wow! i just played again and i won! i will post my stats, as well. i also got on place 5 on the scoreboards. i had lots of portals and used them on level 16 to kill more liquidators and of course, to get more more special items, i had 25 super laser rounds, and unfortunately, 20 or 25 rifles as well. they could definitely have been replaced with something else, but who cares? i won anyway. i still crashed on the first bonus round though. i didn't lose any lives until level 16, which was only one life, by a bomb again. my super laser rounds really helped and, when i had to use my normal laser, the ship was nearly destroyed, so i didn't have to worry much. i had 2 or 3 ground nukes, one of which i used, and i could let 10 ships land or something, because i got a couple base reinforcers. since i've seen a lot of game play recordings on website of bsc games, i recorded me playing it, and it is now exporting to an ogg file even as i write this. my stats are below.
***Statistics for Game Started on 2-8-2006 9:18:10

Final Score: 790170
You beat the game! Congratulations!
Difficulty: Easy/Baby Black Hole
Game Duration: 27 minutes 16 seconds
Total laser shots fired: 959
Laser accuracy: 95,5%
You crashed on the Landing Ship bonus level, so you didn't get any points.
You killed 5 rounds of ships on the Ship Barrage Bonus level, and received 75000 points. You were also awarded a rifle.
Number of lives lost: 1
You lost your first life on level 16
On normal levels, you moved your ship a total of 4651 times.
You destroyed 114 Cruiser's
You destroyed 44 Lunar Lifter's
You destroyed 160 Enforcer's
You destroyed 109 Hovercraft's
You destroyed 165 Liquidator's
You didn't destroy any moonrocks
You avoided 31 bombs in the process of killing Lord Vector
You picked up a portal on wave 2
You picked up a super laser on wave 3
You picked up a ground nuke on wave 6
You picked up a smart bomb on wave 6
You picked up a base reinforcer on wave 7
You picked up a rifle on wave 9
You picked up a base reinforcer on wave 11
You picked up a ground nuke on wave 14
You picked up a rifle on wave 15
You picked up a rifle on wave 15
You picked up a portal on wave 15
You picked up a smart bomb on wave 15
You picked up a super laser on wave 15
You picked up an 80000 point bonus on wave 15
You picked up a super laser on wave 15
You picked up a base reinforcer on wave 15
You picked up a portal on wave 15
You picked up a rifle on wave 15
You picked up a super laser on wave 15
You picked up a portal on wave 15
You picked up a rifle on wave 15
You picked up a base reinforcer on wave 15
You picked up a super laser on wave 15

Happy Birthday!

yeah, i do that, but you mean that i have to stop pressing the up arrow when i'm moving more to the right? i usually press both keys.

that's what i do but i always crash.