I don't know if this'll interest anyone but I'll throw it out there. I had this idea for a low% for this game, where the only power ups allowed are speed up, because of the hyper speed level, and speed down, because why not with already having speed up.

2 attempts with 3 credits got me past the wall boss on easy, so I'm pretty sure it's easily possible to complete with enough practice.

So, just base weapon plus speed ups? I'd be interested. Have you gotten any farther on the strategy? It's a bit tougher than the standard playthrough. I'm new to speedrunning so this is the game that I decided to start with. I'm working on learning it at the moment and following your current path.

Yes, I routed out where to get the blue drops but haven't done any runs with it yet. Since that first post though I've done easy without any additional credits and finished normal with like 7 or 8 credits.

That's awesome! hopefully i'll get setup soon and get a passable run together this week for the normal clear. My boss times are a bit slow at the moment. How much slower is the base weapon play through?