A little help with Magical Chase's controls?

[Anayo]

I began playing Magical Chase for the Turbografx 16 earlier this week. I beat the first 5 stages, but I'm stuck on stage 6. I think if I knew how to lock my little star shooters in place or use power ups I could get farther. I think it's some combination of the II button and pointing a certain way on the D pad, but it seems to have different results each time, and searching google for a breakdown of the controls didn't turn anything up. ^^;

[marurun]

You cannot lock the placement of the star options. You can only lock the direction they fire. Power-ups you have to buy in the store. As for the magic spells, I think those are Select. I just closed Ootake and forgot to check (and my Duo is still in the box from the move).

[Anayo]

It seemed to me like half the time holding the II button would lock the stars' aim, the other half of the time it would lock the stars' position. I was playing on the PC engine android emulator, btw.

[marurun]

Went back to the game and poked around a little. So, here's how to make stuff work. Tap button I when NOT holding button II to fire to lock the options in place. Tap button I while firing (holding button II) in order to lock the firing direction of the options. To use spells, double press button II quickly.

[Anayo]

Thanks, marurun! I'll post back here as soon as I beat stage 6.