The Armchair General wrote:Congrats Perikles on the new record!
Thank you very much!
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And congratulations on your clear, reminds me that I should tackle various arcade Toaplan games, too. Batsugun always stayed under my radar for some reason, it's probably too modern.
EmperorIng wrote:Speaking of PC Engine games above (sorta), I did clear the R-Type clone Paranoia, which now brings my total shmup clears to 21, 22 if you count clearing the first loop of Batsugun Special (do you?).
Didn't you also clear the Saturn version of Darius II? It's not on your list, yet I seem to recall this was the case.
EmperorIng wrote:One thing I am quickly learning about the PC Engine is that it seems to abound in R-Type clones.
Hm, I don't get that feeling. Paranoia is certainly very iremesque, both Rayxanber games may fall under that category, perhaps even Violent Soldier, but what else? The godawful Legion requires a lot of memorization, so I guess one might call it vaguely similar to an Irem game, that's moreso an insult, though, given how terrible it is.
Plasmo wrote:It's by far the hardest Strikers game and a huge jump in difficulty from Gunbird.
It is? I cannot comment on the second loop, but I was under the impression that the first Strikers is by far the easiest one to 1-ALL. Definitely much more approachable than Strikers 1945 II.