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I'm rather ashamed to say it took me this long to finally 1cc Deathsmiles as well as Deathsmiles Mega Black Label. Once you learn the layout of the last stage it's a lot easier since it has very fast enemy appearances where knowing what to expect helps and is the hardest level in a non-Canyon/Ice clear. You've also got tons of resources at your disposal, so using them aggressively is really handy.

I never realized how easy the Cake item was to get off Jitterbug. I think I kept hanging on to a Power Up waiting to bullet cancel with it, but if you use it right at the start of the fight you can kill him before he gets super nasty, and unlike DaiOuJou, this game's equivalent of a hyper does not appear to make enemies harder while it's in effect.

Forgot to post it earlier, but a few days ago, I managed a 1st loop clear of the NES version of Legendary Wings. Been about a decade since I had done it, and thankfully, it wasn't that difficult or time consuming. There's a spot in stage 4 that is quite difficult to get through without taking any hits. Even if you are at full power in "phoenix mode" you only take 3 hits before you're down a level, and your giant hitbox means you are an easy target in places with tight quarters and ground targets that are hard to hit accurately. The Gradius syndrome is real with this game. If you make it to the final side-scrolling area, though, you can power all the way up, and be ready to take on the final boss, which is a nice touch.

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Last night I 1CC'd the Normal mode of Armed Police Batrider with the Psychic Team.

I will admit, this one doesn't have much of a ring of victory. I had gotten to stage 5 before and fought two, or maybe three final bosses. This time, I only fought one (Sobut). So it felt like I didn't achieve much - to say nothing of my score, which was a paltry three million+. It definitely felt like I had played the game 'wrong' for it to skimp on the challenge that way.

I wonder if killing the other two bosses would bring my score up to over 4-million... just to take away the 'top' leaderboard spot for the default teams that no one uses.



Congratulations Licorice! The first 1cc is always cherished. I can relate about the lack of 'filler' in many arcade games, which makes practicing them more engaging then some other games which pad out their content beyond the breaking point.

Cool! I'm guessing you've seen that the only "default team" scores on the forum board are mine. I included some brief notes when I submitted those to Restart Syndrome. For my Psychic Team score, I only got Sobut as the final boss, but I made up for that with some medal chaining and picking up extend items for points (which destroys rank but Normal course is short enough that I can get away with it). If you trigger multiple bosses I'm sure you could beat the score even with some mistakes elsewhere.

I'd like to get Advanced course clears with the default teams someday for that "canonical" experience, but for now I'd be happy to clear with anyone other than solo Shorty (recently I've been trying with solo Maria-C).

Nice to see others are thinking about giving Batrider another go, I would like to clear Advance with a Garegga team sometime, that's kinda my style and I got an A many years ago but also perished just before the final stage. It's a hell of a crazy game what with the delicate rank control and gotchas galore.

1-ALL no miss of gardia on hard. super cute little shmup complete with classic 80s era oversized idiot hitbox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XTvz4glNQ

(Loops don't get more difficult from what I can see, so i didn't have motivation to 2-ALL it)

Interesting stuff... I don't think I've ever heard of that one, a quick search only brings up 20 or so hits in the last fourteen years! Xevious is the first thing that comes to mind with the precision ground bombing, but that shield and spreadshot look almost Compile. Don't think I've seen that setup with the armours spawning orbital hazards for the player to sneak through anywhere before. I wonder if it might've influenced Cho Ren Sha's powerup rings at all.

That ship launch is indeed super cute, reminds me a bit of Viewpoint's.

I like that arcade catalogue of Coreland, Westone, ADK et al stuff Sega published in the mid/late-80s, got a bit of an underdog feel to 'em (even with a few going on to be pretty big deals in their own right, like Wonder Boy). M2 do Aurail aka You Are The Sniper Tank pls.

yeah, the Xevious influence in the design is immediately apparent. It feels kind of like a more advanced Xevious with a more unforgiving hitbox. I definitely haven't ever seen anything like the orbital hazards around ship upgrades either, and idk if it influenced Cho Ren Sha, but it's possible =o

I haven't ever heard of Gardia either until about a month ago and ended up clearing it because the difficulty is deceptive, and i didn't want that dinky little shmup to get the better of me lol

Viewpoint is awesome, also. Thanks for reminding me about it 'cause that's one I have on my list of stuff to clear. And coreland is definitely pretty rad. Gonna have to look into Westone's and ADK's stuff. I played a couple of Wonder Boy games briefly.
Pretty sure I played a little of Aurail too. =o

No Miss Double Hibachi in DaiOuJou (2nd Loop Death Label): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsZ0V0fvRQ

I finally did it...

The 2nd Loop version of Death Label Double Hibachi (hardest version), which you are forced to no miss, but I thought I would put it in the title for anyone that doesn't know. Done from a save state in PCSX2. I have heard that PCSX2 has a lot of input lag on Windows, making it apparently unplayable, but I use Linux which has input lag similar to the PS2. I was getting somewhat consistent at all the attacks in practice, but I still lost to the final attack at basically the last bullet 4 times. I finally beat it now though. I can definitely say this is by far the hardest thing I've done in any game.

Finally 1CC'd Tobe! Polystars. If you can keep the homing attack from stage one through the entire game and not lose it it's not too hard...but if you lose it and can't quickly get it back it's a "reset" situation.

Wish I'd been capturing

Is that the M2 shooter you mentioned? I was surprised to hear one was on the platform and had a quick look, but didn't seem to find any (could've easily missed something). Should've figured it'd be on your channel.

Did you use any cheats to achieve this? Invincibility by any chance? Slowdown? Save states?

Apart from the wrong aspect ratio that is.

Asking for a friend.

Of course I didn't use any cheats, why would I even bother doing this in that case? As far as slowdown is concerned, everything is as you see it in the video, and it looks the same as actual 2-Alls of Death Label to me. And I already said that I started from a save state. The fight itself however was done in one go obviously. You can check the video for yourself, analyze it, compare it with other videos, whatever you want.

The wrong aspect ratio? That's just how I play. Although the way you worded that it almost sound like you think the wrong aspect ratio is cheating? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Sorry if I sound a bit rude, but I can say with 100% certainty that there was no cheating involved in the fight itself (other than starting from a save state) and I doubt you'd be able to find any evidence that suggests otherwise.

And if I may ask, who's this friend? No need to answer if you don't think you should.

Either way, thanks for commenting, I guess?

Thanks, just wanted to make sure it's legit.

I would like to view the entire 2nd loop clearance up till the boss. Because that it's quite a feat to reach that.

sick bee blastin', dude

Thanks.


I'll probably do more Death Label, not sure if I'll do the entire 2nd loop up until Double Hibachi. And yes, it is quite a feat.


Alright.

1cc, no miss Truxton F2P on Very Hard difficulty using Red Shot weapon throughout.

Panicked at the two Blue mid-bosses on Stage5 and used two bombs to clear them.

Not going to record the run until I no miss no bomb for at least 2 loops.

Finally got 1cc no miss no bomb on normal difficulty F2P mobile. Need to get consistency on Stage5 before recording entire run on Very Hard difficulty as I keep messing up stage5

Just out of curiosity, how many legitimate no-save-state 2-alls of Death Label exist? I haven't been following it for a few years, but I remember at one point only one single legitimate clear existed and it was kind of a big deal.

I remember seeing at least one, maybe two, with each of ship types A and B, somewhere in the depths of Nicovideo.

PC Engine Super Grafx - Aldynes completed 1-life.

It seems to have unlimited loops (I tested until loop 4) but the difficulty appears to max-out at the 2nd loop. The difficulty increase is pretty minor compared to something like R-Type which is significant, so you could potentially play forever..

https://youtu.be/DEJA-9JbKVg

Excellent, I've been wondering what an IREM vet like you might think of that one! I enjoyed it a lot, though the later parts of the first loop battered me and I scarpered after the 1-ALL. Good memories of charge-bayonetting various big bastards to thumping explosion SFX.

The curiously hardcore ethos aside (really feels like something IREM themselves might've done, ala their "on-foot Image Fight" Metal Storm) - it does indeed have some quality tunes. stage 3 is absolutely plaintive, particularly against the game's cataclysmic take on the classic "ruined cylindrical colony" backdrop. Soldier Blade-esque.

Heya bil, cheers I didn’t find the difficulty too punishing really apart from the laser enemies on stage 4, they drove me nuts! I went as far as to make a map of their locations. The looping stage really made it hard for me to mentally picture where they’re located. They wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t shoot you off-screen with a 999mph laser to the barnet. I was horribly inconsistent on that stage.


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Stage 4 is such a bizarre turn, both aesthetically and mechanically. Abruptly introduces the Gradius-style infinite vertical loop, which doesn't go too well with the deadly-punishing enemy design, while also going for an apparent... Sonic The Hedgehog tribute? Art deco (visualy distracting art deco at that), complete with golden rings. I was glad it snapped out of it for the remainder! Cookin' New Order-esque bassline at least.

Got my second 1CC. Battlemania 2. Counterstopped which I hear is easy to do so not much of an achievement.

Really fun game, great for a complete noob like me. Oozes and I mean oozes with style.

Although I'm not one to comment much on gameplay (not much experience) it seems to always be forcing you to move and do stuff, so even though it's easy it doesn't seem boring at all.

Even though the game is super generous with lives (health, whatever. Game calls it "guts") you can lose it all if you get stuck behind something and the stage scrolls past you. Had this happen to me a few times.

Played it 8-way with the pod set to "homing". Mainly used the white pod except for stage 2 and 5 where I used red and blue respectively.

I imagine better players might find it fun to do a no damage run through this, although I haven't seen anything like that on YT. It definitely seems possible. Every place I took damage there was at least one run or practice session where I didn't.

Just got a 1CC in Crimzon Clover Novice Original - not much, but still happy about it!

I also cleared Blue Revolver Normal about a month ago!

I wonder how long it will take for an arcade/hyper mode clear in either of these...

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I did a 1cc for Esprade on my arcade cabinet. Last boss is a nightmare and the game feels different from the other galuda games.

Got my first 1CC on Espgaluda (arcade, default settings) about two weeks ago. Went back last week and got my second. Nice to have finally got a clear down on this one as it's one I've gone back to a lot over the years. Came close several times but that final boss can be tough.

Picked up the 1.5 DLC for Mushihimesama (Steam) a couple weeks ago as well and got a 1CC (Original mode) on my first play there. Nothing terribly special, but a clear is a clear, I'll take it.

Congrats! It's a tough one at the end, as most of the clear depends on the resources you bring into the final boss fight. And you will use them! Good job showing the game who's boss... twice!

I myself just got my first-ever Psikyo 1ALL, in Sengoku Blade!



Score post

This was a hard one, using Junis (who has a weak shot and bomb). I took the lower route, not because of any perceived difficulty but because I was a little more familiar with it and I like its ending better. I guess I could say I used Junis in general because I liked her character. That and her charge attack really suited my playstyle more than any of the others (sans Marion, but the Calice Cup tourney I submitted this score to didn't allow Marion). Her strong charge attack allows you to preemptively plan your offense, and eliminate threats and still move around and focus on other enemies or dodging. This for me is really an ideal way, especially since you really want to be able to move around dangerous patterns while still hurting enemies/bosses. Of course, the trade-off is the weaker shot and bomb, but the balance around her deficiencies is nonetheless palatable, at least for a 1ALL clear.

I need a break from Psikyo right now. Maybe I'll come back eventually for the Sengoku Ace or Gunbird 1ALL.