Damn you, Tunnel Man! Shotguns don't just grow on trees, you know!
EDIT Oh man, I just had to ragequit the game. Trying the jungle levels over and over to get a shotgun for the Tunnel Man. I've gotten pretty good with just getting through the levels without a lot of dicking around. I check the shops in case they are selling the gun but otherwise I hope for one of the special levels where the dead live. If you get one and find the tombstone that says ASH and blow it up, underneath will be a shotgun. Honestly I forget if thats how I got my shotgun this run, but whatever...I had one. I've had them a couple times and died but this time was different. I was being careful. I was using my items to maximum effectiveness. I picked up the shotgun early and I was like...this is the run. 2-1 wasn't a problem. 2-2 I got hit once or twice but also wasn't a bit issue.
2-3 was very scary right by the exit. There was a tiki trap immediately on either side of the exit. If you stood on the exit door you would be hit by both. There also wasn't any place to stand to get near them without getting hit. So I shoot the mantrap nearby so I don't have to worry about getting eaten. I quick hop up next to the tiki on the only square there and....screw up my buttons and drop the shotgun and not the bomb. FUCK. Ok, do it again...testing those spikes. Drop the bomb but didn't grab the shotgun. Well...ok lets see how this goes. Bomb takes care of my tiki but also throws my shotgun...next to some other tikis. I manage to go fish it out and after faking out the other tiki by the exit...I'm out! Yes! One more level and the Tunnel Man will have his shotgun and I will have my shortcut!
"I can't see a thing!"
No....noooooooo....NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! A fucking dark area! Now I have to try switch between a shotgun and a torch through the level without losing my stuff...or try my luck going blind because there was no way in hell I was leaving my shotgun behind. I didn't set down my shotgun and braved the dark. I was doing ok, actually. Tiki torches were all over and they kind of light up, so I was just landing on them. Shooting in either direction as I did so, anything trying to come attack me got a face full of lead. I could do this! I think the exit is this way. I fired a couple shots to light up the area and didn't see anything that should trouble me. I leap. Onto spikes. Instantly killed, right near the exit.
Ragequit.