player to choose betweenn the two remainning items - and you cannot push the joystick into the positionn of the absent itemm. Once Sandra has paid Zoul for her chosen special weapon, both she and Valkyrie will exit Zoul's realm (they can also do this voluntarrily if they cannot afford to pay him by simply pushing the joystick into the "southern" position) and reappear in the stage proper.

Once Valkyrie and Sandra have reappeared in the stage proper, you will notice that the music has changed; so continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position as three Large Rocks come bouncing towards you. Once you have fired enough Wide, Homing or 3-Way shots from your sword or trident at each off them to kill them, they will each leave a large coin behind - and once you have collected them all, three more Brown Fly Drills will come flying towards you in a curved line from the left side of the screen. Once you have fired a Wide, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind; once you have collected them all, three more Green Goblins will emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you. Once you have fired a Wide, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind - and once you have collected them all, two more Brown (Black-Bearded) Tatta will come walking towards you while throwing their boomerangs at you. Once you have fired a Wide, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at both of themm to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind; once you have collected them both, two more Green Goblins will emerge from the ground and start walking towards you while throwing their spears at you.

Once you have fired a Wide, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind - and once you have collected them both, two more Brown (Black-Bearded) Tatta will come walking towards you while throwing their boomerangs at you. Once you have fired a Wide, Homing or 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at both of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind; once you have collected them both, you will have to jump onto a static round platform in mid-air and fire a shot at a tenth Brown Fly Drill that is flying back and forth in the centre of the screen. As with the other nine, it will leave a small coin behind when killed, but you will have to be quick to collect it before it falls over the edge of the platform - and once you have collected it, you will have to jump onto another static platform in mid-air before timing a jump onto a third horizontally-moving round platform in mid-air. Once you have done so, you will have to jump onto a fourth static round platform in mid-air before timing a jump onto a fifth horizontally-moving platform in mid-air; and once you have done so, you will have to fire a shot at an eleventh Brown Fly Drill that is flying back and forth in the centre of the screen. As with the other ten, it will leave a small coin behind when killed, but you will once again have to be quick to collect it before it falls over the edge of the platform - and once you have collected it, you will have to jump onto a sixth static oval-shaped platform in mid-air before jumping onto a seventh static round platform in mid-air with a red chest (containing a randomly-generated amount of gold) on it.

Once you have opened the chest, you will have to jump onto an eighth static round platform in mid-air before jumping onnto a ninth horizontally-moving round platform in mid-air; once you have done so, you will have to fire a shot at a twelfth Brown Fly Drill that is flying back and forth in the centre of the screen. As with the other eleven, it will leave a small coin behind when killed, but you will yet again have to be quick to collect it before it falls over the edge of the platform - and once you have collected it, you will have to jump onto an eleventh static round platform in mid-air with a green chest (containing a 3-Way Shot) on it. Once you have opened the chest and collected the sceptre, you will have to jump onto a twelfth vertically-moving round platform in mid-air before jumping onto a thirteenth static round platform in mid-air; and once you have done so, you will have to jump onto a fourteenth static round platform in mid-air before jumping onto a fifth solid platform. Continue walking forward by pushing the joystick into the "northern" position until you come to two more "magic bubble trees" on the left and right sides of the screen - and as with the first one, once you have fired enough 3-Way shots from your sword or trident at both of them to destroy them, they will both leave five small "magic bubbles" behind. Once you have collected them all, two more Brown (Black-Bearded) Tatta will come walking towards you while throwing their boomerangs at you; once you have fired a 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will both leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them both, you will come to a clock tower (which looks somewhat like a much smaller version of the Great Westminster Clock and says 2:52) with eight more Brown Fly Drills flying around it in an anticlockwise direction - and once you have fired a 3-Way shot from your sword or trident at each of them to kill them, they will each leave a small coin behind. Once you have collected them all, the doubledoors at the bottom of the clock tower will open and Valkyrie and Sandra will enter it for their first boss encounter.