Played through R-Type Delta again. I've been trying to play through it a few times a week. I've been using the R-9 on Normal.

I had an easier time with it tonight. I crossed the 60-hour mark. The next two notes I'll probably get are the 100 hour note and the one for using the Delta weapon 1000 times. (I'm at about 580.) I've been blasting off the Delta weapon a little more than usual in the quest to speed up that note. I can get three Deltas from the testicle at the end. (Four if you include finishing off the final boss.)

I know Crawl's played through to the 5th stage boss with no force. Well, good luck on the last tunnel of stage 6. I managed to get halfway through without firing backward (my force was on the front). I switched it to my back just in time to catch a tube full of bullets from those Cancers. They each fire about 5 bullets. Without firing backwards or at least being invulnerable from the back, I honestly can't see how one would make it through that.

Well, I suppose you could die there. You don't actually have to make it past that checkpoint to respawn there. Next time I get there, I'll try not getting that blue force crystal. For fun.