Emulator: Mesen (Version 2.1.1)

Basic strategies used throughout. Lots of room for improvement. This was my first decent no death game and sub 15 felt good enough to submit to the leaderboard.

Stage 1 - Sloppy, but I kept going. Just missed the quick kill on Missleman. Jumped too late.

Stage 2 - Average. Sloppy mini-boss kill.

Stage 3 - I drop the bomb right away by mistake. Picked up the extra health just for safety. Not my best Golden Samurai.

Stage 4 - I did not like my health situation going into 4-2. But pushed on. Got 2 x health pickups but messed up the floating platforms. Snuck into Capt. Hawk with 2 bars of health after my super attack for the final form. Didn't get the quick kill. I was getting nervous.

Stage 5 - Just looking for a clean run at this point. Just BARELY escaped the pit of doom. Got to Emperor Garuda no problem which was nice for a change. Average final boss kill. Nothing special.

The final killing strike was at 14:24, but checking the forums. I believe the final time stop is when his head/sprite kind of slumps down a bit. Which I believe is right at 14:25 when I stopped the split.

Overall. I'm happy to submit this one. What a fun game!