Also, when playing the jap version, I noticed that there is a backstory sequence that plays if you let the title screen sit. I guess they decided to take all that stuff out and just give the action to us Americans.
I only played through the normal mode, but it looks like there is a big difference in level 6. The jap version has a barrier which prevents you from wrapping around the screen vertically, though you can take an armor hit and pass through it. This makes things considerably more difficult since the ground is also moving vertically. There also don't seem to be any P powerups in stage 6. For these reasons, I think a run on the jap version would probably be tougher and most likely slower, but not necessarily more interesting. It's been commented that stage 6 is the most interesting part of the current run, and it definitely wouldn't be as fun without those wrap-around falls.オロカナマネハ ヨセ
ワタシノ シメイハ。。。 クサリキッタ チキュウジンヲ マッサツスルコト
ヨセ ヤメロ。。。
コウカイスルゾ
オマエモ、ワタシトトモニ。。。 シヌ。。。ノ。。ダ。。。
Edit, watched the file and I'm getting a desync somewhere around the skip n 4-1. You do that thing grabbing the powerup and skip to the sub-boss, kill boss and then at about frame 15344 you die, and again two more times quickly thereafter, and stay at the game over screen with input continuing. Using fceux 2.2.2, never used for anything but watching so settings as set by default and how its in the movie file.
You shouldn't need a degree in computer science to get into this hobby.
