Death Roulette: Loop 22

[BIL]

You brats don't know how good you've got it. Sky Smasher? Sengeki Striker? LOOK AT THE BULLSHIT I'M FORCED TO PLAY :[

Spoiler

[Blinge]

lol what is that, and how can I play?

[BIL]

Pay me fifty quidfordshires for the Famicom version of Altered Beast ¦3

kidding, I don't own that horse shit! o_o

[The Armchair General]

The Armchair General - Gradius - 2 - FAILED

I made it to the great wall in stage 2 and repeatedly died there

[ACSeraph]

a mediocre player such as myself

You've gotta be trolling man, I consider you one of the absolute best players of retro-shmups on this forum, and our patron saint of the Gradius series.

You have so much experience with it that it's no surprise you can easily deal with the checkpoints. I myself can recover for the most part in it, even on the Moai stage. But not before I had practiced the game a bit; it's definitely not "easy". It requires practice to be able to do it, and the format for Death Roulette makes practice impossible. For someone who has very little prior experience with Gradius, this is actually a pretty difficult challenge, especially the last push of stage 2.

The challenge of DR comes from the random factor of what games get played, not simply that you only get one shot at it. Prior experience makes a huge difference. See Super Cobra. I'm guessing that game isn't all that hard once you've learned it, but with no prior experience? Nope.

[ProjectAKo]

I 1cced this a few weeks ago but I just derped the fuck out hard.

[Legendary Hoamaru]

^Basically

Had to learn this one for the wolfman tournament last year too and got the 1cc. For some reason at the time, I thought my options wouldn't protect me from the barrage of popcorn in the bosses opening even though they were doing a good job. Of course, I decide to move to readjust them and run into one of the popcorn lol.

[ACSeraph]

Mission Seven Complete!

1. Shepardus KIA
2. cave hermit KIA
3. KoopaTGR x1
4. Pokemon123 KIA
5. EmperorIng KIA
6. pandoraXhunter x1
7. The Armchair General x1
8. Heavy Viper x2
9. copy-paster KIA
10. drunkninja24 KIA
11. Blinge x1
12. Legendary Hoamaru KIA
13. Illyrian KIA
14. Pestro87 x1
15. gimebe KIA
16. ashygal KIA
17. ProjectAKo x1
18. STGAlmond KIA
19. chum x3

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Death's Refuge



Our brothers Legendary Hoamaru and Illyrian have been fallen to the Bacterian. The Moai will pay for this!

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Eighth Death March:

Spoiler

P-47 Aces

Benchmark: Reach Stage 3

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There's a lot of red up there on the ranking board...

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There
is
No
Refuge

[pandoraXhunter]

pandoraXhunter - P-47 Aces - Thunderbolt - Stage 3 - 307460

[Heavy Viper]

Heavy Viper - P-47 Aces - Thunderbolt - St. 3 - 453,360

Hitbox link! The stream conked out for a bit somewhere in Stage 2, but thankfully I got the entirety of my horrible flailing and fiery death in Stage 3.

[ProjectAKo]

Project Ako - P-47 Aces - The first chick - Stage 3 - 388,300

[KoopaTGR]

KoopaTGR - P-47 Aces - Thunderbolt - Stage 3 - 363,600

Very fast and flashy, reminds me of Psikyo.

[The Armchair General]

The Armchair General - P-47 - The old dude - stage 3 (PASS) 358300

[Blinge]

Blinge - P-47 Aces - animu chick - Stage 3 - PASS

well.. that escalated quickly!

[chum]

chum - P-47 Aces - Thunderbolt - Stage 3 - 456,280 - Pass

[ACSeraph]

Mission Eight Complete!

1. Shepardus KIA
2. cave hermit KIA
3. KoopaTGR x1
4. Pokemon123 KIA
5. EmperorIng KIA
6. pandoraXhunter x1
7. The Armchair General x1
8. Heavy Viper x2
9. copy-paster KIA
10. drunkninja24 KIA
11. Blinge x1
12. Legendary Hoamaru KIA
13. Illyrian KIA
14. Pestro87 KIA
15. gimebe KIA
16. ashygal KIA
17. ProjectAKo x1
18. STGAlmond KIA
19. chum x3

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Death's Refuge



I regret to inform you that pestro87 has died of complications resulting from the amputation of his hand during a previous battle.

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Ninth Death March:

Spoiler

Shippu Mahou Daisakusen

Benchmark: Reach Stage 3 Boss

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There
is
No
Refuge

[Heavy Viper]

Heavy Viper - Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (Japan) - Gain - St.3-A BOSS - 179,540 (PASS!!)

Hitbox video!

Sheesh, that was close. Managed to hold on long enough through St. 3 to complete the mission, though.

Flag Race <3

[Blinge]

Ahh never played Grandprix, I'll do it tomorrow as I feel like shit atm.

Vid for the last two rounds if anyones innarested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqox26m4YH0

[pandoraXhunter]

pandoraXhunter - Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (Japan) - Chitta - Stage 4 - 181,121

[ProjectAKo]

Project Ako - Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (Japan) - Miyamoto - Stage 4 - 247,770 Pass

[KoopaTGR]

KoopaTGR - Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (Japan) - Stage 4 (Cold Corridor) - 215,710

Good thing I studied the game (through videos) beforehand
However I ended up losing two lives to the stage 3 boss.

Fun and innovative game, might put some more time into this.
I wonder why an extra digit is added to your score when you finish in a lower position?

[ProjectAKo]

Fun fact, if you push T in this game, the game will lock because TILT. Why a non-pinball machine game has a TILT function is beyond me.

[KoopaTGR]

Why a non-pinball machine game has a TILT function is beyond me.

Maybe it's because pinball machines aren't the only kind of arcade machine that can be shaken.

Darius Gaiden and many other Taito games also have a TILT function.

[Blinge]

Damnit why all these japan versions, downloading two roms per game is annoying >:o

Edit: actually, is the JP version of shippu harder? I know it's a general trend and Sorcer Striker is easier than its japanese counterpart, but it's not always the case.

failed fuck you all ffffffffff

The last video with some frame by frame analysis of me eating it. https://youtu.be/9hSULUtBWzk

[chum]

chum - Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (Japan) - Miyamoto - 1-All - 656,142

Edit: actually, is the JP version of shippu harder?

Yep

[The Armchair General]

Meh I died. It really sucks to get really far in the tournament without dying and then all of a suddenly have three deaths nearly in a row. Especially since the reason I lost this one was due to a death on the stage one boss. Also.... DID CHUM JUST GET ANOTHER EXTEND!!!!

[ACSeraph]

Mission Nine Complete!

1. Shepardus KIA
2. cave hermit KIA
3. KoopaTGR x1
4. Pokemon123 KIA
5. EmperorIng KIA
6. pandoraXhunter x1
7. The Armchair General KIA
8. Heavy Viper x2
9. copy-paster KIA
10. drunkninja24 KIA
11. Blinge KIA
12. Legendary Hoamaru KIA
13. Illyrian KIA
14. Pestro87 KIA
15. gimebe KIA
16. ashygal KIA
17. ProjectAKo x1
18. STGAlmond KIA
19. chum x4

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Death's Refuge



Blinge and The Armchair General have been confirmed dead after a head on collision during the Kindom Gand Prix.

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Tenth Death March:

Spoiler

R-Type Leo

Benchmark: Reach Stage 4

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There
is
No
Refuge

[KoopaTGR]

Should we use the World version or the Japan version?

The Japan version has checkpoints.

[ACSeraph]

Japan version, sorry for not noting it. Good luck!

[chum]

chum - R-Type Leo (Japan) - P1 - Stage 5 - 618,900 - Pass