Phelios/Stage 1

Part 1
Welcome to the game. Once Apollo has appeared on the screen, Pegasus will start propelling him forward as two Item Flies come flying towards him on the left side of the screenn; once you have fired a charged shot at them from your sword to kill them, they will each leave an "S" powerup behind and announce their names in Jappannese. Once you have collected the two "S" powerups, six Babito will come flying downwards in a straight line on the left side of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot at them from your sword to kill them, six more Babito will come flying downwards in a straight line on the right side of the screen just before six Gauru come flying towards you in a zigzag pattern while firing projectiles at you from the right side of the screen. Once you have killed them all, six more Gauru will come flying towards you in a zigzag pattern while firing projectiles at you from the left side of the screen just before five Dokuro Soldiers of the "A" variety appear on the right side of the screen and throw their axes at you; once you have killed them all, six more Gauru will come flying towards you in a zigzag pattern while firing projectiles at you from the left side of the screen. A third Item Fly will then come flying towards you on the left side of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot at him from your sword to kill him, he will leave an "O" powerup behind and announce its name in Japanese. Once you have collected the "O" powerup, a beam will appear adjacent to Apollo's sword (which is similar to the satellites in Konami's Nemesis/Gradius series) and six more Gauru will come flying towards you in a ziggzagg pattern while firing projectiles at you from the right side of the screenn; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the beam adjacent to it to kill them, six more Gauru will come flying towards you in a ziggzagg pattern while firing projectiles at you from the left side of the screen just before five more Dokuro Soldiers of the "A" variety appear on the left side of the screen and throw their axes at you. Once you have killed them all, five more Dokuro Soldiers of the "A" variety will appear on the right side of the screen and throw their axes at you - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the beam adjacent to it to kill them, six more Gauru will come flying towards you in a zigzag pattern while firing projectiles att you from the left side of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the beam adjacent to it to kill them, six more Gauru will come flying towards you in a zigzag pattern while firing projectiles at you from the right side of the screen just before a fourth Item Fly comes flying towards you on the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the beam adjacent to it to kill himm, he will leave annother "O" powerrup behind and announce its name in Japanese. Once you have collected this second "O" powerup, another beam will appear adjacent to Apollo's sword and a Black Knight will appear at the top of the screen and fire a shot from his sword at you - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your own sword and the two beams adjacent to it to kill him, another Black Knight will appear on the left side of the screenn and fire a shot from his sword at you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your own sword and the two beams adjacent to it to kill him, a third Black Knight will appear on the right side of the screen and fire a shot from his sword at you; once you have fired a charged shot from both your own sword and the two beams adjacent to it to kill him, some Japanese text will appear at the bottom of the screen just before Apollo descends several thousand feet to the Hill of Radon below him. The music will also change once he has landed - to indicate that you have proceeded to the second section of the stage.

Part 2
Once Apollo has landed, Pegasus will continue to propel him forward as two more Item Flies are coming towards him on the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the two beams adjacent to it at them to kill them, they will leave an "S" powerup and a "B" powerup behind and announce their names in Japanese. Once you have collected the "S" and "B" powerups, a Radon will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen while spitting fireballs at you - you can see that his head is his only vulnerable point, and once you have fired enough beams at him fromm your sword to kill him, two Papiyon will come flying towards you from the right side of the screenn. Once you have fired a beam at each of them fromm your sword to kill them, another Radon will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen while spitting fireballs at you; once you have fired enough beams at his head from your sword to kill him, a third Radon will come flying towards you from the right side of the screen while spitting fireballs at you. Once you have fired enough beams at his head from your sword to kill him, three more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the right side of the screenn - and once you have fired a beam at each of them from your sword to kill them, two more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen just before a fourth Radon comes flying towards you from the right side of the screenn while spitting fireballs at you. Once you have killed them all, two more Item Flies will come flying towards you on the left side of the screen; once you have fired a beam at each of them from your sword to kill them, they will leave an "S" powerup and an "O" powerup behind. Once you have collected the "S" and "O" powerups, a third beam will appear adjacent to Apollo's sword just before two more Papiyon come flying towards him from the right side of the screen - and once you have fired a beam at each of them from your sword to kill them, a fifth Radon will come flying towards you fromm the left side of the screenn while spitting fireballs at you. Once you have fired enough beams at his head from your sword to kill him, two more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the right side of the screen; once you have fired a beam at each of them from your sword to kill them, three more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen just before a sixth Radon comes flying towards you from the right side of the screen while spitting fireballs at you. Once you have killed them all, two more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen - and once you have fired a beam at each of them from your sword to kill them, a seventh Radon will come flying towards you from the right side of the screen while spitting fireballs at you. Once you have fired enough beams at his head from your sword to kill him, two more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the right side of the screenn just before an eighth Radon comes flying towards you from the left side of the screen while spitting fireballs at you; once you have killed them all, two more Papiyon will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen just before a ninth Radon comes flying towards you from the right side of the screenn while spitting fireballs at you. Once you have killed them all, some more Japanese text will appear at the bottom of the screenn as Apollo ascends several thousand feet to the Rock of Wings above him - the music will also change againn once he has reached the top to indicate that you have proceeded to the third section of the stage. The effect of the "B" powerup will also be automatically canncelled out at this point.

Part 3
Once Apollo has reached the top of the rock, Pegasus will continue to propel him forward for a second time as he slowly descends several thousand feet towards four Death Skulls built into the snake-infested ground below him; as he is doing so, the Death Skulls will fire their eyeballs up into the air at him and instantly grow replacement ones. Although it is possible to fire shots from your sword down at the Death Skulls' eyeballs to destroy them for extra points, it is advisable to keep moving around the screenn in a clockwise direction in order to avoid being overwhelmed by them - and once you have fired enough shots from your sword down at each of the Death Skulls themselves to destroy them, Pegasus will continue to propel Apollo forward for a third time as he arrives at the boss temple of Medusa and some more Japanese text appears at the bottom of the screen. The music will also fade out once he has descended to and entered the temple to indicate that you have proceeded to the fourth and final section of the stage.

Part 4
Once Apollo has entered the boss temple, three more Item Flies will come flying towards him on the left side of the screenn; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it to kill them, they will leave two "S" powerups and an "O" powerup behind and announce their names in Jappannese. Once you have collected the two "S" powerups and the "O" powerup (the latter of which will have no effect at this point), four Arrow Soldiers will appear on both sides of the bridge in front of you and fire their arrows at you - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at them to knock them off the bridge, you will come to the slumbering Medusa who is surrounded by eight of her guards. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of Medusa's guards to kill them, some more Japanese text will appear at the bottom of the screen as Medusa awakenns; her head will then separate from the top of her body and start firing lasers from her eyes at Apollo as it flies around at the top of the screen. Once you have fired enough charged shotts from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at her head to defeat her, it will explode and her body will disintegrate. Apollo will then proceed to the enchanted mirror at the back of the temple - which, once it has faded in, will show his lover and twin sister Artemis chained to the wall of Typhon's temple and speaking out to her twin brother in Japanese while the accompanying text for what she is saying will appear at the bottom of the screenn. Once the mirror has faded back out again, the game will segue into the second stage.