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 ==== Platforms ====
-The Cyborgs dropped by each platform immediately fill up the item limit. The presence of the platforms themselves also interferes with zako spawning, even during a despawn. Additionally, immediately destroying the fourth platform causes a second, shorter zako despawn.<br>
+The Cyborgs dropped by each platform immediately fill up the item limit and only decay in Cyborg count once they begin to go offscreen. The presence of the platforms themselves also interferes with zako spawning, even during a despawn. Additionally, immediately destroying the fourth platform causes a second, shorter zako despawn.<br>
 Following the four platforms, two sets of four large blue ships appear sequentially. These ships are fragile and have a high Cyborg count that decays very rapidly.
 Strategies for the platform segment include:
-# '''Platform sniping.''' As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 yellow ships, the item limit can be mitigated by destroying each platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first yellow ship. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the yellow ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
+# '''Platform sniping:''' As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 yellow ships, the item limit can be mitigated by destroying each platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first yellow ship. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the yellow ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
-# '''Catstrat.''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore the platform and attack the yellow ships first, before catching up to the platform before it leaves the screen. This is difficult to perform without a Bomb shottype or Uotaro due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
+# '''Catstrat:''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore it and attack the yellow ships first, before catching up to the platform soon to leave the screen. This is difficult to perform without Uotaro or a Bomb shot type due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
-# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the yellow ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. Zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
+# '''Despawn catstrat:''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the yellow ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. Zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
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 ==== Despawn ====
-If the last enemy of the fourth zako wave (appears every six waves thereafter) is kept alive, zako cannot spawn for 30 seconds. For a mere cost of ~50,000 points, the brown ships become completely free to pointblank for lots of Cyborgs. [https://youtu.be/a9RvM3uzzXM Japanese guide]
+If the last enemy of the fourth zako wave (appears every six waves thereafter) is kept alive, zako cannot spawn for 30 seconds. For a mere cost of ~50,000 points, the yellow ships become completely free to pointblank for lots of Cyborgs. [https://youtu.be/a9RvM3uzzXM Japanese guide]
 ==== Platforms ====
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 Strategies for the platform segment include:
-# '''Platform sniping.''' As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 brown ships, the item limit can be mitigated by destroying each platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first brown ship. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the brown ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
+# '''Platform sniping.''' As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 yellow ships, the item limit can be mitigated by destroying each platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first yellow ship. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the yellow ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
-# '''Catstrat.''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore the platform and attack the brown ships first, before catching up to the platform before it leaves the screen. This is difficult to perform without a Bomb shottype or Uotaro due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
+# '''Catstrat.''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore the platform and attack the yellow ships first, before catching up to the platform before it leaves the screen. This is difficult to perform without a Bomb shottype or Uotaro due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
-# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the brown ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. Zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
+# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the yellow ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. Zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
 ==== Rail Turrets ====

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 ==== Platforms ====
-The Cyborgs dropped by each platform immediately fills up the item limit. The presence of the platforms themselves also interferes with zako spawning, even during a despawn. Additionally, immediately destroying the fourth platform causes a second, shorter zako despawn.<br>
+The Cyborgs dropped by each platform immediately fill up the item limit. The presence of the platforms themselves also interferes with zako spawning, even during a despawn. Additionally, immediately destroying the fourth platform causes a second, shorter zako despawn.<br>
 Following the four platforms, two sets of four large blue ships appear sequentially. These ships are fragile and have a high Cyborg count that decays very rapidly.

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 ==== Despawn ====
 If the last enemy of the fourth zako wave (appears every six waves thereafter) is kept alive, zako cannot spawn for 30 seconds. For a mere cost of ~50,000 points, the brown ships become completely free to pointblank for lots of Cyborgs. [https://youtu.be/a9RvM3uzzXM Japanese guide]
 ==== Platforms ====
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 # '''Platform sniping.''' As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 brown ships, the item limit can be mitigated by destroying each platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first brown ship. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the brown ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
 # '''Catstrat.''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore the platform and attack the brown ships first, before catching up to the platform before it leaves the screen. This is difficult to perform without a Bomb shottype or Uotaro due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
-# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the brown ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. When the fourth platform is quick-killed, zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
+# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the brown ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. Zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
 ==== Rail Turrets ====

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 Strategies for the platform segment include:
 # '''Platform sniping.''' As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 brown ships, the item limit can be mitigated by destroying each platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first brown ship. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the brown ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
-# '''Catstrat.''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore the platform and attack the brown ships first, before catching up to the platform before it leaves the screen. This is very difficult to perform without a Bomb shottype or Uotaro due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
+# '''Catstrat.''' Take out the two turrets at the bottom of the platform, then ignore the platform and attack the brown ships first, before catching up to the platform before it leaves the screen. This is difficult to perform without a Bomb shottype or Uotaro due to zako interference. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro replay example]
-# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the brown ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. When the fourth platform is quick-killed, zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is very significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
+# '''Despawn catstrat.''' Perform a despawn at the second opportunity, then attack the brown ships first as above. This is much easier than the non-despawn variant and can reliably be performed with any ship, though it's slightly more efficient with a Type-A shot. When the fourth platform is quick-killed, zako spawning is delayed until after the final blue ship, allowing them to be set up on without any interruptions. This is significant for Roll scoring as Roll can damage enemies in the top deadzone where shot can't reach, allowing the blue ships to be easily taken out the moment they enter the screen before Cyborg decay can take effect. [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s Replay example with A-Roll]
 ==== Rail Turrets ====

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 {| class="wikitable" style="width: 70%;"
 | style="width: 200px;" | [[File:Dangun_Type_C.png|center|200px]]
-| style="text-align:center; width: 49%;" | Type-C's side shots can hit both sides of the screen at once, or the whole of the screen near the top, which is very helpful in some areas. Its performance against hard targets at a distance is pathetic however, and it usually needs to get very close to hit with all of its streams due to blind spots between the main and side shots. Its Bomber deals the least damage but hits everything indiscriminately.
+| style="text-align:center; width: 49%;" | Type-C's side shots can hit both sides of the screen at once, or the whole of the screen near the top, which is very helpful in some areas. Its performance against durable targets at a distance is pathetic however, and it usually needs to get very close to hit with all of its streams due to blind spots between the main and side shots. Its Bomber deals the least damage but hits everything indiscriminately.
 | style="width: 275px;" | [[File:Dfeveron-cbomber.gif|center|Type-C Bomber|240px]]
 |}
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 | style="width: 275px;" rowspan=2 | [[File:Dfeveron-comproll.gif|center|Different Roll charges|400px]]
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-| style="text-align:center; width: 49%;" | By far the best boss killer, Roll deals consistently high damage at any range with little preparation required. Due to how the orbs deploy, half-charging gives the most density and thus damage output, releasing multiple overlapping orbs in a small area. Short Rolls still pierce equally well, sniping zako or carriers behind ground targets or quickly taking out turret columns.
+| style="text-align:center; width: 49%;" | By far the best boss killer, Roll deals consistently high damage at any range with little preparation required. Due to how the orbs deploy, half-charging releases multiple overlapping orbs in a small area, thus dealing the most damage. Short Rolls still pierce equally well, sniping zako or carriers behind ground targets or quickly taking out turret columns.
 |}
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 ==== Despawn ====
-If the last enemy of the fourth zako wave (appears every six waves) is kept alive, zako cannot spawn for 30 seconds. For a mere cost of ~50,000 points, the brown ships become completely free to pointblank for lots of Cyborgs. [https://youtu.be/a9RvM3uzzXM Japanese guide]
+If the last enemy of the fourth zako wave (appears every six waves thereafter) is kept alive, zako cannot spawn for 30 seconds. For a mere cost of ~50,000 points, the brown ships become completely free to pointblank for lots of Cyborgs. [https://youtu.be/a9RvM3uzzXM Japanese guide]
 If the last platform is immediately destroyed, zako cannot spawn until the brown ships are extinguished, once again becoming safe to pointblank for many more Cyborgs. [https://youtu.be/ECcUJXCEcmE Video featuring both despawns and good platform kill timings]
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 ==== Boss Final ====
-The boss fires 7 sets of trios of needles in fixed-angle sweeps, alternating left and right, while moving around semi-randomly. The firing rate gets faster over time, reaching maximum speed after about 10 seconds. It is highly recommended to skip this pattern with a Bomber as it becomes absurdly hard to dodge as it approaches maximum speed.
+The boss fires 7 sets of trios of needles in fixed-angle sweeps, alternating left and right, while moving around semi-randomly. The firing rate gets faster over time, reaching maximum speed after ~10 seconds. It is highly recommended to skip this pattern with a Bomber as it becomes absurdly hard to dodge as it approaches maximum speed.
-Roll shots can still kill the boss quickly enough to survive with some reliability and thus save a Bomber. In order to accomplish this, it's imperative to end the penultimate pattern with a half-charged Roll so that the boss is already taking heavy damage when the final starts. All following attacks should also be half-charged and must be accurate — the player can afford to miss one shot at most. Whenever the boss reverses directions, either randomly or because it reached the edge of its bounding box, it makes a distinctive circular movement, which can be used to line up a hit. Read up high to maximise reaction window. There is always some risk involved due to the possibility of the boss faking out the player by rapidly switching directions, to which there isn't much obvious counterplay.
+Roll shots can still kill the boss quickly enough to survive with some reliability and thus save a Bomber. In order to accomplish this, it's imperative to end the penultimate pattern with a half-charged Roll so that the boss is already taking heavy damage when the final starts. All following attacks should also be half-charged and must be accurate — the player can afford to miss one shot at most. Whenever the boss reverses directions, either randomly or because it has reached the edge of its bounding box, it makes a distinctive circular movement, which can be used to line up a hit. Read up high to maximise reaction window. There is always some risk involved due to the possibility of the boss faking out the player by rapidly switching directions, to which there isn't much obvious counterplay.
-The pattern is consistent for Uotaro as he can kill it before it ever gets to the hard part by always staying below the core.
+The pattern is consistent for Uotaro as he can kill it before it ever gets particularly fast by always staying below the core.
 === Stage 5 ===
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-The one and only table spans across the entire stage, though is stopped by the six big blue tanks before the final corridor. The table is dangerous in conjunction with ground enemies, which are fortunately absent in the middle portion. The chain can be maxed out as early as halfway through the stage, by which point zako waves are worth ~50,000 points each. There's also a wave of 16 carriers that can be bombed to progress the table faster.
+The one and only table spans across the entire stage, though it is briefly stopped by the six big blue tanks before the final corridor. The table is dangerous in conjunction with ground enemies, which are fortunately absent in the middle portion. The chain can be maxed out as early as halfway through the stage, by which point zako waves are worth ~50,000 points each. There's also a wave of 16 carriers that can be bombed to progress the table faster.
 ==== Stalling ====
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 * Large shots at fixed angles in a sequence of straight down, angled right, angled left, repeat.
 * Sweep to the left. The first bullet is aimed at the player. Alternates with the below.
-* Sweep to the right. The first bullet is aimed about 15 degrees to the right of the player.
+* Sweep to the right. The first bullet is aimed ~15 degrees to the right of the player.
 These elements are predictable as long as the boss always starts the phase in the same position. This can be set up by waiting for the start of the double orb pattern, where the boss drifts to the middle of the screen, before triggering the final. Assuming it starts in the middle, the fixed bullets never reach the bottom right corner, allowing Roll shots to hide there, dodging only the aimed bullets and sniping the boss whenever it approaches. Other shots need to route chasing the boss for the duration of the pattern. Read the middle of the screen to look at the gaps in each sweep that you can fit in. Try to take the same gaps to turn the sweeps "static".
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 For seemingly no reason, the caravan music can randomly play in any of the five main stages. [https://youtu.be/udc71VQi12U&t=531 Replay with this glitch]
-=== Boss Music ===
+=== Boss music ===
 The game's soundtrack was originally entirely heavy metal before the development team set on a disco theme. Only the boss music remained unchanged.<ref>[https://shmuplations.com/cavestghistory/#cavefacts Cave Shooting History Interview]</ref> Curiously, it does not fade out when defeating Boss 2 or 3.

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 [[File:Dfeveron-cyborgex.gif|thumb|right|A large enemy releasing Cyborgs.]]
-Enemies (mostly flying ones) drop Cyborgs if killed quickly, which drift downwards in a red circle until they reach the bottom of the screen, then bounce back up in an orange circle and disappear through the top. It takes at most 2.5 seconds for a Cyborg to hit the bottom, and another 5 seconds to vanish. Each Cyborg collected increments the chain by 1, then gives points equal to the chain counter. Letting any single Cyborg escape sets the chain counter to 1, followed by a dramatic piano sound effect. The point value of all destroyed targets is also equal to the chain count. The chain maxes out at 999 per stage.
+All flying enemies and some ground enemies drop Cyborgs if killed quickly, which drift downwards in a red circle until they reach the bottom of the screen, then bounce back up in an orange circle and disappear through the top. It takes at most 2.5 seconds for a Cyborg to hit the bottom, and another 5 seconds to vanish. Each Cyborg collected increments the chain by 1, then gives points equal to the chain counter. Letting any single Cyborg escape sets the chain counter to 1, followed by a dramatic piano sound effect. The point value of all destroyed targets is also equal to the chain count. The chain maxes out at 999 per stage.
 The number of Cyborgs dropped by each enemy decays over time at a rate determined by the enemy type, down to 0. Boss parts also decay in Cyborg count, and a timed-out boss drops nothing.
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 The Cyborgs dropped by each platform immediately fills up the item limit. As there's plenty of spare time to spawn all 8 brown ships, the problem can be mitigated by destroying the platform ASAP and pausing to empty a few Cyborgs before attacking the first brown ship. The presence of the platforms themselves also interferes with zako spawning, even during a despawn. If a despawn is performed at the second opportunity, and each of the first three platforms are destroyed precisely as they become vulnerable, the zako sync up with the brown ships in a desirable way after the third platform; but if ''any'' of the platform kills are delayed slightly, the zako get delayed too.
-Uotaro can take out all of the brown ships first and catch up to the platform before it leaves the screen for maximum profit from both. [https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Replay example]
+[https://youtu.be/ifgLgB9ntmo&t=369s Uotaro] can take out all of the brown ships first and catch up to the platform before it leaves the screen for maximum profit from both. The platform stall and the despawn can also be performed [https://youtu.be/icKKphhWpnQ&t=357s simultaneously].
 ==== Rail Turrets ====
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 For seemingly no reason, the caravan music can randomly play in any of the five main stages. [https://youtu.be/udc71VQi12U&t=531 Replay with this glitch]
 === Boss 3 glitch ===
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 The Stage 1 and Stage 3 BGMs are possibly inspired by songs of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees Bee Gees], specifically [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stayin%27_Alive "Stayin' Alive"] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Should_Be_Dancing "You Should Be Dancing"], respectively.
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