A barrage of Asteroids, Meteorites, and Fried Chickens (the last of which are indestructible), shall always be flying down towards the Fighting Rays from the top of the screen during this stage, and once they have fired enough shots at one of the second to destroy it, it will break into two Asteroids; so once the screen has faded back in, and the Fighting Rays have started moving forward once again, four Flyers shall come flying down towards them from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at them. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, four Spinners will fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you fire one shot at each of them to kill them, a Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a Speed Up ("S") powerup behind (but if either of you collected all the previous ones upon the first two stages, it will have the word "FULL" on it instead of its respective letter, and you will not be able to collect it); however, if you didn't, you will be able to collect it, and once you've done so eight more Spinners will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen ,while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of these to kill them, eight more Flyers will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you've fired a shot at both of these to kill them, a second Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it it will leave a Defense ("D"), 4-Way ("F"), Homing ("H") or Large ("L") powerup behind; once you have collected this, the number "999" (in the powerup's colour) shall appear under your score and start decreasing very quickly as six Axes fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing missiles at you (which you can block for 100 extra points apiece). Once you've fired enough shots at each of these to kill them four more Flyers shall come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, you will come to a Type 3 Cannon that is firing pink lasers at you from its position on the right side of the screen. Once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, a third Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you (it shall also be around this time that the number under your score decreases to "000" and the powerup wears off); once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a Wind Shot ("W") or Glow Shot ("G") powerup behind (but again, if either of you had collected all the previous ones on the first two stages, it will again have the word "FULL" on it instead of its respective letter, and you'll again not be able to collect it). However, if you did not, you will be able to collect it - and once you have done so, you will come to another Type 3 Cannon that's firing pink lasers at you from its position on the left side of the screen. Once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a Point (no letter) powerup behind; once you have collected it for 3000 extra points, six more Axes will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing missiles at you (which you can again block for 100 extra points apiece). Once you have fired off enough shots at each of them to kill them, you will come to two more Type 3 Cannons that are firing pink lasers at you, from their positioning in the centre of and on the right side of the screen - and once you have fired off enough shots at both of them to kill them, the fourth one will leave another Point powerup behind. Once you have collected it for 3000 more extra points, you will come to two more Type 3 Cannons that are firing pink lasers at you from their positions on the left side of and in the centre of the screen; once you have fired off enough shots at both of them to kill them,the sixth one will leave a third Point powerup behind. Once you have collected it for 3000 more extra points, a fourth Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you've fired off enough shots at this to kill it it will leave another Speed Up powerup behind (but once again, if either of you collected all the previous ones on the first two stages, it will once again have the word "FULL" on it instead of its respective letter and you will once again not be able to collect it). However, if you didn't, you will be able to collect it and (once you've done this) eight more Spinners will fly into view from the right and left sides of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you; once you have fired a shot at each of these to kill them, you will come to two more Type 3 Cannons that are firing pink lasers at you, from their positions on the left side of and in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, the eighth one will leave a fourth Point powerup behind - and once you have collected it for 3000 more extra points, eight more Spinners will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of these to kill them, you shall come to six more Type 3 Cannons that are firing pink lasers at you from their positions in the centre of the screen; once you have fired enough shots at each of them, to kill them, the tenth, thirteenth and fourteenth ones will leave three more Point powerups behind. Once you have collected them all, for 9000 more extra points, a fifth Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave another Wind Shot or Glow Shot powerup behind (but yet again, if either of you had collected all the previous ones on the first two stages, it will yet again have the word "FULL" on it instead of its respective letter, and you will yet again not be able to collect it). However, if you did not, you will be able to collect it, and once you have done so two more Flyers will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you have fired off a shot at both of them to kill them, five Uchu Mukade will come flying into view from the left and right sides of the screen while spitting pink projectiles at you. Their heads are their only vulnerable points, and once you have fired off enough shots at each of their heads to kill them their bodies will disintegrate segment-by-segment - and two more Flyers will now come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired a shot at both of them to kill them a sixth Capsule shall come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing off pink lasers at you; once you have fired off enough shots at it to kill it it'll leave another Defense, 4-Way, Homing or Large powerup behind. Once you have collected this, the number "999" (again, in the powerup's colour) will again appear under your score, then start to decrease very quickly as two more Flyers fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you fire a shot at both of these to kill them, two more Uchu Mukade will come flying towards you from the right and left sides of the screen while spitting pink projectiles at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at both of their heads to kill them their bodies will disintegrate segment-by-segment; four more Flyers and four more Spinners will now fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired a shot at each of these, to kill them, you will come to a Fortress Ship that is firing pink lasers at you from its position in the screen's centre - and once you fire enough shots at it, to kill it, a seventh Capsule shall fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you (it will also, again, be around this time that the number under your score decreases to "000" and the powerup wears off). Once you've fired enough shots at it, to kill it, it will leave a Bomber ("B") powerup behind; once you have collected it, four more Flyers will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired off a shot at all of these, to kill them, you will come to three more Fortress Ships that are firing pink lasers at you from their positions in the centre of and on the right side of the screen - and once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, the second and fourth ones will leave two more Point powerups behind. Once you have collected them for 6000 more extra points, four more Flyers shall come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, an eighth Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired out enough shots at this to kill it, it'll leave a third Wind Shot or Glow Shot powerup behind (but for a fifth time, if either of you had collected all the previous ones on the first two stages, it will for a fifth time have the word "FULL" on it instead of its respective letter, and you will for a fifth time not be able to collect it) - however, if you didn't, you will be able to collect it, and once you have done so, you will come to two more Fortress Ships that are firing pink lasers at you from their positions upon the right side of and in the centre of the screen. Once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, the sixth one shall leave a tenth Point powerup behind; once you've collected it for 3000 more extra points, you will come to Inseki Kukan (this game's third boss), which will take off as the battle begins. It attacks by firing pink lasers at you from its five top- and side-mounted cannons (and blue beams from its bottom-mounted cannon), but that second top-mounted cannon is initially invulnerable, so it is advisable to aim for that bottom-mounted cannon first (which will occasionally retreat back into the ship, so that you cannot hit it, before reemerging) - and once you have destroyed the bottom-mounted cannon, you can either aim for the first and third top-mounted cannons (and the two side-mounted ones) in turn or go straight for the (now-vulnerable) second top-mounted cannon. Once you've destroyed the second top-mounted cannon regardless of whether you've destroyed the other ones or not, the entire ship will explode, but, you shall not receive the points for the cannons that you did not destroy; the screen shall then fade out once again and you shall once again receive 10000 points for every bomb you have (the maximum is 50000) and 3000 points for every Point powerup that you collected during this stage (the maximum is, again, 30000). You will then proceed onward to Stage 4 (Sandvurn Area).
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