It's about time I covered this game.
Anyway, the power-ups are as follows:
Speed Up - Makes you speed up.
Missile - Missiles that fall to the ground and destroy things there.
Double - Gives you a double shot.
Laser - Changes your shot to a laser.
Option - This gives you a little fireball-looking thing that follows your every move and shoots when you do. This basically doubles your ammo and shoots enemies above and below you, assuming you've got them positioned right. You can have up to two.
?? - It's a shield! You'll be protected from shots that hit you directly in the front. Your sides are still wide open, though, so don't do anything I wouldn't. Also, be sure to recharge it when it turns red, as it's just a short bit of damage away from being deactivated.
You won't be able to hear sound until the beginning of the music that plays between levels ends. Gee, Konami knew what they were doing with the music even in 1986!
The red enemies contain the power-ups. They're these little squarish icons with the red circles in them. The more you collect, the further to the right you'll go on the list at the bottom of the screen. Just collect enough to get the one you want, then you'll be able to select it at the push of the Select button.
The things that look like power-ups but have blue circles instead of red are bombs. Touch one, and you'll destroy all the enemies currently onscreen.
When you reach the volcanoes, stay to the upper right. From there, keep on shooting and you'll be able to shoot down some of the rocks. The boss you fight afterwards isn't too bad, either. Just keep shooting at him and avoid the missiles he sends at you, and you'll do fine.
The pink balls in that maze of turrets can be shot down easily. Just be sure you've shot them all down before you pass through.
Those blue squares that come at you show up in packs of five, but when you reach the boss area, they'll also be coming from all over...and in greater numbers! You'll have to manuever around like there's no tomorrow (and having a few speed upgrades helps), then you'll meet that thing you killed in the first level. Again.
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