17th March 2021, 7:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 17th March 2021, 7:46 PM by Sacred Jellybean.)
I forgot to mention that I noticed and appreciated that the background music for Boiling Blood is the same as a level in Donkey Kong Country 3, one which has a very similar, firey inferno backdrop/theme. I always liked that level/music.
So, I see the ROM says I've completed it 100%, which is a shame, because I was looking forward to more of the secret levels. (I forgot that you already stated above that there were only 2 hidden exits
) There's a whole castle section to explore. I also noticed that Boiling Blood has no "lyrics" to it (that's the handiest word I can think of). All just flames and hellish caves. Why wouldn't there be lyrics? This is what I transcribed from the penultimate level, "Imagine That":
Imagine that you ever thought
That you finally had found
The peace and quiet you long sought
Where friends nor enemies abound
Imagine that you tripped and fell
Broke your ankle, leg, or back ...
So peaceful, so quiet, so long and farewell...
So cold, so alone, until it all fades to black
The coldness is the man's dying body, is hell his fate? Seems pretty cruel. Of course, I may be looking too far into this. I'm assuming the game is incomplete. Maybe the words for the last level just haven't been written yet?
Guess I'm done, then. It took me quite a bit more than an hour... I feel like that would be a speed run, tbh. But maybe I'm just t3h suXX0rz. 60 dreams, yikes! And that doesn't even cover the times when I used save states. 
Wait, so where are the other characters? Winter Shade, the Minotaur, and the Cupbearer, among others. I assumed they would be in this build.
I saw that the name of the Shills album is also Ganymede. Seems like a confusing title, given the greek story that is its namesake. Or at least, the summary I read. I'll have to look more into that. I feel like there are more clues (such as the level names), and more in the words in each stage, but it's rather cumbersome to go back and transcribe them all. Hint, hint.
The track listing and lyrics for the album weren't easy to find, but it looks like they roughly correlate to the sequence of the game, including that the story concludes with fire and death.
The Departure
The Storm
Segue I
The Island
Segue II
To Stay
Janus
Further
Maybe I'll Stay Around
The Nightmare
Segue III
To Leave
Segue IV
The Fire
Realization
So, I see the ROM says I've completed it 100%, which is a shame, because I was looking forward to more of the secret levels. (I forgot that you already stated above that there were only 2 hidden exits
) There's a whole castle section to explore. I also noticed that Boiling Blood has no "lyrics" to it (that's the handiest word I can think of). All just flames and hellish caves. Why wouldn't there be lyrics? This is what I transcribed from the penultimate level, "Imagine That":Imagine that you ever thought
That you finally had found
The peace and quiet you long sought
Where friends nor enemies abound
Imagine that you tripped and fell
Broke your ankle, leg, or back ...
So peaceful, so quiet, so long and farewell...
So cold, so alone, until it all fades to black
The coldness is the man's dying body, is hell his fate? Seems pretty cruel. Of course, I may be looking too far into this. I'm assuming the game is incomplete. Maybe the words for the last level just haven't been written yet?
Guess I'm done, then.
It took me quite a bit more than an hour... I feel like that would be a speed run, tbh. But maybe I'm just t3h suXX0rz. 60 dreams, yikes! And that doesn't even cover the times when I used save states. Wait, so where are the other characters? Winter Shade, the Minotaur, and the Cupbearer, among others. I assumed they would be in this build.
I saw that the name of the Shills album is also Ganymede. Seems like a confusing title, given the greek story that is its namesake. Or at least, the summary I read. I'll have to look more into that. I feel like there are more clues (such as the level names), and more in the words in each stage, but it's rather cumbersome to go back and transcribe them all. Hint, hint.
The track listing and lyrics for the album weren't easy to find, but it looks like they roughly correlate to the sequence of the game, including that the story concludes with fire and death.
The Departure
The Storm
Segue I
The Island
Segue II
To Stay
Janus
Further
Maybe I'll Stay Around
The Nightmare
Segue III
To Leave
Segue IV
The Fire
Realization