Smallest/largest hitboxes in any shoot 'em up?

[Nuke]

Aren't the biggest hit-boxes on the bosses?

[moozooh]

If taking bosses into account, Yuyuko's "fan mode" spellcards make her hitbox extend over all the upper border of the screen.

[doctorx0079]

Don't you have an enormous hit box in B-Wings? It's only as big as your ship but unfortunately, your ship is teh huge. Maybe that's why every single person in the universe hates this game.

I just looked at some pictures of Bio-Ship Paladin. Dang that ship is huge.

[Tetsuo]

what were they thinking?

They weren't.

p*ssing my self laughing here hahaha

[Skykid]

I swear to god Zed Blade's is slightly bigger than the already enormous ship.

[Jockel]

[shadowbringer]

If taking bosses into account, Yuyuko's "fan mode" spellcards make her hitbox extend over all the upper border of the screen.

so far I can't remember* any boss with a bigger hitbox than the 3rd boss from R-Type :p

what would be the largest single attack hitbox? (from bosses, but not limited to)

also, I remember (!) some games where you're a character flying on a serpent-like dragon (have never played it, though), the dragon's tail could be counted as a hitbox :p (or the Boss Rush flash game). Or Dogyuun's mecha on stage 10 :p


* not that this really means anything, my memory sux

[Jeneki]

Nice topic necro.

There's any number of indie games with big hitboxes, some bigger than the ship itself if you're really unlucky. You Will Die, for example, before it got patched.

so far I can't remember* any boss with a bigger hitbox than the 3rd boss from R-Type :p

* not that this really means anything, my memory sux

Stage three is the giant battleship. Yea, it's fun to blast apart. However I'd only call the core at the end of the stage the 'boss hitbox'. Stage five has the mass of blob things that's pretty big when it's fully assembled, but once again the actual core isn't that big.

[Austin]

I am pretty sure that the hit box in the NES sky shark is larger than the plane itself. Ugh.

[Treasurance]

YGS2K in small hitbox mode

[Sumez]

That land speeder stage in Super Empire Strikes Back.
Basically, allow anything to reach the left half of the screen and it'll hit you.

[eebrozgi]

The rectangular hitboxes of Gradius III bubbles are... quite nasty.

[Skykid]

That land speeder stage in Super Empire Strikes Back.
Basically, allow anything to reach the left half of the screen and it'll hit you.

Ha ha, yeah, I was playing this the other day.

Terrible game.

[Sumez]

I think you're being too soft.

[Subterranean Sun]

[Kollision]

SNK's Bermuda Triangle has probably the largest hitbox I've ever seen.

[ChainsawGuitarSP]

I recall being zapped numerous times on that stupid protruding tailfin when playing Zero Wing...

I recall having the cockpit of the ship grind harmlessly along the ground when I went low to dodge enemy fire. And yet, it is still so easy to get a clip death from a bullet that managed to sneak past the satellites and straight to the rear engine...

[BPzeBanshee]

Hitbox the size of the ship? Raiden / Raiden II stick out there. DX too. I don't consider this a bad thing at all though.

Isnt Mushi Futari's hitbox 1x1 in pixel size? I'm probably wrong but I remember reading that here in the forums sometime in 2009.

[MathU]

I'm fairly certain the hitboxes in Raiden II and DX are smaller than the first game. They're certainly not as big as the entire ship. It's what allows you to do stuff like dodge those sniper shots from those helicopter-like ships simply moving horizontally, even in stage five when they're almost directly on your horizontal plane at the bottom of the screen. You can also fly between the dual stream of bullets from the stage 2 boss and very carefully sit on top of the stage 3 boss, dodging its aimed shots with slight movement, in order to destroy it in a few seconds.

[BPzeBanshee]

I'm fairly certain the hitboxes in Raiden II and DX are smaller than the first game. They're certainly not as big as the entire ship. It's what allows you to do stuff like dodge those sniper shots from those helicopter-like ships simply moving horizontally, even in stage five when they're almost directly on your horizontal plane at the bottom of the screen. You can also fly between the dual stream of bullets from the stage 2 boss and very carefully sit on top of the stage 3 boss, dodging its aimed shots with slight movement, in order to destroy it in a few seconds.

:O I didn't even know that. I was well aware of the ability to point-blank some bosses but dodging the little sniper planes that are on the bottom of the screen always forces me to move diagonally or die.

You wouldn't happen to know a superplay of some sort where I could see this in action would you? Youtubing and Googling gave me nothing but demonstration plays and novice runs.

[Snake]

Silver Surfer for the NES. Massive hitbox. Crap game as well, so 2/2.

[RNGmaster]

Silver Surfer for the NES. Massive hitbox. Crap game as well, so 2/2.

You're just getting that from AVGN. Silver Surfer isn't bad, it's just a memorizer like R-Type. Graphics are surprisingly polished for the NES, but there really aren't that many good runs of the game on YT so most people wouldn't know that. There is, however, a no-miss run on Super-play.co.uk, so give that a look.

[ratikal]

Not to mention one of the best NES soundtracks EVER.

As far as small hitboxes, when I played Mushihimesama Arrange Mode, I didn't even bother dodging. I just flew through bullets and some how managed to survive (without bombing).

[RNGmaster]

As far as small hitboxes, when I played Mushihimesama Arrange Mode, I didn't even bother dodging. I just flew through bullets and some how managed to survive (without bombing).

Happened to me too. I think that happens in normal Mushi, too, though. Part of the reason why I sold the game recently. Just feels cheap.

[Snake]

Silver Surfer for the NES. Massive hitbox. Crap game as well, so 2/2.

You're just getting that from AVGN.

From what?

Silver Surfer isn't bad, it's just a memorizer like R-Type. Graphics are surprisingly polished for the NES, but there really aren't that many good runs of the game on YT so most people wouldn't know that.

Why do I need YT vids to make a comment about a game I played in 1991?

There is, however, a no-miss run on Super-play.co.uk, so give that a look.

Pass.

[AntiFritz]

Silver Surfer for the NES. Massive hitbox. Crap game as well, so 2/2.

You're just getting that from AVGN.

From what?

Silver Surfer isn't bad, it's just a memorizer like R-Type. Graphics are surprisingly polished for the NES, but there really aren't that many good runs of the game on YT so most people wouldn't know that.

Why do I need YT vids to make a comment about a game I played in 1991?

There is, however, a no-miss run on Super-play.co.uk, so give that a look.

Pass.

Angry Video Game Nerd is a webshow where a guy (James Rolfe) "reviews" bad games in a comedic way. He did a pretty memorable review of silver surfer. Although he isnt supposed to be taken seriously, although many people do (in reality its just a show, not a review).

[Snake]

Angry Video Game Nerd is a webshow where a guy (James Rolfe) "reviews" bad games in a comedic way. He did a pretty memorable review of silver surfer. Although he isnt supposed to be taken seriously, although many people do (in reality its just a show, not a review).

Ok, I have seen a couple of those. Not to my taste, and I haven't seen one on Silver Surfer (which does have a large hitbox).

[RNGmaster]

Ok, I have seen a couple of those. Not to my taste, and I haven't seen one on Silver Surfer (which does have a large hitbox).

Now that I know you've actually played the game and weren't making an uninformed condemnation, I can respect your opinion.

[aenh]

Seihou 1 and 3 have one-pixel hitboxes, I believe, even if they usually don't really come in very handy.

[louisg]

Biggest hitbox: Freakin' Denaris/Katakis on C64... ARRRRRGH