I didn’t have too much trouble until the parts with little round asteroids scattered all over the place. But then I was like, alright, let’s just work on this section without having to play through the whole game again!
I feel like the code is better than savestates because it still enforces your checkpoint placement design, rather than letting players plop one down anywhere :3 Certainly feels more satisfying than coming to a stop and making a savestate after every turn!
I was using PZAOGO for infinite lives, but it breaks the game if you die on the title screen or before the first checkpoint lol.