:@: Wanman, No changes, not yet. I'm sure had no one been able to beat Bayou Bill you'd be happy to leave the challenge as it was.
:@: Sabby there are 8 fabulous stages.
Apparently when the Red Falcon invades Earth I'm going to need some better recruits...
General Hobbes' Training for Victory.
You may have to train for this one, that means play the game through a couple of times, get to know the bosses, where enemies pop up from, what weapons appear and so forth.
If you have not done so hop over to gamefaqs for a faq/walkthrough on the game for intel.
Once you have an idea about the game you could play it through with save stats to see how many times you can die to beat my challenge. Can you continue from a stage and still end up with over 15 lives? That way you can have a plan for attack. Then you can go do a real run at the challenge.
Oh and get the spread shot, keep the spread shot at all costs....Except for 1 part where I like the flamethrower makes the game so much easier.....
If you need more help ask-