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Italy:|

Difficulty: 3/5
Weight: 500 tons
Record: 500 m 12'30''00
Bonus Miles: Clear Bonus      : 800 m
             No Miss Bonus    : 750 m
             Perfect Hit Bonus: 400 m
Amount of remaining tons at which the spider speeds up: 140 tons

After dealing the first hit the enemy soon approaches really close so you 
might not have the opportunity to collect every POW capsule after that.
Just concentrate on escaping and try to get every red tank that's basically 
on your way and hit the spider as often as possible without getting yourself 
into any trouble.
Like in Germany the "flower pattern" is once in the centre, twice to the 
right and twice to the left.
If your timing is right you come across a row of three red capsules in the 
centre column right when the centre flower opens up so you get the chance to 
deal a safe hit.
Afterwards your way down takes you through a green-yellow-section only 
containing a few POW capsules but lots of air tanks so you might want to grab 
at least one.
The next section consists of all four kinds of normal blocks but starts with 
a stair made of three red capsules usually giving you the chance for two 
consecutive hits at the same centre flower. Your enemy will have slowed down 
by now so you can fully concentrate on grabbing all POW capsules and not 
being crushed which actually is quite easy as the spider still is relatively 
close to you so there never are that many blocks above you.
Next is a three-colour-section where you might want to pick up an air tank 
and again every POW capsule you come across.
By now the robot probably has speeded up so your primary goal is to stay 
ahead of it. Staying alive luckily is eased a lot by the following three-
colour-section. Unfortunately the number of X-blocks has increased by now but 
most POW capsules should still be easy to reach. Just don't get too greedy 
and only collect items at the outer end of the well when the robots I not 
visible on the lower screen and you'll end the stage in a few moments.
If it takes a little longer you'll find another row of three POW capsules.
Remember that like in China you don't have to shoot the last fireball with 
maximum power as the spider will be down to 20 tons after the 12th hit.