PrinceWatercress plays Gunstar Heroes (Normal) - Part 6 of 7

We've got to get the gems back, and to do that, we've got to go into space and enter the Empire's spaceship.

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This time, you're in a spaceship, and you're in horizontal shmup mode.

The Control Pad lets you move in eight directions. Pressing C in conjunction with any direction lets you dash in that direction. B lets you shoot, while moving around while not shooting lets you rotate the turret towards the direction you are currently moving (I did not even know you could rotate the turrets while playing; thanks FusionVolt).

Aside from all the soldiers and spaceships that you'll have to watch out for, you'll also have things on the backgrounds to shoot down, too.

You'll face Timeron, but in this battle, you have to last as long as possible without destroying it, and the longer you go, the more points you get.

The asteroids are not indestructible, but they also bounce around when you shoot them, so you'll have to be careful.

The laser walls are indestructible; your best and only bet is to fly between them.

The circle of yellow satellites just fly away from you have you show up.

To beat the 1000mm gun, point the turret at the boss and move around so the fireballs and the eight-way shots that explode and split into do not hit you.

You'll soon face Seven Force again. Move carefully in a semi-circle to avoid the shots from the gun, phoenix and mine-laying forms, and remember to dash to avoid being shot at or run into when necessary.

You'll then be in the ship proper. After fighting a bunch of mini-boss soldiers, you'll face the Core Guard System. The room spins around as you fight this boss, and it's rather neat to watch when you're watching footage of the game. Keep shooting at the Hammer form while running away from the lasers, and run away when you get cornered when so you don't get squashed. and jumping straight up when the form spins around faster and faster keeps you from getting hit on the ground. When it goes down, stay away from the center of the screen so you don't get hit.

To beat the Dragon form, slide to avoid the blue fireballs as you shoot upwards while the boss is close up. This is probably the easiest of the three forms.

To beat the Runner form, avoid and shoot down the spaceships as they move towards you. After that, the Runner form shows up. The runner stays in the background and throws fireballs after rotating its arm three times. Stay on the ground to avoid the high throws, and jump over the low ones. Keep shooting at the head as often as you can, and when the boss gets close, dive or kick into it to do a ton of damage (thanks FusionVolt). After this, the Core Guard System is down.