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Aside from the additional items, there are a couple points in favor of visiting PD26 instead:
- There's always the chance that PD25 will result in 0 points, 1 death. (Impudent spacebar, why won't you obey me?)
- You'll find more letter bubbles in PD26, so it's possible for you to gain lives overall (or at least break even).

"Lives Before Points" is my motto for this game (and it can be a tough call when, for example, you've just killed 5 out of 6 enemies in order, and the final letter of CRISTAL appears in front of you). In the end, you can't get more points when you're dead! If you play by that philosophy, PD26 might be the smarter choice.

...But despite all that, I go into PD25 every time. PD26 irritates me for some reason. PD25 is faster either way, and at least you can't lose any more than one life there. That, and it's just plain satisfying to kick the pear-bombs around and collect a boatload of points all at once.

For me, PD25 is more risky than PD26. Every few games I lose a lofe in PD26, but if I went through 25 instead, I would lose that love there or somewhere else... Any level can be hard
I just like PD26 better - but PD25 could also give you the points and letters for levels 27 and 28; up to 80k points from the big crystals

I always forget to factor in the outside levels that are skipped ... With this in mind, the totals become:

PD25: 171,500 - 22,500 = 149,000

PD26: 125,000 - 80,000 = 45,000

Even more drastic; more than triple the score. Even if you can only get 1 of the 2 orders on 27 & 28, PD25 still wins by a long shot (almost double). You do make good points, though ... perhaps score isn't the most important factor ?

Depends on your skills and aims. I have never trained PD25, that's why I use PD26 - more lives and more points for me.

I use PD26 all the time; very rare deaths, more items/, and from my perspective atm, who cares about points?

When you have around 3M points (if you're not trying hard at all) at lvl50 and you get 4M somewhere in Hell it doesn't matter if you have 4.3M or 4.6M when you finish your game. So I always go in PD26.

I usually break 2 million in the first part of Hell, 3 million near the end of Hell and 4 million somewhere around level 70-80

Where Meluzin key goes? Had good game today, got the key and NES controller. (it was easy pick).

Why ha mushroom hnter given me hat? i thought it gave you a new item...

Meluzine goes to 78. Next time