So, just for fun, I decided to try my hand(s) at this 2-p phenomenon, over in France ... I reached 45 (so close !!!). The saddest part is that when I entered the level, Sandy still had two lives. But it turns out there IS NO safe spot on 45, so he quickly got both his lives juiced out of him while I was busy trying to get Igor up onto that godforsaken center platform.
Also, it was a very bad idea to try to keep their point totals even, because neither ended up getting the 500k bonus. They had about 350k each in the end, and Igor still had four lives left. The Lives Sharing will certainly help, allowing you more flexibility in your tactics.
It turns out, with my keyboard, I got used to Enter very rapidly. The middle finger can quite easily and quickly move up and down with no problem. The hard part was trying to press the "A" key with my pinky finger. Dreadful, just dreadful.
It turns out that in France, instead of the score/level (lack of) data, they show two cute little images side-by-side of Igor and Sandy scowling at each other, and their individual scores are underneath them. Apparently they are competing, or at least they think they are.
The good thing is that I know I can reach 49 next time.
