I DID IT! Share your latest 1CCs/other triumphs here...

[harrytasker]

Finally got my 2nd 1CC, adrenaline still going

http://i.imgur.com/V5ibPln.jpg

[Plasmo]

Whoa, congrats man!!

Will you push the game further for score? One less death means 10mill.

[harrytasker]

Whoa, congrats man!!

Will you push the game further for score? One less death means 10mill.

hah, I dunno if I'm good enough to plan scoring yet, I got the 1cc by the skin of my teeth (no stocks or bombs left on stage 5)

admittedly I did have a few stupid deaths where i hadn't spent any bombs that would have definitely lead to a significantly better score

[OmKol]

Recently did Ikaruga Normal survival clear. After some break will try to do score runs. I love this game.

[harrytasker]

was feeling good about myself after getting my 2nd 1CC with Mushi the other day, got my DDP DFK 1-ALL first run of the night

http://i.imgur.com/4unlkC3.jpg

[ReSe2k]

Nice, would you say DFK 1.5 is harder than Mushihimesama?

[harrytasker]

Nice, would you say DFK 1.5 is harder than Mushihimesama?

um, its hard for me to say really

i completed DFK much faster than mushi (3hr in DFK vs 7hr in Mushi) but thats probably just due to getting better (for reference, my first 1cc with Crimzon Clover took 13hr)

i'm probably going to give the edge to DFK tho, even with bullet cancels in hyper mode there's just so much more stuff to dodge and i find the score based extends easier to get in mushi, not to mention those laser wheels in stage 5 are the bane of my existence

[Shepardus]

IMO the autobombs make DFK 1.5 easier than Mushihimesama (unless you're talking about Mushihimesama Original 1.5 non-Max). You get enough of them that you can be quite careless through most of the game and still have enough to bomb through the laser wheels.

[harrytasker]

IMO the autobombs make DFK 1.5 easier than Mushihimesama (unless you're talking about Mushihimesama Original 1.5 non-Max). You get enough of them that you can be quite careless through most of the game and still have enough to bomb through the laser wheels.

sure, but even with strong style i tried to manually bomb as much as i could

autobomb is a bad crutch and doesnt help you improve imo

[Shepardus]

Well if you choose not to take advantage of autobombing then that's a self-imposed restriction. Sure autobomb is a crutch and doesn't help you improve at much, but the point is that you can 1-ALL DFK 1.5 with hardly any improvement at all because it's that forgiving.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

1CC'd Judgement Silversword's boss rush Special Mode! Seriously intense, did it live at a shmupmeet too and finally unlocked the secret ship. Barely scraped by the clear, ended with 0 extra lives in stock. o_O

[Stevens]

I had five games that I had made progress to the final boss, got distracted, and never finished what I started. Happy to say that list is now one lighter:

Espgaluda 2 BL
Progear
Akai Katana Zetsu
Jamestown

Blue Wish Resurrection - Original - ALL - Autobomb off - Wait On

Clears don't come often for me, have to take 'em when I can:D

My score was nothing to write home about, but I don't think I am finished with BWR just yet.

[wgogh]

^
Well done! That game's rad! And it can get very stressful.
About the score, I finished with around twenty millions. As I gave little attention to scoring, I dont need comparison to know that its a low one.

1ccs dont come often AT ALL for me too (counting 4 now), but I believe that it takes time.

[Stevens]

Thanks

My score was 23 million and change with the hope.

I cleared it again later on with Eden and scored 27 million. Not super concerned with route optimization for more points, but cleaning up my runs and finishing with more lives would improve it quite a bit.

[wgogh]

I dont remember very well, but I dont think the scoring is much more than spare bombs/lives and no misses

[BareKnuckleRoo]

I dont remember very well, but I dont think the scoring is much more than spare bombs/lives and no misses

Lives are a major factor in scoring, particularly in BWR+ since there's a massive end bonus to be had. If you score high enough in BWR+, you'll get an extra life during the score tally after the final boss and that'll add a nice chunk to your score!

There's a fair bit of extra points to be had from improving pointblanking to maximize the point item values when you collect them, popping the treasure chests early so you get as much score out of them, and using 2-3 bombs during the stage 5 midboss which will allow you to speedkill it and trigger a really lucrative wave of enemies. Scoring's very similar to Mushihimesama Futari - you have to work on scoring in stages as well as work on clearing with a large stock of lives to get a good score. Bombs don't seem to be quite as important for score so it's always better to use them than risk dying since lives are worth a bunch of points.

It's not as significant, but there's also a chunk of points to be had from killing bosses with the shot type that gives you the most points because there's a good per-hit bonus. Hope and Eden get the most points from their laser, but Wish and Peace need to use their weaker shots on bosses (the spreadshot and the lockon shot) to maximize their scores. Peace in particular is the highest scoring ship because it can get a massive boost to score from all the hits it gets on bosses when using its 'laser' lockon shot. This is risky though, since it also means bosses take a lot longer to kill compared to using its straight firing shot.

aaand going back over my scores I just realized I recorded the wrong replay to Youtube for my BWR+ Heaven/Hope score. I actually have a replay of a higher scoring one and it's even in the damn video at the beginning when I pick the wrong replay to record, oops :/

fixed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2ZwwoAIZM

[wgogh]

I've only played the original Mushihime. As for recordings, I may do some when I really have something relevant to show. Don't even know which game would be. But, yeah, Im still new to those games compared to some of you, so I shouldnt blame myself for not having done anything amazing

[Jonst]

yeeeeah, finally!!! super low scoring but, i did it!... now i have some confidence with the game and its super enjoyable, i'll continue to play for score. but, still feeling pretty awesome... (ibara arrange). Blurry pic, because shaking with disbelief, didn't expect this tonight.

[InFireX]

I barely made it! Literally anything could've killed me at the end, but I somehow survived and achieved pic related.

[Stevens]

I barely made it! Literally anything could've killed me at the end, but I somehow survived

Congrats! Are you going to stick with it for score or you moving on to something else?

yeeeeah, finally!!!

As expected. Well deserved and more importantly earned:D Right behind you..

[Jonst]

Thanks Stevens! I thought it would come soon but didn't think that soon. I'm really happy to have cleared at least one version of ibara. It was super fun to learn. I don't remember getting that annoyed with it, as I enjoyed playing it so much. I find it a fiendishly addictive game.

What is infirex's game? ...Congrats btw ifx!

[Jonst]

I did it again! this time i beat my last score. Unbelievably, i played a carefree credit this morning and cleared on my first go! (3 clears of this within a couple of days of each other) pic is yesterday's. I know i can score a bit more than this, so be trying for that, but in the meantime, I'm happy with this!

[Blinge]

Nice work Jonst!

Am I right in thinking you were struggling with Ibara for a while before?

[Jonst]

Cheers mate! ... you're half right. I've struggled with both versions (ps2), I found this time around, it clicked easier, also checked out some replays for some more ideas. I still struggle with arcade mode, it just so happens that I prefer arrange mode, I've always loved it and I find it a bit more enjoyable. It feels very different when you go back to arcade though.

EDIT: I didn't even know there were different ship types until just now! .... now I know why everyone uses type d! I thought explosions looked slightly different on most replays.

EDIT 2: just played a credit with type d, cleared again with 47mil, would have been higher had I not made some silly mistakes!

[Stevens]

Had another close call with Esp 2 BL, used kakusei a few seconds too soon on the final pattern. No biggie, it is coming.

Years after first clearing it I finally cleared Score Rush on hard and gave extreme a few credits. Got to boss C before tapping out. I think extreme is doable.

[InFireX]

Congrats! Are you going to stick with it for score or you moving on to something else?

No, I'm done with this game and I still have other goals to accomplish, like the CCWI Unlimited mode 1cc with Type-I.

[To Far Away Times]

Came back from a year long hiatus and 1CC'd Metal Black.

[WelshMegalodon]

Added to my paltry 1CC list with a clear of TwinBee Da!!, a very easy shooter. I know the colorized European release is preferred, but the DMG original is still very playable. (Ideally, one would play the original via Konami GB Collection on a Super Game Boy, but I don't have one of those, so...)

Despite superficial similarities between them, it seems the skills learned in this game fail to carry over into other versions of the original TwinBee, which remain as difficult as ever.

[Jaimers]

Managed to get the Zatsuza clear!
video

[EmperorIng]

After playing Darius II for FIVE YEARS on and off (ok not constantly), I finally got the clear of that damn game.

What a cheap, unforgiving, luck-based bullshit clear that was. Whether or not you clear depends entirely on a) did you die only once to Grand Octopus, and b) can you meme your way through the thick spread of haphazard enemy fire in the final zone to get to the boss with 1 or 2 lives? I wish I had recorded it. But it is enough to know that this game that's tormented me for years (and probably only me since so many people have cleared it lol) is beaten.

A bit shameful that it's my first 1CC since January. I really need to up my game. I've gotten far in Shienryu and Gradius II. Hope I can clear them soon.