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

[Stevens]

That's enough psikyo for a lifetime, however.

*Kreiger Voice* Nope nope nope nope nope.

Zero Gunner 2 is waiting:D

Also congrats! I don't have a Psikyo clear yet. Cave was a bigger monkey though..

[Jonst]

Congrats blinge, Nice one!

[EmperorIng]

Yeah, good job. I've always naturally gravitated towards the Bf plane; I suppose its charge shot is just the strongest? The STGT allowed me to gain a lot of skill in Strikers, and I hope to 1ALL the game sometime soon myself. It actually made me pick up the Saturn port, ha.

[Perikles]

As I said earlier to you: great going, Blinge. As short as they may be, Psikyo games tend to throw wrenches in everyone's plans all the time. Vengeance is yours!


I just cleared five loops of SFC Gradius III myself. On top of it being not quite trivial (every loop lasts more than 40 minutes and it starts to get challenging from loop 3 onwards which means that you have to concentrate for a long period of time; the first stage is absolutely crucial, if you make one tiny mistake after the first checkpoint your credit is finished) it was also immensely satisfying on an emotional level. You see, this port of Gradius III was one of my first true loves in the genre when I delved deeper into it a few years back. I had to work for a while just to clear the first loop back then, and always hoped to return to it one day, getting further. A while later I dared to face the second loop and finally figured out how to properly tackle the first stage and then the rest. While I was glad with the result I still wanted to push it a trifle more.

Well, and here we are now! The first two loops which posed such a mortal threat a few years back seem trivial now. Can't wait to get the 2-ALL in Gradius II Arcade, the inevitable 1-ALL in Gradius III Arcade and the marathon session in Gradius Gaiden (I'd love to clear three or more loops, I need to figure out Heaven's Gate, though, that guy is mean). Next year is going to be great.

[Jaimers]

Strania Normal 1cc

Missed the Reflect dan because I didn't realize I had to hit the stage 4 boss with it to get exp for it.
Missed the Laser dan on the stage 2 boss from not killing enough dudes.
I think I missed Direction by like 1 point lol.
Very good game.

[Zaarock]

1CC'd all routes in Dariusburst ACEX from H to Z & cleared CS mode main route and extra mission with Preset setting.
Going to go for scores on QUZ, OSX and the final CS missions, fun game in a lot of ways.

[Klatrymadon]

Nice work, Zaarock! I've only just got it and have so far only cleared ADH and 20-30 CS missions, so it'll be fun trying to chase some of your scores.

[Shepardus]

1-ALL of Donpachi (JP version)! I was so shocked that I ran into a suicide bullet at the start of 2-1.

[Blinge]

I just cleared five loops of SFC Gradius III myself. On top of it being not quite trivial (every loop lasts more than 40 minutes and it starts to get challenging from loop 3 onwards which means that you have to concentrate for a long period of time; the first stage is absolutely crucial, if you make one tiny mistake after the first checkpoint your credit is finished) it was also immensely satisfying on an emotional level. You see, this port of Gradius III was one of my first true loves in the genre when I delved deeper into it a few years back. I had to work for a while just to clear the first loop back then, and always hoped to return to it one day, getting further. A while later I dared to face the second loop and finally figured out how to properly tackle the first stage and then the rest. While I was glad with the result I still wanted to push it a trifle more.

Congrats man, you're a machine. Did you take breaks??

And well done, Sheppy. Donpachi won't have held you back for long.

[Perikles]

1-ALL of Donpachi (JP version)!

Good going! I still want to get into Donpachi and Dodonpachi at some point in time so that I might learn to get at least a little less horrendous at somewhat modern games. Seem like good candidates for this purpose (I don't know if V-V counts as a proto-danmaku or not, but I consider it to be moreso classic).

Did you take breaks??

No, I find it very difficult to get into the game again once I pause. Especially considering that the first stage in this particular game is by far the most dangerous threat from loop 3 onwards. I could've paused mid-loop I suppose, but didn't want to do that. The "worst" thing in this regard was Slap Fight Special on the MD, had to clear 13 loops at about 15 minutes each to get the counterstop, I was so tired after that.

[ACSeraph]

All the ACEX lately has me wanting to finish off Vanilla Burst on PSP. Finally got the Dark Helios kill last night, after getting it in ACEX a couple days ago. The weaker, shorter burst laser and significantly smaller screen space make this a much more dangerous fight on PSP than in the arcade version. Last up is G.T.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

1-ALL of Donpachi (JP version)! I was so shocked that I ran into a suicide bullet at the start of 2-1.

I know that feeling. First time I looped it I gameovered at the start of 2-1 because I didn't realize the bee items spawn bullets.

[Stevens]

Damn Shep - great work!

[OlDirty]

Would have been my first ever Cave game 1CC and i just didn't finish the last boss for such a tiny bit of energy. Too nervous and panic bombing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHBGq9x ... e=youtu.be

[OmKol]

Hitogata Happa - 1CC with TLB on Nobilmente, finally! Leaderboard screenshot.

[Cagar]

Would have been my first ever Cave game 1CC and i just didn't finish the last boss for such a tiny bit of energy. Too nervous and panic bombing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHBGq9x ... e=youtu.be

Shit, seems like "The Classic" happened to you. Don't give up!

[Jonst]

Nice one shep!

[Stevens]

Would have been my first ever Cave game 1CC and i just didn't finish the last boss for such a tiny bit of energy. Too nervous and panic bombing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHBGq9x ... e=youtu.be

Was there myself a few weeks back with Futari. You're really close!

[Lyv]

Got a 2-ALL of Strikers 1945 II.
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AM3ivfZgG0

I'm glad I played this instead of Gunnail this week. ^^

[Shepardus]

Got a 2-ALL of Strikers 1945 II.
Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AM3ivfZgG0

I'm glad I played this instead of Gunnail this week. ^^

Damn nice, always impressed by Psikyo 2-ALLs!

Would have been my first ever Cave game 1CC and i just didn't finish the last boss for such a tiny bit of energy. Too nervous and panic bombing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHBGq9x ... e=youtu.be

Reminds me of my almost-1cc of the very same game. You've got this!

Hitogata Happa - 1CC with TLB on Nobilmente, finally! Leaderboard screenshot.

Nice one, I've been playing this game a bit recently and anything above Euridice scares me.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

Congrats on the Hitogata Happa clear. That's a game I should get back to myself, but those 2 higher difficulties above Nobilmente are so hard to get a good start on. I do want to finish those eventually though as well as actually 1cc Demonic in Gundemonium Recollection or maybe learn how to score on Unlimited. The TLB is already annoying on Nobilmente though, and I've seen what it looks like on Doomsday from vids(not sure about Allemande), and it looks very hard to win with the survival patterns phase.


Do you have any plans to do more in the game, whether scoring or clears?


That guy at the top though

He's pretty much at the top of every leaderboard for all 3 Gundemonium games with obviously hacked scores. He's even somehow above my Demonic score in rank on Gundeadligne with a lower score somehow.

[amdiggywhut]

Obligatory reminder that, generally speaking, you guys are all really good at these games.

I got the ADH clear on Dariusburst CS over the weekend. Hadn't gone back to Arcade since the first day I had the game (after spending a bunch of time in CS Mode) so it was nice to see those skills translate. Going to check out the other paths here in the near future.

[KoopaTGR]

After spending time playing Strikers 1 for TRP-STGT, I've obtained my first Psikyo clear: a 1-ALL of Sengoku Ace with Aine!

Shoutouts to ACSeraph for his awesome guide and to Lyv for the epic Strikers II 2-ALL above! (just cause it's by the same developer )


I died just as the boss died!

What other Psikyo games are good for a 1-ALL? Should I go back and improve on Strikers 1? (I've gotten up to 1-8)

[Perikles]

HolyfuckingshitIdidit! Finally got the R-Type 2-ALL 1LC after several months of practicing it on and off. Needed to change my approach several times along the road before I got everything figured out, but now I was able to pull it off. What a great way to end this year! Will upload the video as soon as possible and spam once more in this thread.

What other Psikyo games are good for a 1-ALL?

The first Gunbird is certainly among the easiest Psikyo 1-ALLs, at least with Yuan Nang. I personally find it to be one of the more enjoyable games from them, too.

[Stevens]

Wow man. Congrats

Spam away!

[BIL]

Holy shit, nice work Perikles!

How would you say the arcade game compares to Super R-Type and its godawful checkpoints? More/less punishing, maybe about the same?

[chum]

I normally do not do this but this time will be exception.

105.94 million points achieved in lunatic B1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_bQ70YS9o4

It is by far and away the best thing I've achieved, the last few PBs (103.52, 103.55, 103.98, 104.75, 104.92) on this category I already considered those as likely the toughest scores I've done on FW and in general, but this increase tops it all. It becomes absurd game at 104m+ targets and it almost reached 106m now. Significant increase from this point on means you have to get amazing luck again on stage 1+2 with only subtle mistakes, lose only a slight amount of points anywhere at the most, and then turn into a TAS on break canopy

In other words this is close to as high as it gets without what may as well be TAS territory in a very difficult run, so I am satisfied.

The royalflare top score history:


Since it is my favorite category to play it does feel a bit sad to leave it, but I can leave it with pride.

[CloudyMusic]

Great work Chum

(And you too, Perikles!)

[The Armchair General]

Amazing work Chum and Perikles!

[OmKol]

Do you have any plans to do more in the game, whether scoring or clears?

Not yet - holidays, guests, other things to do. Also at this clear I've got my personal best score on the first 4 stages and it's hard for me to improve. Maybe I'll try higher difficulty.