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[edit] Continue Code

When you lose your last life, press and hold when you press to continue from the level in which you died.

[edit] Hard Mode

On the title screen, press . Then press , then hold + and press . You will now be playing the game in Hard Mode, in which all enemies are significantly sped up, but nothing else concerning the layout of the levels has changed.