General youtube shmup thread.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

Outside of Ikaruga, I can't really think of any. Ikaruga gives you the Dot Eater rank if you can clear stages without shooting at all and without using continues.


The Touhou pacifist runs tend to just be on the bosses only from what I've seen.

[AxelMill]

Outside of Ikaruga, I can't really think of any. Ikaruga gives you the Dot Eater rank if you can clear stages without shooting at all and without using continues.

Radiant Silvergun could be feasible, as enemies have enough space between them to allow chains, just like Ikaruga, but no one ever did it before.
If someone is crazy enough, go ahead.

[Shepardus]

There's at least one place in RSG that I'm pretty sure is impossible without shooting unless there's a gap in the hitboxes like in Ikaruga's stage 2, and that part lasts long enough that you can't make it through within three lives. To get past it you'd have to relax the definition to be "no kills" rather than "no shooting." It's in stage 4, though, so if you play arcade mode and take the stage 2 route you'll avoid it. The rest might be possible (at least I can't think of anything that's guaranteed impossible, though I'm not sure about the last bit of 3C) but would be ridiculously hard (remember that if you can't shoot you can't absorb the pink bullets, or clear out environmental obstacles or enemies around them) and it'd take forever thanks to all the bosses you'd have to time out. Despite the game's scoring system revolving around not shooting many of the enemies it's not a game well-suited to not shooting at all.

[CStarFlare]

Is a pacifist run necessarily a no-shooting run? The SOTN run that was mention absolutely does things like destroying candles; the real issue was kills. So there's no reason a RSG run couldn't absorb pink bullets, or even use the special attack for invulnerability as long as nothing dies in the process.

[Shepardus]

Good point; it's probably possible then, though still really hard. There are some places such as the end of 3C where the enemies and the environment take up almost all the available space, making it a really tight squeeze. Granted, Ikaruga has a few such moments too but they don't seem quite as rough to me.

Enemy collisions are often the biggest obstacle to a pacifist clear, so you might want to look at games without them. Some of Psikyo's earlier games, before their timeout patterns got super crazy, may be viable candidates.

There was this one super low-scoring Mars Matrix run covered on the STGWeekly episode. It wasn't actually pacifist, but it remained at 0 points until the last one or two stages by not collecting any cubes (the scoring multiplier actually starts at 0 and not 1 like you would expect).

[CRI]

Giga Wing 2 Playthrough (No Points)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fDiuvlhp0k

[Blinge]

Sorry, this is only half on-topic. I watched your SOTN pacifist run, that was pretty neat. When I play various shmups I often wonder if it's humanly possible to pacifist them. Specifically, older stuff where the bosses time out, like Fire Shark or Gradius 2. Maybe you could attempt some of those?

Hey thanks dude =]

Getting a dot eater clear on Ikaruga Normal is definitely on my shmups bucket list.

[Mills]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbrmLMFDWx0

[ProjectAKo]

dear god

[OmegaFlareX]

this 0-point clear of Asuka & Asuka

This is exactly what I'm imagining. Thanks.

[drunkninja24]

1CC of Batsugun I did with Type B ship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5n-GgoPVs8

[Kobayashi]

Judgement Silversword - Area 1 to Area 9
https://youtu.be/3gU-KfJgwOI

Eschatos - Area 1 to Area 5
https://youtu.be/24wpXr-vJnQ

Eschatos - Area 6 to Area 11
https://youtu.be/SOuBsYtqLos

[lilmanjs]

Found this little nearly 30 minute collection of shumps. Nicely done channel overall and has a couple of Raiden 5 videos as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9vKquVmx84

[gimebe]

Judgement Silversword - Hard clear

http://youtu.be/jhVSiEqTuGY

[Zaarock]

GalaX (2003, PC freeware) 1CC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqfct-UaGx8

Very obscure shmup with a enemy hacking gimmick. Saw a couple mentions of it here but they're back from 2007 It's a very gimmicky game (talking RefleX levels) but has great presentation and some clever boss fights. It's like some long lost SNES shmup. A pretty solid game in a sea of doujin STG. The hacking inputs remind me of Akashicverse though you get no protection or i-frames while inputting so you really need to be quick. It's an easy clear once you get the hand of the mechanics so this is just to show the game.

[Kino]

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[Blinge]

I've made a fully narrated Ikaruga survival tutorial for normal mode. In a similar vein to the 1 sissy series, I guess.

https://youtu.be/Bjai9ebv-fg

I wasnt sure what to name the video, or put in the description to make it reach more people on youtube.
Maybe I should've given it a clickbaity title like EASY WAY TO BEAT IKARUGA..

But yeah, hopefully people find it useful! =]

[doom_]

wow, that's cool blinge!! are there videos like this for other games too?

I'm lazy, sometimes I don't want to figure out stuff myself and just want to get my knowledge straight before starting to practise. so this is perfect - it might even get me to play ikaruga once again.

[Blinge]

wow, that's cool blinge!! are there videos like this for other games too?

Yep Hydeux made guides for some shmups, named "1-sissy"
https://www.youtube.com/user/shmupemall ... shmupemall

[Ghegs]

Not terribly exciting, but I'm working through my NES/FC games, so here's a 1LC of Section Z.

[doom_]

wow, that's cool blinge!! are there videos like this for other games too?

Yep Hydeux made guides for some shmups, named "1-sissy"
https://www.youtube.com/user/shmupemall ... shmupemall

oh no, it's french. too bad!

[Blinge]

some of them are in english man.

[Emuser]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vEMLe7DaM

Batsugun Normal Ver Clear, nothing particularly notable in the clear, but pasted from the description:

*PLEASE READ BELOW FOR WHERE I'VE BEEN*

Hello anyone that comes upon this, I am still alive. I wanted to upload something for filler as I have been busy with a lot of things in life lately and have not been on shmups for a long time now. I've been very focused on work and recently got a raise and award for performance which marks a first for me. I've also come out of an extremely stressful period of time where I didn't feel like playing anything due to being over-encumbered with things to worry about.

One reason I wanted to upload this footage is because it is the final clear I got before my 360 controller bit the dust and marks a move forward to a new era. This comes from one of Assan Chop's weekly challenges on facebook's shmup fans page from months ago which I ended up winning. Another reason is to generate a little buzz for everyone to let them know I am still alive despite my long absence. I will be damned if Asuka & Asuka is my last upload on here. I will be uploading some stuff for Team Grybanser Fox's Zenodyne HD when it comes out next week on Steam so stay tuned for more info on that.

Onto Batsugun however, this clear only took 2 hours for me to get after stage 1 shenanigans and 3 serious credits. It is a really fun game even though I do not know what is different in Normal and Special versions. It is a rather quick shmup with decent challenge for anyone wanting a lower-end clear under their belt. Also, I suck at this and can't milk Jupiter so know there is no top level Batsugun play here, be warned.

[chempop]

Welcome back Emuser and congrats on the work promotion! Been wondering where you were but it's definitely healthy to take breaks from time to time.

[Mills]

https://youtu.be/N9zbFWIXrlo
From Stunfest 2016

[Emuser]

Hey all,

I'm back with another video. I'm coming back with a pre-release peek at Zenodyne R, which can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXmVM12WAYw

Check out this quick boot camp esque introduction to this upcoming steam release June 2016.

[SapphireDensetsu]

Dodonpachi 562,410,050 2-ALL C-S, by SON.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q3lBbNyUbQ

[OmegaFlareX]

I have a request. Can someone find me a 1CC or Superplay of Kyugo's/Taito's 1986 S.R.D. Mission? There has to be one on Nico somewhere.

[trap15]

Made it to Stage 7 in Same!Same!Same! on stream tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJly_N_uXO4

[OmegaFlareX]

Damn, I missed your stream. Nice run, though. I wish that 8-loop run on YT wasn't god-awful quality.