Mega Blast/Round 1

Welcome to the game. Once your (or both) Mega Blast have flown into view, from the left side of the screen, three groups of five Type 1 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the fifth, tenth and fifteenth ones will leave three blue device packs behind. Once you have collected each of them, a fourth group of six more Type 1 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at you - and once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two groups of six Type 2 enemies will fly down into view, from the top of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two more groups of six more Type 2 enemies will fly down and up into view from the top and bottom of the screen; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the eighteenth and twenty-fourth ones will leave two more blue device packs behind. Once you have collected both of them you will come to a group of three Type 3 enemies that are launching their missiles (which can be blocked for 100 extra points apiece) at you from their positions on a platform - and once you fire off a shot at each of them to kill them a group of five Type 4 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing homing missiles (which cannot be blocked, and must be avoided) at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of the Type 4 enemies to kill them, the fifth one will leave a sixth blue device pack behind; once you've collected it a fifth group of six more Type 2 enemies will fly up into view from the bottom of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, two groups of two Type 5 enemies shall fly up into view from the bottom of the screen, while firing beams at you - and once you've fired a shot at each of them to kill them, another group of five Type 4 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing homing missiles (which, again, cannot be blocked and must be avoided) at you. Once you have fired a shot at each of the Type 4 enemies to kill them, the tenth one shall leave a seventh blue device pack behind; once you have collected it, you will come to another group of three more Type 3 enemies that are firing their missiles (which can, again, be blocked for 100 points apiece) at you from their positions on another platform. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, the sixth one will leave a green device pack behind - and once you have collected it, a fifth group of five more Type 1 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at you. Once you fire off a shot at each of them to kill them the twenty-sixth one will leave an eighth blue device pack behind; once you collect it, a third group of six more Type 5 enemies will fly down into view from the top of the screen while firing beams at you. Once you fire a shot at each of these to kill them, the tenth one shall leave another green device pack behind - and once you've collected it, two more groups of six more Type 2 enemies shall fly down and up into view from the bottom and top of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, a fifth group of six more Type 1 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, a group of three Type 6 enemies will come rolling towards you from the right side of the screen, while firing bullets at you. Once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, a sixth group of six more Type 1 enemies will come flying into view from the right side of the screen (while firing projectiles at you) - and once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, you'll have to move down to avoid crashing into four Ionic columns at the top of the screen, and move up to avoid crashing into six more Ionic columns at the bottom of the screen. A fourth group of six more Type 5 enemies will then fly up into view from the bottom of the screen while firing beams at you; once you've fired a shot at each of these to kill them, the sixteenth one shall leave a third green device pack behind. Once you have collected it, a third group of six more Type 4 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen, while firing homing missiles (which once again cannot be blocked and must be avoided) at you - and once you fire a shot at each of the Type 4 enemies, to kill them, the sixteenth one shall leave a fourth green device pack behind. Once you've collected it, three more groups of six more Type 1 enemies will fly into view from the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at you; once you've fired a shot at each of these, to kill them, the fifty-sixth one will leave a ninth blue device pack behind. Once you have collected it, your (or both) Mega Blast shall undergo a dramatic increase in speed, as the following text (which indicates that a boss fight is coming) appears on the screen:

'EMERGENCY! B.W. PROGRAM ACTIVATED'

TARGET :CONFIRMED

DISTANCE :H.P 2F65 V.P 2F2C

FILENAME :?

WEAK POINT :? READY

The bottom half of "Inorganic Soldier" (filename: Big Robot) shall then come down into view from the top of the screen; it attacks by firing beams from its leg-mounted cannons, and ring-lasers from its shin-mounted ones (which are its weak point!), and once you have fired enough shots at its shin-mounted cannons (while they are exposed) to defeat it, it shall retreat back out of view off the top-right corner of the screen. Your (or both) Mega Blast will now fly off the right side of the screen as the text "ROUND 1 OVER. NICE PLAY! GO TO NEXT ROUND." appears on the screen, and you proceed to Round 2.