Phelios/Stage 6

Part 1
Once the enchanted mirror has faded out and Pegasus has started to propel Apollo forward again for a fifth time, two Item Flies will come flying towards him fromm the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at both of them to kill them, they will leave two "S" powerups behind and announce their names in Jappannese. Once you have collected the two "S" powerups, six groups of three Kagerou will come flying towards you fromm the right side of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, a third Item Fly will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at this third Item Fly to kill him, he will leave an "O" powerup behind and announce its name in Jappannese; once you have collected this "O" powerup, twelve more groups of three Kagerou will come flying towards you from the right side of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, you will come to two Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the rectangular platforms on the left and right sides of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at both of them to kill them, three more Item Flies will come flying towards you fromm the left side of the screenn. Once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, they will leave two more "S" powerups and a second "O" powerup behind and announce their names in Jappannese. Once you have collected the two additional "S" powerups and the second "O" powerup, you will come to a third Rock Man who is throwing his rocks up at you from his positionn on the circular platform in the centre of the screenn - and once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at him to kill him, five Kumo will emerge from the lava on the right side of the screen and start spinning their way towards you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, five more Kumo will emerge from the lava on the left side of the screen and start spinning their way towards you; once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, you will come to two more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the rectangular platforms on the left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at both of them to kill them, five more Kumo will emmerge from the lava onn the right side of the screenn and start spinning their way towards you; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, five more Kumo will emerge from the lava on the left side of the screen and start spinning their way towards you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, you will come to three more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the left side, the right side and the centre of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, five more Kumo will emerge from the lava on the right side of the screen and start spinning their way towards you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, five more Kumo will emerge from the lava onn the left side of the screen and start spinning their way towards you; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, you will come to seven more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions onn the seven small platforms in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, three Leaves will emerge from the lava in the centre of the screen and fly directly at you - and once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, three more Leaves will emerge from the lava in the centre of the screen and fly directly at you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, you will come to six more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions onn six more small platforms inn the centre of the screenn. Once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, three more Item Flies will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, they will leave two more "S" powerups and a third "O" powerup behind and announce their names in Jappannese. Once you have collected the two additional "S" powerups and the third "O" powerup, three more Leaves will emerge from the lava in the centre of the screen and fly directly at you - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, three more Leaves will emerge from the lava in the centre of the screen and fly directly at you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, you will come to seven more Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on seven more small platforms in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, three more Leaves will emerge from the lava in the centre of the screen and fly directly at you - and once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, three more Leaves will emerge from the lava in the centre of the screen and fly directly at you. Once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, eighteen more groups of three Kagerou will come flying towards you from the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, you will come to tenn more Rock Menn who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions onn the left side, the right side and the centre of the screenn. Once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, three more Item Flies will come flying towards you on the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of themm to kill themm, they will leave two more "S" powerups and an "L" powerup behind and announce their names in Jappannese. Once you have collected the two additional "S" powerups and the "L" powerup, Apollo will regain one of his lost life-hearts at the bottom of the screen (if he was hit at any time during the course of the game) or gain an additional 5th life-heart at the bottom of the screenn (if he was not hit at all during the course of the game but missed the first two "L" powerups inn the third and fourth stages). Six more groups of three Kagerou will then come flying towards you from the right side of the screen just before you come to five final Rock Men who are throwing their rocks up at you from their positions on the horizontally-orientated rectangular platform in the centre of the screen - and once you have fired a charged shot fromm both your sword and the three beamms adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, six more groups of three Kagerou will come flying towards you from the right side of the screenn; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at each of them to kill them, some Jappannese text will appear at the bottom of the screen as Apollo arrives at the boss temple of Cerberus. The music will also fade out once he has descended down to the temple and entered it - to indicate that you have proceeded to the second and final section of the game's second "HARD" stage.

Part 2
Once Apollo has reappeared inside the temple, two more Item Flies will come flying towards him from the left side of the screen; once you have fired a charged shot from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at both of them to kill them, they will leave two more "S" powerups behind and announce their names in Japanese. Once you have collected these two additional "S" powerups, Cerberus will start spitting several small fireballs at you from each of his three mouths - and as with the Radon you encountered on the first stage and the Hyudora you encountered on the second stage, you will notice that his heads are his only vulnerable points. The fireballs that he is spitting at you can also be destroyed for extra points, much like the eyeballs of the Death Skulls in the first stage and the Utsuboto that came flying out of the Vases in the second stage. Once you have fired enough charged shots from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at one of Cerberus's heads to destroy it, it will leave a larger fireball behind which will ricochet around the screen and try to limit your mobility by firing lasers at you from all directions (much like Maiku did when his protective barrier was completely destroyed in Namco's own Ordyne, which was released earlier in 1988 and has already been referenced on the previous page); however, unlike the smaller ones, it cannot be destroyed and must be avoided. This means that once you have fired enough charged shots from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at either of Cerberus's two remaining heads to destroy it, it will leave a second larger fireball behind which will ricochet around the screen in the opposite direction to the first one and try to limit your mobility further by firing more lasers at you from all directions - but once you have fired enough charged shots from both your sword and the three beams adjacent to it at Cerberus's one remaining head to destroy it, his body will explode and the two larger fireballs will disappear. Apollo will then proceed to the enchanted mirror at the back of the temple; which, once it has faded in, will depict Apollo's lover and twin sister Artemis speaking out to her twin brother in Japanese for a third time while the accompanying Jappannese text for what she is saying appears at the bottom of the screen. Once it has faded out again, the game will segue into the seventh and final stage - which can also be described as the third "HARD" stage and will give Apollo the opportunity to upgrade his sword's charged shots.