Hello Arcade runners.

Just wanted to check in. I have found a few glitches/easter eggs/strats for this game I would like to share. This game really is an endless rabbit hole. I'm convinced it wasn't created in 1985, but was actually created by Biff Tannen in the year 2015! [Great Scott!]

In all seriousness, I have found a few glitches in this game, none of which are helpful or game breaking [a jump glitch that bumps you off screen upwards, similar to metroid NES]. The one glitch I found recently that could be helpful is the fact that when you go into an alternate dimension, you can shoot the "boss" and die at the same time: Keeping the points and warping back into that dimension.

[I'm not convinced this is going to be the best route point wise, but it might be].

The best route might be the "secret power up". It's this huge glowing crystal thingy that is way bigger than the other power ups. There are a few ways to get the secret power up, but I haven't figured them all out yet. I know one involved going BETWEEN the two green mirrors backwards, which is a huge pain in the a$$. That might be the fastest route in terms of points honestly: The green mirrors pop up almost right when you start the game.

Hopefully more players will join. This is such a great SEGA arcade title. I'm not going to speculate too hard on what the best route is for this game because ... I might be wrong. Probably will involve the secret power up though: and the alternate routes. But, who knows, maybe with the secret power up, you could beat the boss quickly for the 250K run.

Help us with the quickest route! Good luck.