ZSNES board

...Now tell me the requirements for the hidden stage, pretty please? Hehe. On that note, are there any more sucker/trick choices like Polar Star vs. Machine Gun? I've found a hidden trade... After the choice to end the game early (if you say no), you can find a mini-sidequest to trade the Blade for...

grinvader wrote:52 millions ?! Whoa.

m(_v_)m

It's easy. Set the options so you have 999 seconds, infinite ships, the timer to "Countdown only" (So it doesn't penalize you for dying frequently in the later levels).

You can to the stage 30 or higher easily with that kind of time.

So... How exactly does one dodge this?