PrinceWatercress plays ActRaiser - Part 10 of 13

Well, this didn't take long.

Marahna - Act 2

There's a lot of weird enemies in this temple - snake-like things that jump around, flying blue lizard things, statue heads that spit darts, flying mummy heads and...Grim Reapers wearing pink. What, are they female?

If you can time your jumps right at the beginning of the second section, you can get an extra life. There is also another extra life in the wide-open room with the platforms and the floor spikes. Just drop all the way down at the center of the room, and there you go.

When you reach the end of the second section, the path branches. Either way, you'll still meet the boss, but if you go left you'll meet the flying mummy heads.

Watch out for the spikes at the beginning of the third section. You can walk over the tops of the ones that don't have spikes on the top. If you can't make it to the other side in time, duck, then continue on.

The fireballs split into four, with the smaller fireballs shooting into the cardinal directions.

In the third section, you'll see pairs of balls move around and create barriers of lightning between each other. The pink ones always move vertically while the blue ones move horizontally. Keep that in mind, since the orbs are indestructible.

The boss here is a six-armed snake floating on a rock. Some sort of character from Hindu mythology, perhaps?

He'll send platforms with spikes on the bottom down on you, which you can stand on briefly and get a few shots in. He'll also send out lightning blasts that surge through the ground after you, so be ready to jump. If you're under him, spikes will protrude from the bottom of his rock and he'll drop down. If you move out of the way at the right time, you can definitely hit him a couple of times. You'll most likely be waiting for him to drop down to the center so you can do as much damage as you can without using Magical Stardust.

Magical Stardust works very well here. If you can keep the boss between the right side of the screen and the center, you can get the most hits in.