Alright, I decided to skip a few steps, my preliminary run is (just about) complete. Here it is, going up to the final boss battle...
Planet Telos-Final Boss, 31:14
Though take note that I don't actually defeat the final boss, since this is just my preliminary run and all. That, and the fact that he is really REALLY difficult, even with slowdown and rerecording this final boss is really hard. Since you have to maneuver his own missles into him, with occasional unresponsive controls, and the fact that the missles are really hard to manipulate, makes this one of the harder final battles out there. I might be better at this if I could work better with angles, since that's what a lot of the jdugement is based on. Just try fighting him yourself and you'll see what I mean... to be honest, this is one area that I may need some help on. I've only ever been able to beat this guy on my own once before, and while I would do it eventually with rerecords and such, there's probably someone here who could do it better...
But, no need to worry about that for now. I've made up some plans for my final run. First of all, I plan on skipping Planet Sauria and Odar entirely, as I've metioned before the only point of going to Planet Sauria is to get the Saurian crystals, but the Power Crystals you pick up in Vernia override them. All you get in Odar is the Green Armor, which is largely unnecessary. On top of that, I'm not going to pick up as many energy bars. I think I could get by with just 4 (5 in total with the one I start with) thus I would pick up the third bar in Cyberia (right in the path) the bar in Utopia (in my way, I pretty much have to get it) and the one in Volcania (ditto), as for the last one, I'm not sure yet, I'll have to re-watch the video and decide which of the others is the fastest to get. When I get to Planet Telos I need to use the energy disc twice, so that's four bars I need to use right there, and I'll have one left for Agathos. So my current plan is:
Cyberia: One Energy Bar
Effluvia
Turvia: Vertigun, Pink Armor
Vernia
Asteroid Belt: Teleportation Unit
Utopia: Energy Bar, Maxigun
Volcania: Energy Bar, Energy Disc
Telos
With one more energy bar thrown up there somewhere...
Anyway, questions, comments, criticisms? ...advice for beating Kakos? ^^;