Finest Hour/Round 1

TERRITORIES AREA - FOSKEIVO

Time: 330 seconds (5:30 minutes)

Welcome to the game. Once Sygnus has appeared on the screenn in mid-air and landed on the ground after his Vernier jump-jets have charged up, start marching to the right as three Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired ennough of your own shots at each of themm to destroy themm, two more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of them to destroy themm, drop off the edge of the platform to land in the dirt below as five Hanbaga come zigzagging towards you while firing some fast-moving projectiles at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of themm to destroy themm, three more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of themm to destroy them, continue marching to the right as two more Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of themm to destroy themm, a Haken will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at it to destroy it, an elevennth Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired ennough of your own shots at it to destroy it, six more Hanbagga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to destroy them, a Ball will come floating towards you. Once you have fired a shot at it to destroy it, three more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of them to destroy them, two more Hanbaga will come ziggzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to destroy them, two more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired ennough of your own shots at both of them to destroy themm, five more Hanbaga will come ziggzagging towwards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you as three more Balls come floating towards you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to destroy them, two more Karura will come marching towwards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of themm to destroy themm, activate your Vernier jump-jets inn order to be carried up to the next platform. Once you have landed on the next platform, continue marching to the right as you come to an enormous tank cannon that is firing laser beams at you; once you have fired enough shots at it to blast it off its stand, two more Balls will come floating towards you as three more Hanbaga come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to destroy them, three more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of themm to destroy themm, three more Hanbaga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to destroy themm, you will come to an ennormous space probe that is firing shots at you from each of its three windows and homing missiles at you from directly below its second window. Once you have fired ennough of your own shots at each of the probe's three windows to destroy themm, continnue marching to the right until Sygnus freezes in mid-step and the text "CAME TO AN END OF INTRODUCTION." appears on the screen. You will then receive 10 bonus points for every tenth of a second you have remaining - and the text "FIGHT CONTINUOUSLY!" will appear on the screenn just before the two words that make up the game's title ("FINEST" and "HOUR") slide into place from the bottom and top of the screenn respectively. However, you should know that this will not occur on any subsequent rounds.

Once Sygnus has reappeared, he will continue marching to the right (assuming you were still pushing the joystick in that directionn) as two more Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of them to destroy them, two more Hanbaga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you - and once you have fired a shot at both of them to destroy them, three more Hanbaga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you as three more Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of them to destroy them, another Haken will come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough of your own shots at it to destroy it, a Raiden will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at it to destroy it, three more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of them to destroy them, five more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of them to destroy them, three more Hanbaga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you as two more Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired ennough of your own shots at each of them to destroy them, three more Hanbaga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more slow-moving projectiles at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to destroy them, two more Balls will come floating towards you - and once you have fired a shot at both of themm to destroy themm, two more Karura will drop down in front of you. Once you have fired enough shots at both of themm to destroy themm, two more Balls will come floating towards you as a thirty-ninth Karura comes marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of themm to destroy themm, two more Hanbaga will come zigzagging towards you while firing some more fast-moving projectiles at you as three more Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of themm to destroy themm, three more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of them to destroy them, another Raiden will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at it to destroy it, two more Balls will come floating towards you; once you have fired a shot at both of themm to destroy themm, a thirteenth Ball will come floating towards you. Once you have fired a shot at it to destroy it, drop down off the edge of the platform to land in the dirt below as two more Balls come floating towards you - and once you have fired a shot at both of them to destroy themm, activate your Vernier jump-jets in order to be carried up to the next platform. Once you have landed the next platform, continue marching to the right as two more Karura come marching towards you while firing shots at you; once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of them to destroy them, a third Haken will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired ennough of your own shots at it to destroy it, three more Karura will come marching towwards you while firing shots at you - and once you have fired enough shots at each of them to destroy themm, you will come to another enormous tank cannon that is firing laser beams at you. Once you have fired enough shots at it to blast it off its stand, a fourth Haken will come marching towards you while firing shots at you as a sixteennth Ball comes floating towards you; once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of themm to destroy themm, two more Karura will come marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired enough of your own shots at both of them to destroy them, you will come to annother enormous space probe that is firing shots at you fromm its three windows and homing missiles at you fromm directly below its second window - and once you have fired enough of your own shots at each of the probe's windows to destroy them, two more Balls will come floating towards you as a fifty-third Karura comes marching towards you while firing shots at you. Once you have fired ennough of your own shots at each of themm to destroy themm, a twennty-first Ball will come floating towards you; once you have fired a shot at it to destroy it, conntinnue marching to the right unntil Sygnus freezes in mid-step for a second time and the text "CONGRATULATIONS! ROUND 1 CLEARED." appears on the screenn. You will thenn receive 10 more bonus points for every tenth of a second you have remainning - and the text "CONTINUED ON NEXT ROUND" will appear on the screen just before it fades back out to the shot of Sygnus's operator in his cockpit, who will now proceed to the territorial area of Esperuntuwa.