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The NES version is completely awful while the arcade version is one of the best, most important, and most influential STGs ever made.bobrocks95 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:37 pm Had NES Sky Shark since I was a kid and just wanted to prove I could clear a loop. Only saw one other person post the NES version so it seems I really need to try the arcade version at some point. The hitboxes probably aren't a mile wide on that version lol.
Welcome to the forum! Great run, nice little "yes!" utterances by the end of loop 1.Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:29 am video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9r-CQzDFco
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Actually i have been here before 2018, and i decided to went on hiatus during Covid season to practice shmups, i might not going for 2-all this game but i will going for 1 loop clear the sequel Fire sharkDMC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:17 amWelcome to the forum! Great run, nice little "yes!" utterances by the end of loop 1.Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:29 am video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9r-CQzDFco
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Will you be going for a 2-loop clear as well?
Fire Shark is pretty easy as far as Toaplan games go, although I still haven't cleared it on 1P side for some reason, just 2P side, which is moderately easier than 1P side. I'll get around to the 1P side clear eventually.Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:32 ami might not going for 2-all this game but i will going for 1 loop clear the sequel Fire shark
I mean is not "that" easy but the point is the recovery is somewhat manageable, unlike the sequel Fire shark where the recovery is so damn annoying
We are so close!!!
Well done! Yes lol I had the exact same score (600k) as you after loop 1. Idk, I sometimes find it hard to move on to another game lol. So maybe I will try to get more loops in this one. Not sure.ryu wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:00 am Good job.I also got the 1-ALL now. Ended pretty quickly though because I underestimated how much more HP bosses have in loop 2.
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I've got mixed feelings on this one. For one or two credits a day the game is really fun. Any more and I just get burned out on it. But then that's usually the case with these games so maybe I just got too impatient after playing this one for weeks. The music is good, but that's it, and it also peaks in stage 3 instead of ramping it up for the finale. There's games with much better soundtracks. I think I would enjoy this a lot more had stage 4 and 5 better music. There's no real jank in this and it's fun when a run goes decently well. But it's just as frustrating because you need to anticipate bullets to dodge them. I always had to make sure I'd stay focussed and stay on track, as every slight deviation from my route would almost certainly kill me every time, and that's just not fun at all.
Good game, but one of the best? Doubt it. The simple scoring system also doesn't mix well with the difficulty. I kept improving over the last couple days but it didn't reflect on my score until I managed the 1-ALL because survival time is almost all that matters.![]()
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I think recovering mid-stage is also hell in stage 5. It's almost impossible for me to recover there so I'm glad I finally got through it.Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:06 pm Indeed, the final boss checkpoint up to now it's my ONLY difficult ones so far. Otherwise the whole stage is not that hard obviously
recovering at the end of stage 4 was also always great. then arriving at stage 5 with the pee shot, having to use bombs just to make it further...no wonder it took me so longryu wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:31 am Thanks! Part of me wants to keep playing as well, especially since my run didn't exactly end gracefully. On the other hand, the ways this game kills me when I don't focus for just a second really annoy me a bit too much. If it didn't have checkpoints or wouldn't spawn you at power level 1 it would be a different story.
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I think recovering mid-stage is also hell in stage 5. It's almost impossible for me to recover there so I'm glad I finally got through it.Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:06 pm Indeed, the final boss checkpoint up to now it's my ONLY difficult ones so far. Otherwise the whole stage is not that hard obviously
Exactly the same score as my 1st clear on the first page Leaderboard while back in 2019 huh
Actually now my pit stop is at 2-5, little tiny bit to 2-ALL. But i don't wanna put much effort in it, i just simply playing this comfortably as my time-killer gameDMC wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:17 amWill you be going for a 2-loop clear as well?Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:29 am video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9r-CQzDFco
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Yeah almost exactly. Funny.Nguyen VinhLOC wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:34 pm Exactly the same score as my 1st clear on the first page Leaderboard while back in 2019 huh