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The reflex cannon and its satellites were dangerous. The Gamilons are really wicked puppies!

The freezing screen of death. Yes, I have experienced the same thing during testing. Except that it happened to me in Minerva (I have never found the Battleship at Pluto it is random, but yes, you will certainly will find it at Minerva). It is random, sometimes I finish the game without incident. I have been chasing a possible cause for the problem. It has happened with the WMG and also with others weapons. It freezes exactly at the moment the ship explodes (and only with the gamilon battleship). The Gamilon battleship has more firing points than any other ship, it has 22 firing points. That is alot of "candy". I do not know if the combination of the graphics of the explosions in addition firing of the weapons of the other ship can cause an overload on the computer system ram or video. Just for testing, one time I reduced the firing points on the Gamilon Battleship from 22 to 19 and the error never happened again. Then again maybe I did not try enough times.
I also noticed that when I play the game start to finish, the game seems to slow down or becomes a little erratic by the time I reach the part of destroying the Pluto base. Ussualy I save the game at that point, quit and reload, and then it seems fine.
Yet it is still a puzzle to me, I have chech the code but I still do not see anything that may cause it. But yes it does happens the moment the ship explodes, on the last killing blast. And sometimes nothing bad happens!
If the problem persist I can always try to either reduce the firing points on the Battleship, or how long the WMG beam last, or the graphics on the explosion itself.
Can you save the game, quit, and then load the game again and then take the Gamilon battleship down to see if it still happen? Also does it happen when the ship is close or far away?