First Shmup you 1cc'd

[wariomona]

I have issues dedicating myself due to this obligation to play IIDX a lot in fear of getting worse, vicious cycle.

I was like that for 5 years or so, now it's been about a year since I played 2dx last. If it makes you feel any better some of my biggest achievements came after long periods of not playing. Once you get about halfway through the 12s constant practice can get really demoralizing.

At any rate I focus primarily on shooters anymore and I find it a bit healthier for me emotionally :I

I just recently tried picking up IIDX again after not playing for a year. I look at some of the songs I used to be able to clear and have no idea how I used to do it ...
(That being said I could only ever beat about 3/4 of 9s on the versions I played so I was still rookie anyway)
What made me give up IIDX was realising that I'd been learning it "wrong". I only play with 3 fingers per hand and could never get used to using my thumbs/pinkies.

[FIL]

Probably something awful like Shienryu Explosion. Didn't play a whole lot of shmups as a kid.

[powersoul]

Deathsmiles for me.

On the same vein, a friend looking at my screen is asking if Lost Vikings from Starcraft 2 count lol

[Nasirosuchus]

First 1CC was Imperishable Night on normal.

First arcade 1CC was Deathsmiles, first (and only) arcade vert 1CC is Batrider Normal Course with player-select Strawman.

I don't consider Run 'n Guns to be shmups (they're more akin to platformers, IMO), but since someone mentioned Metal Slug above, if we're counting Run 'n Guns, my first arcade 1CC was Metal Slug X.

You shoot up a seemingly endless horde of enemies while collecting powerups, scoring, etc, just like any other shmup. You might run and jump and the screen may not scroll, but that doesn't change the core gameplay. The screen doesn't scroll in Galaga, Space Invaders, Gyruss, or In The Hunt, either, and the way you move about the screen still doesn't change anything.. Run & Guns are a subgenre of schmups. Same core gameplay.

[xbl0x180]

First 1CC was Imperishable Night on normal.

First arcade 1CC was Deathsmiles, first (and only) arcade vert 1CC is Batrider Normal Course with player-select Strawman.

I don't consider Run 'n Guns to be shmups (they're more akin to platformers, IMO), but since someone mentioned Metal Slug above, if we're counting Run 'n Guns, my first arcade 1CC was Metal Slug X.

You shoot up a seemingly endless horde of enemies while collecting powerups, scoring, etc, just like any other shmup. You might run and jump and the screen may not scroll, but that doesn't change the core gameplay. The screen doesn't scroll in Galaga, Space Invaders, Gyruss, or In The Hunt, either, and the way you move about the screen still doesn't change anything.. Run & Guns are a subgenre of schmups. Same core gameplay.

Actually, as someone who loves both games, I can attest that the screen most definitely scrolls for Galaga and Gyruss. You might not have seen it, but there are pixel stars that scroll down for Galaga and Gyruss has bigger pixels, as well as meteorites that scroll from the center to the edges of the screen

Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSoBhhVSTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOz7fRsDkiQ

[soupbones]

Thunderforce 3 (on hardest iirc) - this was way back when it just came out.

Sadly, it's only been Deathsmiles since then

[the.borg]

For me I'm pretty sure it was Super Aleste / Space Megaforce some 10 years ago (I'm 25)

[dan76]

U.N.Squadron. The Mint arcade, Yarmouth seafront, 1991 whilst bunking off college. Those were the days.

[onilogan87]

Dodonpachi Resurrection Novice Mode 2nd loop(not vs hibachi)
the next will be Ikaruga my favorite above shmups.

[ExitPlanetDust]

Haha... Arrow Flash was my first 1CC.

[Trevor spencer]

U.N.Squadron. The Mint arcade, Yarmouth seafront, 1991 whilst bunking off college. Those were the days.

Just looked up the mint on google - looks quite tidy , Any good these days ?

[dan76]

U.N.Squadron. The Mint arcade, Yarmouth seafront, 1991 whilst bunking off college. Those were the days.

Just looked up the mint on google - looks quite tidy , Any good these days ?

Unfortunately not. All the arcades along the seafront were amazing back in the 80's, but even by the early 90's the fruit machines were beginning to take over. You can maybe find a Ghost Squad or HOTD... that's about it.

[Hagane]

Sengoku Blade. Very easy to 1CC, pretty hard to 2-ALL ;_;

[hoopy]

Been playing shoot-em-ups ever since I put my first 10p into Space Invaders back in the day. Only recently got my first 1cc with Deathsmiles though, so it's taken me 34 years, but better late than never I suppose.

To be honest though I wasn't really playing for a 1cc. I was just working my way up the leader-boards and it just kinda crept up on me. Still felt really cool when it finally happened though

[Illyrian]

Deathsmiles for me.

On the same vein, a friend looking at my screen is asking if Lost Vikings from Starcraft 2 count lol

Only if you get past the 3rd loop so rank maxes out. Even then it's pathetically easy

[Skykid]

ChoRenSha 68k

[yukin]

Donpachi 1cc but im far to finish the second loop

[wit]

U.N. Squadron on SNES long long time ago

[beatsgo]

Blue Wish Ressurection on Normal. Lame run IMO, but a good start nevertheless.

[spadgy]

Progear US, in Casino arcade in London in about 2006 or 2007. Best moment playing a game of my life. I was especially pleased as I'd only ever played it in that arcade on that cab to the point I 1CC'd it.

[Leandro]

V-V 2-ALL

[spadgy]

V-V 2-ALL

Your first 1CC was a 2-ALL?! Wow! Good work.

[Drachenherz]

V-V 2-ALL

Your first 1CC was a 2-ALL?! Wow! Good work.

Well, he's from RDJ, Brazil. That's where they dodge bullets for real, so it comes only naturally.

After my bitching:

I actually do salute you, Leandro, for this!

[cj iwakura]

M.U.S.H.A.

More recently, Imperishable Night and Shikigami 2.
(Rather proud of the first)

[EllertMichael]

I 1cc'd Game Tengoku on the Saturn on my very first credit ever.
I've decided to never play it again.
if that wasn't my first 1cc it was definitely one of my earliest.

[mesh control]

Ha, I've never 1ccd anything.
Garbage player

[Illyrian]

Ha, I've never 1ccd anything.
Garbage player

Go clear some toohoo's on easy

[spadgy]

There's a fair few easy PC Engine 1CC's too, I hear, but I've not found one!

[cj iwakura]

Ha, I've never 1ccd anything.
Garbage player

Go clear some toohoo's on easy

The fact that 1cc gives you a good ending was my catalyst.

[xbl0x180]

There's a fair few easy PC Engine 1CC's too, I hear, but I've not found one!

Gate Of Thunder is an easy 1CC... well, I think I lose one ship at the last boss